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Current Chief Ministers and Governors of India – Updated List (June 2025)

List of the Current Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States and Union Territories, As of June 2025:

Indian States:

State	Chief Minister	Governor / Administrator
Andhra Pradesh	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Syed Abdul Nazeer
Arunachal Pradesh	Pema Khandu	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd.)
Assam	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Bihar	Nitish Kumar	Arif Mohammed Khan
Chhattisgarh	Vishnu Deo Sai	Ramen Deka
Goa	Pramod Sawant	P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
Gujarat	Bhupendrabhai Patel	Acharya Dev Vrat
Haryana	Nayab Singh Saini	Bandaru Dattatraya
Himachal Pradesh	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	Shiv Pratap Shukla
Jharkhand	Hemant Soren	Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Karnataka	Siddaramaiah	Thaawarchand Gehlot
Kerala	Pinarayi Vijayan	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Madhya Pradesh	Mohan Yadav	Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel
Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis	C.P. Radhakrishnan
Manipur	N. Biren Singh	Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Meghalaya	Conrad Sangma	C. H. Vijayashankar
Mizoram	Lalduhoma	V. K. Singh
Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio	La. Ganesan
Odisha	Mohan Charan Majhi	Hari Babu Kambhampati
Punjab	Bhagwant Mann	Gulab Chand Kataria
Rajasthan	Bhajan Lal Sharma	Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde
Sikkim	Prem Singh Tamang	Om Prakash Mathur
Tamil Nadu	M. K. Stalin	R. N. Ravi
Telangana	Anumula Revanth Reddy	Jishnu Dev Varma
Tripura	Manik Saha	Indra Sena Reddy Nallu
Uttar Pradesh	Yogi Adityanath	Anandiben Patel
Uttarakhand	Pushkar Singh Dhami	Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh (Retd.)
West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee	C.V. Ananda Bose

Union Territories:

Union Territory	Chief Minister	Lieutenant Governor / Administrator
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	–	Admiral D. K. Joshi (Retd.)
Chandigarh	–	Gulab Chand Kataria
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	–	Praful Patel
Delhi (NCT)	Rekha Gupta	Vinai Kumar Saxena
Jammu and Kashmir	Omar Abdullah	Manoj Sinha
Lakshadweep	–	Praful Patel
Puducherry	N. Rangaswamy	K. Kailashnanthan
Ladakh	–	Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.)

MCQs:

1. As of June 2025, who among the following is both a former Union Minister and currently serving as a Governor of an eastern Indian state?
   A. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
   B. Arif Mohammed Khan
   C. C.V. Ananda Bose
   D. Gulab Chand Kataria
2. Identify the correct Chief Minister-Governor pair for a southern Indian state in 2025:
   A. Siddaramaiah – Rajendra Arlekar
   B. M. K. Stalin – R. N. Ravi
   C. Revanth Reddy – Hari Babu Kambhampati
   D. Pinarayi Vijayan – C. H. Vijayashankar
3. Who among the following Governors in 2025 has previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court?
   A. Shiv Pratap Shukla
   B. Syed Abdul Nazeer
   C. Anandiben Patel
   D. La. Ganesan
4. Match the following Chief Ministers with their respective political parties (as of June 2025):

Chief Minister	Party
A. Nitish Kumar	1. BJP
B. Lalduhoma	2. JD(U)
C. Bhagwant Mann	3. AAP
D. Devendra Fadnavis	4. Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM)

Choose the correct matching option:
A. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
B. A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
C. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
D. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

• In June 2025, which Union Territory has a Chief Minister from the All India N.R. Congress?
  A. Puducherry
  B. Delhi
  C. Jammu and Kashmir
  D. Ladakh

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• The same person is serving as the Administrator of both Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. Who is he?
  A. Vinai Kumar Saxena
  B. D. K. Joshi
  C. Praful Patel
  D. B.D. Mishra
• Which state’s Governor in 2025 has a retired Army General background?
  A. Arunachal Pradesh
  B. Sikkim
  C. Himachal Pradesh
  D. Gujarat
• Identify the odd one out based on political party affiliation of the Chief Ministers (as of 2025):
  A. Bhajan Lal Sharma – Rajasthan
  B. Mohan Charan Majhi – Odisha
  C. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu – Himachal Pradesh
  D. Manik Saha – Tripura

