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CHAPTER 3 – POLITICAL AFFAIRS

CURRENT POLITICAL SCENARIO

Union Council of Ministers

Prime Minister and also in-charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Shri Narendra Modi
Department of Space; and
All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not
allocated to any Minister.

Cabinet Ministers:

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Defence

2. Shri Amit Shah Minister of Home Affairs

3. Shri Nitin JairamGadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways; and

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

4. Shri D.V. SadanandaGowda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

5. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance; and

Minister of Corporate Affairs

6. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution

7. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare;

Minister of Rural Development; and
Minister of Panchayati Raj

8. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Law and Justice;

Minister of Communications; and
Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology

9. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

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10. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs

11. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal „Nishank‟ Minister of Human Resource Development

12. Shri Arjun Munda Minister of Tribal Affairs

13. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Women and Child Development; and
Minister of Textiles

14. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Welfare;

Minister of Science and Technology; and
Minister of Earth Sciences

15. Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change; and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting

16. Shri PiyushGoyal Minister of Railways; and Minister of Commerce

and Industry

17. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and
Minister of Steel

18. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Minority Affairs

19. Shri Pralhad Joshi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of

Coal; and
Minister of Mines.

20. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Minister of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship

21. Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant Minister of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprise

22. Shri Giriraj Singh Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and

Fisheries

23. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of Jal Shakti

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Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Ministry of Labour and Employment

2. Shri Rao Inderjit Singh Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation; Ministry of Planning

3. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,

Unani, Siddha
and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

4. Dr. Jitendra Singh Ministry of Development of North Eastern

Region

5. Shri Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

6. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel Ministry of Culture; and Ministry of Tourism.

7. Shri Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Power; and Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy

8. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; and
Ministry of Civil Aviation

9. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Shipping

Minister of State

1. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of Defence

2. Dr. Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space

3. Shri Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Minority Affairs

4. Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri Ministry of Women and Child Development

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5. Shri Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship

6. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Commerce and Industry

7. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

8. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste Ministry of Steel

9. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

10. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry
of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

11. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

12. Shri Krishan Pal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

13. Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution

14. Shri G. Kishan Reddy Ministry of Home Affairs

15. hri Parshottam Rupala Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

16. Shri Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

17. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Rural Development

18. Shri Babul Supriyo Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change

19. Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries.

20. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao Ministry of Human Resource Development;

Ministry of communications; and Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology.

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21. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Ministry of Finance; and Ministry of Corporate
Affairs.

22. Shri Nityanand Rai Ministry of Home Affairs

23. Shri Rattan Lal Kataria Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
24. Shri V. Muraleedharan Ministry of External Affairs; and Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs

25. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta Ministry of Tribal Affairs

26. Shri Som Parkash Ministry of Commerce and Industry

27. Shri Rameswar Teli Ministry of Food Processing Industries

28. Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises; and
Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries

29. Shri Kailash Choudhary Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Appointment of Harish Salve – Queen’s Counsel

Note: Appointed on 16th March

The title QC is awarded to those who have demonstrated particular skill & expertise in the
legal field.
Salve, who is barrister with the legal firm Blackstone Chambers, has served as solicitor
General of India from Nov 1999 – Nov 2002.
He was India‟s lead counsel on the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International court of
Justice. The Court by a vote of 15 -1 in the Jadhav Case had upheld India‟s claim that
Pakistan is in Violation of the Vinenna Convention on Consular Relations on several counts.
The world court had ordered Islamabad to carry out an effective review and
reconsideration of his conviction.

Mr. Rajiv Gauba – new cabinet secretary for tenure of 2 years.

1982 – Batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand Cadre – 32nd Cabinet Secretary of India.

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Cabinet Secretary is the topmost executive of the Govt of India. Cabinet Secretary is under
direct charge of the Prime Minister.
Arvind Krishna of Indian Origin has been appointed as new CEO of International Business
Machines. He leads IBM‟s Business unit that helps the organisation in the cloud & Data
Platform. He will be responsible for IBM security, IBM Research wing, cognitive,
Applications, IBM Cloud.s

New Education Policy

Steps would be taken to enable sourcing external commercial borrowings and foreign
direct investment. This would increase finances needed to attract talented teachers,
innovate & build better labs.

National Skill Development Agency

Special thrust (importance) to infrastructure focused skill development opportunities.

