Q 01/05

The Constitution took effect on 26 January 1950 to honour which anniversary, not its adoption date two months before?

A) 1930 independence declaration

B) 1857 start of the uprising

C) 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre

D) 1942 Quit India resolution

Answer · why

A) 1930 independence declaration

The 1930 independence declaration had been marked by Congress as Independence Day every 26 January since, so the Constituent Assembly timed the new re...

Q 02/05

Which other country holds its national day on 26 January, there marking a British fleet's 1788 landing?

A) New Zealand

B) Australia

C) Canada

D) South Africa

Answer · why

B) Australia

Australia shares the date by coincidence: its holiday marks Arthur Phillip raising the Union Flag at Sydney Cove in 1788, a day Aboriginal groups have...

Q 03/05

Who unfurls the flag at the Republic Day parade, while the prime minister hoists it at the Red Fort on 15 August?

A) The head of government

B) The chief justice

C) The head of state

D) The defence minister

Answer · why

C) The head of state

The head of state, the President, unfurls it in New Delhi while governors and lieutenant governors do the same in every state and union territory; the...

Q 04/05

Which country's president was chief guest at the first Republic Day parade in 1950 and again at the 2025 parade?

A) Egypt

B) Sri Lanka

C) Indonesia

D) Bhutan

Answer · why

C) Indonesia

Indonesia's Sukarno took the salute in 1950 and Prabowo Subianto did so 75 years later, the country's fourth invitation, a tally matched only by Bhuta...

Q 05/05

Who was sworn in as India's first President on 26 January 1950, having presided over the Constituent Assembly?

A) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

B) Rajendra Prasad

C) Zakir Husain

D) V. V. Giri

Answer · why

B) Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad's sister Bhagwati Devi died on the night of 25 January 1950, and he went to the parade ground before arranging her cremation.