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May month appointments

australia- hardeep, austria-jaideep
1. Indian Ambassador to Austria (ऑ या म भारतीय राज त) : Shri Jaideep Mazumdar ( ी जयद प मजू मदार)
2. Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus : Shri Alok Ranjan Jha
bela ho gayi alok
ke jaane ki
3. Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia : Shri Pradip Kumar Yadav
pradip mere sunsign wala hai
4. Indian Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan : S.D.Moorthy. south sudan = south sudan

5. Senior Adviser To US President Joe Biden : Indian-American Neera TandenAdvisor to biden - Tandon
6. Acting Chairperson Of National Human Rights Commission : (A former SC judge) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant.
Human rights Commission - Retired CJI Pant
7. Acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court : Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra.
Chattisgarh high court - Vimal Mishra
8. Director general of NIA (National Investigation Agency) : CRPF DG Kuldeep Singh. (he will replace Y. C. Modi)
NIA=CRPF
9. Commerce Secretary : B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
Commerce C = B
10. First Woman Finance Minister of Assam : Ajanta Neog
Assam - Ajanta finance min
11. new CM of Assam : Himanta Biswa Sarma. [he is the president of Badminton Association of India (BAI) & he is
also elected to Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council]
Biswa - Assam
12. Pinarayi Vijayan was sworn as Kerala's CM for the 2nd time
Puducherry -
13. CM of the Union Territory of Puducherry: N Rangasamy
Rangaswamy
14. CM of Tamil Nadu : MK Stalin. TN- Stalin-Dravidam
15. CM of West Bengal : Mamata Banerjee. (she has approved the formation of the Legislative Council in WB. At
present, only Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Bihar, & UP have Legislative Council.

16. Speaker of the WB Legislative Assembly : Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Biman Banerjee.
WB-Bimal Banerjee
17. Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) : Raman Meenakshi Sundaram.
Raman Rice kha ke mota hojaega
18. 38th National President of FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO): Ujjwala Singhania.
FICCI-Ujwalla
19. Bajaj Auto's Chairman : Niraj Bajaj.
Bajaj-Neeraj Bajaj
20. Amitabh Chaudhry : Re-appointed as MD & CEO of Axis Bank
Axis-Amitabh
21. Narinder Batra : re-elected as the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH)

22. India hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was re-appointed as a member of the International Hockey
Federation (FIH) Athletes’ Committee.
Sree, Batra-Hockey
23. Subodh Jaiswal : New CBI Director
subodh jaiswal - CBI
24. T Rabi Sankar : RBI deputy governor
Jai Jai Ravi Shankar - RBI
25. RBI has appointed Jose J Kattoor as Executive Director (ED).

26. CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) : Arun Kumar Singh.
Arun - Petroleum bech ke
bahar gya
27. MD of Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance : Mahesh Balasubramanian.

MD of Kotak - Kot-esh
 28. Ambassadors for International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign : P. V. Sindhu &
Michelle Li.
Believe in sport-PV Sindhu
29. New CEO of Footwear Brand Bata India : Gunjan Shah. Bata - Shah (Patasha)

30. Ramesh Powar : Head Coach of Indian Women’s Cricket teamRamesh powar- head coahd woch
31. Veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths : new UN Humanitarian Chief
Martin garrix-human UN
32. new president of NASA : Bill Nelson.
Nasa-Nelson Mandela
33. new President of the Tibetan elected government : Penpa Tsering (पेनपा से रग)
Tibet President-Papa
34. Bashar Al-Assad Re-Elected As Syrian President
Syria mein logo ko bash kiya jata hai
35. new Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo : Collinet Makosso (को लनेट मकोसो)
Congo-Conis(PM) and Denim
36. Moeed Yusuf appointed as Pakistan's National Security Adviser
Yusuf Yuhana - Secruity karta pakistan ki
37. Martha Karambu Koome : Kenya's 1st woman chief justice.
Kenya - Mein Kootte hain bache ko
May month Persons died

1. Yuan Longping (also known as the Father of Hybrid Rice) passed away, was a famous agricultural scientist of
which country?? China.
Yuan - Chinese rice
2. Michael Collins passed away, he was associated with which field? American Astronaut-Pilot (he was the
command module pilot for the Apollo 11 crew mission in 1969) Michael collins- Astronaut

