Who amongst the following was the first Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly?
- (a)Bhagwantrao Mandloi
- (b)Dwarka Prasad Mishra
- (c)Shankar Dayal Sharma
- (d)Pandit Kunjilal Dubey
Correct — D, Pandit Kunjilal Dubey. When the present-day Madhya Pradesh was constituted on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Pandit Kunjilal Dubey served as the first Speaker of its Legislative Assembly.
- (a)Bhagwantrao Mandloi — Served as a Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, not as the Assembly's first Speaker.
- (b)Dwarka Prasad Mishra — Served as a Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, not as the Assembly's first Speaker.
- (c)Shankar Dayal Sharma — Went on to serve as Vice-President and later the 9th President of India, but was not the first Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.
Madhya Pradesh in its present form was created on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, merging the former Madhya Pradesh (Mahakoshal), Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal State, with Bhopal as the new capital. Pandit Kunjilal Dubey was the first Speaker of the reorganised state's Legislative Assembly.
The trap is mixing up the Assembly's first Speaker with the state's other prominent 'firsts' — its first Chief Minister, or figures who later rose to national office. Keep the roles separate: Speaker presides over the House; Chief Minister heads the government.
- Madhya Pradesh (present form) was created on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- Bhopal became the capital of the reorganised state
- Pandit Kunjilal Dubey was the first Speaker of its Legislative Assembly
- Pt. Ravishankar Shukla was the first Chief Minister of the reorganised Madhya Pradesh
- Confusing Madhya Pradesh's Chief Ministers (Mandloi, Mishra) with its Assembly Speaker
- Confusing figures who later held high national office (Sharma as President of India) with state-specific 'firsts'
MPPSC frequently tests state-specific 'firsts' — first Speaker, first Chief Minister, first Governor of the reorganised Madhya Pradesh (1956).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Madhya Pradesh, in its present form, was constituted on 1 November 1956 under which Act?
- (a)Government of India Act, 1935
- (b)States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- (c)Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000
- (d)Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer(b) States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Who was the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh after its reorganisation in 1956?
- (a)Dwarka Prasad Mishra
- (b)Ravishankar Shukla
- (c)Bhagwantrao Mandloi
- (d)Shankar Dayal Sharma
Answer(b) Ravishankar Shukla — he headed the first ministry of the newly reorganised state.