Most Important Current Affair for April 24,2019

1.Which organisation joins hands with Welingkar Institute of Management to support startups in exports?

A.FIEO
B.FICCI
C.IRDA
D.BIS

Answer:FIEO

2.Name the Indian aircraft, which has participated in India-US Anti Submarine Warfare drill that held in Indian Ocean recently.

A.Sukhoi Su-30
B.MiG-21
C.P8I Neptune
D.HAL Kiran

Answer:P8I Neptune

3.Who released a report that RBI has Rs.3 lakh crore (43$ million) in excess reserves?

A.UBS
B.World Bank
C.BofAML
D.Bank of America

Answer:BofAML

4.Who won a National Intellectual Property Award?

A.R.Saha
B.Benny Antony
C.Kevin Ho
D.Vipul Kulshrestha

Answer:Benny Antony

5.14th to 20th April was observed as;

A.National Fire Service Week
B.World Immunization Week
C.National Non-Smoking Week
D.World Orphan Week

Answer:National Fire Service Week

6.Which of the following network was conferred with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019?

A.All India Radio
B.AIR FM Gold
C.Radio Mirchi
D.AIR FM Rainbow

Answer:All India Radio

7.India observes National Panchayati Raj Day on __________.

A.21st April
B.22nd April
C.23rd April
D.24th April

Answer:24th April

8.Olympics athelet Jeremy Lalrinnunga won which medal in Asian Weightlifting Championship under 67Kg men's event?

A.Gold
B.Silver
C.Bronze
D.None of thee above

Answer:Silver

9.Arab League pledged __________ per month to Palestinian Authority.

A.USD 200 million
B.USD 155 million
C.USD 125 million
D.USD 100 million

Answer:USD 100 million

10.Recently, The Union Government extends ban on import of milk products from which country?

A.Italy
B.Netherlands
C.Germany
D.China

Answer:China

11.The first product that is launched by the combination of "Health Guard policy" of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and "iSecure policy" of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.

A.Total Health Secure Goal
B.Secure Health
C.Policy on Health Secure
D.Health Secure Guard

Answer:Total Health Secure Goal

12.Which country releases a special stamp on Ramayana theme?

A.Indonesia
B.Srilanka
C.India
D.Malaysia

Answer:Indonesia

13.Who is named as brand ambassador of Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC)?

A.Suresh Krishna
B.Naresh Iyer
C.Vikram Kumar
D.Vikas Khanna

Answer:Vikas Khanna

14.Under which scheme does,Central Government has made compulsory for Electric Vehicle (EV) manufactures in India to locally source at least 50% components for receiving subsidies?

A.Jago Grahak Jago
B.FAME II
C.FAME I
D.Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana

Answer:FAME II

15. When did the World Book Day is celebrated?

A.21 April
B.22 April
C.23 April
D.24 April

Answer:23 April

16.The Supreme Court constituted a panel to inquire into the sexual harassment complaint. Who will be the head of panel?

A.Ranjan Gogoi
B.Sharad Arvind Bobde
C.NV Ramana
D.Indira Banerjee

Answer:Sharad Arvind Bobde

17.The host country of 2019 Asia Badminton Championships.

A.India
B.Bangladesh
C.Indonesia
D.China

Answer:China

18.The Congress has fielded which sportsperson from South Delhi constituency to take on BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri?

A.Mary Kom
B.Sachin Tendulkar
C.Sushil Kumar
D.Vijender Singh

Answer:Vijender Singh


19.Who resigns from Assocham Secretary General post?

A.Uday Kumar Varma
B.Suresh Kumar
C.Naresh Kumar
D.Vikram Kumar

Answer:Uday Kumar Varma

Important Current Affair for April 23,2019

1. Which country declared joint border 'reaction force' with Pakistan?

A.Afghanistan

B.Iran

C.China

D.India

Answer:Iran

2.Who launched a guided missile destroyer 'INS Imphal' in Mumbai?

A.Devendra Kumar Joshi

B.Girish Luthra

C.Karambir Singh

D.Sunil Lanba

Answer:Sunil Lanba

3.World Book and Copyright Day was observed on which date?

A.23 April

B.22 April

C.21 April

D.20 April

Answer:23 April

4.Name the combined immune deficiency disorder which is cured by gene therapy developed by HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus).

