RAS question
Ashok Gehlot served as CM for how many terms?
Correct answer: (B) 3.
Ashok Gehlot served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan for three terms: 1998-2003, 2008-2013 and 2018-2023.
Explanation
Ashok Gehlot's Chief Ministership is counted across three separate Assembly terms, not as one continuous stretch. The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly tenure table lists him as Chief Minister in the Eleventh Assembly, whose term ran from 1998 to 2003; again in the Thirteenth Assembly, from 2008 to 2013; and again in the Fifteenth Assembly, from 2018 to 2023. These three entries match the standard RAS framing: count distinct terms in office, separated by intervening Assemblies led by another Chief Minister. Therefore, the answer is three terms.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Four overcounts Ashok Gehlot's tenure because the Assembly table shows three separate entries for him as Chief Minister, not four.
- (C) Two misses one of the three listed Chief Minister entries: 1998-2003, 2008-2013 and 2018-2023.
- (D) One treats the tenure as a single stint, but the official Assembly record lists Ashok Gehlot in three distinct Assembly terms.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan polity through the chronology of Chief Ministers and Assembly tenures. RAS repeats such questions because they check factual command over state political history, not just constitutional theory.