GK
INDIAN POLITICS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Manik Sarkar
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Tarun Gogoi
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Jyoti Basu
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Narendra Modi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Four of the BJP chief ministers have been women-Sushma Swaraj in Delhi, Uma Bharti in Madhya Pradesh, Anandiben Patel in Gujarat and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, who is chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for more than 15 years has been the longest-serving chief minister from the BJP.
Detailed explanation-2: -To this date he is the longest-serving union cabinet minister in India. Babu Jajgivan Ram holds the record for maximum duration as cabinet minister i.e. around 30 years, but the record for consistent and uninterrupted membership of the cabinet in continuation is held by Mr. Swaran Singh.
Detailed explanation-3: -West Bengal has come under President’s rule on four occasions, all between 1968 and 1977. With over 23 years in office, Jyoti Basu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is India’s second longest-serving chief minister.