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: it marks Arthur Phillip raising the Union Flag at Sydney Cove in 1788, and Aboriginal protesters held a Day ...

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 went on to host the 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African nations, which India co-sponsored.

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 had given up his law practice in 1920 to join Gandhi's noncooperation movement.