QUIZ

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-nation

visit to which three countries?
QUIZ
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-nation
visit to which three countries?

Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

QUIZ
2. In which city the main event of 4th International Yoga Day
celebrations will be held on 21st of June?
QUIZ
2. In which city the main event of 4th International Yoga Day
celebrations will be held on 21st of June?

Dehradun
QUIZ
3. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed
across the world on ____________ with an aim to honour
more than 3700 peacekeepers who have lost their lives while
serving the United Nations.
QUIZ
3. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed
across the world on ____________ with an aim to honour
more than 3700 peacekeepers who have lost their lives while
serving the United Nations.

29th May
QUIZ
4. Name the NSDL executive who has been appointed the
first-ever chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI).
QUIZ
4. Name the NSDL executive who has been appointed the
first-ever chief financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI).

Sudha Balakrishnan
QUIZ
5. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has
recognized which Indian Airport as the world’s first fully solar
energy-powered airport?
QUIZ
5. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has
recognized which Indian Airport as the world’s first fully solar
energy-powered airport?

Cochin
NATIONAL
Govt. puts FY18 growth at 6.7% (1)

1.Q4 GDP expansion accelerates to 7.7%

2. The government had earlier forecast full-year growth at
6.6%. Growth in 2017-18
3. The manufacturing sector grew at 9.1% in Q4 of 2017-18,
faster than the 6.1% seen in the year-earlier quarter. Overall,
the sector is estimated to have grown at 5.7% over 2017-18,
compared with 7.9% in 2016-17.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
No bids for Air India stake sale, says government (1)

1. The government’s effort to privatise Air India came to an

abrupt halt as it received zero bids from potential players
2. The group of ministers, or the Air India Specific Alternate
Mechanism, constituted to prepare a strategy for
disinvestment of the national carrier is expected to meet
within “a couple of weeks”
3. It proposed to sell 76% of Air India along with low-cost
subsidiary Air India Express and a 50% stake in AISATS, a
ground-handling joint venture with Singapore Airport
Terminal Services, as a single entity.
4. The new owner will have to take the debt and current
liabilities of ₹33,392 crore, while the government will park
nearly ₹25,000 crore in a special purpose vehicle.
5.
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Andhra Pradesh nod for unemployment allowance (5)

1. The Andhra Pradesh government decided to pay ₹1,000 a

month as unemployment allowance to eligible youth.
2. 10 lakh graduates/diploma holders will benefit
3. ABOUT ANDHRA PRADESH

1. C.M. - N Chandrababu Naidu

2. Governor - E.S.L. Narsimhan
3. Capital - Amaravati
4. Lok Sabha Seats - 25
5. State Dance/Bird/Flower/Fruit/Tree/Sports - Kuchipudi/
Indian Roller / Blue Water Lilly/Mango/Neem/Kabaddi
6. Important river: Krishna, Penneru, Godavari,
7. Main Crops: Rice, jowar, bajra, wheat, maize etc...
8. Climate: tropical climate
STATES
9. Main minerals: due to the variety of
rocksand minerals it is called as
ratnaGarbha. First in iron ore production,
magnese ore + Largest mica producer
10. Main Festival - Ugadi
11. Aca Vdca Stadium - Vishakapatnam
12. National Parks - Sri Venkateshwara
National Park + Gundla brahmeswaram
park + Coringa National Park + The
Alisagar Deer park
13. AP is the secound maritime state (after
Gujrat) in terms of cargo handled.
Visakhapatnam Port: Visakhapatnam
District (It is the fifth busiest port in India in
terms of Cargo handled)
Kakinada Port: East Godavari District
14. Tribes - Savara Gadaba Khonds Koya
STATES
DEFENSE
Upgraded Pinaka rocket successfully test-fired (7)

1. Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and

developed by the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army.
2. The system has a maximum range of 40 km for Mark-I and
75 km for Mark-II
3. The system is mounted on a Tatra truck for mobility. Pinaka
saw service during the Kargil War.
4. Designed - 1986
INTERNATIONAL
PM launches three apps in Singapore (10)

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three

Indian mobile payment apps inat a business event aimed at
internationalisation of the country’s digital payment platform.
2. ‘Business, Innovation and Community Event’
3. Mr. Modi launched India’s BHIM, RuPay and SBI apps.
4. The RuPay digital payments system was linked up with
Singapore’s 33-year old Network for Electronic Transfers
(NETS).
5. RuPay users will now be able to make payments at all of
NETS acceptance points across Singapore.
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. renames Pacific Command (12)

1. The U.S. renamed its strategically important Pacific

Command (PACOM) as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
2. Secretary of Defence James Mattis made the announcement
at the change-of-command ceremony in Hawaii where Admiral
Philip S. Davidson took charge of the command from Admiral
Harry B. Harris Jr.
3. Mr. Harris, Mr. Trump has nominated him as U.S.
Ambassador to South Korea.
4. fOUNDED - 1 January 1947
5. HQ - Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, U.S.
6. It is the oldest and largest of the unified combatant
commands.
INTERNATIONAL
Denmark bans burqa in public places (12)

1. The Danish Parliament on Thursday passed a law banning

the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces, becoming the latest
European country to do so.
2. Wearing a burqa, which covers a person’s entire face, or the
niqab, which only shows the eyes, in public will lead to a fine
of 1,000 kroner ($156).
3. Repeated violators will be fined up to 10,000 kroner.
4. Capital - Copenhagen
5. Currency - Kroner + P.M. - Lars Løkke Rasmussen
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Fiscal deficit for FY18 at 3.5% of GDP (13)

1.India’s fiscal deficit in the year ended March 2018 came in at

3.53% of gross domestic product.
2. India revised its fiscal deficit target in February to 3.5% of
GDP from 3.2% of GDP for the 2017/18 fiscal year.
3. For the current fiscal year, the government estimates to trim
the deficit to 3.3% of GDP.
4. The shortfall for the 2017/18 fiscal year was ₹5.9 trillion
($87.53 billion
5. Fiscal deficit = Total expenditure – Total receipts excluding
borrowings.