Chidambaram Palaniappan (P. Chidambaram) is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and the current Union Minister of Finance of the Republic of India. Previously he had served as Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008. After the resignation of Shivraj Patil in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008, he was made the Home Affairs Minister. After a three and a half year stint as Home Minister, Chidambaram was reappointed Union Minister of Finance after Pranab Mukherjee ran for the presidential elections of India.

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Chidambaram Palaniappan (P. Chidambaram) is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and the current Union Minister of Finance of the Republic of India. Previously he had served as Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008. After the resignation of Shivraj Patil in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008, he was made the Home Affairs Minister. After a three and a half year stint as Home Minister, Chidambaram was reappointed Union Minister of Finance after Pranab Mukherjee ran for the presidential elections of India.

Duvvuri Subbarao is an Indian economist, central banker, and civil servant. On 5 September, 2008 he was appointed the twenty-second Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI); his term was to end in September 2011. But breaking from tradition, the Prime Minister’s Office put out a statement announcing that Subbarao would now retire on September 4, 2013. Note : Recently Urjit Patel has been appointed as the Governor and Viral Acharya as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

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Duvvuri Subbarao is an Indian economist, central banker, and civil servant. On 5 September, 2008 he was appointed the twenty-second Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI); his term was to end in September 2011. But breaking from tradition, the Prime Minister’s Office put out a statement announcing that Subbarao would now retire on September 4, 2013. Note : Recently Urjit Patel has been appointed as the Governor and Viral Acharya as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Pondicherry University is a central university in Pondicherry, India. Founded in 1985 by the Government of India, the university is a collegiate university with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territories of Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It has 35000 students in its 87 affiliated colleges including 27,000 students in the distance education mode. The current strength of students studying on-campus stands at 6500. It has introduced innovations like the Choice-based Credit System and on-line admission for postgraduate studies.

Correct Option: C

Pondicherry University is a central university in Pondicherry, India. Founded in 1985 by the Government of India, the university is a collegiate university with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territories of Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It has 35000 students in its 87 affiliated colleges including 27,000 students in the distance education mode. The current strength of students studying on-campus stands at 6500. It has introduced innovations like the Choice-based Credit System and on-line admission for postgraduate studies.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) is a state owned company that operates the Delhi Metro in the National Capital Region of India. Besides operating the metro, the DMRC is also involved in the planning and implementation of metro rail, monorail and high speed rail projects in India. E. Sreedharan was appointed as the first managing director of DMRC. Sreedharan handed over charge as MD, DMRC to Shri Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011. Note : Mangu Singh (born 15 December 1955) is managing director of Delhi Metro. He took over as managing director after E. Sreedharan, the former managing director, retired from service on 31 December 2011. He is an Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of the 1981 batch.

Correct Option: E

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) is a state owned company that operates the Delhi Metro in the National Capital Region of India. Besides operating the metro, the DMRC is also involved in the planning and implementation of metro rail, monorail and high speed rail projects in India. E. Sreedharan was appointed as the first managing director of DMRC. Sreedharan handed over charge as MD, DMRC to Shri Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011. Note : Mangu Singh (born 15 December 1955) is managing director of Delhi Metro. He took over as managing director after E. Sreedharan, the former managing director, retired from service on 31 December 2011. He is an Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of the 1981 batch.

Jayalalithaa Jayaram is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She was a popular film star in Indian cinema before her entry into politics, having appeared in many Tamil and Telugu films, as well as produced in Hindi and Kannada. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). In April 2011, the AIADMK was part of a 13-party alliance that won the 14th state assembly elections. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time on 16 May 2011, having been elected unanimously as the leader of the AIADMK party subsequent to those elections. Note : Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru Edappadi K. Palaniswami is the present Head of the elected Government and heads the Council of Ministers. He assumed office on February 16, 2017.

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Jayalalithaa Jayaram is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She was a popular film star in Indian cinema before her entry into politics, having appeared in many Tamil and Telugu films, as well as produced in Hindi and Kannada. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). In April 2011, the AIADMK was part of a 13-party alliance that won the 14th state assembly elections. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time on 16 May 2011, having been elected unanimously as the leader of the AIADMK party subsequent to those elections. Note : Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru Edappadi K. Palaniswami is the present Head of the elected Government and heads the Council of Ministers. He assumed office on February 16, 2017.