Who was appointed as the Defense Minister when the 16th Lok Sabha was formed in 2014? A. Venkaiah Naidu  B. Ravi Shankar Prasad C. Manohar Parikkar  D. Suresh Prabhu 

Who was appointed as the Defense Minister when the 16th Lok Sabha was formed in 2014? A. Venkaiah Naidu  B. Ravi Shankar Prasad C. Manohar Parikkar  D. Suresh Prabhu  Correct Answer C

The correct answer is option 2 i.e C : Manohar Parikkar 

Some of the ministers are listed below:

16th Lok Sabha:

Portfolio Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj
Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal
Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar

Note: Some of the current ministers are listed below

17th Lok Sabha:

Portfolio Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah
Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitaraman
Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh

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In the question below, are given a statement followed by three courses of actions numbered I, II and III. On the basis of the information given, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the suggested course of action logically follow (s) for pursuing. Statement: Commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu will next week review sector-specific strategies to increase India’s exports 20% this year amid an uncertain global trade environment and credit availability. The ministry has identified nine sectors, including gems & jewellery, leather, textiles, agriculture and pharmaceuticals, to drive India’s exports to $400 billion in the next five years. These sectors accounted for $242 billion or 80% of the country’s total exports of $302 billion in 2017-18. Courses of action: I. The minister will review the action plans on October 1. This is in continuation of the series of meetings that he has had with export promotion councils and secretaries of line ministries concerned. II. Besides export promotion councils, the minister will separately meet officials of other departments concerned.  III. Exporters have raised concerns over the slack flow of credit to exporters, high goods and services tax on gold and strict pollution norms for chemicals, besides currency fluctuations, citing these factors as hindrances to export growth. Prabhu recently wrote to finance minister Arun Jaitley, requesting his intervention to improve bank credit flow to the export sector.