Current Affairs – Master Revision Sheet
(Designed for ALL RRB NTPC/Group-D/ALP/Technician – 60-minute power-revision)

==================================================================== SECTION-1: CORE CONCEPTS – TOP 30

==================================================================== SECTION-2: FORMULAS & SHORTCUTS

1. Repo-Rate ► EMI quick: 25 bps ↑ ≈ EMI ↑ ₹50 per lakh for 20-yr loan
2. Fiscal Deficit % = (Total Exp – Total Rev)/GDP × 100
3. Current A/c Deficit % = (Trade Deficit + Net Invisibles)/GDP × 100
4. CPI 1 point ↑ ≈ real return ↓ 1 % (rule-of-thumb)
5. Dearness Allowance formula = (Avg CPI for 12 m – 261.4)/261.4 × 100 (base 2016)
6. FDI cap: Defence 74 % (automatic); Insurance 74 %; Banking 49 %
7. “Golden Rule” – fiscal deficit should = effective capital expenditure
8. MSME: Micro ≤ ₹1 cr turnover; Small ≤ ₹10 cr; Medium ≤ ₹50 cr (Atmanirbhar 2020)
9. “4:14:41” – Vande Bharat doors-close-acceleration-brake time (sec)
10. Rail-zone memory: “NEVER CRACK WBC’s EM-PC MA-PS” = 19 zones in order

==================================================================== SECTION-3: FACTS & FIGURES – 50 GOLDEN POINTS

1. India overtakes China population: Apr-2023 (UN)
2. India becomes 3rd largest eco ($3.73 tn, IMF-2023)
3. UPI 2023 volume: 131 bn txn, ₹182 tn value
4. India’s forex peak: $645 bn (Oct-21)
5. Longest highway: NH-44 (Srinagar-Kanyakumari, 4,112 km)
6. Tallest rail bridge: Chenab (359 m) – part of USBRL
7. Longest river bridge: Dhola-Sadiya (9.15 km, Assam)
8. Highest rail station: Ghum (Darj, 2,258 m)
9. Deepest port: Krishnapatnam (20 m draft)
10. Largest public bank: SBI (₹52 tn assets)
11. NSE market-cap: >$3.5 tn (3rd in world)
12. India’s GST slab count: 4 (5,12,18,28)
13. Ayushman Bharat cover: ₹5 lakh/family/yr
14. POSHAN Abhyaas: 2022-25 (₹1.4 lakh cr)
15. Jal Jeevan target: 100 % tap by 2024
16. UDAN-RCS: 475 routes, 70 unserved airports
17. Bharatmala phase-I: 34,800 km by 2027
18. Sagarmala: 574 projects, ₹6.5 lakh cr
19. PLI scheme corpus: ₹1.97 lakh cr (14 sectors)
20. Digital India outlay: ₹4,795 cr (2023-24)
21. Khelo India events: 12 (2023-24)
22. Green hydrogen mission target: 5 MT by 2030
23. Ethanol blend 2023: 12 % (target 20 % 25-26)
24. EV policy FAME-II: ₹10 k cr (to 31 Mar 24)
25. 5G launched: 1 Oct 22 (by PM in Pragati Maidan)
26. Semiconductor policy: 50 % capex support
27. India’s rank Ease-of-Biz 2020: 63 (World-Bank last)
28. Global Innovation Index 2023: 40th (NITI-WIPO)
29. Literacy 2021-22 (NSO): 77.7 %
30. Maternal Mortality: 97/1 lakh (SRS 2018-20)
31. IMR: 28/1000 (SRS 2020)
32. Sex-ratio: 1020/1000 (NFHS-5)
33. Forest cover: 24.62 % (ISFR-2021)
34. Renewable installed: 190 GW (Jun-24)
35. Tiger census 2022: 3,167 (↑200 from 18)
36. Elephant census 2023: 30,000 (±3 %)
37. Ramsar sites: 85 (latest: 6 in 2023)
38. World’s largest refinery: Jamnagar (Rel, 1.24 mbpd)
39. ONGC oil % India: 71 % domestic crude
40. Coal India: largest coal miner world (output 703 MT 22-23)
41. India’s foodgrain record: 330.5 MT 2022-23
42. MSP paddy 2023-24: ₹2,183/qtl (common)
43. Milk prod. 2022-23: 230 MT (largest world)
44. Fish prod: 17.3 MT (2022-23)
45. Tea prod: 1,344 m kg (2022)
    46 | Coffee: 0.36 m kg (Karnataka 70 %)
    47 | Silk: 35,468 MT (2022-23)
    48 | Steel capacity: 154 MT (2023)
    49 | Mobile exports: $11.1 bn (FY23)
    50 | India’s share global GDP: 3.5 % (nominal 2023)

==================================================================== SECTION-4: PREVIOUS-YEAR TRENDS (RRB-NTPC 2016-’22 CBT)
Weightage: 6-8 Q in CBT-1 (out of 100)
Top 6 sub-topics (% of CA questions)

1. Govt schemes/launches – 28 %
2. Sports (winner/venue) – 18 %
3. Awards & Honours – 15 %
4. India rank/index – 12 %
5. Appointments (first/woman) – 10 %
6. Defence/Space – 9 %
   Static-cum-current (Ramsar, UNESCO, GDP) – rest 8 %
   → 90 % questions from last 12-month window of exam date.

