National (Current Affairs) (Part-IV)

Total Questions: 50

41. Who among the following had assumed the Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services on January 1, 2021? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) AK Hooda
(b) J.G. roach
(c) Rajat Dutta
(d) M.S. Batola

Correct Answer: (c) Rajat Dutta

Solution:Rajat Dutta took over as the Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services on January 1, 2021. His tenure will be 23 months.

Lt Gen Daljit Singh, VSM, DGMS (Army) has been appointed as Sr Colonel Commandant of Army Medical Corps on 26 Nov 2021. The Gen Officer is an alumnus of the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 17 Dec 1983.

42. Who has been named as a member of the GAVI board by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization in December 2020? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Smriti Irani
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Amit Shah
(d) Harsh Vardhan

Correct Answer: (d) Harsh Vardhan

Solution:Dr. Harsh Vardhan was nominated as a member of the GAVI board by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization in December 2020.

43. Which Indian city was included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for its contribution to music in November 2017? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 11.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Nagpur
(b) Vadodara
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Chennai

Correct Answer: (d) Chennai

Solution:The Indian city of Chennai (Tamil Nadu) has been included in UNESCO's Creative Cities Network in November 2017 for its contribution to music. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) was also included in this list for contribution in the field of music.

44. Which state became the first fully organic farming state in India in 2016? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 11.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Sikkim
(b) Punjab
(c) Assam
(d) Goa

Correct Answer: (a) Sikkim

Solution:In the year 2016, Sikkim became the first state in India to have completely organic farming. Organic farming is a method of agriculture in which synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides are used sparingly and crop rotation, green manure, compost, etc. is used to preserve the fertility of the land.

45. As on September 2021, who is the CEO of NITI Aayog? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 12.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Amitabh Kant
(b) Urjit Patel
(c) Dr. Rajiv Kumar
(d) Shaktikanta Das

Correct Answer: (a) Amitabh Kant

Solution:As of September 2021 (also at present), the C.E.O of NITI Aayog is Amitabh Kant.

46. As of July 2020, who among the following was the Union Minister of Road Transport. [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 12.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Kiren Rijiju
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Thawar Chand Gehlot

Correct Answer: (a) Nitin Gadkari

Solution:Nitin Gadkari is the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways as of July 2020 and also in the present (2022).

47. As of July 2020, who among the following is the Union Minister of Law and Justice in India? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 13.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Smriti Irani
(b) Ravishankar Prasad
(c) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(d) Mahendra Nath Pandey

Correct Answer: (b) Ravishankar Prasad

Solution:As of July 2020, the Union Minister of Law and Justice of India was Ravi Shankar Prasad. The present Union Minister of Law and Justice is Kiren Rijiju.

48. Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) in March 2020? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 13.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Bimal Julka
(b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
(c) Amita Pandove
(d) Satish Kumar Sharma

Correct Answer: (a) Bimal Julka

Solution:In March 2020, Bimal Julka was appointed as the Chief information commissioner (CIC). Whereas at present, Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha is the new Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission (CIC).

49. As of August 2020, who among the following was the Chief Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry of India? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 13.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Krishnamurthy V Subramanian
(b) Anand Nandkumar
(c) Ajit Pai
(d) Ravi Anshuman

Correct Answer: (a) Krishnamurthy V Subramanian

Solution:As of August 2020, the Chief Economic Adviser (Chief Economic Adviser) of the Ministry of Finance of India was Krishnamurthy V Subramanian. At present (from January 2022) the Chief Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance is V. Ananth Nageswaran.

50. Who was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning as on 31ˢᵗ July 2020? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 14.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

(a) Shripad Yesso Naik
(b) Kiren Rijiju
(c) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(d) Rao Inderjit Singh

Correct Answer: (d) Rao Inderjit Singh

Solution:As per the information received till 31st July 2020 and presently the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning is Rao Inderjit Singh. He is also the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

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