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1. Current Affairs –
April 2020

2. Question 1
What is the name of the mobile app launched and developed in public-private
partnership to bring the people of India together in a resolute fight against COVID-19?
(a) Prarthna Baandh (b) Samman Setu
(c) Aarogya Setu (d) Nirogi Kaaya

3. Question 2
Recently, Indian Government has redefined domicile for government jobs in the newly-
created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the notification, who among
the following will be not eligible for domicile of Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Anyone who has resided in J&K for 15 years
(b) Anyone who has studied in the state for seven years
(c) Anyone who has bank account in any nationalized bank in J&K since last 5 years
(d) Appeared in either the Class 10 or the Class 12 examination

4. Question 3
Recently, Union Bank has become the India's _____________largest public sector
lender after amalgamating Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank into itself.
(a) Third (b) Fourth (c) Fifth (d) Seventh

5. Question 4
Which of the following space agencies has selected a new mission, called the Sun Radio
Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE)?
(a) ISRO (b) JAXA (c) NASA (d) Roscosmos

6. Question 5
Recently, United Nation's COP 26 climate change summit is scheduled to take place in
____________in November, 2020 has been postponed due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
(a) Dublin (b) Glasgow (c) Astana (d) Tokyo

7. Question 6
Who was sworn in as a first and permanent Judge of the common High Court of Jammu
& Kashmir and Ladakh?
(a) Justice Amit Kumar Panigarhi (b) Justice Sudeep Kaul
(c) Justice Sumit Singh Rathore (d) Justice Rajnesh Oswal

8. Question 7
Recently, India joined a select league of nations having the world's cleanest petrol and
diesel as oil companies rolled out ___________emission compliant fuels without either
disruption or a price increase.
(a) Euro-III (b) Euro-IV (c) Euro-V (d) Euro-VI

9. Question 8
Which of the following Indian banks has listed green bonds of USD 100 million (about Rs
750 crore) on the debt listing platform of BSE's India International Exchange (India INX)?
(a) Punjab National Bank (b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India (d) Canara Bank

10. Question 9
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a fast-track
__________billion India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems
Preparedness Project to help India prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19
pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness.
(a) $1 (b) $2 (c) $4 (d) $5

11. Question 10
Recently, Indian Government has nominated which of the following state owned banks
for the collection of donations for PM-Cares Fund?
(a) Syndicate Bank (b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Indian Overseas Bank (d) State Bank of India

12. Question 11
Recently, NASA prepares for the first launch of ___________ the first mission of the
agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Moon.
(a) Reckitt III (b) Artemis I (c) Voyager V (d) Rocky VI

13. Question 12
Name the Five-time NBA champion who died in a helicopter crash in January 2020 and
headed a star-studded list of players named in basketball's 2020 Hall of Fame.
(a) Michael Jordan (b) LeBron James (c) Kobe Bryant (d) Kevin Durant

14. Question 13
Recently, Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J transport aircraft delivered 6.2 tonne of essential
medicines and hospital consumables to ____________under Operation Sanjeevani.
(a) Mauritius (b) Maldives (c) Sri Lanka (d) USA

15. Question 14
Which of the following has launched a rapid COVID-19 at-home Screening test kit and
has established itself as the first healthcare company in India to achieve the feat?
(a) Ranbaxy (b) Glaxo Smithline (c) Bione (d) Biocom

16. Question 15
Name the India-based non-profit organization which has been awarded the Skoll Award
for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 for its exceptional work in the maternal and child health
space in India.
(a) Nirmaan (b) Armman (c) Seva (d) Prayas

17. Question 16
The World Health Day 2020 is observed on:
(a) 4th April (b) 5th April (c) 7th April (d) 11th April

18. Question 17
Which of the following states Chief Minister has been conferred with an award by animal
rights body PETA India for allocating funds to feed community animals during the
lockdown?
(a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Madhya Pradesh

19. Question 18
Which of the following Indian cities has installed Walk in Sample Kiosks (WISK) for mass
collection of samples for Covid-19 based on South Korean model, one of the first of its
kind in India?
(a) Bhopal (b) Raipur (c) Kochi (d) Lucknow

20. Question 19
Recently, Union Cabinet approved an Ordinance amending the Salary, Allowances and
Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 for reducing salary by ____________per
cent for one year.
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

21. Question 20
According to IQAir's city rankings, which of the following cities had the cleanest air of any
major city in the world?
(a) London (b) Tokyo (c) Paris (d) Los Angeles

