MCQ on appointments jan 2026

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1. Who has assumed charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff?

A) Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari
B) Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor
C) Air Marshal V. R. Chaudhari
D) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha

Explanation: Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor assumed charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, succeeding Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari.

2. Who took over as the 29th Director-General of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)?

A) Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh
B) Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhry
C) Lt. Gen. Suresh Sharma
D) Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat

Explanation: Lt. Gen. Harpal Singh assumed charge as the 29th Director-General, Border Roads.

3. Who has been assigned the additional charge of Director General (DG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)?

A) Dinkar Gupta
B) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
C) Rakesh Aggarwal
D) Tapan Kumar Deka

Explanation: The Ministry of Home Affairs has assigned the additional charge of DG of NIA to Rakesh Aggarwal.

4. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HSBC Private Bank?

A) Gabriel Castello
B) Ida Liu
C) Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
D) Sandeep Bakhshi

Explanation: HSBC Private Bank appointed Ida Liu as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 5 January 2026.

5. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)?

A) D. K. Shukla
B) S. Somanath
C) A.K. Balasubrahmanian
D) Samir V. Kamat

Explanation: A.K. Balasubrahmanian was appointed as Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for a 3-year tenure.

6. Who was appointed as CEO – Health Insurance Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships by the General Insurance Council?

A) S. Prakash
B) Tapan Singhel
C) Anup Kumar Saha
D) Praveen Vashista

Explanation: General Insurance Council (GI Council) appointed S. Prakash as CEO – Health Insurance Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships.

7. Who has been appointed as a Whole-Time Director on the board of Kotak Mahindra Bank?

A) Uday Kotak
B) Kaizad Bharucha
C) Anup Kumar Saha
D) Arijit Basu

Explanation: Kotak Mahindra Bank appointed Anup Kumar Saha as Whole-Time Director.

8. Who has been appointed as President and Vice Chairman of Meta Platforms?

A) Sheryl Sandberg
B) Dina Powell McCormick
C) Susan Li
D) Mark Zuckerberg

Explanation: Meta Platforms has appointed Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman.

9. Who has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?

A) Anish Dayal Singh
B) Sanjay Arora
C) Rakesh Aggarwal
D) Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor

Explanation: Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, former Haryana Police chief, was appointed as Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

10. Who was appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission?

A) Praveen Vashista
B) Suresh N. Patel
C) Praveen Kumar Srivastava
D) Subhas Das

Explanation: President Droupadi Murmu made the appointment of Praveen Vashista as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission.

11. Which Indian boxer has been appointed as a Member of the Asian Boxing Council?

A) Amit Panghal
B) Vijender Singh
C) Shiva Thapa
D) Akhil Kumar

Explanation: Vijender Singh, India’s first Olympic boxing medallist, has been appointed as a Member of the Asian Boxing Council.

12. The RBI approved the appointment of Kaizad Bharucha as a whole-time director for which bank?

A) Axis Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) Yes Bank

Explanation: HDFC Bank announced that the RBI has approved the appointment of Kaizad Bharucha as a whole-time director on the bank’s board.

13. Whose reappointment as MD & CEO of ICICI Bank till 2028 was approved by its board?

A) Chanda Kochhar
B) Amitabh Chaudhry
C) Sandeep Bakhshi
D) Dinesh Kumar Khara

Explanation: ICICI Bank’s board approved the reappointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as MD & CEO till 2028.

14. Who is set to take over as the Part-time Chairman of IndusInd Bank?

A) Sunil Mehta
B) Arijit Basu
C) Sumanth Kathpalia
D) Uday Kotak

Explanation: Arijit Basu to take over as Part-time Chairman of IndusInd Bank, succeeding Sunil Mehta.

15. Who is set to become the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

A) Supriya Sule
B) Pankaja Munde
C) Sunetra Pawar
D) Poonam Mahajan

Explanation: Sunetra Pawar, wife of late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, is set to become the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

16. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the 8th State Pay Commission constituted by the Assam Government?

A) Himanta Biswa Sarma
B) Jishnu Dev Varma
C) Subhas Das
D) Paban Singh Ghatowar

Explanation: Former Chief Secretary Subhas Das was appointed as Chairman of the newly constituted 8th State Pay Commission in Assam.

17. Who was appointed as the goodwill ambassador for the Pune Grand Tour 2026?

A) Virat Kohli
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D) Sachin Tendulkar

Explanation: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former captain of the Indian cricket team, was appointed as the goodwill ambassador for the Pune Grand Tour 2026.

18. Who was appointed as a new trustee to the NPS Trust Board by PFRDA?

A) Dinesh Kumar Khara
B) Sivasubramanian Ramann
C) Shaji K. V.
D) Madhabi Puri Buch

Explanation: Three new trustees were appointed to the NPS Trust Board, including Dinesh Kumar Khara, former Chairman of State Bank of India.

19. Who serves as the Director of the newly reactivated National Olympic Academy (NOA)?

A) P. T. Usha
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Gagan Narang
D) Mary Kom

Explanation: Gagan Narang was appointed as the Director of the National Olympic Academy (NOA).

20. Who serves as the President of the newly reactivated National Olympic Academy (NOA)?

A) Narinder Batra
B) P. T. Usha
C) Anurag Thakur
D) Gagan Narang

Explanation: P. T. Usha is the President of the National Olympic Academy (NOA).