A.Lupus

B.Inflammatory bowel disease

C.Bubble boy

D.Multiple sclerosis

Answer:Bubble boy

5.Who launched a cyber defence insurance to protect businesses from financial and reputational losses due to cyber attacks?

A.Royal Sundaram General Insurance

B.SBI General Insurance

C.TATA AIG

D.ICICI Lombard

Answer:SBI General Insurance

6.Vinod Zutshi has been appointed as special observer for which state?

A.West Bengal

B.Tripura

C.Tamil Nadu

D.Kerala

Answer:Tripura

7.India ranks __________ in Index of Cancer Preparedness.

A.19th

B.22nd

C.28th

D.31st

Answer:19th

8.Which nation has decided to end sanctions waivers for all importers of Iranian oil?

A.Russia

B.United Kingdom

C.United States

D.France

Answer:United States

9.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and this ministry signed an MoU for research in areas of traditional systems of medicine.

A.Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

B.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

C.Ministry of Home Affairs

D.Ministry of AYUSH

Answer:Ministry of AYUSH

10.What is the name of the new novel written by the booker prize winning author, Salman Rushdie inspired by Spanish classic Don Quixote?

A.Quichotte

B.Milkman

C.Lincoln in the Bardo

D.The Sellout

Answer:Quichotte

11.Famous folk singer Amar Paul passed away at the age of 97. He is famous in which language?

A.Hindi

B.Bengali

C.Sanskrit

D.Urdu

Answer:Bengali

12.The first edition of Naval Commanders' Conference of 2019 will be started in which city?

A.Kolkata

B.Mumbai

C.New Delhi

D.Chennai

Answer:New Delhi

13.Which company has signed a deal with India Post to transform country's mail delivery system?

A.TCS

B.Wipro

C.HCL

D.Infosys

Answer:TCS

14.Which airways signed MoU share partnership with Gulf carrier Emirates?

A.Air Arabia

B.IndiGo

C.GoAir

D.SpiceJet

Answer:SpiceJet

15.Which of the following inks MoU with BSE to provide Cyber Security Services?

A.Sun Detective Intelligence Network

B.Network Intelligence

C.Braina AI assistant

D.Fintech

Answer:Network Intelligence

16.Who among the following has been recommended for the Vir Chakra medal by Indian Air Force?

A.Birender Singh Dhanoa

B.Abhinandan Varthaman

C.Anil Khosla

D.Pradeep Padmakar Bapat

Answer:Abhinandan Varthaman

17.Who won 2019 Santosh Trophy in Ludhiana?

A.Goa football team

B.Services team

C.Railways football team

D.Kerala football team

Answer:Services team

18. UAE laid the foundation stone of the first Hindu temple in __________.

A.Fujairah

B.Dubai

C.Abu Dhabi

D.Masdar City

Answer:Abu Dhabi

19.Who became the first Italian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title?

A.Potito Starace

B.Daniele Bracciali

C.Fabio Fognini

D.Andreas Seppi

Answer:Fabio Fognini

20.Manish Maheshwari was appointed as the new managing director of __________.

A.NTPC

B.Reliance Communications

C.Twitter India

D.Bharti Infratel

Answer:Twitter India

Most Important Current Affair Question Answer for April 21,2019

1.Changi airport gets world's tallest 131-ft indoor waterfall. The airport is located in _________.

A.China
B.Singapore
C.Japan
D.Malaysia

Answer:Singapore

2.Who was honoured with 'Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award' for writing 'Samvidhan Kavya', a poetic version of the Indian Constitution?

A.Lal Bahadur Sastri
B.Sunil Kumar Gautam
C.Sampurnanand
D.Kailash Nath Katju

Answer:Sunil Kumar Gautam

3.Name the country which will revive 2nd major China-linked project.

A.Indonesia
B.Vietnam
C.Thailand
D.Malaysia

Answer:Malaysia

4.Name the Malian Prime Minister who resigned his position, recently.

A.Soumaila Cisse
B.Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga
C.Moussa Mara
D.Amadou Toumani Toure

Answer:Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga

5.The Finance Minister of this country resigned recently.

A.Kenya
B.Canada
C.South Africa
D.Pakistan

Answer:Pakistan

6.Which of the following company won $1bn investment from Toyota, SoftBank fund?

A.Uber
B.Netflix
C.Taxify
D.Tesla

Answer:Uber

7.Who plans to close down its retail operations in China?