3. Mahatma Gandhi's former personal secretary has passed away, what is his name? V Kalyanam. (He was
Gandhi's personal secretary from 1943 to 1948, when the Mahatma was assassinated)
Gandhi ka kalyan
4. Assam's first woman IAS officer passed away, her name? Parul Das. Parul Das-Assam
5. Which scientist who was awarded the Padma Shri, who played an important role in the development of Light
Combat Aircraft - Tejas, passed away. Manas Bihari Verma.
bihar - tejas craft
6. Vanraj Bhatia passed away, he was associated with which field? best-known composer of Western classical
music in India.
vanraj - western music
7. A woman popularly known as the 'Iron Lady in Kerala politics, has passed away, what is her name? K.R. Gowri.
iron lady-gaur
8. Homen Borgohain died, who is he ? Assamese litterateur & veteran journalist
haemoglobin - assam literature
9. Times group chairperson passed away, what is her name? Indu Jain.
indu-times group
10. Indian boxing’s first Dronacharya awardee coach, has passed away, his name is? O P Bhardwaj

11. Sunderlal Bahuguna has passed away. Who was he? environmentalist (पयावरण वद्)

12. The former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, has passed away, his name is?Dr. Srikumar
Banerjee. (Who is the present chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India? Shri Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas).
Banerjee was atomic energy ka head
13. Jagannath Pahadia has passed away. Who was he? Senior Congress leader, former CM of Rajasthan, former
Governor of Haryana & Bihar.
Pahadi mantri
14. Professor MS Narasimhan has passed away, Who was he? Indian mathematician. known for their proof of the
Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem, & only Indian to receive the King Faisal International Prize in the field of
science.

Narsimhan - Indian Mathematician

May month important awards .

1. Kobe Bryant (American professional basketball player) has been posthumously inducted into the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (कोबे ायंट को मरणोपरांत नाइ मथ मेमो रयल बा के टबॉल हॉल ऑफ़ फ़े म म शा मल कया गया
है।)
2. Templeton Prize 2021 : naturalist Jane Goodall ( कृ तवाद जे न गुडॉल) (for her life’s work on animal intelligence
and humanity.)
Temple is good for all
3. Who become the 1st Indian To Win Arab World Nobel Prize? Dr Tahera Qutbuddin. (She won the award for her
latest book, “Arabic Oration – Art and Function”)
A for Arab- 1st king Qutub ud din
4. Who was awarded the ‘Order of Rising Sun’ by Japan government. Manipuri doctor, Thangjam Dhabali Singh
(थं गजाम धाबली सह)
Sun ek thangaballi shyam
5. Who has been named as the World Sportsman of the Year award at the 2021 Laureus World Sports Awards?
Rafael Nadal. (Naomi Osaka won the prestigious Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award 2021.)
Nadal, Naomi - Sportsman of year
6. UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2021 : Maria Ressa (The prize was named after Guillermo
Cano Isaza, the Colombian journalist.)
Gulermo cane - sugar cane - ras
7. Who has become the first Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award
Text& donated prize money to Telangana CM relief
Fund ? Sania Mirza.
sania mirza has heart of gold
8. Etienne Glichitch Award (ए टने ल चच पुर कार) : Hockey India. hockey is glitchy game
9. The Emmy Award-nominated Indian choreographer Suresh Mukund become 1st Indian to win the 10th Annual
‘World Choreography Award 2020’’, (also known as Choreo Awards).
papa choreographer
10. Which film won the Best Film (Jury) award at the 11th Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival 2021? “Jungle Cry”
directed by Sagar Ballary.
dada ji cry
11. Who won the Best Actor Award at the New York City International Film Festival? Anupam Kher (for his
performance in the short film Happy Birthday)
anupam kher new york
12. Who has won Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs)? Singer Pink.

13. Former Chief Justice of J & K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal won Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021.
geeta ki vision long hai
14. “Green Urja Award” 2021 : Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA).

15. “World Food Award” of the year 2021 : Indian-origin global nutritionist, Dr Shakuntala Hark Singh Thilstad.
(The award is also known as the Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture.)
hark mein food fas gya
16. Whitley Awards 2021 (also known as the Green Oscar) : Nagaland’s environmentalist, Nuku Phom.

