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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 36

SSC CHSL - 19th October 2020 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q36

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Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is option 4 i.e Sukumar Sen.

  • The Chief Election Commissioner of India heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures and of President and Vice-President.
  • Sukumar Sen was an Indian civil servant who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India, serving from 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958.
Mihir Sen was a famous Indian long-distance swimmer and businessman. 
Om Prakash Rawat is a retired 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who served as 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sundaram also referred to as K. V. K. Sundaram, was an Indian civil servant, who holds the record as the first Law Secretary (1948–58) of independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India.