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The Correct answer is Haryana.

Key Points

• Haryana is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country, known for its rich agricultural practices and rapid industrial growth.
• Nayab Singh Saini, a prominent political figure, assumed his second term as the Chief Minister of Haryana in October 2024, highlighting his leadership and administrative capabilities.
• Haryana is often referred to as the "Land of Milk and Butter" due to its significant contribution to India's dairy industry and agriculture.
• The state was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966, and its capital is Chandigarh, which is shared with Punjab.
• Haryana is a leader in industrial development, housing major hubs such as Gurugram, which is known as a financial and technology hub.
• The state is renowned for its contributions to sports and athletics, producing many internationally acclaimed athletes in wrestling, boxing, and kabaddi.
• Haryana is also a key contributor to the Green Revolution, which transformed India into a food grain surplus country.
• The state's economy is driven by agriculture, manufacturing, IT services, and automobile production, making it one of India's most prosperous states.
• Haryana's governance model has been recognized for its initiatives in areas like education, women empowerment, and rural development.

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• Uttar Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and known for its rich cultural heritage and historical significance.
  • The state houses landmarks such as the Taj Mahal, Varanasi, and Ayodhya, which are globally renowned tourist destinations.
  • It is a major contributor to India's agriculture, producing crops like wheat, rice, and sugarcane.
• Punjab
  • Punjab is known as the "Granary of India" due to its extensive contribution to food grain production.
  • The state is famous for its rich cultural traditions, including Bhangra, Punjabi cuisine, and vibrant festivals.
  • Punjab has a significant role in India's independence history, being the land of freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh and Lala Lajpat Rai.
• Rajasthan
  • Rajasthan is India's largest state by area and is known for its desert landscapes, historical forts, and palaces.
  • The state is home to prominent tourist destinations like Jaipur, Udaipur, and Jaisalmer.
  • Rajasthan has a significant role in India's culture and tradition, with its folk music, dance, and art forms widely recognized.

The correct answer is Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh.

Key Points

• Rekha Gupta was elected as the Chief Minister of Delhi in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.
• She contested and won the election from the Shalimar Bagh constituency.
• Rekha Gupta belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), marking a significant political shift in Delhi's governance.
• Her victory is notable as it ended the prolonged tenure of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi.
• She focused on issues such as urban development, women’s safety, and infrastructure enhancement during her campaign.

Additional Information

• Chief Minister's Role and Responsibilities:
  • The Chief Minister is the executive head of a state government in India.
  • Key responsibilities include policy formulation, ensuring governance, and representing the state in various forums.
  • The Chief Minister works alongside the Governor, who is the ceremonial head of the state.
• Delhi Assembly Elections:
  • Delhi has a unicameral legislature, consisting of 70 assembly seats.
  • The elections are conducted under the supervision of the Election Commission of India.
  • The party or coalition with the majority forms the government, and the leader of the majority party becomes the Chief Minister.
• Shalimar Bagh Constituency:
  • Shalimar Bagh is one of the 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi.
  • It is known for its urban demographic and plays a significant role in Delhi's political landscape.
• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP):
  • The BJP is one of the major national political parties in India.
  • Founded in 1980, the BJP advocates for nationalism, economic development, and strong governance.
  • The party has a significant presence both at the central and state levels across India.

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 defense minister and Goa CM Manohar Parrikar in 2019.
• Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 MLA members.

Goa:

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

Additional Information

•  Manohar Parrikar was a prominent leader of the BJP and had also served as the Defence Minister of India.
•  Digambar Kamat is a member of the Indian National Congress and has also held the position of Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
• Sudin Dhavalikar is a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and has also served as the Minister of Public Works Department in the Goa government.

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.