17. 69th Miss Universe 2020 : Miss Mexico Andrea Meza.

white awards phenyl se ho gye
miss universe ko maza aata hai
18. International Invincible Gold Medal for 2021 : Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
gold medal - ramesh pokhriyal
19. Which State has announced to present 'Manoj Das International Literary Award'in memory of eminent
litterateur Manoj Das.? Odisha (The award will be conferred on litterateurs from Odisha for their creative
contribution to English literature every year.)
Manoj Das- Odisha
20. Who has become first Indian to win the Rudolf V Schindler Award? Dr D Nageshwar Reddy (chairman of AIG
Hospitals). [this is the prestigious Crystal Awards named after Dr Schindler who is considered as “the father of
gastroscopy.” Rudolf - Reddy (Father of gastroscopy)
21. Who was awarded Spain's highest award in social science? Indian economist & Nobel Laureate Amartya
Kumar Sen. Spain Social Science Princess of asturia - Amartya Sen
22. Who has received the International Eni Award 2020 (Energy Frontier award) for research into renewable
energy sources and energy storage? Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R. Rao

Eni - CNG
May defence exercise current affair

1. Where has North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched joint military exercises “DEFENDER-Europe 21”?
Albania.
Europe- Mein Bania exercise karye hain
May month important Reports and rankings

1. Who has topped the ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list for 2021, released by Fortune Magazine? [New Zealand
PM : Jacinda Ardern] From India, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII) is the only Indian
among the top 10 names. He is placed in the 10th spot.

2. What is India's rank in terms of budget transparency and accountability in the Open Budget Survey 2019? 53rd
position among 117 nations (New Zealand ranked 1st). tera banja budget

3. Which country is at the top position terms of top investor countries i.e., foreign direct investment (FDI) in
India during FY 20-21? Singapore (29%) > U.S.A (23%) > Mauritius (9%)
singapore - max fdi
4. Who was the largest recipient of remittances in 2020, as per the report, “Migration & Development Brief
“ released by the World Bank? India.
india has max remittances
5. What is India's rank in Ernst & Young (EY’s) Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index? 3rd (USA at top &
China at 2nd rank) 3rd in renewable
6. Which city is on top in the 'Global Prime Residential Index 2021'? Shenzhen (शे ज़े न) > Shanghai(शंघाई) >
Guangzhou(गुआंगज़ौ ) > Seoul ( सयोल). (New Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru in 32nd, 36th & 40th positions
respectively)
Prime minster residence is shehenshar
7. The NITI Aayog with whom has released a report titled ‘Connected Commerce: Creating a Roadmap for a
Digitally Inclusive Bharat’? Mastercard. यह रपोट भारत म ड जटल व ीय समावेशन म तेजी लाने म आने वाली व भ चुन ौ तय
के बारे म है और इसम 1.3 ब लयन नाग रक के लए ड जटल सेव ा को सुलभ बनाने के लए suggestions भी ह।
niti aayog with visa help in commerce
8. Which state has been ranked 1st in establishing Health & Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat Program
to provide comprehensive primary health care in rural areas. Karnataka.
Karnataka - Health center because of guru ji ka ashram
9. Which state has been ranked 1st in implementation of Smart City Mission schemes? Jharkhand > Rajasthan
[rankings were released by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA)].
Smart city- Jharkhand
10. Forbes has released its annual list of the 10 highest-paid athletes of the year, who has topped the list? Conor
McGregor (Irish mixed martial artist) > Lionel Messi (Argentine footballer) > Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese
footballer)

11. According to Bloomberg Billionaire Index, who has become 2nd richest man in Asia after overtaking China’s
Zhong Shanshan.?Adani Group founder & chairman Gautam Adani
2nd richest man in Asia - Adani

May month important Scheme & initiative

1. Which Indian state is the first to launch the Online Flood Reporting & Information Management System
(FIRMS)? Assam (it is jointly developed by Assam State Disaster Management Agency (ASDMA) & United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Asaan nahi hai flood ko sambhalna
2. 'Malerkotla' become 23rd new district of which state? Punjab.

3. Which state became the first Indian state to join the Global COVAX Alliance to Procure Covid-19 Vaccines?
Punjab.

4. Which state decided to appoint oxygen nurses to prevent wastage of oxygen in hospitals? Maharashtra.

5. Who has launched 'Mission Oxygen' to counter the 3rd wave of COVID-19 which will aim at achieving self-
sufficiency in oxygen production by targeting a production of 3,000 metric tonnes? Maharashtra.
Oxygen for nurses mission- Maharashtra
6. Who has launched ‘HIT Covid App’ which will help the health workers in regular monitoring of home-isolated
patients across the state? Bihar. (HIT stands for home isolation tracks. )

Bihar mein covid walon ko hit kiya jata hai

7. Who has launched “Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) Market” App for home delivery of fresh
vegetables at people's doorsteps during the COVID-19 induced curfew. Manipur.

