PERSONS IN NEWS

1) Who has written Braille Edition of ‘Exam Warriors’? - Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot
2) Dr. Kiran Bedi is the Lieutenant Governor of which Union Territory? – Puducherry
3) Retired IAS Officer Yudvir Singh Malik has been recently appointed as the Chairman and Managing
director of which crisis-hit firm? – Unitech
4) Who is the Chairman of the National Disaster Response Force? - Prime Minister
5) Recently, the Chief Guest of Republic Day celebrations, Jair Bolsonaro has signed a Bilateral
Investment Treaty during his visit. He belongs to:- Brazil
6) Who has been recently appointed as the new Managing Director of the State Bank of India? - Challa
Sreenivasulu Setty
7) Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board? - Hari Mohan
8) Who is the Chief of Enforcement Directorate? - SK Mishra
9) Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India? - Sukumar Sen
10) Recently, who has been appointed as Indian Bank Association Chief Executive? - Sunil Mehta
11) Who is the union minister of Food Processing Industries? - Harsimrat Kaur Badal
12) Who has recently been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive of Bank of Baroda? -
Sanjiv Chaddha
13) Man Mohan Sood, who passed away related to – Sports
14) Which state’s former minister, Jagannath Rout has passed away recently? – Odisha

AWARDS
1) The National Bravery Awards for children are presented by which ministry/ organisation annually? -
Indian Council for child welfare
2) What is the name of the Kerala boy, who has received the “Bharat Award 2019” from President of India
Shri, Ram Nath Kovind on Republic Day? - Adithya K
3) Who has been recently awarded with the Subash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar, 2020? -
Shri Kumar Munnan Singh (Individual category)
4) Recently, which legendary Indian sportsperson is awarded with the prestigious ‘Padma Vibhushan’
award? - M C Mary Kom

SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES

1) Which state government has launched the “Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme” and
subsidized meal scheme named “Shiv Bhojan” programme for the poor? – Maharashtra
2) Which state has launched the “Atal Kisan Mazdoor canteen” for the benefit of farmers and labourers? –
Haryana
3) The objective of the FAME India scheme is to increase the use of electric and hybrid vehicles by
offering incentives. What is the full form of FAME? - Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid)
and Electric Vehicles
4) According to the Ministry of Rural Development, only 252 Members of Parliament have adopted gram
panchayats under phase-4 of SAGY. What is the full form of SAGY? - Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
5) Which state government has launched a new higher education model called Resource Assistance for
Colleges with Excellence (RACE)? – Rajasthan
6) Recently, Union Minister Smriti Irani has launched a welfare scheme named ‘Yashaswini’ from Goa.
What is the aim of the scheme? - Assistance to women Self Help groups
7) When was the Aadhaar Project launched by government of India? - 28 January 2009
8) What is the full form of UJALA Scheme? - Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
 9) What is the name of the campaign has been launched by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Dharmendra Pradhan to create awareness among the people in conservation of fuels? – Saksham
10) Which integrated railway helplines into single number is made by the Indian Railways for the
passengers for quick grievance redressal and inquiry during their journey? – 139

