Recent Appointments

Q.1. GoI has reconstituted the board of which roadways organisation to ensure smooth implementation of the Bharatmala project?
A. NHAI
B. BRO
C. GREF Centre
D. Both a and b
Ans. NHAI



Q.2. NASSCOM has just appointed its first woman president, ________.
A. Anu Aga
B. Indra Nooyi
C. Debjani Ghosh
D. Chanda Kocchar
Ans. Debjani Ghosh



Q.3. Who has been appointed the CISF ADG till May 31, 2020?
A. Alok Kumar Pateria
B. Kiran Bedi
C. KPS Gill
D. OP Singh
Ans. Alok Kumar Pateria



Q.4. Who has been appointed the representative of India to carry forward dialogue in J&K?
A. Pranay Sahay
B. Dineshwar Sharma
C. Shyam Saran
D. Shiv Shankar Menon
Ans. Dineshwar Sharma



Q.5. Who has been appointed the UNESCO head w.e.f 15th Oct 2017?
A. Audrey Azoulay
B. Irina Bokova
C. Christine Lagarde
D. Veronica Dauge
Ans. Audrey Azoulay



Q.6. Who has been appointed chairman of Pepsico India w.e.f Nov 1, 2017?
A. D. Shivakumar
B. Ahmed El Sheikh
C. Sanjeev Chaddha
D. Jon Banner
And. Ahmed El Sheikh



Q.7. Who has replaced Arundhati Bhattacharya as the SBI chairman?
A. Dipankar Gupta
B. Rajnish Kumar
C. B Sriram
D. Pravin Kumar Gupta
Ans. Rajnish Kumar



Q.8. Who has been appointed the Deputy DG of the WHO on 3rd Oct 2017?
A. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
B. Dr. Anarfi Asamoa-Baah
C. Mina Swaminathan
D. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ans. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan




Q.9. Who has been appointed the World Bank ED to represent the constituency of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan?
A. S. Aparna
B. Subhash Garg
C. D. Aparna
D. Suhash Garg
Ans. S. Aparna



Q.10. Who took over as the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog in Sept 2017?
A. Arvind Panagriya
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Rajiv Kumar
D. Rajiv Singh
Ans. Rajiv Kumar

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