Q1. Which of the following statements was true in the context of the 2022 paper? (1) Jagdeep Dhankhar was sworn in as the 14th Vice-President of India on 6 August 2022. (2) Jagdeep Dhankhar belongs to Jhunjhunu district and is the second person from Rajasthan to become the Vice-President. (3) He has also been a Lok Sabha MP, a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, and the Governor of West Bengal. (4) At that time, the presiding officers of both Houses of Parliament were from Rajasthan.
Explanation
For the 2022 paper context, statements 2, 3 and 4 are true. Jagdeep Dhankhar belongs to Jhunjhunu, was the second Vice-President from Rajasthan, and had served as a Lok Sabha MP, Rajasthan MLA, and Governor of West Bengal. At that time, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar were both from Rajasthan. Statement 1 is false because 6 August 2022 was the election-result date; he took oath on 11 August 2022.