200 Best Current Affairs April'19 English

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Q) Which country defeated India to win Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament ?
A. Malaysia
B. Japan
C. South Korea
D. Canada

Q) Which district has become the world’s first district which uses both 5G coverage and
broadband gigabit network ?
A. Fujian
B. Guangdong
C. Jiangsu
D. Shanghai

Q) Which country will be the guest country at the New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF)
in 2022 ?
A. Canada
B. France
C. Poland
D. Ireland

Q) Which social networking site has banned praise, support and representation of white
nationalism and white separatism on its platforms ?
A. Twitter
B. Facebook
C. Whatsapp
D. Google +

Q) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added Hump-Backed

Mahseer into which category in its Red List of Threatened Species?
A. Endangered
B. Extinct
C. Critically endangered
D. Vulnerable

Q) Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted eight member Multi-
Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (MDTMG) for which state ?
A. Nagaland
B. Jammu & Kashmir
C. Assam
D. Manipur

Q) Name the American rapper who died after a shooting in Los Angeles near a clothing
store he was associated with?
A. J Cole
B. Snoop Dogg
C. Ludacris
D. Nipsey Hussle

Q) India has nominated which festival for UNESCO’s 2020 list of cultural institutions ?
A. Diwali
B. Durga Puja
C. Hornbill Festival
D. Holi

Q) Zuzana Caputova has become the first female President of which country ?
A. Austria
B. Ukraine
C. Hungary
D. Slovakia

Q) Bank of Baroda has become India’s ______ largest lender as Dena, Vijaya merger
becomes effective from April 01 ?
A. Second
B. Third
C. Fourth
D. First

Q) Which company has become the first Indian Shipyard to make and deliver 100 warships
to the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and Mauritius Coast Guard ?
A. Cochin Shipyard
B. Bharati Shipyard Ltd
C. GRSE
D. Hindustan Shipyard Ltd

Q) ISRO has launched DRDO’s Observational Satellite EMISAT along with 28 Foreign
Satellites using which launch vehicle ?
A. PSLV-C45
B. PSLV-C42
C. PSLV-C43
D. PSLV-C44

Q) Which state’s High Court has barred to mention the caste of the accused, victims or
witnesses in proceedings before the court ?
A. Haryana HC
B. Delhi HC
C. Bombay HC
D. Madhya Pradesh HC

Q) Which state celebrated its 84th foundation day on April 1, 2019?

A. Bihar
West Bengal
B. Karnataka
C. Odisha

Q) Which country has declared ‘Reiwa’ as the name of its new imperial era?
A. South Korea
B. Japan
C. Denmark
D. Ireland

Q) For the first time, which state will witness Brailleenabled ballot papers at all polling
booths to ensure wider participation of voters in Lok Sabha elections ?
A. Meghalaya
B. Manipur
C. Sikkim
D. Assam

Q) ISRO has opened its rocket launch viewing facility for first time in which state ?
A. Rajasthan
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Gujarat

Q) Which country is the recent one to join the International Solar Alliance by signing the
framework agreement on International Solar Alliance ?
A. Croatia
B. Chile
C. Bolivia
D. Costa Rica

Q) Who has took over as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) ?
A. Manu Sawhney
B. David Richardson
C. Anil Kumble
D. Shane Warne

Q) Army has constructed 260 feet ‘Maitri Bridge’ on which river to link villages in leh ?
Chenab
Jhelum
Indus
Ravi

Q) Which Indian filmmaker has joined as an official Ambassador of Toronto

International Film Festival’s ‘Share Her Journey?
A. Zoya Akhtar
B. Rima Das
C. Nandita Das
D. Farha Khan

Q) Kandhamal Haldi of which state has got the Geographical indication (GI) tag ?
A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Kerala

Q) After 32 years, the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was partially
removed from three of nine districts of which state ?
A. Mizoram
B. Manipur
C. Nagaland
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) Which country has approved the sale of 24 multi-role MH-60 ‘Romeo’ Seahawk
helicopters to India at an estimated cost of 2.4 billion US dollars ?
A. Russia
B. Israel
C. USA
D. Japan

Q) The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has reduced the Unified Payments
Interface (UPI) usage fees for small transactions less than Rs 1,000 to ______ paise ?
A. 10p
B. 25p
C. 50p
D. 15p

Q) The Centre has set up a tribunal under whose chairmanship to adjudicate ban on the
Jamaat-e-Islami J&K, JKLF ?
A. Justice Chander Shekhar
B. Justice S K Jain
C. Justice Anurag Tiwari
D. Justic Ranjana Gogoi

Q) Who has become the first player to hit a century in the twelfth edition of the Indian
Premier League ?
A. Ajinkya Rahane
B. Sanju Samson
C. Jaydev Unadkat
Stuart Binny

