Appointments and Resignations MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Appointments and Resignations - Download Free PDF

The Correct Answer is S. Mahendra Dev.

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• S Mahendra Dev Appointed New Chief of EAC-PM.

Key Points

• S. Mahendra Dev has been appointed as Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).

• He resigned as independent director of Axis Bank after this appointment.

• Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, currently heads EAC-PM.

• Dev is an expert in agriculture and rural economy.

• He is editor of Economic and Political Weekly and chairs the Institute for Development Studies, Andhra Pradesh.

• Former Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR).

• Holds a PhD from Delhi School of Economics and did post-doc at Yale University.

• EAC-PM is an independent body that advises the PM on economic and policy issues.

• Functions include: analyzing macroeconomic issues, providing advice, and undertaking tasks referred by the PM.

The correct answer is 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B.

• Dr. Ajay Kumar: Chairman of UPSC; Retired IAS officer (1985 batch, Kerala cadre) and former Defence Secretary.
• Harvansh Chawla: Chairman of BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCI); Senior lawyer and international trade expert.
• Justice Surya Kant: Executive Chairman of NALSA; Supreme Court Judge appointed effective May 14, 2025.
• Robert Francis Prevost: Pope Leo XIV; First American Pope and former Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.

In News

• Prominent personalities have recently assumed important positions in Indian administration and the Catholic Church.

Key Points

BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry​

• The BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRICS CCI) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization established in 2012 to foster economic cooperation, trade, and investment among the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—as well as other friendly countries.
• Recognized by the United Nations and registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 in India, BRICS CCI serves as a platform for businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals to engage in dialogue, collaboration, and growth .
• In May 2025, BRICS CCI organized a webinar on "Payment Mechanisms in Rupee-Ruble Bilateral Trade," in collaboration with Sber Bank, to simplify cross-border trade between India and Russia.

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

• The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's premier central recruiting agency responsible for conducting various prestigious examinations to select candidates for civil services and other government posts.
• Key Functions:
  • Conducting examinations like the Civil Services Exam (IAS, IPS, IFS, etc.), Engineering Services Exam, Combined Defence Services Exam, National Defence Academy Exam, and many others.
  • Recruiting for various All India Services and Group A & B posts under the Government of India.
  • Advising the government on matters related to recruitment, transfers, promotions, disciplinary actions, and service conditions of civil servants.
• Establishment:
  • UPSC was established on 1 October 1926 as the Public Service Commission and was renamed UPSC after India's independence.
  • It functions under Article 315 to 323 of the Indian Constitution.
• Chairman and Members:
  • The UPSC is headed by a Chairman along with a maximum of ten other members appointed by the President of India.

NALSA

• The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is a statutory body established under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, which came into effect on November 9, 1995.
• Its primary objective is to ensure equal access to justice for all citizens, particularly the marginalised and economically disadvantaged sections of society.
• Structure and Leadership
  • Patron-in-Chief: The Chief Justice of India.
  • Executive Chairman: The second senior-most Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
  • Headquarters: Supreme Court of India, Tilak Marg, New Delhi. 
• Eligibility for Legal Aid
• Under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, individuals are eligible for free legal services if they fall under any of the following categories:
  • Women and children
  • Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs)
  • Victims of mass disasters, violence, flood, drought, earthquake, or industrial disasters
  • Disabled persons
  • Persons in custody
  • Persons whose annual income does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 (Rs. 5,00,000 for Supreme Court cases)
  • Victims of human trafficking or bonded labor
• NALSA operates through a decentralized network of State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs), District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs), and Taluka Legal Services Committees (TLSCs), ensuring the reach of legal aid across the country.

The Correct Answer is Lee Jae-myung.

In News

• Lee Jae-myung elected as South Korea’s President.

Key Points

• Lee Jae-myung, from the Liberal Democratic Party, is the 21st President of South Korea.

• Won against Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party.

• Snap poll followed the ouster of former president Yoon Suk-yeol for attempting martial law.

• Lee vows to prevent military coups, calling Yoon’s attempt a military coup.

• Promises a pro-market, deregulated, and innovation-driven government.

