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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who chaired a meeting of central Zonal Council held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh?
A
Shri Rajnath Singh
B
Shri Vivek Misra
C
Shri Suresh Prabhu
D
Shri Dinesh Karthik
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chairman-The Union Home Minister is the Chairman of each of these Councils.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chief Minister and two other Ministers as nominated by the Governor from each of the States and two members from Union Territories included in the zone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Five Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956 – north, south, east, west and central. The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v) Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are not included in the Zonal Councils.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kerala Chief Minister and present Vice Chairman of Southern Zonal Council Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan said the Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been taking a keen interest in maintaining good rapport with all states and doing everything possible to see that relations between different states are smooth.

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