Q) Pablo Neruda Museum which was in news recently, is located in which nation ?
A. South Africa
B. Peru
C. Chile
D. South Korea

Q) Who has become the first Indian male squash player to enter the top-10 list in the world
?
A. Kush Kumar
B. Ramit Tondon
C. Aditya Jagtap
D. Saurav Ghoshal
Q)Who has been honoured with the Order of Zayed- the UAE’s highest civilian honour ?
A. Sushma Swaraj
B. Narendra Modi
C. Ramnath Kovind
D. Suresh Prabhu

Q) The third edition of ‘AUSINDEX-19’, bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy
and Royal Australian Navy, began in which city ?
A. Hyderabad
B. Visakhapatnam
C. Kochi
D. Jaipur

Q) Which country has allowed India to facilitate its supplies of lithium Carbonate to India
and foster joint ventures for Lithium battery ?
A. Canada
B. Bolivia
C. New Zealand
D. France

Q )The Reserve Bank of India fixed the Repo Rate at what percent in its First Bi-monthly
Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20?
6%
6.25%
6.50 %
6.75 %

Q) Which Indian village has developed itself as India’s first carbon-positive settlement ?
A. Bishnupur
B. Chandel
C. Gomi
D. Phayeng

Q) Which has become the first ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO
certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ?
A. Habibganj Railway Station
B. Vijayawada Railway Station
C. Guwahati Railway Station
D. Dudhsagar Railay Station

Q) Who has become the Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India ?
A. M R Kumar
B. Vipin Anand
C. Rajneesh Duggal
D. Sandeep Sharma
Q) Which Former Bollywood Actress has been appointed as the Industry Head of Google India ?
A. Mayoori Kango
B. Perizaad Zorabian
C. Tanushree Dutta
D. Sarah Jane Dias

Q) National Maritime Day in India is celebrated on which day every year ?

A. April 4
B. April 2
C. April 5
D. April 3

Q) American multinational technology company Apple has begun the manufacturing of iPhone 7
in which Indian city ?
A. Surat
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. Pune

Q) Who was conferred with an honorary doctorate in Philanthropy by the University of

Law, London ?
A. Sushmita Sen
B. Shahrukh Khan
C. Hrithik Roshan
D. Priyanka Chopra

Q) Who has been designated as the brand ambassador for elections in J&K ?
A. Yukta Mukhi
B. Sana Dua
C. Leela Naidu
D. Asha Bhat

Q) From now onwards every year CBSE board will have a punch line, the punch line for the
2019-20 session of CBSE is ?
A. Imparting Education
B. Critical Thinking
C. Experimental learning
D. Artificial Intelligence

Q) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has appointed whom as its President for
2019-20?
A. Vikram Kirloskar
B. T.V. Narendra
C. Rakesh Bharti Mittal
D. Ravindra Dhameja
Q) Which bank has approved the merger with Indiabulls Housing Finance?
A. Equitas Small Finance Bank.
B. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
C. Utkarsh Small Finance Bank.
D. Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Q) Who has been appointed as Chairman of NASSCOM for 2019 – 2020 ?

A. Keshav Murugesh
B. Krishnakant Pillai
C. Vijayant Deshmukh
D. Saurabh Rajput

Q) Who has been selected as the new President of the World Bank ?
A. David Malpass
B. Kristalina Georgieva
C. Timothy Goodwin
D. Justin Graham

Q) The first vote of the country for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was cast by whom ?
A. Sudhakar Natarajan
B. Deepesh Sudhakaran
C. Deepankar Prasad
D. Kuldeep Sodhi

Q) Who has become the 1st Indian to be elected as a Member of the FIFA Executive
Council?
A. Praful Patel
B. Baichung Bhutia
C. Subrata Dutta
D. I M Vijayan

Q) Samata Diwas’ or ‘Equality Day’ in India was observed on ?

A. April 1
B. April 6
C. April 5
D. April 4

Q) Microsoft observed its ______________ th anniversary on April 4 ?

A. 45rd
B. 44th
C. 50th
D. 46th

Q) Who was inducted into prestigious International Hall of Fame at the US Army’s
Command and General Staff College ?
A. General Vijay Kumar Singh
B. General Bikram Singh
C. General Dalbir Singh Suhag
D. General Bipin Rawat

Q) Which company will launch the Project Kuiper ?

A. Apple
B. Google
C. Amazon
D. Facebook

Q) Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya was honoured with the Presidential Award of Maharshi
Badrayan Vyas Samman 2019 for his outstanding contribution in the field of which
language ?
A. Maithili
B. Santhali
C. Pali
D. Sanskrit

Q) Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has received the approval to acquire up to 66.15 % stake in
which IT company from Competition Commission of India (CCI) ?
A. Mindtree
B. Aftek
C. Cyient
D. Ramco Systems

Q) South African Born biologist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2002 in Physiology passed
away recently, what was his name ?
A. Bob Horvitz
B. John Sulston
C. Sydney Brenner
D. Anthony Sulston

Q) Which railway station has been renamed by the Tamil Nadu State Government as
Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran railway station?
A. Chennai Central
B. Basin Bridge
C. Golden Rock
D. Salem Junction

Q) Who was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Bomaby high Court ?