• Will pursue dialogue with North Korea and maintain ties with the U.S..

The Correct Answer is Lee Jae-myung.

In News

• Lee Jae-myung elected as South Korea’s President.

Key Points

• Lee Jae-myung, from the Liberal Democratic Party, is the 21st President of South Korea.

• Won against Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party.

• Snap poll followed the ouster of former president Yoon Suk-yeol for attempting martial law.

• Lee vows to prevent military coups, calling Yoon’s attempt a military coup.

• Promises a pro-market, deregulated, and innovation-driven government.

• Will pursue dialogue with North Korea and maintain ties with the U.S..

The correct answer is Bhuvnesh Kumar.

In News

• Bhuvnesh Kumar, a 1995-batch IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, assumed charge as CEO of UIDAI.

Key Points

• He continues as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
• A gold medalist from NIT Kurukshetra, he has held key roles, including Joint Secretary in MeitY and Principal Secretary in UP's Animal Husbandry Department.
• His career spans diverse sectors like finance, MSME, sports, and technical education.

Additional Information

• UIDAI
  • Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is responsible for issuing Aadhaar, a 12-digit unique identification number.
  • Founded under the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
  • Aims to provide a digital identity to residents of India.
• MeitY
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology oversees digital initiatives in India, including UIDAI and the Digital India program.

The correct answer is Suman Bery.

Key Points

• NITI Aayog’s Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has stepped down after being at the helm of the institution for nearly five years.
• Dr. Suman K Bery has been appointed new Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog.
• He will take charge as Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog from 1 May 2022.
• Suman K Bery had earlier served as Director-General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi.
• NCAER is one of the country’s leading independent non-profit policy research institutions.

Additional Information

• Recent Appointments:
  • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has appointed Pomila Jaspal as the Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect.
  • Dr Manoj Soni has been appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
  • IndiGo has appointed Vikram Singh Mehta and former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa as the Independent Non-Executive Directors.

The correct answer is Anil Kumar Lahoti

Key Points

• Anil Kumar Lahoti​:
  • Anil Kumar Lahoti has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Railway Board.
  • He will be taking over the chairmanship from Vinay Kumar Tripathi on January 1,2023.
  • Lahoti belongs to the 1984 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).
  • His appointment is part of an overhaul of the top management of the railway board.

Additional Information 

• Lahoti was appointed as the general manager of Central Railway in July 2021, before which he worked in several key positions in both zonal railways and the railway board in Delhi.
• He reportedly also worked on developing the public-private partnership model for station redevelopment, along with important infrastructural interventions leading to decongestion in stations in Delhi during his tenure with Northern and North Central Railways.
• He will be taking over at a time when the railway board looks to turn things around for the national transporter.
• From earlier being infamous for delayed execution and poor capacity planning, the railways aim to execute more capital expenditure and bettering freight and passenger services in the run-up to the FY24 Budget.

The correct answer is Srikant Datar.

Key Points

• Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School.
• He succeeded Nitin Nohria.
• He became the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the prestigious 112-year-old institution.
• In 2021, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India.
• He has served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs for Research, Executive Education, and administration.​

Additional Information

• Sanjit Roy
  • Sanjit Roy is a social activist and teacher.
  • He is the founder and director of Barefoot College in Rajasthan, India.
  • It is a non-governmental organization offering practical training to poor and rural communities.
  • In 2010, Roy was selected as one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential figures for his work within rural communities.
  • Skills taught in college such as solar engineering have been adopted in over 50 of the world’s least developed countries.
• Nitin Nohria​
  • ​Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020.
  • He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.
• Achyuta Samanta​
  • ​Prof. Achyuta Samanta is an educationist, humanitarian, and statesman.
  • He founded a University in 2004, KIIT, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology.
  • He also founded the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) for providing education to indigenous boys and girls, free of cost.

The correct answer is Ranveer Singh.

Key Points

• The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named Ranveer Singh as its brand ambassador for India.
• He will work with the NBA to help grow the league’s profile in India throughout its landmark 75th anniversary season in 2021-22.
• The NBA is built around four professional sports leagues: National Basketball Association, Women’s National Basketball Association, NBA G League and NBA 2K League. 

