Current Affairs For 25rd APRIL 2021

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353. Which tech company has announced to launch its “mini-app” store to support Indian developers in
taking their products to the masses in line with Google?
Answer: Paytm
354. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has signed an MoU with which company to onboard
street food vendors on its e-commerce platform under PM SVANidhi Scheme?
Answer: Swiggy
355. Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU with body to broadcast and promote new agriculture technology
and innovations.
Answer:Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
As per the MoU, DD Kisan will broadcast various innovative techniques of agriculture field in easy language
through 30 minutes program series.
356. Which Bank has unveiled an environment-friendly initiative named “IB-eNote” to enable a total
paperless working environment?
Answer: Indian Bank

357. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)?
Answer: Dinesh Kumar Khara. He will succeed Rajnish Kumar.

358. Government has named three eminent economists Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and Shashanka
Bhide as the new members of which body?
Answer:Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
The step is taken as Chetan Ghate, Pami Dua, and Ravindra Dholakia terms ended.
359. Which organization has introduced ‘very high-risk category’ on its Mutual Funds (MF) riskometer
tool, to warn investors, who are investing in mutual fund schemes?
Answer: SEBI
Prior to this, MF risk-o-meter (that indicates risk level of investment) had five categories: low, moderately
low, moderate, moderately high and high. The 6th category will come into effect from 1 January 2021.
360. Which states were ranked 1st under the Swachh Bharat Awards, 2020?
Answer: Gujrat
Swachh Bharat Awards 2020 were presented to States, Districts, Blocks and Village Panchayats in 3
categories:
Gujarat bagged 1st position at state level, while Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) at district level in Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya category
Gujarat and UP were best performing states in Samudayik Shouchalaya Abhiyan category.
Haryana, Telangana bagged top position in Gandagi Mukth Bharat category.

361. The Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced the results of the first edition of
National Startup Awards in New Delhi. The awards were given under how many categories?
Answer:12
Awards are given in 12 sectors: Agriculture, Education, Enterprise Technology, Energy, Finance, Food, Health,
Industry and Urban Services
National Startup Awards for Agriculture Productivity: Nava Design and innovation Pvt Ltd.
Clean energy sector: Aloe E cell Pvt Ltd
Satellite technology: Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt Ltd.
362. Harvey J Alter, Charles M Rice (America) and Michael Houghton (British) jointly won the Nobel Prize
for Medicine or Physiology 2020 for the discovery of_______________________________.
Answer: Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Current Affairs For 24th APRIL 2021

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341. PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated virtual summit ‘RAISE 2020 (Responsible AI for Social
Empowerment 2020)’. It has been organized by ________________________________________.

Answer: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog.
342. The central government has extended the deadline of the TREM Stage-IV emission norms from
October 2020 to________________________________.
Answer: October 1, 2021.
343. Which institution will commission the India’s largest High-Performance Computing and Artificial
Intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer, ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’?
Answer: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
344. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Sign Language Research and
Training Center (ISLRTC) and _____________________ in order to make education materials accessible for
Deaf children.
Answer: NCERT

345. Which airport has become the first airport of Airports Authority of India (AAI) that is entirely solar-
powered?

Answer: Puducherry
346. Red Cherry Pepper Chili, locally known as ‘Dalle Khursani’ belongs to which state that has recently
got Geographical Indication (GI) tag from Department of Industry Promotion and Internal Trade?
Answer: Sikkim. Dalle Khursani is considered as one of hottest chili in the world.
347. India and which other country have collaborated to launch constellation of maritime surveillance
satellites for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to trace illegal spillage of oil by ships?
Answer: France
This surveillance satellite will be the World’s first space-based system capable of tracking ships.
348. The 12th BRICS Summit was held on 17th November 2020 through video conferencing. What was
the theme of 12th BRICS Summit?
Answer: BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth. It is to be
held under the Chairmanship of Russia.
349. Who has recently launched the “Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM)”?
Answer: Union Minister Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot
The mission has been launched under the Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in order to
promote innovation and enterprise among SC students studying in higher educational institutions.

