IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER APRIL 25th - 28th ,2019

1) RBI is to issue ₹20 denomination banknotes. It bears the signature of ________.
  A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Shaktikanta Das
D) Urjit Patel

Ans: Shaktikanta Das

2) The new ₹20 denomination banknote has a motif of ________ on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage.
  A) Ellora Caves
B) Ajanta Caves
C) Agra Fort
D) Fatehpur Sikri

Ans: Ellora Caves

3) Which popular National Award-winning filmmaker won the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019?
  A) Jayaraj
B) Rajesh Mapuskar
C) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
D) Madhur Bhandarkar

Ans: Madhur Bhandarkar

4) Who has been named as the International Press Institute's 2019 World Press Freedom Hero?
  A) American journalist Bob Woodward
B) Pakistani journalist Cyril Almeida
C) British journalist Louis Sebastian Theroux
D) Indian reporter Shereen Bhan

Ans: Pakistani journalist Cyril Almeida

5) Who is appointed as India's High Commissioner to the island nation Seychelles?
  A) Dalbir Singh Suhag
B) Navdeep Suri 
C) Sanjay Rana
D) Renu Pall

Ans: Dalbir Singh Suhag

6) Who is the President of Seychelles?
A) Vincent Meriton
B) James Michel 
C) Danny Faure
D) James Mancham

Ans: Danny Faure

7) Who is appointed as the technical director by AIFF?
  A) Jorge Castelo
B) Gaioz Darsadze
C) Scott O’Donnell
D) Doru Isac

Ans: Doru Isac

8) What is the Capital of Ukraine?
  A) Kiev
B) Kharkiv
C) Odessa
D) Dnipro

Ans: Kiev

9) Which country has temporarily banned drones, unmanned aircraft after Easter bombings?
  A) Indonesia
B) Sri Lanka 
C) Pakistan
D) India

Ans: Sri Lanka 

10) After the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, the Country's Defence Secretary took responsibility for the disaster and resigned his position is _________.
  A) Hemasiri Fernando
B) D.M.Jayaratne
C) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
D) Dingiri Banda

Ans: Hemasiri Fernando

11) Which company recently became world's third company to hit USD 1 trillion value?
  A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) Amazon
D) Walmart

Ans: Microsoft

12) Which Airways became 1st major airline to operate plastic-free flight?
  A) Singapore Airlines
B) Qatar Airways
C) Thai Airways
D) Etihad Airways

Ans: Etihad Airways

13) Who won the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019?
  A) Meghna Pant
B) Rana Dasgupta 
C) Avalok Langer
D) Janice Pariat

Ans: Rana Dasgupta

14) Which Bank launched India’s First ‘Green Car Loan’ at Lower Interest Rates?
  A) Canara Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) Axis Bank

Ans: State Bank of India

15) What is the rank of India in Asian Athletics Championships 2019 held in Doha, Qatar?
  A) Second
B) Fourth
C) Third
D) First

Ans: Fourth

16) Which country successfully tested the world’s first floating nuclear power plant (NPP)?
  A) China
B) Russia 
C) India
D) US

Ans: Russia

17) Which team recently secured ODI status for first time?
  A) Canada
B) Hong Kong
C) Namibia
D) United States

Ans: United States

18) Which central Bank became the first Asia-Pacific (APAC) central bank to begin interest rate easing cycle?
  A) Reserve Bank of Australia
B) People's Bank of China
C) Bank of Russia
D) Reserve Bank of India

Ans: Reserve Bank of India

19) What is the theme of World Malaria Day 2019?
  A) Ready to beat malaria
B) End Malaria For Good
C) Zero malaria starts with me
D) Counting malaria out

Ans: Zero malaria starts with me

20) Which bank becomes the first Destination Bank to launch debit card based e-mandates On NPCI’s E-Mandate API Platform?
  A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) Dena Bank 
C) State Bank of India
D) Yes Bank

Ans: Kotak Mahindra Bank