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1
Who assumed office as the Chief Justice of India (CJI), succeeding Justice DY Chandrachud?
Answer:
Justice Sanjiv Khanna
2
Who holds the constitutional office of the President of India as of 2026?
Answer:
Droupadi Murmu
3
Who serves as the Vice President of India and Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha?
Answer:
Jagdeep Dhankhar
4
Who was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India?
Answer:
Rajiv Kumar
5
Who serves as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?
Answer:
Girish Chandra Murmu
6
Who serves as the Attorney General for India, acting as the chief legal advisor to the Government?
Answer:
R. Venkataramani
7
Who serves as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Answer:
Shaktikanta Das
8
Who serves as the Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
Answer:
Madhabi Buch
9
Who serves as the Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?
Answer:
Priti Sudan
10
Who serves as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Government of India?
Answer:
V. Anantha Nageswaran
11
Who serves as the National Security Advisor (NSA) of India?
Answer:
Ajit Doval
12
Who serves as the External Affairs Minister of India?
Answer:
S. Jaishankar
13
Who serves as the Defence Minister of India?
Answer:
Rajnath Singh
14
Who serves as the Home Minister of India?
Answer:
Amit Shah
15
Who serves as the Finance Minister of India?
Answer:
Nirmala Sitharaman
16
Who serves as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces?
Answer:
General Anil Chauhan
17
Who serves as the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of India?
Answer:
General Upendra Dwivedi
18
Who serves as the Chief of the Naval Staff of India?
Answer:
Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi
19
Who serves as the Chief of the Air Staff of India?
Answer:
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh
20
Who serves as the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN)?
Answer:
António Guterres
21
Who serves as the President of the World Bank Group?
Answer:
Ajay Banga
22
Who serves as the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Answer:
Kristalina Georgieva
23
Who serves as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Answer:
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
24
Who serves as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Answer:
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
25
Who serves as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India?
Answer:
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
26
Who serves as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) in India?
Answer:
Vijaya Rahatkar
27
Who serves as the Chairperson of the 22nd Law Commission of India?
Answer:
Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi
28
Who serves as the Solicitor General of India?
Answer:
Tushar Mehta
29
Who serves as the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?
Answer:
Justice Prakash Shrivastava
30
Who serves as the Chairperson of the 16th Finance Commission of India?
Answer:
Arvind Panagariya