Vivad Se Vishwas

It‟s about tax payment. Tax payer will pay only disputed tax amount. [Any interest
/penalty will be waived off]

NIRVIK

Export credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has introduced “Export Credit Insurance
Scheme” [ECIS] called NIRVIK (Niryaat Rin Vikas Yojana). It enhances loan availability &
ease of lending process.

National technical textile mission

Technical Textile means manufacture for non – aesthetic purpose. (That textile which you
don‟t wear on regular basis). Textile for automotives. Textile for crop protection.
Protective clothing (Heat, radiation, fire fighting bullet proof jacket, latest PPE kits). The
global growth rate of technical textiles is 4% whereas the regular home/ apparel textile is
1%.
 Implementation period is of 4 years 2020 – 21 to 2023 – 24
 Expected outlay = 1480 crores

Village Storage Scheme

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To be run by SHGs (Self help groups). The Scheme will provide storage facility
(warehousing) which will enhance holding capacity and reduce their logistics cost.

UMMID

Launched by Dr. Harsh Vardhan [Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences,
Health & Family welfare.] “Unique Method of Management & treatment of Inherited
Disorders]
UMMID aims to tackle inherited genetic disease of newborn babies. It aims at promoting
prevention of genetic diseases under the national health policy, 2017.
Dr. Harshvardhan also inaugurated National Inherited Diseases Administration (NIDAN)
Kendras

Kisan Maan Dhan Yojna

Who inaugurated – P.M. Narendra Modi

When – 12th Sep 2019
Where – Ranchi, Jharkhand
Aim – Minimum Pension of 3,000/- Month to 5 crore small & marginal farmers on attaining
60 years of age.
Outlay – 10,774 crores
Who can apply – Small & marginal farmers in the age group of 18 to 40 years.

Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Scheme

Date of implementation – 22/7/2019

Applicable to whom?
a) Self Employed (Shop Owners/ Retailers/ Rice Mill/ Oil Mill/ Workshop Owners/ Comm.
Agents Brokers of real estate, small whole owners)
b) GST Turnover below 1.5 Crores
c) Age – 18 to 40 years
Funds Allocated – 750 Crores ( 2019 – 20 budget)
Where to apply – Common Service Centres Cover 3.25 lakhs
Special Point – Government will make matching contribution.

National Digital Library of India

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a) Who launched – Human Resources Development Ministry.
b) Through Which
 Agency: National Mission on Education through Information & Communication
Technology (NMEICT)
c) Aim: Create of source of learning
d) Current Status:
 More than 3 crore digital resources
 Covers all major domains & learners
 More than 50 lakh registrations
 20 lakh active users
e) How to use: Integrated with „UMANG‟ App (www. ndl.gov.in or through mobile app)

Jal Jeevan Mission

a) Who announced: P.M. Narendra Modi

b) When: 73rd Independence Day Speech
c) Aim: To bring piped water to household
d) Objective: Sustainable water supply management across India.

NEAT – Artificial Intelligence Learning Scheme

a) NEAT = National Education Alliance for Technology

b) Who Announced = Ministry of Human Resource Development
c) Objective = Use of Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalised &
customised as per the requirement of learner.
d) What are the requirements = Development of technology in adaptive learning‟s to
address (to solve) the diversity of learners
Partial Guarantee Scheme
Gold Monetization scheme
Policy Reforms for start-ups

Governance & Ethics

World Youth Conference for Kindness

a) Who organised = UNESCO MGIEP
b) UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation
c) MGIEP = Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace
d) Which One = „First‟

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e) Where = New Delhi, India
f) Theme = Vasudhaiva Kutumbakan, Gandhi for contemporary world
g) Aim = Impart critical competencies [Empathy, compassion, mindfulness, critical
inquiry) in global youth transform global youth, build long lasting peace in their
communities providing innovative engaging platform to achieve UN‟s Sustainable
Development Goals.

PIO Cards

PIO = the person of Indian Origin

1) A person of Indian Origin (PIO) means a foreign citizen [Except national of Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, Bhutan, Sri lanka & Nepal]
a) Who at any time held Indian Passport or
b) Who or either of their parents/ grandparents/ great grandparents was born &
permanently resident in India or other territories that became part of India or
c) Who is spouse of citizen of India or a PIO.
PIO card holders do not need VISA to visit India for a period of 15 years from the date of
issue of PIO card. They enjoy parity with NRIs in economic financial & educational benefit.
Valid document till 31/3/2019.

