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Daily Current Affairs 1'st April 2019

1) Which among the following becomes 1st Indian Shipyard to deliver 100 Warships?

Ans:- GRSE

2) For which state the government will set a multi-disciplinary terror monitoring group against terror financing and terror-related activities?

Ans:- Jammu and Kashmir

3) When did the Rajasthan Diwas was observed?

Ans:- 30th March

4) Name the country which won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019.

Ans:- South Korea

5) Vijay Chandok has been appointed as MD and CEO of __________

Ans:- ICICI Securities

6) The Election Commission of India appointed Kumar Viswajee as Intelligence Chief

for which state?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

7) How much billionis accepted by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) from banks at its

currency swap auction to ease liquidity?

Ans:- $5 billion

8) Which is the world's first district with 5G coverage?

Ans:- Shanghai

9) The 84th Establishment Day of RBI is celebrated on;

http://www.google.com/

http://www.google.com/


Ans:- 1st April

10) Zuzana Caputova was the first female president of which of the following country?

Ans:- Slovakia

11) The Reserve Bank sets the average base rates of NBFC-MFI. It is;

Ans:- 9.21%

12) Which State has introduced the braille-enabled ballot papers at all polling booths?

Ans:- Meghalaya

13) Filmmaker Rima Das appointed as the ambassador of TIFF's 'Share Her Journey'.

She belongs to the state of;

Ans:- Assam

14) Who has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet?

Ans:- Admiral Suraj Berry

15) ISRO Launches PSLV C-45 Carrying EMISAT with how many Nano satellite?

Ans:- 28

16) Who among the following has been appointed as the new Strategic Forces

Command Chief?

Ans:- Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon

17) Mahesh Singh is appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding of ___________.

Ans:- Karnataka Naval Area

18) ISRO opens its 1st visitors gallery to watch rocket launches at Andhra Pradesh's

Sriharikota. It's capacity is;

Ans:- 5,000

19) Who won the Miami Open (tennis) 2019 for Men's singles?

Ans:- Roger Federer

20) Who won Men's Singles title in the YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2019?

Ans:- Viktor Axelsen


Daily Current Affairs 2nd April 2019

1) Rajan Anandan who resigned his vice president position from which of the following

company?

Ans:- Google India

2) Russia open a helicopter training centre in which country?

Ans:- Venezuela

3) Who is the author of the book "Gandhi: The Writer"?

Ans:- Bhabhani Bhattacharya

4) Which country launched a new-generation data relay satellite, Tianlian II-01,

recently?

Ans:- China

5) Google and this company join hands to carry out voice-based financial

transactions.

Ans:- Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management

6) Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 title?

Ans:- Lewis Hamilton

7) 2019 Indian Badminton Tournament was held in __________.

Ans:- New Delhi

8) Which of the following city is to Vote through Ballot Papers in the Lok Sabha

Election 2019?

Ans:- Nizamabad, Telangana

9) Name of the comic character which became the first Inductee of Comic-Con Museum's Character Hall of Fame.

Ans:- Batman

10) What is the name of Japan's new imperial era?

Ans:- Reiwa

11) Name the Bank which became the second largest public sector undertaking (PSU) bank.


Ans:- Bank of Baroda

12) 2nd April is celebrated as the World Autism Awareness Day. The theme of this

year is;

Ans:- Assistive Technologies, Active Participation

13) How many medals did India clinched in the Asian Airgun Championships?

Ans:- 25

14) Who is the author of the non-fiction book titled India Positive?

Ans:- Chetan Bhagat

15) How many MoU's are signed between India and Chile recently?

Ans:- 3

16) Which international organisation has launched 'The State of the Global Climate' report?

Ans:- WMO

17) Who has taken charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of International

Cricket Council (ICC)?

Ans:- Manu Sawhney

18) When was World Piano Day observed?

Ans:- 29th March

19) Which state celebrated 'Utkal Diva' the 84th foundation day on April 1, 2019?

Ans:- Odisha

Explanation:- The day is also known as 'Utkal Divas.' Odisha was the first State to be formed on linguistic basis in 1936. Earlier, Odisha was part of Bihar.

20) Who has named as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield?

Ans:- Vinod K. Dasari


Daily Current Affairs 3rd April 2019

1)What was the theme of the Croatian-Indian Economic Forum in Zagreb?

Ans:- India - Croatia relations- the way forward

2) Which country launches the world's first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks?

Ans:- South Korea

3) Who builds the longest suspension bridge 'Matiri Bridge' over the Indus River in the Leh-Ladakh region?

Ans:- Indian Army

4) What is the Current account deficit (CAD) of India in the 3rd quarter of the year

2019?

Ans:- 2.5% of GDP

5)With which company, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) signed a MoU to set up

integrated customer services and optimize value for customers.

Ans:- Tata Power

6) Name the Non-banking finance company withdrew a release which has issued earlier regarding securing Rs 695 crore debt funding from NABARD.

Ans:- Manappuram Finance

7) Name of the Bank which becomes first lender to charge for UPI use?

Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank

8) Which Island was notified as Island Protection Zone (IPZ) 2019 by Union Ministry

of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently?

Ans:- Andaman and Nicobar Island

9) Which of the following variety of Turmeric gets the Geographical indication (GI) tag

from Intellectual Property India?

Ans:- Kandhamal Haldi

10) According to Asian Development Outlook report, India's Growth Rate in 2019 is

__________.


Ans:- 7.2 %

11) Who won the ETPrime 'Global Indian Woman of the Year'?

Ans:- Indra Nooyi

12) Garuda Prakashan launched the book named 'Saffron Swords- Centuries of Indic

Resistance to Invaders'. The author of the book is;

Ans:- Manoshi Sinha Rawal

13) What is the theme of the 13th edition of Earth Hour 2019?

Ans:- Connect2Earth

14) UN Appoints whom as investigation Head for Myanmar?

Ans:- Nicholas Koumjian

15) European Parliament has banned the single-us plastic, it will be effective from

which year?

Ans:- 2021

16) Who among the following was nominated as the Central Police Observer for the States of West Bengal and Jharkhand during General Elections 2019?

Ans:- Vivek Dube

17) Which among the following state tops in the eLearning Training for Field Staff?

Ans:- Telangana

18) The European Union has launched two World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes

against which two countries?

Ans:- India, Turkey

19) How many countries celebrated the Earth Hour 2019?

Ans:- 188

20) Which IIT has successfully converted petroleum waste toluene into useful

product?

Ans:- IIT Madras


Daily Current Affairs 4thApril 2019

1)Which country conducts the 7 nation military exercise in Indian Ocean?

Ans:- Australia

2) Name the Rifle Shooter,who won gold medal, broke Junior World Record and Asian

Record in 10m Air Rifle Women Junior event.

Ans:- Shreya Agarwal

3) Who has been chosen as the Glenfiddich's Emerging Artist of the Year 2019?

Ans:- Raju Baraiya

4) April 1 to 7 is observed as ___________.

Ans:- Prevention of Blindness Week

5)India and this country signed MoU for the development and industrial use of

lithium?

Ans:- Bolivia

6) Which country has agreed to issue equivalency for all Indian degrees that match its

criteria?

Ans:- UAE

7) Which of the following country was selected as the guest country for Paris Book Fair 2020?

Ans:- India

8) COMCASA is India's military-information sharing pact with which of the following country?

Ans:- United States

9) Who observes International Day for Mine Awareness on 4th April?

Ans:- UNGA

10) Name the telecom service provider who received a licence from the Department

of Telecommunications (DoT) to provide Internet and mobile services on flights.

Ans:- BSNL

11) EU dragged this country to WTO over import duties on ICT products.


Ans:- India

12) Which global IT Service company has acquired 75% stake in Starter NV,a

subsidiary of Dutch based ABN AMRO Bank for $144 million?

Ans:- Infosys

13) BNP Paribas Cardif has sold 5 crore shares of which life insurance company for Rs

2,889 crore?

Ans:- SBI Life Insurance

14) Who becomes the first Indian to enter top-10 in men's PSA (Professional Squash

Association) rankings?

Ans:- Saurav Ghosal

15) Who won men's singles title at the 2019 Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament?

Ans:- Viktor Axelsen

16) Who won the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award?

Ans:- Vikram Patel

17) Which of the following, plans to utilise solar energy to power electric vehicle

charging stations?

Ans:- BESCOM

18) Who gets an approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for

Stock Broking?

Ans:- Paytm Money

19) The RBI cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to __________ in its first bi-monthly

policy review of 2019-20.

