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1. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee was awarded the 2019 Nobel memorial Prize in -




2. Fifteenth Finance Commission recommended revenue deficit grants of ....... for ...... States.




3. How many sites were chosen from India for the 2019 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?




4. Total XV Finance Commission transfers (devolution + grants-in-aid) constitutes about ........ of estimated Gross Revenue Receipts of the Union.




5. Fifteenth Finance Commission has recommended that public health expenditure of Union and States together should be increased in a progressive manner to reach at ......... of GDP by 2025.




6. How many Finance Commissions have been set up upto the end of March 2021?




7. Fifteenth Finance Commission recommended the vertical devolution of divisible pool of Centre's tax revenue at -




8. Fifteenth Finance Commission's Final Report contains recommendations for which period?




9. Wholesale Price Index based inflation rate in India in the month of January 2021 is estimated at -




10. Target for Ground level credit (GLC) to agriculture for the financial year 2021-22 has been fixed at -




11. The base year for National Coal Index is -




12. Five Star Village project has been launched by the -




13. Which of the following does not deal in Cryptocurrencies?




14. Which of the following Public Sector Banks was not part of the mega consolidation in 2020?




15. Which of the following Missions has/ have been announced in Union Budget 2021-22? I. Mission Poshan 2.0 II. Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) III. Hydrogen Energy Mission IV. National Language Translation Mission V. Deep Ocean Mission Correct code is -




16. Arrange the following heads of subsidies in correct descending order in relation to budgeted allotment during the year 2021-22 - I. Urea subsidy II. Nutrient Based Subsidy III. Food Subsidy IV. Petroleum Subsidy Correct order is -




17. AS per RBI's report which of the following Debit/ Credit cards has the largest market share in India (As on November 2020)?




18. The Climate Adoption Summit 2021 was hosted online by the government of -




19. India ranks ..... in Global Democracy Index 2020.




20. India ranks ..... in Global Democracy Index 2021




21. School Bag policy 2020 has been released by -




22. Which of the following is not a component of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)?




23. Who has been appointed the Director General of World Trade Organisation?




24. What is NIDHI ?




25. BBC World News was blocked in which country in February 2021?




26. Manasa Varanasi crowned VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020. She is from which state?




27. As per lEA's India Energy Outlook 2021, ...... will be the world's third-biggest energy consumer, behind China and the United States, by 2030.




28. In February 2020, which of the following has replaced SBI to become India's tenth most valued firm by market capitalization on the BSF?




29. Which state has launched housing loan subsidy scheme where subsidy up to two lakh fifty thousand rupees will be provided for loan amounts from five lakh to forty lakh rupees?




30. The Central government has recently notified the ambitious e-assessment scheme also called the ....... assessment for income tax payers.




31. In which of these states have Atal Kisan Mazdoor canteens been launched?




32. How many crores are allocated for Swachh Bharat Mission in 2020-21 as per Budget 2020?




33. Which among the following years is the base year of consumer Price Index?




34. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana aims at providing affordable housing to the urban poor. Which among the following is the target year?




35. Which of the following committees had been constituted for doubling farmers' income by 2022?




36. As per NITI Aayog's estimates what per cent of India's total employment is engaged in agriculture sector.




37. Who headed the committee set up by the RBI to suggest the measures to tackle the cyber security challenges?




38. Which country's contingent took part in Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2021?




39. Mock Egg has been developed by the scientists from -




40. International Bharati Festival 2020 was organised in -




41. India's Rank in Climate Change Performance Index 2020 is -




42. As per National Education Policy, 2020 which of the following pairs is not matched correctly in relation to new pedagogical and curricular structure?




43. National Education Policy 2020, aims at Universalisation of education from -




44. India's first driverless train on Delhi Metro's ...... was flagged off by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 20, 2020.




45. Which Indian city is most likely to emerge as global hub for Covid-19 vaccine in the year 2021?




46. Mock Egg has been developed by the scientists from -




47. International Bharati Festival 2020 was organised in -




48. India's Rank in Climate Change Performance Index 2020 is -




49. As per National Education Policy, 2020 which of the following pairs is not matched correctly in relation to new pedagogical and curricular structure?




50. UK invited India to attend the next G7 Summit (2021). The other two nations invited to this prestigious event are - I. Australia II.South Korea III. Brazil IV. China




51. CHIRAG is a project launched in which state?




52. Name the Indian elected to the International Narcotics Control Board by the UN Economic and Social Council on 23 April, 2014 and re-elected by the Council for a 5-year term (2020-25) on 7 May, 2019 -




53. Along with Pranab Mukherjee, how many more persons were conferred the Bharat Ratna Award in the year 2019?




54. SAMARTH is a flagship skill development scheme of which one of the following Ministries?




55. Betel leaf of which one of the following States has been accorded a GI tag recently?




56. The first UDAY (Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri) Express train runs between -




57. Paradeep Port is located on the delta of river -




58. Rebuilding trust the thrust of the meeting of -




59. 2021's Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar has been given to ........... in the Individual category.




60. AYUSHMAN CAPF scheme is not applicable to which of the following police forces?




61. Kamala Devi Harris is the ....... Vice-President of the US.




62. Ratle Hydro Electric Project shall be commissioned on the river ............ in the state/ UT of -




63. Ministry of Railways has rechristened the name of ...... as 'Netaji Express'.




64. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the ...... President of the United States (US).




65. Exercise Desert Knight-21 was conducted on 20-24 January, 2021 between ......... at Air Force Station Jodhpur.




66. 3rd January, 2021 was celebrated as Parakram Diwas in the memory of -




67. Which of the following was the theme of Second National Youth Parliament Festival organized virtually in January 2021?




68. The Country in Focus for the 51st IFFI was -




69. The 51st edition of International Film Festival of India was organized from 16th to 24th January, 2021 in -




70. All-women cockpit crew flew the inaugural Air India flight on January 9, 2021 from San Francisco to -