A.Sunsky
B.Ali Express
C.Tmart
D.Amazon

Answer:Amazon

8.Which has became India's first retail company to cross Rs.1 lakh crore annual revenue milestones?

A.Future Group
B.Reliance Retail
C.Aditya Birla Retail
D.Avenue Supermarts Ltd

Answer:Reliance Retail

9.Universe's first molecule that formed almost 14 billion years ago, recently detected by NASA is __________.

A.Hydrogen sulfide
B.Tributyltin hydride
C.Helium hydride
D.Beryllium oxide

Answer:Helium hydride

10.Which rocket launched the Cygnus Cargo Ship to International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia?

A.Thor-Delta
B.Rehbar-I
C.Antares Rocket
D.Scout

Answer:Antares Rocket

11.Who was appointed as the general secretary of Judo Union?

A.Mukesh Kumar
B.Obaid Al-Anzi
C.Obaid Alenezi
D.Mohammed Bin Thaloub

Answer:Mukesh Kumar

12.Which Payment Bank has joined hands with Bharti AXA General Insurance for a two-wheeler insurance product?

A.Paytm Payments Bank
B.India Post Payments Bank
C.Airtel Payments Bank
D.Aditya Birla Payments Bank

Answer:Airtel Payments Bank

13.Famous cricketer Con de Lange was passed away recently with a brain tumour. He belongs to which country?

A.Australia
B.England
C.Scotland
D.New Zealand

Answer:Scotland

14.Which country has won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against China grain import quotas?

A.India
B.US
C.Germany
D.Brazil

Answer:US

15.Which Indian accident was inducted into the International Labour Organisation (ILO) report titled "The Safety and the Health at the Heart of the Future of Work- Building on 100 years of Experience"?

A.Bhopal Gas Tragedy
B.Floods in Tamil Nadu
C.Heatwaves in AndhraPradesh
D.Bihar Nor'wester Storm

Answer:Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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

Most Important Current Indian Economic Question With Answer

1. Which of the following schemes have been subsumed in the recently approved Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)?

[A] Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
[B] Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS)
[C] National Life Insurance Scheme
[D] 1 & 2

Answer: 1 & 2

2. Which of the following is used to denote broad money?

 [A] M1
[B] M2
[C] M3
[D] M4

Answer:M3

3. Which among the following is NOT a subsidiary of RBI?
 [A] National Housing Bank
 [B] NABARD
[C] Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
[D] SIDBI

Answer:SIDBI

4. Which among the following is a qualitative tool of monetary policy?

[A] Bank Rate
 [B] Credit Ceiling
 [C] Credit rationing
 [D] Cash Reserve Ratio

Answer:Credit rationing

5. Which among the following closest instrument to Gold ETF?

[A] Debenture
[B] G-Sec security
[C] Mutual Fund
[D] Commercial Paper

Answer:Mutual Fund 

6. Which among the following is NOT a pillar of Basel III?

[A] Minimum capital standards
[B] Supervisory review
[C] Market discipline
[D] Consolidation of assets

Answer:Consolidation of assets

7. What term is used for maximum capital which the company can raise in its life time?

[A] Authorized Capital
[B] Registered Capital
[C] Nominal Cap
[D] All of them

Answer: All of them

8. Which among the following was the first bank purely managed by Indians?

 [A] Oudh Commercial Bank
[B] Punjab National Bank
[C] Bank of India
[D]Allahabad bank

Answer:Punjab National Bank 

9. Inflation Indexed Bonds is pegged to ___?

[A] WPI
[B] CPI
[C] Both WPI and CPI
[D] None of the above

Answer: WPI 

10. Which of the following best defines a floating-rate bond?
 [A] A bond with a fixed interest rate and has better yield than varying interest rate bond
[B] A bond with a fixed interest rate and has lower yield than varying interest rate bond
[C] A bond with a varying interest rate and has better yield than fixed interest rate bond
[D] A bond with a varying interest rate and has lower yield than fixed interest rate bond

Answer: A bond with a fixed interest rate and has lower yield than varying interest rate bond

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR GOVERNMENT EXAMS

1) SBI Life Insurance join hands with this bank for bancassurance partnership recently.
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Allahabad Bank
C) Corporation Bank
D) Andhra Bank

Ans: Allahabad Bank

2) Who was appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia on 28th December 2018?
A) Mayuri Singh
B) Y.K. Sailas Thangal
C) S.K. Sinthya Thomas
D) Manoj Prathap