Ans:- 6%

20) Which IIT has tied up with Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy to develop training module?

Ans:- IIT Kharagpur


Daily Current Affairs 5th April 2019

1)Name of the Algeria's president who resigned after 20 years is;

Ans:- Abdelaziz Bouteflika

2) Which of the following becomes the First Indian Exchanges to Sign MoU With Moscow Exchange?

Ans:- BSE and India INX

3) Government infused a capital of Rs. 205 crore with which bank recently?

Ans:- Bank of Maharashtra

4) Who is elected as the Chicago's first openly gay Mayor as well as the first African-American woman?

Ans:- Lori Lightfoot

5) Who has been appointed MD of IL&FS?

Ans:- CS Rajan

6) The 7th Foreign Office consultations between India and ___________ were held in

New Delhi.

Ans:- Italy

7) Who has been appointed as the Industry Head of Google India, recently?

Ans:- Mayoori kango

8)India-Ukraine Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation (IU-WGTEC) held

in which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

9) What grade of fuel did Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) introduce in 2019?

Ans:- BS-VI grade

10) Who has received an order from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL)

for the construction of 2 x 700 MW power plant?

Ans:- Tata Projects Limited

11) US approved to sell 24 'Romeo' Seahawk helicopters to India for __________.

Ans:- 2.6 billion


12) India signed an agreement with which of the following bank for setting up India-

Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi?

Ans:- NABCONS

13) Which social network app launched a fact-checking feature to combat fake news

to the Lok Sabha elections?

Ans:- WhatsApp

14) The UK researchers have used which telescope to determine that Sun's magnetic field is 10 times stronger than thought?

Ans:- 1m Solar Telescope

15) MH-60R Seahawk helicopters belongs to which country?

Ans:- United States

16) Name the bank which has signed an MoU with Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company for Insurance Products recently?

Ans:- Karnataka Bank

17) Rakesh became next High Commissioner of India to which country?

Ans:- Cameroon

18) Who has inked an MoU with the IIT Delhi to collaborate in the field of

standardisation and conformity assessment?

Ans:- BIS

19) Who among the following has been awarded with the prestigious Zayed Medal by

UAE?

Ans:- Narendra Modi

20) Vipin Anand has taken charge as Managing Director of which of the following company?

Ans:- Life Insurance Corporation


1) Name the Bollywood actor who was conferred with Honorary Doctorate from

University of Law, London.

Ans:- Shah Rukh Khan


2) David Malpass was selected as the new President of the World Bank. He belongs to

which country?

Ans:- USA

3) Which country tops in the latest FIFA world football rankings?

Ans:- Belgium

4) What was the theme of International Mine Awareness Day 2019?

Ans:- United nations promotes SDGs -Safe Ground -Safe Home

5) Phayeng Village of which state has been tagged as India's first carbon-positive settlement?

Ans:- Manipur

6) Who is appointed as the U.K.'s special envoy on media freedom?

Ans:- Amal Clooney

7) NIIF and __________ are to set up a platform to invest up to $2 billion of equity in road projects in India.

Ans:- Roadis

8) Which company acquired Chatbot Making Startup Haptik for Rs.700 crores?

Ans:- Reliance Jio Digital

9) Name the enzyme discovered by Center for Cell and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

scientists which helps to cut bacterial cell walls.

Ans:- Murein EndopeptidiaseK

10) What is the sovereign rating of India as per the credit rating agency Fitch?

Ans:- BBB-

11) Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April

2019?

Ans:- T B N Radhakrishnan

12) Former Miss India runner up Sana Dua has been designated as the brand ambassador of which state election department?

Ans:- Jammu and Kashmir


13) Which Southeast Asian country has recently introduced harsh new sharia laws

that make adultery and homsexuality punishable by stoning to death?

Ans:- Brunei

14) What is the new Repo Rate revised by the six-member monetary policy

committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das?

Ans:- 6.00%

15) Indian Navy plans to acquire how many diesel-electric submarines under Project-

75 India at Rs 50,000 crore?

Ans:- 6

16) Which bank will merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance?

Ans:- Lakshmi Vilas Bank

17) How many MoU's are signed between India and Bolivia during President Ram

Nath Kovind's visit?

Ans:- 8

18) Recently, Keshav Murugesh was appointed as the CEO of which of the following

company?

Ans:- NASSCOM

19) Who is appointed as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

for 2019-20?

Ans:- Vikram Kirloskar

20) Sridhar Muthukrishnan entered the Guinness Book of World Records in light painting photography. He belongs to which Indian state?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu


1) 7th April is observed as the World Health Day. What is the theme of 2019 World

Health Day?

Ans:- Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

2) When did United Nations' (UN) International day of Sport for Development and Peace observed?

Ans:- 6th April


3) What is the position of India in the FIFA rankings which is released on 4 April 2019?

Ans:- 101

4) The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) is to organize a NuGen Mobility Summit, 2019 a __________.

Ans:- Manesar

5) The 1st Indian who has to be elected as a member of FIFA Executive Council?

Ans:- Praful Patel

6) Where was the first global multi-stakeholder conference on synergies between the

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change held?

Ans:- Copenhagen, Denmark

7) How many members of Indian Army discovered World War II US Air Force aircraft?

Ans:- 12

8) Who get an approval from CCI to acquire up to 66.15% stake in Mindtree?

Ans:- Larsen & Toubro

9) Along with which ministry WHO formed a Solidarity Human Chain on 4 April 2019?

Ans:- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

10) Project-75 India, is associated with which Indian armed force?

Ans:- Indian Navy

11) Who unveils Indias first AI-enabled e-motorcycle brand?

Ans:- Rahul Sharma

12) Anwar Haleem is appointed as the Ambassador of India to which of the following?

Ans:- Kingdom of Jordan

13) Justice Pradeep Nandrajog was sworn in as the Chief Justice of this high court

recently.

Ans:- Bomaby high Court

14) Where did a Pirthi Military station "Rinzin Dwar" inagurated?


Ans:- Shimla

15) Which country has decided to conduct Exercise Western Shield?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

16) Name of the noted economist who passed away recently.

Ans:- Viharidas Gopaldas Patel


1) The 3-day National Cardiology Conference 2019 was held in __________.

Ans:- Lucknow

2) Who was appointed as the managing director of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial

Services Limited (IL&FS)?

Ans:- Chandra Shekhar Rajan

3) Who has been appointed as the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism

for Myanmar in April 2019?

Ans:- Nicholas Koumjian

4) Which country has dropped an explosive from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft?

Ans:- Japan

5) National Thermal Power Corporation has signed a term-loan agreement of Rs

2,000 crore with which of the following bank?

Ans:- Canara Bank

6) Which country designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRG) as a terrorist

organization?

Ans:- US

7) Which telescope was used to determine that, dark matter is not made up of tiny primordial black holes as stated by Stephen Hawking?

Ans:- Subaru telescope

8) Which Indian state celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kohima?

Ans:- Nagaland

9) 7th April to 14th April is observed as ___________.


Ans:- National Handloom week

10) Recently, this country evacuates peacekeeping CRPF contingent from Libya.

Ans:- India

11) Who has been honoured with the Presidential Award of Maharshi Badrayan Vyas

Samman 2019 by Vice- President of India M Venkaiah Naidu?

Ans:- Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya

12) Amazon India launched a new seller-funding programme to help the small

businesses and entrepreneurs to raise funds through the crowd funding platform. It

was named as;

Ans:- Amazon Wings

13) The scientists from this country discovered a possible "death switch" mechanism

in the plant's immune system that triggers infected cells to self-destruct.

Ans:- China

14) Which company has bagged the Global Slag Company of the Year at the 14th

Global Slag Conference and Exhibition 2019?

Ans:- Tata Steel

15) Cafe Scientifique a public science initiative was launched in which state?

Ans:- Kerala

16) Who was named as female 'Sportsperson of the year' in the ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards 2018?

Ans:- P V Sindhu

17) SEBI agrees to crore 'Airport Specific Fund' worth Rs ___________.

Ans:- Rs 10,000 crores

18) African Lion 2019 is a Joint Exercise between which two countries?

Ans:- Morocco- US

19) Which Armed force signs MoU with CSIR for advanced technologies, recently?

Ans:- Indian Navy

20) Who has reduced the UPI transaction charges from 25 paise to 10 paise up to Rs.1,000?


Ans:- National Payments Corporation of India


1) Who received a letter of intent to acquire Korba West Power Company Ltd?