350. As per the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) what is the ideal weight for Indian women?
Answer: 55kg. Men 65 kg.
The research body also increased the height for men to 5 feet 8 inches (earlier 5 feet 6 inches).
Similarly, the height of Indian women has now been increased to 5 feet 3 inches (earlier 5 feet in 2010).
NIN Headquarters: Hyderabad
351. Under which institution, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) Survey was
conducted to assess performance of different Ministries or Departments’ on the implementation of
Central Sector Schemes (CS) and Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)?
Answer: NITI Ayog
352. Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has recently inaugurated Tribal Entrepreneurship Development
Programme through Video conference. Its Centre of Excellence (CoE) has been set up by
______________________________.
Answer: Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)

Current Affairs For 22th APRIL 2021

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319. The Union Cabinet approved signing of an agreement with which country aimed at enhancing
cooperation in emerging technologies, protection of critical infrastructure, cyberspace and to mitigate
threats to communication networks?
Answer: Japan
320. Which country became the first country in the world to approve genetically modified wheat?
Answer: Argentina
321. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) has approved the first Ebola Virus treatment drug
named __________________.
Answer: Inmazeb

322. PM Narendra Modi has launched physical distribution of property cards under which scheme?
Answer: SVAMITVA
Under this scheme, beneficiaries of ‘SVAMITVA Scheme’ can use the property as a financial asset for taking
loans and other financial benefits.
323. What is India’s rank in the health spending index 2020 released by Oxfam?
Answer: 155th

324. According to a study published in the medical journal Lancet India is likely to become the third
largest economy in the world by which year?
Answer: 2050

325. Which tech company has partnered with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to
empower students, educators in Next-Generation Technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet
of Things (IoT), Data Science and Cloud Computing?
Answer: Microsoft

326. Which bank has launched a new entry-level credit card named ACE Credit Card, with a focus on
increasing participation of users in the digital economy partnership with Google Pay?
Answer: Axis Bank

327. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to move towards the _________________________ for
managing the country’s foreign exchange and gold reserves.
Answer: Next Generation Treasury Application (NGTA). The NGTA application will help improve the functioning
of the central bank.

328. The Nobel Prize in Literature has recently been awarded to which American poet?
Answer: Louise Glück

329. The Nobel Prize for Economics, 2020 was awarded to Paul R Milogrom and Robert B Wilson for
bringing improvement to which theory?
Answer: Auction theory
They were awarded for improvements to Auction Theory and also for inventing new auction formats.
330. The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the which organization?
Answer: United nation’s World Food Programme (WFP)
The programme has been awarded the prize for its efforts to fight hunger especially in the war zones and conflict affected areas.

Current Affairs For 21th APRIL 2021

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300. Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe released the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 report. What
was India’s rank in GHI 2020?
Answer: 94th among 107 countries with a serious level of hunger.

301. According to the 3rd Edition of “The Future of Jobs Report 2020” released by the World Economic
Forum (WEF), COVID-19 and Technological Advances will disrupt how many global jobs by 2025?
Answer: 85 Million Jobs by 2025.
302. According to Asia Power Index 2020 released by Sydney based Lowy
Institute, India is the ________________ most powerful country in Asia-Pacific Region.
Answer: 4

th. USA: 1st. China: 2nd
.

303. Which country has formally joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as its 190th Member?
Answer: Andorra
Andorra had applied for membership to the IMF in January 2020. The capital Andorra is Andorra la Vella &
Euro is its currency.
304. Which SFB becomes Sponsor Bank of Ashoknagar Co-operative Bank Limited?
Answer: Jana Small Finance Bank (SFB)
Jana SFB becomes the 1st SFB to go live under the bank sponsorship programme.
305. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a Market Data Advisory
Committee, headed by ________________________________.
Answer: Madhabi Puri Buch

306. Who has become the first and youngest Indian Woman to win Wildlife Photographer of the year
2020?
Answer: Aishwarya Sridhar
307. Who has received the CEO of the Year and Visionary Leadership Award for his exemplary and
inspirational leadership presented by the ‘World Human Resource Development (HRD) Congress’?
Answer: Pravir Krishna, Managing Director of TRIFED
308. Which entity has received the ‘Central Bank of the Year Award: 2020’ given by ‘Central Banking’?
Answer: The Bank of Ghana (BoG)

Current Affairs For 20th APRIL 2021

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309. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks Association (IBA), for the term 2020-21?
Answer: Rajkiran Rai G
310. Who has authored the new book titled “The Battle of Belonging”?
Answer: Shashi Tharoor

311. Name the renowned Malayalam Poet who has passed away recently and was the last Malayalam
poet to be called as ‘Mahakavi’?
Answer: Mahakavi’ Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri. He is a recipient of Jnanpith Award (2019).
312. The United Nations (UN)’s World Food Day is annually celebrated on ______________ to commemorate
the founding date of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in 1945.
Answer: October 16
Year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of FAO. Theme of World Food Day 2020– “Grow, Nourish, Sustain.
Together”.
313. India’s premium cotton would be known by what name in the world cotton trade?
Answer: Kasturi Cotton
The Kasturi Cotton brand will represent Whiteness, Brightness, Softness, Purity, Luster, Uniqueness and
Indianness.