NATIONAL & STATE

1) The government proposed to expand the national gas grid to 27,000 km. What is the from present
length? - 16,200 km
2) The income of Farmers is expected to double by which of the following year? – 2022
3) Which tax has been abolished? - Dividend Distribution Tax
4) An international bullion exchange will be set up at GIFT City. The GIFT city is located in which state? –
Gujarat
5) Which Indian state has topped the production of vegetables in 2018-19, as per the recent data from the
Ministry of Agriculture? - West Bengal
6) By which year Indian Railways will run 100% on electricity as per the Union Minister Piyush Goyal? –
2024
7) Which of the following scheme has been launched by the Civil aviation ministry for exports in
agriculture? - Krishi Udaan
8) What was the inflow of FDI from 2015-2019? - 284 billion USD
9) The Turnover threshold for audit of MSMEs has been increased from 1 crore to - 5 crore
10) The services sector growth declined marginally to ________ per cent in 2018-19 from 8.1 per cent in
2017-18? - 7.50%
11) Which country is the top producer of sunflower seeds? – Ukraine
12) Which of the following state has recently organized the world’s longest awareness human-chain for
more than 18000 km? – Bihar
13) What is the name of the indigenous artillery guns, which are to be inducted into the Indian Army? –
Sharang
14) Which ministry is under Prime Minister Narendra Modi? - Department of Space
15) What amount has been allocated for agriculture and rural development in budget 2020? - 2.83 lakh crore
16) What amount of funds has been allocated for Cultural Ministry? - 3,150 crore What amount of funds has
been allocated for the Bharat Net program in 2021? - 6,000 crore
17) Which rail will be set up by the government for agriculture so that goods can be quickly transported
across the country? - Kisan Rail
18) The Tribal Museum shall be set up in which of the following state? – Jharkhand
19) Name the exam which will be conducted in Asia and Africa under Study in India programme? - Ind-
SAT
20) Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India? - Krishnamurthy V Subramanian
21) The government has set a target to reduce Central Government debt to ________ per cent of GDP by
2024-25? - 40%
22) What is the name of the exhibition of the Indian electrical industry, recently inaugurated by the Union
Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises? – ELECRAMA
23) Which town in India has become the first Indian town to become 100% polio-free through the pulse
strategy? – Vellore
24) How many new jobs were created in India between 2011-12 and 2017-18 as per Economic Survey 2019-
20? - 6.3 crore
25) According to Budget 2020-21, what is the fiscal deficit target for FY21? - 3.5% of GDP
26) The government proposed to expand the national gas grid to 27,000 km. What is the from present
length? - 16,200 km
27) The income of Farmers is expected to double by which of the following year? – 2022
 28) By which year Indian Railways will run 100% on electricity as per the Union Minister Piyush Goyal? –
2024 Which of the following scheme has been launched by the Civil aviation ministry for exports in
agriculture? - Krishi Udaan

International:
1) The country is required to raise per capita energy consumption by at least _____ times to increase per
capita income by $5000? - 2.5 times
2) Which is the only bank of India to rank in the Global top 100 list? – SBI
3) 4 times increase in per capita energy consumption needed for India to achieve_______ Human
Development Index score? - 0.8
4) How much India needs to spend on infrastructure to become USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25? -
USD 1.4 trillion
5) What is the rank of India in terms of wind power? – Fourth
6) Which famous International Tennis tournament is held in the month of January, every year? - Australian
Open
7) Which country has topped in the Corruption Perception Index 2019 released by Transparency
International? - Denmark & New Zealand
8) What is the rank of India in the ‘Social Mobility Index’, recently released by the World Economic
Forum? - 76 th
9) In India market share of electric vehicles was at ______ per cent compared to 2 per cent in China and 39
per cent in Norway? - 0.06%
10) Which Indian city has been adjudged as the ‘World’s most dynamic city’, as per the JLL City
Momentum Index, 2020? – Hyderabad
11) Recently, which organisation has released the ‘Time to care’ report? - NGO Oxfam
12) What was the theme of the 2nd edition of International Day of Education that is observed on 24 January
2020? - Theme – “Learning for people, planet, prosperity, and peace”
13) Which country is the largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment in 2019, according to the latest
UNCTAD report? - United States
14) The UN World Tourism Organization has recently released its ‘UNWTO World Tourism Barometer
report’. Where is the head-quarters of UNWTO located? – Madrid
15) Recently, India’s first ever convention centre in Africa has been inaugurated in which African country? -
Niger

FINANCIAL AWARENESS
1) The Union Budget was presented in the Parliament by: - Nirmala Sitharaman
2) What amount of funds has been allocated for the health care sector? - 69,000 crore
3) Insurance cover for bank deposits will be increased to —– from Rs. 1 lakh. - 10 lakh
4) As per RBI reports, Rs ____________ crore received by banks from previously non-performing
accounts? -Rs 50,000 cr
5) Recently, which Private sector bank has launched ‘card-less cash withdrawal’ facility from its ATMs? -
ICICI Bank
6) What is the increased short-term debt investments limit for foreign portfolio investors that was set as
20% earlier by Reserve Bank of India? - 30%
7) Which bank has decided to convert into a Small Finance Bank under Voluntary Transition of Primary
(Urban) Co-operative Banks? - New India Cooperative Bank
8) What is the current Reverse Repo Rate? - 4.00%
9) The Economic survey sees the FY20 GDP growth at _____%? - 7%
10) India needs to grow at_____% per year to be $5 trillion economy by FY25? - 8%
 11) What was the rate of share of service sector in employment in 2017? - 34%
12) Which Indian Private Sector bank has recently launched its wealth management platform called ‘Pioneer
Banking’? - IndusInd Bank
13) The fiscal deficit estimate for 2018-19 has been retained at ______ per cent of the GDP? - 3%
14) Which term was used to describe the economics of a plate of food in India in the Economic Survey
2019- 20? – Thalinomics
15) What is the income tax percentage for Income Bracket 12.5-15 lakh? - 25%
16) The Economic Survey 2019-20 has projected how much GDP Growth for fiscal year 2020-21? - 6-6.5
percent
17) What is the estimated Industrial growth for fiscal 2019-20? - 2.5 percent India’s Growth of GDP
moderated to ______per cent in 2018-19 from 7.2 per cent in 2017-18? - 6.80%
18) According to the survey some states will start transitioning to an ageing society by the _________? -
2030