Ans:- Adani Power

2) Where did the 7th Foreign Office consultations between India and Italy?

Ans:- New Delhi

3) South African Nobel prize awardee, Sydney Brenner passed away at the age of 92

in Singapore recently, he belongs to which field?

Ans:- Biologist

4) Name the Indian swimmer Who was qualified for 2020 Olympics.

Ans:- Kushagra Rawat

5) Isaak Hayik sets a new record as worlds oldest soccer player. He belongs to which

country?

Ans:- Israel

6) The traditional dance of which state sets a New Guinness World Record, recently?

Ans:- Nagaland

7) Which railway station has become the India's first-ever railway station to get green ISO certification?

Ans:- Guwahati

8) The biannual Army Commanders Conference began in ___________.

Ans:- New Delhi

9) The Nepal-India Franchise Investment Expo and Conclave will be held in which of the following cities?

Ans:- Kathmandu

10) What is the GDP growth rate of India as per the report of World Bank?

Ans:- 7.5%


11) Which bank plans to to raise up to Rs.50,000 crore by issuing bonds?

Ans:- HDFC Bank

12) Which international development finance institution, has predicted 1.7 trillion

dollars is required to build disaster-resilient infrastructure in Asia?

Ans:- Asian Development Bank

13) Which command won the 15th edition of General J J Singh air weapon championship held in Army Marksmanship Unit?

Ans:- Northern Command, Udhampur

14) Who has been named as the new chief coach of the India men's hockey team?

Ans:- Graham Reid

15) This country will go to polls to elect a new parliament.

Ans:- Israel

16) Where did country's first indigenously designed Dhanush artillery gun inducted?

Ans:- Jabalpur

17) Which Indian regulatory body has approved 'Airport Specific Fund' titled "Taking

off to the future airport fund" worth Rs. 10,000 crore for the first time?

Ans:- Securities and Exchange Board of India

18) How many Indian Navy Ship will take part in Chinese Navy's 70th anniversary celebrations?

Ans:- 2

19) Who won Men's Singles title in CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019?

Ans:- Lin Dan

20) ICMR Ethical Guidelines is mandatory for all biomedical researches in India as per which rule?

Ans:- New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules 2019



1) When did the 54th Valour Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was

observed?

Ans:- 9th April

2) Name of the sports company which becomes India's first gaming startup?

Ans:- Dream11

3) Where did the 17th MENA World Economic Forum held?

Ans:- Jordan

4) Name of the city which become 1st City in the world to use Pollution Charge Zone.

Ans:- London

5) Which Indian forest has become home to group of jumping spiders named

"Habrocestum longispinum" recently?

Ans:- Ernakulam Illithodu forests, Kerala

6) Who has been elected as the new president of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - India?

Ans:- Vikramjit Singh

7) When did World Homoeopathy Day observed?

Ans:- 10th April

8) Malaysian Arie Irawan passed away at the age of 28, he belonged to which sport?

Ans:- Golf

9) Who of the following claimed the claimed the Monterrey Open title?

Ans:- Garbine Muguruza

10) Who launched 'CRPF Veer Parivar' app for the families of CRPF personnel?

Ans:- Ram Nath Kovind

11) Which of the following IIT institute tied up with GE to set up India's first 'Cold Spray' SMART Lab?

Ans:- IIT Madras


12) IMF Cuts India's GDP Growth Forecast is __________.

Ans:- 7.3%

13) Which state was notified with yellow weather warning by Meteorological Department recently?

Ans:- Himachal Pradesh

14) International Romani Day is observed annually on ___________.

Ans:- 8th April

15) Who has become the first woman Chairman and Managing Director of the mini

ratna-I category PSU?

Ans:- Usha Padhee

16) Jashn-e-Ittihaad the music and poetry festival had organized in ___________.

Ans:- New Delhi

17) Bold Kurukshetra-2019 is a joint Military Exercise between India and which of the

following country?

Ans:- Singapore

18) Google Launches its 1st Drone Delivery Service in which country?

Ans:- Australia

19) BSE has signed a memorandum of understanding with which of the following

bank to strengthen the BSE Startups platform?

Ans:- HDFC Bank

20) According to World Bank's Migration and Development Brief, Which country tops as the world's top recipient of remittances in 2018?

Ans:- India


1) Union government retained the interest rate for General Provident Fund (GPF) at

___________ % for the first quarter of the current financial year 2019-2020.

Ans:- 8%

2) Name the education technology startup which won the Next Billion Edtech Prize.


Ans:- Dost Education

3) Which international organisation has released its latest report on "South Asia

Economic Focus, Exports Wanted"?

Ans:- World Bank

4) Who was awarded with Lifetime Contribution Award at AIMA Managing India

awards 2019?

Ans:- Azim H Premji

5) Who is appointed as Navratna Cool brand ambassador of Emami Limited

Ans:- Varun Dhawan

6) Who is the President of the World Gold Council (WGC)?

Ans:- David Harquail

7) Who was appointed as Algeria's president for a three-month transitional period?

Ans:- Abdelkader Bensalah

8) Which among the following tops in the list of Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi)?

Ans:- HDFC Asset Management

9) Justice Vikram Nath appointed as the first Chief Justice of __________.

Ans:- Amaravati High Court

10) Which among the following becomes World's 1st Islamic Bank to Launch Banking Via WhatsApp?

Ans:- Emirates Islamic

11) From which state, CBDT detects unaccounted cash collection racket of Rs 281

crore?

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

12) The scientists from which US University have found that cold plasma can kill

99.9% of airborne viruses?

Ans:- University of Michigan

13) National Safe Motherhood Day is celebrated April 11. It's theme is


Ans:- Midwives for Mothers

14) NGT sets up a Central Monitoring Committee to ensure the implementation of the

action plan meant for reducing pollution. Who will led the committee?

Ans:- Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel

15) Which of the following has been ranked as the 'Best Educational Institution' in the

country in the latest edition of National Institutional Rankings Framework (NIRF) 2019?

Ans:- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

16) Karnam Sekar has been appointed as the MD and CEO of this bank, recently.

Ans:- Indian Overseas Bank

17) Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Israel?

Ans:- Benjamin Netanyahu

18) With which country, India agree to Strengthen Bond in Security and Defence

Spheres?

Ans:- Sri Lanka

19) Who has been named as the Wisden Almanack's 'Leading Cricketer of the Year'?

Ans:- Virat Kohli

20) Who established a committee planned to examine the alleged erosion of Yamuna

floodplain?

Ans:- National Green Tribunal


1) Who has named as Best athletic coach in Asia 2019 by Asian Athletic Association?

Ans:- Eni Nuraeni

2) Which state government was penalized by National Green Tribunal (NGT) for illegal sand mining?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh

3) Which Indian city, ranked one in the list according to the 'Political Leaders Position

and Action on Air Quality in India 2014-2019' report?

Ans:- Kanpur


4) Who has been honoured with the New Zealand Prime Minister's Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019?

Ans:- Deepa Malik

5) Which government has published an "online harms white paper" with an objective to make online social media platforms responsible to safeguard users, especially

children?

Ans:- British government

6) Who has taken charge as the CMD of National Buildings Construction Corporation?

Ans:- Shiv Das Meena

7) Dave Bautista of USA has officially retired from __________.

Ans:- Wrestling

8) Google unveiled new Cloud Platform, to manage apps from anywhere. It was

named as;

Ans:- Anthos

9) Who was appointed as the Prime Minister of Haiti?

Ans:- Jean Michel Lapin

10) Which of the following country discussed to strengthen bilateral political &

economic ties with India?

Ans:- Netherlands

11) India and __________ inked pact to collaborate on solutions for smart cities, clean tech.

Ans:- Sweden

12) Asian champion & woman professional Olympician, Manpreet Kaur has been banned from which sport after failing dope tests?

Ans:- Shot Put

13) Who has collaborated with Serbian Tennis Federation (STF) to train Indian junior

players?

Ans:- All India Tennis Association


14) The Department of Telecom (DoT) approved for the merger of Tata Teleservices

(TTSL) with which network?

Ans:- Bharti Airtel

15) Who has been named as the new brand ambassador of Fantasy 11?

Ans:- Murali Kartik

16) PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co-origination loan agreement with which

among the following bank?

Ans:- State Bank of India

17) Which of the following India's flagship programme got Public Water Agency of the Year award at Global Water Summit?

Ans:- Namami Ganga Yojana


1) Which bank partners with CreditVidya to leverage customer experience?

Ans:- RBL Bank

2) Cabinet Committee of Security has cleared the proposal for the procurement of the 464 T-90 tanks from which country?

