Ambedkar Jayanti 2023 Quiz: Celebrate the Dalit icon who brought real change

NEW DELHI: An eminent academic-turned-politician, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s 132nd birth anniversary will be celebrated on April 14 across India. Fondly remembered as Babasaheb, Dr. BR Ambedkar was the leading figure in the movement to emancipate the Dalit Bahujan community in India.

He is one of those leaders whose contribution to a new born country like India can never be overstated. This is why Ambedkar Jayanti isn’t just celebrated like a festival but the entire month of April is dedicated to remembering important people and events in the history of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

It is common to recall Dr Ambedkar as the chief architect of India’s Constitution, however, he has made pioneering contributions in other fields that were instrumental in building a nation. Careers360’s Ambedkar Jayanti Quiz 2023 will familiarise you with all these lesser-known contributions. The correct answers to the Dr BR Ambedkar jayanti quiz are given at the bottom.

Q1. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's real surname was Ambawadekar. Who gave him the name ‘Ambedkar’?

a) Elder brother

b) School teacher

c) Mother

d) Uncle

Q2 Bhimrao Ambedkar was the first person from South Asia to be conferred a PhD degree in which field?

a) Law

b) Public policy

c) Geography

d) Economics

Q3. Bhimrao Ambedkar introduced Article 39(d) in the Indian Constitution as the labour minister in the Viceroy’s executive council. Added to the Part IV of the Directive Principles of the State Policy, it directs the state to strive for parity between men and women. What exactly does it ensure?

a) Rights against discrimination at home

b) Equal pay for equal work

c) Right to employment for women

d) Right to employment for men and women

Q4 Dr Ambedkar was a pioneer of the multipurpose river projects in India. He spearheaded the first river valley project built between Jharkhand and West Bengal to prevent floods and supply hydroelectric power to other states. Name the project.

a) Damodar Valley project

b) Bhakra-Nangal Dam project

c) Sone River Valley project

d) Hirakud dam project.

Q5 Dr Ambedkar believed in a federal system that has clear demarcation of distribution of financial powers between the union and state governments. For this purpose, he provisioned a body that is reconstituted every five years. Which is that body?

a) Securities and Exchange Board of India

b) Reserve Bank of India

c) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

d) Finance Commission

Q6 The ‘Statue of Equality’ also known as the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial is a 350-ft tall under-construction statue dedicated to Dr Ambedkar. It is being pitched as the third largest statue in the world. Where is it being constructed?

a) Vijayawada

b) Mumbai

c) Pune

d) New Delhi

Q7 In 2014, a new edition of Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste was released with an introduction titled “The Doctor and the Saint” which sparked a debate on how it is strongest when scrutinising Mahatma Gandhi, but falters on Ambedkar. Who wrote this introduction?

a) S. Anand

b) Ramchandra Guha

c) Arundhati Roy

d) Romila Thapar

Q8 What was the title of the thesis that Dr Ambedkar submitted to the London School of Economics for which he was awarded his doctorate in 1923?

a) The Wants and Means of India

b) National Dividend of India

c) The Law and Lawyers

d) The Problem of the Rupee

Q9 Who wrote the autobiography Babasaheb: My Life with Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Marathi that was translated and published in English last year?

a) Ramabai Ambedkar

b) Yashwant Ambedkar

c) Savita Ambedkar

d) Mahatma Gandhi

Q10 While the outcome of the battle was inconclusive, Dr Ambedkar’s visit to the spot where it was fought on January 1, 1927, revitalised its memory for the Dalit community making it a rallying point and an assertion of pride. Many social activists have been jailed for allegedly inciting violence at this place in 2018. Name the place.

a) Bhima Koregaon

b) Bhidewada

c) Rajgrih

d) Chaitya Bhoomi

Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti 2023: Statue of Dr BR Ambedkar at the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha (Image: R. Radhika)

Answers

Q1 b)

Q2 d)

Q3 b)

Q4 a)

Q5 d)

Q6 b)

Q7 c)

Q8 d)

Q9 c)

Q10 a)