If it doesn’t challenge you, it

won’t change you.

 Index
• Banking & Economy
• Awards & Honours
• Obituaries
• International Affairs
• National Affairs
• Appointments
• Defense
• Sports
• Summits & Conferences
• Reports & Indices
• Extra Highlights
 Banking and Economy
RBI tweaked LCR norms to boost liquidity
लिक्विडिटी बढ़ाने के लिए RBI का LCR मानदं ि में बदिाि
 Banking and Economy
• RBI provided additional 2% liquidity window to the
lenders by tweaking liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) norms.
• RBI ने उधारदाताओं को तरलता कवरे ज अनप
ु ात (LCR) मानदं ड
को संशोधधत करके अततररक्त 2% ललक्क्वडडटी प्रदान की।
• The LCR indicates the proportion of highly liquid assets
held by banks to ensure their ability to meet short-term
obligations.
• LCR अल्पकाललक दातित्वों को पूरा करने की उनकी क्षमता
सुतनक्चित करने के ललए बैंकों द्वारा आिोक्जत अत्िधधक तरल
संपत्ति के अनप
ु ात को इंधित करता है ।
 Banking and Economy
Extra Information:
Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)
 Banking and Economy
→ It is highly quality liquid assets (HQLA) held by financial
institutions in order to meet short-term obligations.
→ The Liquidity coverage ratio is designed to ensure that
financial institutions have the necessary assets on hand to
ride out short-term liquidity disruptions
 Awards and Honors
HQLA eligible assets includes:

• Cash, including foreign currency.

• Cash beyond CRR
• G-Sec beyond SLR
• Marketable securities backed by PSE, Multilateral
development banks, Foreign Governments.
 Awards and Honors
How are NBFCs different from Banks?
 Awards and Honors
NBFCs lend and make investments and hence their
activities are akin to that of banks; however there are a
few differences as given below:

a) NBFCs cannot accept demand deposits.

b) NBFCs are not a part of payment and settlement system.
c) NBFCs cannot issue cheques drawn on itself.
d) Deposit insurance facility of Deposit Insurance and Credit
Guarantee Corporation is not available for NBFC depositors
unlike banks.
 Awards and Honors
NBFCs lend and make investments and hence their
activities are akin to that of banks; however there are a
few differences as given below:

e) NBFCs are not required to maintain reserve rations like

CRR, SLR etc.
f) NBFCs cannot indulge in Agricultural, Industrial Activity,
Sale-Purchase, Construction of Immovable Properties etc.
g) Foreign Investment allowed up to 100% under automatic
route.
 Awards and Honors
Important Exam points regarding RBI:
 Awards and Honors
1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s apex central banking
institution.
2) Established : 1st April 1935
3) Legal framework : Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
4) Initially it was owned entirely by private shareholders.
Following India's independence on 15 August 1947, the RBI was
nationalized on 1 January 1949.
5) The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially
established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to
Mumbai in 1937. The Central Office is where the Governor sits
and where policies are formulated.
 Awards and Honors
6) Ownership: Government of India (100%)
7) Headquarter: Mumbai, Maharashtra
8) Governor: Shaktikanta Das
9) Subsidiary of RBI: Fully owned: Deposit Insurance and
Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (DICGC), Bharatiya
Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL),
National Housing Bank (NHB)
10) Reserves: US $380 Billion (Rs. 2,751,400 Crore)
 Awards and Honors
List Of Regulatory Bodies in India
REGULATORY
S.NO SECTOR HEADQUARTER HEAD PERSON
BODIES
1 RBI- Reserve Banking And MUMBAI Shaktikanta Das
Bank Of India Finance
Monetary
Policy
2 SEBI - Securities MUMBAI AJAY TYAGI
Securities and ( Stock) &
Exchange Capital
Board of India Market
3 IRDAI- Insurance HYDERABAD Subhash
Insurance Chandra
Regulatory Khuntia
and
development
Authority
 Awards and Honors
REGULATORY
S.NO SECTOR HEADQUARTER HEAD PERSON
BODIES
4 PFRDA- Pension NEW DELHI HEMANT
Pension Fund CONTRACTOR
Regulatory
and
Development
Authority
5 NABARD- Financing MUMBAI HARSH
National Bank Rural BHANWALA
For Development
Agriculture
and Rural
Development
6 SIDBI- Small Financing LUCKNOW Mohammad
Industries Micro Small Mustafa, IAS,
Development and Medium-
Bank Of India Scale
Enterprises
 Awards and Honors
REGULATORY
S.NO SECTOR HEADQUARTER HEAD PERSON
BODIES
7 FSDC- Financial NEW DELHI ARUN JAITELY
Financial Sector
Stability and Developme
Developme nt
nt Council
8 FSSAI- Food Food NEW DELHI Rita Teaotia
Safety and
Standards
Authority Of
india
9 BIS - Bureau Standards NEW DELHI Surina Rajan
Of India And
Certificatio
n
 Awards and Honors
REGULATORY
S.NO SECTOR HEADQUARTER HEAD PERSON
BODIES
10 ASCI - Advertising MUMBAI D Shivakumar
Advertising
Standards
Council Of
India
11 BCCI - Board Cricket MUMBAI C.K. Khanna
Of Control
For Cricket
In India
12 AMFI - Mutual MUMBAI Nimesh Shah
Association Funds
Of Mutual
Funds
 Obituaries
VG Patel passed away
िीजी पटे ि का ननधन
 Obituaries
• Viharidas Gopaldas Patel, noted economist and ‘Father of
Entrepreneurship Movement’ in India, passed away on 4
April after a brief illness.
• भारत में त्तवख्िात अर्थशास्त्री और फादर ऑफ
एंटरप्रेन्िोरलशप मूवमें ट ’त्तवदष
ु ी िोपालदास पटे ल का संक्षक्षप्त
बीमारी के बाद 4 अप्रैल को तनधन हो ििा।
• In 2017, the Government of India had decorated him with a
Padma Shri for his contribution to the entrepreneurship
movement.
• 2017 में , भारत सरकार ने उन्हें उद्िलमता आंदोलन में उनके
िोिदान के ललए पद्मश्री से अलंकृत ककिा र्ा।
 Obituaries
• He had set up the Entrepreneurship Development
Institute of India (EDII) in Ahmedabad in 1983.
• उन्होंने 1983 में अहमदाबाद में उद्िलमता त्तवकास
संस्त्र्ान (EDII) की स्त्र्ापना की र्ी।
 Obituaries
Extra Information:
Recent important Obituaries 2019

Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant of the Indian Navy, a

1971 India-Pakistan war hero, who was honoured by
Bangladesh as a ‘Friend of Liberation War’, has passed away
at the age of 89.
 Obituaries
Prominent Lingayat pontiff and Basava Dharma Peetha
President Maate Mahadevi passed away at the Manipal
hospital in Bengaluru at the age of 74 years.
 Obituaries
Former Afghan mujahideen commander Sibghatullah
Mojaddedi, who fought the Soviets and rose to become the
country’s interim President after the collapse of the Afghan
communist regime in 1992, died at the age of 93.
 Obituaries
Wallace Smith dies aged 87. He gave early warnings on
climate change and coined the term 'Ocean Conveyor Belt',
a global network of currents affecting air temperature and
rain patterns.
 Obituaries
Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passes away at the age of
81. Born in Kabul, Khan made his acting debut in 1973 with
Rajesh Khanna's "Daag" and has featured in over 300 films.
He wrote dialogues for over 250 movies
 International Affairs
Russian delegation visited I&B Ministry
रूसी प्रनिननधधमंिि ने I&B मंत्रािय का दौरा ककया
 International Affairs
• A Russian Delegation led by the Russian Deputy Minister
of Digital Development, H.E Mr. Alexey Volin met Amit
Khare, Secretary, Ministry of I&B on 4 April 2019.
• रूसी उप-डिक्जटि विकास मंत्री के नेित्ृ ि में एक रूसी
प्रनिननधधमंिि, एच. ई. श्री एिेवसी िोलिन ने 4 अप्रैि
2019 को I&B मंत्रािय के सधचि, अलमि खरे से
मि
ु ाकाि की।
 International Affairs
• It was mutually agreed that an Annual Indo-Russian
Forum for Media Cooperation be organized alternately in
India and Russia to institutionalize the process of
cooperation between the 2 nations in the media and
entertainment sector.
• िह पारस्त्पररक रूप से सहमतत र्ी कक मीडडिा और
मनोरं जन क्षेर में 2 दे शों के बीि सहिोि की प्रकििा को
संस्त्र्ाित रूप दे ने के ललए भारत और रूस में वैकक्ल्पक
रूप से मीडडिा के ललए एक वात्तषथक इंडो-रूसी फोरम का
आिोजन ककिा जाना िाहहए।
 International Affairs
Extra Information:
Russia
 International Affairs
Capital: Moscow
Currency: Russian ruble
President: Vladimir Putin
Time Zones: There are eleven time zones in Russia

Russia has boundaries with 14 countries:

• Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (via
the Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the People's Republic
of China and North Korea.
 International Affairs
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

• Minister responsible: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister

of State (Independent Charge)
• Agency executive: Amit Khare, IAS, Information and
Broadcasting Secretary
 National Affairs
Coimbatore student entered the Guinness Book
कोयम्बटूर के छात्र ने धिनीज बक
ु में प्रिेश ककया
 National Affairs
• Sridhar Muthukrishnan, a 2nd-year student of BSc Visual
Communications entered the Guinness Book of World
Records in light painting photography with 1,350 light
orbs.
• बीएससी त्तवजअ
ु ल कम्ितु नकेशंस के द्त्तवतीि वषथ के छार
श्रीधर मर्
ु कु ृ ष्णन ने 1,350 लाइट ऑर्बसथ के सार् लाइट
पें हटंि फोटोग्राफी में धिनीज बक
ु ऑफ वल्डथ ररकॉडथ में
नाम दजथ करािा।
 National Affairs
• His work was submitted to the Guinness Book officials on
February 13, 2018, and the certificate was issued in
March 2019.
• उनका काम 13 फरवरी, 2018 को धिनीज बुक के
अधधकाररिों को प्रस्त्तत
ु ककिा ििा र्ा, और मािथ 2019
में प्रमाण पर जारी ककिा ििा र्ा।
 National Affairs
Extra Information:
List of Guinness World Records in 2019 (India)

