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21. Narendra Modi 2019 - till date
D. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERS
Name Tenure
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1947 - 1950
2. Morarji Desai 1967 - 1969
3. Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram (jointly) 1977 - 1979
4. Y.B. Chavan 1979 - 1980
5. Devi Lal 1989 - 1990
6. Devi Lal 1990 - 1991
E. SPEAKERS OF THE LOK SABHA
Name Tenure
1. Ganesh Vasudev 1952 - 1956 (Died)
Mavalankar
2. M. Ananthasayanam 1956 - 1962
Ayyangar
3. Hukam Singh 1962 - 1967
4. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1967 - 1969 (Resigned)
5. Gurdial Singh Dhillon 1969 - 1975 (Resigned)
6. Bali Ram Bhagat 1976 - 1977
7. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1977 - 1977 (Resigned)
8. K.S. Hegde 1977 - 1980
9. Bal Ram Jakhar 1980 - 1989
10. Rabi Ray 1989 - 1991
11. Shivraj V. Patil 1991 - 1996
12. P.A. Sangma 1996 - 1998
13. G.M.C. Balayogi 1998 - 2002 (Died)
14. Manohar Gajanan Joshi 2002 - 2004
15. Somnath Chatterjee 2004 - 2009
16. Ms. Meira Kumar 2009 - 2014
17. Ms. Sumitra Mahajan 2014 - 2019
18. Om Birla 2019 - till date
F. CHIEF JUSTICES OF INDIA
Name Tenure
Name Tenure
3. M.C. Mahajan 1954 - 1954
4. B.K. Mukherjea 1954 - 1956
5. S.R. Das 1956 - 1959
6. B.P. Sinha 1959 - 1964
7. P.B. Gajendragadkar 1964 - 1966
8. A.K. Sarkar 1966 - 1966
9. K. Subba Rao 1966 - 1967
10. K.N. Wanchoo 1967 - 1968
11. M. Hidayatullah 1968 - 1970
12. J.C. Shah 1970 - 1971
13. S.M. Sikri 1971 - 1973
14. A.N. Ray 1973 - 1977
15. M.H. Beg 1977 - 1978
16. Y.V. Chandrachud 1978 - 1985
17. P.N. Bhagwati 1985 - 1986
18. R.S. Pathak 1986 - 1989
19. E.S. Venkataramaiah 1989 - 1989
20. S. Mukherjee 1989 - 1990
21. Ranganath Mishra 1990 - 1991
22. K.N. Singh 1991 - 1991
23. M.H. Kania 1991 - 1992
24. L.M. Sharma 1992 - 1993
25. M.N. Venkatachalaiah 1993 - 1994
Name Tenure
28. M.M. Punchhi 1998 - 1998
29. A.S. Anand 1998 - 2001
30. S.P. Bharucha 2001 - 2002
31. B.N. Kirpal 2002 - 2002
32. G.B. Pattanaik 2002 - 2002
33. V.N. Khare 2002 - 2004
34. S. Rajendra Babu 2004 - 2004
35. R.C. Lahoti 2004 - 2005
36. Y.K. Sabharwal 2005 - 2007
37. K.G. Balakrishnan 2007 - 2010
38. S.H. Kapadia 2010 - 2012
39. Altamas Kabir 2012 - 2013
40. P. Sathasivam 2013 - 2014
41. R.M. Lodha 2014 - 2014
42. H.L. Dattu 2014 - 2015
43. T.S. Thakur 2015 - 2017
44. J.S. Khehar 2017 - 2017
45. Dipak Misra 2017 - 2018
46. Ranjan Gogoi 2018 - 2019
47. S.A. Bobde 2019 - till date
G. CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF INDIA
Name Tenure
1. Sukumar Sen 1950 - 1958
Name Tenure
3. S.P. Sen Verma 1967 - 1972
4. Dr. Nagendra Singh 1972 - 1973
5. T. Swaminathan 1973 - 1977
6. S.L. Shakdhar 1977 - 1982
7. R.K. Trivedi 1982 - 1985
8. R.V.S. Peri Sastri 1986 - 1990
9. Smt. V.S. Rama Devi 1990 - 1990
10. T.N. Seshan 1990 - 1996
11. M.S. Gill 1996 - 2001
