Who designed the Indian rupee sign that was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2010?
- A.Pingali Venkayya
- B.Nandalal Bose
- C.D. Udaya Kumar
- D.Deenanath Bhargava
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, D. Udaya Kumar. His design won a public competition and the Union Cabinet approved it on 15 July 2010. The sign joins the Devanagari letter ra to the Latin capital R without its vertical stroke, and the two parallel horizontal lines at the top stand both for the bands of the tricolour and for the equals sign, suggesting a balanced economy. He was then a doctoral student of design at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Option A, Pingali Venkayya, proposed the flag design from which the National Flag developed. Option B, Nandalal Bose, of the Bengal School, decorated the pages of the Constitution of India. Option D, Deenanath Bhargava, was the artist who drew the State Emblem for the Constitution under Nandalal Bose's guidance. All three belong to national symbols, which is why they are grouped here.
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Practice Questions
View allOn which day was the National Emblem of India adopted?
- A.15 August 1947
- B.26 January 1959
- C.26 January 1950
- D.15 August 1952
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The State Emblem of India was adopted on the day the Constitution came into force and the country became a Republic.
Read the full explanation →Which is the national heritage animal of India?
- A.Lion
- B.Horse
- C.Tiger
- D.Elephant
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The Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, was declared the National Heritage Animal in 2010 on the recommendation of the Elephant Task Force, so that its protection could be given the same weight as that of the tiger.
Read the full explanation →The National Flag of India in its present form was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on
- A.22 July 1947
- B.15 August 1947
- C.26 November 1949
- D.26 January 1950
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The Constituent Assembly adopted the tricolour on that day, a few weeks before independence, after a committee under Dr Rajendra Prasad settled the design.
Read the full explanation →What is the ratio of the width to the length of the National Flag of India?
- A.Three to four
- B.Two to three
- C.One to two
- D.Three to five
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The Flag Code of India fixes the shape of the National Flag as a rectangle whose width stands to its length as two to three, so a flag six hundred millimetres in length is four hundred millimetres in height.
Read the full explanation →The motto Satyameva Jayate inscribed below the State Emblem of India is taken from which text?
- A.Rigveda
- B.Bhagavad Gita
- C.Mundaka Upanishad
- D.Arthashastra
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Satyameva Jayate, meaning truth alone triumphs, comes from a verse of the Mundaka Upanishad, which belongs to the Atharva Veda.
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