•  In June 2025, which Union Territory has a Chief Minister from the All India N.R. Congress?
  A. Delhi
  B. Puducherry
  C. Jammu and Kashmir
  D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• The current Administrator of two Union Territories simultaneously as of June 2025 is:
  A. Vinai Kumar Saxena
  B. B.D. Mishra
  C. Gulab Chand Kataria
  D. Praful Patel
•  Which state’s Governor in 2025 has previously served as an Indian Army General?
  A. Himachal Pradesh
  B. Sikkim
  C. Arunachal Pradesh
  D. Uttarakhand
• Identify the odd pair in terms of current political alignment (2025):
  A. Bhajan Lal Sharma – BJP
  B. Mohan Charan Majhi – BJP
  C. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu – BJP
  D. Manik Saha – BJP
•  Which of the following CMs retained their post from 2021 through 2025 without a break?
  A. Nitish Kumar
  B. Conrad Sangma
  C. Revanth Reddy
  D. Vishnu Deo Sai
• Who among the following Governors is a former Lok Sabha Speaker?
  A. Mangubhai C. Patel
  B. Bandaru Dattatraya
  C. Thaawarchand Gehlot
  D. None of the above
• Who succeeded Naveen Patnaik as the Chief Minister of Odisha in 2024?
  A. Suresh Pujari
  B. Mohan Charan Majhi
  C. Dharmendra Pradhan
  D. Subash Chandra Behera
• Which state’s CM was once a football player and is from a northeastern state?
  A. Lalduhoma
  B. Conrad Sangma
  C. Neiphiu Rio
  D. N. Biren Singh
• Which of the following Chief Ministers, as of June 2025, has previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of the same state?
  A. Nayab Singh Saini (Haryana)
  B. Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra)
  C. Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan)
  D. Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim)

1. As of June 2025, identify the individual who is not from an armed forces background, yet is serving as a Governor:
   A. B.D. Mishra – Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh
   B. V.K. Singh – Governor, Mizoram
   C. Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik – Governor, Arunachal Pradesh
   D. Acharya Dev Vrat – Governor, Gujarat
2. Which Chief Minister, as of June 2025, represents a party that is not part of the NDA or the INDIA alliance?
   A. Bhagwant Mann – Punjab
   B. Lalduhoma – Mizoram
   C. Nitish Kumar – Bihar
   D. Siddaramaiah – Karnataka
3. Who among the following is considered the youngest serving Chief Minister in India as of June 2025?
   A. Revanth Reddy – Telangana
   B. Hemant Soren – Jharkhand
   C. Prem Singh Tamang – Sikkim
   D. Mohan Charan Majhi – Odisha
4. The current Governor of Kerala (as of June 2025), Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, previously served as the Governor of which state?
   A. Sikkim
   B. Himachal Pradesh
   C. Goa
   D. Nagaland
5. Who is the only Chief Minister in India in 2025 to have served in the Indian Police Service (IPS) before entering politics?
   A. Lalduhoma
   B. N. Biren Singh
   C. Neiphiu Rio
   D. Pushkar Singh Dhami
6. In 2025, which of the following female Governors is serving a northern Indian state?
   A. Anandiben Patel
   B. Kiran Bedi
   C. Mridula Sinha
   D. Baby Rani Maurya
7. Who is the Governor of the state whose capital is Dispur?
   A. C.H. Vijayashankar
   B. Lakshman Prasad Acharya
   C. La. Ganesan
   D. Mangubhai Patel
8. Identify the Chief Minister who previously served as the Deputy CM of the same state:
   A. Nayab Singh Saini
   B. Devendra Fadnavis
   C. Bhajan Lal Sharma
   D. Prem Singh Tamang
9. As of June 2025, which Governor is not from the armed forces background?
   A. B.D. Mishra
   B. Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
   C. V.K. Singh
   D. Acharya Dev Vrat
10. Which CM in 2025 represents a party not aligned to NDA or INDIA alliance?
    A. Bhagwant Mann
    B. Nitish Kumar
    C. Lalduhoma
    D. Siddaramaiah
11. Who among the following is the youngest serving Chief Minister as of June 2025?
    A. Revanth Reddy
    B. Mohan Charan Majhi
    C. Hemant Soren
    D. Prem Singh Tamang
12. The present Governor of Kerala in 2025 previously served as the Governor of:
    A. Himachal Pradesh
    B. Arunachal Pradesh
    C. Goa
    D. None of the above
13. Which of the following Governor-CM combinations is incorrect as of June 2025?
    A. Punjab – Bhagwant Mann – Gulab Chand Kataria
    B. Jharkhand – Hemant Soren – Santosh Gangwar
    C. Gujarat – Bhupendra Patel – Acharya Dev Vrat
    D. Tripura – Manik Saha – Indra Sena Reddy