Cabinet approves promulgation (declaration) of prohibition of Electronic

Cigarettes Ordinance 2019.

a) Who Approved = Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi.

b) What is Banned = Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale,
Distribution, Shortage, Advertisement
c) Punishment = Imprisonment of 1 year or fine upto 1 lakh or both for 1st offence
imprisonment of 3 years or fine up to 5 lakhs – subsequent offence. For shortage – 6
months/ 50000 or both.

Forever 21 Bankruptcy

1) Low price fashion chain

2) Was hot destination for teen shoppers
3) Filed chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
4) Chapter 11 bankruptcy is named after US bankruptcy code 11. It is generally filed by
corporations and involves a reorganisation of assets & debt.

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5) Based in LOS Angeles it will close 178 stores it had once 800 stored in 57 countries
followed. Global standards of Governance for global economic order.
Core business philosophy is rapidly moving away from shareholder capitalism to
stakeholders capitalism (stakeholders – investors, customers, employees, value chain
partners) – Aditya Birla Group Chairman – Kumar Mangalam Birla. As the ease of doing
business improves the way of doing business needs to change.

Reliance Capital News

Anil Ambani run reliance capital has decided to shut two credit verticals
a) Reliance Commercial finance
b) Reliance Home finance (cumulative assets of over 25,000 crores)
Earlier Reliance Communiations was shut and it now in bankruptcy process.
Its defence business Reliance Naval is also under severe financial stress.

Appointment of New Governors

Who appointed = Union Government

How many = 5
Date = 1/9/2019
Name State
1) Tamilisai Soundararjan Telangana
2) Kalraj Mishra Rajashthan
3) Bandaru Dattatreya Himachal Pradesh
4) Arif Mohammed Khan Kerala
5) Bhagat Singh Koshyari Maharashtra

Constitution of Committee to Review Defence Procurement Procedure

Who has approved = The Defence Ministry

Chairman = Director General (Acquisitions)
Aim of Committee = Speed up procurement & Strengthen „Make in India” initiative
What it will review = DPP 2016, Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2009.

Committee Report on CSR

Chairman of Committee = Mr. Injeti Srinivas (Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs)

Report submitted to = Union Minister of finance & corporate affairs
CSR = Corporate Social Responsibility

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The main recommendations =

1) CSR expenditure should be tax deductible i.e. while calculating taxable profit CSR
expenditure should be deducted
2) Carry forwards of unspent balance for 3 – 5 years
3) Balancing local preferences with national priorities
4) Impact assessment studies
5) Registration of implementation agencies on MCA portal
6) Developing CSR exchange portal to connect contributors, agencies & beneficiaries.

High Powered Committee of Chief Ministers constituted for Transformation of

Indian Agriculture.

Chairman = Devendra Fadanvis – CM Maharashtra

Total members = 9
Narendra Singh Tomar
Ramesh Chand
CM of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh
Role of Committee
1) Suggest measures to boost agricultural export raise growth in food processing,
attract investments in modern market infrastructure value chain & logistics
2) Suggest modalities for adoption & time bound implementation of agricultural sector
reforms.
Time frame = 2 months

Constitution of three member committee to look into assets, liabilities of J & K

How many members = 3

Formed by whom = Union Government
Role = Implementation of bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories
(Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh from 31/10/2019)
Members = a) Defence Secretary – Sanjay Mishra – Head
b) Retired IAS officer – Arun Goyal – Member
c) Retired Indian Civil Accounts Service Officer – Giriraj Prasad – Member
Responsibility = bifurcation of assets & liabilities between 2 union territories

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11th BJP national president

Who = Mr. Jagat Prakash Nadda

Date = 20/1/2020
Elected unopposed
Succeeding whom = Amit Shah (5.5 years)
Earlier JP Nadda was appointed as BJPs working president in June 2019

Michael Debabrata Patra = Deputy Governer, RBI

Who Appointed = Appointments Committee of Cabinet
Tenure = 3 years
Appointed on = 15th Jan 2020
Replaced whom = Viral Acharya
When did Viral Acharya resigned = July 2019
Prior to Deputy Governor RBI, MD Patra worked as = Executive Director
The Department he was handing (4)
a) Department of Statistics Information Management
b) Monetary policy
c) Department of Economic & Policy research
Appointment of 4 new supreme court judges
Strength of judges = 34
New judges who took oath
a) Chief Justice V. Ramasubraniam – Himachal Pradesh
b) Chief Justice – Krishna Murari – Punjab & Haryana High Court
c) Chief Justice – Ravindra Bhatt – Rajasthan
d) Chief Justice – Hrishikesh Roy – Kerala

