MPPSC 2020 Prelims Q76: Who among the following Governors of Madhya Pradesh has

Q: What is the answer to MPPSC 2020 Prelims Q76?

D. Correct — D, Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma was the first Chief Minister of Haryana (1966) and later served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh (as well as Odisha). He is the one figure in the list who combined both offices.

MPPSC 2020 Prelims Paper-I · Question 76 of 100

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Who among the following Governors of Madhya Pradesh has been the Chief Minister of Haryana?

(a)Ram Prakash Gupta
(b)Ram Naresh Yadav
(c)Dr. Balram Jhakhar
(d)Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

Answer

Why

Correct — D, Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma was the first Chief Minister of Haryana (1966) and later served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh (as well as Odisha). He is the one figure in the list who combined both offices.

Why the others are wrong

(a)Ram Prakash Gupta — Ram Prakash Gupta was a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and later Governor of Madhya Pradesh — not a Chief Minister of Haryana.
(b)Ram Naresh Yadav — Ram Naresh Yadav was a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and later Governor of Madhya Pradesh — not of Haryana.
(c)Dr. Balram Jhakhar — Balram Jakhar was a Lok Sabha Speaker and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, but he was never Chief Minister of Haryana.

Concept

Several Governors of Madhya Pradesh had prior political careers as Chief Ministers or Speakers elsewhere. The question isolates the one who had been Chief Minister of Haryana — Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Haryana's first CM.

Match the Governor to the specific earlier office. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma -> Haryana's first CM; the UP link belongs to Ram Prakash Gupta and Ram Naresh Yadav; Balram Jakhar -> Lok Sabha Speaker.

Key facts

Bhagwat Dayal Sharma was the first Chief Minister of Haryana (1966).
He later served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh (and of Odisha).
Ram Prakash Gupta and Ram Naresh Yadav were former CMs of Uttar Pradesh.
Balram Jakhar was a former Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Study next

Governors of Madhya PradeshFormation of Haryana (1966) and its first Chief MinisterOffice of the Governor (Articles 153-162)Prominent political careers across states

Common traps

Confusing the UP-linked Governors (Gupta, Yadav) with the Haryana link
Assuming Balram Jakhar (Speaker) was a Chief Minister

Person-to-past-office matching for MP Governors.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma was the first Chief Minister of which state?
- (a)Haryana
- (b)Punjab
- (c)Himachal Pradesh
- (d)Rajasthan
Answer(a) Haryana (1966).
practice — not a real PYQ
Balram Jakhar, later a Governor of Madhya Pradesh, is best known for holding which office?
- (a)Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- (b)Chief Justice of India
- (c)Vice-President of India
- (d)Chief Election Commissioner
Answer(a) Speaker of the Lok Sabha.