A
Kristalina Georgieva
B
Christine Lagarde
C
Raghuram Rajan
D
Surjit Bhalla
Correct answer: (a) Kristalina Georgieva
Explanation
- A
Kristalina Georgieva
(a) Kristalina Georgieva. The Bulgarian economist became IMF Managing Director in October 2019, succeeding Christine Lagarde. That appointment is the official key for a late-2019 paper.
- B
Christine Lagarde
(b) Christine Lagarde. Outgoing MD; she moved to the European Central Bank in 2019.
- C
Raghuram Rajan
(c) Raghuram Rajan. Former RBI Governor and IMF Chief Economist, never IMF MD.
- D
Surjit Bhalla
(d) Surjit Bhalla. Indian economist, not IMF MD.
Summary. Official key is (a) Kristalina Georgieva. She took the IMF helm in 2019 after Lagarde. Rajan and Bhalla are Indian-economy distractors. Honour the stored letter (a).