For how long have the newly appointed Members of the DWBDNC Governing Body been appointed?

The correct answer is Shri Sudhansh Pant, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, who holds the post of Chairman of the Board as well and therefore swore in the two new Members at the Ministry's office. Option A is wrong because the oath was administered by the Secretary in his capacity as Chairman of the Board rather than by the Union Minister heading the Ministry. Option C is wrong because the National Commission for Backward Classes is a separate constitutional body with its own mandate and has no role in constituting this Board's Governing Body. Option D is wrong because the Cabinet Secretary, as the senior-most civil servant of the Union Government, does not administer oaths to members of a welfare board of this kind. Candidates should remember the dual role: the Secretary of the Ministry is also the Chairman of the Board.

The correct answer is de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic communities. The Board's very name is the Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities, and the oath taken by its Members includes a pledge to do right by every person belonging to these groups in line with the Board's Terms of Reference. Option A is wrong because the welfare of Scheduled Tribes, including forest dwellers, is handled by a separate ministry and separate institutions. Option C is wrong because welfare measures for transgender persons, though also under the social justice ministry, are not the mandate of this particular board. Option D is wrong because the concerns of safai karamcharis are addressed through a different national commission. These communities are among the most mobile groups in the country, which is precisely why a dedicated board exists to carry welfare schemes to them.

The correct answer is Param Vishisht Seva Medal, the highest of the four distinguished service decorations he holds and the one conferred on him in 2026 in recognition of exemplary service. Option A is wrong because the Vayu Sena Medal came much earlier in his career, in 2006, as a gallantry and distinguished service award of the Air Force. Option B is wrong because the Vishisht Seva Medal was awarded in 2011. Option C is wrong because the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, which sits one step below the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, was awarded in 2023. Aspirants should learn the ladder of these distinguished service awards in order, because papers often ask which of them an officer received most recently.

The correct answer is 29th. The Government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, as the twenty-ninth officer to head the Indian Air Force, and he takes charge in the rank of Air Chief Marshal from the afternoon of 31 October 2026. Options A and B name earlier numbers in the line of air chiefs and are therefore wrong, because the outgoing chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, retires on the same date and Air Marshal Dixit follows immediately after him rather than before him. Option D is wrong because it names the chief who will come after the present appointment, not this one. For the examination hall, remember the pairing of the name with the number and with the rank of Air Chief Marshal, since appointment questions are usually framed around exactly that pairing.

The correct answer is Vice Chief of the Air Staff. That was the appointment Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit held when the Government named him the next Chief of the Air Staff in the rank of Air Chief Marshal. Options B and C are tempting because both are posts he genuinely held, but both came earlier in his career: he was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command and also Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee at Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, before he moved to Air Headquarters as Vice Chief. Option D is wrong because the National Defence College figures in his record as an institution he studied at, along with the National Defence Academy and the Defence Staff Service College in Bangladesh, not as a command he held.