RAS question
Sanjay Garg, who assumed charge as DG of the Bureau of Indian Standards, belongs to which cadre?
Correct answer: (A) Kerala.
Sanjay Garg, who assumed charge as Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards, is a 1994-batch IAS officer from the Kerala cadre.
Explanation
The answer is Kerala because the official PIB release identifies Shri Sanjay Garg as a senior civil servant of the IAS-1994 batch from the Kerala cadre. The same release says he assumed charge as Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards, described there as the National Standards Body of India, with effect from 1 November 2025. The question is therefore not asking about the location of BIS or about a general state association; it is asking for the IAS cadre to which the officer belongs. Sanjay Garg, the DG post, the IAS batch and the Kerala cadre are directly linked in one statement, so Kerala is the only supported option.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Rajasthan is not supported because the PIB release names Sanjay Garg as an IAS-1994 officer from the Kerala cadre, not the Rajasthan cadre.
- (C) Gujarat is wrong because the official appointment release does not associate Garg with the Gujarat cadre; it specifically states Kerala cadre.
- (D) Bihar is wrong because the Press Information Bureau identifies Garg's cadre as Kerala, leaving no basis for Bihar as the answer.
Concept
This tests governance current affairs through senior administrative appointments and IAS cadre identification. Such facts recur in RAS because appointments to national institutions are often asked as direct, source-based current-affairs items.