India’s new cabinet, formed in 2024, showcases a blend of experience and fresh faces across diverse portfolios. Key figures include Nirmala Sitharaman retaining Finance, Amit Shah in Home Affairs, and S. Jaishankar in External Affairs, ensuring continuity in crucial areas. Newcomers like Jyotiraditya Scindia in Civil Aviation and Tejasvi Surya in IT and Youth Affairs inject dynamism. The cabinet reflects a balanced mix of technocrats and seasoned politicians, emphasizing economic growth, national security, and digital advancement. The inclusion of more women and representatives from various states underlines the government’s commitment to inclusivity and regional representation.
Top 50 Important Questions of New Cabinet Ministers Of India
- Who is the Prime Minister of India as of June 2024?
a) Amit Shah
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Narendra Modi
d) Rajnath Singh
Answer: c) Narendra Modi - Which minister retained the Defence portfolio?
a) Nirmala Sitharaman
b) Amit Shah
c) Rajnath Singh
d) S. Jaishankar
Answer: c) Rajnath Singh - Who is in charge of the Home Affairs and Cooperation ministry?
a) Nitin Gadkari
b) J.P. Nadda
c) Amit Shah
d) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Answer: c) Amit Shah - Which portfolio does Nirmala Sitharaman hold?
a) External Affairs
b) Finance and Corporate Affairs
c) Health and Family Welfare
d) Defence
Answer: b) Finance and Corporate Affairs - Who is the External Affairs Minister?
a) S. Jaishankar
b) Piyush Goyal
c) Dharmendra Pradhan
d) J.P. Nadda
Answer: a) S. Jaishankar - Which minister is responsible for Road Transport and Highways?
a) Amit Shah
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) J.P. Nadda
d) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Answer: b) Nitin Gadkari - Who is the Health and Family Welfare Minister?
a) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
b) Anurag Thakur
c) J.P. Nadda
d) H.D. Kumaraswamy
Answer: c) J.P. Nadda - Which ministry does Shivraj Singh Chouhan oversee?
a) Home Affairs
b) Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development
c) Defence
d) Education
Answer: b) Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development - Who is the Minister for Housing, Urban Affairs, and Power?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Manohar Lal Khattar
c) H. D. Kumaraswamy
d) Piyush Goyal
Answer: b) Manohar Lal Khattar - Who heads the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Steel?
a) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
b) H.D. Kumaraswamy
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) S. Jaishankar
Answer: b) H.D. Kumaraswamy - Which minister is in charge of Commerce and Industry?
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Nirmala Sitharaman
d) S. Jaishankar
Answer: a) Piyush Goyal - Who is the Minister of Education?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Amit Shah
d) Nitin Gadkari
Answer: b) Dharmendra Pradhan - Which ministry is led by Jitan Ram Manjhi?
a) Housing, Urban Affairs, and Power
b) Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development
c) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
d) Education
Answer: c) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Who is responsible for Panchayati Raj; and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying?
a) Dharmendra Pradhan
b) Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh
c) Nirmala Sitharaman
d) S. Jaishankar
Answer: b) Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh - Which ministry is led by Sarbananda Sonowal?
a) Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
b) Defence
c) Home Affairs
d) Finance
Answer: a) Ports, Shipping, and Waterways - Who heads the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment?
a) Dr. Virendra Kumar
b) Sarbananda Sonowal
c) Piyush Goyal
d) Dharmendra Pradhan
Answer: a) Dr. Virendra Kumar - Which minister is responsible for Civil Aviation?
a) Ashwini Vaishnaw
b) Giriraj Singh
c) Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
d) Piyush Goyal
Answer: c) Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu - Who is the Minister for Railways; Information and Broadcasting; and Electronics and Information Technology?
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Ashwini Vaishnaw
d) Sarbananda Sonowal
Answer: c) Ashwini Vaishnaw - Which ministry is led by Jyotiraditya M. Scindia?
a) Railways
b) Communications; and Development of North Eastern Region
c) Civil Aviation
d) Education
Answer: b) Communications; and Development of North Eastern Region - Who is the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister?
a) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
b) Bhupender Yadav
c) Dharmendra Pradhan
d) Rajnath Singh
Answer: b) Bhupender Yadav - Who heads the Ministry of Culture and Tourism?
a) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
b) Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
c) Nirmala Sitharaman
d) S. Jaishankar
Answer: a) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Which ministry is led by Annpurna Devi?
a) Finance
b) Women and Child Development
c) Home Affairs
d) Agriculture
Answer: b) Women and Child Development - Who is the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs?
a) Annpurna Devi
b) Kiren Rijiju
c) Bhupender Yadav
d) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Answer: b) Kiren Rijiju - Which ministry does Hardeep Singh Puri oversee?
a) Petroleum and Natural Gas
b) Defence
c) Education
d) Finance
Answer: a) Petroleum and Natural Gas - Who heads the Ministry of Labour and Employment; and Youth Affairs and Sports?
a) Kiren Rijiju
b) Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
c) Dharmendra Pradhan
d) Sarbananda Sonowal
Answer: b) Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya - Which minister is responsible for Coal and Mines?
