MCQs - 2026-05

The Repo Rate is the main policy rate used by the RBI to signal its monetary policy stance. Maintaining status quo means keeping this rate unchanged.

The program targets the youth and the existing workforce to bridge the digital skill gap and enhance employability in the modern job market.

Digital Skill India 2.0 is a key component of the broader Digital India initiative aimed at creating a digitally empowered society.

Digital Skill India 2.0 focuses on training the youth in future-ready skills such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal ministry responsible for the PM-KUSUM scheme.

Component B of the PM-KUSUM scheme focuses on the installation of 20 lakh standalone solar-powered agriculture pumps.

PM-KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) aims to de-dieselize the farm sector by providing solar pumps and grid-connected solar power plants.

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) primarily leads the global observance of World Press Freedom Day. It organizes the main celebration and various events worldwide to promote press freedom and safety of journalists.

The Windhoek Declaration, adopted on May 3, 1991, by African journalists, called for a free, independent, and pluralistic press. This declaration was instrumental in the UN General Assembly's decision to proclaim May 3rd as World Press Freedom Day.

World Press Freedom Day is observed globally on May 3rd each year. It was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, following a recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991.