Appointments Current Affairs Quiz - May 2018

1. Alicia Pucheta has been been appointed as _______________ Nation Paraguay's first woman President (Interim).

South American North American European Southern African None of These

2. ____________ and Sabina Indrajit have been appointed as President and the Secretary –General of the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) respectively. ?

Sekhar Basu Nripendra Misra Amar Devulapalli I V Subba Rao None of These

3. ______________ has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India.

P. Raghavendra Rao Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha Raghvendra Singh Anil Kumar Jha None of These

4. ___________ Payments Bank appointed Anubrata Biswas as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Jana Fino Idea Paytm Airtel

5. Appointments approved by ACC (Appointments Committee of Cabinet) -

1. Juthika Patankar - as Director General in National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD).
2. M. Srinivas Rao - Chief Executive Officer in National e-Governance Division (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology).
3. Rakesh Kumar Gupta - Secretary in Union Public Service Commission.
4. ______________ - Director General in Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
5. Rakesh Kumar Vats - Chairperson in National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).

Naveen Verma Ajay Kumar Sameer Sharma Sanjay Mitra None of These

6. Badminton Association of India (BAI) President _____________ has been elected as vice-president of Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC).

Himanta Biswa Sarma Hasmukh Adhia  Ajay Prakash Sawhney Ajay Narayan Jha  None of These

7. Bollywood singer Mohit Chauhan has been named as Green Ambassador of _____________ by State government.

Nagaland Sikkim Arunachal Pradesh Manipur None of These

8. Cab Aggregator Uber promoted its India head ______________ as regional general manager for Asia Pacific region (APAC).

Amit Jain Jagdish Prasad Meena Balram Bhargava Rajiv Kumar None of These

9. Cabinet Reshuffle -

1. Coal and Railways Minister ________________ has been given Additional charge of Finance Ministry, until Arun Jaitley is on rest due to health issues.
2. Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has been given additional charge of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge).

Piyush Goyal Rajnath Singh Sushma Swaraj Nitin Gadkari None of These

10. Caribbean island Nation ____________ elected Mia Mottley as its first female Prime Minister since gaining independence from UK in 1966 ?

Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Grenada Barbados None of These

11. ___________ has been appointed as new Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS).

Atanu Chakraborty  Rajiv Kumar Asha Ram Sihag Devraj Anbu None of These

12. Dilip Tirkey has been appointed as chairman of ______________ Tourism Development Corporation ?

Gujarat Odisha Goa Maharashtra None of These

13. Facebook appointed _______________ as CEO of Whatsapp after Co-founder Jan Koum resigned amid Recent Data-leak Controversies.

Surendra Nath Tripathi G. Narayana Raju Anil Gopishankar Mukim Anand Kumar Chris Daniels

14. Former _______________ Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as an eminent jurist in selection committee for appointment of Lokpal.

Attoney General Solicitior General Chief Justice of India Prime Minister None of These

15. Former Supreme Court Judge _________________ is appointed as chairman of Press Council of India (PCI) for second term ?

K.V. Eapen D.M. Mulay Hasmukh Adhia C K Prasad None of These

16. Giuseppe Conte has been appointed as New Prime Minister of European Nation _______________.

Spain Russia Italy France None of These

17. Government appointed Defence Secretary ________________ to hold additional charge as Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), replacing S. Christopher who completed his term ?

Rajiv Gauba Sanjay Mitra Nripendra Misra Asha Ram Sihag None of These

18. Government appointed former SC Judge ________________ as President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) ?

Alok Srivastava R K Agrawal Subash C Garg Ameising Luikham None of These

19. Government appointed non-executive chairpersons in 3 public sector banks, as first appointment of bank executives recommended by Banks Board Bureau headed by Bhanu Pratap Sharma.

1. _____________ - Anjali Bansal
2. Punjab & Sind Bank - Charan Singh
3. Central Bank of India - Tapan Ray

BOB Indian Bank SBI Dena Bank None of These

20. Government appointed noted artist and sculptor ____________________ as regular Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi. He replaced M.L. Srivastava, who was appointed Protem (Temporary) Chairman recently.

Uttam Pacharne Hasmukh Adhia Jagdish Prasad Meena Rajiv Kumar None of These

21. Government extende tenure of Cabinet Secretary ______________________ by 1 year, till June 2019.

Pradeep Kumar Sinha Girish Sahni Naveen Verma Asha Ram Sihag None of These

22. Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy (Janata Dal (Secular)) has been appointed as New Chief Minister of ______________. G Parameshwara was selected as Deputy Chief Minister, and First Dalit for this post. Ramesh Kumar is selected as Assembly Speaker.

1. H D Kumaraswamy Replaced B. S. Yeddyurappa of BJP, who had to step down after staying as CM for Just 6 Days as BJP did not achieve Majority in recent assembly elections.
2. BJP - 104 Seats (112 Required for Majority), Congress - 78 Seats, JDS - 37 Seats.
3. INC and JD (S) partnered to form government,with appointment of H D Kumaraswamy as CM.

Kerala Karnataka Gujarat Andhra Pradesh None of These

23. Hockey India appointed ________________ as chief coach of Indian men’s hockey team, replacing Sjoerd Marijne who take back his role as coach of Women’s Hockey Team.

K.P. Krishnan Ajay Prakash Sawhney C. K. Mishra  Harendra Singh None of These

24. Ibrahima Kassory Fofana has been appointed as new prime minister of Guinea (____________).

East Europe South Africa North Africa East Africa West Africa

25. Indian Ambassadors Appointed in May 2018 -

1. Munu Mahawar - Sultanate of Oman.
2. S.D.Moorthy - _____________.
3. Pradeep Kumar Gupta - Mauritania.
4. Mahender Singh Kanyal - Suriname.

