GK Quiz on Home Ministers of India

In every democracy, internal stability is as important as external security. In India, the office responsible for domestic governance plays a crucial role in maintaining law and order, managing borders, coordinating intelligence, handling disasters, and ensuring harmony across states.

Over the years, this position has evolved with changing political and security challenges. Each leader who has served in this role has contributed during different phases of India’s history, shaping the country’s internal administration.

Understanding the Home Ministers of India helps students and aspirants connect political history with real governance responsibilities. This topic is especially useful for competitive exams and for building strong general awareness about India’s constitutional framework and public administration.

1. Who was the first Home Minister of independent India?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

2. Who is known as the “Iron Man of India” and served as Home Minister?

A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
B) Morarji Desai
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

3. Who is the current Home Minister of India (as of 2026)?

A) Rajnath Singh
B) Amit Shah
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) Piyush Goyal
Answer: B) Amit Shah

4. Which Home Minister later became the Prime Minister of India?

A) Charan Singh
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Morarji Desai
D) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: C) Morarji Desai

5. During whose tenure was the Emergency (1975–77) declared?

A) Y. B. Chavan
B) Gulzarilal Nanda
C) Brahmananda Reddy
D) K. C. Pant
Answer: C) Brahmananda Reddy

6. Who served as Home Minister twice in India?

A) Gulzarilal Nanda
B) Lal Krishna Advani
C) P. Chidambaram
D) Sushilkumar Shinde
Answer: A) Gulzarilal Nanda

7. Which Home Minister introduced the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) in 2002?

A) P. Chidambaram
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Lal Krishna Advani
D) Shivraj Patil
Answer: C) Lal Krishna Advani

8. Who was the Home Minister during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks?

A) P. Chidambaram
B) Shivraj Patil
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Sushilkumar Shinde
Answer: B) Shivraj Patil

9. Which Home Minister resigned after the 26/11 attacks?

A) Rajnath Singh
B) Shivraj Patil
C) P. Chidambaram
D) L. K. Advani
Answer: B) Shivraj Patil

10. Who succeeded Shivraj Patil as Home Minister in 2008?

A) Pranab Mukherjee
B) P. Chidambaram
C) Sushilkumar Shinde
D) Manmohan Singh
Answer: B) P. Chidambaram

11. Which Home Minister later became President of India?

A) Pranab Mukherjee
B) Rajnath Singh
C) P. Chidambaram
D) Y. B. Chavan
Answer: A) Pranab Mukherjee

12. Who was Home Minister during the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019?

A) Rajnath Singh
B) Amit Shah
C) Arun Jaitley
D) Sushma Swaraj
Answer: B) Amit Shah

13. Which Home Minister played a key role in the integration of princely states?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

14. Who was the Home Minister in the Vajpayee government (1998–2004)?

A) L. K. Advani
B) George Fernandes
C) Murli Manohar Joshi
D) Jaswant Singh
Answer: A) L. K. Advani

15. Which Home Minister also served as Defence Minister later?

A) Rajnath Singh
B) Sushilkumar Shinde
C) Shivraj Patil
D) K. C. Pant
Answer: A) Rajnath Singh

16. Who was the first woman to hold the post of Home Minister in India?

A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sushma Swaraj
C) Sonia Gandhi
D) None of the above
Answer: D) None of the above

17. Which ministry is responsible for internal security in India?

A) Ministry of Defence
B) Ministry of Home Affairs
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Law & Justice
Answer: B) Ministry of Home Affairs

18. Who was Home Minister during the formation of Telangana (2014)?

A) Sushilkumar Shinde
B) P. Chidambaram
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Shivraj Patil
Answer: A) Sushilkumar Shinde

19. Which Home Minister was in office during the Kargil War (1999)?

A) Rajnath Singh
B) L. K. Advani
C) P. Chidambaram
D) Gulzarilal Nanda
Answer: B) L. K. Advani

20. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was established in 2008 during whose tenure?

A) P. Chidambaram
B) Rajnath Singh
C) L. K. Advani
D) Sushilkumar Shinde
Answer: A) P. Chidambaram

21. Who was the acting Home Minister immediately after independence before Patel took charge?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Gulzarilal Nanda
C) No one
D) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: C) No one

22. Which Home Minister also served briefly as Acting Prime Minister twice?

A) Gulzarilal Nanda
B) Morarji Desai
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Charan Singh
Answer: A) Gulzarilal Nanda

23. Who served as Home Minister from 2014 to 2019?

A) Amit Shah
B) Rajnath Singh
C) P. Chidambaram
D) Sushilkumar Shinde
Answer: B) Rajnath Singh

24. Which Home Minister handled internal security during the UPA-II government?

A) L. K. Advani
B) P. Chidambaram
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Amit Shah
Answer: B) P. Chidambaram

25. The Ministry of Home Affairs primarily deals with:

A) Foreign policy
B) Defence operations
C) Internal security and law & order
D) International trade
Answer: C) Internal security and law & order