Q. Consider the following pairs with reference to the First Cabinet of Independent India (1947):
Member Portfolio
Member Portfolio
1. Jawaharlal Nehru Home Affairs
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Information and Broadcasting
3. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Health
4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Education
How many of the above given pairs is/ are correct?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Pair 1 is incorrect. Home Affairs was under the charge of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (not Jawaharlal Nehru). Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister and in charge of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations; Scientific Research.
Pair 2 is correct. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was in charge of Home; Information and Broadcasting; States.
Pair 3 is correct. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was given the ‘Health’ portfolio.
Pair 4 is incorrect. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was given the charge of Education while Dr Rajendra Prasad had Food and agriculture portfolio.
Important Tips Other Members and their portfolios: • Dr John Matthai: Railways and Transport. • Sardar Baldev Singh: Defence. • Shri Jagjivan Ram: Labour. • Mr C.H. Bhabha: Commerce. • Mr Rafi Ahmad Kidwai: Communications. • Dr B.R Ambedkar: Law. • Shri R.K. Shanmukham Chetty: Finance. • Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherji: Industries and Supplies. • Shri N. V. Gadgil: Works, Mines and Power |