8. CM N. Biren Singh launched Manipur Home Isolation Management (MHIM) Mobile App to avail real time health
data and information of home isolation Covid-19 patients.
Moma Mhim Market- Manipur
9. Which app has been launched by Rural Development Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, to take real-time
attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGA workplaces? National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS)
app.
Narendra Tomar- NREGA register
10. Who has launched the ‘Amrit Vahini’ App for the online booking of hospital beds? Jharkhand

11. Which state has launched 'Sanjeevani Vehicles' - oxygen trucks to provide oxygen to hospitals? Jharkhand
Vahini Vehicles - Ja Ja Jharkhand
12. Who has launched an anti-Covid “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” to provide medical care in rural areas where
awareness regarding the 2nd wave of Covid-19 & related treatment remains low? Haryana.
Sanjeevani booti - bajrang bali haryana
13. Which state has Declared Black Fungus as A Notified Disease? Haryana.
Black fungus- Haryana
14. Which State has become the first state to announcd to set up black fungus (Mucormycosis) treatment units at
the govt medical colleges in Bhopal & Jabalpur with 10 beds facility each? MP.
Black fungus - Madhya mein beds
15. Which state has launched the 'Ankur' scheme under which citizens will be awarded for planting trees during
monsoon? MP.
Ankur Pea - MP
16. Who has launched 'Vaidya Apke Dwar' scheme for providing online medical consultation through a mobile app
to the patients across the state? Ayush Department, MP
Ved Dwarpalo - Madhya mein
17. Which State has announced free treatment scheme for poor COVID-19 patients at contracted private hospitals
under Ayushman Bharat Yojana? MP.
Private hospital mein anaath hue bache corona se bharti honge mp mein
18. Who has launched the sponsorship scheme for the maintenance of children orphaned from Corona? कसने
कोरोना से अनाथ ए ब के भरण-पोषण के लए ॉ सर शप योजना शु क ? MP.
19. which state government announced Chief Minister Shishu Seva Yojana? Assam (Under this scheme a
scholarship of ₹ 3500/ month will be given to the children who lost their parents due to COVID-19.)
Assam, 35 Covid
20. which state government has started Bal Seva Yojana? UP. Under this scheme a financial aid of ₹ 4000/ month
will be given to the children who lost their parents due to COVID-19.
UP Jali(40) hai bacho ko korona
21. Who has announced CM Vatsalya Yojana for orphaned children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19?
Uttarakhand.
Hosla, vasla-Covid
22. Who has launched 'Mission Hausla' to help COVID-19 patients get oxygen, beds, plasma? U'khand Police.

23. Who has launched vehicle helpline ‘COVI Van’ for senior citizens? Delhi Police
Covi Van - Delhi
50,000
24. Who will provide Rs 50,000 ex gratia to each family that has lost a member due to Covid-19? Delhi government.

25. Who has launched 'Ayush Ghar-Dwar' program to keep the home isolated Covid-19 positive patients healthy
by practicing Yoga? Himachal Pradesh.
Ayush ghar dwar- HP. Vaidya aapke dwar -MP
26. Which state has planned to provide 2.08 lakh tap water connections across the State in the year 2021-22?
Himachal Pradesh.

