National and International Appointments

F C Kohli was the founder of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and is widely regarded as the father of the Indian IT industry. He played a pivotal role in establishing India as a global software outsourcing destination.

Air Marshal Ajay Shriniwas Karnik was appointed as Director General (Inspection and Safety) of the Indian Air Force. This is a senior position responsible for operational safety and inspection audits. The other Air Marshals listed held different appointments.

N. R. Narayana Murthy co-founded Infosys in 1981 along with six other engineers (N. S. Raghavan, Nandan Nilekani, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh, and Ashok Arora). He is the most prominent founder and served as CEO for decades. Options A, C, and D are fictitious names.

Pranab Mukherjee was India's Finance Minister from 2009-2012 in the UPA-II government. Shivraj Patil was Home Minister, P. Chidambaram held various portfolios including Home, and Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, not Finance Minister.

P. Chidambaram was India's Home Minister from 2008-2012 in the UPA-II government. Pranab Mukherjee was Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh was Prime Minister, and Jairam Ramesh was Environment Minister.

S.M. Krishna was India's External Affairs Minister from 2009-2012 in the UPA-II government. Jairam Ramesh was Environment Minister, S. Jaipal Reddy held various portfolios, and Murli Deora was Petroleum Minister.

Sushil Kumar Shinde was India's Power Minister from 2011-2012 in the UPA government. Vilasrao Deshmukh held Earth Sciences and other portfolios, Farooq Abdullah was New and Renewable Energy Minister, and Kapil Sibal was HRD Minister.

Naveen Patnaik served as the Chief Minister of Odisha for over two decades, from 2000 to 2024. He is the founder of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party. JB Pattnaik was also a former CM but the question asks for the correct answer among the options.

Suresh Kalmadi was the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for the 2010 Delhi Games. He later faced corruption charges related to the Games' organization. The other options were all associated with the Games but in different roles - Mike Fennell was the CGF CEO, Mike Hooper was CGF CEO, Randhir Singh was Secretary General.

Konijeti Rosaiah served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2009-2010, succeeding Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. He was a senior Congress party leader and veteran politician. The other options are chief ministers of different states: Achuthanandan (Kerala), Chavan (Maharashtra), and Rio (Nagaland).