Appointment of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

New Principal Secretary = Dr. P.K. Mishra
Replaced whom = Nripendra Mishra
Dr. P.K. Mishra earlier worked as = Additional principal secretary
Date = 11th Sept2019 (Born on 11/8/1948 – 1972 batch of IAS officer)

Also Note:
P.K. Sinha (Pradip Kumar Sinha) was appointed as officer on special duty (OSD) on
30/8/2019 and was appointed as Principal Advisor to PM on 11/9/2019.
His appointment will be with term of Prime Minister or until further Announcement,
whichever is earlier.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India is also in charge of:

a) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
b) Department of Atomic Energy
c) Department of Space
d) All of above

2. All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister are
headed by:
a) Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi b) Home Minister
c) Defence Minister d) None of the above

3. Who is Minister of Defence?

a) Shri Raj Nath Singh b) Shri Amit Shah
c) Shri Ramvilas Paswan d) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

4. Shri Ramvilas Paswan is the Minister of:

a) Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
b) Law of Justice
c) Communications
d) All of the above

5. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal is Minister of

a) Food processing Industries
b) Minister of Panchayati Raj
c) Minister of Electronics & Information Technology
d) None of the above

6. Who is Minister of External Affairs?

a) Shri Arjun Munda b) Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
c) Dr. Harsh Vardhan d) Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

7. Shri Piyush Goyal is

a) Minister of Railways
b) Minister of commerce & industry
c) a&b
d) None of the above

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8. Shri Pralhad Joshi is
a) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
b) Ministry of coal & Ministry of Mines
c) All of the above
d) None of the above

9. Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship:

a) Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant b) Shri Giriraj Singh
c) Shri Mukhtar Abbas Nagvi d) Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

10. Union Government appointed how many new governors on 1/9/2019

a) Five b) Four
c) Six d) Seven

11. Who is governor of Maharashtra:

a) Arif Mohammad Khan b) Bandaru Dattatreya
c) Bhagat Singh Koshyari d) None of above

12. Who is the governor of Kerala?

a) Arif Mohammed Khan b) Bandaru Dattatreya
c) Bhagat Singh Koshyari d) Kalraj Mishra

13. Who is the governor of Rajasthan?

a) Arif Mohammed Khan b) Bandaru Dattatreya
c) Kalraj Mishra d) Tamilisai Soundararajan

14. Who has approved setting up of Committee to review Defence Procurement

Procedure (DPP)?
a) Shri Narendra Modi b) Shri Amit Mehta
c) Ministry of External Affairs d) Defence Ministry

15. CSR stands for:

a) Corporate Safety Responsibility b) Communication Safety Rules
c) Community Social Responsibility d) Corporate Social Responsibility

16. Recommendations of the committee chaired by Mr. Injeti Srinivas on CSR included:
a) Making CSR expenditure tax deductible
b) Provisions for carry forward of unspent balance for period of 3 – 5 years
c) Balancing local area preferences with national priorities
d) All of the above
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17. High powered committee of chief Ministers constituted for “Transformation of Indian
Agriculture” was headed by:
a) Shri Sharad Pawar b) Shri Ramvilas Pasvan
c) Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav d) Shri Devendra Fadnavis

18. 11th BJP National president

a) Amit Shah b) Jagat Prakash Nadda
c) Rajnath Singh d) Bhagat Singh Koshyari

19. Mr J.P. Nadda was elected unopposed as 11th BJP president he succeeded:
a) Shri Narendra Modi b) Kiren Rijiju
c) Smt Smriti Irani d) Amit Shah

20. Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra was appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI from:
a) July 2019 onwards b) June 2019 onwards
c) Dec 2019 onwards d) Jan 15th, 2020 onwards

21. Dr. M.D. Patra replaced whom as Deputy Governor RBI

a) M.K. Jain b) Shri N.S. Vishwanathan
c) Viral Acharya d) None of the above

22. Before being appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI Mr. M.D. Patra was working as
a) Asst to Governor RBI b) Executive Director RBI
c) Governor RBI d) None of above

23. Which Indian Advocate is appointed as Queen‟s Counsel for the courts of England &
Wales:
a) Harish Salve b) Kapil Mishra
c) Kulbhushan Jadhav d) None of the above

