Match List- I with List- II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(3) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

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The correct matches between the Indian leaders (List-I) and their respective positions in the first Cabinet Ministry after India's independence (List-II) are as follows:

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - (III) Education Minister
Born Abul Kalam Mohiyuddin Ahmed in 1888, Azad grew up in a religious and scholarly family. He actively participated in the Indian independence movement against the British rule and was a leader of Congress.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served as the first Minister of Education in independent India.

(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - (I) Home Minister
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the first Home Minister of independent India. He was a leader of the freedom movement & a Congress leader from Gujarat. He was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and participated in various movements with him. He was aslo the Deputy Prime Minister and first Home Minister of independent India.

(C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - (IV) Minister of Health
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was a prominent Indian freedom fighter (Gandhian), social reformer, and Health Minister in independent India. Amrit Kaur came from the royal family of Kapurthala, Punjab. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the first Health Minister of independent India.

(D) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai - (II) Minister for Communication
He was a prominent Congress leader from Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh. He served as a Minister in U.P. in 1937 and then in 1946 too.Rafi Ahmad Kidwai was the Minister for Communications in the first Cabinet Ministry of independent India.