•After India became independent in 1947,

the country’s first Prime Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru formed a 15-member
cabinet.
•Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru assumed office
as the first Prime Minister.
1. Who was the first Prime Minister of
India?
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. N.V. Gadgil
D. Jawaharlal Nehru*
2. Who was the first Food and Agriculture
Minister of India?
A. N.V. Gadgil
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad*
D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3. Who was the first Home Minister of India?
A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel*
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. N.V. Gadgil
4. Who was the first Education Minister of
India?
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad*
C. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
5. Who was the first Minister of Scientific
research’?
A. N.V. Gadgil
B. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Jawaharlal Nehru*
6. Who was the first Minister of
Commonwealth Relations in the 1st
cabinet ministry?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru*
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. N.V. Gadgil
D. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
7. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister
of India?
A. N.V. Gadgil
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel*
8. Who was the first Railways and Transport
Minister of India?
A. N.V. Gadgil
B. K.C. Niyogi
C. Dr. John Mathai*
D. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
9. Who was the first Defence Minister of
India?
A. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
B. N.V. Gadgil
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. Sardar Baldev Singh*
10. Who was the first Labour Minister of
India?
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. N.V. Gadgil
C. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D. Jagjivan Ram*
11. Who was the first Commerce Minister
of India?
A. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
B. N.V. Gadgil
C. C.H. Bhabha*
D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
12. Who was the first Communication
minister of India?
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai*
C. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
D. N.V. Gadgil
13. Who was the first Information and
Broadcasting Minister of India?
A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel*
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. N.V. Gadgil
D. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
14. Who was the first Health Minister of
India?
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. Hailal J Kania
C. N.V. Gadgil
D. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur*
15. Who was the first Law Minister of
India?
A. Dr. BR Ambedkar*
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. K.C. Niyogi
16. Who was the first Finance Minister of
India?
A. R.K Shanmugham Shetty*
B. K.C. Niyogi
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. Hailal J Kania
17. Who was the first Industries and
Supplies minister of India?
A. Shyamprakash Mukherjee*
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Hailal J Kania
D. K.C. Niyogi
18. Who was the first Mines and Power
Minister of India?
A. K.C. Niyogi
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Hailal J Kania
D. N.V. Gadgil*
19. Who was the first Foreign Minister of
India?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru*
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. K.C. Niyogi
D. Hailal J Kania
20. Who was the first Minister of Relief and
Rehabilitation?
A. K.C. Niyogi*
B. Sukumar Sen
C. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
D. Hailal J Kania
Some important extra 1st appointments-
1. Who was the first President of India?
A. Rajendra Prasad*
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Sukumar Sen
D. BR Ambedkar
2. Who was the first Vice-president of
India?
A. BR Ambedkar
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Dr. S. Radhakrishan*
D. Sukumar Sen
3. Who was the first Indian Governor
General of free India?
A. BR Ambedkar
B. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
C. Sukumar Sen
D. . C. Rajagopalachari*
•Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972)
became the only Indian and last
governor-general after independence
4. Who was the first Chief Justice of
Supreme court?
A. BR Ambedkar
B. Sukumar Sen
C. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
D. Hiralal J Kania*
5. Who was the first Chief Election
Commissioner of India?
A. BR Ambedkar
B. Sukumar Sen
C. Hailal J Kania*
D. R.K Shanmugham Shetty
 Revision
•President- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
•Vice President- Dr. S. Radhakrishan
•Prime Minister-P. Jawahar Lal Nehru
•Deputy Prime Minister -Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
•Home Minister-Vallabhai Patel
C. Rajagopalachari (2nd)
•Railway Minister Johan Mathai
•Defence Minister Sardar Baldev Singh
•Finance Minister- R. Shanmugam Chetty
•Foreign Minister- Jawaharlal Nehru
•Education Minister- Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad
•Governor General (India)-C. Rajgopalchari
•Chief Justice- Hailal J Kania
•Chief Election Commissioner- Sukumar
Sen
•Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar
•Food and Agriculture Minister
Dr.Rajendra Prasad
•Communication and Information Minister
-Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
•Labor minister Babuji Jagjivan Ram
•Health Minister -Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit
Kaur
•Minister of Commerce- C.H. Bhaba
•Works, Mines and Energy Minister- Narhar
Vishnu Gadgil
•Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation-
K.C. Niyogi
•Industries and Supplies Minister- Syama
Prasad Mukherjee
•Minister without portfolio - N.
Gopalaswami Ayyangar
•Minister of Information and Broadcasting,
and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports-
Anurag Singh Thakur
•Minister of Railways, Minister of
Communications, and Minister of
Electronics-Information Technology-
Ashwini Vaishnav
•Home Minister and Cooperation Minister-
Amit Shah
•Minister of Ethnic Affairs- Arjun Munda
•Education Minister, Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship- Dharmendra Pradhan
•Minister of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change, and Minister of Labor and
Employment- Bhupendra Yadav
•Minister of Rural Development, and
Minister of Panchayati Raj - Giriraj Singh
•Minister of Culture, Minister of Tourism,
and Minister of Development of North
Eastern Region- G. Kishan Reddy
•Minister of Law and Justice - Kiren Rijiju
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers- Mansukh
Mandaviya

Minority Affairs Minister- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Minister of Heavy Industries- Mahendra Nath

Pandey

Minister for Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises- Narayan Tatu Rane
Road Transport and Highways Minister- Nitin
Jairam Gadkari

Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs

Minister- Nirmala Sitharaman

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister-

Narendra Singh Tomar

New Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry

and Dairying of India- Purushottam Rupala
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
and Minister of Textiles- Piyush Goyal

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of

Coal, and Minister of Mines- Pralhad Joshi

Food Processing, Industries Minister- Pashupati

Kumar Paras

Defence Minister of India- Rajnath Singh

Minister of Power, and Minister of Energy- Raj
Kumar Singh

External Affairs Minister- Dr. Subrahmanyam

Jaishankar

Women and Child Development Minister-

Smriti Zubin Irani

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways,

Minister of AYUSH- Sarbananda Sonowal
Minister of Social Justice and
Empowerment- Virendra Kumar

Steel Minister- Ramchandra Prasad Singh