{"id":3509,"date":"2025-07-22T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odeacademy.in\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:44:38","slug":"current-affairs-persons-in-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thequickknowledge.com\/exam\/current-affairs-persons-in-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Persons in News 2025 &#8211; Appointments, Obituaries | Current Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Persons in News 2025<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u21d2<strong> Devajit Saikia <\/strong>has been elected as the new secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).<br \/>\n\u21d2 <strong>Gyanendra Pratap Singh<\/strong>\u00a0has\u00a0 been appointed as Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).<br \/>\n\u21d2 <strong>V. Narayanan<\/strong> appointed as the <strong>11th Chairman<\/strong> of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).<br \/>\n\u21d2 <strong>Bahadur Singh Sagoo<\/strong> was elected as the new president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Practive Question<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q1) Who has been elected as the new secretary of the BCCI?<\/strong> (A) Devajit Saikia (B) Jayshah Singh (C) Rakesh Joshi (D) Raj Singh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2) Who has recently been appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?<\/strong> (A) IPS Krishan Kukkunoor (B) IPS Ravi Kumar (C) IPS Randeep (D) IPS Gyanendra Pratap Singh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3) Who has recently been appointed as the new Chairman of ISRO ?<\/strong>\u00a0 (A) V. Narayanan (B) Dr. Sumant Sahab (C) Dr. Sandeep Shah (D) Dr. K. Vijayanathan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4) Who has recently been appointed as the new President of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI)?<\/strong>\u00a0 (A) Ajit Singh Yadav (B) Vidyut Kumar (C) Bahadur Singh Sagoo (D) Sunil Prasad<\/p>\n<p>Q5) Recently, the renowned personality Surendra Murgilal passed away. He was associated with which field? Options: (A) Politics (B) Journalism (C) Defence Services (D) Sports<\/p>\n<p>Q) Who is the author of the book \u201cThe World after GAZA\u201d? (A) Shri Piyush Goyal (B) Shri Jaishankar (C) Shri S. Jaishankar (D) Shri Patrick Frank<\/p>\n<p>Q) Who is the author of the book \u201cHow India Scaled Mt. G20\u201d? (A) Abhivan Kanto (B) Nirmala Sitharaman (C) Piyush Goyal (D) S. Jaishankar<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Answer &#8211;<\/strong> Q1) (A) Devajit Saikia<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, Q2) (D) IPS Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Q3) (A) V. 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