314. The central government has abolished the interview for recruitment in government jobs in how
many states and UTs?
Answer: 23 states and 8 Union Territories

315. Which tech company in association with International Institute of Information Technology
Hyderabad (IIIT-H), has set up an artificial intelligence research Centre in Hyderabad?
Answer: Intel India
On the inaugural session of “all.ai 2020 Virtual Summit” on October 13, 2020, the Intel India announced the
launch of an applied artificial intelligence (AI) research (INAI) center in Hyderabad.

316. Which state government has announced a ‘Digital Seva Setu’ programme to ensure optimum
utilisation of technology for public welfare in rural areas?
Answer: Gujarat
317. Which state government has launched “Lab on Wheels” to test the water quality in the state under
Jal Jeevan Mission?
Answer: Haryana
318. Which state has become the first state in the country that has made the public education
completely digital?
Answer: Kerala

Current Affairs For 19th APRIL 2021

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293. National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has launched Frontier Technologies
Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) in collaboration with which tech company?

Answer: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CIC will help in addressing societal challenges through digital innovation with focus on agriculture, healthcare
and skill development.
294. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs has recently laid the
foundation stone for India’s first Multi-modal Logistic Park (MMLP) at _______________________.
Answer: Jogighopa, Assam.
295. Which city of India will have Longest Bus rapid transit (BRT) network of 108 kms?
Answer: Surat, Gujarat
296. Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of which state/UT has recently announced the “My Town My
Pride” programme to deliver governance services at doorsteps to the people in urban areas?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)
297. Which state has recently launched the electricity consumer service portal “Mo Bidyut” and mobile
application?
Answer: Odisha

298. Which country has become the First Country in the World to attach Facial verification in its National
Identification Database?
Answer: Singapore
The function is called ‘SingPass Face Verification’.
299. According to the ‘Global Tuberculosis Report 2020’ released by World Health Organization (WHO),
which country has the highest burden of drug-resistant TB?
Answer: India
India (27%), China (14%) and Russian Federation (8%) had the largest share of Tuberculosis in the world.

Current Affairs For 18th APRIL 2021

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280. The Labour and Employment Ministry has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index for
Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) from 2001 to ______________.
Answer: 2016
It gives more weightage to spending on health, education, recreation, and other miscellaneous expenses, while
reducing the weightage given to food and beverages.
281. NITI Aayog has constituted a 14-member advisory committee headed by _____________________ to
evaluate the reforms in the urban planning education system.
Answer: Rajiv Kumar
282. The Reserve Bank of India has issued the revised regulatory framework for Housing Finance
Companies (HFCs) under which the minimum Net Owned Funds (NOF) size for HFCs is fixed
at_____________.
Answer: Rs 25 crore
283. Which Bank has become the 1st bank in India to go live as a Financial Information Provider (FIP)
under the new Account Aggregator (AA) Framework of the Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: IndusInd Bank

284. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released final guidelines for Housing Finance Companies (HFC)
stating that these home financiers should have at least _____________ of their net assets deployed in the
business of providing finance for housing by March 31, 2024.

Answer: 60%

285. Which organization has topped the list of Indian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) featured in the
4th annual “World’s Best Employer 2020” list published by Forbes?
Answer: NTPC Limited

286. Which entity has won the 2020 United Nations (UN) ‘Global Climate Action Awards’ under ‘Financing
for Climate Friendly Investment’ for its efforts to combat climate change amid COVID-19 pandemic?
Answer: Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) of India
287. Global Finance, a New York based trade publication, has recently released the list of World’s 50
Safest Banks 2020. It has named ______________ as the Safest Bank in Asia for the 12th consecutive year.
Answer: DBS Bank of Singapore
Global Finance has named State Bank of India (SBI) as the Safest Bank in India.
288. Who has been appointed as the ‘National Brand Ambassador’ of Parle Agro?
Answer: Priyanka Chopra
289. Indian origin ‘Wavel Ramkalawan’ has recently been elected as the President of which island
country?
Answer: Seychelles
290. World Polio Day is annually observed across the globe on which date?
Answer: 24th October
The theme of 2020 World Polio Day is “A win against polio is a win for global health”.
291. According to Intellectual Property India’s Annual Report for 2018-19, which University has emerged
as the Leading Stand-Alone University in India for filing 336 Patents?
Answer: Chandigarh University of Punjab
The reports were released by the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Government
of India
292. The National Authority of Ship Recycling will be set up in______________________________.
Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Current Affairs For 17th APRIL 2021

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269. Name the renowned Sculptor and Padma shri awardee from Rajasthan who passed away recently
in Jaipur?

