Test: Current Affairs (Appointments and Resignations National) - Software Development MCQ

The Correct Answer is Kamlesh Kumar Pant.

Key Points

• Kamlesh Kumar Pant, a 1993-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
• He has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) by the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet.
• The pharmaceutical pricing agency was currently headed by IAS officer Shubhra Singh, who was appointed to the post in 2018.
• Singh has been repatriated to her cadre state Rajasthan, according to an order of the personnel ministry.

Additional Information

• National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority Founded: 29 August 1997;
• National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority Headquarters: New Delhi.

The correct answer is Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Key Points

• Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha.
• Naqvi will be succeeding Union minister of commerce Piyush Goyal, who has now taken over as the leader of House in the Rajya Sabha.
• Naqvi was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2016.
• In 2014, he was made the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs.

The Correct Answer is Manipur.

Key Points

• La. Ganesan has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland on February 20th 2023.

Additional Information

• The current Governors of the other mentioned North-Eastern states are:

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 Smita Devrani.

Key Points

• Major General Smita Devrani assumed charge as Additional Director General of Military Nursing Service (MNS) on October 1, 2021.
• The day coincided with the occasion of 96th MNS Corps Day.
• Gen Devrani was also instrumental in managing casualties during her deputation to UN Mission in Congo in 2006-2007 where she served as a Chief Matron. 

Additional Information

• ​The MNS is the only all-women corps in the Armed Forces in India.
• It is a part of the Armed Forces Medical Services.
• It came into being on March 28, 1888, with the arrival of the first batch of 10 qualified British nurses in Bombay, to organize nursing in military hospitals in India.
• In 1893, it was designated as the Indian Army Nursing Service (IANS) and in 1902 as Queen Alexandra Military Nursing Service (QAMNS).
• In 1914 for the first time, nurses were enrolled in India and were attached to QAMNS.
• On October 1, 1926, a permanent nursing service for Indian troops was formed and was designated as the Indian Military Nursing Service (IMNS).
• On September 15, 1943, the IMNS officers became a part of the Indian Army and the members of the service became Commissioned Officers.
• After independence, the government constituted the MNS and the IMNS was subsumed in the MNS in 1950.

The correct answer is Rajiv Bansal.

Key Points

• IAS officer Rajiv Bansal will take over as Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
• He will resume his office on 1st October 2021.
• He is currently the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India Ltd.
• His appointment follows the retirement of incumbent Pradeep Singh Kharola on 30 September 2021.
• He was appointed as the Secretary, MoCA, in February 2019.

Additional Information

• Ministry of Civil Aviation (as of February 2022)
  • Responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of Civil Aviation.
  • Hon'ble Minister of Civil Aviation: Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
  • Hon’ble Minister of State for Civil Aviation: V. K. Singh

The Correct Answer is Ritesh Chauhan.

Key Points

• Senior bureaucrat Ritesh Chauhan has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
• He has bee also been appointed as Joint Secretary, Agriculture under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
• He will have a combined tenure of seven years up to September 22, 2023.
• He is a 2005-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
• He will succeed Ashish Kumar Bhutani, who was appointed in 2018.

Additional Information 

• PMFBY was launched on 13^th January 2016.
• It provides a comprehensive insurance cover against failure of the crop thus helping in stabilising the income of the farmers.
• Premium: The prescribed premium is 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all rabi crops.
• In the case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium is 5%.

The correct answer is B C Patnaik.

Key Points

• B C Patnaik has taken charge as the Managing Director (MD) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
• He was appointed as Managing Director via a government notification dated July 5, 2021.
• Prior to taking charge as MD of LIC, Patnaik was the Secretary-General, Council for Insurance Ombudsman, (CIO) Mumbai.
• Currently, LIC has a Chairman and four Managing Directors.
  • Chairperson: M R Kumar
  • Managing Director: Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Raj Kumar, Siddhartha Mohanty, Ipe Mini

Additional Information

• About LIC:
  • Life Insurance Corporation of India is an Indian statutory insurance and investment corporation.
  • It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
  • It is headquartered in Mumbai.
  • It was founded on 1 September 1956.

The correct answer is Pankaj Kumar Singh.

Key Points

• Pankaj Kumar Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer, has taken over as the new Director General of the Border Security Force.
• While Sanjay Arora has assumed charge of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
• Singh, from the Rajasthan cadre of the IPS, has been serving as the special DG of the country’s largest border guarding force that mans over 6,300 km of Indian boundary with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Important Points

• Balaji Srivastava has been made the director general of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD).

The correct answer is Suresh N Patel.

Key Points

• Suresh N Patel has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in Central Vigilance Commission.
• He is a former Managing Director and CEO of Andhra Bank.
• His oath is administered by Central Vigilance Commissioner- Sanjay Kothari.
• Mr Suresh has been a member of the advisory board for banking and financial frauds of the Central Vigilance Commission.
• He is expected to stay in the office till December 2022.
• This Commission should consist of a Central Vigilance Commissioner and not more than 2 Vigilance Commissioners.
• After the completion of tenure by TM Bhasin, the post of the vigilance commissioner was lying vacant since June 2019.