Additional Information

• About NBA:
  • Headquarters - New York
  • Founded - 6 June 1946.
  • Total teams - 30.

The correct answer is Pranab Mukherjee.

Key Points 

• Pranab Mukherjee
  • He was an Indian politician and has served as the 13th President of India, from 2012 to 2017.
  • A veteran in Indian politics, he has the rare distinction of having served as Foreign, Defence, Commerce, and Finance Minister at different times over his long and illustrious political career spanning several decades. In 1997, Pranab Mukherjee was voted an Outstanding Parliamentarian.
  • Active in West Bengal politics, he was the president of the state's unit of Congress since 1985 but resigned in July 2010.
  • Well-respected by politicians of all parties, Pranab Mukherjee is the Congress party's main troubleshooter and has often been called upon to guide the party through difficult situations.
  • He is married to Suvra Mukherjee and has two sons and one daughter.
  • In 2008, he was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India.
  • He became Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission from 1991 to 1996. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
  • He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2019, by his successor as president, Ram Nath Kovind.

The correct answer is Shri Saurabh Garg.

• Shri Saurabh Garg is the CEO of UIDAI.
• Nandan Nilekani was the first chairman of UIDAI.

Key Points

• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained by residents of India, based on their biometric and demographic data.

The correct answer is VS Pathania.

Key Points

• Director-General VS Pathania took over as the 24th Chief of Indian Coast Guard on 31 December.
• He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi.
• He is also the recipient of the President’s Tatrakshak Medal for Distinguished Service, Tatrakshak Medal for gallantry.
• Director-General VS Pathania succeeds 23rd DG Krishnaswamy Natarajan.

Additional Information

• In August 2021, CDS General Bipin Rawat has presented a book “OPERATION KHUKRI” by authors Major General Rajpal Punia and Ms Damini Punia.
• The book highlights the Indian Army’s successful rescue mission in Sierra Leone as part of the United Nations.
• Indian Navy has commissioned the 4th Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela on November 27th, 2021.
• On November 22nd, 2021,  INS Visakhapatnam, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) launched the first large survey vessel Sandhayak for the Indian Navy on December 7th, 2021.
• On December 22nd, 2021, the Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth guided-missile destroyer ‘Mormugao’ went for her maiden sea trials.

The correct answer is Umesh Sharma.

Key Points

• As of January 2021, Umesh Sharma was elected as the President of the Veterinary Council of India.
  • Veterinary Council of India is a statutory body established under the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984.
    • It was established under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of India in 1984.
    • Veterinary Council of India is based in New Delhi.
    • The first elections to the council took place in 1999.
• Rajeev Arora is the additional chief secretary of Haryana.

The correct answer is Sourav Ganguly.

Confusion Points

• The composition of the ICC Board is as follows : 
  • ICC Chairman is Greg Barclay (ICC Chair)
  • ICC Men's Cricket Committee Chairman is Sourav Ganguly 
  • Women's Cricket Committee Chairman is Clare Connor 
  • India's representative in ICC is Jay Shah

Key Points

• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Cricket Committee.
• He replaced Anil Kumble in the role.
• Ganguly served as President of the Cricket Association of Bengal between 2015 and 2019 and took over as BCCI president in October 2019.

Important Points

• ​Anil Kumble stepped down as chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee after he served a maximum of three, three-year terms.
• The ICC's Cricket Committee takes care of rules and regulations in the game.
• ICC will pay taxes to the Indian government for three ICC events to be hosted by BCCI in the coming years.
• India will jointly host the 2026 T20 World Cup with Sri Lanka, the 2029 Champions Trophy, and the 2031 ODI World Cup with Bangladesh as co-hosts.

Additional Information

• International Cricket Council: 
  • Headquarters: Dubai
  • Independent Female Director: Indra Nooyi   

The correct answer is Nicaragua.

Key Points

• Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was sworn into office for his fourth consecutive term on 10 January 2022.
• Alongside him was first lady Rosario Murillo, sworn in for her second term as his Vice President.

Additional Information

• Nicaraguan is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and the Pacific Ocean.
• Managua is the capital of the country.