CURRENT AFFAIRS – APRIL 2021

Q1) Which institution releases the annual flagship report “World Economic Outlook”?

[A] World Bank

[B] Asian Development Bank
[C] International Monetary Fund
[D] United Nations Development Program

Q2) What is ‘Ever Given’, that was making news recently?

[A] Covid Vaccine Candidate

[B] Cargo Ship
[C] Cruise missile
2[D] UN resolution

Q3) Which state has announced to launch the Affordable Rental Housing and Complexes
(ARHC) scheme?

[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Gujarat
[D] Andhra Pradesh

Q4) Where is the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) located?

[A] Gujarat
[B] Kerala
[C] Odisha
[D] Maharashtra

Q5) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?

[A] Injeti Srinivas

[B] Y M Deosthalee
[C] Sanjeev Kumar
[D] Rajeshwara Rao

Q6) When is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the
Transatlantic Slave Trade observed by UN?

[A] March 1
[B] March 10
[C] March 15
[D] March 25

Q7) SEBI modified the requirement to formulate dividend distribution policy by top 500
listed companies to how many companies?
 [A] Top 100
[B] Top 250
[C] Top 1000
[D] Top 2000

Q8) Who has been appointed as the CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI).?

[A] Rajeev Kumar

[B] Rajeev Sinha
[C] Sanjay Agarwal
[D] Saurabh Garg

Q9) 'DIKSHA' web portal is associated with which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Education

[B] Ministry of Labour and Employment
[C] Ministry of Skill Development
[D] Ministry of Agriculture

Q10) Which Union Ministry has chalked out a four-point strategy to handle the blockage at
Suez Canal?

[A] Ministry of Petroleum

[B] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[C] Ministry of Heavy Industries
[D] Ministry of External Affairs

Q11) Which country has proposed retaliatory trade actions against India for imposing
Equalisation levy on e-commerce companies?

[A] Russia
[B] USA
[C] China
[D] UK

Q12) The International Theatre Institute (ITI), the world’s largest performing arts
organization, is headquartered in which city?

[A] Rome
[B] Paris
[C] Geneva
[D] Moscow

Q13) HEAL-COVID, which was making news recently, is a nation-wide trial to be

implemented in which country?

[A] USA
[B] UK
 [C] Russia
[D] Taiwan

Q14) Which country is set to host the two-day climate summit of world leaders starting on
Earth Day, April 22?

[A] France
[B] USA
[C] India
[D] Australia

Q15) Soma Mondal, who has been appointed as the new chairperson of SCOPE, is
presently the chairperson of which company?

[A] Indian Oil

[B] SAIL
[C] NTPC
[D] BHEL

Q16) Who was Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, whose name is in news recently?

[A] Former CMD of SBI

[B] Former Deputy Governor of RBI
[C] Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner
[D] Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court

Q17) Which armed force has decided to employ retired combat dogs as 'therapy dogs'?

[A] Indian Navy

[B] Indian Army
[C] Indo Tibetan Border Police
[D] Indian Coast Guard

Q18) Anil Dharker, who has been in the news recently, was associated with which field?

[A] Cricket
[B] Space Science
[C] Politics
[D] Journalism

Q19) Which country has launched the 'Tribal TB initiative'?

[A] Nepal
[B] India
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Bangladesh

Q20) Which Ministry has invited research proposals with focus on female participation in
economic activities?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of Social Justice
[C] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[D] Ministry of HRD