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Multiple choice

Why did Kejriwal resign as the Chief Minister of Delhi?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. Because corruption charges were slapped at him and his party.

  2. Because of the inability of his government to pass his anti-corruption legislation.

  3. Because of opposition from both the Congress and Bharatiya Janata parties.

  4. Because of the lack of support from other parties to his government and his policies.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – This is not the reason according to the passage. The reason is because of his government’s inability to pass anti-corruption legislation he had proposed.
    2. Correct – This is the reason why he resigned.
    3. Incorrect – This is not the reason according to the passage. The reason is because of his government’s inability to pass anti-corruption legislation he had proposed.
    1. Incorrect – This is not the reason according to the passage. The reason is because of his government’s inability to pass anti-corruption legislation he had proposed.
Multiple choice

Where did Arvind Kejriwal serve as Chief Minister?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. Delhi

  2. Kolkata

  3. Jamshedpur

  4. Sonipat

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Correct – He was the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi.
    2. Incorrect – He was the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, not Kolkata.
    3. Incorrect – He was the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, not Jamshedpur.
    1. Incorrect – He was the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, not Sonipat.
Multiple choice
  1. Vinod Rai

  2. Milon Bannerjee

  3. A.K. Malhotra

  4. B.P. Singh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Vinod Rai served as Comptroller and Auditor-General of India from 2008 to 2013, known for his reports on 2G and coal scams. The term new was correct when this question was framed, but is now dated.

Multiple choice
  1. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

  2. Mohamed Nasheed

  3. Ahmed Zaki

  4. Mohammed Waheed Hassan

  5. Abdullah Saeed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Former Maldives President Mohamad Nasheed, who was allowed to travel to London to seek medical treatment by the government of President Abdulla Yameen in January 2016, was granted refugee status by the United Kingdom. 

Multiple choice
  1. K. N. Vyas

  2. Anita Chaudhary

  3. R. A. Rajeev

  4. S. K. Sharma

  5. S. M. Jaamdar

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Renowned scientist S. K. Sharma was appointed the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). In his new role, he is responsible for design, construction, commissioning and operation of nuclear power reactors.

Multiple choice
  1. Ratan Tata

  2. Anand Mahindra

  3. Sunil Bharti Mittal

  4. Mukesh Ambani

  5. Rahul Bajaj

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman, has won the 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. The award, presented annually since 1968, is the highest honour the Harvard Business School confers on its alumni who have contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values. 

Multiple choice
  1. Shivraj Patil

  2. Indrajit Gupta

  3. Lal Krishna Advani

  4. Buta Singh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

P. Chidambaram took over as the Home Minister of India in 2008 following the resignation of Shivraj Patil in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Multiple choice
  1. Kerala

  2. Karnataka

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Andhra Pradesh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

K. Karunakaran was the Chief Minister of Kerala multiple times between 1977 and 1991. He was a senior Congress leader from Kerala and died in December 2010. Option A incorrectly states just 'Kerala' instead of 'Chief Minister of Kerala'.