27. In which state has the “mountain stream scheme” (पवत धारा योजना) been introduced?Himachal Pradesh. ( इस
योजना के तहत जल ोत को फर से जीवंत करने के लए 2.76 करोड़ खच कए जाएँग.े )
28. By ensuring a tap connection in every rural house, which UT has become Har Ghar Jal' UT? Puducherry
pudu- pani
29. Who has launched Special Assistance Scheme for COVID Mortalities (SASCM)' for those who have lost their
only bread earner due to the Covid19? J&K Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha
covid mortality like army in j and k
30. Who has launched an Ayurvedic telemedicine facility for COVID-19 patients? Haryana.
sanjivni booti ayurvedic hai to haryana mein milegi
 31. In which state has the Indian Army launched the first Green Solar Energy Plant in collaboration with IIT
Mumbai? Sikkim.
Indian Army IIT MUMbai - Sikkim Solar Energy Plant green
32. Which state govt has started the Duare Ration (Ration at Doorstep) Scheme? WB. The scheme ensures Free
doorstep delivery of monthly ration to 1.5 crore households.
Only Duare - ration for WB
33. Who has launched an online portal named "Akanksha' to provide comprehensive details on all the Corporate
Social Responsibility(CSR) activities in the state? Karnataka's CM BS Yediyurappa.
Akanksha-CSR KARNATAKA
34. Who has launched the 'Auro Scholarship Programme' for all the students of the state? Education Minister of
Tripura, Ratan Lal Nath.
Auro Mirra-Auro Purra
35. What is the objective of Tripura's Vande Tripura initiative? Tele- Education
Tripura - Tele education
36. Which state has announced the introduction of “Smart Kitchen Scheme” Under which, women of state will be
given loan to renovate their kitchen? Kerala
Smartest city- Kerala Kitchen
37. Which state has started 'Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana? Odisha. (under this scheme a health
insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh will be provided to more than 6500 journalists of the state. & financial assistance
of Rs 15 lakh will be provided to the families of journalists who died from COVID-19 while performing duty.)
Odisha- Gopi bandhu Bima
38. Who has set up a dedicated portal – CovAid – for tracking all aid coming via missions or by individual
organisations.? NITI Aayog .
CovAid - Can be used to track donations
39. Who launched The 'Services e-Health Assistance & Tele-consultation (SeHAT) OPD portal' to provide
telemedicine services to the beneficiaries?Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
SeHAT tele consultation for defence minister
40. Which ministry has launched the yuva scheme to Mentor Young Authors (under the age of 30 years)? Ministry
Of Education.
Yuva scheme to monitor young authors

May month International current affair

1. Which country became the first country to allow Driverless cars (automatic cars) on roads? UK.

2. In which country will the World's most powerful weather, climate-change forecasting supercomputer be built
by 2022? UK.
UK- coming with climate computer and self driving cars
3. Where world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge named “Arouca” was opened,? नया का सबसे ल बापैदल
या ी स शन पुल कहाँ शु कया गया है? Portugal (516 metres in length & 175 metres above the Paiva River)
Longest pedestrian - Arusa ke liye portugal mein
4. Which country's Scientists have discovered Uranium-214- Lightest form of Uranium? China.
Uranium 214 lightest from China
5. Which country's Scientists have developed an artificial mini heart from human stem cells in the lab for the
first time? Austria.
Mini heart - Usko dia (Aur liya) Austria
6. Which country has launched Green Initiative and Middle East Green Initiative to 'fight climate crisis'? Saudi
Arabia.
Saudi Arabia - zero produce to fight climate
7. Which country joined Canada, US, Qatar and Norway in forming the Net Zero Producers Forum?Saudi Arabia.
(The forum has been formed for the oil and gas producers to discuss how to support the implementation of
Paris Agreement on Climate Change.)

8. Which country has launched the the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) along with Japan & Australia?
India. [SCRI aims to build a resilient supply chain with focus on free, transparent trade & investment
environment in the Indo-Pacific region. It will reduce the dependency of the 3 countries o China]
India, Japan, Australia - Resillient supply chain
9. Who become the first Hindu woman to crack Pakistan civil services exam? Sana Ramachand
Sana-Civil
10. How long has Poland announced to stop coal production? 2049.
Poland to stop coal by 2049
11. Who become first country to approve Pfizer Covid vaccine for adolescents as young as 12? Canada.
12 yrs below - pfizer canada
12. Which country has proposed to kill elephants in a big way to reduce the population of elephants? Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe haathi
 13. The Taliban has captured Afghanistan’s 2nd-biggest Dam, what is its name? Dahla Dam.
Taliban ne Afghan
Dahla diya
14. Iran has launched a new supercomputer, which is 100 times more powerful than the previous supercomputer
of the country to date, what is its name? ‘Simorgh’ Iran ka computer mohri hai
May month Sports related current affair

1. Who has become the World Champion for the fourth time in Snooker?Mark Selby (English snooker player).
Selby-Snooker
2. Thisara Perera, has announced his retirement from international cricket, he is a cricket player of which
country? Sri Lanka.

3. ICC Men's Player Of The Month Award For April 2021 : Pakistan's Babar Azam .

4. ICC Women's Player Of The Month Award For April 2021 : Australia's Alyssa Healy.

5. ICC banned Nuwan Zoysa from all cricket for six years for breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, which
country does he belong to? He is Sri Lanka's player & coach
SL ka nojwan cricket se ban
6. Who won Mutua Madrid Open Women’s singles title 2021? Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) > Ashleigh Barty
(Australia).

