“Key Appointments 2024: Current Affairs MCQs for Competitive Exams”

Appointments in various sectors play a very important role in shaping policies, driving development, and representing nations on global platforms. From government officials and corporate leaders to international representatives, it is essential to understand these changes to stay updated.

Questions on recent appointments are an essential part of the current affairs section for students preparing for competitive exams like SSC, UPSC, state-level exams, or banking tests. They not only test your memory but also your awareness of influential personalities and their roles in the country’s progress.

This blog collates all the important MCQs on appointments in 2024, and you will be able to grasp key details effectively. These questions have been curated to give you a comprehensive understanding of important designations and prepare you for acing your exams. Let’s dive into the important appointments of the year and ace the current affairs section!

MCQs Appointments 2024: Current Affairs

Q1. Who Took Oath As new UPSC Chairman ?
Ans : D Appointment
A. Rakesh Kumar
B. Anupam Roy
C. Manoj Soni
D. Preeti Sudan

Ans : D
UPSC : Union Public Service Comission

Term : 6 Years (or Age Of 65 Years)

Constitutional Body

Part 14 → Article » 315 To 323

UPSC Chairman & Other Members : Appointed By → President

Q2. Who took Oath for the 3rd term as PM Of India?
A. Rajnath Singh
B. Narendra Modi
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. JP Nadda
Ans : B
NARENDRA MODI : 2nd PM After Jawahar Lal Nehru → Won 3 consecutive
General Election (2014, 2029, 2024)

About PM

Article 74(1) : There shall be a Council of Ministers with a PM at the head to aid and advise the President

Longest Serving PM : Jawahar Lal Nehru

Article 75 : CoM shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister

PM Appointed By : President

Minimum Age : Loksabha Member (25) Or Rajyasabha (30)

First Non-Congress Prime Minister of India : Morarji Desai

First Prime Minister from South India : P.V. Narasimha Rao

Q3. Who became the New Chief of Army Staff ?
A. Upendra Dwivedi
B. R Hari Kumar
C. Amar Preet Singh
D. None
Ans : A
Defence Appointment » Revision

Vice Chief of Air Staff → Amar Preet Singh

Chief Of Naval Staff : Dinesh K Tripathi

Vice Chief of Naval Staff : Krishna Swaminathan

Chief Of Air Staff : Vivek Ram Chaudhari

Q4. Who became the New Vice Chief of Army Staff ?
A. Upendra Dwivedi
B. R Hari Kumar
C. Amar Preet Singh
D. N. S. Raja Subramani
Ans : D

Q5. Who took charge as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau?
A. Ankita Tomar
B. Sheyphali Sharan
C. Aravind Kumar
D. None
Ans : B

Q6. Who has been appointed as the Presiding officer of SAT (Securities Appellate Tribunal) ?
A. Alok Singh
B. Dinesh Kumar
C. Aravind Kumar
D. None
Ans : B
Securities Appellate Tribunal : Statutory Body

Under → Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs

It Hears appeals against the orders of India’s main financial regulators {ex- SEBI, PFRDA, IRDAI}

HQ : Mumbai

Q7. Who Has Been Appointed As Chairman, Staff Selection Commission (SSC)?
A. Amit Sharma
B. Rakesh Ranjan
C. Radha Kumari
D. None
Ans : B

Q8. Who has been appointed as NAFED Chairman?
A. Anjum Singh
B. Rakesh Sinha
C. Jetha Ahir
D. Rohit Sharma
Ans : C
NAFED : National Agricultural
Cooperative Marketing Federation of India

HQ : New Delhi

Founded : 2 Oct 1958

Q9. Who Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of IFFCO?
A. Dileep Sanghani
B. Amit Sharma
C. Anita Desai
D. None of these
Ans : A
IFFCO : Indian Farmers Fertiliser
Cooperative

HQ : New Delhi

Est : 1967

Q10. Who Has Been Appointed As National Ambassador for UNICEF India?
A. Amir Khan
B. Deepika Padukone
C. Kareena Kapoor
D. None
Ans : C

Q11. C. P. Radhakrishnan Became New Governor Of Which State ?
A. Gujarat
B. Kerala
C. Maharshtra
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans : C

MAHARASHTRA

Governor : C. P. Radhakrishnan

CM : Eknath Shinde

Q12. Who has been appointed as new member of 16th Finance Commission?
A. Arajit Patel
B. Arvind Panagariya
C. S Subramanian
D. Manoj Panda
Ans : D

Finance Commission

Constituted by the President of India → under Article 280

It Defines → Financial Relations Between → Central Government & State Governments

Composition : 1 Chairman {Arvind Panagariya}

4 Members

First Commission Established → @ 1951

Q13. Who Has Been Appointed as Director-General of NSG?
A. Nalin Prabhat
B. Ravi Kumar
C. Aditya Sharma
D. None
Ans : A Appointment
National Security Guard (NSG) → Known as
Black Cats

HQ : New Delhi

Counter-terrorism unit of India → under the Ministry of Home Affairs

Founded → 16 October 1984

Q14. Who will become the chairman of the board of trustees of WEF?
A. Klaus Schwab
B. Arnold Dev
C. Ajay Banga
D. None
Ans : A
WEF : World Economic Forum

HQ : Geneva, Switzerland

Founded : 1971

Founder : Klaus Schwab

Q15. Who Has Been appointed as MD Of International Monetary Fund?
A. Gita Gopinath
B. Sandeep Aggarwal
C. Kristalina Georgieva
D. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Ans : C
IMF – International Monetary Fund

Headquarters : Washington DC (USA)