Ans:- Russia

3) By what percent, average annual rate of Indian population grew between 2010 and

2019, as per the United Nations Population Fund?

Ans:- 1.2%

4) Which country sets a team of experts to re-measure height of Mount Everest?

Ans:- Nepal

5) As per Forbes World's Best Bank survey, which bank has been identified as number

1 bank by customers in India?

Ans:- HDFC Bank

6) Scientists from this university have discovered a new state of physical matter called chain melted state.

Ans:- University of Edinburgh of Scotland

7) Nitin Chugh has appointed as MD & CEO of ___________.


Ans:- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

8) Who among the following has been selected for the 2018 Saraswati Samman?

Ans:- K Siva Reddy

9) Indian Government granted Rs __________ to build maternity hospital in Nepal's Siraha district.

Ans:- 26.90 million Nepali Rupees

10) The Supreme Court (SC) has imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh on which state

government for banning satirical film Bhobishyoter Bhoot?

Ans:- West Bengal

11) Name the country, which will be the Guest of Honour country at Abu Dhabi

International Book Fair 2019.

Ans:- India

12) RailWire Wi-Fi by RailTel is now live at how many railway stations across India?

Ans:- 1,600

13) Which of the following bagged the AIMA Managing India Award 2019 for outstanding PSU of the year?

Ans:- Indian Oil Corporation

14) Name the IT company which has partnered with Google to Build Industry-Specific

Cloud Solutions.

Ans:- TCS

15) Tata Trust and ____________ signed MoU to support handloom weaving

community.

Ans:- Microsoft

16) Google has partnered with bullion refiner MMTC-PAMP India to allow Google Pay users to buy and sell gold through the app. It can allow the users to buy how much %

of 24-karat gold?

Ans:- 99.99%

17) Which stock market overtakes Japan to become world's 3rd largest according to

Bloomberg?

Ans:- Hang Seng Index, Hong Kong


18) Name the cyclone which hit southern Africa recently?

Ans:- Cyclone Idai

19) From where SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, World's Most Powerful Rocket launched its

1st Commercial Mission?

Ans:- Florida

20) Who has been conferred with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle - the highest state decoration of Russia, recently?

Ans:- Narendra Modi


1) What is the name of the telescope, which is used by astronomers to capture the

first image of Black Hole?

Ans:- Event Horizon Telescope

2) When was the International Day of Human Space Flight observed?

Ans:- 12th April

3) World Parkinson's Day observed on:

Ans:- 11th April

4) Which Digital payments has acquired Wibmo recently?

Ans:- PayU

5) Who has been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London, recently?

Ans:- Alice G. Vaidyan

6) Which Hockey team won Malaysia series?

Ans:- India

7) Who has been honoured with the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel Award by

International Human Rights Council at Mumbai?

Ans:- Sudhanshu Kumar

8) World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day was observed on:


Ans:- 12th April

9) Who launched a new rule on electronic information exchange?

Ans:- International Maritime Organization.

10) Who released a booklet 'Selected speeches of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar in the

Constituent Assembly' at 128th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar?

Ans:- Prasar Bharati Chairman, A Surya Prakash

11) Who among the following was appointed as the secretary, Defence Finance?

Ans:- Gargi Kaul

12) Jean Michel Lapin elected as the new Prime Minister of:

Ans:- Haiti

13) Who is appointed as First Woman Vice-Chancellor of the National Institute of

Educational Planning and Administration?

Ans:- Jamia Millia

14) The World Allergy Week 2019, observed from 07-13 April 2019. It's theme is:

Ans:- The Global Problem of Food Allergy


1) Where did India's first 'Voter Park' inagurated?

Ans:- Gurugram

2) How many schemes of West Bengal government won WSIS awards of the United

Nations?

Ans:- Two schemes ,Utkarsh Bangla and Sabooj Sathi.

3) Who has become the first-ever captain to win 100 matches in IPL history?

Ans:- MS Dhoni

4) Who was sworn in as the New Prime Minister of Palestine?

Ans:-Mohammed Ishtaye

5) Recently, Julian Assange arrested in London for hacking Pentagon computer

network in 2010. He was the Co-founder of this organisation.

Ans:- WikiLeaks

6) The First Woman Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia is:

Ans:- Najma Akhtar


7) Who won the World Press Photo award 2019 for the image "of a crying toddler at

US border"?

Ans:- John Moore

8) Which of the following initiation of the Rotary Club of Madras North provides

sanitary napkins to the students?

Ans:- Project Kannamma

9) Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism has selected whom as 2019

Citi Journalistic Excellence Awards?

Ans:-Teena Thacker

10) Who clinched Formula One's 1000th race title?


11) Who has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 during 4th APJ

Abdul Kalam Innovation Conclave, Mohali?

Ans:- Dr. A K Singh

12) Essel World launched an interactive bird park in __________, Maharashtra.

Ans:- Gorai

13) Which of the following Israeli lunar Mission crashed on the Moon?

Ans:- Beresheet

14) The 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting held in which of the following city?

Ans:- New Delhi

15) Which of the following has launched a mobile app, "My Circle" in collaboration

with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to assist women in case they face any panic

situation or problem?

Ans:- Bharti Airtel

16) World's largest airplane weighing 2,26,800 kg took its first ever flight in Mojave,

California. It's named as:

Ans:- Roc

17) Viswanathan Anand positioned __________ in the Shamkir Chess 2019

tournament.

Ans:- 5th

18) Meena Kumari bagged __________ at the 2019 Boxing World Cup.

Ans:- Gold

19) Who has partnered with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and signs

MoU to conserve smaller wetlands to combat effects of climate change?

Ans:- ISRO

20) Indian Army observed Rajouri Day on __________.

Ans:- 13th April



1) RBI grants 12 years to LIC for reducing stake in which bank?

Ans:- IDBI Bank

2) Who Wins 2019 Masters to Claim 15th Major in Golf?

Ans:- Tiger Woods

3) Renowned poet Pradeep Choubey passed away recently. He is famous in which

language?

Ans:- Hindi

4) Name of the financial company that launched a unique proposition to pay

electricity bill on EMIs.

Ans:- Bajaj Finserv

5) The 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 started in:

Ans:-New Delhi

6) Which state celebrated the Rongali Bihu festival?

Ans:- Assam

7) Who became the first Indian to be appointed Chair of International Hockey

Federation (FIH) Health and Safety Committee?

Ans:- Bibhu Kalyan Nayak

8) The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal was honoured with this title for

their separate investigations of President Donald Trump and his family.

Ans:- Pulitzer Prizes

9) Name the initiative launched by Microsoft to preserve traditional weaving forms in

India.

Ans:- ReWeave

10) Japan, UAE and which country plans to set up two projects in Africa?

Ans:-India

11) Which country will host the world's foremost Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit?

Ans:-UAE


12) Marine Lizard, the world’s first armed amphibious drone attack boat was

developed by:

Ans:- China

13) In which of the following State did the Bamboo rice show up after 4 decades?

Ans:- Odisha

14) The Renowned Space scientist who passed away in Bengaluru, recently.

Ans:- SK Shivakumar.

15) With which country, the Union Cabinet of India approves an agreement in the

field of Renewable Energy with focus on Offshore Wind Energy?

Ans:- Denmark

16) India and which European country have launched joint Industrial R&D programme

to address shared challenges?

Ans:- Sweden

17) India has successfully test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-

range sub-sonic cruise missile in Odisha. The name of the missile is;

Ans:- Nirbhay

18) Reserve Bank of India has permitted Re-insurance and Composite Insurance

brokers to open which account for undertaking transactions?

Ans:- Foreign Currency Accounts

19) The Ministry of Commerce and Industries instructed the Health Ministry to frame

law banning manufacture and sale of __________ in the country.

Ans:- e-cigarettes

20) Recently, India and __________ signed an MoU on Cooperation in the Field of

Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy.

Ans:- Bolivia


1) What is the name of the telescope, which is used by astronomers to capture the

first image of Black Hole?

Ans:- Event Horizon Telescope


2) When was the International Day of Human Space Flight observed?

Ans:- 12th April

3) World Parkinson's Day observed on:

Ans:- 11th April

4) Which Digital payments has acquired Wibmo recently?

Ans:- PayU

5) Who has been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London, recently?

Ans:- Alice G. Vaidyan

6) Which Hockey team won Malaysia series?

Ans:- India

7) Who has been honored with the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel Award by

International Human Rights Council at Mumbai?

