Current Affairs - Persons

Exercise : Persons - Latest Current Affairs
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496.
Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the DRDO?
Samir V Kamat
Meenesh C Shah
Rajesh Verma
Rajiv Kumar
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Distinguished scientist Samir V Kamat was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

497.
Who has been appointed as the Executive Director for India at the IMF?
Jyoti Sharma
Soniya Verma
KV Subramanian
Surjit S Bhalla
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Former Chief Economic Adviser, KV Subramanian was appointed as the Executive Director for India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

498.
Who took charge of SBICAP Securities as the new MD and CEO?
Dinesh Kumar Khara
Sashidhar Jagdishan
Sandeep Bakhshi
Deepak Kumar Lalla
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Deepak Kumar Lalla has taken charge of SBICAP Securities as its new MD and CEO.

499.
Who has been appointed as the Executive Director (India) at IMF?
Arvind Subramaniam
Raghuram Rajan
Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Surjit Bhalla
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of the former Chief Economic Advisor (CEC) Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramaniam to the post of Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

500.
Who has been appointed as the director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII)?
Rajiv Kumar
R K Gupta
Debasisa Mohanty
Nalin Negi
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Senior scientist Debasisa Mohanty has been appointed as the Director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII).