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Former Chairmen of the Union Public Service Commission (1926-2005) and the year each took charge: GK quiz

15 questions, each built from one row of the official list below — the correct option is that row exactly as the source prints it, and the wrong options are other rows of the same list. No AI wrote these questions. Free: your first 2 answers need no account, then sign up free to finish; your answers are not saved anywhere.

Source: Union Public Service Commission - List of former Chairmen and Members of the Commission (Appendix-XLII, Table-1) ↗ · read on 27 Oct 2026

  1. Question 1 of 15

    In which year did Sh. J.P.Gupta take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  2. Question 2 of 15

    In which year did Mrs. R.M.Bathew (Kharbuli) take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  3. Question 3 of 15

    In which year did Dr. A.R.Kidwai take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  4. Question 4 of 15

    In which year did Dr.M.L. Shahare take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  5. Question 5 of 15

    In which year did Sir F.W. Robertson take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  6. Question 6 of 15

    In which year did Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  7. Question 7 of 15

    In which year did Sh. Mata Prasad take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  8. Question 8 of 15

    In which year did Sh. H.K. Kripalani take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  9. Question 9 of 15

    In which year did Sh. B.N.Jha take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  10. Question 10 of 15

    In which year did Sir Eyre Gorden take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  11. Question 11 of 15

    In which year did Sir Ross Barker take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  12. Question 12 of 15

    In which year did Sh. K.R. Damle take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  13. Question 13 of 15

    In which year did Sh. V.S.Hejmadi take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  14. Question 14 of 15

    In which year did Sh. N. Govindarajan take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

  15. Question 15 of 15

    In which year did Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal take over charge as Chairman of the UPSC?

The official list (21 rows)

UPSC ChairmanYear took over charge
Sir Ross Barker1926
Sir David Petrie1932
Sir Eyre Gorden1937
Sir F.W. Robertson1942
Sh. H.K. Kripalani1947
Sh. R.N. Banerjee1949
Sh. N. Govindarajan1955
Sh. V.S.Hejmadi1955
Sh. B.N.Jha1961
Sh. K.R. Damle1967
Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar1971
Dr. A.R.Kidwai1973
Dr.M.L. Shahare1979
Sh. H.K.L. Capoor1985
Sh. J.P.Gupta1990
Mrs. R.M.Bathew (Kharbuli)1992
Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal1996
Sh. J.M. Qureshi1996
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath1998
Sh. P.C. Hota2002
Sh. Mata Prasad2003

Left out or changed by Shishya: Year = year of 'Date when took over charge' as printed (1926-1942 rows print only month/year or year). The official table stops at No. 21, Sh. Mata Prasad (took over 8.9.2003 (AN), relinquished 4.1.2005); chairmen after 2005 are not on this page and were not added from other sources. Years repeat (1955, 1996), so reverse is null. Names (incl. 'Sir Eyre Gorden', 'Dr.M.L. Shahare') kept exactly as printed. Members table (Table-2) not used.

Names and spellings are kept as the source prints them. Spotted a change on the official page? The list is re-read from the source, never from other sites.

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