Ans: Y.K. Sailas Thangal

3) Who of the following was appointed as the Acting Chairman of LIC?
A) Hemant Bhargava
B) Padmaja Chunduru
C) R N Chaturvedi
D) R.Chandrasekaran

Ans: Hemant Bhargava

4) Which ministry approved UP's proposal of renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj?
A) Ministry of Consumer Affairs
B) Ministry of Human Resource Development
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Home Affairs

Ans: Ministry of Home Affairs

5) Which state CM launched a KALIA scheme for farmers?
A) Gujarat
B) Punjab
C) Odisha
D) Haryana

Ans: Odisha

6) Who signed an Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Into Law recently?
A) Emmanuel Macron
B) Xi Jinping
C) Donald J. Trump
D) Vladimir Putin

Ans: Donald J. Trump

7) The 44th Global Summit of the International Advertising Association was held in __________.
A) Chennai
B) Kochi
C) Bengaluru
D) Hyderabad

Ans: Kochi

8) India floats mega tender of 7.5 GW for this state.
A) Bihar
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) Jammu & Kashmir

Ans: Jammu & Kashmir

9) Who inagurated the 'Swachh Survekshan 2019' scheme recently?
A) Nitin Gadkari
B) R. K. Singh
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Hardeep Singh Puri

Ans: Hardeep Singh Puri

10) SBFC and this bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide loans worth Rs. 1 crore to MSMEs for 15-year tenure.
A) ICICI Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) IDBI Bank

Ans: ICICI Bank

11) Who is First Tycoon to be named "Fugitive Economic Offender"?
A) Nirav Modi
B) Vijay Mallya
C) Anil Ambani
D) Gautam Adani

Ans: Vijay Mallya

12) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a High-Level Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments to encourage digitisation of payments and enhance financial inclusion. It was headed by;
A) Aruna Sharma
B) H.R. Khan
C) Nandan Nilekani
D) Vishal Sikka

Ans: Nandan Nilekani

13) What is the theme of the first-ever Global Aviation Summit (GAS-2019)?
A) Flying for Peace
B) Flying for Harmony
C) Flying for Brotherhood
D) Flying for all

Ans: Flying for all

14) Name of the first monarch of Malaysia to resign before completing tenure.
A) Abdul Halim
B) Ismail Petra
C) Muhammad V
D) Nasiruddin Shah

Ans: Muhammad V

15) This country will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
A) Egypt
B) UAE
C) China
D) Argentina

Ans: Egypt

16) Who was appointed the Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?
A) Jaideep Govind
B) J Rama Krishna Rao
C) Sudeep Singh
D) Mathew Johannes

Ans: Jaideep Govind

17) Who among the following honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the West Bengal Film Journalists Association?
A) Buddhadeb Dasgupta
B) Moushumi Chatterjee
C) Mithun Chakrabarty
D) Subhashish Mukherjee

Ans: Buddhadeb Dasgupta

18) Recently, Private sector lender IDFC Bank changed its name as __________.
A) IDFC Capital Bank Ltd
B) IDFC First Bank Ltd
C) ID First Bank Ltd
D) Capital First IDFC Bank Ltd

Ans: IDFC First Bank Ltd

19) Which famous singer is awarded with Bharat Ratna award in the year 2019
A) Bhupen Hazarika
B) Manna Dey
C) Asha Bhosle
D) Lata Mangeshkar

Ans: Bhupen Hazarika

20) Who was named as the event ambassador for the 16th Tata Mumbai Marathon which will be held on January 20, 2019?
A) P V Sindhu
B) Sakshi Malik
C) M C Mary Kom
D) Saina Nehwal

Ans: M C Mary Kom

21) Which city included Hindi as the third official language to be used in its courts
A) Doha
B) Abu Dhabi
C) Singapore
D) Kuala Lumpur

Ans: Abu Dhabi

22) Who wins the Women's Single Autralian open Trophy in 2019
A) Serena Williams
B) Caroline Wozniacki
C) Angelique Kerber
D) Naomi Osaka

Ans: Naomi Osaka

23) Which country's company sends World's first privately funded mission to moon
A) China
B) USA
C) Israel
D) Australia

Ans: Israel

24) President Ram Nath Kovind honoured with highest civilian award of
A) Croatia
B) Belgium
C) Uruguay
D) Norway

Ans: Croatia

25) Who is appointed as the first Lokpal of india
A) A.R.Lakshmanan
B) G.S.Singhvi
C) Pinaki Chandra Ghose
D) Madan Lokur