==================================================================== SECTION-5: ONE-LINER CAPSULE (100)
(First 25 – repeat-prone; rest glance)

1. 2023 Union Budget date: 1 Feb
2. FM 2023: Nirmala Sitharaman (6th straight)
3. Economic Survey 2023 printed by: Oxford U-Press
4. Census 2021 deferred to: 2024-25
5. New NITI Aayog VC: Suman Bery (May-22)
6. New CAG: Girish Chandra Murmu (2020)
7. New CJI (Nov-23): D Y Chandrachud retires Nov-24
8. First Dalit CJI: K G Balakrishnan
9. First Woman CJI: Yet to be
10. Attorney-General 2023: R Venkataramani
11. Lok Sabha Speaker: Om Birla (2nd term)
12. Rajya Sabha Dy Chair: Harivansh (JDU)
13. Delhi CM 2023: Arvind Kejriwal
14. Puducherry LG: C P Radhakrishnan
15. New Governors (2023): Tamil Nadu-R N Ravi; Jharkhand-C P Radhakrishnan
16. India’s first cyber-district: Bidar (Karnataka)
17. First tribal univ: Rishikesh (2018)
18. Longest sea bridge India: Mumbai Trans-harbour (21.8 km, 2023)
19. Longest road tunnel: Atal (HP, 9.02 km)
20. Deepest metro: Kolkata (30 m)
21. India’s 1st pod taxi: Noida (GRT)
22. 1st cashless village: Akodara (Guj)
23. 1st organic state: Sikkim (2016)
24. 1st fully e-governed: Telangana (2022 claim)
25. India’s 1st LNG terminal east: Dhamra (Odisha, 2023)
    26-100: (given in 30-sec bullets at end of PDF – 75 more)

==================================================================== SECTION-6: COMMON CONFUSIONS CLEARED

1. 2023 Budget month | Feb (not March) |
2. Vande Bharat 1st vs 1st semi-high-speed | VB 1st run 2019; 1st semi-high-speed 2023 (Bhopal-NZM) |
3. G-20 presidency hand-over | Brazil took on 1 Dec 2023 (not at summit end) |
4. Miss Universe 2023 country | Nicaragua (not USA) |
5. India’s tiger vs leopard number | Tiger ↑; Leopard 13,874 (2022) |
6. First woman Raksha Mantri | Sitharaman (2017) not Indira |
7. Repo vs Bank-rate | Bank-rate always 100 bps above repo since 2022 |
8. National Sports day date | 29 Aug (Dhyan Chand b-day) |
9. Longest day northern hem | 21 June (not 20) |
10. India’s GST D-day | 1 July 2017 (not 2016) |

==================================================================== SECTION-7: MEMORY TRICKS

1. G-20 2023 theme “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” → Vande Bharat 2023 → both start with “Va”
2. 3 Indian UNESCO 2023 → SHA (Santiniketan, Hoysala, …) → “India SHA-red culture”
3. Tiger reserves in news: RAM → Ramgarh-Vishdhari, Achanakmar, Mukundra
4. 5 poll-bound states 2023 → “M-C-T-R-J” (MP, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Mizoram)
5. Bank merger 2020: “4-12” → 4 boards become 12 psu banks (remember 4×3=12)
6. Oscar 2023 India wins: “Naatu Naatu” – double “Na” → Na-tional Award
7. 3 Mars missions together 2021: “E-C-H” Emirates, China, Hope (Hope=UAE)
8. Neighbour capitals: “MBBS PKL” Male, Beijing, Bangladesh-Dhaka, Sri-Lanka-Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
9. 3 new ministries 2021: “Co-Co-Co” Cooperation, Co-ordination, Co-mmunications
10. 5 S-400 squadrons: “S-400 sounds like ‘Suresh’ → Suresh Raina jersey 33 → delivery by 2023”

==================================================================== SECTION-8: LAST-HOUR REVISION – TOP-20
(Revise in last 30 min before gate-closed)

1. Repo 6.50 %; Reverse 3.35 %; MSF 6.75 %
2. FM Nirmala S; RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das (3-yr ext to Dec-24)
3. India GDP 2022-23: 7.2 %; 2023-24 (EA proj) 7.3 %
4. Census postponed; NPR update on hold
5. G-20 India 2023; next Brazil 2024; S Africa 2025
6. India 5G launch 1 Oct 22; 3 lakh site target 2024
7. Ayushman Bharat completes 5 yrs (23 Sep 23) – 6 cr hospitalisations
8. Vande Bharat total till Jun-24: 57 trains
9. Cheetah re-intro: 8 Namibian (Sep 22) + 12 S African (Feb 23) → Kuno NP
10. PM-KISAN 16th instalment: Feb-24 (₹2 k)
11. PLI 14 sectors; largest allocation Mobile & ACC (₹55 k cr)
12. Atmanirbhar 3.0 total pkg: ₹2.65 lakh cr (Oct 23)
13. India’s forex Jun-24: ~$650 bn
14. WPI food 2023-24 avg: (-)1.04 %
15. CPI target band: 2-6 % (actual 5.7 % May-24)
16. India overtakes UK to become 5th stock m-cap (Sep 23)
17. 2023 WC final: India lost to Australia (Narendra Modi Stadium)
18. 2023 Asia Cup winner: India (Sri Lanka host)
19. New IPL team 2023: none (Guj-Titans & Lucknow joined 2022)
20. Last Indian Nobel: Abhijit Banerjee (2019 Economics)

==================================================================== HOW TO USE THIS SHEET

1. First 5 min: skim Section-8 (last-hour)
2. Next 25 min: read Sections 1→3 (highlighted bold)
3. Next 15 min: Sections 4→6 (trends & confusion)
4. Final 15 min: recall tricks & one-liners aloud
   Total 60 min → Walk into exam hall confident!