UPSC Prelims 2007 · General Studies

Question 101: International Relations and Current Affairs

Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund?

aAshok Lahiri

bSumantra Ghosal

cSaumitra Chaudhuri

dRaghuram Rajan

AnswerThe answer is (d).

Raghuram Rajan served as Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2006, and was the first Indian to hold the post. He later became Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. The other three names did not hold this post.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Ashok Lahiri was not the IMF Chief Economist.
(b) Sumantra Ghoshal was a management scholar.
(c) Saumitra Chaudhuri was not the IMF Chief Economist.
(d) Correct: Raghuram Rajan was IMF Chief Economist.

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