CM and Governors MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for CM and Governors - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Ms. Anandiben Patel.

Key Points

• Anandiben Patel is the current Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
• She assumed office as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh on July 29, 2019.
• She is the first woman Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
• Before becoming the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, she served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

The correct answer is Swaroop Singh​.

Key Points

• Swaroop Singh was first given the additional charge of the Governor of Rajasthan from August 26, 1991, to February 4, 1992.
• He served in this capacity before Dr. M. Chenna Reddy took over the role on February 5, 1992.
• He was an academic and politician, having previously held positions such as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi and Governor of Kerala.
• His tenure in Rajasthan was part of a distinguished career that included significant contributions to education and governance in India.

Additional Information

• Role of a Governor
  • The Governor is the constitutional head of each of the Indian states.
  • The Governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years.
  • They act on the advice of the state's Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers.
• Additional Charges
  • Occasionally, a Governor is given additional charge of another state due to sudden vacancies or administrative reasons.
  • This practice ensures continuous governance and administrative stability in the state.
• T. V. Rajeswar's Career
  • T. V. Rajeswar had a distinguished career in the Indian Police Service (IPS).
  • He also served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau before moving to gubernatorial roles.
• Rajasthan's Governance
  • The state of Rajasthan has had a series of distinguished Governors since its formation.
  • The Governor's role includes ensuring the state's governance runs smoothly and constitutionally.

The correct answer is Governor Margaret Alva.

Key Points

• Margaret Alva was the Governor of Rajasthan from May 2012 to August 2014.
• She administered the oath of office to Smt. Vasundhara Raje as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for her second term.
• Smt. Vasundhara Raje was sworn in as the 24th Chief Minister of Rajasthan on December 13, 2013.
• Margaret Alva has also served as the Governor of Uttarakhand and Goa during her tenure.

Additional Information

• Governorship in India:
  • The Governor is the constitutional head of each state in India, appointed by the President of India.
  • The Governor's role is largely ceremonial, with executive powers being exercised by the state's Chief Minister and Council of Ministers.
• Margaret Alva:
  • Margaret Alva is a senior Indian politician who has served in various capacities, including Union Minister and Governor.
  • She was a member of the Indian National Congress and has held key portfolios in the central government.
• Vasundhara Raje:
  • Smt. Vasundhara Raje is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • She has served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for two terms: from 2003 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2018.
• Chief Minister's Oath:
  • The Chief Minister takes an oath of office and secrecy administered by the Governor of the state.
  • The oath signifies the Chief Minister's commitment to uphold the constitution and the laws of the state.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key Points

• S Abdul Nazeer was appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on February 12, 2023.
• The role of governors in India includes being the constitutional head of a state and overseeing its legislative assembly.
• Ramesh Baish is the Governor of Maharashtra.
• Phagu Chauhan is the Governor of Meghalaya.
• Shiv Pratap Shukla is the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

Additional Information

• Article 153 states that there shall be a Governor for each state. This establishes the role of the governor as a constitutional authority.
• Governors are appointed by the President of India, as per Article 155, which empowers the President to appoint governors at their discretion.
• While governors typically serve a term of five years, they hold office at the pleasure of the President, meaning they can be removed at any time.
• Governors have various powers, including legislative, executive, and judicial functions, and they play a key role in the state government’s functioning, including the ability to summon and prorogue the state legislature.