A. Surya Kant
B. Aniruddha Bose
C. Krishna Murari
D. Pradeep Nandrajog
Q) Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court ?
A. T B N Radhakrishnan
B. Ramesh Ranganathan
C. Sanjay Karol
D. Vijay Kumar Bist

Q) All rounder Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie who passed away recently was a women
cricketer of which country?
A. Australia
B. England
C. South Africa
D. New Zealand

Q) Who has become only the second Indian player to score 8,000 runs in T20 cricket?
A. Suresh Raina
B. M S Dhoni
C. Virat Kohli
D. Rohit Sharma

Q) Two Indian naval ships -- INS 'Kolkata' and 'Shakti' -- would take part in the which
country’s Navy's 70th anniversary of celebrations ?
A. USA
B. England
C. China
D. Russia

Q) 54th Valour Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was observed on?
A. April 8
B. April 6
C. April 7
D. April 9

Q) World Bank has forecasted India’s GDP growth to accelerate moderately to what
percent in Fiscal Year 19-20?
A. 7.2 %
B. 7.3 %
C. 7.5 %
D. 7 %

Q) Who has been elected as the new president of International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) – India?
A. Abhijeet Shorey
B. Vikramjit Singh Sahney
C. Gurdeep Singh Kohli
D. Madan Gungeshwar
Q) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rolled out with guidelines for banks to set up new currency
chests, which includes new chests should have a processing capacity of _________ lakh
pieces of banknotes per day?
A. 6 lakh
B. 6.6 lakh
C. 3 lakh
D. 5.5lakh

Q) Which IIT institution was ranked the best in the National Institutional Ranking
Framework -2019?
A. IIT Madras
B. IIT Delhi
C. IIT Kanpur
D. IIT Bombay

Q) Who has become the first woman CMD of Pawan Hans Ltd?
A. Usha Padhee
B. Gita Gopalan
C. Shikha Sharma
D. Anubhuti Sharma

Q) Arie Irawan who passed away at an age of 28 was related to which sports?
A. Football
B. Polo
C. Golf
D. Chess

Q) Google has launched its 1st drone delivery service in which country?
A. India
B. Australia
C. France
D. Sweden

Q) RailTel has provided free high-speed WiFi service to as many as _______ stations in a
short period of seven days with ‘RailWire’?
A. 600
B. 200
C. 500
D. 800

Q) According to World Gold Council (WGC) India stands at _______ position among
countries in terms of yellow metal reserves?
A. 11th
B. 10th
C. 7th
D. 5th
Q) General Electric in association with which IIT has established India’s first ‘Cold Spray’
SMART (Surface Modification and Additive Research Technologies) Laboratory in the
institution?
A. IIT Madras
B. IIT Delhi
C. IIT Kharagpur
D. IIT Bombay

Q) World Homoeopathy Day was observed on?

A. April 9
B. April 8
C. April 10
D. April 7

Q) National Green Tribunal has established a committee under whose chairmanship to

examine alleged erosion of Yamuna floodplain in Sonipat?
A. Adarsh Kumar Goel
B. J S Khehar
C. Madan Lokur
D. Kurian Joseph

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind has launched which mobile application for families of
CRPF personnel killed in the line of duty?
A. Veer Parivar
B. Bharat ke Veer Putra
C. Bharat ke Rakshak
D. Bhartiya Sainik Parivar

Q) The Cabinet Committee of Security has cleared the proposal for the procurement of the
464 T-90 tanks from which country?
A. Japan
B. USA
C. France
D. Russia

Q) Which company has introduced a new open platform called “Anthos” to run and
manage apps from anywhere ?
A. Google
B. Facebook
C. Microsoft
D. Twitter

Q) Who has been appointed as the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of National
Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) ?
A. Anoop Kumar Mittal
B. Shiv Das Meena
C. Vikramjit Singh Sahney
D. Rajeev Kumar

Q) India has built a 25-bed ‘Chandra Narayan Yadav Memorial Maternity Hospital in
which country ?
A. Srilanka
B. Bhutan
C. Nepal
D. Bangladesh

Q) Who was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2018 for his collection of
poetry titled ‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’ ?
A. Umar Alisha
B. Kalipatnam Ramarao
C. Viswanatha Satyanarayana
D. K Siva Reddy

Q) Name the WikiLeaks founder who was arrested in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
?
A. Julian Assange
B. Bob Woodward
C. Anderson Cooper
D. Louis Theroux