Ans: Pinaki Chandra Ghose

Most Important Current Affair Quiz April 11,2019

1. Who was appointed as the managing director of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS)?

(A) Srinivasan Natarajan
(B) Vineet Nayyar
(C) Chandra Shekhar Rajan
(D) Malini Shankar

Answer:Chandra Shekhar Rajan

2. Which country has dropped an explosive from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft?

(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) Russia
(D) USA

Answer: Japan

3. Which country designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRG) as a terrorist organization?

(A) US
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) India

Answer:US

4.Which telescope was used to determine that, dark matter is not made up of tiny primordial black holes as stated by Stephen Hawking?

(A) Hobby-Eberly Telescope
(B) Subaru telescope
(C) Large Binocular Telescope
(D) Large Zenith Telescope

Answer:Subaru telescope

5. 7th April to 14th April is observed as ___________.

(A) National Activity Professionals Week
(B) National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
(C) Employee Appreciation Week
(D) National Handloom week

Answer:National Handloom week

6. Who has been honored with the Presidential Award of Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman 2019 by Vice- President of India M Venkaiah Naidu?

(A) Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya
(B) Homi K. Bhabha
(C) Vandana Shiva
(D) Medha Patkar

Answer:Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya

7. The scientists from this country discovered a possible "death switch" mechanism in the plant's immune system that triggers infected cells to self-destruct.

(A) Russia
(B) India
(C) China
(D) UK

Answer:China

8. Cafe Scientifique a public science initiative was launched in which state?

(A) Andra Pradesh
(B) Kerala
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Meghalaya

Answer:Kerala

9. SEBI agrees to crore 'Airport Specific Fund' worth Rs ___________.

(A) Rs 10,000 crores
(B) Rs 15,000 crores
(C) Rs 16,500 crores
(D) Rs 22,500 crores

Answer:Rs 10,000 crores

10. Which Armed force signs MoU with CSIR for advanced technologies, recently?

(A) Indian Air Force
(B) Indian Navy
(C) Indian Coast Guard
(D) National Security Guard

Answer:Indian Navy

11. Who has reduced the UPI transaction charges from 25 paise to 10 paise up to Rs.1,000?

(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) National Payments Corporation of India
(D) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India

Answer:National Payments Corporation of India

12.African Lion 2019 is a Joint Exercise between which two countries?

(A) Monaco-Morocco
(B) Morocco-US
(C) Turkey-US
(D) Spain-Turkey

Answer:Morocco-US

13. Who was named as female 'Sportsperson of the year' in the ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards 2018?

(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Geeta Phogat
(C) P V Sindhu
(D) Sakshi Malik

Answer:P V Sindhu

14. Which company has bagged the Global Slag Company of the Year at the 14th Global Slag Conference and Exhibition 2019?

(A) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
(B) Tata Steel
(C) Hindalco
(D) Aditya Birla Group

Answer:Tata Steel

15. Amazon India launched a new seller-funding programme to help the small businesses and entrepreneurs to raise funds through the crowdfunding platform. It was named as;

(A) Amazon Connect
(B) Pay Easy
(C) Amazon Fund
(D) Amazon Wings


Answer:Amazon Wings

16.Recently, this country evacuates peacekeeping CRPF contingent from Libya.

(A) India
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Pakistan

Answer:Indian

17. Which Indian state celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kohima?

(A) Meghalaya
(B) Nagaland
(C) Tripura
(D) West Bengal

Answer:Nagaland

18. National Thermal Power Corporation has signed a term-loan agreement of Rs 2,000 crore with which of the following bank?

(A) Syndicate Bank
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) Canara Bank

Answer:Canara Bank

19. Who has been appointed as the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar in April 2019?

(A) Nicholas Koumjian
(B) Robert Mueller
(C) Bernie Sanders
(D) Ted Cruz

Answer:Nicholas Koumjian

20 The 3-day National Cardiology Conference 2019 was held in __________.

(A) Lucknow
(B) Mumbai
(C) Chennai
(D) Delhi

Answer:Lucknow

MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1) Which organisation recently issued guidelines for banks to set up new currency chests?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) NITI Aayog
D) FICCI

Ans: A) RBI

2) Which engineering institution was ranked the best in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) IIT Madras

