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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 31

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 25 June 2024 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q31

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Republic Day in India is celebrated to commemorate:

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect.

  • Republic Day in India is celebrated to commemorate the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect.
  • Republic Day marks the day when the Constitution of India came into effect, officially replacing the Government of India Act, 1935, as the governing document of the country. Although India gained independence from British rule on 15th August 1947, it was on 26th January 1950 that the country formally became a sovereign, democratic republic with a written constitution.
  • This date was chosen to honour the declaration of Purna Swaraj in the year 1930.