Nigeria Niger South Sudan Uganda None of These

26. Indian Analyst C Raja Mohan has been appointed as director of Institute of South Asian Studies, a think tank of National University of ____________.

Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Thailand None of These

27. _____________ has been appointed as deputy National Security Advisor. Note that Ajit Doval is current National Security Advisor.

Vijay Gokhale Pankaj Saran Parameswaran Iyer Sanjay Mitra None of These

28. Indian-American ____________ has been appointed as interim judge to civil court of New York City in USA.

Ami Bera Kamala Harris Deepa Ambekar Pramila Jaypal None of These

29. Indian-American ______________ has been elected as a member of Board of Commissioners of Multnomah County in Oregon (Western USA State). She is first South Asian to be elected in This western US State.

Pramila Jaypal Ami Bera Kamala Harris Seema Verma Susheela Jayapal

30. India’s former shooter Pawan Singh appointed as Chairman of Result Timing Score Jury by International Shooting Sports Federation for ISSF World Cup in Munich (__________________).

South Africa India Germany USA None of These

31. Jagdish Mukhi has been appointed as acting governor of ______________ , in absence of Governor Najma Heptullah.

Arunachal Pradesh Nagaland Meghalaya Manipur None of These

32. _____________’s Saad Hariri has won his 3rd term as Prime Minister.

Israel Lebanon UAE Jordan None of These

33. Mahathir Mohamad has been elected as new Prime Minister of ___________ (South east Asia), for his 2nd term as PM, after 1st in 1981 – 2003. Aged 92, he is currently oldest PM of any nation in world.

Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Singapore None of These

34. Misc. Govt. Appointments and Extensions -

1. New Secretaries -
   1. Heera Lal Samariya - Ministry of Labour & Employment.
   2. Deepak Khandekar - Ministry of ________________.
   3. Amit Khare - Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
2. Extension -
   1. Pawan Kumar Agarwal - Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
   2. N. Baijendra Kumar - CMD of National Mineral Development Corporation.
   3. Usha Sharma - Director General in Archaeological Survey of India.
   4. Yogendra Tripathi - CMD of Food Corporation of India.
   5. Sushil Chandra - Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes.
3. Pravin Agarwal - BHEL Part Time Director.

Road Transport and Highways Home Affairs Railways Finance Tribal Affairs

35. Nasirul Mulk is appointed as interim Prime Minister of ____________, ahead of dissolution of current government. General Elections are scheduled in July 2018.

Bangladesh Pakistan Afghanistan Sri Lanka None of These

36. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has involved Survey of India (Established in 1767, oldest scientific department in India) to strengthen Ganga rejuvenation task by using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. It involves use of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) technology for accurate data collection.

1767 1867 1967 1997 None of These

37. New Governors Appointed -

1. ________________ - Ganeshi Lal, replacing Satya Pal Malik.
2. Mizoram - Kummanam Rajasekharan, replacing Nirbhay Sharma.

West Bengal Maharashtra Goa Gujarat Odisha

38. Nikol Pashinyan has been appointed as prime minister of ________________.

Armenia Lithunia Russia Norway None of These

39. Radhakrishnan Nair has been appointed as an Additional (Independent) Director in _____________’s board.

Axis Bank ICICI Bank HDFC Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank None of These

40. Rajinder Singh is named the new President of ____________________, after Mariamma Koshy’s resignation.

BCCI Badminton Association of India All India Tennis Association All India Football Federation Hockey India

41. Ramalingam Sudhakar is appointed as Chief Justice of _____________ High Court (Imphal).

Nagaland Manipur Arunachal Pradesh Assam None of These

42. __________________ has been elected as new Chairperson of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) , while Pratibha Brahma was elected as Vice Chairperson.

Nriendra Misra Ramesh Chand Meena Ajit Doval H R Khan None of These

43. Ranbir Singh has been appointed as commander of ____________ wing of Indian Army.

Northern Eastern Western Southern None of These

44. Sarah Mullally became first female Bishop of London, holding 3rd most senior position in the Church of ____________.

Italy Spain France Russia England

45. _____________ has been re-elected as the independent Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC).

Dave Richardson Shashank Manohar Zaheer Abbas N. Srinivasan None of These

46. _________________, took over as 27th Principal Spokesperson of Government of India and Director General of Press Information Bureau.

Sitanshu Ranjan Kar Sanjay Mitra Naveen Verma Injeti Srinivas None of These

47. Stacey Cunningham has beeen appointed as First woman President of New York Stock Exchange (_____________).

Norway France Spain Russia USA

48. __________________ has been appointed as Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).

Subhash Chandra Khuntia H R Khan Raghvendra Singh Ajay Kumar None of These

49. ________________ has been named first Chief Financial Officer of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

B.P. Kanungo Sudha Balakrishnan Viral V. Acharya N. S. Vishwanathan None of These

50. Sukhdeep Sangwan has been appointed as Director General of ______________.

BSF SSB CRPF CISF Assam Rifles

51. US India Business Council named ________________ as its head for India.

Ambika Sharma Inder Jit Singh S.K. Kohli Rajiv Nayan Choubey None of These

52. US Senate confirmed ____________________ as first female director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Nikki Haley Kamala Harris Gina Haspel Pramila Jayapal None of These

53. __________________ President Nicolas Maduro won another six years term, after being re-elected.

Portugese Brazilian Russian Venezuelan None of These

54. Vladimir Putin sworn-in as President of _________________ for 4th time, for six-year term. While, Dmitry Medvedev is appointed as Prime Minister for his 2nd term.

USA Spain France Greece Russia

55. Yudhvir Singh Malik (Secretary in Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways) has been given additional charge as chairman of ______________.

BHEL SAIL NHAI GAIL None of These

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