Match the following: (First central Ministry of Independent India)

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

The correct answer is Option 1 - A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

The correct match is:

Explanation:

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958): original name — Abul Kalam Mohiyuddin Ahmed; scholar of Islam; freedom fighter and Congress leader; proponent of Hindu-Muslim unity; opposed to Partition; member of Constituent Assembly; Education Minister in the first cabinet of free India.

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956): Leader of the anti-caste movement and the struggle for justice to the Dalits; scholar and intellectual; founder of Independent Labour Party; later founded the Scheduled Castes Federation; planned the formation of the Republican Party of India; Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council during the Second World War; Chairman, Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly; Law Minister in Nehru’s first cabinet after independence; resigned in 1951 due to differences over the Hindu Code Bill; adopted Buddhism in 1956, with thousands of followers.

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (1894-1954): Congress leader from U.P.; Minister in U.P in 1937 and again in 1946; Minister for Communications in the first ministry of free India; Food and Agriculture Minister, 1952-54.

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1889-1964): A Gandhian and Freedom fighter belonged to the royal family of Kapurthala; inherited the Christian religion from her mother; member of Constituent Assembly; Minister for Health in independent India’s first ministry; continued as Health Minister till 1957.