MBA admission 2014: Practice GK questions on politics for MBA prep- Part 4
Who has the authority to dismiss the governor of a state from his office?
Dismissed by President on the advice of Prime Minister
Which four large developing countries represent the BASIC countries (also Basic countries or BASIC)?
Brazil, South Africa, India and China
Which former UK Prime minister recently passed away?
Margaret Thatcher
The upcoming 2014 elections will form the ___ Lok Sabha.
16th Lok Sabha
The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on advice of ____
Prime Minister
Our Preamble enshrines the ideals of – liberty, equality and fraternity. These ideals are inspired by which revolution?
French Revolution
Name the current Presidents of South Korea and Kenya.
South Korea – Park Geun-hye, Kenya – Uhuru Kenyatta
Name the current Prime Minister of China
Li Keqiang
Who is the chairman of National Commission of Population?
The Prime Minister of India
The Nagaland State of India cannot be termed as a state because it lacks ___.
Sovereignty
List of 28 Indian states, capitals and their respective Governors and Chief Ministers
| State |
Capital |
Governor |
Chief Minister |
| Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad |
E. S. L. Narasimhan |
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy |
| Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar |
Nirbhay Sharma |
Nabam Tuki |
| Assam |
Dispur |
J B Patnaik |
Tarun Gogoi |
| Bihar |
Patna |
D. Y. Patil |
Nitish Kumar |
| Chhattisgarh |
Raipur |
Shekhar Dutt |
Raman Singh |
| Goa |
Panjim |
Bharat Vir Wanchoo |
Manohar Parrikar |
| Gujarat |
Gandhinagar |
Kamla Beniwal |
Narendra Modi |
| Haryana |
Chandigarh |
Jagannath Pahadia |
Bhupinder Singh Hooda |
| Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla |
Urmila Singh |
Virbhadra Singh |
| Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar (summer) Jammu (winter) |
Narinder Nath Vohra |
Omar Abdullah |
| Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
Syed Ahmed |
Hemant Soren |
| Karnataka |
Bangalore |
Hansraj Bhardwaj |
Siddaramaiah |
| Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Nikhil Kumar |
Oommen Chandy |
| Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
Ram Naresh Yadav |
Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
K. Sankaranarayanan |
Prithviraj Chavan |
| Manipur |
Imphal |
Ashwani Kumar |
Okram Ibobi Singh |
| Meghalaya |
Shillong |
K. K. Paul |
Mukul Sangma |
| Mizoram |
Aizawl |
Vakkom Purushothaman |
Pu Lalthanhawla |
| Nagaland |
Kohima |
Ashwani Kumar |
Neiphiu Rio |
| Odisha (Orissa) |
Bhubaneswar |
S. C. Jamir |
Naveen Patnaik |
| Punjab |
Chandigarh |
Shivraj Patil |
Parkash Singh Badal |
| Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
Margaret Alva |
Ashok Gehlot |
| Sikkim |
Gangtok |
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil |
Pawan Kumar Chamling |
| Tamil Nadu |
Chennai |
Konijeti Rosaiah |
Jayalalithaa |
| Tripura |
Agartala |
Devanand Konwar |
Manik Sarkar |
| Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
Aziz Qureshi |
Akhilesh Yadav |
| Uttarakhand |
Dehradun (interim) |
Banwari Lal Joshi |
Vijay Bahuguna |
| West Bengal |
Kolkata |
M. K. Narayanan |
Mamata Banerjee |
