GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is regarded as the “Father of All-India Service?
A
Lord Macaulay
B
Lord Cornwallis
C
B R Ambedker
D
Sardar Patal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is called Father of All India Services.

Detailed explanation-2: -His commitment to national integration in the newly independent country was total and uncompromising, earning him the sobriquet “Iron Man of India". He is also remembered as the “patron saint of India’s civil servants” for having established the modern All India Services system.

Detailed explanation-3: -The modern Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service were created under the Article 312(2) in part XIV of the Constitution of India, and the All India Services Act, 1951.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first home minister and also the first deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel died today 67 years ago, at the age of 75. Known as the “Iron Man” of India, Patel was instrumental in uniting the country through merger of small princely states.

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