Ans: IIT Madras

3) Exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra 2019’ began in Uttar Pradesh between India and which country?
A) Singapore
B) Indonesia
C) Malaysia
D) Maldives

Ans: Singapore

4) President Ram Nath Kovind has launched which app for the families of martyred CRPF troops?
A) Veer Parivar
B) Veer Shakti
C) Valour
D) CRPF Suraksha

Ans: Veer Parivar

5) The Election commission of India has stalled the release of a biopic during election period. Which political leader was the film based on?
A) Rahul Gandhi
B) Manmohan Singh
C) PM Narendra Modi
D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ans: PM Narendra Modi

6) Which institution recently ruled that woman can file dowry harassment case from place she has taken shelter?
A) Central Government
B) Supreme Court
C) National Commission for Women
D) Delhi High Court

Ans: Supreme Court

7) India recently evacuated peacekeeping CRPF contingent from which African country?
A) Serbia
B) Rwanda
C) Morocco
D) Libya

Ans: Libya

8) Which body has urged the media to do objective reporting on polls and exercise caution against paid news?
A) SC
B) PCI
C) NBA
D) CBFC

Ans: PCI

9) Which university was ranked the best in the list of Top 10 Indian Universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019?
A) JNU, Delhi
B) BHU, Varanasi
C) IISc, Bengaluru
D) Anna University, Chennai

Ans: IISc, Bengaluru

10) Who has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian men’s national hockey team?
A) Graham Reid
B) Dhanraj Pillay
C) Mark Knowles
D) Ajit Pal Singh

Ans: Graham Reid

11) Which company has become India’s first gaming unicorn?
A) Hashcube Technologies
B) Ingenuity Gaming
C) Zapak Digital
D) Dream11

Ans: Dream11

12) Which country was positioned as the world’s top recipient of remittances according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief?
A) United States
B) Saudi Arabia
C) India
D) China

Ans: India

13) The US recently designated ‘Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. The IRGC belongs to which country?
A) Libya
B) Iran
C) Syria
D) Israel

Ans: Iran

14) Which city hosted the Army Commanders' Conference 2019?
A) Amritsar
B) Srinagar
C) New Delhi
D) Gangtok

Ans: New Delhi

15) Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has taken the oath as the new Chief Justice of which High Court?
A) Madras HC
B) Bombay HC
C) Patna HC
D) Calcutta HC

Ans: Bombay HC

16) Who has been elected as the new President of the World Bank?
A) David Malpass
B) Karen P Hughes
C) John R Bolton
D) Nancy J Powell

Ans: David Malpass

17) The United States has urged immediate halt to military operations in which nation?
A) Algeria
B) Egypt
C) Libya
D) Botswana

Ans: Libya

18) Scientists belonging to which nation have discovered a possible death switch mechanism in plants?
A) United States
B) Sweden
C) Switzerland
D) China

Ans: China

19) Which Indian personality was recently honoured with UAE’s highest decoration Zayed Medal?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Shah Rukh Khan
C) Narendra Modi
D) Aamir Khan

Ans: Narendra Modi

20) Where were the 7th Foreign Office consultations between India and Italy held?
A) New Delhi
B) Sikkim
C) Rome
D) Florence

Ans: New Delhi

MOST IMPORTANT GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

1) Which of the following countries approved a new constitution of the country in a referendum through secret voting held in February 2012?
A) Libya
B) Iraq
C) Iran
D) Syria

Ans: Syria

2) Which railway station has become the India’s first-ever railway station to get green ISO certification?
A) Delhi
B) Hyderabad
C) Guwahati
D) Bhopal

Ans: Guwahati

3) Who is the newly appointed Managing Director of LIC?
A) Nishant patil
B) Vipin Anand Monday
C) Varsha Sharma
D) Puneet Jain

Ans: Vipin Anand Monday 

4) What is the current repo rate, as per RBI’s first bi-monthly policy of FY20?
A) 6.50%
B) 6.00%
C) 6.25%
D) 7.2%

Ans: 6.00%

5) Which Indian personality has been conferred the UAE’s highest civilian honour ‘Zayed Medal’?
A) Sania Mirza
B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Narendra Modi
D) Shashi Tharoor

Ans: Narendra Modi

6) Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?
A) USA
B) Fiji
C) India
D) UK

Ans: Fiji

7) Maitri bridge, which is in news recently, is build over which of the following rivers?
A) Indus
B) Ravi
C) Satluj
D) Jhelum

