Q. Every year, April 21 is celebrated as Civil Services Day, to commemorate the address of which Indian leader, made among the probationers of Administrative Services Officers in 1947?
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Notes: On April 21, 1947 the first Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers in 1947. While delivering the historical address at the Metcalf House, Delhi, he described the Civil servants as ‘steel frame of India’. To commemorate this occasion, April 21 has been observed as the Civil Services Day every year, across the country.