SarkariPYQ

SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 31

SSC CGL - 06 Dec 2022 - Shift 4 • General Awareness • Q31

Back to paper

Who has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research?

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi.

  • Nallathamby Kalaiselvi has been appointed as the “first woman director general of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research).
  • Kalaiselvi will succeed Shekhar Mande, who retired in April 2022.
  • CSIR was set up as an autonomous body in September 1942. Since then, it has emerged as the largest research and development organisation in country.