Central Industrial Security Force achieved a Guinness world

record feat in single line bicycle parade to mark the 50 years
of the paramilitary force on March 3, 2019
 National Affairs
The Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 secured a place in the
Guinness Book of World Records. It set the record for the
largest crowd management, largest sanitation drive and
largest painting exercise of public sites.
 National Affairs
A campaign by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, member of
erstwhile royal family of Udaipur, has received a donation of
over three lakh clothing items. It created a Guinness World
Record for the largest collection of clothes for donation.
 National Affairs
Kartar Kaur Sangha, 118-year-old, has registered her name
in the Guinness World Record to become the oldest person
to be operated upon.
 Appointments
New Chief Justice of Calcutta sworn in
किकत्ता के नए मख्
ु य न्यायाधीश ने शपथ िी
 Appointments
▪ Justice T B N Radhakrishnan was sworn-in as the new Chief
Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019.
▪ न्िािमतू तथ टी बी एन राधाकृष्णन ने 4 अप्रैल 2019 को कलकिा
उच्ि न्िािालि के नए मख्
ु ि न्िािाधीश के रूप में शपर् ली।
▪ West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi administered the oath of
office to Justice Radhakrishnan in a solemn ceremony at the
high court.
▪ पक्चिम बंिाल के राज्िपाल के एन त्ररपाठी ने उच्ि न्िािालि में
एक सम्मान समारोह में न्िािमतू तथ राधाकृष्णन को पद की शपर्
हदलाई।
 Appointments
▪ He was earlier the Chief Justice of the High Court of
Hyderabad for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
from July 7, 2018.
▪ वह पहले 7 जल
ु ाई, 2018 से तेलंिाना और आंध्र प्रदे श राज्िों के
ललए है दराबाद उच्ि न्िािालि के मख्
ु ि न्िािाधीश र्े।
 Appointments
Extra Information:
List of Chief Justice of High Courts
Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice
Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh Govind Mathur
Chagari Praveen
Andhra Pradesh High
Andhra Pradesh Kumar
Court
(acting)
Goa, Dadra and Nagar Naresh
Bombay High Court Haveli, Daman and Harishchandra
Diu, Maharashtra Patil
Andaman and
Thottathil B.
Calcutta High Court Nicobar Islands, West
Radhakrishnan
Bengal
 Appointments
Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice
Prashant Kumar
Chhattisgarh High
Chhattisgarh Mishra
Court
(acting)
National Capital
Delhi High Court Rajendra Menon
Territory of Delhi
Arunachal Pradesh,
Gauhati High Court Assam, Mizoram, A. S. Bopanna
Nagaland
Anantkumar
Gujarat High Court Gujarat Surendraray Dave
(acting)
Himachal Pradesh High
Himachal Pradesh Surya Kant
Court
 Appointments
Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Gita Mittal
High Court
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Aniruddha Bose
Lingappa
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Narayana Swamy
(acting)
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep Hrishikesh Roy
Madhya Pradesh High Sanjay Kumar
Madhya Pradesh
Court Seth
Pondicherry, Tamil Vijaya
Madras High Court
Nadu Tahilramani
Ramalingam
Manipur High Court Manipur
Sudhakar
 Appointments
Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice
Mohammad
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya
Yaqoob Mir
Kalpesh
Orissa High Court Odisha
Satyendra Jhaveri
Amreshwar
Patna High Court Bihar
Pratap Sahi
Punjab and Haryana Chandigarh, Haryana,
Krishna Murari
High Court Punjab
Pradeep
Rajasthan High Court Rajasthan
Nandrajog
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Vijay Kumar Bist
 Appointments
Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice
Raghvendra Singh
Telangana High Court Telangana Chauhan
(acting)
Tripura High Court Tripura Sanjay Karol
Ramesh
Uttarakhand High Court Uttarakhand
Ranganathan
 Defense
New tug Bahadur in Navy fleet
नौसेना के बेडे में नया टि बहादरु
 Defense
▪ To meet the growing needs of Indian Naval ships, a new 10-tonne
bollard pull tug 'Bahadur' was inducted into service at the naval
ship repair yard (NSRY) on 4 April 2019.
▪ भारतीि नौसैतनक जहाजों की बढ़ती जरूरतों को परू ा करने के ललए, 4
अप्रैल 2019 को नौसेना जहाज मरम्मत िाडथ (NSRY) में एक 10-टन का
बोल्डडथ पल
ु टि 'बहादरु ' को सेवा में शालमल ककिा ििा।
▪ The vessel has been designed and built at Hindustan Shipyard
Ltd, Visakhapatnam, and has steerable rudder propulsion (SRP)
with advanced remote control.
▪ पोत का डडजाइन और तनमाथण हहंदस्त्
ु तान लशपिाडथ लललमटे ड,
त्तवशाखापिनम में ककिा ििा है , और इसमें उन्नत ररमोट कंट्रोल के सार्
स्त्टीिरे बल रडर प्रोपल्शन (SRP) है ।
 Defense
Extra Information:
Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL)
 Defense
It is a shipyard located in Visakhapatnam on the east coast of
India.

▪ Founded: 21 June 1941

▪ Headquarters: Visakhapatnam, India
▪ Key people: RAdm L.V. Sarat Babu ( Chairman & MD)
 Defense
Recent Science and Technology News:
 Defense
South Korea launches the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile
networks.
Defense
 Defense
• South Korean carmaker Hyundai is to roll out the ‘BlueLink’
connectivity feature in India that will allow users to interact
with their cars using voice, while enabling them to remotely
switch on/off the car or its AC.
Defense
 Defense
• The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched by a Long March-
3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in
southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Defense
 Defense
• The Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, launched
India’s latest satellite EMISAT and 28 other smaller satellites
of international customers with textbook precision.
Defense
 Defense
• India successfully completed 'Mission Shakti' operation
where it destroyed a live satellite on a low earth orbit (LEO)
using an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile in three minutes. India
has become the 4th country after the US, Russia and China
in the world to achieve this historic feat. Anti Satellite
weapons also called the ASAT are developed to destroy
satellites
 Sports
Indian football team rose to 101 FIFA ranking
भारिीय फुटबॉि टीम फीफा रैंककंि में 101 पर पहुंची
 Sports
▪ The Indian men's football team gained two places to rise to
101 in the FIFA rankings released on 4 April 2019.
ु ष फुटबॉल टीम ने 4 अप्रैल 2019 को जारी फीफा रैंककंि
▪ भारतीि परु
में दो स्त्र्ान की वद्
ृ धध के सार् 101 स्त्र्ान प्राप्त ककिा।
▪ With 1219 total ranking points, the Indian team lies 18th
among the Asian countries.
▪ 1219 कुल रैंककंि अंकों के सार्, भारतीि टीम एलशिाई दे शों में 18वें
स्त्र्ान पर है ।
 Sports
▪ Belgium holds on to the top spot, while Iran topped the
Asian rankings at 21 followed by Japan (26), South Korea
(37), Australia (41) and Qatar (55).
▪ बेक्ल्जिम शीषथ स्त्र्ान पर है , जबकक ईरान एलशिाई रैंककंि में 21 वें
स्त्र्ान पर है , उसके बाद जापान (26), दक्षक्षण कोररिा (37),
ऑस्त्ट्रे ललिा (41) और कतर (55) हैं।
 Sports
Extra Information:
Recent and Important Football related news
 Sports
▪ India lifted South Asian Football Federation SAFF Women’s
Championship fifth time in a row. Keeping its winning streak
India defeated host Nepal in the final by 3-1 in Biratnagar,
Nepal.

▪ Chennai City Football Club (CCFC) was officially crowned the

I-League champion in front of all the other clubs and
bigwigs of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) at a
function in Chennai.
 Sports
▪ Argentina and Colombia have been chosen in principle to
co-host the 2020 Copa America. The 2020 Copa América will
be the 47th edition of the Copa América. 2019 Copa
América will be staged in Brazil between June 14 and July 7.