a) Dharmendra Pradhan
b) G. Kishan Reddy
c) Ashwini Vaishnaw
d) Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Answer: b) G. Kishan Reddy - Who heads the Ministry of Food Processing Industries?
a) Chirag Paswan
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Hardeep Singh Puri
d) Rajnath Singh
Answer: a) Chirag Paswan - Which ministry is led by C R Patil?
a) Jal Shakti
b) Defence
c) Home Affairs
d) Education
Answer: a) Jal Shakti - Which ministry is led by Giriraj Singh?
a) Textiles
b) Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
c) Food Processing Industries
d) Health and Family Welfare
Answer: a) Textiles - Who is the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and New and Renewable Energy?
a) Pralhad Joshi
b) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
c) H.D. Kumaraswamy
d) Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Answer: a) Pralhad Joshi - Who is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Planning, and Culture?
a) Dr. Jitendra Singh
b) Arjun Ram Meghwal
c) Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
d) Rao Inderjit Singh
Answer: d) Rao Inderjit Singh - Which minister oversees the Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Atomic Energy; and Department of Space?
a) Rao Inderjit Singh
b) Jayant Chaudhary
c) Dr. Jitendra Singh
d) Arjun Ram Meghwal
Answer: c) Dr. Jitendra Singh - Who is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice; and MoS of Parliamentary Affairs?
a) Jayant Chaudhary
b) Rao Inderjit Singh
c) Dr. Jitendra Singh
d) Arjun Ram Meghwal
Answer: d) Arjun Ram Meghwal - Which minister is responsible for the Ministry of Ayush; and MoS Health and Family Welfare?
a) Arjun Ram Meghwal
b) Dr. Jitendra Singh
c) Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
d) Jayant Chaudhary
Answer: c) Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao - Who is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and MoS in Education?
a) Rao Inderjit Singh
b) Arjun Ram Meghwal
c) Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao
d) Jayant Chaudhary
Answer: d) Jayant Chaudhary - Who oversees the Ministry of Finance as Minister of State?
a) Pankaj Chaudhary
b) Krishan Pal
c) Ram Nath Thakur
d) Nityanand Rai
Answer: a) Pankaj Chaudhary - Which minister is responsible for Cooperation as Minister of State?
a) Anupriya Patel
b) Ramdas Athawale
c) Krishan Pal
d) Pankaj Chaudhary
Answer: c) Krishan Pal - Who is the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment?
a) Ramdas Athawale
b) Shripad Yesso Naik
c) Jitin Prasada
d) Pankaj Chaudhary
Answer: a) Ramdas Athawale - Which minister is in charge of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare as Minister of State?
a) Ram Nath Thakur
b) Anupriya Patel
c) V. Somanna
d) Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
Answer: a) Ram Nath Thakur - Who oversees the Ministry of Home Affairs as Minister of State?
a) Nityanand Rai
b) Anupriya Patel
c) Sushri Sobha Karandlaje
d) Kirtivardhan Singh
Answer: a) Nityanand Rai - Which minister is responsible for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers as Minister of State?
a) Sushri Sobha Karandlaje
b) Anupriya Patel
c) Shripad Yesso Naik
d) Pankaj Chaudhary
Answer: b) Anupriya Patel - Which ministry is Shri Narendra Modi responsible for, apart from being the Prime Minister?
a) Ministry of Defence
b) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of Finance
Answer: b) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions - What is the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
b) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
c) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
d) Nagpur, Maharashtra
Answer: c) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - Which minister represents Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh?
a) Amit Shah
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Narendra Modi
d) Rajnath Singh
Answer: d) Rajnath Singh - Amit Shah is the Minister of Home Affairs and Ministry of Cooperation. What is his constituency?
a) Rajya Sabha, Karnataka
b) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
c) Nagpur, Maharashtra
d) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b) Gandhinagar, Gujarat - Which minister represents Nagpur, Maharashtra?
a) Narendra Singh Tomar
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Rajnath Singh
d) Dharmendra Pradhan
Answer: b) Nitin Gadkari - What is the constituency of Narendra Singh Tomar, the Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare?
a) Morena, Madhya Pradesh
b) Khunti, Jharkhand
c) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
d) Majuli, Assam
Answer: a) Morena, Madhya Pradesh - Which minister represents Rajya Sabha, Karnataka?
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
d) Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: d) Nirmala Sitharaman - Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is the Minister of External Affairs. What is his constituency?
a) Rajya Sabha, Gujarat
b) Rajya Sabha, Karnataka
c) Majuli, Assam
d) Nagpur, Maharashtra
Answer: a) Rajya Sabha, Gujarat - Which minister represents Khunti, Jharkhand?
a) Pralhad Joshi
b) Sarbananda Sonowal
c) Arjun Munda
d) Narayan Tatu Rane
Answer: c) Arjun Munda - What is the constituency of Smriti Zubin Irani, the Minister of Women and Child Development; and Minister of Textiles?
a) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
b) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
c) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
d) Dharwad, Karnataka
Answer: a) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh - Which minister represents Majuli, Assam?
a) Pralhad Joshi
b) Sarbananda Sonowal
c) Narayan Tatu Rane
d) Piyush Goyal
Answer: b) Sarbananda Sonowal
