G. C. Murmu, who was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General

G. C. Murmu, who was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in August 2020, was the Lieutenant Governor/Administrator of which one of the following Union Territories prior to this appointment?

[amp_mcq option1=”Ladakh” option2=”Jammu and Kashmir” option3=”Chandigarh” option4=”Puducherry” correct=”option2″]

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Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after the reorganization of the state into Union Territories in August 2019.

He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir from October 2019 until August 2020, when he was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

After G.C. Murmu’s appointment as CAG, Manoj Sinha took over as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Ladakh became a separate Union Territory with Radha Krishna Mathur as its first Lieutenant Governor.

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