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Manmohan Singh was born in the year
- 1930
- 1932
- 1934
- 1936
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Manmohan Singh was born to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur on 26 September 1932, in Gah, Punjab, British India, into a Sikh family.
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Mother of Dr. Manmohan Singh is
- Amrit Kaur
- Karanjir Kaur
- Rokul Singh
- Phogat Singh
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Manmohan Singh was born into a Kohli Sikh Family (Kukrain) to Gurmukh Singh(father) and Amrit Kaur(mother).
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When did Dr. Manmohan Singh serve as the Prime Minister of India?
- 1991-1996
- 1998-2004
- 2004-2014
- 2014-2019
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Manmohan Singh is an Indian politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat who served as Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
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He is the __________ Prime Minister of India.
- Thirteenth
- Sixteenth
- Tenth
- Eleventh
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He was thirteenth Prime Minister of India.
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The only Prime Minister of India to have also served as the Governor of RBI is
- Manmohan Singh
- NoIndira Gandhi
- P.V. Narsimha Rao
- Lal Bahadur Shastri
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Manmohan Singh is the only Prime Minister to have also served as the Governor of RBI. He was the Governor of RBI from 1982-1985.
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What is Dr. Manmohan Singh’s educational background?
- Medical Doctor
- Economist
- Lawyer
- Engineer
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He has a doctorate in economics from Oxford.
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Dr. Manmohan Singh is well-known for his pivotal role in India’s economic reforms in the early 1990s. What is this period often referred to as?
- The Green Revolution
- The Industrial Revolution
- The Economic Liberalization Era
- The Cultural Renaissance
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During his tenure as Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh initiated a flagship rural development programmes aimed at reducing poverty and unemployment. What is it called?
- Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
- Digital India
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Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, of the parliament Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme come into being. This act was passed in September 2005 under the government of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
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Which political party did Dr. Manmohan Singh belong to during his time as Prime Minister?
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Indian National Congress (INC)
- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
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In 1991, Dr. Manmohan Singh served as the Finance Minister of India under the leadership of which Prime Minister?
- Rajiv Gandhi
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- P.V. Narasimha Rao
- Indira Gandhi
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In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, the newly elected prime minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao, inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as finance minister. Over the next few years, despite strong opposition, he carried out several structural reforms that liberalised India's economy.
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What is the title of Dr. Manmohan Singh autobiography, published in 2014?
- “India’s Economic Journey”
- “Changing India”
- “My Experiments with Truth”
- “A Life Less Ordinary”
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The book titled “Changing India” has been authored by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. In the book, the Congress leader narrated his journey from an economist to a politician and shared anecdotes from his life.
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Manmohan Singh served as a senior Lecturer in Economics for the period _____________.
- 1980 – 1985
- 1999 – 2002
- 1957 – 1959
- 1990 – 2000
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Manmohan Singh served as a senior Lecturer in Economics from 1957 to 1959.
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In 2006, Dr. Manmohan Singh signed the historic Indo-U.S. nuclear deal with which U.S. President?
- George W. Bush
- Bill Clinton
- Barack Obama
- Donald Trump
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On March 2, 2006, in New Delhi, George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh signed a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, following an initiation during the July 2005 summit in Washington between the two leaders over civilian nuclear cooperation
