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CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL 2020

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state has become the first in the northeastern region to develop a mobile COVID-19 sample collection kiosk?

a)

Goa

b)

Nagaland

c)

Meghalaya

d)

Tripura

2.

What is NASA’s mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms called?

a)

Stormy

b)

SunRISE

c)

Sincerity

d)

Solidarity

3.

The World Athletics Championships has been postponed till which year?

a)

Late 2020

b)

Mid 2021

c)

2021

d)

2022

4.

Which institution has developed an indigenous ventilator prototype amid COVID-19 outbreak?

a)

IIT Madras

b)

IIT Delhi

c)

Symbiosis

d)

IISc Bengaluru

5.

1.Which Ministry has launched ‘Stranded in India’ portal for foreign tourists?

a)

Ministry of Tourism

b)

Ministry of External Affairs

c)

Ministry of Home Affairs

d)

Ministry of Human Resource Development

6.

Who has been reappointed as RBI Governor?

a)

S. Vishwanathan

b)

B. P. Kanungo

c)

S. Mundra

d)

R. Gandhi

7.

Which country has recommended the use of Bear bile as a cure of COVID-19?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

US

d)

China

8.

Who represented India in the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial virtual meeting?

a)

Rajnath Singh

b)

Piyush Goyal

c)

S Jaishankar

d)

Nirmala Sitharaman

9.

The government has extended the validity of vehicle permits till when?

a)

May 30th

b)

June 30th

c)

July 31st

d)

August 31st

10.

Which fund has been set up for COVID-19 relief?

a)

PM-Covid fund

b)

PM-Cares fund

c)

Covid se Suraksha

d)

PM- Coronavirus

11.

Who is the top-ranked Indian billionaire on Forbes’s 2020 list of world’s top billionaires?

a)

Sunil Mittal

b)

Mukesh Ambani

c)

Uday Kotak

d)

Radhakishan Damani

12.

When did Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

a)

April 13, 1919

b)

April 11, 1919

c)

April 12, 1919

d)

April 12, 1920

13.

Which app has become the world’s highest downloaded app in just 13 days?

a)

Zoom

b)

Big Basket

c)

Sahyog

d)

Aarogya Setu

14.

RMS Titanic sank into the North Atlantic Ocean on which day?

a)

April 15, 1912

b)

April 13, 1912

c)

April 15, 1913

d)

April 13, 1910

15.

Usha Ganguly, veteran theatre actor passed away on April 23 at the age of 75. She had written the script of which among the following Indian movies?

a)

Raincoat

b)

Chokher Bali

c)

The Last Year

d)

Antarmahal

16.

When was World Heritage Day observed?

a)

16th April

b)

17th April

c)

18th April

d)

19th April

17.

When is the National Civil Services Day observed?

a)

19th April

b)

20th April

c)

21th April

d)

22th April

18.

When was the National Panchayati Raj Day observed?

a)

24th April

b)

23th April

c)

22th April

d)

21st April

19.

The Prime Minister launched which among the following schemes on April 24, 2020?

a)

Swamitva Scheme

b)

Samasya Scheme

c)

Panchayati Raj

d)

Sahyog scheme

20.

Which country’s president has decided to temporarily suspend immigration amid COVID-19 outbreak?

a)

United King

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

Australia

21.

When is the National Civil Services Day observed?

a)

19th April

b)

22th april

c)

21th April

d)

20th April

22.

When is the World Homeopathy Day observed?

a)

April 9

b)

April 10

c)

April 11

d)

April 12

23.

Which state has launched the “Operation SHIELD” to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic?

a)

Uttar Pradesh

b)

Maharashtra

c)

Delhi

d)

Karnataka

24.

Name the two tech giants which have collaborated to launch COVID-19 contact-tracing technology as a tool to contain the spread of COVID -19?

a)

IBM – Microsoft

b)

Google – Microsoft

c)

Microsoft – Apple

d)

Apple – Google

25.