12. J.M. Lyngdoh 2001 - 2004
13. T.S. Krishna Murthy 2004 - 2005
14. B.B. Tandon 2005 - 2006
15. N. Gopalaswamy 2006 - 2009
16. Naveen Chawla 2009 - 2010
17. S.Y. Quraishi 2010 - 2012
18. V.S. Sampath 2012 - 2015
19. H.S. Brahma 2015 - 2015
20. Nasim Zaidi 2015 - 2017
21. A.K. Jyoti 2017 - 2018
22. Om Prakash Rawat 2018 - 2018
23. Sunil Arora 2018 - till date
H. CHAIRMEN OF THE UPSC
Name Tenure
Name Tenure
2. Sir David Petrie 1932 - 1936
3. Sir Eyre Gorden 1937 - 1942
4. Sir F.W. Robertson 1942 - 1947
5. H.K. Kripalani 1947 - 1949
6. R.N. Banerjee 1949 - 1955
7. N. Govindarajan 1955 - 1955
8. V.S. Hejmadi 1955 - 1961
9. B.N. Jha 1961 - 1967
10. K.R. Damle 1967 - 1971
11. R.C.S. Sarkar 1971 - 1973
12. Dr. A.R. Kidwai 1973 - 1979
13. Dr. M.L. Shahare 1979 - 1985
14. H.K.L. Capoor 1985 - 1990
15. J.P. Gupta 1990 - 1992
16. Smt. R.M. Bathew (Kharbuli) 1992 - 1996
17. S.J.S. Chhatwal 1996 - 1996
18. J.M. Qureshi 1996 - 1998
19. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath 1998 - 2002
20. P.C. Hota 2002 - 2003
21. Mata Prasad 2003 - 2005
22. Dr. S.R. Hashim 2005 - 2006
23. Gurbachan Jagat 2006 - 2007
24. Subir Dutta 2007 - 2008
Name Tenure
27. Deepak Gupta 2014 - 2016
28. Alka Sirohi 2016 - 2017
29. David Syiemlieh 2017 - 2018
30. Vinay Mittal 2018 - 2018
31. Arvind Saxena 2018 - till date
I. COMPTROLLER AND AUDITORGENERALS OF INDIA
Name Tenure
1. V. Narhari Rao 1948 - 1954
2. A.K. Chanda 1954 - 1960
3. SH. A.K. Roy 1960 - 1966
4. S. Ranganathan 1966 - 1972
5. A. Baksi 1972 - 1978
6. Gian Prakash 1978 - 1984
7. T.N. Chaturvedi 1984 - 1990
8. C.G. Somiah 1990 - 1996
9. V.K. Shunglu 1996 - 2002
10. V.N. Kaul 2002 - 2008
11. Vinod Rai 2008 - 2013
12. Shashi Kant Sharma 2013 - 2017
13. Rajiv Mehrishi 2017 - till date
J. ATTORNEY - GENERALS OF INDIA
Name Tenure
1. M.C. Setalvad 1950 - 1963
Name Tenure
2. C.K. Daphtary 1963 - 1963
3. Niren De 1968 - 1977
4. S.V. Gupte 1977 - 1979
5. L.N. Sinha 1979 - 1983
6. K. Parasaran 1983 - 1989
7. Soli J. Sorabjee 1989 - 1990
8. G. Ramaswamy 1990 - 1992
9. Milon K. Banerjee 1992 - 1996
10. Ashok K. Desai 1996 - 1998
11. Soli J. Sorabjee 1998 - 2004
12. Milon K. Banerjee 2004 - 2009
13. Goolam E. Vahanvati 2009 - 2014
14. Mukul Rohatgi 2014 - 2017
15. K.K. Venugopal 2017 - till date
A. NATIONAI HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Justice Ranganath Misra 1993 -
1996
2. Justice M.N. 1996 -
Venkatachaliah 1999
3. Justice J.S. Verma 1999 -
2003
4. Justice A.S. Anand 2003 -
2006
5. Justice Shivaraj V. Patil 2006 -
2007
6. Justice S. Rajendra Babu 2007 -
2009
7. Justice Govind Prasad 2009 -
Mathur 2010
8. Justice K.G. 2010 -
Balakrishnan 2015
9. Justice Cyrial Joseph 2015 -
2016
10. Justice H.L. Datt 2016 - till
date
B. NATIONAI COMMISSION FOR WOMEN
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Jayanti Patnaik 1992 - 1995
2. Dr. V. Mohini Giri 1995 - 1998