• Aspect	Governor	President
  Position	The constitutional head of a state	Constitutional head of the country
  Appointment	Appointed by the President of India	Elected by an electoral college
  Term	Typically serves a term of 5 years	Serves a term of 5 years
  Powers	Has executive, legislative, and judicial powers in the state	Has executive powers at the national level
  Role	Acts as a link between the central government and the state government	Represents the nation and performs ceremonial duties
  Removal	Can be removed by the President at any time	Can be impeached by Parliament
  Legislative Role	Summons and prorogues state legislature sessions	Summons and prorogues Parliament sessions
  Judicial Powers	Has the power to grant pardons in the state	Has the power to grant pardons at the national level
  Political Influence	Often has ties with the ruling party in the state	Represents the ruling party at the national level, but acts as a neutral figure

The correct answer is Assam

The correct answer is Eighth 

Key Points

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician who took oath as the 21st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the 8th person to hold the position.
• Stalin along with the rest of his cabinet took oath as the Chief Minister on 7 May 2021.
• They won 159 seats out 234, with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) itself winning an absolute majority with 132 seats. 
• In the 2021 Assembly elections, Stalin led the campaign for the Secular Progressive Alliance. 
• Kanjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai served as the fourth and last Chief Minister of Madras State from 1967 to 1969 and was the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Madras State renamed as Tamil Nadu) for 20 days before his death.
• Janaki Ramachandran was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She was commonly known as VN Janaki who was a famous actress.​

Additional Information

• New Appointments of Chief Minister of India 2021 and 2022
• 2021  
  • ​Pushkar Singh Dhami - Uttarakhand 
  • M.K. Stalin - Tamil Nadu 
  • Natesan Krishnasamy Rangasamy - Puducherry
  • Basavaraj Somappa Bommai - Karnataka 
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma - Assam 
  • Bhupendrabhai Rajnikantbhai Patel - Gujrat  
• 2022
  • Manik Saha - Tripura 
  • ​Pushkar Singh Dhami - Uttarakhand 
  • Bhagwant Mann - Punjab
  • Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - Himachal Pradesh

The correct answer is 12.

Key Points

• The minimum strength of council of ministers in a state as per Constitution (91st Constitutional Amendment Act) is 12 and the maximum is 15 per cent of Legislative Assembly.
• The President of India does not have existed without the council of ministers, but Governor has (at the time of the President’s rule).
• Article 163: Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor.
• Article 164: Other provisions as to Ministers
• Article 164 (1A): The total number of Ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a State shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State.

The correct answer is M.K. Stalin.

Key Points

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8^th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• He has also served as president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party since 28 August 2018.
• About DMK 
  •  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a political party from India, which has a major influence on the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
  • Founder- C. N. Annadurai
• Recent Update- 
  • Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
  • The 68-year-old is the son of the former five-term Tamil Nadu chief minister, the late M Karunanidhi.
  • The DMK-led alliance won 159 seats, well ahead of the majority mark of 118 seats. The party alone won 133 seats in the election.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced Rs. 5 lakh assistance for children who lost both their parents due to COVID-19.
    • The state government will bear their educational and hostel fees till graduation.
    • It will also provide Rs. 3 lakh to the children who lost one of their parents. 
• About state
  • Chief Minister - M.K. Stalin (June 2021)
  • Governor - R. N. Ravi
  • Lok Sabha seats - 39
  • Rajya Sabha seats - 18

The correct answer is Pramod Sawant.

Key Points

• Pramod Sawant has been elected as the Chief Minister of Goa for his second term.
• He will also be the Leader of the Legislative Party for the next 5 years.
• He has been serving as the CM since 2019.
• Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly.
• He is also an Ayurveda medical practitioner.

Additional Information

• ​India’s Goa Shipyard Ltd delivered the 5th and final vessel of the 5 Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vehicle (CGOPV) Project ahead of contractual schedule. 
• On the occasion of Goa Liberation Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several development projects worth over 650 crores rupees in Goa.
  • Goa Capital: Panaji
  • Goa CM: Pramod Sawant
  • Goa Governor: S. Sreedharan Pillai

The correct answer is Gulab Chand Kataria.

In News

• Gulab Chand Kataria has taken oath as the Governor of Assam on February 22, 2023.