22. Question 21
Which of the following ministries and All India Council for Technical Education in
collaboration with Forge and InnovatioCuris launched a mega online challenge
‘SAMADHAN ‘ to test the ability of students to innovate?
(a) Ministry of Human Resources Development
(b) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
(c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(d) Ministry of Science and Technology

23. Question 22
Which of the following has been designated as the sole Operator of National Academic
Depository for Storage of Certificates?
(a) DigiLocker (b) Amazon Pay (c) Flipkart (d) DigiMalware

24. Question 23
Which of the following ports is considered to be the busiest container port in the country?
(a) Kandla Port (b) Mamugao Port
(c) Paradip Port (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

25. Question 24
Who has been honoured as Wisden's leading cricketer in the world?
(a) Rohit Sharma (b) Kane Williamson (c) Ben Stokes (d) Eon Morgan

26. Question 25
The Small Industries Development Bank of India - SIDBI will provide emergency working
capital of up to ___________rupees to small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) against
their confirmed government orders.
(a) One Crore (b) Two Crore (c) Five Crore (d) Ten Crore

27. Question 26
Recently, Government of India has launched a training module for management of
COVID-19 named 'Integrated Government Online training (iGOT) portal on DIKSHA
platform of:
(a) Ministry of Human Resources and Development
(b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(c) Ministry of Communications
(d) Ministry of Home Affairs

28. Question 27
Recently, In a Twitter campaign launched in public interest, the RBI emphasised on
transacting digitally. The face of the campaign is
(a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Akshay Kumar
(c) Ajay Devgan (d) Anil Kapoor

29. Question 28
According to the recent Forbes world billionaires' list, who has been named richest
Indian in the list?
(a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Radha Krishna Damani
(c) Uday Kotak (d) Anil Aggarwal

30. Question 29
The Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched
_________campaign for crowd sourcing of ideas in New Delhi for improving online
education ecosystem of India.
(a) Bharat Padhe Online (b) India Padhe Online
(c) Bharat Study Online (d) India Study Online

31. Question 30
Name the first turban-wearing Sikh MP who elected to the House of Commons of UK
and is shadow railway minister.
(a) Devinder Singh Dhesi (b) Maninder Singh
(c) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (d) Paramjeet Singh Shekhon

32. Question 31
The G20 Extraordinary Energy Ministers' virtual Meeting was held recently. The G20
President ship is with:
(a) Canada (b) Saudi Arabia (c) India (d) Canada

33. Question 32
What is the name of the biofortified carrot variety with high β-carotene and iron content
developed by Shri Vallabhhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya?
(a) Madhuban Gajar (b) Deerendra Gajar
(c) Madusudan Gajar (d) Manish Gajar

34. Question 33
Recently, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva named former RBI Governor
__________and 11 others to her external advisory group.
(a) Bimal Jalan (b) Y.V.Reddy (c) Raghuram Rajan (d) Urjit Patel

35. Question 34
Which is the first state in the country to commence convalescent plasma therapy, to treat
critically ill COVID-19 cases on a trial basis?
(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra

36. Question 35
Which of the following countries is the largest producer and exporter of
Hydroxychloroquine with 70 per cent of annual global production?
(a) Australia (b) United States of America
(c) India (d) Canada

37. Question 36
Recently, Government has provided over Rs 28,000 crore support through Direct Benefit
Transfer to around 32 crore beneficiaries under _________relief package announced in
view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
(a) Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
(b) Pradhan Mantri Majboor Kalyan
(c) Pradhan Mantri Sansadhanheen Kalyan
(d) Pradhan Mantri Sarva Kalyan

38. Question 37
The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) functions
under:
(a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
(b) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
(c) Ministry of Home Affairs
(d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

39. Question 38
Which of the following ministries has launched a web-portal YUKTI (Young India
Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) in New Delhi?
(a) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Ministry of Home Affairs
(d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

40. Question 39
wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our
Recently, Scientists from _____________ have directly measured solar system) but not
quite massive enough to become a star.
(a) ISRO (b) JAXA (c) NASA (d) ESA

41. Question 40
Atal Innovation Mission, ____________and National Informatics Centre jointly launched
CollabCAD, a collaborative network, computer enabled software system providing a total
engineering solution from 2D drafting and detailing to 3D product design.
(a) NITI Aayog (b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Ministry of Home (d) FICCI

