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Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India?
A
Nagendra Singh
B
Sushil Chandra
C
Rajiv Kumar
D
Navin Chawla
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is appointed by the President of India. Election Commission is independent and has a wide-range of powers which are: 1. EC takes decisions on every aspect of conduct and control of elections from the announcement of elections to the declaration of results.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Sushil Chandra (born 15 May 1957) is a 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service officer. He was the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -V. S. Ramadevi (15 January 1934 – 17 April 2013) was an Indian politician who was the first lady to become the 13th Governor of Karnataka and 9th Chief Election Commissioner of India from 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990.

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