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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

Multiple choice

Who among the following has been appointed the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

  1. Justice Mukul Mudgal

  2. Justice J.S.Khehar

  3. Justice S.J.Mukhopadhya

  4. Justice Bilal Nazki
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Justice J.S.Khehar The first puisne judge (seniormost after the chief justice) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice J S Khehar, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. Justice Khehar will replace Justice V K Gupta who is retiring early next month.

Multiple choice

Who succeeded Vijay Shanker Tiwari as the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?

  1. Navanethem Pillay

  2. Ashwini Kumar

  3. Ram Baran Yadav

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Ashwini Kumar succeeded Vijay Shanker Tiwari as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This is a straightforward factual question about leadership succession in India's premier investigating agency. Navanethem Pillay is associated with the UN, and Ram Baran Yadav was Nepal's president.

Multiple choice

Who is the present (2011) the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights?

  1. Navanethem Pillay

  2. Sourav Sengupta

  3. Ram Baran Yadav

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Navanethem Pillay from South Africa served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014, which includes the year 2011 mentioned in the question. She was a respected judge and human rights advocate. The other names listed are not associated with this position.

Multiple choice

Who is the present (2012) cabinet minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas?

  1. Navanethem Pillay

  2. Ashwani Kumar

  3. R.S. Pandey

  4. Jaipal Reddy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Jaipal Reddy served as the Cabinet Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas in 2012 during the UPA government. He held this portfolio from 2011 to 2012. Navanethem Pillay is a UN official, Ashwani Kumar was a Minister of State for Law, and R.S. Pandey was a bureaucrat - none held the Petroleum Minister position in 2012.

Multiple choice

_______ succeeded Sanjoy Narayan as editor of Business Today.

  1. Rohit Saran

  2. Rohit Sharma

  3. Rohit Sen

  4. Rohit Sarkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rohit Saran took over as editor of Business Today after Sanjoy Narayan's tenure. This was a significant leadership transition in Indian business journalism. The other options (Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sen, Rohit Sarkar) are similar-sounding names but not the correct successor.

Multiple choice

Who among the following was named by HT Media Ltd. as editor-in-chief of its flagship English daily Hindustan Times?

  1. Sanjoy Narayan

  2. Sanjay Sharma

  3. Sanjay Sen

  4. Rohit Sarkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sanjoy Narayan was appointed as the editor-in-chief of Hindustan Times by HT Media Ltd., marking a significant leadership position in Indian English journalism. The other options (Sanjay Sharma, Sanjay Sen, Rohit Sarkar) are not the correct appointees for this role.

Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

How much money was collected to donate to Uttrakhand relief works?

Narendra Damodardas Modi (born September 17, 1950) is the longest-serving chief minister of Gujarat. He has held the office since 2001 and has been successfully re-elected three times. Widely seen as a protégé of LK Advani, a senior BJP leader and its former president, Modi is known for his astute administrative skills and has a record for being incorruptible. He is credited with turning around Gujarat's economy and making it an attractive investment destination for industrialists. Modi's nemesis though has been the Gujarat riots that broke out after the Godhra train burning incident in 2002. Allegedly, while Hindu rioters went on a rampage against the Muslims, killing people and destroying property. The state administration under Modi's charge turned a blind eye and failed to control the violence. Modi himself has been accused of watering down the seriousness of the situation, implicitly justifying the killings of Muslims and failing to condemn the attacks on them. A sum of Rs five per person was charged from the audience during Modi's rally in Hyderabad this year. Nearly a lakh people turned up by paying the fee.The entire sum was donated to Uttarakhand relief works.

  1. Four lakhs

  2. Three lakhs

  3. Five lakhs

  4. Six lakhs

  5. Dummy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Because nearly one lakh people gave Rs five per person.

Multiple choice

In March 2013, under whom was a committee on energy security commissioned by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas?

  1. Y. V. Reddy

  2. Vijay Tendulkar

  3. C. Rangarajan

  4. Kaushik Basu
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

On 18th March 2013, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas set up a committee on energy security under Vijay Tendulkar, to develop a policy on energy security, utilisation of Oil Industry Development Board cess, resource mobilisation approaches and to suggest measures for promotion of indigenous service industry in the exploration and production sector.