1. Civil Service Day is
observed on which of the following days?
a. 21 April
b. 10 March
c. 15 January
d. 10 June
ANSWER: a. 21
April
is observed every year on 21 April as Civil
Service Day. On this occasion, the program is organized by the Department
of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. On this day, officers of
the All India Service are rewarded for their best service. This award is
given to them for providing best services to the citizens. The main
purpose of this day is to re-dedicate and re-commit ourselves to the citizens
by the members of the Indian Administrative Service, State Administrative
Service.
2. Which country termed the changes in FDI policy by India as a violation of
WTO principles?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. Japan
d. Russia
ANSWER: b. China
China criticized India’s new FDI
rules. China said on Monday that it is against the principles of the World
Trade Organization and is against free and fair trade. To prevent Chinese
investment and takeovers of Indian companies during the Corona epidemic, the
government took a major step in the FDI rules last week. After this
change, no foreign company will be able to merge the acquisition of any Indian
company.
3. RBI announced to increase the advance limit from Rs 1.2 lakh crore to how
many lakh crore rupees for the remaining part of the first half of FY 2020-21?
a. 3 lakh crore rupees
b. 4 lakh crore rupees
c. 2 lakh crores
d. 5 lakh crores
ANSWER: c. Rs
2 lakh crore
RBI release said that in view of the situation
arising out of the outbreak of corona virus epidemic, it has been decided that
after the first half of the current financial year (April to September 2020) To
meet the remaining period expenses, the advance amount will be Rs 2,00,000
crore. Earlier, the RBI has also increased the WMA limit from 30 per cent
to 60 per cent for states to meet their spending needs. Governments
battling the Corona virus are finding it difficult to raise resources amid
closed economic activity.
4. Recently who has been appointed the secretary of President Ramnath Kovind?
a. Rahul Rai
b. Manoj Tripathi
c. Neeraj Agnihotri
d. Kapil Dev Tripathi
ANSWER: d. Kapil
Dev Tripathi
IAS officer Kapil Dev Tripathi was appointed as
Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind. Kapil Dev Tripathi is a 1980 batch
IAS (retired) officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Currently, Tripathi is the
chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has appointed Tripathi as Secretary of Kovind on contractual basis. His
term will be the same as the term of the President.
5. Which link has been
launched by Road Transport Ministry for the list of Dhabas and truck repair
shops on its website?
a. Dashboard
b. Carboard
c. Slashboard
d. Blackboard
ANSWER: a. The
lockdown has been extended till May 3 to prevent
the spread of corona virus in the dashboard country. For
this reason, the truck drivers working in transportation are facing problems
due to the opening of shops and dhabas for food. At the same time, the
Ministry of Transport has introduced Dashboard Link to solve this. Its
objective is to provide assistance to truck / cargo drivers and cleaners during
movement to various places in the country to supply essential commodities in
the current challenging times of lockdown declared to overcome the Kovid-19
epidemic.