7. Who won Mutua Madrid Open Men’s singles title 2021? Alexander Zverev (German TP) > Matteo Berrettini
(Italy).
Madrid-A,A. Miami also A,H
8. World number one Novak Djokovic has secured the 83rd title of his career by defeating Alex Molcan in the
Belgrade Open final 2021. Novak djokovic

9. Who won Italian Open men’s singles title 2021? Rafael Nadal > Novak Djokovic.
Italian, Barcelona- Nadal (Clay)
10. Who won Italian Open Women’s singles title 2021? Iga Swiatek (Poland) > Karolina Pliskova
AFEMS
11. Portuguese Grand Prix : Lewis Hamilton

12. Who has won the Spanish Grand Prix for the fifth time in a row? Lewis Hamilton

13. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the Monaco Grand Prix for the first.Monaco, Austria, Emilia,French,Styrian(AEFMS)

14. Who has won the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 6th Man of the Year Award? Jordan Clarkson.

May month important books

NBA Jordan
1. “Elephant In The Womb” book written by Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin. Elephant-kalki
2. Trail of the Tiger: Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray: A Journey book written by Radheshyam Jadhav.
Thackrey-Jadhav
3. The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback Book Written by Yashaswini Chandra.
Horse ke toy ke
4. BENGAL 2021: An Election Diary Book Written by Deep Halder.Bengal got deeply hurt sath kheli
5. The Bench book written by Meghan Markle.Bench jury- Meghan Markle
yashaswi
6. “Life in the Clock Tower Valley” book written by journalist Shakoor Rather. (इसमे क मीर के ाचीन अतीत, खद
वतमान और हमेशा अ न त भ व य के बारे म है)
Clock tower-Shakmir - KAsmir
7. The book “Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance” released on May 16, which is celebrated as Sikkim Day
written by Preet Mohan Singh Malik.
Sikkhism se preet singh hai
8. A book title “Nehru, Tibet and China” authored by Avtar Singh Bhasin. (This book in fascinating detail,
analyses the events from 1949 to the Indo-China war in 1962)
Tibet China ka avtar hai
9. ‘India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present’ is authored by Shivshankar Menon.
Shivshankar India aur asia ka
10. Sach kahun to is the biography of Neena Gupta (Bollywood actress)
past
11. The spiritual CEO book written by S. Prakash.
Neena gupta- Sach kahu
Spiritual CEO- Prakash hai
May month important banks related .

1. Which bank has launched the ''Vikas Abhaya'' loan scheme to provide some relief to Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise(MSME) borrowers? Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB).
Abhaya - Karnataka Vikas grameen bank
2. Who has launched chatbot ‘Eva’ on CSCs Digital Seva Portal to support the Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs)
in providing banking services for the last mile rural consumers. HDFC Bank and Common Services Centres
(CSCs).

3. Who has become the 1st small finance Bank to provide online account opening facility to NRI customers?
Equitas SFB Eva - Has Definitely Fallen Cold
NRI=RI = Equitas
4. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 43rd Goods and Services Tax (GST) meeting virtually &
decided to exempt import duty on COVID relief items.
No import duty on Covid relief
May month things renamed miyan ka bara-ma
hesh nagar
1. The name of Miyan ka Bara railway station in Rajasthan's Jodhpur renamed as Mahesh Nagar.
rajasthan
2. Mohali international hockey stadium (Punjab) renamed after Balbir Singh Senior. The stadium will now be
known as Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey Stadium.
balbir senior-mohali
3. The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters, is being renamed as Indian
Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF),.

May GDP RANKING

IBF-IBDF
FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22

SBI 10.4 %

World Bank 10.1%

RBI 10.5 %

UN 10.1%

Asian Development Bank 11 %

IMF -8% 12. 5%

India Ratings and Research 10.1 %

National Statistical Office (NSO) -8 %

Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) -7% 10.1%

Nomura - 6.7 % 12.6%

Fitch rating -9.4 % 11%

CARE Ratings – 7.8 % 9.2 %

Economic Surway 2020-21 -7% 11%

HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.) -6.3% 11.2%

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 12.6%

United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) 5%

S & P Global ratings 9.8 %

Goldman Sachs 11.1%

May month important celebrations

1. Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries (USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan)
held a meeting in London, UK. The 47th G7 Summit will be held in June 2021 & will be chaired by UK.

2. Ist BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting amongst BRICS Countries on 11-12 May 2021 hosted by
India.

