National and International Appointments

C Sivasankaran is the chairman of the Siva Group, a Chennai-based conglomerate with interests in telecom, aviation, and various other sectors. He is a prominent Indian businessman known for his investments across multiple industries.

Ban Ki-moon served as the 8th UN Secretary-General from 2007 to 2016. He was a South Korean diplomat and succeeded Kofi Annan. The other options - Jayantha Dhanapala (Sri Lankan diplomat), Ashraf Ghani (former Afghan president), and Shashi Tharoor (Indian diplomat/UN official) - all held significant diplomatic roles but were never UN Secretary-General.

Dayanidhi Maran, former Union Minister and DMK leader, was a partial owner of SUN TV through his family holdings (along with his brother Kalanithi Maran). The Maran family owned the M.K. Associates that had stake in SUN TV Network. Kanimozhi is Karunanidhi's daughter, A. Raja was Telecom Minister in 2G scam, and Karunanidhi was the DMK patriarch. Dayanidhi Maran had direct ownership connections to SUN TV.

Dayanidhi Maran served as the Minister of Communications and IT from May 2004 to May 2007 in the UPA government. A. Raja, who is often associated with the 2G scam, actually became Telecom Minister later (2007-2009), which can cause confusion. Kanimozhi is a politician and Karunanidhi was the DMK chief, not Telecom Ministers during this period.

Seema Vyas was the bureaucrat NOT involved in the 2G spectrum scam. P.J. Thomas (Telecom Secretary), Siddhartha Behura (former Telecom Secretary), and Pradip Baijal (former TRAI Chairman) were all implicated in the 2G scam cases. Seema Vyas appears to be the distractor option as she was not associated with this scandal.

Murli Manohar Joshi was the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in 2011 when the committee was investigating the 2G spectrum scam. Pranab Mukherjee was Finance Minister, S.M. Krishna was External Affairs Minister, and P. Chidambaram was in the Home Ministry during that period. The PAC under Joshi played a key role in examining the 2G scam.

Victor Menezes was former CEO of Citibank, Rajat Gupta was former Managing Director of McKinsey & Company, and Rana Talwar was former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank. All three were prominent Indian-origin executives who led major global financial institutions in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

After the Satyam scandal in 2009, the Government of India appointed a six-member board which selected A. S. Murthy as the new CEO to restore credibility and lead the company through restructuring. Murthy was a former Satyam executive brought back to stabilize the operations.

Vadlamani Srinivas, the former CFO of Satyam Computer Services, was arrested and sent to judicial custody along with Chairman Ramalinga Raju for their involvement in the massive accounting fraud. Srinivas was accused of conspiring to manipulate accounts and falsify financial statements.

Aap Ki Adalat is a popular Indian television show on Zee TV where Rajat Sharma interviews public figures. He has been the anchor since its inception in 1993. Option C is correct.

Ajoy Mukherjee is the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Human Resources at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). He has held this senior leadership position overseeing TCS's global HR strategy and workforce management.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari served as Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017, completing two terms. Farukh Abdulla is a Jammu & Kashmir politician. Hamid Karzai was President of Afghanistan. The vice president is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Pranab Mukherjee served as Finance Minister of India during the UPA government (2004-2012) before becoming President. He was an experienced politician who held various cabinet positions. P. Chidambaram was Home Minister. S.M. Krishna was External Affairs Minister. Sharad Pawar was Agriculture Minister.