Appointments Quizzes - Current Affair MCQs

Ans: A - Rashmi Shukla

• Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
• She is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
• The SSB is a border-guarding force deployed along the Nepal and Bhutan borders.

• Rashmi Shukla has been the former head of the Maharashtra Intelligence Department. She came in limelight in a case related to phone tapping.

Ans: D - Vishal Sharma

• Godrej Industries Limited has named Vishal Sharma as the chief executive officer of the chemicals business.
• Prior to this, Vishal Sharma served as Senior Vice President for the India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region.

• Vishal oversaw the Asia Pacific Industrial Division of Ecolab.

Ans: B - Rajesh Malhotra

• Senior Indian Information Service officer Rajesh Malhotra has assumed the charge of Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau.
• He has replaced Satyendra Prakash.
• Mr Malhotra, a 1989 batch officer, was earlier serving in the Ministry of Finance.

• He has been associated with the Election Commission for 21 years as in-charge of media and communication.

Ans: B – Ranveer Singh

• PepsiCo India has signed actor Ranveer Singh to endorse its flagship soft drink brand Pepsi.
• PepsiCo founded -1965
• Headquarters – New York, United States

• CEO - Ramon Laguarta

Ans: C – Shailesh Pathak

• Shailesh Pathak has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
• He has worked with the government as an IAS officer as well as headed large companies in the private sector.

• Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex trade organization in India.

Ans: D – Girish Chandra Murmu

• Comptroller and Auditor General Girish Chandra Murmu has been selected as the external auditor of the Geneva-based International Labor Organization for a period of four years from 2024 to 2027.

• The appointment reflects recognition of the CAG's professionalism, high standards, global audit experience and its credibility among the international community.

Ans: A – Rajeev Raghuvanshi

• Rajiv Raghuvanshi has been appointed as the new Drug Controller General of India.
• Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi is a former Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretary-cum-Scientific Director.

• He will succeed Dr. PBN Prasad.

Ans: B – Parameswaran Iyer

• Parameswaran Iyer, who has been serving as the CEO of NITI Aayog, has been appointed as the Executive Director of the World Bank Headquarters for a tenure of three years.
• The 1988 batch IAS officer will replace Rajesh Khullar, who has been sent back to his cadre state Haryana.

• The headquarters of the World Bank is in Washington DC, USA.