Ans:- Sudhanshu Kumar

8) World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day was obseved on:

Ans:- 12th April

9) Who launched a new rule on electronic information exchange?

Ans:- International Maritime Organization.

10) Who released a booklet 'Selected speeches of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar in the

Constituent Assembly' at 128th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar?

Ans:- Prasar Bharati Chairman, A Surya Prakash

11) Who among the following was appointed as the secretary, Defence Finance?

Ans:- Gargi Kaul

12) Jean Michel Lapin elected as the new Prime Minister of:

Ans:- Haiti

13) Who is appointed as First Woman Vice-Chancellor of the National Institute of

Educational Planning and Administration?

Ans:- Jamia Millia

14) The World Allergy Week 2019, observed from 07-13 April 2019. It's theme is;


Ans:- The Global Problem of Food Allergy


1) Where did India's first 'Voter Park' inagurated?

Ans:- Gurugram

2) How many schemes of West Bengal government won WSIS awards of the United

Nations?

Ans:- Two schemes ,Utkarsh Bangla and Sabooj Sathi.

3) Who has become the first-ever captain to win 100 matches in IPL history?

Ans:- MS Dhoni

4) Who was sworn in as the New Prime Minister of Palestine?

Ans:-Mohammed Ishtaye

5) Recently, Julian Assange arrested in London for hacking Pentagon computer

network in 2010. He was the Co-founder of this organisation.

Ans:- WikiLeaks

6) The First Woman Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia is:

Ans:- Najma Akhtar

7) Who won the World Press Photo award 2019 for the image "of a crying toddler at

US border"?

Ans:- John Moore

8) Which of the following initiation of the Rotary Club of Madras North provides

sanitary napkins to the students?

Ans:- Project Kannamma

9) Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism has selected whom as 2019

Citi Journalistic Excellence Awards?

Ans:-Teena Thacker

10) Who clinched Formula One's 1000th race title?


11) Who has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 during 4th APJ

Abdul Kalam Innovation Conclave, Mohali?


Ans:- Dr. A K Singh

12) Essel World launched an interactive bird park in __________, Maharashtra.

Ans:- Gorai

13) Which of the following Israeli lunar Mission crashed on the Moon?

Ans:- Beresheet

14) The 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting held in which of the following city?

Ans:- New Delhi

15) Which of the following has launched a mobile app, "My Circle" in collaboration

with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to assist women in case they face any panic

situation or problem?

Ans:- Bharti Airtel

16) World's largest airplane weighing 2,26,800 kg took its first ever flight in Mojave,

California. It's named as:

Ans:- Roc

17) Viswanathan Anand positioned __________ in the Shamkir Chess 2019

tournament.

Ans:- 5th

18) Meena Kumari bagged __________ at the 2019 Boxing World Cup.

Ans:- Gold

19) Who has partnered with the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute and signs

MoU to conserve smaller wetlands to combat effects of climate change?

Ans:- ISRO

20) Indian Army observed Rajouri Day on __________.

Ans:- 13th April


1) RBI grants 12 years to LIC for reducing stake in which bank?

Ans:- IDBI Bank

2) Who Wins 2019 Masters to Claim 15th Major in Golf?

Ans:- Tiger Woods


3) Renowned poet Pradeep Choubey passed away recently. He is famous in which

language?

Ans:- Hindi

4) Name of the financial company that launched a unique proposition to pay

electricity bill on EMIs.

Ans:- Bajaj Finserv

5) The 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 started in:

Ans:-New Delhi

6) Which state celebrated the Rongali Bihu festival?

Ans:- Assam

7) Who became the first Indian to be appointed Chair of International Hockey

Federation (FIH) Health and Safety Committee?

Ans:- Bibhu Kalyan Nayak

8) The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal was honoured with this title for

their separate investigations of President Donald Trump and his family.

Ans:- Pulitzer Prizes

9) Name the initiative launched by Microsoft to preserve traditional weaving forms in

India.

Ans:- ReWeave

10) Japan, UAE and which country plans to set up two projects in Africa?

Ans:-India

11) Which country will host the world's foremost Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit?

Ans:-UAE

12) Marine Lizard, the world's first armed amphibious drone attack boat was

developed by:

Ans:- China

13) In which of the following State did the Bamboo rice show up after 4 decades?

Ans:- Odisha

14) The Renowned Space scientist who passed away in Bengaluru, recently.


Ans:- SK Shivakumar.

15) With which country, the Union Cabinet of India approves an agreement in the

field of Renewable Energy with focus on Offshore Wind Energy?

Ans:- Denmark

16) India and which European country have launched joint Industrial R&D programme

to address shared challenges?

Ans:- Sweden

17) India has successfully test-fired first indigenously designed and developed long-

range sub-sonic cruise missile in Odisha. The name of the missile is;

Ans:- Nirbhay

18) Reserve Bank of India has permitted Re-insurance and Composite Insurance

brokers to open which account for undertaking transactions?

Ans:- Foreign Currency Accounts

19) The Ministry of Commerce and Industries instructed the Health Ministry to frame

law banning manufacture and sale of __________ in the country.

Ans:- e-cigarettes

20) Recently, India and __________ signed an MoU on Cooperation in the Field of

Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy.

Ans:- Bolivia


1) Who has been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award-2019 at the 4th APJ

Abdul Kalam Innovation Conclave?

Ans:- Dr A K Singh , Director General at Life Sciences - DRDO

2) West Bengal celebrated Bengali New Year on 15th April. It is known as:

Ans:- Pahela Baishakh (Poila Baishakh)

3) Who won his first ATP title of US Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston?

Ans:- Christian Garin

4) Which Country labeled U.S. troops in West Asia as 'terrorist'?

Ans:- Iran


5) Name the Indian badminton player who clinched the Dutch International

badminton title 2019.

Ans:-Harsheel Dani

6) Name the female athelete who won a Paris Marathon recently.

Ans:- Gelete Burka

7) The 8th edition of Home Expo India 2019 started in:

Ans:- Greater Noida

8) Rajesh Yaduvanshi is appointed as Executive Director of this bank.

Ans:- Punjab National Bank (PNB)

9) India and Republic of Korea jointly issue the Postage Stamp under which of the

following theme?

Ans:- Queen Hur Hwang-ok of Korea

10) Name the world's rarest giant softshell turtle that passed away in Suzhou

Zoo,China.

Ans:- Yangtze

11) Who has been chosen for 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize

along with Wa Lone?

Ans:- Kyaw Soe Oo

12) Who sets up 5G Lab for Banking, Financial Sector?

Ans:- The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology

(IDRBT)

13) Name the vehicle which received approval from cabinet for continuation of its

Phase 4 programme that consists of 5 rocket flights during 2021-2024?

Ans:- Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles (GSLVs)

14) ICC and UNICEF patners to deliver One Day for Children at Mens Cricket World

Cup 2019. Its campaign is:

Ans:- #OneDay4Children

15) How much did UN owe India for peacekeeping operations?

Ans:- USD 38 million

16) Which village of Madhya Pradesh is changed as Shivdham?


Ans:- Durjanpur

17) Himachal Pradesh celebrated 72nd Himachal Day on which date?

Ans:- 15th April

18) World Haemophilia Day observed on April 17. The theme of 2019 WHD is:

Ans:- Outreach and Identification

19) Which railway station won the title of world's longest railway station name by an

alphabet?

Ans:- Llanfairpwll railway station.

Explanation: The longest railway station name, which is 58 letters long. Full name of

the station

is ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’ in Wales.

20) Which financial service company won the Celent Model Bank 2019 Award?

Ans:- Fincare Small Finance Bank

21) Which popular Mobile App blocked by Google?

Ans:- TikTok


1) The First Public Sector Bank in India to Meet RBI's EMV Mandate is:

Ans:- Canara Bank

2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been appointed as the brand ambassador of:

Ans:- RedBus

3) Who has named as Goodwill Ambassador of Street Child Cricket World Cup 2019?

Ans:- Mithali Raj

4) Which country launches its first satellite from USA?

Ans:- Nepal.(NepaliSat-1)

5) Which team has emerged as champions of the 2nd edition of Hero Super Cup

2019?

Ans:- FC Goa

6) Who has appointed as chief people officer PwC India?

Ans:- Padmaja Alaganandan


7) Who has been chosen to lead the team CubeSat by NASA?

Ans:-Keshav Raghvan

8) Where did Google opened its first Africa Artificial Intelligence lab?

Ans:- Ghana

9) FIFA ban Jose Maria Marin for life,he belongs to which country?

