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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
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Mr Azim Premji
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Mr L.N Mittal
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Mr. Ratan Tata
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Mr. Mukesh Ambani
C
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Explanation
Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce confers the prestigious Businessman of the Decade award on Tata Group Chairman Mr. Ratan Tata in a ceremony in Mumbai.
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Dr. Sam Pitroda.
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Mr Arun Maira
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Dr Anil K. Gupta
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Sabir Bhatia
A
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Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh gives the green signal for setting up a National Innovation Council, to be headed by technocrat Dr. Sam Pitroda.(16th August 2010)
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Anil Ambani
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Sunil Bharati Mittal
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Ratan Tata
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Lakshmi Mittal
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MV Kamath
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KC Chakrabarty
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Anil Khandelwal
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OP Bhatt
D
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OP Bhatt, the former chairman of the State Bank of India, was named Banker of the Year 2007 by Business Standard.
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Mayawati
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Raj Nath Singh
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Mulayam Singh Yadav
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Kalyan Singh
A
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Mayawati served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2008.
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Vikas Pandey
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Jyoti Singh
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Seema Tomar
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Mohd. Kaif
A
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The Ahilya Bai Holkar Puraskar is a state-level award in Madhya Pradesh. Vikas Pandey was a recipient of this award in 2003.
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Y. V Reddy
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Usha Thiokol
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Subbarao
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Raju narayanaswami
C
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Duvvuri Subbarao succeeded Y.V. Reddy as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in September 2008. The other options are incorrect names or individuals not associated with this role.
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Ajai chowdhary
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Vineesh roopak
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Nidhin menon
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Varun upadhya
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none
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Manoj Kohli
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Ajai Rupesh
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Ganesh Singh
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Amarinder Singh
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none
A
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Manoj Kohli served as the CEO of Bharti Airtel during the 2008 period. The other names are not associated with this position at that time.
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Juan Somavia
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Pascal Lamy
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Rodrigo Ratto
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Silva Caldron
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none
A
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Juan Somavia served as the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) from 1999 to 2012.
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Bimal Jalan
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D. Subbarao
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C. Rangarajan
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Y.V. Reddy
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B.N. Adarkar
B
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D. Subbarao served as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from September 2008 to September 2013. Therefore, he was the head of the RBI in 2011.
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
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A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
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Sonia Gandhi
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Pratibha Patil
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None of these
B
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Explanation
The Basava Award is a prestigious award given by the Karnataka Government. Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was selected for this award for the year 2006-07.
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Kalyan Singh
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Mulayam Singh
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Mayawati
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Rajnath Singh
B
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Explanation
Mulayam Singh Yadav, as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, formed the Kaushik Committee in 1993 to examine the demand for a separate state of Uttarakhand.
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Sudhansu Dhulia
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Nanda Ballabh Tiwari
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U. K. Uniyal
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G. C. S. Rawat
A
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Sudhansu Dhulia was appointed as the first Advocate General of the newly formed state of Uttarakhand in 2000.
A
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C. B. Bhave served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) before being appointed as the Chairman of SEBI.