Question

Which among the following statements is/are true vis-a-vis Mark Tully?
(A) He is a Kolkata-born and former correspondent of BBC
(B) He has been conferred Knighthood, recently
(C) He is the new CEO of BBC
Choose the answer from the following choices:

• A. All of the above
• B. Only A
• C. A and B
• D. Only B

Hint:

Mark Tully was a long time BBC correspondent and knight, never its chief executive.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This question checks basic facts about Sir Mark Tully, the well known British journalist long associated with India.

1. Statement A, Kolkata-born and former BBC correspondent: True. Mark Tully was born in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1935 and went on to become the BBC's long serving chief of bureau in Delhi, reporting on India for close to three decades before retiring from the BBC in the 1990s.
2. Statement B, conferred Knighthood recently: True. Mark Tully received an honorary knighthood (KBE) from the British government in 2002 for his decades of journalism on India, making it a comparatively recent honour at the time of this question.
3. Statement C, new CEO of BBC: False. Mark Tully worked as a correspondent and bureau chief for the BBC, not as its chief executive. He never held the post of Director-General or CEO of the BBC.

Since A and B hold up as true and C does not, the correct choice is 'A and B'.

Let's summarize:

• Mark Tully was born in Kolkata and spent decades as the BBC's India correspondent.
• He was honoured with a knighthood in 2002 but never became the BBC's CEO.

The correct answer is option (3), A and B.