Ans:- Brazil

10) Which Bank launched a paperless account opening facility for NRIs?

Ans:- IDBI Bank

11) When did International Day for Monuments and Sites observed?

Ans:- 18 April

12) With whom the Vietnam People's Navy concludes its Bilateral Exercise, recently?

Ans:-Indian Navy

13) India's largest app for financial services thst has integrated with Unified Payment

Interface (UPI) is:

Ans:-ETMONEY

14) The researchers from which university created a 3D-printed device that that can

produce electricity from falling snow?

Ans:- University of California, Los Angeles

15) Who has discovered an Earth-sized planet, HD 21749b using Transiting Exoplanet

Survey Satellite?

Ans:-NASA

16) Who has appointed as CEO of Cairn Oil?

Ans:- Ajay Kumar Dixit


1) Which country has celebrated the historic Mujibnagar day recently?

Ans:- Bangladesh

2) Which of the following is the host country of annual G20 leaders' summit 2020?

Ans:- Saudi Arabia


3) What is the position of India in World Press Freedom Index 2019?

Ans:- 140

4) Who was appointed as the head of the Indo-Pacific Wing?

Ans:-Vikram Doraiswami

5) How many Indian teams win the award in the 25th Annual Human Exploration

Rover challenge 2019?

Ans:- 3

6) Two Indian women lawyers named in Time's 100 Most Influential People 2019 list.

They are:

Ans:-Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju

7) Raavana l was the first satellite of this country.

Ans:-Sri Lanka

8) United Nations honoured 150 Indian peacekeepers in:

Ans:-South Sudan

9) Researchers from this IIT institute has found a new method to detect breast and

ovarian cancer.

Ans:- IIT Roorkee

10) Indo-Pacific Wing has set by which ministry?

Ans:- Ministry of External Affairs

11) RBI has recently issued a new note under Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series with

Shaktikanta Das's signature. The denomination of the note is:

Ans:- Rs.50

12) April 19 is observed as:

Ans:- World Liver Day

13) Name the world's largest oil company who talks to buy 25 percent stake in

Reliance Industries' oil refineries and petrochemical complex.

Ans:- Saudi Aramco

14) What is the name of the third transiting planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary

System discovered by astronomers from San Diego State University?


Ans:- Kepler-47d

15) Name the first Indian, who was inducted into the National Geospatial Advisory

Committee (NGAC) of US.

Ans:-Sanjay Kumar

16) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of IESA for 2019-20?

Ans:- Jitendra Chaddah

17) The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have launched a

private blockchain and quasi-crypto currency called:

Ans:-Learning Coin


1) Name the Indian wrestler who ranks top spot in the World Wrestling Rankings.

Ans:- Bajrang Punia

2) Which Public sector bank has tied up with city-based Srei Equipment Finance Ltd to offer joint loans for infrastructure equipment through iQuippo?

Ans:- Bank of Baroda

3) Exim Bank gives loans worth __________ million for projects in Rwanda.

Ans:- 267$

4) Who among the following received UK Royal Society honour, recently?

Ans:- Yusuf Hamied

5) Jaideep Sarkar has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to which nation?

Ans:- South Africa

6) Who has been appointed as the Ambassador to Lebanon?

Ans:- Suhel Ajaz Khan

7) The astronaut who is going to set a new record for longest single spaceflight by a woman?

Ans:- Christina Koch


8) Which of the following released New Guidelines on 10 Ways to Use Digital Health

Technology to Boost People's Health?

Ans:- WHO

9) VARUNA is the largest Naval Exercise between India and __________.

Ans:- France

10) Name the Spacecraft, which is used by NASA to find "Ligeia Mare", the second

largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan.

Ans:- Cassini

11) Who among the following leaders has overseen a new 'guided weapon' test?

Ans:- Kim Jong Un

12) NASA's first female astronaut candidate who has recently died is;

Ans:- Jerrie Cobb

13) Which country was penalized worth "1,70,000 Euros" by the International Hockey

Federation for disrespecting Pro League commitments?

Ans:- Pakistan

14) The Election Commission has appointed ex-Bihar chief electoral officer Ajay V

Nayak as Special Observer for which state?

Ans:- West Bengal

15) Which of the following company gives a Nod for Transfer of Ratings Business tTo

New Subsidiary?

Ans:- CRISIL

16) INS Kolkata and Shakti will participate in the International Fleet Review 2019 in

which country?

Ans:- China

17) Who has become the first Indian female scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the

Royal Society (FRS) in the UK?

Ans:- Gagandeep Kang

18) The Union Cabinet approved the funds for implementing __________ percent EWS Quota.

Ans:- 10%


19) Kaushik Shaparia was appointed as the chief executive officer for this bank, recently.

Ans:- Deutsche Bank 20) Who has appointed as a Corporate Ambassador for a Dubai based company

RAKEZ?

Ans:- Ravi Shastri

Daily Current Affairs 21st April 2019

1) Which Indian accident was inducted into the International Labour Organisation

(ILO) report titled "The Safety at the Heart and the Health of the Future of Work- Building on 100 years of Experience"?

Ans:- Bhopal Gas Tragedy

2) Changi airport gets world's tallest 131-ft indoor waterfall. The airport is located in

_________.

Ans:- Singapore

3) Which country has won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against China grain import quotas?

Ans:- US

4) Who was honoured with 'Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award' for writing 'Samvidhan Kavya', a poetic version of the Indian Constitution?

Ans:- Sunil Kumar Gautam

5) Famous cricketer Con de Lange was passed away recently with a brain tumour. He

belongs to which country?

Ans:- Scotland

6) Name the country which will revive 2nd major China-linked project.

Ans:- Malaysia

7) Which Payment Bank has joined hands with Bharti AXA General Insurance for a

two-wheeler insurance product?

Ans:- Airtel Payments Bank

8) Name the Malian Prime Minister who resigned his position, recently.


Ans:- Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga

9) Who was appointed as the general secretary of Judo Union?

Ans:- Mukesh Kumar

10) The Finance Minister of this country resigned recently.

Ans:- Pakistan

11) Which rocket launched the Cygnus Cargo Ship to International Space Station from

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia?

Ans:- Antares Rocket

12) Which of the following company won $1bn investment from Toyota, SoftBank fund?

Ans:- Uber

13) Universe's first molecule that formed almost 14 billion years ago, recently detected by NASA is __________.

Ans:- Helium hydride

14) Who plans to close down its retail operations in China?

Ans:- Amazon

15) Which has became India's first retail company to cross Rs.1 lakh crore annual

revenue milestones?

Ans:- Reliance Retail

Daily Current Affairs 22nd April 2019

1) India's Haj Quota increased from 1.75 lakh to __________ by Saudi Arabia.

Ans:- 2 lakh

2) World Earth Day observed on April 22. The theme of 2019 World Earth Day is;

Ans:- Protect Our Species

3) Who won the Ukraine presidential election, recently?

Ans:- Volodymyr Zelenskiy


4) National Civil Services Day was observed on;

Ans:- April 21

5) Who has been appointed as new Prime Minister of Israel?

Ans:- Benjamin Netanyahu

6) Who has been appointed to Board of Directors in Paytm Payments Bank (PPB)?

Ans:- Sairee Chahal

7) How much percent of life insurer's premium income was grown for the year 2019,

as per Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)?

Ans:- 11%

8) Which Indian boxer clinched gold in Boxing World Cup in 54 kg?

Ans:- Meena Kumari Maisnam

9) Find the Metro rail corporation which has started an initiative to become the

world's first 100% solar-powered metro?

Ans:- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

10) Who claimed a bronze medal in the women's 5000m race?

Ans:- Parul Chaudhary

11) Who has appointed as a new Chairman of Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH)?

Ans:- Ravinder Kumar Passi

12) Name of the olympic athlete who has banned for 4 years for doping.

Ans:- Asbel Kiprop

13) Which of the following Indian Movie won best cinematography at 2019 Beijing International Film Festival?

Ans:- Bhayanakam

14) When did the World Creativity and Innovation Day was observed?

Ans:- 21st April

15) What is the position of India in the Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019?


Ans:- 17

16) Annu Rani bagged __________ in Asian Athletics Championship 2019.

Ans:- Silver

17) To boost tea trade, cultural and technical exchanges as well as global promotion

of tea, the Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) was opened in which country?

Ans:- China

18) Which iconic structures almost burned down recently after a devastating blaze?

Ans:- Notre-Dame Cathedral

19) How many states have joined in a pan-India network of single emergency helpline number '112'?