Ans: Indus

8) The NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 will be held in which of the following countries?
A) India
B) China
C) Japan
D) South korea

Ans: India

9) Who was appointed as Amicus curiae by the Kerala High Court on Kerala floods?
A) Jacob P. Alex
B) E P Jayarajan
C) G Sudhakaran
D) Kadakampally Surendran

Ans: Jacob P. Alex

10) State of the Global Air 2019 report, which is in news recently, is released by which country's health institute?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Germany
D) France

Ans: United States

11) Phayeng Village, which has been tagged as India's first carbon-positive settlement, is located in which of the following states?
A) Mizoram
B) Nagaland
C) Manipur
D) Odisha

Ans: Manipur

12) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has tied up with which IIT to collaborate on standardization and conformity assessment?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Delhi
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Madras

Ans: IIT Delhi

MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS ON CURRENTS AFFAIRS

1) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched an electronic intelligence satellite ‘Emisat’ for the Defence Research Develop Organisation (DRDO) along with 28 third party satellites.

2) Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia’s presidential election, making her the country’s first female head of state. Mr Sefcovic is the vice president of the European Commission.

3) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stated that all branches of public sector lenders Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will function as branches of Bank of Baroda (BoB) from April 1, 2019.

4) The people of the Nizamabad in Telangana will vote through Ballot Papers. Whereas the entire Country will vote in EVMs in the Lok Sabha Polls 2019

5) The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has launched blockchain-based e-marketplace for coffee.

6) Tashigang, a small Himachal Pradesh village has got the distinction of the highest polling station in the world. Tashigang is located at an altitude of 15,256 feet.

7) Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2019 (LIMA 2019) is the fifteenth edition of the Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition. LIMA 2019 was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir bin Mohammed.

8) World Theatre Day is observed annually on March 27 with an aim to generate awareness about the importance of theatre arts.

9) India and the African Union have signed an MoU to initiate and strengthen the cooperation in the health sector in a structured and organised manner by establishing the India-Africa health sciences collaborative platform.

10) The World Autism Awareness Day was celebrated on April 2nd with the theme ‘Assistive Technologies, Active Participation’.

11) During the state visit of the President Ram Nath Kovind to Bolivia, Bolivia has signed the framework agreement to join the International Solar Allian.

12) Gianni Infantino, the President of International Football Federation (FIFA), announced that India will host the U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020. 

ICICI Lombard & Mobiwik - Kazakhstan renamed Capital - Superstats - Swajal Yojana - The World's Best - Current Affairs March 2019

1) Indian low-cost airlines SpiceJet has joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA). SpiceJet is the first Indian budget carrier to join the IATA, which has over 290 airlines as members.

2) Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. This announcement was made by the new president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and was approved by the parliament of Kazakhstan.Nursultan Nazarbayev served nearly 30 years as leader of the oil-rich nation.

3) The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and IIT Madras signed a MoU with the Ministry of Higher Education Afghanistan Government to collaborate on Digital Education Initiatives.

4) Pune , Maharashtra is hosting the 10 days long Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise AFINDEX-19 between the Indian Army and 16 African nations

5) ICICI Lombard and digital financial services company MobiKwik entered into a partnership to provide cyber insurance cover of Rs. 50000.The relationship aims to provide protection against unauthorised and fraudulent transactions online, across bank accounts, debit/credit cards and mobile wallets.

6) Lydian Nadhaswaram an 13 years old pianist from Chennai won the prize of $1 million (6.9 crore) for his performance on the American reality show ‘The World’s Best’. And also he made his debut on The Ellen Show.

7) Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), Gyan Data (an IIT-M incubated company) together with experts from ESPNcricinfo have launched Superstats, a new metrics to analyse the game of cricket.

8) The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has launched second project of Swajal Yojana at village Bhikampura, Karauli, Rajasthan.It was launched by Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti.

9) The Union Government is going to roll out Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) scheme. It was first announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his 2018-19 budget speech.

10) India extended a financial grant of 35.5 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the construction of an educational campus to boost the learning environment of the students.The educational campus was jointly inaugurated by District Coordination Committee and Campus management committee.

11) World Water Day 2019 was observed on 22 March with the theme  ‘Leaving no one behind’.

SAIL Smart Garbage Bin, Google BOLO App, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex found Bennu - Current Affairs on March, 2019

1) International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) 2days workshop held in New Delhi. This workshop organised by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) partnership with the Global Commission on Adaptation, United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank was held at new Delhi.

