Who became the Vice President of India in 2017?
2017
Who became the Vice President of India in 2017?
- A.
Nasim Zaidi
- B.
S. M. Krishna
- C.
Sumitra Mahajan
- D.
Venkaiah Naidu
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Correct answer: D
Concept
The Vice-President of India is the second-highest constitutional office in the country. Article 63 of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Vice-President of India. Under Article 64 the Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and under Article 66 the Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament through proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.
Application
This question asks who became the Vice-President of India in 2017. The Vice-Presidential election was held in 2017, in which the outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari completed his term and a new Vice-President was chosen as the 13th holder of the office:
M. Venkaiah Naidu was elected Vice-President of India on 5 August 2017.
He assumed office on 11 August 2017 (succeeding Hamid Ansari) and served until 10 August 2022.
Cross-check
The other names belong to entirely different constitutional or political offices of that period, none of which is the Vice-Presidency, confirming that Venkaiah Naidu is the answer.