Answers with Explanations

1. B. Arif Mohammed Khan
🔹 He is a former Union Minister and currently the Governor of Bihar, an eastern Indian state.

2. B. M. K. Stalin – R. N. Ravi
🔹 M. K. Stalin is the CM of Tamil Nadu; R. N. Ravi is the Governor — both in a southern state.

3. B. Syed Abdul Nazeer
🔹 He is a retired Supreme Court Judge and currently serving as Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

4. A. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
🔹 Nitish Kumar → JD(U),
Lalduhoma → Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM),
Bhagwant Mann → AAP,
Devendra Fadnavis → BJP.

5. A. Puducherry
🔹 N. Rangaswamy is the CM from All India N.R. Congress in Puducherry.

6. C. Praful Patel
🔹 He is the Administrator of both Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

7. A. Arunachal Pradesh
🔹 K.T. Parnaik (Retd.), Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, is a retired Army General.

8. C. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu – Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Sukhu belongs to Congress, while others are from BJP.

9. B. Puducherry
🔹 Repetition of Q5. Same answer — N. Rangaswamy (All India N.R. Congress).

10. D. Praful Patel
🔹 Holding charge of two UTs: Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu.

11. C. Arunachal Pradesh
🔹 K.T. Parnaik (Retd.) is a General in the Indian Army, now Governor.

12. C. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu – BJP
🔹 Incorrect pair. Sukhu is from Congress, not BJP.

13. B. Conrad Sangma
🔹 Conrad retained the CM post in Meghalaya continuously from 2018 to 2025.

14. D. None of the above
🔹 None listed have ever been Lok Sabha Speaker.

15. B. Mohan Charan Majhi
🔹 In 2024, Naveen Patnaik was succeeded by Mohan Charan Majhi (BJP).

16. C. Neiphiu Rio
🔹 Former footballer and current CM of Nagaland.

17. B. Devendra Fadnavis
🔹 Served as Deputy CM of Maharashtra before becoming CM again.

18. D. Acharya Dev Vrat
🔹 He is from a spiritual background (Arya Samaj), not military.

19. B. Lalduhoma – Mizoram
🔹 ZPM is independent of both NDA and INDIA alliances.

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20. A. Revanth Reddy – Telangana
🔹 Born in 1969, Revanth Reddy is among the youngest CMs in 2025.

21. C. Goa
🔹 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was earlier the Governor of Goa.

22. A. Lalduhoma
🔹 Ex-IPS officer and now CM of Mizoram from ZPM.

23. A. Anandiben Patel
🔹 Female Governor of Uttar Pradesh, a northern Indian state.

24. B. Lakshman Prasad Acharya
🔹 Governor of Assam, whose capital is Dispur.

25. B. Devendra Fadnavis
🔹 As earlier stated, he served as Deputy CM before resuming as CM.

26. D. Acharya Dev Vrat
🔹 He has no armed forces background unlike others listed.

27. C. Lalduhoma
🔹 Represents Zoram People’s Movement, not affiliated with NDA or INDIA.

28. A. Revanth Reddy
🔹 Among the youngest CMs leading a southern Indian state (Telangana).

29. C. Goa
🔹 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar previously served as Governor of Goa.

30. A. Punjab – Bhagwant Mann – Gulab Chand Kataria
🔹 Incorrect. Governor of Punjab is Banwarilal Purohit, not Kataria.