National and International Appointments

Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma served as the 22nd Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from August 31, 2009 to March 2012, making him the naval chief in 2010.

she is the co-founder of women's rights organization called 'Equality now'

Correct answer is (2). 

Jaipal Reddy served as the Union Petroleum Minister in 2011, making option C correct. S. Jaipal Reddy held this portfolio in the UPA government. Shah Nawaz Hussain was not the Petroleum Minister, P. Chidambaram held Finance Ministry, and Murli Deora had been Petroleum Minister earlier (2006-2011) but was succeeded by Jaipal Reddy.

P. Chidambaram served as the Union Home Minister in 2011, making option A correct. Note: The spelling in option A is "Chidambaram" (with one 'm' in the middle), which is the correct spelling. He held this important portfolio in the UPA government. Murli Deora and A.K. Antony held other ministries, and Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister.

After the massive Satyam accounting scandal broke in January 2009, the government-appointed board included several eminent business leaders to restore credibility. Deepak Parekh, chairman of HDFC, was one of the key figures brought in to help restructure the company. The other options include Kiran Karnik (also appointed to Satyam board) and C. Achyuthan (a SEBI member involved), but Ramalinga Raju was the perpetrator of the fraud.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) was the auditor of Satyam Computer Services during the period when the massive accounting fraud (over $1 billion) was perpetrated by B. Ramalinga Raju. The Satyam scandal led to questions about PWC's audit practices. Ernst and Young and S.C. Bhagat are other audit firms not involved with Satyam.

Gautam Singhania is the Chairman and Managing Director of Raymond Ltd, a leading Indian textile company. The question correctly identifies him as the CEO of Raymond (using the 2011 timeframe mentioned). Raymond is a well-known brand in the Indian clothing and textile industry.

Asim Ghosh served as the CEO of Vodafone India (formerly Hutchison Essar) during the critical period when Hutchison was acquired by Vodafone in 2007. He led the company through this major transition. Jaspal Bindra, Rahul Bajaj, and Naresh Goyal are prominent business leaders but were not associated with Vodafone India's CEO position - Rahul Bajaj is with Bajaj Group, and Naresh Goyal founded Jet Airways.

Correct option is (2).

Arjun Munda served as Chief Minister of Jharkhand from September 2010 to 2011. Madhu Koda and Shibu Soren were previous CMs of Jharkhand, while Raman Singh was CM of Chhattisgarh, not Jharkhand.

Correct option is (3). Under Chamling's leadership, Sikkim became the first state in India to start a green mission, managed to increase its forest cover, and is on its way to become India's first organic state by 2015. 

Bimal Jalan, former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, was appointed to head the Expenditure Management Commission. The commission was formed to suggest reforms in expenditure management and fiscal discipline. Other options (Y.V. Reddy, D. Subbarao, C. Rangarajan) were also RBI governors but not associated with this specific commission.

Correct option is (3).