Who assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command on 1 November 2026?
- A.Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal
- B.Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
- C.Air Marshal Paritosh Ahmed
- D.Air Marshal Dinesh Ganvir
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Explanation
The correct answer is Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal, who holds the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Vayu Sena Medal. He took over the Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force as its Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, moving from the appointment of Senior Air Staff Officer at the headquarters of South Western Air Command. Option B is wrong because Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took charge on the same day as the twenty-ninth Chief of the Air Staff, which is the head of the entire service and not of a single command. Option C is wrong because that name belongs to an ornithologist who guided a bird walk reported on the same day, and has nothing to do with the Air Force. Option D is wrong because Dinesh Ganvir took charge as Director General of the Geological Survey of India, a civilian scientific appointment. Candidates should separate a command appointment from the office of a service chief.
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Practice Questions
In which year was Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal commissioned into the flying branch of the Indian Air Force?
- A.1985
- B.1989
- C.1993
- D.1997
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He joined the flying branch of the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot on the fourteenth of June that year, which means a career of more than three and a half decades before taking over a command.
Read the full explanation →Which appointment did Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal hold immediately before taking over Eastern Air Command?
- A.Vice Chief of the Air Staff
- B.Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters South Western Air Command
- C.Air Attache at the Embassy of India in Pakistan
- D.Director General (Weapon Systems) at Air Headquarters
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That was the post he held just before moving to the Eastern Air Command as its Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
Read the full explanation →How many Geological Reports and Geological Memorandums were handed over during his tenure as National Mission Head-II?
- A.259 reports and 277 memorandums
- B.359 reports and 377 memorandums
- C.459 reports and 477 memorandums
- D.202 reports and 56 memorandums
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As National Mission Head-II, Ganvir planned and monitored multidisciplinary field programmes and nationwide mineral exploration, and the Ministry credits that period with the handover of 359 Geological Reports and 377 Geological Memorandums, along with a five-fold jump in investigations for critical and strategic minerals.
Read the full explanation →Who has assumed charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India?
- A.Dinesh Vitthalrao Ganvir
- B.Prajith Kumar M. V.
- C.Chandra Bhushan Kumar
- D.Ramesh Krishnamurthi
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He has assumed charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India, which works as an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, bringing more than three decades of experience in geological investigation, mineral exploration, engineering geology and institutional leadership.
Read the full explanation →The Geological Survey of India is an attached office of which Union ministry?
- A.Ministry of Earth Sciences
- B.Ministry of Coal
- C.Ministry of Mines
- D.Ministry of Science and Technology
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The Geological Survey of India is described as an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, and it is in that ministry’s mandate that the new Director General placed his priorities: integrated geoscientific investigation, advanced mineral prospectivity mapping and the generation of auction-ready mineral blocks.
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