42. Question 41
Which of the following states is the first state to treat COVID-19 positive patients with
allopathy and Ayurveda to boost their immunity?
(a) Jharkhand (b) Uttarakhand (c) Goa (d) Nagaland

43. Question 42
Which of the following countries has decided to accept their H-1B visa applications for
an extended stay in the country?
(a) Canada (b) USA (c) UK (d) France

44. Question 43
Which of the following has become the world's fastest growing mobile app with 50 million
users in 13 days?
(a) Aarogya Setu (b) RBI Resolve (c) Poker (d) Pokémon GO

45. Question 44
The ‘World Economic Outlook (WEO)’ is published by:
(a) World Bank (b) United Nations
(c) International Monetary Fund (d) European Economic Fund

46. Question 45
The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, is going to
launch new series of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme. The minimum
investment limit for Sovereign Gold Bond is:
(a) 1 gram of gold (b) 5 gram of gold (c) 10 gram of gold (d) 100 gram of gold

47. Question 46
How many Indian-Americans are included in Donald Trump's list of economic advisers?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 9

48. Question 47
Which of the following National parks has become India's first quarantine facility for
animals?
(a) Nagarhole National Park (b) Jim Corbett National Park
(c) Gugamal National Park (d) Balphakram National Park

49. Question 48
Name the term used for a large sum of new money which is printed and distributed
among the public, to stimulate the economy during a recession or when interest rates fall
to zero.
(a) Aeroplane Money (b) Parachute Money
(c) Helicopter Money (d) Easy Money

50. Question 49
Which of the following companies has been conferred with the Edison Award under
social innovation category and social energy solutions sub-category?
(a) Reliance Power (b) BHEL
(c) Tata Power (d) Adani Power

51. Question 50
President Moon Jae-in's left-leaning ruling party won an absolute majority in
parliamentary elections. Moon Jae-in is current President of:
(a) South Korea (b) Malaysia (c) Taiwan (d) Japan

52. Question 51
Recently, Scientists have discovered six new coronaviruses in bats in __________the
first time these viruses have been found anywhere in the world.
(a) Myanmar (b) Malaysia (c) Mexico (d) Indonesia

53. Question 52
The Spartan Court by Abdelouahab Aissaoui has won the 13th International Prize for
Arabic Fiction. Aissaoui is the first ______________to win the prize.
(a) Omanian (b) Jordanian (c) Algerian (d) Mexican

54. Question 53
Recently, As many as 30 new marine species have been discovered by experts in the
deep sea off the ____________coast along with what could be the longest animal in the
world.
(a) New Zealand (b) Australia (c) Canada (d) Portugal

55. Question 54
Which of the following Mobile Apps was launched to facilitate transportation of food
grains and perishables during lockdown by Agriculture Minister?
(a) Agro App (b) Agro Vikas (c) Krishi Uthan (d) Kisan Rath

56. Question 55
Who is the new Ambassador for World Wide Fund (WWF) India's Environment
Education programme?
(a) Deepika Padukone (b) Saina Nehwal
(c) Vishwanathan Anand (d) Virat Kohli

57. Question 56
The book titled ‘Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu’ is authored by:
(a) Ramaswamy C.S (b) Shakti Aneja
(c) V. Krishnaswamy (d) Atul Shankar

58. Question 57
Recently, the traditional folk festival of Pachoti in ____________where the birth of a
baby, particularly a male infant as the tradition "relates to the birth of Krishna", has been
included in intangible cultural heritage list.
(a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) West Bengal (d) Odisha

59. Question 58
How many items were listed as intangible cultural heritage in a draft released by the
Union Culture Ministry?
(a) 66 (b) 78 (c) 84 (d) 106

60. Question 59
Which of the following states has become the first state in the country to geotag its 7,368
community kitchens?
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh

61. Question 60
Recently, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has developed a compact
solid-state sensor to detect the heavy metal ions in water. CeNS is located at:
(a) Lucknow (b) Panvel (c) Bengaluru (d) Kochi

62. Question 61
Recently, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed Daporijo Bridge over
____________in Arunachal Pradesh in a record span of just 27 days.
(a) Subansiri River (b) Lohit River
(c) Teesta River (d) Brahmaputra River

