General Awareness Questions

India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status from Pakistan after Palwama Attacks on 14th February 2019.

Explanation: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank (MDB) conceived for the 21st century. The Bank's foundation is built on the lessons of experience of existing MDBs and the private sector. Its modus operandi will be lean, clean and green: it is situated in Beijing, China.

eBiz –India’s Government-to-Business (G2B) portal was conceptualized with support from National Institute of Smart Government (NISG) as the consulting partner and developed by M/s. Infosys Ltd., Bangalore in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model for a period of 10 years.Through eBiz portal,a business user can fill the e-Forms online/offline, upload the attachments, make payment online and submit the forms for processing of the department.

May Day or Labor Day is celebrated across the world on 1st May every year to mark the eight-hour day labor movement advocated 8 hrs of work, 8 hrs for recreation and 8 hrs for rest. In India, labor day was celebrated on Chennai's Marina Beach in 1923 by Labour Kisan P:arty of Hindustan.

It is a public holiday where no one goes to work.

The Summit at Sanya will mark the admission of South Africa to the group, which will extend the geographic representation of the mechanism in a moment when the financial system reform is sought worldwide, as well as agreater democratization of global governance in general.On 14 April 2011, 3rd BRICS (Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa) Summit is to be held in the Chinese city of Sanya, alongside the President of China, Hu Jintao, the President of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. The previous Summits were held in Yekaterinburg (June 2009) and Brasília (April 2010)