National and International Appointments

H.D. Deve Gowda is the president of Janata Dal (Secular), a regional political party primarily based in Karnataka. He served as India's Prime Minister in 1996-1997 and has led JD(S) since its formation in 1999. The other options are from different fields: Kumaraswamy (his son, also JD(S) but not president), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), and Nitish Kumar (JD(U) leader).

Chiranjeevi is the president of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), a political party he founded in 2008 in Andhra Pradesh. The actor-turned-politician launched PRP with the slogan of 'social justice' before later merging it with the Congress Party. The other options are famous film actors from South India: Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and Sarath Kumar.

Bal Thackeray was the founder and president of Shiv Sena, a regional political party in Maharashtra. He established the party in 1966 and led it until his death in 2012, building it on a pro-Marathi manoos ideology. The other options are his son Uddhav (current leader), Raj (his nephew who founded MNS), and Sachin Tendulkar (cricket legend).

Asif Ali Zardari served as President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. However, this question has significant issues: the phrasing 'North-West India (WHICH THE PEOPLE OF WORLD CALL AS PAKISTAN)' is politically biased and factually incorrect. Pakistan has been a sovereign nation since 1947. Yousaf Raza Gilani was a Prime Minister, not President. The question's framing is problematic.

Sheikh Hasina Wazed has served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh multiple times and is a prominent political leader. However, this question has multiple issues: 'head of East Bengal' is anachronistic terminology, and 'East Bengal' became East Pakistan (1947-1971) then independent Bangladesh in 1971. The spelling 'BENEZIR BUTTO' is garbled (Benazir Bhutto, who was Pakistani, not Bangladeshi). The term 'head' is vague - PM vs President.

Lalu Prasad Yadav is the founder and prominent leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), a political party primarily based in Bihar. The other options listed are leaders of different parties: Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), and Mamata Banerjee (Trinamool Congress). Note: 'PASHWAN' appears to be a spelling error for Paswan.

J. Jayalalithaa (also spelled Jayalalitha) was the leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), a prominent political party in Tamil Nadu. She served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu multiple times. Note: 'VIJAYA KANTH' has a spelling error (Vijayakanth), Karunanidhi is associated with DMK (not AIADMK), and Dorjee Khandu was an Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister.

N Chandrasekaran became the CEO of Tata Consultancy Services in 2017 and has served in that role since. Ratan Tata was the Chairman of Tata Sons (not TCS CEO), S Ramadorai was a former CEO (1996-2009), and S Mahalingam was CFO and COO. Chandrasekaran later became Chairman of Tata Sons in 2022 but remains an important figure in TCS history.

Manmohan Singh was India's Finance Minister from 1991-1996 (under PM Rao). 7 Race Course Road is the official Prime Minister's residence. While the 2008-2009 timeline in the question is confused (Singh was PM then, not FM), the key clues point to Manmohan Singh. Pranab Mukherjee was External Affairs Minister 2006-09 and briefly FM in 2008-09.

F. C. Kohli (Faqir Chand Kohli) is widely regarded as the 'father of the Indian IT industry' and served as TCS's Deputy Chairman and second Director. He was instrumental in building TCS from its early days. Ratan Tata was Chairman, while S. Ramadorai was a later CEO/MD.

Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar and Union Minister, surprisingly lost the 2009 election from Pataliputra constituency to his friend-turned-rival Ram Vilas Paswan's party candidate.

Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, won the 2009 election from Srinagar constituency. His sister Khalida Shah had also contested against him, making it a family contest.

H. D. Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister of India (1996-1997) and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, won the 2009 election from Hassan constituency. His son H. D. Kumaraswamy has also been Karnataka's Chief Minister.