Ans:- 20

20) The Intellectual Property Rights cell of this university has been selected for the National Intellectual Property Award 2019?

Ans:- Kerala Agricultural University

Daily Current Affairs 23rd April 2019

1) Manish Maheshwari was appointed as the new managing director of __________.

Ans:- Twitter India

2) Which country declared joint border 'reaction force' with Pakistan?

Ans:- Iran

3) Who became the first Italian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title?

Ans:- Fabio Fognini

4) Who launched a guided missile destroyer 'INS Imphal' in Mumbai?

Ans:- Sunil Lanba

5) UAE laid the foundation stone of the first Hindu temple in __________.

Ans:- Abu Dhabi


6) World Book and Copyright Day was observed on which date?

Ans:- 23 April

7) Who won 2019 Santosh Trophy in Ludhiana?

Ans:- Services team

8) Name the combined immune deficiency disorder which is cured by gene therapy

developed by HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus).

Ans:- Bubble boy

9) Who among the following has been recommended for the Vir Chakra medal by

Indian Air Force?

Ans:- Abhinandan Varthaman

10) Vinod Zutshi has been appointed as special observer for which state?

Ans:- Tripura

11) India ranks __________ in Index of Cancer Preparedness.

Ans:- 19th 12) Which of the following inks MoU with BSE to provide Cyber Security Services?

Ans:- Braina AI assistant

13) Which nation has decided to end sanctions waivers for all importers of Iranian oil?

Ans:- United States

14) Which airways signed MoU share partnership with Gulf carrier Emirates?

Ans:- SpiceJet

15) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and this ministry signed an MoU for research in areas of traditional systems of medicine.

Ans:- Ministry of AYUSH

16) Which company has signed a deal with India Post to transform country's mail delivery system?

Ans:- TCS

17) What is the name of the new novel written by the booker prize winning author,

Salman Rushdie inspired by Spanish classic Don Quixote?


Ans:- Quichotte

18) The first edition of Naval Commanders' Conference of 2019 will be started in

which city?

Ans:- New Delhi

19) Famous folk singer Amar Paul passed away at the age of 97. He is famous in

which language?

Ans:- Bengali


1) Who resigns from Assocham Secretary General post?

Ans:- Uday Kumar Varma

2) Which organisation joins hands with Welingkar Institute of Management to support

startups in exports?

Ans:- FIEO

3) The Congress has fielded which sportsperson from South Delhi constituency to take

on BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri?

Ans:- Vijender Singh

4) Name the Indian aircraft, which has participated in India-US Anti Submarine

Warfare drill that held in Indian Ocean recently.

Ans:- P8I Neptune

5) The host country of 2019 Asia Badminton Championships.

Ans:- China

6) Who released a report that RBI has Rs.3 lakh crore (43$ million) in excess

reserves?

Ans:- BofAML

7) The Supreme Court constituted a panel to inquire into the sexual harassment complaint. Who will be the head of panel?

Ans:- Sharad Arvind Bobde

8) Who won a National Intellectual Property Award?


Ans:- Benny Antony

9) When did the World Book Day is celebrated?

Ans:- 23 April

10) 14th to 20th April was observed as;

Ans:- National Fire Service Week

11) Under which scheme does,Central Government has made compulsory for Electric Vehicle (EV) manufactures in India to locally source at least 50% components for

receiving subsidies?

Ans:- FAME II

12) Which of the following network was conferred with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019?

Ans:- All India Radio

13) Who is named as brand ambassador of Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC)?

Ans:- Vikas Khanna

14) India observes National Panchayati Raj Day on __________.

Ans:- 24th April

15) Which country releases a special stamp on Ramayana theme?

Ans:- Indonesia

16) Olympics athelet Jeremy Lalrinnunga won which medal in Asian Weightlifting

Championship under 67Kg men's event?

Ans:- Silver

17) The first product that is launched by the combination of "Health Guard policy" of

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and "iSecure policy" of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.

Ans:- Total Health Secure Goal

18) Arab League pledged __________ per month to Palestinian Authority.

Ans:- USD 100 million

19) Recently, The Union Government extends ban on import of milk products from

which country?


Ans:- China

Daily Current Affairs 25th April 2019 1) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced to name this region after Donald Trump. Ans:- Golan Heights 2) Gomathi Marimuthu has clinched India's first Gold in the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha. She is from which state?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu 3) Name the organisation which has developed a new guidelines on physical activity for children under five years. Ans:- WHO 4) Name the Bank which got RBI approval for holding up to 9.9 percent stake in Bandhan Bank.

Ans:- HDFC 5) Who plans to launch #VaccinesWork to emphasize on the importance of vaccines? Ans:- UNICEF

6) Who signed a MoU with Moscow School of Management, Skolkovo? Ans:- Indian School of Business

7) Name of the nation that successfully test-fired an indigenous cruise missile on April 23, 2019? Ans:- Pakistan 8) Which armed force started an online registration of women for recruitment? Ans:- Indian Army


9) Who will lead the team of NASA mission CubeSat to detect cosmic

rays? Ans:- Keshav Raghavan 10) Which of the following institute ranked 12th in APAC? Ans:- Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore 11) Which space agency has revealed that Mercury has a massive solid inner core?

Ans:- NASA 12) Madras High Court ban which of the following App? Ans:- TikTok 13) Which of the following country has launched the pilot tests for the world's first malaria vaccine "RTS-S"? Ans: Malawi

14) The world's first floating nuclear power plant tested by Russia is; Ans:- Akademik Lomonosov 15) Who has distributed a special kit SAECKs to investigate sexual assault cases? Ans:- Ministry of Home Affairs

16) When did the UN English Language Day is observed? Ans:- April 23 17) The first Destination Bank to launch debit card based e-mandates On NPCIs E-Mandate API Platform. Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank


18) Which bank receives NCLT approval for merger with Bharat Financial Inclusion?

Ans:- IndusInd Bank 19) Which scheme of the West Bengal government has won the 2019 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) award in Capacity Building category? Ans:- Utkarsh Bangla 20) The United Arab Emirates has announced 85 percent completion of

its Mars probe project. What is the name of the probe? Ans:- Hope


1) The pnnel which is formed after revamping the high-level 'anti-hijack panel' to include top officials especially National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Ans:- Committee of Secretaries on Aircraft Hijack (COSAH) 2) Name the country which sets coordinating council to attract Indian Investments. Ans:- Kazakhstan 3) Who has been honoured with the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Award 2019? Ans:- Salim Khan 4) Which bank has signed BEML Limited (Bharat Earth Movers Limited) for financing Earth Moving and Construction Equipment? Ans:- Syndicate Bank

5) Who introduced the first Indian Platform for Wholesale Cryptocurrency Trading?

Ans:- BuyUcoin

6) India ranks __________ in the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness Index Ans:- 80


7) Which financial inclusion program of India is set to cross Rs 1 lakh crore accounts? Ans:- Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 8) Who was appointed as India's High Commissioner to the island nation Seychelles, recently? Ans:- Dalbir Singh Suhag 9) World Malaria Day is observed on April 25. The theme of 2019 World Malaria Day is; Ans:- Zero malaria starts with me

10) Which public sector bank's authorized capital was increased by the central

government in consultation with RBI recently?

Ans:- Allahabad Bank

11) Where was the Indian Coast Guard Vessel ICGS C-441 commissioned?

Ans:- Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram

12) Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty has appointed as the head of this company's Asia-Pacific region. Ans:- Uber 13) Iran and which country have decided to set up a Joint Border Reaction Force (JBRF)? Ans:- Pakistan 14) Which university approved a worldwide assessment system across India to use a wider new range of online courses? Ans:- University of Cambridge 15) Who won a assembly elections in Japan? Ans:- Puranik Yogendra 16) Two new bird species were found in __________. Ans:- Indonesia


17) World Day for Laboratory Animals is observed on ________. Ans:- 24th April 18) The United Nations and this signed a joint framework aimed at strengthening partnership in counter-terrorism efforts. Ans:- European Union 19) Who has been conferred with the Best Sportsperson award by the Calcutta Sports Journalists Club? Ans:- Jhulan Goswami 20) When did World Intellectual Property Day observed? Ans:- 26 April Daily Current Affairs 27th April 2019

1) Who has been honoured with the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019?

Ans:- Madhur Bhandarkar

2) How many players are banned by FIFO for Life over Match-Fixing?

Ans:- 8

3) Who has named as IPI's 71st World Press Freedom Hero in 2019?

Ans:- Cyril Almeida

4) Who has reduced the minimum subscription requirement for Real Estate

Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs)?

