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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Anup Chandra Pandey has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner. He is a retired IAS Officer from which cadres?
A
Gujarat
B
UP
C
MP
D
Bihar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anup Chandra Pandey (born 15 February 1959) is a retired 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently is the Election Commissioner of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Election Commissioners are usually retired IAS or IRS officers. Rajiv Kumar is the current 25th Chief Election Commissioner and the other Election Commissioners are Anup Chandra Pandey. and Arun Goel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arora assumed office as one of the two Election Commissioners of India on 31 August 2017, Arora assumed the office of Election Commissioner on 1 September 2017. During his tenure, 2019 Indian general election were held. He has joined agri-tech start-up Gram Unnati as its non-executive chairman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service officer. He was the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India.

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