Question

What was the tenure of Somnath Chatterjee, who passed away recently, as Lok Sabha Speaker?
[A] 2004-2009
[B] 2005-2010
[C] 2000-2005
[D] 2002-2006

Answer 1

2004-2009 is the answer

Answer 2

The tenure of Somnath Chatterjee as the Speaker of Lok Sabha was (B) 2004- 2009.

He became speaker of the United Progressive Alliance Government.

Apart from that he was also elected to the Parliament’s Lower House for ten times since the year 1971 as a member of CPI-M.

The veteran leader passed away recently in Kolkata.