Important Questions and Answers on the National Flag of India

Q1. What is the National Flag of India called?
Answer: The National Flag of India is popularly known as the Tiranga, meaning tricolour.

Q2. When was the present National Flag of India adopted?
Answer: It was adopted on 22 July 1947 by the Constituent Assembly.

Q3. Who is popularly associated with the design of the Indian National Flag?
Answer: Pingali Venkayya is popularly associated with the design of the Indian National Flag.

Q4. How many colours are there in the Indian National Flag?
Answer: There are three colours—saffron, white, and green.

Q5. What is the colour of the top band?
Answer: The top band is saffron.

Q6. What is the colour of the middle band?
Answer: The middle band is white.

Q7. What is the colour of the bottom band?
Answer: The bottom band is green.

Q8. What is present in the centre of the white band?
Answer: The Ashoka Chakra is present in the centre of the white band.

Q9. What is the colour of the Ashoka Chakra?
Answer: The Ashoka Chakra is navy blue.

Q10. How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra have?
Answer: The Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes.

Q11. What does the Ashoka Chakra represent?
Answer: It represents the Dharma Chakra, symbolizing righteous conduct, movement, and progress.

Q12. What are the official proportions of the Indian National Flag?
Answer: The length-to-height ratio of the flag is 3:2.

Q13. Are the three bands of the flag equal in width?
Answer: Yes. The three horizontal bands are equal in width.

Q14. What does saffron generally represent?
Answer: Saffron represents courage and sacrifice.

Q15. What does white generally represent?
Answer: White represents truth and peace.

Q16. What does green generally represent?
Answer: Green represents faith, fertility, growth, and prosperity.

Q17. From where is the Ashoka Chakra derived?
Answer: It is derived from the Dharma Chakra depicted on the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.

Q18. What symbol was used in earlier versions of the nationalist flag?
Answer: The Charkha (spinning wheel) was used in earlier versions.

Q19. Who presented an early design of the flag to Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: Pingali Venkayya presented an early flag design to Mahatma Gandhi in 1921.

Q20. When did India become independent?
Answer: India became independent on 15 August 1947.

Q21. How many days before Independence was the present flag adopted?
Answer: It was adopted 24 days before Independence.

Q22. What is the Flag Code of India?
Answer: The Flag Code of India contains rules and guidelines concerning the display and use of the National Flag.

Q23. When did the Flag Code of India, 2002 come into effect?
Answer: The Flag Code of India, 2002 came into effect on 26 January 2002.

Q24. Can ordinary citizens display the Indian National Flag?
Answer: Yes. Citizens can display the National Flag, subject to the applicable laws and provisions of the Flag Code.

Q25. Can the National Flag touch the ground?
Answer: No. The National Flag should not touch the ground or floor.

Q26. What should be done with a damaged National Flag?
Answer: A damaged or soiled National Flag should not be displayed and should be disposed of respectfully according to the applicable rules.

Q27. What should be at the top when the flag is displayed horizontally?
Answer: The saffron band should always be at the top.

Q28. What is the significance of the National Flag for India?
Answer: It symbolizes India’s unity, sovereignty, freedom, national pride, and identity.

Q29. Which law protects the National Flag from acts of insult?
Answer: The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 provides legal protection concerning disrespect to the National Flag.

Q30. What is the main message of the Indian National Flag?
Answer: The Tiranga represents India’s unity, courage, peace, progress, and national pride.

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