▪ International Football Federation (FIFA) President Gianni

Infantino announced that India will host the U-17 Women's
World Cup in 2020. The tournament in India will be the
seventh edition.
 Sports
FIFA (Fédération International de Football Association)

▪ Founded: 21 May 1904

▪ Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland
▪ Membership: 211 national associations
▪ Official languages: English, French, German, Spanish
▪ President: Gianni Infantino
▪ Senior Vice-President: Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (AFC)
Sports
 Sports
FIFA 2018 Facts (Revision):
▪ 1. The Prize money for the champion team is 38 million US
Dollars.
▪ 2. Zabivaka was the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA World
Cup.
▪ 3. The official song of the tournament was "Live It Up", with
vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.
▪ 4. First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video Assistant
Referee) system was used.
 Sports
▪ 5. McDonald's was the official food partner for the World
Cup 2018.
▪ 6. The tournament was played across 11 cities and 12
stadiums.
▪ 7. Luzhniki stadium in Moscow has a capacity of 81,000
people and is the biggest stadium
▪ rebuilt in Russia on the occasion of the World Cup.
▪ 8. Iceland and Panama made their World Cup debut
▪ 9. This was the first time that Croatia had reached in the
final.
 Sports
▪ The Best FIFA Men's Player: Luka Modrić
▪ The Best FIFA Women's Player: Marta
▪ The Best FIFA Men's Coach: Didier Deschamps
▪ The Best FIFA Women's Coach: Reynald Pedros
▪ The Best FIFA Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois
 Summits and Conferences
Nepal-India Conclave to be held in Kathmandu
काठमांिू में आयोक्जि होिा नेपाि-भारि कॉन्विेि
 Summits and Conferences
▪ Nepal-India Franchise Investment Expo and Conclave will be
held in Kathmandu from 15th to 16th May 2019.
▪ नेपाल-भारत मताधधकार तनवेश एक्सपो और कॉन्क्लेव काठमांडू में
15 से 16 मई 2019 तक आिोक्जत ककिा जाएिा।
▪ It will focus on building the relations between India and
Nepal through entrepreneurship development.
▪ िह उद्िलमता त्तवकास के माध्िम से भारत और नेपाल के बीि
संबंधों के तनमाथण पर ध्िान केंहित करे िा।
 Summits and Conferences
▪ It is being organised by the Federation of Nepalese
Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) and Embassy of
India and Franchise India.
▪ इसका आिोजन फेडरे शन ऑफ नेपाली िैंबसथ ऑफ कॉमसथ एंड
इंडस्त्ट्री (FNCCI) और एम्बेसी ऑफ इंडडिा और फ्रेंिाइजी इंडडिा
द्वारा ककिा जा रहा है ।
▪ It will bring the leading Indian iconic brands to Nepal.
▪ िह प्रमख
ु भारतीि प्रततक्ष्ठत ब्ांडों को नेपाल में लाएिा।
 Summits and Conferences
Extra Information:
Recent Summits 2019
 Summits and Conferences
• The 4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit being
held at New Delhi was inaugurated by the Union Health
Minister J P Nadda in the presence of Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad Union Minister of Information Technology.
Summits and Conferences
 Summits and Conferences
• US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim
Jong-un had began their high-profile second summit in
Vietnam's capital, Hanoi.
Summits and Conferences
 Summits and Conferences
• World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2019, the
flagship event of ‘The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),
was inaugurated by Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The theme of WSDS 2019 was
‘Attaining the 2030 Agenda: delivering on our promise’.
Summits and Conferences
 Summits and Conferences
• Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for petroleum and
natural gas, inaugurated the 2019 Asia LPG summit in New
Delhi.
 Indexes and Reports
UN Report: Ambitions Beyond Growth
सिे 2019: एंबबशंस बबयॉन्ि ग्रोथ
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▪ An additional annual investment of USD 1.5 trillion,
equivalent to a dollar per person per day, would allow
countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by
2030, as per a United Nations survey.
▪ प्रतत व्िक्क्त एक डॉलर के बराबर USD 1.5 हट्रललिन का एक
अततररक्त वात्तषथक तनवेश, संिुक्त राष्ट्र के सवेक्षण के अनुसार,
2030 तक दे शों को सतत त्तवकास लक्ष्िों को प्राप्त करने की
अनम
ु तत दे िा।
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▪ The survey, titled 'Survey 2019: Ambitions Beyond Growth',
was launched by the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), a regional
arm of the UN.
▪ सवे 2019: एंत्रबशंस त्रबिॉन्ड ग्रोर्' शीषथक वाले इस सवेक्षण को
संिुक्त राष्ट्र के आधर्थक और सामाक्जक आिोि ने एलशिा और
प्रशांत (UNESCAP), संिक्
ु त राष्ट्र के एक क्षेरीि हार्, द्वारा लॉन्ि
ककिा र्ा।
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Extra Information:
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (ESCAP)

▪ Formation: 28 March 1947

▪ Headquarters: Bangkok, Thailand
▪ Executive Secretary: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
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 Extra Highlights
News-1
Karnataka Bank has entered into an MoU with Bharti AXA
Life Insurance Company to distribute the latter’s life
insurance products.
कनााटक बैंक ने जीवन बीमा उत्पादों को त्तवतररत करने के ललए
भारिी एवसा िाइफ इंश्योरें स कंपनी के सार् एक समझौता ज्ञापन
ककिा है
Extra Highlights
 Extra Highlights
• Mahabaleshwara MS is the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank.
• Headquarters in: Mangalore.
• Tagline - Your Family Bank, Across India.
 Extra Highlights
News-2
Appointments in Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services
(IL&FS)
इंफ्रास्ट्रवचर िीक्जंि एंि फाइनें लशयि सविासेज (IL & FS) में
ननयक्ु वियां
 Extra Highlights
News-2
1. Managing Director - CS Rajan
2. Executive Vice-Chairman - Vineet Nayyar
3. Deputy managing director - Bijay Kumar
4. Non-executive directors - GC Chaturvedi, Nand
Kishore, Malini
Shankar, and N
Srinivasan
 Extra Highlights
News-3
7th Foreign Office Consultations Between India and Italy
Held In Delhi
भारत और इटली के बीि 7 वााँ त्तवदे श कािाथलि परामशथ हदल्ली में
आिोक्जत ककिा ििा
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News-3