63. Question 62
Recently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a historic deal with one-
time rival parliament speaker _____________to form an emergency unity government,
ending the country's worst-ever political crisis.
(a) Benny Gantz (b) Yaakov Litzman (c) Ayman Odeh (d) Avigdor Lieberman

64. Question 63
Recently, US President Donald Trump appointed Indian-American ____________to
country's top science board.
(a) Sudarsanam Babu (b) Diwakar Pande
(c) Mahesh Trigunayat (d) Saket Mirwani

65. Question 64
Which of the following banks has integrated its AI powered multi-channel chatbot, 'iPal',
with the world's two most popular voice assistant apps-Amazon Alexa and Google
Assistant- to enable its retail banking customers?
(a) HDFC Bank (b) ICICI Bank (c) IDFC Bank (d) RBL Bank

66. Question 65
Recently, Economic Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission met to
discuss implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on GDP growth. It was presided over
by:
(a) N. K. Singh (b) Dr. Ramesh Kumar
(c) Ujjawal Kistwar (d) Mahesh Narain

67. Question 66
Recently, Researchers unveiled a "heat map" powered by ____________data which is
aimed at helping track the spread of the disease.
(a) PIB (b) Facebook (c) AIR (d) UIDAI

68. Question 67
Which of the following institutes became the first authorized study centre in the country
to carry out plasma research under trial in view of Covid 19?
(a) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Science and Research
(c) AIIMS, Delhi
(d) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

69. Question 68
Who among the following launched an interactive platform ‘COVID INDIA SEVA’ aimed
at providing real time solutions to Covid-19 related queries?
(a) Shri Narendra Modi (b) Shri Amit Shah
(d) Shri Rajiv Kumar (d) Dr Harsh Vardhan

70. Question 69
In the annual Reporters without Borders analysis, India has ranked ____________out of
180 countries on a global press freedom index.
(a) 105th (b) 117th (c) 134th (d) 142nd

71. Question 70
Recently, Scientists have discovered a ___________planet system a "super-Earth" and
_________"Mini-Neptunes" which display an exceptionally regular spacing, hinting at
how the system may have formed.
(a) Four, Three (b) Five, Four (c) Six, Five (d) Nine, Eight

72. Question 71
A government-appointed committee has suggested a complete revamp of how states
collect and compile data for state-level gross domestic product (GDP) and other
estimates. The committee is headed by:
(a) Deepak Madan (b) Vikas Rajput
(c) Mahendra Singh Chauhan (d) Ravindra H Dholakia

73. Question 72
The Union Cabinet has approved promulgation of Ordinance to amend the Epidemic
Diseases Act, 1897 in the light of COVID-19 pandemic situation making acts of violence
against the ________as cognizable and non-bailable offences.
(a) Healthcare Workers (b) Policemen
(c) Firemen (d) Sanitary Workers

74. Question 73
The Human Resources and Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched
national program ____________for inviting e-learning Content contributions in New
Delhi.
(a) ShikshaGyan 5.0 (b) VidyaDaan 2.0
(c) Shiksha 2.0 (d) Addhayan 3.0

75. Question 74
Which of the following countries defended its naming of 80 islands and other
geographical features in the South China Sea?
(a) Japan (b) China (c) Vietnam (d) Thailand

76. Question 75
Which of the following countries successfully launched a military satellite 'Noor' into
Orbit?
(a) Iraq (b) Lebanon (c) Iran (d) Saudi Arabia

77. Question 76
Which of the following companies has recently bought 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio?
(a) Google (b) Yahoo (c) Facebook (d) Microsoft

78. Question 77
Which of the following launched a 'Lockdown Learners' series of online dialogues with
students and educators in India on COVID-19 and its impact on Sustainable
Development Goals, peace and rule of law?
(a) UNDP
(b) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes
(c) World Bank
(d) International Monetary Fund

79. Question 78
Recently, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed a permanent bridge on
river ___________which connects Kasowal enclave in Punjab to the rest of the country.
(a) Beas (b) Ravi (c) Jhelum (d) Sutlej

80. Question 79
Which of the following Indian states has become the first State to have the requisite
infrastructure in all its courts for hearing cases through video conferencing?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Rajasthan

81. Question 80
Recently, China named its first Mars exploration mission to be launched later this year
as___________.
(a) Tinmen-3 (b) Tinhui-4 (c) Tianwen-1 (d) Unerter-1

