National and International Appointments

Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on November 11, 2010, following the resignation of Ashok Chavan. This is a straightforward factual recall question about Indian political leadership.

Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar in November 2010 after leading his alliance to victory in the state elections. He has served multiple terms as Bihar's CM, starting from 2005.

S. Jaipal Reddy served as the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the Indian government (specifically during the UPA period around 2011-2012). Murli Deora held this portfolio earlier, while S.M. Krishna was External Affairs Minister and A.K. Antony was Defence Minister.

H.R. Bharadwaj was the Karnataka Governor in 2011 who granted permission for interrogating Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on corruption charges. This was related to mining and land irregularities allegations. The other names listed were different political figures from various states.

S. Y. Quraishi served as Chief Election Commissioner of India from 2010-2012. Given the question references a January 2011 exam asking for the 'present' CEC, Quraishi was indeed in office at that time.

C. Chandramouli served as the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India during the 2011 Census. This position oversees the decennial census operations. The other names listed (M.C. Aravindakshan, K.S. Sawhney, Lata Sharma) are not associated with this position during the relevant period.

Dr. Y. Venugopal Reddy served as RBI Governor from 2003 to 2008. By the time this question was asked (likely 2011), he was no longer the current governor - D. Subbarao had taken over in September 2008. So the statement 'is the current governor' is false.

Udaya Kumar, a professor at IIT Guwahati, designed the Indian Rupee symbol (₹) in 2010. His design was selected from over 3,000 entries in a national competition conducted by the Ministry of Finance to create a distinct symbol for the Indian currency.

The committee on computerisation in Indian Banks (1988) was headed by M. Narasimham, whose recommendations laid the foundation for banking sector reforms in India. C. Rangarajan was RBI Governor, R.N. Malhotra was Finance Secretary and later RBI Governor, and S. Venkitaramanan was also RBI Governor.

E. Sreedharan, known as the 'Metro Man,' was the managing director of Delhi Metro Railway Corporation and oversaw its successful construction and operation. He is renowned for completing infrastructure projects on time and within budget. Mamta Banerjee was Railway Minister, not DMRC chief.

J.N. Dixit (Jyotindra Nath Dixit) was appointed National Security Adviser by the UPA Government in 2004. He was a veteran diplomat and former Foreign Secretary who served until his death in 2005.

A. Raja was the Telecom Minister in the UPA government who was arrested in 2011 in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Jai Ram Ramesh was Environment Minister, Praful Patel was Civil Aviation Minister, and Pranab Mukherjee was Finance Minister during that period.