24. The total strength of Supreme Court judges is now:

a) 39 b) 49
c) 36 d) 34

25. Who amongst the below are the new supreme court judges:
a) C.J.V. Subramaniam – Himachal Pradesh
b) C.J. Krishna Murari – Punjab & Haryana
c) C.J. S.A. Ravindra Bhat – Rajasthan
d) All of the above

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26. Who is appointed as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister:
a) Dr. P.K. Mishra b) P.K. Sinha
c) Nripendra Mishra d) None of the above

27. Who is appointed as official on Special Duty (OSD) in PMO:

a) Dr. P.K. Mishra b) P.K. Sinha
c) Nripendra Mishra d) None of the above

28. National policy on official statistics laid down roadmap towards:

a) Modernized data collection b) Integrated Information Portal
c) Timely dissemination of information d) All of the above

29. National Policy on official statistics Aims at

a) Reduction in illiteracy
b) Reduction in poverty
c) Use of latest technology to enable real time monitoring of increasingly complex
economy
d) All of the above

30. National Logistics Policy will create:

a) A single window e – logistics market
b) Focus on generation of employment skills
c) making MSME‟s Competitive
d) All of the above

31. MSME Stands for:

a) Medium, Semi medium Entrepreneurs
b) Micro, Semi Micro Enterprises
c) Micro, Small, Mega Enterprises
d) Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

32. National Logistics Policy will clarify the roles of:

a) Union Government b) State Government
c) Key Regulators d) All of the above

33. NIRVIK Provides:

a) Higher insurance coverage
b) Reduction in premium for small exporters
c) Simplified procedure for claim settlements
d) All of the above
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34. NIRVIK is expected to support export of around ___________ by the end of 5th year:
a) 10lakh Crores b) 20 lakh Crores
c) 30 lakh Crores d) 40 lakh Crores

35. NIRVIK enables digital refund to exporters of:

a) Duties & taxes levied by central govt
b) Duties & Taxes levied by State Govt
c) Duties & taxes levied by local govt
d) All of the above

36. Akhilesh Das Gupta, the former Union Minister has passed away. He was associated
with which party?
a) BJP b) Congress
c) AITC d) NCP

37. Which fast Fashion Retailer has filed for Bankruptcy?

a) H&M b) Zara
c) Forever 21 d) Top shop

38. Who has taken over as IAF Chief?

a) Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria b) Air Marshal RNS Thakur
c) Air Marshal SN Gupta d) Air Marshal Ratul Shah

39. Recently, Anshula Kant has been appointed as MD and CFO of World Bank Group
after resigning from the post of Managing Director of which of the following bank?
a) PNB b) SBI
c) HDFC Bank d) IDFC Bank

40. Who is present Cabinet Minister of Corporate Affairs?

a) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman b) Shri Nitin Gadkari
c) Shri Amit Shah d) Shri Piyush Goyal

41. Which committee has been constituted to oversee bifurcation of J&K into Union
territories?
a) Sanjay Mitra Committee b) Rajnath Singh Committee
c) Amit Shah Committee d) Ajay Kumar Committee

42. What was the last position served by Arun Jaitley before taking retirement from his
political career citing health issues?
a) External Affairs Minister b) Finance Minister
c) Home Affairs Minister d) Defense Minister
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43. Name the new Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) launched by Export Credit
Guarantee Corporation to ease the lending of loan to exporters?
a) Niryat Rin Vaigyanik Yojana
b) Niryat Rin Vikash Yojana
c) Niryat Rashtriya Vikash Yojana
d) Niryat Rashtriya Vaigyanik Yojana

44. Who was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Federal
Bank?
a) Shubhalaxmi Panse b) Shyam Srinivisan
c) Siddharta Sengupta d) Balakrishnan Krishnamurthy

45. Name the monthly pension scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi for small and
marginal farmers between the age of 18 – 40 years?
a) Kisan Maan – Adarsh Yojana b) Kisan Maan – Sansad Yojana
c) Kisan Maan – Dhan Yojana d) Kisan Maan - Pension Yojana

