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National and International Appointments
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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
Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog ?
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Sindhushree Khullar
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Arvind Panagariya
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Bikesh Debroy
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Amitabh Kant
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Amitabh Kant served as the CEO of NITI Aayog for several years. The other names listed were earlier officials or members.
Who is the Chairperson of the 20th Law Commission of India?
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Justice Altamas Kabir
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Justice P.V. Reddy
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Justice A.R Lakshmanan
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Justice D. K. Jain
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Justice Altamas Kabir was the Chairperson of the 20th Law Commission of India. He also served as the Chief Justice of India.
Who has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)?
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Geeta Shrivastav
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Manoj Malhotra
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Pankaj Saran
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Nikunj Khanna
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Pankaj Saran, the 1982-batch officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). He will at post for a period of two years, on deputation basis initially till the date of his superannuation, i.e., November 30, 2018, then on re-employment on contract basis. Currently, he is Indias envoy to Russia.
He served twice in the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) first as Deputy Secretary/ Director during 1995 and 1999, and then as the Joint Secretary between 2007 and 2012. Former chief of the Intelligence Bureau, Ajit Doval is the National Security Adviser (NSA). He is assisted by Deputy National Security Advisers. Ex-chief of Indias external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Rajinder Khanna was in January 2018 also appointed as the Deputy NSA.
The present chairman of State Bank of India is ______.
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Pratip Chaudhuri
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Chanda Kochhar
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U.K Singh
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None of the above
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D. None of the above
Rajnish Kumar is the new chairman of SBI after Arundhati Bhattacharya.
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Neelam sanjiva Reddy
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Neealm sanjia Reddy
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Neela sanja Reddy
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Neelam sanjivai reddy
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy served as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1956 to 1960. He later became the sixth President of India from 1977 to 1982.
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Narendra Modi
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M Venkaiah Naidu
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari
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Ram Nath Kovind
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In 2021, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, was the head of state and the flag was hoisted at the national level.
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jawaharlal nehuru
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subash chandra boss
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narendra modi
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non of these
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Whiskers
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Asterix
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Paddles
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Mittens
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Paddles was the famous cat belonging to former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The cat gained significant media attention before its death in 2017.
Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India?
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Rajiv Kumar
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Nasim Zaidi
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O. P. Rawat
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T. N. Seshan
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Rajiv Kumar is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India, appointed in May 2022.
Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India?
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Rajiv Kumar
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Nasim Zaidi
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O. P. Rawat
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A. K. Joti
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Rajiv Kumar is the current Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Who is the current Chief Justice of India?
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N. V. Ramana
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S. A. Bobde
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Sharad A. Bobde
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Dipak Misra
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N. V. Ramana is the current Chief Justice of India.
Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Sinha family?
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Satish Sinha
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Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Nitish Kumar
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Rabri Devi
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Satish Sinha was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Sinha family. He served as Chief Minister from 1990 to 1995.
Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Yadav family?
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Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Rabri Devi
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Tejashwi Yadav
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Nitish Kumar
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Lalu Prasad Yadav was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Yadav family. He served as Chief Minister from 1990 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2005.
Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Kumar family?
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Nitish Kumar
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Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Rabri Devi
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Tejashwi Yadav
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Nitish Kumar was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Kumar family. He served as Chief Minister from 2005 to 2014 and again from 2015 to present.
Who was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Devi family?
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Rabri Devi
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Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Tejashwi Yadav
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Nitish Kumar
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Rabri Devi was the first Chief Minister of Bihar from the Devi family. She served as Chief Minister from 1997 to 2005.