• The 7th Foreign Office consultations between India and

Italy were held in New Delhi.
• भारि और इटिी के बीच 7 िााँ विदे श कायाािय परामशथ नई
ददल्िी में आिोक्जत ककिा ििा.
• The Indian side was led by Secretary (West), Ministry of
External Affairs, A. Gitesh Sarma.
• भारतीि पक्ष का नेतत्ृ व त्तवदे श मंरालि के सधिव (पक्चिम) ए.
िीतेश सरमा ने ककिा.
• Italy Capital: Rome, Currency: Euro.
 Extra Highlights
News-4
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and IIT-Delhi Inks MoU
On Standardisation and Conformity Assessment
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) और IIT-हदल्ली मानकीकरण
और अनरू
ु पता मल्
ू िांकन पर समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्त्ताक्षर ककिे
 Extra Highlights
• The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has inked an MoU
with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) to
collaborate in the field of standadisation and conformity
assessment.
• भारतीि मानक र्बिरू ो (BIS) ने मानकीकरण और अनरू
ु पता
मल्
ू िांकन के क्षेर में सहिोि करने के ललए भारतीि
प्रौद्िोधिकी संस्त्र्ान, हदल्ली (IIT-D) के सार् एक समझौता
ज्ञापन पर हस्त्ताक्षर ककए हैं.
 Extra Highlights
News-5
BSE, India INX Become First Indian Exchanges To Sign MoU
With Moscow Exchange
BSE और इंडडिा INX, मास्त्को एक्सिें ज के सार् समझौता ज्ञापन
पर हस्त्ताक्षर करने वाले पहले भारतीि एक्सिें ज बने
 Extra Highlights
• BSE (earlier known as Bombay Stock Exchange) and India
International Exchange (India INX) have signed a
memorandum of understanding with Moscow Exchange
(MOEX) to connect investor community and companies in
both countries besides allowing a capital formation
platform.
• BSE (पव
ू थ में बॉम्बे स्त्टॉक एक्सिें ज) और इंडडिा इंटरनेशनल
एक्सिें ज (इंडडिा आईएनएक्स) ने पूंजी तनमाथण मंि की अनुमतत
दे ने के अलावा दोनों दे शों में तनवेशक समुदाि और कंपतनिों को
जोड़ने के ललए मास्त्को एक्सिें ज (MOEX) के सार् एक समझौता
ज्ञापन पर हस्त्ताक्षर ककए हैं.
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News-6
Shah Rukh Khan felicitated with an Honorary Doctorate by
London’s University of Law
शाहरुख खान ने िंदन के िॉ विश्िविद्यािय द्िारा मानद िॉवटरे ट
की उपाधध प्राप्ि की
 Extra Highlights
News-6
• After the honorary doctorates from The University of
Bedfordshire and The University of Edinburgh, superstar
ShahRukh Khan has received an honorary doctorate in
Philanthropy by The University of Law, London.
• द िूतनवलसथटी ऑफ़ बेडफोडथशािर और द िूतनवलसथटी ऑफ़
एडडनबिथ से मानद डॉक्टरे ट के बाद, सप
ु रस्त्टार शाहरुख खान
को द ितू नवलसथटी ऑफ़ लॉ, लंदन द्वारा लोकोपकार में एक
मानद डॉक्टरे ट प्राप्त हुआ है ।
 Extra Highlights
News-7
Fitch affirms India’s rating at BBB- with stable outlook
कफच ने क्स्ट्थर दृक्टटकोण के साथ बीबीबी में भारि की रे दटंि की
पक्ु टट की
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News-7
• Fitch Ratings kept India’s sovereign rating unchanged at
the lowest investment grade of BBB– with a stable
outlook.
• कफि रे हटंि ने क्स्त्र्र दृक्ष्टकोण के सार् BBB– के तनम्नतम
तनवेश ग्रेड में भारत की संप्रभु रे हटंि को अपररवततथत रखा है ।
 Extra Highlights
News-7
• Fitch expects growth of 6.8 per cent in the fiscal year
ending March 2020 (FY 20) and 7.1 per cent in FY 21
supported by accommodative monetary policy, easing of
bank regulations and government spending.
• मािथ 2020 (त्तवि वषथ 20) के अंत में 6.8 प्रततशत की वद्
ृ धध की
उम्मीद है और त्तवि वषथ 21 में 7.1 प्रततशत समािोक्जत मौहिक
नीतत द्वारा समधर्थत है , बैंक तनिमों और सरकारी खिों में
कमी।
 Extra Highlights
News-8
 Extra Highlights
News-8
• Vipin Anand has taken charge as Managing Director of
LIC of India. Prior to this, he was in charge of LIC’s
Western Zone, headquartered at Mumbai.
• त्तवत्तपन आनंद ने भारत के एलआईसी के प्रबंध तनदे शक के रूप
में कािथभार संभाला है । इससे पहले, वह एलआईसी के पक्चिमी
क्षेर के प्रभारी र्े, क्जसका मख्
ु िालि मंब
ु ई में र्ा।
• The government appointed MR Kumar as the Chairman
of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and TC Suseel Kumar
as the managing director (MD) on March 13.
 Extra Highlights
About LIC:
• LIC - Life Insurance Corporation of India
• It is the largest insurance company in India.
• Headquarters: Mumbai
• Founded: 1 September 1956
• Owner: Government of India
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News-9
Dr. Sohini Sastri honoured with D. Litt
िॉ सोदहनी शास्ट्त्री को िी लिट से सम्माननि ककया
 Extra Highlights
News-9
• Indian Astrologer Dr Sohini Sastri has been honoured
with ‘D. Litt in Astrology’ by National American
University, USA.
• भारतीि ज्िोततषी डॉ सोहहनी शास्त्री को ज्िोततष में डी ललट' से
सम्मातनत ककिा ििा है नेशनल अमेररकन ितू नवलसथटी,
िए
ू सए द्वारा
 Extra Highlights
News-9
• Other prominent personalities who were also awarded
Doctorates at the same event includes Bollywood singer
Mohit Chauhan and choreographer Terence Lewis.
• इस कािथिम में अन्ि प्रमख
ु हक्स्त्तिों को भी डॉक्टरे ट से
सम्मातनत ककिा ििा, क्जनमें बॉलीवड
ु िािक मोहहत िौहान
और कोररिोग्राफर टे रेंस लई
ु स शालमल हैं।
 Extra Highlights
News-10
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) has stated that Supply of
ultra-clean BS-VI grade petrol and diesel has begun in cities
adjoining the national capital.
इंडडिन ऑिल कॉपोरे शन (IOCL) ने कहा है कक राष्ट्रीि राजधानी से
सटे शहरों में अल्ट्रा-क्लीन बीएस- VI ग्रेड पेट्रोल और डीजल की
आपतू तथ शरू
ु हो िई है ।
 Extra Highlights
News-10
 Extra Highlights
News-11
• Shri Rakesh Malhotra, Who was a Consul General,
Consulate General of India, Melbourne appointed as the
High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
Cameroon.
• श्री राकेश मल्होरा, जो भारत के महावाणणज्ि दत
ू ावास के
अध्िक्ष र्े, मेलबनथ को कैमरून िणराज्ि में भारत के
उच्िािुक्त के रूप में तनिुक्त ककिा ििा र्ा।
 Extra Highlights
News-11
 Extra Highlights
News-11