Founded : 1945

Q16. Who Has Been Appointed As Director General Of National Investigation Agency (NIA) ?
A. Sadanand Date
B. Rakesh Kumar
C. Angad Singh
D. None Of these
Ans : A
National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Counter-terrorism law enforcement
agency Governing Body : M/o Home Affairs

Founded : 2009

Q17. Who has been appointed as President of Supreme Court Bar Association?
A. Kapil Sibal
B. Rachna Srivastava
C. Deepak Mishra
D. None
Ans : A

Q18. Who has been appointed as Election Commissioner of India?
A. Gyanesh Kumar
B. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

Ans : C

Rajiv Kumar

• Appointed as → 25th Chief Election Commissioner Of India

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Election Commission Of India : Article 324
» Composition

1. One chief election commissioner {मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त}
2. Two Others Election Commissioner

• Term {कायकय ाल} : 6 year {Or Age Of 65 Years}
• Appointed by : President Of India

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• First Chief Election Commissioner of India : Sukumar Sen

Q19. Who Has Sworn As as Vigilance Commissioner Of India?
A. A S Rajeev
B. Praveen Kumar Srivastava
C. Sushil Kumar
D. Anand Kapoor
Ans : A Appointment

Central Vigilance Commissioner

• Praveen Kumar Srivastava

Vigilance Commissioners

• A S Rajeev
• Arvinda Kumar

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)

• Statutory Body → To address governmental corruption
• Set up by : GOI → In 1964
• On the recommendations of →Committee on Prevention of Corruption
  {Headed by » K. Santhanam}
• It submits its report To → President Of IND
• Central Vigilance Commissioner : Appointed by → President On The
  Recommendation of a 3 Member committee

1. Prime Minister
2. Minister of Home Affairs
3. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

• *Term : 4 Years

Q20. Who became the new President of ICJ?
A. Nawaf Salam
B. Rajiv ranjan
C. Abdullah Salim
D. None
Ans : A
Nawaf Salam (Lebanon)

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HQ : The Hague, Netherlands.

ICJ : International Court Of Justice

One Of The 6 Organ Of United Nations

Est : 1945

Q21. Justice Ritu Bahri became 1st woman Chief Justice of which High Court?
A. Gujarat
B. Tripura
C. Uttrakhand
D. UP
Ans : C

High Court

• Article 214 To 231 (Part 6) → Deal With The HC’s » Procedures, Powers, Jurisdiction….etc.
• Article 214 : There Shall Be HC For Each States
• Tenure Of Judges → Age Of 62 Years
• At Present Total HC → 25

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Culcutta, Bombay & Madras High Court : Oldest High Court Of India

Est → 1862

Q22. C. P. Radhakrishnan Became New Governor Of Which State ?
A. Gujarat
B. Kerala
C. Maharshtra
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans : C

MAHARASHTRA

Governor : C. P. Radhakrishnan

CM : Eknath Shinde

GOVERNOR

• Appointed By → President
  Article 153 To 167 (Part VI) : Deal With State Executive
  {Governor + CM + CoM + State Advocate GN}

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• Art 153 : There Shall Be Gov For Each States
• 154 : Executive Power Of State Shall Be Vested In Gov
• 155 : Appointment
• 156 : Term {5 Years}
• 157 : Qualification
• 159 : Oath Or Affirmation By The Gov
• 161 : Pardon (क्षमादान)
• Article 213 : Ordinance

Q23. Who has been appointed as Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes?
A. S S Dubey
B. Kishor Makwana
C. Arpita Singh
D. None
Ans : B

National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Formed → 2004

• Constitutional Body
• Article : 338
• Under → Mo Social Justice and Empowerment

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Article 338 A → Deals With National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Q24. Nayab Singh Saini became Chief Minister of which state?
A. Haryana
B. Goa
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Punjab
Ans : A
Haryana Gov : Bandaru Dattatreya

Q25. Who Has Been appointed as chairman of “TRAI” ?
A. PD Vaghela
B. Sunil Sharma
C. Anil Kumar Lahoti
D. None
Ans : C
TRAI : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Estb. by : GoI Under → Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997

Q26. Who has been appointed as Executive Chairman Of NALSA
A. UU Lalit
B. NV Ramana
C. D. Y. Chandrachud
D. Sanjiv Khanna
Ans : D
National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA)

Purpose : To provide free legal services to Weaker Section

Formed : 9 Nov 1995

Under → The Legal Services Authorities Act 1987

Q27. Who Has Been Appointed as MD of NARCL?
A. P Santhosh
B. Natarajan Sundar
C. Amit Jain
D. Nupur Talwar
Ans : A Appointment
NARCL : National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd

It Acquire Stressed Assets → From Commercial Bank.

» For Resolution Of NPAs (Non Performing Assets)

It Was Incorporated (शालमल) : @2021 As A ‘Bad
Bank’ » Under Company Act

Q28. Who Has Been appointed as CEO of Indian Olympic Association
A. Sanjay Kumar
B. Raghuram Iyer
C. Amitabh Sharm
D. None
Ans : B
Indian Olympic Association

President : PT Usha

Founded : 1927

HQ : New Delhi

Q29. Who has been appointed as the director general of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)?
A. Arun Kumar
B. Daljit Singh Chaudhary
C. Abhishek Kumar
D. None
Ans : B
___SSB Founded → 1963

HQ : New Delhi

Q30. Who is the new secretary of Railway Board?
A. Jaya Varma Sinha
B. Aruna Nayar
C. Geeta Singh
D. None
Ans : B
Jaya Varma Sinha : 1st Female Chairman Of Railway Board.

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