1. Recently, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has proclaimed which day as the International Day of the Markhor?
Answer: 24 May.
2. Recently, which airport has made history by becoming the first airport in India to achieve the Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) accolade?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
3. What is ‘Planetary Alignment’, recently seen in news?
Answer: It is a term used to describe the positioning of planets in solar system.
4. Which day is observed as ‘World Preeclampsia Day’ annually?
Answer: 22 May.
5. Which country recently conducted a successful test of the ASMPA supersonic cruise missile?
Answer: France.
6. To improve bilateral relations with India, the Maldives intends to use RuPay. How many million dollars is the estimated savings from the shift for Male in terms of the annual import bill for the two countries?
Answer: $1.5million.
7. SEBI Establishes Guidelines for Managing Pricing Impact Following Company Rumor Verifications. The unaffected price will be valid for either 60 days or how many days, depending on the stage of the transaction?
Answer: 180days.
8. How many lakh crores of surplus transfer to the government has the Reserve Bank of India Board approved for FY24?
Answer: Rs 2.11lakhs crore.
9. SEBI relaxes minimum promoter contribution rules to facilitate the IPO process. Previously, SEBI’s regulations required at least what percentage of promoters’ shares to be locked in for a specific period post-listing following an IPO?
Answer: 20%.
10. The RBI increased its gold reserves by 24 tonnes in the first four months of 2024 as a hedge against geopolitical volatility. This increase is roughly 1.5 times the volume contributed for the full year of 2023, which was how many tonnes?
Answer: 16.