82. Question 81
Which of the following Union territories has bagged three national awards under
separate categories for outstanding contribution by its Panchayati Raj Institutions
towards socio-economic development of Gram Panchayats?
(a) Puducherry (b) Laddakh (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Chandigarh

83. Question 82
The National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated on ____________every year in India.
(a) April 20 (b) April 21 (c) April 22 (d) April 24

84. Question 83
Which of the following Indian institutions is ranked 57th in a global list that ranks
institutes of higher education in terms of their social and political impact framed around
the United Nations' 17 sustainable development goals (SDG)?
(a) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
(b) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
(c) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
(d) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

85. Question 84
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched _____________or Ownership Scheme to map
residential land ownership in the rural sector using modern technology like the use of
drones.
(a) 'Swamitva Yojana' (b) 'Swami Yojana'
(c) 'Swabhlambi Yojana‘ (d) 'Swahasitva Yojana'

86. Question 85
For the first time since it started functioning, the gravitational wave observatories at
LIGO scientific collaboration have detected a merger of two unequal-mass
_______________.
(a) Black Holes (b) Milky Way (c) Galaxies (d) Red Spot

87. Question 86
Which of the following countries has abolished flogging as a punishment a “major step
forward” in the reform programme launched by the King?
(a) Oman (b) Jordan (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Kuwait

88. Question 87
Recently, The benchmark sovereign bond in India surged after the RBI said it would
redeploy a debt operation akin to the Federal Reserve’s_____________.
(a) Operation Swift (b) Operation Twist (c) Operation Dhan (d) Operation Laxmi

89. Question 88
Which of the following Industrial sectors became top exporting sector for first time during
April-January period of the last fiscal?
(a) Financial Services Industries
(b) Healthcare Industries
(c) Agriculture Industries
(d) Chemical and Petrochemical Industries

90. Question 89
:Recently, Nineteen asteroids that once belonged to a distant star system have been
found orbiting the sun between
(a) Jupiter and Mars (b) Jupiter and Saturn
(c) Jupiter and Neptune (d) Earth and Mars

91. Question 90
Name the first government hospital in India which successfully launched the plasma
therapy treatment for the COVID-19 patients.
(a) AIIMS, New Delhi
(b) BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur
(c) King George Medical University, Lucknow
(d) Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry

92. Question 91
Which of the following countries has informed India that their premier multilateral air
combat training exercise Pitch Black 2020 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19
situation?
(a) Malaysia (b) Australia (c) New Zealand (d) France

93. Question 92
Who among the following inaugurated the e-Gram Swaraj portal on the occasion of
Panchayati Raj Day?
(a) Shri Narendra Modi (b) Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
(c) Shri Ramnath Kovind (d) Shri Amit Shah

94. Question 93
US President Donald Trump has nominated senior Indian-American diplomat
_____________as America’s next envoy to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development, OECD.
(a) Manisha Singh (b) Geetanjali Arora (c) Bhumika Malhotra (d) Deepika Sanyal

95. Question 94
Who took oath as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?
(a) Justice Madhukar Kumar (b) Justice G Bhushan Rao
(c) Justice M Sivareddy (d) Justice Dipankar Datta

96. Question 95
Recently, Asian Development Bank unveiled a __________billion Covid-19 package for
India and is in discussions with the government on further aid for specific sectors.
(a) $1 (b) $1.5 (c) $3.5 (d) $5.5

97. Question 96
The Union Ministry of Finance has established the International Financial Services
Centres Authority (IFSCA). The body will be headquartered in:
(a) Gandhinagar (b) Hyderabad (c) Kochi (d) Mumbai

98. Question 97
Recently, Indian actor Irrfan Khan has passed away. He received the National Film
Award of Best Actor for his movie:
(a) The Namesake (b) The Lunchbox
(c) Paan Singh Tomar (d) Haasil

99. Question 98
Who among the following represented India in the first virtual Petersberg Climate
Dialogue?
(a) Shri Narendra Modi (b) Shri Rajendra Singh
(c) Shri Nitin Gadkari (d) Shri Prakash Javadekar

100. Question 99
Recently, who was sworn in as the Central Vigilance Commissioner by President Ram
Nath Kovind?
(a) Vikas Dahiya (b) Gaurav Sanyal (c) Amit Ranjan Shukla (d) Sanjay Kothari

101. Question 100
According to the recent report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (Sipri), India was the world’s _____________biggest military spender last year.
(a) Second (b) Third (c) Fourth (d) Sixth

102. Thanks!