46. Who was appointed as Queen‟s Counsel ?

a) Harish Salve b) Ram Jhetmalani
c) Subramanian Swammy d) Krishna Murari

47. Who was appointed as Deputy Governor ?

a) Michael Patra b) Shakti kanta Das
c) Viral Acharya d) Urjit Patel

48. Who was recently appointed as National President of BJP ?

a) Shri Piyush Goyal b) Shri Nitin Gadkari
c) Shri Amit Shah d) Shri JP Nadda

49. Who was recently appointed as Cabinet Secretary?

a) PK Sinha b) Ajit Seth
c) Rajiv Gauba d) K.M. Chandrashekhar

50. Who was recently appointed as New CEO of IBM ?

a) Virginia Rometty b) Arvind Krishna
c) Mark Zuckerberg d) Eion Musk

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51. Who organized the First World Youth Conference on kindness?
a) WHO ( World Heath Organization)
b) UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization)
(MGIEP)
c) WWF (world Wildlife Fund)
d) WTO (World Trade Organization)

52. Where the First World Youth Conference on Kindness was organized?
a) Ahmadabad b) Mumbai
c) Madhyapradesh d) New Delhi

53. Conference on Kindness was organized?

a) Ahmadabad b) Mumbai
c) Madhya Pradesh d) New Delhi

54. Through which website users can access data of National Digital Library?
a) www.ndl.govt.in b) www.ndl.govt.com
b) www.ndl.gov.com d) www.ndl.gov.in

55. You can access National Digital Library through an App, which is that?
a) UMANG App b) Mparivahan App
c) My Gov App d) Online RTI App

56. Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana was inaugurated by?

a) Narendra Modi b) Arvind Sawant
c) Giriraj Singh d) Narendra Singh Tomar

57. To be eligible for Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan scheme, criteria to be
fulfilled are
a) Self – Employed b) GST turnover < 1.5 crores
c) Age – 18 – 40 years d) All of the above

58. Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan scheme was implemented on
a) 22/7/2019 b) 22/7/2020
c) 15/8/2019 d) 26/1/2019

59. Funds allocated for Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan scheme in 2019-20
budget, rupees in crores
a) 2,000 b) 10,000
c) 750 d) 2,200
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60. Outlay of Kisan Maan Dhan Yojna, Rupees in crores
a) 10,000 b) 20,000
c) 30,000 d) 10,774

61. UMMID(Unique Methods of management and treatment of Inherited disorders) was

inaugurated by:
a) Kiren Rijiju b) Krishna Pal
c) Babul Supriyo d) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

62. According to the recent National Statistical Office (NSO) data, India‟s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) growth contracted by ---------% in the first (April-June) quarter of
2020 compared to the same period (April-June) in 2019.
a) 23.9 b) 25
c) 35 d) 34.9

63. The „Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie road‟ recently seen in the news connects which
two locations?
a) Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur
b) Lipulekh and Kailash Mansarover
c) Doklam plateau and Nathula pass
d) Leh and the Karakoram Pass

64. Who recently won the bid to construct a new Parliament building for Rs 861.90
crores
a) Tata Group b) L & T
c) Reliance Group d) None of the above

65. Which Indian company is conducting trials of AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine

(covishield) for covid-19
a) Serum institute of India b) Cipla
c) Dr. Reddys d) None of the above

66. What is the name of the indian vaccine for COVID-19 being developed by Hyderabad
based Biotech International Limited ?
a) Covaxin b) Covishield
c) ZyCoV-D d) Covi-fight

67. Name the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Zydus Cadilla.

a) Covaxin b) ZyCoV-D
c) Covishield d) Go Corona Go
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68. The U.S. elections are held every ____ years.
a) 5 b) 6
c) 4 d) 3

69. The day of The U.S. elections are decided as follows.

a) 1st Tuesday that comes after 1st Monday of November
b) On 4th july
c) On any day
d) As decided by retiring president
e)
70. Anybody can be The U.S. President for maximum _____ terms
a) 3 b) 2
c) Unlimited d) 4

71. Who has been elected as Japan's new Prime Minister by the powerful House of
Representatives on September 16, 2020.
a) Yoshihide Suga b) Shinjo Abe
c) Yoshihiko Noda d) Naoto Kan

72. The new U.S. President takes oath on……

a) 20th January b) 2 months after election
c) As decided by ruling party d) There is no fixed rule

73. Which of the following prime ministers have been able to retain power for a second
term with full majority in Lok Sabha?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Indira Gandhi
c) Narendra Modi d) All of the above

74. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 14, 2020, announced that it has
appointed ____as a Country Director of India.
a) Takeo Konishi b) P.K. Mishra
c) Kenichi yokoyama d) Harish Salve