3. Vibha Parthasarathi 1999 - 2002
4. Dr. Poornima Advani 2002 - 2005
5. Dr. Girija Vyas 2005 - 2008
6. Dr. Girija Vyas 2008 - 2011
7. Mamta Sharma 2011 - 2014
8. Lalitha 2014 - 2017
Kumaramangalam
C. NATIONAI COMMISSION FOR
PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Dr. Shantha Sinha 2007 - 2010
2. Dr. Shantha Sinha 2010 - 2013
3. Kushal Singh 2013 - 2014
4. Stuti Narain Kacker 2015 - 2018
5. Priyank Kanoongo 2018 - till date
D. NATIONAI COMMISSION FOR
BACKWARD CLASSES
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Justice R.N. Prasad 1993 - 1996
2. Justice Shyam Sunder 1997 - 2000
3. Justice B.L. Yadav 2000 - 2002
4. Justice Ram Surat Singh 2002 - 2005
5. Justice S. Ratnavel 2006 - 2009
Pandian
6. Justice M.N. Rao 2010 - 2013
7. Justice V. Eswaraiah 2013 - 2016
E. NATIONAI COMMISSION FOR
MINORITIES
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Justice Mohammad Sardar 1993 -
Ali Khan 1996
2. Prof. Tahir Mohammad 1996 -
1999
3. Justice Mohammed 2000 -
Shamim 2003
4. Tarlochan Singh 2003 -
2006
5. Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2006 -
2007
6. Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 2007 -
2010
7. Wajahat Habibullah 2011 -
2014
8. Naseem Ahmad 2014 -
2017
9. Syed Ghayorul Hasan 2017 - till
F. ERSTWHILE NATIONAL COMMISSION
FOR SCS AND STS (COMBINED)
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. S.H. Ramdhan 1992 - 1995
2. H. Hanumanthappa 1995 - 1998
G. NATIONAI COMMISSION FOR SCS
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Suraj Bhan 2004 - 2006
2. Buta Singh 2007 - 2010
3. P.L. Punia 2010 - 2013
H. NATIONAI COMMISSION FOR STS
Serial Name Tenure
Number
1. Kunwar Singh 2004 - 2007
2. Urmila Singh 2007 - 2010
3. Rameshwar Oraon 2010 - 2013
Appendix VII UPSC Questions on Indian
Polity (General Studies— Prelims 2010–
2019)
2010 TEST PAPER
1. With reference to the Constitution of India, consider the
following:
1. Fundamental Rights
2. Fundamental Duties
3. Directive Principles of State Policy
Which of the above provisions of the Constitution of India
is/are fulfilled by the National Social Assistance Programme
launched by the Government of India?
(a) 1 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Consider the following statements:
The Supreme Court of India tenders advice to the President of
India on matters of law or fact
1. on its own initiative (on any matter of larger public
interest).
2. if he seeks such an advice.
3. only if the matters relate to the Fundamental Rights of the
citizens.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 and 2
3. With reference to Lok Adalats, which of the following
statements is correct?
(a) Lok Adalats have the jurisdiction to settle the matters at
pre-litigative stage and not those matters pending before
any court
(b) Lok Adalats can deal with matters which are civil and not
criminal in nature