About Cameroon
♦ Capital: Yaounde
♦ Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
♦ President: Paul Biya
♦ Prime Minister: Joseph Ngute
 Extra Highlights
News-12
Former Bollywood Actress, Mayoori kango has appointed
as the Industry Head of Google India
पूवथ बॉलीवुड अलभनेरी, मिूरी कांिो ने Google भारत के उद्िोि
प्रमख
ु के रूप में तनिक्
ु त ककिा है
 Extra Highlights
News-13
Saudi Arabia pledged USD 1 billion for Iraq at the start of
economic visit
सऊदी अरब ने आधर्थक िारा की शरु
ु आत में इराक के ललए 1
त्रबललिन अमरीकी डॉलर का वादा ककिा
 Extra Highlights
News-13
• Saudi Arabia has reopened a consulate in Baghdad for
the first time in nearly 30 years and announced a one
billion dollars aid package for Iraq.
• सऊदी अरब ने लिभि 30 वषों में पहली बार बिदाद में एक
वाणणज्ि दत
ू ावास खोला है और इराक के ललए एक अरब डॉलर
के सहािता पैकेज की घोषणा की है ।
 Extra Highlights
News-13
• Saudi Arabia would also provide Iraq with $500m to
boost exports and a gift of a 100,000-seat sports stadium
to be built on Baghdad's outskirts.
• सऊदी अरब तनिाथत को बढ़ावा दे ने के ललए $ 500 मीटर के सार्
इराक को भी प्रदान करे िा और बिदाद के बाहरी इलाके में
100,000 सीटों वाले स्त्पोर्टथस स्त्टे डडिम का एक उपहार होिा।
 Extra Highlights
News-13
• Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iraq when the latter invaded
Kuwait in 1990.
• 1990 में जब कुिैि पर हमिा हुआ, िब सऊदी अरब ने इराक से
नािा िोड लिया।
 Question 1
तनम्नललणखत में से कौन 100 िद्
ु धपोत बनाने और
त्तवतररत करने वाला पहला भारतीि लशपिाडथ बन ििा?

Which of the following became the first Indian

shipyard to build and deliver 100 warships?

1) Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd.

2) Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
3) Western India Shipyard Ltd.
4) Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Ltd.
5) Goa Shipyard Ltd.
 Answer
तनम्नललणखत में से कौन 100 िद्
ु धपोत बनाने और
त्तवतररत करने वाला पहला भारतीि लशपिाडथ बन ििा?

Which of the following became the first Indian

shipyard to build and deliver 100 warships?

1) Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd.

2) Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
3) Western India Shipyard Ltd.
4) Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Ltd.
5) Goa Shipyard Ltd.
 Question 2
मािथ 2019 में त्तवशाखापिनम में भारतीि नौसेना के पव
ू ी
बेड़े की कमान ककसने संभाली?

Who took over the Command of Eastern Fleet of

Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam in March 2019?

1) Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar

2) Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh
3) Rear Admiral Suraj Berry
4) Rear Admiral M.A. Hampiholi
5) Rear Admiral Mahesh Singh
 Question 2
मािथ 2019 में त्तवशाखापिनम में भारतीि नौसेना के पव
ू ी
बेड़े की कमान ककसने संभाली?

Who took over the Command of Eastern Fleet of

Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam in March 2019?

1) Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar

2) Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh
3) Rear Admiral Suraj Berry
4) Rear Admiral M.A. Hampiholi
5) Rear Admiral Mahesh Singh
 Question 3

अर्थ आवर 2019 ककस हदन मनािा ििा?

On which day was Earth Hour 2019 celebrated?

1) 29 March
2) 30 March
3) 31 March
4) 1 April
5) 2 April
 Answer

अर्थ आवर 2019 ककस हदन मनािा ििा?

On which day was Earth Hour 2019 celebrated?

1) 29 March
2) 30 March
3) 31 March
4) 1 April
5) 2 April
 Question 4

अजलन शाह हॉकी कप 2019 ककस दे श ने जीता?

Which country won the Azlan Shah hockey cup

2019?

1) India
2) Pakistan
3) South Korea
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh
 Answer

अजलन शाह हॉकी कप 2019 ककस दे श ने जीता?

Which country won the Azlan Shah hockey cup

2019?

