Who among the following is the present Chairperson of the National Commission…

The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body constituted under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990, headed by a Chairperson appointed by the Central Government for a fixed term. Because the office changes hands with every fresh appointment, identifying the "present" Chairperson means matching the serving officeholder to the specific date the question is set against.

This item is drawn from UPTET 2018 Paper 1, conducted on 18 November 2018. Rekha Sharma was appointed Chairperson of the NCW in August 2018, so she was the serving officeholder on this exam's reference date.

• Girija Vyas held the Chairperson's post in an earlier term that had already ended years before this exam's reference date.

• Malini Bhattacharya's association with the Commission was as a member, not its Chairperson; her later chairperson role was with a state-level women's commission, a different office from the one this question asks about.

• Yasmeen Abrar's link to the Commission was an acting charge from an earlier period, not a term spanning this exam's reference date.

The NCW's own official annual report for that period records Rekha Sharma as the serving Chairperson, matching the exam's own answer key.