General Awareness ยท Banking Financial Awareness
National and International Appointments
3,027 Questions
National and international appointments track the latest leaders in government, banking, and public institutions. Questions cover Chief Ministers, Election Commissioners, and board chairmen. Review these current affairs to stay prepared for the general awareness section.
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National and International Appointments Questions
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Kapil Sibal
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Mani Shankar Ayer
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A.K Anthony
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Praful Patel
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G.K Dutta
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Mehta
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R.R Agarwal
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Ami Palin
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Explanation
This question lacks a reference date. The Director General of NSG (National Security Guard) is a position that changes periodically. Without specifying the year or time period, it's impossible to verify who held the position at the referenced time. The name 'G.K Dutta' appears to be a typo, and this question seems to be from around 2008-2009 based on context.
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Prakash Karat
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Arun Jaitley
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Vivek Shourie
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Manu Palan
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Correct answer
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Prakash Karat served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2005 to 2015. This question appears to be from around 2008-2009 based on the surrounding questions. However, without a reference date, it's ambiguous. The CPI(M) has had multiple General Secretaries since then, including Sitaram Yechury and others.
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M.S.Ahluwalia
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C.Kochar
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D.Subbarao
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O.P.Bhat
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Explanation
Duvvuri Subbarao served as the 22nd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2008 to 2013.
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Sanjay Aggarwal
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Rathan Singh
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Manav Singh
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Renuka Chowdhary
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Explanation
Sanjay Aggarwal served as the CEO of SpiceJet during the 2009 period.
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Anurag Jain
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Aravindh Mage
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Ronald Decruz
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Malik Cruz
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Explanation
Anurag Jain held the position of Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific region at Perot Systems Corporation in 2009.
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K. Radhakrishnan
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Ravin Nair
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Praveen Malikk
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G. Madhavan Nair
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K. Radhakrishnan served as the Chairman of ISRO from 2009 to 2014.
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Gopal Ratnam Kannam
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Aravind Adiga
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Retheesh Mishra
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Kevin Patrick
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Gopal Ratnam Kannan was the President of Timex Group India Ltd. during that period.
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V. Vaithilingam
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Jyoti Basu
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Kamlesh Sharma
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Ashok kelkar
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J.S. Sidhu
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Explanation
V. Vaithilingam served as the Chief Minister of Puducherry during the relevant period in 2008.
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He has been appointed as new secretary General of SAARC
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He is the recently elected president of Maldives.
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He has won Booker prize recently
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He has quit as Yahoo CEO.
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He is the youngest man to cross British Channel.
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Explanation
Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, stepped down as the CEO of the company in late 2008.
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Maumoom Abdul Gayoom
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Mohammad Anni Nasheed
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Noor Ghulam Ahmad
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Mohammad Nasir
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None of these
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Explanation
Mohamed Nasheed was elected as the first democratically chosen president of the Maldives in 2008.
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B.N Bankapur
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Hareney Marar
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Paul Nelankavil
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Vinayan Sharma
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Anand Mishra
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Jain Palapaty
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Umang Vohra
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Stalin Joel
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Explanation
Umang Vohra was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, a major Indian pharmaceutical company. This is a factual corporate appointment question testing knowledge of pharmaceutical industry leadership.
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V.S Achutan Nair
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Yediyurappa
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Arun Togoi
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Vilas Rao Deshmukh
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Explanation
Vilas Rao Deshmukh was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and resigned following the tragedy. The other options listed - V.S. Achutan Nair, Yediyurappa, and Arun Togoi - were not CMs of Maharashtra during this period. The attacks occurred in November 2008 during Deshmukh's tenure.
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Farooq Abdullah
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Omar Abdullah
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Amar Singh
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Najpath Naqvi