Most Important Current Affair Question with Answer April 9,2019

1. David Malpass was selected as the new President of the World Bank. He belongs to which country?

(A) USA

(B) Spain

(C) Canada

(D) Turkey

Answer:USA

2. What was the theme of International Mine Awareness Day 2019?

(A) Circular Economy for Productivity & Sustainability

(B) Life Below Water: For people and planet

(C) United nations promotes SDGs -Safe Ground -Safe Home

(D) Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace

Answer:United nations promotes SDGs -Safe Ground -Safe Home

3. Who is appointed as the U.K.'s special envoy on media freedom?

(A) Jonathan Wilks

(B) Amal Clooney

(C) Staffan de Mistura

(D) Jonathan Wilk

Answer:Amal Clooney

4. NIIF and __________ are to set up a platform to invest up to $2 billion of equity in road projects in India.

(A) Balfour Beatty

(B) Roadis

(C) Skanska

(D) Ferrovial

Answer:Roadis

5.Name the enzyme discovered by Center for Cell and Molecular Biology (CCMB) scientists which helps to cut bacterial cell walls.

(A) Xanthine dehydrogenase

(B) Ribonucleotide reductase

(C) Firefly luciferase EC

(D) Murein EndopeptidiaseK

Answer:Murein EndopeptidiaseK

6. Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019?

(A) H. L. Dattu

(B) T B N Radhakrishnan

(C) Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud

(D) Dalveer Bhandari

Answer:T B N Radhakrishnan

7. Which Southeast Asian country has recently introduced harsh new sharia laws that make adultery and homosexuality punishable by stoning to death?

(A) Brunei

(B) Indonesia

(C) Cambodia

(D) Malaysia

Answer:Cambodia

8. Which bank will merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance?

(A) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

(B) Karur Vysya Bank

(C) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(D) City Union Bank

Answer:Lakshmi Vilas Bank

9. Recently, Keshav Murugesh was appointed as the CEO of which of the following company?

(A) T-Hub

(B) Infosys

(C) NASSCOM

(D) Synergos

Answer:NASSCOM

10. Sridhar Muthukrishnan entered the Guinness Book of World Records in light painting photography. He belongs to which Indian state?

(A) Andra Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Karnataka

Answer: Tamil Nadu

11. Who is appointed as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2019-20?

(A) Vikram Kirloskar

(B) Uday Kotak

(C) T.V. Narendran

(D) Rishad Premji

Answer:Vikram Kirloskar

12. How many MoU's are signed between India and Bolivia during President Ram Nath Kovind's visit?

(A) 6

(B) 7

(C) 8

(D) 9

Answer:8

13. Indian Navy plans to acquire how many diesel-electric submarines under Project-75 India at Rs 50,000 crore?

(A) 10

(B) 8

(C) 5

(D) 6

Answer:6

14. What is the new Repo Rate revised by the six-member monetary policy committee chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das?

(A) 6.00%

(B) 6.25%

(C) 5.75%

(D) 6.50%

Answer:5.75%

15 Former Miss India runner up Sana Dua has been designated as the brand ambassador of which state election department?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Odisha

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer:Jammu and Kashmir

16. Which company acquired Chatbot Making Startup Haptik for Rs.700 crores?

(A) Tech Mahindra

(B) Aditya Birla Group

(C) Hathway

(D) Reliance Jio Digital

Answer:Reliance Jio Digital

17.Phayeng Village of which state has been tagged as India's first carbon-positive settlement?

(A) Manipur

(B) Haryana

(C) Odisha

(D) Uttarkhand

Answer: Manipur

18. Which country tops in the latest FIFA world football rankings?

(A) Spain

(B) Belgium

(C) France

(D) Switzerland

Answer:Belgium

19.Name the Bollywood actor who was conferred with Honorary Doctorate from University of Law, London.

(A) Hrithik Roshan

(B) Aamir Khan

(C) Shah Rukh Khan

(D) Amitabh Bachchan

Answer: Shah Rukh Khan

20. Ministry of Textiles started has set up a Yarn bank in which state for weavers?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Karnataka

Answer: Karnataka