75. On 11th September 2020, US president announced historic peace deal between which
nations
a) Israel and Behrain b) Israel and UAE
c) Both A and B d) None of the above

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76. On 12th September 2020, Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated 1.75 lakh houses built
under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural) in which state ?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar d) Sikkim

77. The Indian Air Force formally inducted _____ fighter jets in a special induction
ceremony on September 10, 2020 at the Ambala airbase in Haryana.
a) Rafale. b) Mig 21
c) Sukhoi d) Tejas

78. Which of the following countries are elected as member of the UN commission on the
Status of the Woman in September 2020
a) India b) China
c) Afganistan d) A and C both

79. India has announced $500 million assistance for ______on 13 August 2020 for
Connectivity Projects
a) Maldives b) Bhutan
c) Nepal d) Pakistan

80. On 12th September 2020 _____________ is appointed as the celebrity advocate for
children's rights campaign - 'For Every Child' of UNICEF India. He/she will promote
and support UNICEF towards ending violence against children.
a) Ayushmann Khurrana b) Kangana Ranaut
c) Shakti Kapoor d) Paresh Rawal

81. In September 2020, the 24x7 Toll-Free Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline “KIRAN”
(1800-500-0019) was launched by
a) Thaawar Chand Gehlot b) Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
c) Dr. Harsh Vardhan d) All of the above

82. Who virtually presented the National Sports and Adventure Awards, 2020 from
Rashtrapati Bhavan on 29 August 2020?
a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Narendra Modi
c) Amit Shah d) Sachin Tendulkar

83. Recently ,US based equity giant KKR has bought ____%stake in Jio Platforms
a) 5 b) 7.32
c) 6 d) 2.32

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84. Who is the present governer of RBI?
a) Urjit Patel b) Raghuram Rajan
c) Shaktikanta Das d) Anurag Das

85. Who authored the book titled “Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City”?
a) JInPing b) Fang Fang
c) Donald Trump d) None of the above

86. Name the 1st Indian tennis player who has won the Fed Cup Heart award 2020 for
Asia/Oceania Zone?
a) Vijay Amritraj b) Leander Paes
c) Sania Mirza d) Rohan Bopanna

87. Name the mission launched by Central Government to bring back Indian Citizens
sranded in foreign countries during Corona pandemic
a) Vande Bharat mission b) Ghar Vapasi Abhiyaan
c) Akhand Bharat Mission d) Bharatiya Pravasi Abhiyaan

88. Who is the current Director-General of World Health Organization?

a) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus b) Donald Trump
c) Xi JInping d) None of the above

89. Who declared COVID-19 as pandemic

a) World Health Organization b) UNO
c) Donald Trump d) Xi Jinping

90. Which country recently withdrew support to World Health Organization (WHO)?
a) United States of America b) China
c) Italy d) England

91. In September 2020, Astronomers have found a potential sign of life in

the atmosphere of which planet?
a) Jupiter b) Mars
c) Venus d) Mercury

92. In September 2020, The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
approved the establishment of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
at ______
a) Kolkatta b) Nagpur, Maharashtra
c) Darbhanga, Bihar. d) Baroda, Gujarat
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93. "Healthy Air", herbal-based room freshener with an aim to contain the spread of the
COVID-19 was developed by whom?
a) Cadilla Pharma
b) Patanjali
c) ISRO
d) Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), a Deemed to be University,
Pune, under Ministry of Defence

94. On 15 September 2020 _______ has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of Rajya
Sabha
a) Harivansh Narayan Singh b) JP Nadda
c) PK Sinha d) Ramdas Athavle

95. On 18th September,2020 Loksabha passed following farm reforms Bill

a) Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020
b) The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and
Farm Services Bill, 2020.
c) A and B both
d) Kisan Samruddhi yojana

96. ____________took charge as Governor of Meghalaya on 18 August 2020.

a) Satya Pal Malik b) Bhagat singh Koshyari
c) Tathagata Roy d) None of the above

97. The RBI on August 4,2020 approved the appointment of _________as MD & CEO of
HDFC Bank for three years.
a) Sashidhar Jagdishan b) Uday Kotak
c) Amitabh Chaudhary d) Prashant Kumar

98. __________has assumed new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of SBI Cards & Payment Services (SBI Card) with effect from 1 August 2020.
a) Sandeep Bakshi b) Sanjiv Chadha
c) Ashwini Kumar Tewari d) None of the above

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