1. Which Secretary of Economic Affairs has been appointed by
the Central Government as Director on the Central Board of Directors of Reserve
Bank of India (RBI)?
a. Rahul Sachdeva
b. Mohit Agnihotri
c. Tarun Bajaj
d. Prabhat Rai
Answer: c. Tarun
Bajaj The
Central Government has appointed Economic
Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as Director on the Central Board of Directors of
Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Bajaj will succeed Atanu Chakraborty, who
retired on April 30. According to the statement, Bajaj’s nomination will
be effective from May 5 till further orders. Bajaj is a 1988 batch IAS
officer. Prior to being made the Secretary of Economic Affairs, he was
Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.
2.Which state government
recently announced a package of Rs 1,610 crore to provide relief to the
distressed people due to the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of
coronavirus?
a. Karnataka
b. Bihar
c. Punjab
d. Jharkhand
Answer: .a. The
Karnataka
State Government has announced this relief
package keeping in mind the farmers, small, cottage and medium enterprises
(MSME), handloom weavers, florists, dhobis, barbers, autos and taxi drivers
among others. The Karnataka government announced an 11 percent excise /
excise duty increase, in addition to the six percent increase announced in the
budget. Understanding their problems, the government has announced a
compensation of Rs 25,000 per hectare for crop loss.
3. Recently under which
scheme more than 39 crore people were given financial assistance of Rs 34 thousand
eight hundred crore?
a. Prime Minister Rural Housing Scheme
b. Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme
c. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
d. Pradhan Mantri Maandhan Yojana
Answer: c. Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana The
central government has announced this package to
help the poor during the Kovid-19 lockdown. Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman announced this package of Rs 1.70 lakh crore on 26 March. Under
this, the government had announced to give free food grains to the poor along
with cash payments to women, elderly and farmers. The Finance Ministry
said in a statement that the central and state governments are regularly
monitoring the package distribution.
4. Recently which country
has approved 2.50 MT of Hydroxychloroquine for which country?
a. Canada
b. Mexico
c. Jamaica
d. Pakistan
Answer: b. The
Government of Mexico recently
said that India has adequate stock of hydroxy chloroquine medicine and all
possible steps are being taken to ensure that there is no shortage of this
medicine in the domestic market. Hydroxychloroquine is said to be
important and useful in treating corona virus infection. India is the
largest producer of this drug commonly used in the treatment of malaria.
5. Which American citizen
of Indian origin has been nominated by US President Donald Trump for his envoy
position in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)?
a. Manisha Singh
b. Koyal Roy
c. Komal Sachdeva
d. Sonam Singh
Answer: a. Manisha
Singh
Manisha Singh is currently the Assistant Secretary
for Economic and Business Affairs in the Ministry of External
Affairs. Singh will represent the US in the OECD. His rank will be
equal to that of Ambassador. The Paris-based OECD is an intergovernmental
economic organization promoting economic progress and world trade. 36
countries are its members.