IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL , 2019

1) Which of the following is awarded for excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, musical composition?
A) Nobel Prize
B) Abel Prize
C) Pulitzer Prize
D) D.Oscar Awards

Ans: Pulitzer Prize

2) India will build a cancer hospital in Kenya in collaboration with ________.
A) Malaysia
B) Japan
C) Singapore
D) Kuwait

Ans: Japan

3) Who won the ‘World Press Photo of the Year 2019’ Award?
A) Chris McGrath
B) Bence Mate
C) Pieter Ten Hoopen
D) John Moore

Ans: John Moore

4) Which mobile wallet provider has tied up with MMTC-PAMP India to launch gold buying feature?
A) Google Pay
B) Paytm
C) MobiKwik
D) PhonePe

Ans: Google Pay

5) Who has become the first-ever captain to win 100 matches in IPL history?
A) Kane Williamson
B) Keiron Pollard
C) MS Dhoni
D) Aaron Finch

Ans: MS Dhoni

6) Who has been appointed as new Secretary of Defence Finance?
A) Sumeet Jerath
B) Gargi Kaul
C) Raj Kumar Goyal
D) Prem Kumar Kataria

Ans: Gargi Kaul

7) Which financial company launched a unique proposition to pay electricity bill on EMIs?
  A) Aditya Birla Financial Services Private Ltd.
B) Bajaj Finserv 
C) Blueshift Strategic Consultants Private Limited
D) Kotak Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

Ans: Bajaj Finserv

8) Which state Government recently decided to exit from the Center's ambitious Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana
A) Karnataka
B) Rajasthan
C) Jammu Kashmir
D) West Bengal

Ans: West Bengal

9) Who won gold in the 54 kg category at the Boxing World Cup at Cologne in Germany?
  A) Meena Kumari Maisnam
B) Pwilao Basumatary
C) Sonia Chahal
D) Mary Kom

Ans: Meena Kumari Maisnam 

10) Which Indian city has been ranked first on the WHO’s list of 15 most polluted cities?
A) Varanasi
B) Faridabad
C) Kanpur
D) Delhi

Ans: Kanpur

11) Which Indian personality has been honored with the Freedom of the City of London?
A) Alice G. Vaidyan
B) Atul Sahai
C) M.R. Kumar
D) Hemant Bhargava

Ans: Alice G. Vaidyan

12) Which of the following telescopes has captured the first-ever Black hole image?
A) James Web Space
B) Hubble
C) EHT
D) Spitzer Space

Ans: EHT

13) Which of the following Israeli lunar Mission crashed on the Moon?
  A) LADEE
B) Beresheet
C) Juno-1A
D) Ofek-11

Ans: Beresheet 

14) Which tech giant has launched a new open platform “Anthos” to run and manage apps from anywhere?
A) Microsoft
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) Wipro

Ans: Google

15) Which of the following banks has signed the first co-origination loan agreement with Paisalo Digital?
A) BOI
B) SBI
C) PNB
D) BOB

Ans: SBI

16) India and which European country have launched joint Industrial R&D programme to address shared challenges?
A) Italy
B) Sweden
C) France
D) Germany

Ans: Sweden

17) China developed the world’s first armed amphibious drone attack boat named ___________.
  A) Marine Alligator
B) Marine Salamander
C) Marine Lizard
D) Marine Crocodile

Ans: Marine Lizard

18) Who were recently inducted as MCC Honorary Life Members?
  A) Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mark Boucher
B) Younis Khan, AB de Villiers
C) Zaheer Abbas, Brian McMillan
D) Syed Aaley Haider, Wayne Parnell

Ans: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mark Boucher 

19) Who is appointed as Secretary of Defence Finance?
  A) Gargi Kaul
B) Suresh Varma 
C) Naresh Kumar
D) Rajesh Khanna

Ans: Gargi Kaul

20) Which one is the first state in India to implement 10%  quota for economically weak in general category
A) Bihar
B) Gujarat
C) Punjab
D) Maharashtra

Ans: Gujarat