2263. Who amongst the following is an Economist of international fame and was in news recently?

A. John Key
B. Paul Krugman
C. Nicolas Sarkozy
D. Mohamed Elbaradei
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist, professor, and columnist. He is a professor of economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and a columnist for The New York Times.

2264. Who amidst the following is a distinguished painter?

A. Uday Shankar
B. Sonal Mansingh
C. Amrita Shergill
D. Yamini Kirshnamurthy
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called “one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century” and a “pioneer” in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight.

2268. Which Indian American is the chairman of the prestigious Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States as of March 2018?

A. Neomi Rao
B. Neil Chatterjee
C. Ajit Pai
D. Seema Verma
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Ajit Varadaraj Pai is an American lawyer who served as chairman of the U. S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2017 to 2021. He has been a partner at the private-equity firm Searchlight Capital since April 2021.

2270. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission constituted by the Government of India in February 2014?

A. Justice B. K. Singh
B. Justice Swatanter Kumar
C. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
D. Justice Mridula Singh
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Typically, the commission takes 18 months to submit its report. The Seventh Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014 under the chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to submit its recommendations by August 2015.