Key Points

• Gulab Chand Kataria is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and leader of the opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly.
• He is an 8-time MLA from Udaipur, Rajasthan is also a member of central working committee of the BJP.
• He was the Home minister in Government of Rajasthan from 2014 till 2018.
• He succeeds Professor Jagdish Mukhi, who demitted office on February 19 after completing his term.

Additional Information

• Assam is a state in northeastern India, known for its wildlife, archeological sites and tea plantations.
  • Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam.
  • Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park are located in Assam.
  • Statehood: 26 January 1950
  • Capital: Dispur
  • Chief minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The correct answer is C. V. Ananda Bose.

Key Points

• C. V. Ananda Bose is an Indian retired IAS officer, who has been serving as the Governor of West Bengal since 23 November 2022.​
• Ananda Bose joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1977.
• He worked as District magistrate, and Principal Secretary and Additional Chief secretary in various ministries such as Education, Forest and Environment, Labour, and General Administration.

Additional Information

• ​About West Bengal

The correct answer is Pramod Sawant.

Key Points

• Pramod Sawant is the 13th and current Chief Minister of Goa.
• Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly.
• He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
• He is an Ayurveda Medical practitioner by profession.
  • Governor of Goa: P.S. Sreedharan Pillai 
  • Capital of Goa: Panaji​
• ​Pramod Sawant image:

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Additional Information

• Manohar Parikkar was the Chief Minister of Goa till 2019.
  • Previously, he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014, and from 2017 to 2019.
  • He died on 17 March 2019 at the age of 63 from pancreatic cancer at his residence in Panaji.
• Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar held the office of the Chief Minister of Goa from 2014 to 2017.
• Digambar Kamat was the Chief Minister of Goa from June 2007 to March 2012.
• Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (CM), in office from 31 October 2014 to 8 November 2019.

The correct answer is Option 4. 

Key Points

• BD Mishra on October 4 took oath as the new governor of Meghalaya at a function in the Raj Bhavan in Shillong.
• BD Mishra, the former brigadier of the Indian Army, has been serving as the Arunachal Pradesh governor since 2017.
• He has been given the additional charge of neighbouring Meghalaya.
• He succeeded Satya Pal Malik who completed his term as the Meghalaya governor on October 3.
• Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh and senior cabinet ministers were present at the function.

Additional Information

•  Unlike many Indian states, Meghalaya has historically followed a matrilineal system where the lineage and inheritance are traced through women; the youngest daughter inherits all wealth and she also takes care of her parents.
• The state is the wettest region of India, with the wettest areas in the southern Khasi Hills recording an average of 12,000 mm of rain a year.

The correct answer is President.

• On the advice of Lieutenant Governor, the president of India appoints the chief minister of Delhi.
• Govt. of India, city or local governments are as per 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in UTs.
• Delhi is a Union territory and Union Territories are governed by the Central Government.
• Delhi, Puducherry, Jammu & Kashmir are UTs with Legislative Assembly in India.

Key Points

• In 1998, Shila Dixit became CM of Delhi and became the longest Indian Woman to keep this office.
• The first chief minister of Delhi was the Indian National Congress party's, Chaudhary Brahm Prakash.
• Gurmukh Nihal Singh was not only the second chief minister of Delhi, but he also served as the first-ever governor of the state of Rajasthan.
• Chaudhary Brahm Prakash was also the youngest (and first) chief minister of Delhi.
• Delhi has its own “Legislative Assembly” and in this assembly, there are 70 members.

The correct answer is Pramod Sawant.Key Points

• Pramod Sawant took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa, in a ceremony held at the Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee stadium in Taleigao on 28 March 2022.
• Eight other MLAs also took oath as Cabinet Ministers.
• Mr Sawant took over the reins after the death of former defence minister and Goa CM Manohar Parrikar in 2019.
• Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 MLA members.

Additional Information 

• Goa:
  • Lok Sabha seats - 2.
  • Rajya Sabha seats - 1.
  • State Animal - Gaur.
  • State Bird - Yellow-throated bulbul.
  • National Park - Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park.