2) SAIL produce Smart Garbage Bin which is made stainless steel with integrates Technology for smart waste management. The Smart Garbage Bin 'll send the signels to garbage collection vechicles when it's full. This smart garbage bin useful for better clean and reduce the human intervention.

3) Google launches BOLO app which help to the childern to read in Hindi and English. Bolo app which is bein launched in India first. This app currently include up to 100 stories in Hindi and English. All smartphones running Android 4.4 (Kit Kat) and higher able to downloading this BOLO app.


4) Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, (IIPHG) developig a ‘Conquer Exam'mobile application which help to reduce the exam pressure for the student. IIPHG joined hands with National Mental Health Program, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat for developing this mobile app.

5) IIT- Kharagpur Students has developed the new app which detect the fake money. This app is an kind of image processing which can detect fake currency. This new innovation technology easy to solve challenging faced to find the fake currency.

6) Reserve Bank of India has replaced the previous expenditure-based system with a rule-based approach in fixing new Ways and Means limits for the state governments on 18th march, 2019

7) Indian get Benefits as on PhD- Level Work Visas : U.K. government to remove any limit on the number of PhD-level work visas. U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in a Budget update, referred annual Spring Statement, 2019, to as the Tier 2 (General) category of work visas, accounting for 54% . Indian nationals also increase in the grant of Tier 2 visas last year, up by 6% compared to the previous year.

8) NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission found the evidence of particle plumes water source on asteroid Bennu. Bennu has most rugged surface than NASA expected. Bennu’s diameter, rotation rate, inclination and overall shape exactly presented as projected. Radar observations not provide any information about colours or brightness of the Bennu.

World Consumer Rights Day - Tourism Awards - Statehood Day -Education Day - Current Affairs On March

1) March 15 of every year is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2019 is “Trusted Smart Products”.

2) World Kidney Day 2019 was observed on 14th March. The theme of the World Kidney Day 2019 is Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. And the theme denotes universal health coverage (UHC) for prevention and early treatment of kidney disease.

3) Vastradan Campaign initiated by the former royal family of Udaipur has set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of clothes for donation. The campaign had collected more than 3 lakh items of clothing.

4) In 'TV Cinema Spot' Category at ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Borse), Berlin. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has won the First Prize at prestigious international Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019.

5) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has been renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

6) The first-ever International Day of Education was celebrated on 24 January 2019 as per the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

7) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay. This is to promot the government’s Digital India initiative.

8) The states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya celebrated their 47th Statehood Day on 21st January. These state became full-fledged states on January 21, 1972.

9) Suman Kumari becomes the first Hindu woman to have became a civil judge in Pakistan after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers.

10) Saudi Arabia has appointed Princess Reema bint Bandar, as its first female ambassador to the United States.

Most Important current Affairs On March

1) Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways and Coal has awarded the Carnot Prize 2018 for the evolutional changes brought by him during his Union Minister Power.

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi in Navsari district, Gujarat on January 30, 2019 cause of Mahatma Gandhi's 71st death anniversary.

3) Dhanlaxmi Bank, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank has been removed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), from the PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework by moving them out of its weak-bank watchlist.

4) Government Approves Construction of more than 5 lakh Affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

5) The Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal has announced a PRANAM Commission to look after the issues related to the Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill

6) Astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified a new population of ultraviolet stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808 using the India multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat, launched in September 2015.

7) The government of Madhya Pradesh has announced the increase of the reservation quotas for the OBCs and has stated that it would also implement 10 per cent quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under the general category.

8) The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has unveiled a new scheme Yuvashree Plan II or Yuvashree Arpan to encourage entrepreneurship among youth in this scheme around fifty thousand Youths who have completed ITI or polytechnic institutes will be eligible to get financial support of Rs One Lakh from the state MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) department to set up their own business initiatives.

9) The 33rd edition of India-Indonesia coordinated patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) was inaugurated at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The IND-INDO CORPAT 2019 is held from 19 Mar to 04 Apr 2019.

10) The Aero India 2019 was inaugurated in Bangalore at the Yelahanka Air Force Station by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. And the Areo India event has be held for 5 days from February 20 to 24.

11) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country.

12) The Special Olympics World Games 2019 was inaugurated at Abu Dhabi. The Special Olympics World Games 2019 is being hosted by the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.