General Awareness: Quiz on persons appointed

1. The newly-appointed Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Yatindra Singh, took the oath of office in Chattisgarh on _________.

a) 14 October 2012
b) 13 September 2012
c) 22 October 2012
d) 19 July 2012

The correct answer is c) 22 October 2012

2. National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) chief and Managing Director Ravi Narain on _____________ was elected as chairman of the working committee of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)

a) 14 July 2012
b) 13 Sptember 2012
c) 17 October 2012
d) 16 May 2012

The correct answer is c) 17 October 2012

3. S. Viswanathan on ___________ was appointed as a managing director of State Bank of India. His appointed came by the Central Government of India

a) 8 October 2012
b) 18 October 2012
c) 14 October 2012
d) 04 October 2012

The correct answer is a) 8 October 2012

4. Vivek Rae, on __________ took over as Secretary in Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

a) 8 October 2012
b) 18 October 2012
c) 14 October 2012
d) 04 October 2012

The correct answer is a) 8 October 2012

5. Huge Chavez re-elected as President of Venezuela on _____________  Venezuela.

a) 9 October 2012
b) 14 October 2012
c) 15 August 2012
d) 03 July 2012

The correct answer is a) 9 October 2012

6. Senior IAS officer Ajit M Sharan was appointed as Member Secretary in National Commission for Women (NCW) on ____________.

a) 14 May 2012
b) 16 June 2012
c) 18 October 2012
d) 3 October 2012

The correct answer is d) 3 October 2012

7. The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Bollywood actress _____________________as its International Goodwill Ambassador

a) Shabana Azmi
b) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
c) Katrina Kaif
d) Rani Mukherjee

The correct answer is b) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan