National and International Appointments

Karsanbhai Patel founded Nirma in 1969 as a small detergent operation and built it into a major FMCG company. Nirma became famous for affordable detergent and challenged established brands. Baidyanath, Dabur, and Zandu are other Indian Ayurvedic/pharma companies with different founders.

Kalanithi Maran is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Group, which owns Sun TV Network - the No.1 media company in South India and Asia-Pacific. He received the International Young Business Achiever award in 1999 and is known as the 'Television king of southern India'. The other options are media personalities but don't match this description.

Kalyan Chandra Jena is indeed cited as the first Oriya (Odia) person to serve as Chairman of the Railway Board. The Railway Board is the highest governing body of Indian Railways. This is a notable achievement in administrative service representation.

Sarthak Behuria was the first Oriya to become Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). He was an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A), which is widely considered the most prestigious IIM. This makes IIM-A the correct answer among the options.

Lalit Mansingh, the former Indian High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to the US, was indeed the son of Mayadhar Mansingh, who was a renowned Odia poet and writer. The question has a typo but the claimed answer is correct.

Sarthak Behuria, former Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A). He had a distinguished career in the public sector and was associated with Odisha. IIM-A is consistently ranked as one of India's top business schools.

Kalyan Jena was the first Oriya to serve as Chairman of the Railway Board. This is a significant administrative achievement in Indian Railways. The other names listed are also Odia personalities but not Railway Board Chairmen.

J.B. Patnaik served as Chief Minister of Odisha (formerly Orissa) for three terms and later became the Governor of Assam from 2009-2011. The other options are related but not correct - Nabin Patnaik is the current CM of Odissa, while Jayanti and Sawmiyaranjan Patnaik are other political figures from the region.

Arjun Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1994 when Warren Anderson, the CEO of Union Carbide, was arrested and then flown out of Bhopal on a state government plane, allowing him to escape justice.

S. H. Kapadia served as Chief Justice of India from May 2010 to September 2012. He was known for his judicial independence and landmark judgments on corruption and governance issues. The other options were either never Chief Justice (Ram Jethmalani) or served in different time periods.

Tejendra Khanna has not been the Mayor of Delhi. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, which is a different constitutional position. Delhi's governance structure includes a Lieutenant Governor appointed by the President, while the mayoral position exists within the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Swadhin Kshatriya has not been the Mayor of Mumbai. He is a former IAS officer who has served as Chief Secretary of Maharashtra and held other administrative positions, but not the mayoral office. Mumbai's mayor is elected from within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

This question asks about the current SBI Chairman, which is a time-sensitive appointment. O.P. Bhatt served as SBI Chairman from 2006-2011. Since SBI leadership changes periodically, the 'present' chairman depends on when this question was written.