National and International Appointments

Kishore Biyani, founder of Future Group and brands like Pantaloon and Big Bazaar, pioneered modern retail formats in India. Ratan Tata and Narayana Murthy are industrialists. Anil Ambani is in finance/infrastructure.

Vikram Pandit served as CEO of Citigroup from 2007-2012, making him the correct answer for the time period when this question was written. Kenneth Lewis was CEO of Bank of America, not Citigroup. Chanda Kochhar was ICICI Bank's CEO, and Deepak Parekh is HDFC's chairman - both Indian banking leaders but not Citigroup CEOs.

Correct option is (4).

K.K. Sharma was appointed as Delhi's Chief Secretary in March 2015. As Chief Secretary, he is the senior-most IAS officer in the Delhi administration and heads the bureaucratic machinery, reporting directly to the Chief Minister.

Correct option is (3).

Correct option is (1).

Arun Singh was appointed India's Ambassador to the United States in March 2015, succeeding S. Jaishankar who moved to become Foreign Secretary. This was a routine diplomatic transition during the BJP government's tenure.

Correct option is (2).

H. N. Sinor served as the CEO of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), the industry body for mutual funds. This appointment represents a significant leadership position in India's financial sector, overseeing the collective interests of mutual fund companies.

The committee to examine HR practices in public sector banks was headed by Anil K. Khandelwal, who was the former Chairman of Bank of Baroda. The committee was formed to address the issue of high attrition in PSBs and recommend measures to improve HR practices.

In 2010, Reliance Industries announced that Mukesh Ambani would maintain his salary at Rs 15 crore for 2010-11, the same as 2009-10, as he voluntarily capped his compensation. This was notable during a period when other top executives were seeing increases. The other executives listed did receive salary hikes during this period.

The Union Home Ministry on February 3, 2010 announced the formation of a 5-member Committee hold wide-ranging consultations with all parties and groups in A.P on the Telangana issue. Former Supreme Court Judge Justice B.N. Srikrishna will head the Committee. The other members are V.K. Duggal, Prof. Ranbir Singh, Dr Ravinder Kaur and Prof Abu Saleh Sheriff.

R. K. Bhatia, a 1974-batch IPS officer, on January 31, 2010 took over as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Bhatia, an IPS officer of the UP cadre, took the charge from incumbent Director-General Vikram Srivastava who has been moved as the new CRPF chief.

hdog Amnesty International appointed Salil Shetty, an Indian who headed the UN Millennium Campaign, as its next secretary-general. Shetty took over in June 2010, succeeding Irene Khan. Shetty joined the United Nations in 2003 as director of the Millennium Campaign from ActionAid - an international development organisation. He had joined ActionAid in 1985 and was part of more than 30 programmes in Africa, Asia and across other developing regions

Sushma Swaraj on February 23, 2010 formally took over as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. The seat was hitherto held by senior BJP leader L. K. Advani. Swaraj, who represents Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, has been the Chief Minister of Delhi and a Union Minister during the NDA regime.