Who among the following was the first Education Minister of Independent India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4 - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
First Ministry of Independent India:
|
Portfolio |
Name of the Minister |
|
Prime Minister |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
|
External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Minister |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
|
Minister for Scientific Research |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
|
Deputy Prime Minister |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
|
Minister of Home Affairs and States |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
|
Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
|
Minister of Law |
B.R. Ambedkar (Critic of Congress) |
|
Minister of Defence |
Sardar Baldev Singh |
|
Minister of Railways & Minister of Transport |
John Mathai |
|
Minister of Education |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
|
Minister of Food and Agriculture |
Rajendra Prasad |
|
Minister of Industries and Supplies |
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (President- Hindu Mahasabha) |
|
Minister of Labour |
Jagjivan Ram |
|
Minister of Commerce |
C.H. Bhabha (Businessman and Bureaucrat) |
|
Minister of Communications |
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai |
|
Minister of Health |
Amrit Kaur |
|
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation |
K.C. Neogy |
|
Minister of Works, Mines & Power |
N.V. Gadgil |
|
Minister of Finance |
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (Justice Party) (Suggested by Gandhiji) |
|
Minister without a Portfolio |
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |