Which post was Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit holding at the time he was named the next Chief of the Air Staff?

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 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 two of the three judges elevated had Allahabad as their parent High Court. The notification records Allahabad as the parent High Court of Justice Sunita Agarwal and of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, while Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh belongs to the Jharkhand High Court. Option A is wrong because only Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has Jharkhand as his parent High Court. Option C is wrong because the three were heading three different High Courts, namely Gujarat, Delhi and Telangana, when they were appointed. Option D is wrong because the notification describes each of the three as a Chief Justice of a High Court at the time of appointment, which is exactly why the release is titled as the appointment of Chief Justices of High Courts as Judges of the Supreme Court. For the examination, remember both the court each judge led and the parent High Court each belongs to.

The correct answer is Gujarat High Court. The notification of the Ministry of Law and Justice names Justice Sunita Agarwal as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court at the time she was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and records Allahabad as her parent High Court. Option A is wrong because Allahabad is her parent High Court, that is the High Court she originally belonged to, and not the court she was heading when the elevation came. Option C is wrong because the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court named in the same notification is Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, whose parent High Court is also Allahabad. Option D is wrong because the Telangana High Court was being headed by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, whose parent High Court is Jharkhand. Candidates should keep the pairing of judge and court separate from the pairing of judge and parent High Court, since both are given in the release and both are asked.

The correct answer is Shri Gurvinder Pal Singh. The Ministry of Law and Justice notification states that the President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India, appointed Shri Gurvinder Pal Singh, a judicial officer, as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court. Option B is wrong because Aparesh Kumar Singh was the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court and he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, not an Additional Judge of a High Court. Option C is wrong because Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya was the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and he too moved to the Supreme Court. Option D is wrong because that name does not figure in either judicial notification of the day. Note the distinction the two notifications draw: for a High Court appointment the release records consultation with the Chief Justice of India, while the Supreme Court notification refers only to the powers the Constitution confers on the President.