Answer: Arjun Prajapati. He was popularly known as the “Maharathi of Cloning”.
270. Mridula Sinha, first Woman Governor of Goa, has passed away at the age of 77 at a hospital. She
was born in ______________________.
Answer: Chhapra, Bihar
Mridula Sinha was a proficient Hindi writer who contributed to the field of literature and culture.

271. Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of _______________ passed away due to post covid-19
complications.
Answer: Assam

272. Who has been crowned as the winner of the first-ever ‘ITTF Women’s World Cup’ title?
Answer: Chen Meng, China
Chen Meng is the world’s No.1 women tennis player at present. She defeated her Chinese compatriot Sun
Yingsha by 11-13 11-6 11-9 11-6 11-8 to win the title.
273. MCX (Multi-Commodity Exchange of India) has recently launched India’s first real-time Base Metals
Index- ‘MCX METLDEX’ in the commodity derivatives segment. METLDEX is based on how many base
metals?
Answer: Five base metals – Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Aluminium.
274. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have
signed an MoU to share expertise for the _______________________________.
Answer: Betterment of Highway Infrastructure
275. NITI Aayog and Quality Council of India (QCI) launched the ‘National Program and Project
Management Policy Framework (NPMPF)’ to transform ____________________________.
Answer: Infrastructure Sector In India

276. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology has launched a scheme titled ‘SERB-
POWER’ is designed exclusively for women scientists. What does ‘P’ stand for in POWER?

Answer: SERB-POWER = Science and Engineering Research Board – Promoting Opportunities for Women
in Exploratory Research

The scheme has been initiated by SERB, a Statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST),
Government of India.
277. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) became the first Union Territory in India to operationalize Public
Financial Management System (PFMS) at the ______________________________.
Answer: District Level

278. 24th edition of MALABAR Exercise, 2020, saw the participation of which new country, thus making
24th edition of MALABAR the 1st “quadrilateral” naval exercise?
Answer: Australia
Rest three participants are: India, Japan, USA.
279. As per the Ministry of Tourism annual publication titled ‘India Tourism Statistics at a Glance – 2020’,
which state has topped the ‘Domestic Tourist Visits List 2019’?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Current Affairs For 16th APRIL 2021

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257. The Union Cabinet has recently approved _________________ of capital infusion into the National
Infrastructure Investment Fund as a part of the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
Answer: Rs 6,000 crores
258. Which entity has recently launched an initiative called ‘Securities Market Trainers’ (SMARTs)
program to enhance investor education and awareness?
Answer: SEBI
The program was launched during the World Investor Week (WIW), observed from Nov 23 to 29, 2020.
The first batch of SMARTs includes 40 individuals across 16 states and union territories, covering 31 districts
on a pan-India basis with 4 days of training at National Institute of Securities Market (NISM).
259. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has recently awarded the second National Water Awards.
__________________won the first place followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan at second and third places,
respectively.
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Mizoram bagged the topmost position under the special category.
260. New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the Booker Prize 2020 for his debut novel
________________________.
Answer: Shuggie Bain

261. The ___________________ under the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department has bagged the first
international TX2 award.
Answer: Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was awarded for doubling its number of tigers in four years. The target set was to
double the numbers in ten years.
262. The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Shri Yashvardhan K Sinha as the new
_____________________________.
Answer: Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India
263. World’s longest serving Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa died recently in November. He
belonged to which country?
Answer: Bahrain

264. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Senapathy Gopalakrishnan as the 1st chairperson of
__________________, a newly created entity.
Answer: Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)
265. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has approved the appointment of Sonu Sood as the State
Election Icon of ___________________.
Answer: Punjab. Sonu Sood hails from the Moga district of Punjab.
266. Who has been recently elected as the External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) for 3
years?
Answer: Girish Chandra Murmu, 14th Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India
267. Veteran Violinist and Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan Awardee _____________________ passed away at
the age of 92 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Answer: Tripunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan (T N Krishnan)
He was born in 1928 in Kerala. He received the Padma Shri in 1973 and Padma Bhusan in 1992, India’s highest
civilian awards, for arts.
268. Name the former Chief Minister (CM) of Sikkim who recently passed away at the age of 73 due to
prolonged illness in Gangtok, Sikkim.
Answer: Sanchaman Limboo