3. FIFA U-17 women’s World Cup will be held in India in October 2022 to 30 next year.
Fifa women 2023 - Aus NZ
4. Colombia has refused to host Copa America 2021 men's football tournament. Now who will host the Copa
America 2021? Argentina
COPA-Argentina
5. Which country announced the offer to host UNFCCC's COP-28 in 2023? Abu Dhabi

28th session of Conference of Parties : (COP 28)

COP 28 - 2023
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : (UNFCCC)

May month important days

1st May : International Day of Workers or International Labour Day / अंतरा ीय मक दवस
1st May : Maharashtra and Gujarat Day (both states were formed on 1 May, 1960.)

2nd May: World Laughter Day (first Sunday of May).

3rd May : Press Freedom Day

4th May : International Firefighter Day

4th May : World Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May).

7th May : World Athletics Day.

8th May : World Red Cross Day. (theme : 'Together we are #unstoppable! ')

8th May : World Thalassaemia Day or International Thalassaemia Day.

9 May - Mother's Day (Second Sunday of May)

11 May - National Technology Day (On this day Shakti, the Pokhran nuclear test was held on 11 May, 1998.)

12 May - International Nurses Day

15 May – Armed Forces Day (Third Saturday of the May)

17 May – World Telecommunication Day (theme : "Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times.")

17 May - World Hypertension Day (theme : "Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer.")

17-23 May : UN Global Road Safety Week (theme is Streets for Life #Love30)

18 May – World AIDS Vaccine Day.

22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity (theme is "We're part of the solution".)

25 May – World Thyroid Day

28 May - World Hunger Day (theme is “Access Ends Hunger”)

31 May – Anti-Tobacco Day (Theme: Commit to quit)

May month miscellaneous current affair

1. What is the name of the World’s First Unmanned Vessel to Navigate Across the Atlantic? Mayflower 400.

2. Who has developed the ESanjeevani OPD (Outpatient Department)? Centre for Development of Advance
Computing (C-DAC).

3. Which Chinese spacecraft has successfully landed on the surface of Mars in May 2021? Tianwen-1. This is
China’s 1st mission to Mars, and makes the country only the 3rd nation — after Russia & the US — to have
landed a spacecraft on the planet. & now China has become the only 2nd country to drive a rover (Zhurong) on
the surface of Mars after US.

4. Which country successfully launched new ocean observation satellite 'Haiyang-2D (HY-2D)' satellite, by a
Long March-4B rocket? China.
Hydro-Haiyang
5. NASA and which private space company signed for the 1st private astronaut mission to the International
Space Station (ISS) by January 2022? Axiom.
1st astronaut mission- Axiom and NASA
6. Which space agency announced to send its first mobile robot named Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration
Rover (VIPER) to the moon by 2023? National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Text
7.
viper app on mobile
Elon Musk's SpaceX has accepted which cryptocurrency as payment to launch "DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon" in
the first quarter of 2022? Dogecoin

8. Who has developed 3 different types of ventilators & an oxygen concentrator, namely Prana, VaU and Svasta?
ISRO. ISRO- 3 ventilators prana, swastha
9. Where was the community service center, named (AL1SC) has been set up to collect data from India’s first
solar space mission ? Haldwani (UK). [Aditya-L1 is India’s 1st solar space mission to study the Sun & planned
to be launched on the PSLV-C56 in Dec. 2021 or Jan. 2022.
Uttarakhand - Sun study AL1SC
10. DRDO successfully tests Python-5 missile from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, what type of missile is it?
= air-to-air missile (AAM)
Python 5 in DRDO
11. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for emergency use of anti-COVID-19 drug
2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) developed by DRDO

12. Who has developed Oxycare system, which regulates oxygen being administered to the patients.?Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Oxygen - DRDO
13. What is “MACS 1407”, which is seen in the news recently? Soybean variety. [Scientists of Agharkar Research
Institute (ARI), Pune in collaboration with Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) have developed a
new high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean named MACS 1407. ] MACS- Soyabean