How many free LPG Gas cylinders (5kg) will be provided to Ujjwala beneficiaries during April-June 2020 as a support amid Covid-19?

a)

12

b)

8

c)

10

d)

7

26.

The Indian Railways has installed its first Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel at which of these stations?

a)

New Delhi

b)

Pune

c)

Ahmedabad

d)

Hyderabad

27.

Which among these following institutions has developed digital stethoscope AyuSynk?

a)

IIT Delhi

b)

IIT Bombay

c)

IIT Kharagpur

d)

IIT Guwahati

28.

UGC has formed a committee to promote online learning amid national lockdown due to COVID-19. Who is the head of this committee?

a)

RC Kuhad

b)

Nageshwar Rao

c)

Dhirendra Pal Singh

d)

Hrushikesh Senapaty

29.

Who has been appointed as the new managing director and chief executive officer of Paytm General Insurance Ltd?

a)

Atul Sahai

b)

Vineet Arora

c)

Jagdish Narayan Mishra

d)

Sarvesh Nair

30.

Which is the first Indian state to start the use of Ayurveda, along with allopathy medicines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and suspects?

a)

Meghalya

b)

Telangana

c)

Goa

d)

Uttar Pradesh

31.

World Art Day is a global observation, which takes place every year on___________

a)

April 12

b)

April 13

c)

April 15

d)

April 17

32.

Zafar Sarfraz, a first-class cricketer, has passed away fighting COVID-19. He was from which country?

a)

India

b)

Pakistan

c)

South Africa

d)

Bangladesh

33.

Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Dubai based cricket academy ‘CricKingdom’?

a)

MS Dhoni

b)

Virat Kohali

c)

Rohit Sharma

d)

Shikhar Dhawan

34.

Which country is set to host the 4th Asian Para Games in 2022?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Britain

35.

What is the name of the mascot of the 2022 Asian Para Games?

a)

Timtim

b)

Jiajia

c)

Feifei

d)

PeiPei

36.

Who is the author of the book “Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu”?

a)

Jatin Sapru

b)

Nalin Mehta

c)

Sambit Bal

d)

V. Krishnaswamy

37.

Which among the following colors has been designated to the hotspots zones identified across the country?

a)

Orange

b)

Red

c)

Green

d)

Blue

38.

Government of India has identified three color zones across the country to rank the districts as high to low COVID-19 risk area. Which color is not one among the identified colors?

a)

Orange

b)

Pink

c)

Red

d)

Green

39.

Name the dashboard launched by the government to display the details of all the Healthcare Professionals and Volunteers to help in speedy containment of COVID-19

a)

Covid Combatant

b)

Covid Soldier

c)

Covid Fighters

d)

Covid Warrior

40.

Name the interactive platform launched by Government of India to provide real time solutions to citizens about Covid-19 related queries

a)

Covid India Sankalp

b)

Covid India Samadhaan

c)

Covid India Seva

d)

Covid India Madad

41.

Who is the author of the audio format book titled “How the Onion Got Its Layers”?

a)

Sudha Murty

b)

Chetan Bhagat

c)

Arundhati Roy

d)

Lakshmi Venu

42.

Which state has recently launched the 3rd edition of its ‘Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan’ to deepen water bodies in the state?

a)

Gujrat

b)

Haryana

c)

Uttar Pradesh

d)

Bihar

43.

The International Mother Earth Day is observed every year on___________

a)

April 20

b)

April 21

c)

April 22

d)

April 25

44.

The ‘Saiyam’ Mobile app has been launched by the Municipal Corporation of which city to check upon the home-quarantines citizens?

a)

Lucknow

b)

Pune

c)

Hyderabad

d)

New Delhi

45.

The HRD Ministry has come up with VidyaDaan 2.0 program to invite e-learning content contributions from individual or organisations across the country. These contents will be used for e-learning through which of the following app of the ministry?

a)

Shagun

b)

Diksha

c)

Pariksha

d)

Gyan