July

1) Minimum investment per individual under Sovereign Gold Bonds scheme is a) 1 gram b) 8 grams c) 24 grams d) 500 grams Answer: a • Maximum investment is 500 grams 2) Losharik, recently seen in news is a a) Nuclear powered submarine of Russia b) Nuclear Ice breaker of China c) Russian floating nuclear […]

1) Minimum Support Price (MSP) is recommended by a) Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs b) Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) c) Ministry of Finance d) None of the above Answer: b • Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs announces MSP for various crops at the beginning of each sowing season • It is based […]

1) Which of the following scheme replaced ASIDE for creating infrastructure for growth of exports? a) Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) b) Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) c) Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)1 only d) None of the above Answer: a • After delinking of the ASIDE Scheme in 2015, the State […]

1) Which of the following convention of ILO is not ratified by India? a) Convention 138 b) Convention 182 c) Both of the above d) None of the above Answer: d • The Minimum Age Convention (138): requires the party States to pursue a national policy for abolition of child labour • Worst Forms of […]

The most significant document of our country’s growth trajectory, the Economic Survey, has been published. It sets out the tone for an ambitious $5tn economy. For an English enthusiast, how important is the Economy Survey! Not every Economic Survey, but this survey definitely captures the imagination of a language learner with its usage ‘Blue-sky’ vision. […]

1) World Youth Conference on kindness was held in a) New Delhi b) Pune c) Chennai d) Kolkata Answer: a • O P Jindal Global University (JGU) and Delhi-based UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development) will jointly organise the first World Youth Conference on kindness from August 20-23 to […]

1) Which of the following is a mission aimed at Titan, moon of Saturn? a) Dragon Fly b) New Horizons c) Juno d) None of the above Answer: a • NASA announced the selection of Dragonfly as the New Frontiers mission #4 for a launch in 2026. 2) National Statistics Day is celebrated in the […]

The recently conducted 2019 UPSC Economic Service Exam had some interesting error correction questions which are very useful for any other competitive exam like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, Bank and Kerala PSC exams. Almost all these error correction questions are based on the inevitable grammatical rules of English which any student of competitive […]

1) Gaganyaan Project will circle Earth in a) Low Earth orbit b) Geosynchronous orbit (GSO) c) High Earth orbit d) None of the above Answer: a • Gaganyaan project is approved by Government of India and is operating under a newly formed Centre, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC). • It is India’s first Human Space […]