1) India
2) Pakistan
3) South Korea
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bangladesh
 Question 5

इंडडिन प्रीलमिर लीि के बारहवें संस्त्करण में शतक

लिाने वाले पहले णखलाड़ी कौन बने?
Who became the first player to hit a century in
the twelfth edition of the Indian Premier
League?
1) Virat Kohli
2) ​Sanju Samson
3) Yuvraj Singh
4) MS Dhoni
5) Suresh Raina
 Answer

इंडडिन प्रीलमिर लीि के बारहवें संस्त्करण में शतक

लिाने वाले पहले णखलाड़ी कौन बने?
Who became the first player to hit a century in
the twelfth edition of the Indian Premier
League?
1) Virat Kohli
2) ​Sanju Samson
3) Yuvraj Singh
4) MS Dhoni
5) Suresh Raina
 Question 6

भारतीि वािु सेना के लमि -27 (अपग्रेड) त्तवमान

ने________ एिर फोसथ स्त्टे शन से उड़ान भरी।
An Indian Air Force MiG-27 (Upgrade) aircraft
got airborne from ________ Air Force Station.

1) Phalodi
2) Uttarlai
3) Jamnagar
4) Suratgarh
5) Madurai
 Answer

भारतीि वािु सेना के लमि -27 (अपग्रेड) त्तवमान

ने________ एिर फोसथ स्त्टे शन से उड़ान भरी।
An Indian Air Force MiG-27 (Upgrade) aircraft
got airborne from ________ Air Force Station.

1) Phalodi
2) Uttarlai
3) Jamnagar
4) Suratgarh
5) Madurai
 Question 7

ककस दे श ने अपना पहला डेटा ररले उपग्रह,

ततिातनललिन I-01 लॉन्ि ककिा?

Which country launched its first data relay

satellite, the Tianlian I-01?

1) USA
2) China
3) UK
4) India
5) Germany
 Answer

ककस दे श ने अपना पहला डेटा ररले उपग्रह,

ततिातनललिन I-01 लॉन्ि ककिा?

Which country launched its first data relay

satellite, the Tianlian I-01?

1) USA
2) China
3) UK
4) India
5) Germany
 Question 8

तनम्नललणखत में से ककसने 2019 में ईटीप्राइम 'वम

ु न
सीईओ ऑफ द ईिर' परु स्त्कार जीता?

Who among the following won ETPrime 'Woman

CEO of the Year' award in 2019?

1) Indra Nooyi
2) Alice Vaidyan
3) Kiran Mazumdar
4) Anu Aga
5) Aarthi Subramanian
 Answer

तनम्नललणखत में से ककसने 2019 में ईटीप्राइम 'वम

ु न
सीईओ ऑफ द ईिर' परु स्त्कार जीता?

Who among the following won ETPrime 'Woman

CEO of the Year' award in 2019?

1) Indra Nooyi
2) Alice Vaidyan
3) Kiran Mazumdar
4) Anu Aga
5) Aarthi Subramanian
 Question 9

12वीं एलशिाई एिरिन िैंत्तपिनलशप 2019 में

महहलाओं की एिर राइफल स्त्पधाथ में स्त्वणथ पदक
ककसने जीता?

Who won gold at the women’s air rifle event in

the 12th Asian Airgun championships 2019?

1) Mehuli Ghosh
2) Anjum Moudgil
3) ​Elavenil Valarivan
4) Manu Bhaker
 Answer

12वीं एलशिाई एिरिन िैंत्तपिनलशप 2019 में

महहलाओं की एिर राइफल स्त्पधाथ में स्त्वणथ पदक
ककसने जीता?

Who won gold at the women’s air rifle event in

the 12th Asian Airgun championships 2019?

1) Mehuli Ghosh
2) Anjum Moudgil
3) ​Elavenil Valarivan
4) Manu Bhaker
 Question 10
इसरो के PSLV-C45 ने इलेक्ट्रॉतनक इंटेललजेंस उपग्रह एलमसैट
(EMISAT) को ________ककमी दरू क्स्त्र्त कक्षा में
सफलतापव ू क
थ स्त्र्ात्तपत ककिा।

ISRO’s PSLV-C45 has successfully put the electronic

intelligence satellite EMISAT in the ________ km orbit.

1) 600
2) 643
3) 749
4) 780
5) 800
 Answer
इसरो के PSLV-C45 ने इलेक्ट्रॉतनक इंटेललजेंस उपग्रह एलमसैट
(EMISAT) को ________ककमी दरू क्स्त्र्त कक्षा में
सफलतापव ू क
थ स्त्र्ात्तपत ककिा।

ISRO’s PSLV-C45 has successfully put the electronic

intelligence satellite EMISAT in the ________ km orbit.

1) 600
2) 643
3) 749
4) 780
5) 800
 Question 11

मािथ 2019 में ककस दे श के बारा और परसा क्जलों में

भीषण तफ ू ान आिा?
In which country did a massive storm hit in Bara
and Parsa districts in March 2019?

1) Bhutan
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Indonesia
 Answer

मािथ 2019 में ककस दे श के बारा और परसा क्जलों में

भीषण तफ ू ान आिा?
In which country did a massive storm hit in Bara
and Parsa districts in March 2019?

1) Bhutan
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Indonesia
 Question 12

अरब नेताओं ने मािथ 2019 में िोलन हाइर्टस पर

ककसकी संप्रभतु ा को मान्िता दे ने के अमेररकी फैसले
की तनंदा की?
The Arab leaders condemned a U.S. decision to
recognize whose sovereignty over the Golan
Heights, in March 2019?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) Iraq
4) Syria
5) Turkey
 Answer

अरब नेताओं ने मािथ 2019 में िोलन हाइर्टस पर

ककसकी संप्रभतु ा को मान्िता दे ने के अमेररकी फैसले
की तनंदा की?
The Arab leaders condemned a U.S. decision to
recognize whose sovereignty over the Golan
Heights, in March 2019?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) Iraq
4) Syria
5) Turkey
 Question 13

सप्र
ु ीम कोटथ ने मािथ 2019 में ककस राज्ि में
अंतरराष्ट्रीि हवाई अड्डे के ललए पिाथवरण संबंधी
मंजरू ी को तनलंत्रबत कर हदिा?
The Supreme Court suspended the eco clearance
for an international airport in which state in
March 2019?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) Odisha
 Answer

सप्र
ु ीम कोटथ ने मािथ 2019 में ककस राज्ि में
अंतरराष्ट्रीि हवाई अड्डे के ललए पिाथवरण संबंधी
मंजरू ी को तनलंत्रबत कर हदिा?
The Supreme Court suspended the eco clearance
for an international airport in which state in
March 2019?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Karnataka
4) Maharashtra
5) Odisha
 Question 14

मािथ 2019 में राष्ट्रपतत राम नार् कोत्तवंद ने ककस

संग्रहालि को एक फाउं टे न पेन भें ट ककिा?