14. Which has become the world's most watched program, breaks all records with 7.7 crore viewership? Ramayan

15. Which state's Chak-Hao, scented glutinous rice (चक-हाओ, सुग ं धत चप चपा चावल) popularly known as Black Rice
has received GI tag? Manipur Black rice - GI Tag because money hai
16. In which state, 100 million-year-old bones of sauropod dinosaurs discovered? Meghalaya.saare dino
megh mein
17. Which operation has been started by the Indian Navy for shipment of containers filled with oxygen to India
from abroad? Samudra Setu-II.
samundra setu 2 oxygen - 2 bar o2
18. Which operation has Armed forces started for Mental Health Of COVID Patients? Op “CO-JEET” .
Co-op se covid ka mental fatigue dur hoga
19. Where is the Nehru Zoological Park, where the 8 Asiatic lions have tested positive for Covid-19. Hyderabad
(Telangana)
Telangana mein sher bhi covid positive nehru ki wajah se
20. What is CoviSelf, which has been approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)? India's 1st self-use
Rapid Antigen Test kit for Covid-19.
coviself- self covid testing
21. Who has launched the ‘Checkmate Covid Initiative’ to help the chess community affected by the pandemic?All
India Chess Federation

chess checkmate covid initiative

 22. Which has become the 3rd largest Indian IT services company by market capitalization of ₹ 2.65 trillion by
suppressing HCL Technologies? Wipro ( TCS remains at the top with a market cap of ₹ 11.51 trillion followed
by Infosys)
TCS- 1st , Wipro - 3rd
23. Which company has entered into the hundred most valued Indian firms list? SAIL (In the last six weeks, the
stocks of SAIL has increased by 85%.)
SAIL- 100 most valuable firm
24. Who become the world's first climber to climb world's highest peak (Everest) 25 times? Nepal's Kami Rita.
Kaam hi hai tabhi 25 baar climb kia
25. Who has set a world record of climbing Mount Everest twice within 4 days? Nepal's Mingma Tenji Sherpa

26. Who has set the record for the fastest climb on Everest in women's category? Hong Kong’s Tsang Yin-Hung.
(she scaled the 8,848.86-m mountain in 25 h & 50 minutes)
Yim Yang kar ke fastest kar hi lia climb
27. Which country is going to set up a line of separation on one side of Mount Everest due to the COVID-19
China nepal close
outbreak in Nepal, so that the outbreak does not cross the border? China.

28. Which app has been launched by CBSE to help students at the time of examination? CBSE dost for life

29. Who has launched an app called 'ID-Art' to protect cultural heritage? INTERPOL.
Interpol show your ID and art
30. Which technology company has created a 2-nanometer chip, the smallest and most powerful microchip? IBM.
IBM - 2NM chip
31. By what name Harley-Davidson has launched its all-electric motorcycle brand? ‘LiveWire’

32. What is the name of the first cyclonic storm of 2021 that emerged from the Arabian Sea & effects the southern
Gujarat? Cyclone Tauktae
Arabian Sea- Tauktae
33. Which has become the 6000th station in India to have Wi-Fi facility? Hazaribagh (झारखंड)

(Mumbai railway station was the first railway station where WiFi was provided in January 2016. Thereafter,
Midanpore in West Bengal became the 5000th station to have WiFi and on 15 May 2021, Hazaribagh became
the 6000th station to have WiFi.)
6000- 1000 wifi
34. Who has launched India’s 1st agro-export facilitation centre in Pune, in collaboration with National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)?Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture
(MCCIA)
Maharaja chamber of commerce- Agro export
35. The Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel announced that around six cultural heritage sites have been
added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ganga there ghat
i. Ganga Ghats of Varanasi, Pe Purame here bhi Naha
ii. Temples of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, Liye
Ganga tere ghat pura hire se naha diya
iii. Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh,

iv. Maharashtra Military Architecture

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v. Hire Benkal Megalithic site,

vi. Bhedaghat Lametaghat of Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh

With this, the total number of sites in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tentative list has increased to 48.

36. 8 cheetahs to be translocated from Africa to Kuno National Park, where is this park? MP
Kuno - madhya pradesh
37. African violets, an endangered Africa-native flowering plant, has been recorded for the 1st time in which
Indian state? Mizoram.
flower-mizo, dinosaur - barish - megha
38. Where did the Indian Navy retire the Navy's first destroyer INS Rajput? VISAKHAPATNAM

39. With reference to Environmental Science, what is A-76, which was seen in news recently? एक हमखंड हाल ही म
अंटाक टका महा प से टू ट कर अलग आ है । यह हमखंड ( iceberg ) अब नया का सबसे बड़ा हमखंड है । इसे A - 76 नाम दया गया है ।

chat par iceberg

 40. In which country is the Nyiragongo volcano ( याराग गो वालामुखी) that has recently erupted? It is located inside
Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
gongo-congo
41. Who became the first Indian actor to get UAE's Golden Visa? Sanjay Dutt. टै लटे ड लोग को यूएई म बसाने और उनके नर
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