Ans:- SEBI

5) International Girls in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Day 2019

was observed on __________.

Ans:- April 25

6) Abhishek Verma won the gold medal at __________ air pistol in the ISSF World

Cup.

Ans:- 10m

7) Who acquired secondhand Goods Marketplace Zefo?


Ans:- Quickr

8) Who has collaborated with MobiKwik to launch a smart digital insurance product to

enhance financial inclusion?

Ans:- Aegon Life Insurance Company

9) Tejinder Pal Singh Toor was recently in news he belongs to which sport?

Ans:- Shot put

10) Which of the following becomes first major airline to operate plastic-free flight?

Ans:- Etihad Airways

11) The World Immunization Week 2019 observed from 24-30th April. It's theme is;

Ans:- Protected Together: Vaccines Work

12) Which organization is set to partner with the Embassy of the US to jointly promote domestic investments during 'Select USA 2019' summit that will be held in

Washington DC?

Ans:- rade Promotion Council of India (TPCI)

13) Which bank launched India's first 'Green Car Loan' (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles?

Ans:- State Bank of India

14) Who become the first female referee who taken charge for a Ligue 1 Conforama

match in French?

Ans:- Stephanie Frappart

15) Which cricket theme won their first one-day international status recently?

Ans:- USA

16) Who wins Asian Snooker Tour Title?

Ans:- Pankaj Advani

17) Name the software company which becomes World's Third Company with the one

trillion dollars.

Ans:- Microsoft


18) Who among the following received the 2019 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize?

Ans:- Rana Dasgupta

19) Who has been appointed as the 52nd Controller General of Defence Accounts

(CGDA)?

Ans:- Rajendra Kumar Nayak

20) Coast Guard Vessel ICGS C-441 was commissioned at __________.

Ans:- Vizhinjam


1) Where is the headquarters of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)?

Ans:- Chennai

2) The 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action

and Disaster Preparedness has started in which of the following cities?

Ans:- Thimphu

3) Which former army chief has been appointed as India’s new high commissioner to Seychelles?

Ans:- Deepak Kapoor

4) What is the theme of 2019 World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD)?

Ans:- Reach of Gold IP and Sports

5) BepiColombo, sometimes seen in news, is associated to which of the following

space agencies?

Ans:- CNES

6) Divyansh Singh Panwar, who secured 2020 Tokyo Olympic quota, is associated to

which sports?

Ans:- Boxing

7) Indonesia has recently released a special Ramayana themed stamp to mark 70 years of diplomatic ties with India. It was designed by which of the follow

Ans:- Kartika Affandi

8) Which of the following banks has launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ at lower

interest rates?


Ans:- PNB

9) The scientists of which country have successfully created the first-ever artificial

crater on an asteroid ‘Ryugu’?

Ans:- Australia

10) What is the theme of the 2019 World Immunization Week (WIW)?

Ans:- Recently your world- get vaccinated

11) Who has become first overseas player from India to Join Hampshire as South Africa batsman Aiden Markram’s replacement?

Ans:- Ajinkya Rahane

12) Who was honoured with the prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in

April 2019?

Ans:- Salim Khan, Madhur Bhandarkar and Halen.

13) Which of the following weeks is observed from 24 to 30 April 2019?

Ans:- World Immunization Week

14) National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the merger of

______________ with Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL)

Ans:- Induslnd Bank

15) Name the Destination Bank to go live Net Banking and Debit Card Based e-mandate authentication?

Ans:- Kotak Mahindra Bank

16) April 26 observed as a World Intellectual Property Day. It's theme for the year 2019 is;

Ans:- Reach for Gold: IP and Sports

17) UN observes World Day for Safety and Health at Work day on __________.

Ans:- 28th April

18) 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness was held in __________.

Ans:- Kathmandu


19) SCTIMST has awarded Intellectual Property Award 2019 on the occasion of World

Intellectual Property Day. This Institute was located in which state?

Ans:- Kerala


1) With whom Indian Army signed an MoU to build tunnels on China, Pakistan borders?

Ans:- NHPC

2) World Veterinary Day 2019 is observed on 28th Apri. It's theme is;

Ans:- Value of Vaccination

3) Which team wins Arjan Singh Memorial International hockey tournament?

Ans:- ICF Chennai

4) Name the country which is mostly targeted by hackers in 2018 as per the report of Akamai Technologies.

Ans:- US

5) Who has adopted a resolution on Sexual-Violence condemning rape as a weapon of

war?

Ans:- UNSC

6) Saurabh Chaudhary and __________ win India's 2nd gold at ISSF Beijing World Cup 2019.

Ans:- Manu Bhaker

7) UN observes World Day for Safety and Health at Work day on __________.

Ans:- 28th April

8) Who is appointed as the technical director by AIFF?

Ans:- Doru Isac

9) April 26 observed as a World Intellectual Property Day. It's theme for the year 2019 is;

Ans:- Reach for Gold: IP and Sports


10) 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action and

Disaster Preparedness was held in __________.

Ans:- Kathmandu

11) The new Rs. 20 denomination banknote has a motif of __________ on the

reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage.

Ans:- Ellora Caves

12) SCTIMST has awarded Intellectual Property Award 2019 on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day. This Institute was located in which state?

Ans:- Kerala

13) The government of India has formed a committee to examine the electronic tax

invoice system of various countries. It consists of how many members?

Ans:- 13

14) Name of the athelete who clinched the London Marathon 2019 title.

Ans:- Eliud Kipchoge

15) What is the revised interest rate of Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) for 2018-19?

Ans:- 8.65%

16) Which country is set to abolish its exit visa system for all foreign workers by the end of 2019 as per the United Nation's International Labour Organization(ILO)?

Ans:- Qatar

17) Where was the first-ever talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held?

Ans:- Vladivostok, Russia

18) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched Malaria Elimination Research

Alliance (MERA) in order to eliminate the disease from India by which year?

Ans:- 2030

19) Name the Indian player who was titled Sportsperson of the Year Award 2019 at the annual awards and scholarships function.

Ans:- Sharath Kamal

20) Who has been elected as the General secretary of All India Federation of PTI Employees' Unions?


Ans:- M S Yadav


1) IRDAI set up a Committee of 13 members to review regulatory framework

on micro-insurance. Who is the head of the committee?

Ans:- Suresh Mathur

2) When did Ayushman Bharat Diwas observed?

Ans:- 30th April

3) Which IT service management company has launched the real-time voice banking platform to provide customers with personalized banking interactions?

Ans:- Financial Software Services (FSS)

4) Name the Indian Golfer who has been awarded outstanding achievement as a player award at the 4th Edition of the annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA)

award for the year 2019.

Ans:- Gaganjeet Bhullar

5) Name the country which has recently pledged £4 million to support Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF).

Ans:- Britain

6) Who became the First Indian Wrestler to fight at New York's Iconic Madison Square

Garden?

Ans:- Bajrang Punia

7) According to Fitch Solutions Macro Research report, India to install __________

wind capacity by 2022.

Ans:- 54.7 GW

8) The scientists from which Institute has developed an ultrasensitive quantum thermometer, recently?

Ans:- Jamia Millia Islamia

9) Who is the head of the CPWD committee to formulate design policy for building

construction?

Ans:- M K Sharma


10) A six-year-old boy Derek C Lalchhanhima receives PETA India's 'Compassionate Kid' Award 2019. He belongs to which Indian state?

Ans:- Mizoram

11) IIT Madras team develops easy OCR system for reading documents in Bharati script containing with how many Indian languges?

Ans:- 9

12) What was the theme of the second edition of Belt and Road Forum (BRF)?

Ans:- Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future

13) Which telescope is used for confirming that the Universe is expanding about 9%

faster than expected?

Ans:- Hubble Space Telescope

14) Who proposed strict rules on opening and running of current accounts of

corporate borrowers in order to tackle fund diversion?

Ans:- Reserve Bank of India

15) Which of the following city has set a new Guinness World Record for the number of national flags raised in a city for 24 hours?

Ans:- Beirut

16) Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company and this bank -

launched 'Webassurance', recently.

Ans:- Canara Bank

17) Which ministry forms a panel for efficient implementation of NCAP?

Ans:- Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

18) Who won a Maiden Stuttgart Porsche Grand Prix 2019 title?

Ans:- Petra Kvitova

19) UNICEF and __________ has signed a LOI for children Empowerment.

Ans:- NITI Aayog

20) Who among the following won Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019?


Ans:- Valtteri Bottas

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