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A)
Goa
B)
Uttarakhand
C)
Manipur
D)
Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Chief Minister "Pushkar Singh Dhami" submitted his resignation along with that of his cabinet to the Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh. The move comes after Dhami lost from Khatima constituency to INC's Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by a margin of 6579 votes despite BJP reporting a comfortable victory in the Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 with 47 seats in the 70-member assembly. 

A)
Ayodhya
B)
Azamgarh
C)
Gorakhpur Urban
D)
Gopalpur

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Gorakhpur Urban

Yogi Adityanath had contested UP Elections 2022 from his stronghold, Gorakhpur Urban. He defeated Samajwadi Party’s Subhawati Upendra Dutt Shukla by a margin of 103390 votes

A)
Raman Arora
B)
Dr. Baljit Kaur
C)
Jeevan Jyot Kaur
D)
Inderjit Kaur Mann

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Jeevan Jyot Kaur

AAP candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur, is bring called the giant killer for defeating Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia from Amritsar East by a margin of 6750 votes. 

A)
INC
B)
BSP
C)
AAP
D)
BJP

Correct Answer : Option (D) - BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has achieved a hat-trick in Goa by winning 20 seats in the 40-member Goa Assembly. The party will be forming government in the state with the support of 2 MGP (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party) MLAs and three Independents. 

A)
AAP
B)
BJP
C)
TMC
D)
BSP

Correct Answer : Option (A) - AAP

Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has won a three-fourth majority in Punjab Election Results 2022, a historic victory for the relatively new party that only had a presence in the national capital till now. AAP won 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. Congress was reduced to 18, while the Shiromani Akali Dal had to settle for 3 seats. This paves for AAP to form the first non-Congress and non-Akali Dal government in Punjab.

A)
Navjot Singh Sidhu
B)
Charanjit Singh Channi
C)
Parkash Singh Badal
D)
Captain Amarinder Singh

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Charanjit Singh Channi

Congress leader and Punjab CM "Charanjit Singh Channi" lost from both Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib by 37558 votes and 7942 votes respectively in the recently held Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. The ruling Congress party could not stop the massive AAP wave that swept across the state, storming to power with 92 seats in the 117-member assembly, while Congress was reduced to 18 seats and the Akali Dal nearly demolished with just 3 seats. 

A)
BJP
B)
INC
C)
SP
D)
BSP

Correct Answer : Option (A) - BJP

The BJP is predicted to win an overwhelming majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls 2022, as per Exit Polls 2022. The party is projected to break the state’s anti-incumbency past and come to power for historic second term with over 300 seats in the 403 member state assembly

A)
11 seats
B)
12 seats
C)
13 seats
D)
14 seats

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 13 seats

The biennial Rajya Sabha elections will be held for 13 seats on March 31, 2022. The seats will be spread across six states including five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam and one each in Tripura, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh. The Rajya Sabha elections are being held as several senior members including Pratap Singh Bajwa and Naresh Gujral and Congress veterans such as AK Antony, Ripun Bora and Anand Sharma are set to retire in April. 

A)
April 9th
B)
April 5th
C)
April 1st
D)
March 31, 2022

Correct Answer : Option (D) - March 31, 2022

The biennial Rajya Sabha elections will be held for 13 seats on March 31, 2022. The seats are spread across six states- Punjab, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura and Nagaland. In total, five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam and one each in Tripura, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh will be up for biennial polls.

A)
48
B)
57
C)
62
D)
69

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 57

The sixth phase of UP Assembly Polls 2022 was held on March 3, 2022 in 57 seats across 10 districts including Gorakhpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Kushinagar, Deoria, Ballia, Basti,  Balrampur, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is among the candidates in the fray in this phase, he is contesting from Gorakhpur Urban seat.