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April Month Second Week Current Affairs

1-What is the percentage cut in salaries of all MPs, President, Vice president and Governors

for FY 2020-21 as approved by Cabinet (effect from April 1, 2020)?

A. 30%

B. 10%

C. 20%

D. 50%

2-Name the Indian state/UT which has announced 5T (Testing, Tracing, Treatment,

Teamwork & Tracking and monitoring) plan to control Covid-19.

A. Kerala

B. Punjab

C. New Delhi

D. Madhya Pradesh

3-Which Indian ministry has designated DigiLocker as the sole National Academic

Depository (NAD).

A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

B. Ministry of Human Resource and Development

C. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

D. Ministry of Science and Technology

4-The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed norms to increase the number of days that a

State/UT can continue to overdraft to how many days (from 14 days)?

A. 30 days

B. 60 days

C. 28 days


D. 21 days

5-Name the person who has been appointed as the chairman of National Association of

Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).

A. UB Pravin Rao

B. UK Sinha

C. Keshav Murugesh

D. Debjani Ghosh

6-The theme for World Health Day 2020 is ‘To Support nurses and midwives’. The Day is

celebrated every year on?

A. April 4

B. July 2

C. March 14

D. April 7

7-Name the initiative which was launched by Human Resource and Development Ministry

along with AICTE for students to fight covid-19.

A. Sathi

B. Samadhan

C. Samridhhi

D. Shagun

8-Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) announced to provide emergency

working capital of up to ______ for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

A. 15 crore

B. 10 crore

C. 2 crore

D. 1 crore


9-Which Company has signed contract from Indian Army to install state-of-the-art IT

enabled network under ‘Network of Spectrum (NFS)’?

A. Larsen & Toubro Limited

B. TCL Limited

C. JMC Projects

D. Gammon India Ltd

10-Which Organisation/Institute along with Wipro 3D to create full face shield for

healthcare personnel treating coronavirus patients?

A. IIT-Kanpur

B. ISRO

C. DRDO

D. IIT-Madras

11-With which world organization Hindustan Unilever Limited joined to launch

‘#BreakTheChain’ campaign to combat Covid-19.

A. Commonwealth of Nations

B. World Health Organisation (WHO)

C. World Economic Forum (WEF)

D. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

12-Name the University which has launched world’s 1st COVID-19 Government Response

tracker.

A. Columbia University

B. University of Oxford

C. Stanford University

D. Harvard University


13-How many people working in informal sector in India have risk of falling into poverty as

per International Labour Organization (ILO) report?

A. 100 million

B. 500 million

C. 400 million

D. 200 million

14-What is the India’s GDP growth for FY 20-21 as per UN’s report titled “Economic and

Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 2020: Towards sustainable economies”?

A. 6.5%

B. 4.8%

C. 3.2%

D. 5%

15-Name the 1st English player since 2005 to be named as Wisden’s leading male cricketer

of the world 2020.

A. Jofra Archer

B. Jonny Bairstow

C. Ben stokes

D. Jos Butler

16-Name the Country which has become world leader in International patent fillings at

WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

A. China

B. Japan

C. United States

D. India


17-Which Department has launched 1st of its kind iGOT portal in DIKSHA platform of

Ministry of Human Resource and Development?

A. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment

B. Department of Personnel and Training

C. Department of School Education and Literacy

D. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

18-Name the Indian state/UT which launched ‘Operation SHIELD’ in Containment areas

against COVID-19.

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Punjab

C. Maharashtra

D. New Delhi

19-United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has met 1st time for discussion about Covid-19

through video conference. Name the country which currently has presidency of UNSC

A. China

B. Russia

C. Dominican Republic

D. France

20-Find the e-commerce company (Bengaluru based) which ties up with ICICI Lombard &

Go digital insurance companies to launch health insurance policies.

A. IndiaMart

B. Flipkart

C. Amazon

D. Brainbees


21-RBI has approved re-appointment of Sanjay Agarwal as MD&CEO of AU small finance

bank (HQ-Jaipur). Who has been appointed as part-time chairman of the bank?