To which museum did President Ram Nath

Kovind gift a fountain pen in March 2019?

1) Mahmoud Khalil Museum

2) Pablo Neruda Museum
3) Carl Nielsen Museum
4) State Darwin Museum
5) Victoria and Albert Museum
 Answer

मािथ 2019 में राष्ट्रपतत राम नार् कोत्तवंद ने ककस

संग्रहालि को एक फाउं टे न पेन भें ट ककिा?

To which museum did President Ram Nath

Kovind gift a fountain pen in March 2019?

1) Mahmoud Khalil Museum

2) Pablo Neruda Museum
3) Carl Nielsen Museum
4) State Darwin Museum
5) Victoria and Albert Museum
 Question 15
मािथ 2019 में राष्ट्रपतत राम नार् कोत्तवंद ने भारतीि
समुदाि और फ्रेंड्स ऑफ़ इंडडिा द्वारा आिोक्जत एक
सामदु ातिक स्त्वाित समारोह में कहााँ भाि ललिा?
Where did President Ram Nath Kovind participate in
a community reception organized by Indian
community and Friends of India in March 2019?
1) Lima
2) Buenos Aires
3) Santiago
4) Bogotá
5) La Paz
 Answer
मािथ 2019 में राष्ट्रपतत राम नार् कोत्तवंद ने भारतीि
समुदाि और फ्रेंड्स ऑफ़ इंडडिा द्वारा आिोक्जत एक
सामदु ातिक स्त्वाित समारोह में कहााँ भाि ललिा?
Where did President Ram Nath Kovind participate in
a community reception organized by Indian
community and Friends of India in March 2019?
1) Lima
2) Buenos Aires
3) Santiago
4) Bogotá
5) La Paz
 Question 16

उत्कल हदबासा िा ओडडशा हदवस कब मनािा जाता

है ?
When is Utkala Dibasa or Odisha Day
celebrated?

1) 30 March
2) 31 March
3) 1 April
4) 2 April
5) 3 April
 Answer

उत्कल हदबासा िा ओडडशा हदवस कब मनािा जाता

है ?
When is Utkala Dibasa or Odisha Day
celebrated?

1) 30 March
2) 31 March
3) 1 April
4) 2 April
5) 3 April
 Question 17

पीएनबी हाउलसंि फाइनेंस में 1,851.60 करोड़ रुपिे में

पीएनबी अपनी हहस्त्सेदारी का हहस्त्सा ककसे बेि रहा है ?
To which of the following is PNB selling part of its
stake in PNB Housing Finance for Rs 1,851.60
crore?
1) General Atlantic Group
2) Varde Partners
3) Spectrum Equity
4) Both 1 and 2
5) Both 1 and 3
 Answer

पीएनबी हाउलसंि फाइनेंस में 1,851.60 करोड़ रुपिे में

पीएनबी अपनी हहस्त्सेदारी का हहस्त्सा ककसे बेि रहा है ?
To which of the following is PNB selling part of its
stake in PNB Housing Finance for Rs 1,851.60
crore?
1) General Atlantic Group
2) Varde Partners
3) Spectrum Equity
4) Both 1 and 2
5) Both 1 and 3
 Question 18

भारतीि इस्त्पात प्राधधकरण में नए तनदे शक (कच्िे माल

एवं रसद) के रूप में ककसने पदभार ग्रहण ककिा है ?

Who has assumed charge as the new Director (Raw

Materials & Logistics) at Steel Authority of India?

1) Karan Singh
2) Sukhendu Sekhar Roy
3) Vivek Gupta
4) Satyanarayan Jatiya
5) Mukul Roy
 Answer

भारतीि इस्त्पात प्राधधकरण में नए तनदे शक (कच्िे माल

एवं रसद) के रूप में ककसने पदभार ग्रहण ककिा है ?

Who has assumed charge as the new Director (Raw

Materials & Logistics) at Steel Authority of India?

1) Karan Singh
2) Sukhendu Sekhar Roy
3) Vivek Gupta
4) Satyanarayan Jatiya
5) Mukul Roy
 Question 19
तनम्नललणखत में से ककसने इंटरनेट कनेक्शन के त्रबना भी शहर में
अपने पड़ोस में क्स्त्र्त लोिों को जोड़ने हे तु "भोंिा" नामक एक
हाइपर-लोकल कनेक्क्टत्तवटी ऐप लॉन्ि ककिा है ?
Which of the following launched a hyper-local connectivity
app called "Bhonga" to connect users to people in their
neighbourhood in the city even without an Internet
connection?
1) SEO India Company
2) Linkus Infratech
3) India Infotech
4) Columbus India Ltd.
5) Indian Data Services
 Answer
तनम्नललणखत में से ककसने इंटरनेट कनेक्शन के त्रबना भी शहर में
अपने पड़ोस में क्स्त्र्त लोिों को जोड़ने हे तु "भोंिा" नामक एक
हाइपर-लोकल कनेक्क्टत्तवटी ऐप लॉन्ि ककिा है ?
Which of the following launched a hyper-local connectivity
app called "Bhonga" to connect users to people in their
neighbourhood in the city even without an Internet
connection?
1) SEO India Company
2) Linkus Infratech
3) India Infotech
4) Columbus India Ltd.
5) Indian Data Services
 Question 20

तनम्नललणखत में से कौन स्त्लोवाककिा की पहली

महहला राष्ट्रपतत बनी हैं?
Who among the following has become the first
female president of Slovakia?
1) Denisa Saková
2) Zuzana Čaputová
3) Martina Lubyová
4) Veronika Remišová
5) Iveta Radičová
 Answer

तनम्नललणखत में से कौन स्त्लोवाककिा की पहली

महहला राष्ट्रपतत बनी हैं?
Who among the following has become the first
female president of Slovakia?
1) Denisa Saková
2) Zuzana Čaputová
3) Martina Lubyová
4) Veronika Remišová
5) Iveta Radičová