Q) The Supreme Court imposed a fine of Rs ______ lakh on the West Bengal Government
for imposing a virtual ban on the movie “Bhobishyoter Bhoot” ?
A. Rs 10 lakh
B. Rs 50 lakh
C. Rs 20 Lakh
D. Rs 40 lakh

Q) Astronomers took the first ever image of a black hole with the help of which telescope ?
A. Kepler Space Telescope
B. Event Horizon Telescope
C. Hubble Space Telescope
D. James Webb Space Telescope

Q) Who was appointed As the First Chief Justice of New Andhra Pradesh High Court ?
A. Vikram Nath
B. Shiv Sharma
C. Kailash Gupta
D. N R Pali

Q) Who has been honoured with Russia’s highest state decoration, the Order of St Andrew
the Apostle?
A. Sushma Swaraj
B. Narendra Modi
C. Nirmala Sitharaman
D. Ramnath Kovind

Q) Which paralympian was named for New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship?
A. Devendra Jhajharia
B. Varun Singh Bhati
C. Karamjyoti Dalal
D. Deepa Malik

Q) Who has been awarded with the ‘Freedom of the City of London’ in recognition of her
work to promote insurance ties between India and the UK ?
A. Alice G. Vaidyan
B. Mallika Srinivasan
C. Vinita Bali
D. Avani Davda

Q) Which country will be the Guest of Honour country by the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) for the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF 2019?
A. China
B. USA
C. Sweden
D. India

Q) The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty Rs 100 crore on which state over
illegal sand mining in the state?
A. West Bengal
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Kerala
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Jean Michel Lapin has become the new Prime Minister of which country?
A. Albania
B. Poland
C. Haiti
D. Ireland

Q) Name the Digital Sukoon founder who was honoured with the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
Nobel Award by International Human Rights Council ?
Sushant Messy
Sudhanshu Kumar
Veer Singh
Amulya Gupta

Q) Who has become the first woman ViceChancellor of Jamia Millia?

A. Asifa Quraishi
B. Farhat Hashmi
C. Maria Ulfah
D. Najma Akhtar

Q) Scientists have discovered a new human species ‘Homo luzonensis’ in which country?
A. Philippines
B. Thailand
C. Malaysia
D. Indonesia

Q) India’s flagship programme Namami Gange has been felicitated with the ‘Public Water
Agency of the Year’ award 2019 at the Global Water Summit held in which city?
A. Sochi
B. Paris
C. London
D. New York

Q) Which is the first country in the world to officially declare National Safe Motherhood
Day?
A. Russia
B. India
C. Japan
D. France

Q) Which company has bagged the prestigious 'AIMA Managing India Award’ 2019 for
outstanding PSU of the year?
A. SAIL
B. GAIL
C. IOC
D. BHEL

Q) Which digital payment company has acquired US-based financial technology firm
Wibmo for USD 70 million (about Rs 484 crore) ?
A. ICICI Pockets
B. HDFC PayZapp
C. PayU
D. Amazon Pay

Q) Who has become the Brand Ambassador of the Fantasy 11 – a Gaming startup ?
A. Parthiv Patel
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Ajinkya Rahane
D. Murali Kartik

Q) Which Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana may enter in the Guinness World Records
for the maximum number of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) of M3 version used in the
polling booth ?
A. Warangal
B. Adilabad
C. Nizamabad
D. Suryapet

Q) Sabooj Sathi scheme of which state has won the prestigious World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) awards of the United Nations ?
A. Jharkhand
B. Bihar
C. West Bengal
D. Rajasthan

Q) Which city has been ranked topped on the WHO's (World Health Organisation) list of
15 most polluted cities in the world ?
A. Kanpur
B. Delhi
C. Varanasi
D. Agra

Q) A new state-of-the-art, Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) tomprovide a major boost to

indigenous warship design capabilities of the Navy was inaugurated in which city ?
A. Bengaluru
B. Jaipur
C. Delhi
D. Pune

Q)Which bank has launched a campaign “#Just25” to celebrate 25 years of its existence?
A. Karur Vysya Bank
B. RBL Bank
C. City Union Bank
D. IndusInd Bank

Q) MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) has bestowed the honour of ‘Honorary Life Members’
to which player?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Marc Boucher
C. Inzamam-ul-Haq
D. Both B & C

Q) Name the person who directed the debut serial of Shahrukh Khan “Fauji” who passed
away recently?
A. Raj Kapoor
B. Anand Kapoor
C. Basu Chatterjee
D. Ved Rahi
Q) 128th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar was observed on ?
A. April 14
B. April 15
C. April 13
D. April 12

Q) Who will be honored with the 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize ?
A. Wa Lone
B. Kyaw so Oo
C. Mazen Darwish
D. Both A & B

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