MISCELLANEOUS
1) Where is the world’s largest solar park, Pavagada Solar Park located? – Karnataka
2) Which state is the largest producer of jute in India? - West Bengal
3) Name the independent body which will set up for the recruitment to non gazetted posts through
computerbased online process. - National Recruitment Agency
4) The P J Nayak Committee is related to- - Public Sector Banks
5) Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park, is situated in which state? –
Karnataka
6) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is a statutory body of India. Where is it headquartered? -
New Delhi
7) Where is the National Sugar Institute established? – Kanpur
8) Article 112 of the constitution of India is related to: - Union Budget
9) GSTN consists of how many digits? - 15 digits
10) Hryvnia is the currency of which country? – Ukraine
11) ‘Blue Revolution’ is related to: - Fisheries
12) Vientiane is the capital of which country? – Laos
13) What is the theme of the 10th National Voters’ Day celebrated across the country? - Electoral Literacy
for Stronger Democracy
14) Which is the largest cricket stadium of the world? - Motera Stadium
15) Which document will be issued instantly based on AADHAR details? - PAN Card
16) Which is a component of “Economic Development”? – Infrastructure
17) As per the Economic Survey of India, how many new companies were formed in 2018? – 124000
18) Palakkad Gap or Palghat Gap, a low mountain pass is situated between which two states? - Tamil Nadu
and Kerala

Sports:
1) Navegaon National Park is located in which state? – Maharashtra
 2) Which country will host the 11th edition of the Indoor Cricket World Cup in October 10 to 17, 2020? –
Australia
3) Recently, Nikhat Zareen was in news. She is related to – Boxing
4) Recently, which Indian spinner has become the fastest Indian spinner to take 100 wickets in ODIs? -
Kuldeep Yadav

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

1) Who will ride to space in the first test flight of the human space mission, Gaganyaan? - Vyom Mitra
2) Which country is the World's Leading Bauxite Producing country? – Australia
3) In which state India’s First Super Fab Lab has been inaugurated to function in collaboration with
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA? – Kerala
4) According to budget, the use of which type of energy to be promoted in the farming sector? - Solar
energy
5) Share of renewable (excluding hydro above 25 MW) in total electricity generation increased from 6% in
2014-15 to _____ % in 2018-19? - 10%
6) Which country has recently test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, named ‘K-4’. Which can be
launched from submarine? – India
7) Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched an upgraded POLNET 2.0. What is the
meaning of POLNET? - Police network services
8) In which state, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre of the Zoological Survey of India discovered the New
snake eel species also named as ‘Ophichthus kailashchandrai’? – Odisha

IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES

May 1 International Labour Day
May 3 Press Freedom Day
May 7 World Athletics Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 International Nurses Day
May 18 International Museum Day
May 21 National Anti-Terrorism Day
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 31 World No-Tobacco Day

1. Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova announces retirement.

2. Ajay Bhushan Pandey has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary of India.
3. National Team Captaians Manpreet Singh and Rani Rapmal won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year
Award 2019.
4. Veteran Kannada actress Kishori Ballai passed away at the age of 82 in Bengaluru.
5. Teen sensation Shafali verms becomes World No. 1 T 20I batswoman.
6. India joins Indian Ocean Commission as 5th Observer.
7. India appears on SIPRI arms exporters list for first time.
8. Nyas Chief Nritya Gopal Das named chairman of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust.
9. Taylor Swift tops Google’s 2020 list of most searched women in music.
10. Prashant Kishore appointed as the MD and CEO of YES Bank.