RAS question
In the Governor reshuffle approved by President Murmu on March 5, 2026, who was appointed as Governor of Bihar?
Correct answer: (C) Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.
Lt. General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain was appointed Governor of Bihar in the Governor reshuffle approved by President Droupadi Murmu on March 5, 2026.
Explanation
The PIB press communique for the March 5, 2026 reshuffle lists the new appointments approved by the President of India and states that Lt. General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain was appointed Governor of Bihar. This makes option C the answer. The same release helps separate Bihar from the neighbouring distractor around R.N. Ravi: it states that Shri R.N. Ravi, then Governor of Tamil Nadu, was appointed Governor of West Bengal, not Bihar. The appointments were part of a wider reshuffle across States and Union Territories, with the release adding that they would take effect from the dates on which the appointees assumed charge of their respective offices.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) R.N. Ravi was listed in the PIB communique as appointed Governor of West Bengal, not Governor of Bihar.
- (B) Arif Mohammed Khan is not the person named for Bihar in the cited reshuffle; the Bihar entry names Lt. General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain.
- (D) Bandaru Dattatreya is not the person named for Bihar in the cited reshuffle; the Bihar appointment in the PIB list is Lt. General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain.
Concept
This tests current appointments under the constitutional office of Governor, a recurring RAS governance area because State-level constitutional posts often appear in factual current-affairs questions. It also checks whether candidates can track one State's appointment within a multi-State reshuffle.