A. Sumanth Sharma

B. P R Ravi Mohan

C. Raj Vikash Verma

D. Samit Ghosh

22-Name the Mobile company which has acquired the weather app named Dark Sky.

A. Realme

B. Apple

C. Samsung

D. Sony

23-Name the Indian biotech company which ties up with FluGen and virologists at

University of Wisconsin-Madison for the development of Covid-19 vaccine named

‘CoroFlu’.

A. Indian Immunologicals Limited

B. Biogenomics

C. Bharat Biotech

D. Piramal

24-Indian-American, Brahm Kanchibotla who passed away in April 2020 is _________.

A. Journalist

B. Actor

C. Sporstperson

D. Law maker


25-The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved to use diagnostic machine of

which Disease to coronavirus (on April 10, 2020)?

A. Tuberculosis

B. Dengue

C. Swine Flu

D. Cholera

26-Name the small finance bank which launched digital banking platform named ‘DigiGen’

A. Jana Small Finance Bank

B. Equitas Small Finance Bank

C. ESAF Small Finance Bank

D. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

27-Name the Indian former RBI governor who has been part of IMF’s 12-member External

Advisory Group.

A. Bimal Jalan

B. Raghuram Rajan

C. S Venkitaraman

D. Y Venugopal Reddy

28-With which smartphone company Google ties up to create coronavirus contact tracing

technology using Bluetooth signals?

A. Samsung

B. Xiaomi

C. Apple

D. Nokia


29-Name the 1st Indian state which gets ICMR approval to conduct clinical-trial of plasma

therapy treatment (for SCTIMST) for COVID-19.

A. Maharashtra

B. Telangana

C. Tamil Nadu

D. Kerala

30-Name the Indian state which has launched ‘Food Bank’ initiative with the theme ‘Help

End Hunger Today’ for poor and needy people.

A. Manipur

B. Assam

C. Arunachal Pradesh

D. Nagaland

31-What is the annual global share of production of Hydroxychloroquine by India as per

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA)?

A. 90%

B. 50%

C. 60%

D. 70%

32-Name the person who heads the 25-member development council constituted by DPIIT

under commerce and Industry ministry for pulp, paper and allied industries.

A. Prakash Verma

B. A S Mehta

C. T A Vijayan

D. Tapan Roy


33-Name the Indian Ministry which has launched the web portal named ‘YUKTI’ to record

and monitor the effectiveness and initiatives of the ministry.

A. Ministry of Finance

B. Ministry of External Affairs

C. Ministry of Human Resource and Development

D. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

34-Name the country which is going to host Asian Boxing Championships 2020 in

November-December 2020.

A. India

B. Hungary

C. China

D. Japan

35-Name the 1st state in India which integrates Ayurveda and Allopathy to boost immunity

of covid-19 patients.

A. Kerala

B. Goa

C. Gujarat

D. Tamil Nadu

36-As per study of which world organisation, only 1/4th of Indians pay for news, but 2/3rd

willing to pay?

A. World Trade Organisation

B. Common Wealth Nations

C. World Economic Forum

D. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development


37-What is the interest rate in RBI’s new series of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme

namely “Sovereign Gold Bond 2020-21” for 1st half of FY21?

A. 7.50%

B. 2.50%

C. 5.50%

D. 3.50%

38-What is the retail inflation rate for the month of March 2020 in India as per data of

National Statistical Office (NSO)?

A. 5.91%

B. 5.91%

C. 5.91%

D. 5.91%

39-Businessman Rajesh Chaplot has won the highest civilian award of which among the

following country?

A. Kenya

B. Uganda

C. Venezuela

D. Finland

40-What is the Theme for International Children’s Book Day 2020 which was celebrated on

April 2 (annually)?

A. Theme: “A Hunger for words”

B. Theme: “Let Us Grow With the Book”

C. Theme: “Once Upon a time”

D. Theme: “Many Cultures one Day”

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