Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Securities and Exchange Board of India?
(a) Debashis Panda
(b) Ajay Tyagi
(c) Anita Karwal
(d) Madhabi Puri Buch
(e) None of the above
Q2. Dish TV India has announced the appointment of which Indian cricketer as brand ambassador?
(a) Yuvraj Singh
(b) Rishabh Pant
(c) Ajinkya Rahane
(d) Rohit Sharma
(e) None of the above
Q3. Which bank has approved the reappointment of Rakesh Sharma as the managing director and chief executive officer of the bank for a period of three years?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) Federal Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) None of the above
Q4. Who has been appointed as the new director of the Institute of Economic Growth?
(a) Ajit Mishra
(b) Chetan Ghate
(c) S. R. Narasimhan
(d) Dinesh Prasad Saklani
(e) None of the above
Q5. A23, an online skill gaming company, has named whom as its brand ambassador?
(a) Shah Rukh Khan
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Sunil Shetty
(d) Varun Dhawan
(e) None of the above
Q6. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?
(a) Manoj Ahuja
(b) Abhishekh Gupta
(c) Vineet Joshi
(d) Anita Karwal
(e) None of the above
Q7. Who has been selected as the brand ambassador of Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar?
(a) Navazuddin Siddiqi
(b) Manoj Bajpayee
(c) Nana Patekar
(d) Manoj Tiwari
(e) None of the above
Q8. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee of Administrators which will run the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)?
(a) Munishwar Nath Bhandari
(b) Ravi Chopra
(c) Gita Mittal
(d) Ronojoy Dutta
(e) None of the above
Q9. Name the retired Vice Admiral who has been appointed as India’s first national maritime security coordinator by the government.
(a) G Ashok Kumar
(b) R. Hari Kumar
(c) S.N. Ghormade
(d) Ajit Kumar P.
(e) None of the above
Q10. Who has been inducted as a full-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)?
(a) Samiran Gupta
(b) Sanjiv Mehta
(c) Sanjay Malhotra
(d) Sanjeev Sanyal
(e) None of the above
Solutions
S1.Ans(d)
Sol. Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman, replacing Ajay Tyagi. She is the first woman chief of SEBI and also the first non-IAS to head the regulatory body.
S2.Ans (b)
Sol. Dish TV India, has announced the appointment of Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant as brand ambassador.
S3.Ans(c)
Sol. Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank) has informed the stock exchanges that its board has approved the reappointment of Rakesh Sharma as the managing director and chief executive officer of the bank for a period of three years.
S4.Ans (b)
Sol. The Institute of Economic Growth has appointed Chetan Ghate as the new director succeeding Ajit Mishra.
S5.Ans(a)
Sol. A23, the gaming application owned by Head Digital Works, an online skill gaming company, has named in Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador.
S6.Ans(c)
Sol. IAS Vineet Joshi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
S7.Ans(d)
Sol. Bhojpuri singer and BJP MP, Manoj Tiwari will be the brand ambassador of Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar.
S8.Ans(c)
Sol. The Delhi High Court has appointed former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Gita Mittal as the Chairperson of the Committee of Administrators which will run the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).
S9.Ans(a)
Sol. Retired Vice Admiral, G Ashok Kumar has been appointed as India’s first national maritime security coordinator by the government.
S10.Ans(d)
Sol. Finance Ministry’s Principal Economic Advisor, Sanjeev Sanyal has been inducted as a full-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).