April Flashcards
Which act got amended by Govt. for reducing salaries of MPs by 30% to give funds to COVID-19?
Salaries, Allowances, and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954,
a two-year suspension of the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme
so that the amount saved can go to the Consolidated Fund of India to fight COVID-19
Where is Pench Tiger Reserve is located?
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is one of the premier tiger reserves of India and the first one to straddle across two states - Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Ordinarily, the reference to Pench is mostly to the tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh
What is the name of the hackathon supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, which aims to find solutions for overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic?
Hack the Crisis-India
Launched by Sanjay Dhotre
Which Indian NGO won the prestigious USD 1.5 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
Armman
After the lockdown due to COVID-19, what is the estimated growth rate of India in the current fiscal, as per the recent Fitch Ratings?
2.0%
Under operation Sanjeevani, India has supplied essential medicines and food-grains to which country?
Maldives
Operation Vanilla refers to
Indian Navy has launched ‘Operation Vanilla’ to provide support in view of the torrential rains and floods that have ravaged Madagascar. INS Airavat, which was the mission deployed has been diverted for the relief operations.
Which Indian banker has been selected as Banker of the Year- Asia-Pacific
Shaktikant Das, RBI governor
Congcong, Lianlian, and Chenchen have recently released mascots of which international sporting event
Asian Games
will be at China
Which division of Indian Railways deploys ‘Doodh Duronto Special’ trains to transport essential commodities during the lockdown?
South Central Railway
The National Health Authority (NHA) has signed an agreement with which ride-hailing app for transporting healthcare workers involved in the treatment of COVID-19 patients
Uber
a case under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease) and 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code were registered against them at Kotwali police station, the officer added.
a case under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease) and 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code were registered against them at Kotwali police station, the officer added.
What was the theme of World Down Syndrome Day?
[We Decide]
COP 26 will be hosted by which country?
[Glasgow]
Which among the following has designed a casualty evacuation bag to transport or isolate persons infected with COVID-19?
DRDO
Which ministry has launched a portal ‘Stranded in India’ to help foreign tourists who are stuck in various
parts of the country?
Ministry of External Affairs
China has identified “Tan Re Qing” as the best cure for COVID-19, this traditional medicine carries the
bile of which animal?
Bear
Who is the author of the book The Death of Jesus?
J M Coetzee
As per the latest UNCTAD report, the world economy will go into recession with the exception of which
two countries?
India & China
Bhoramdeo wildlife sanctuary is in which state?
[Chhattisgarh]
. Which country topped Economic Freedom Index 2020?
[Singapore]
Which company introduced DigiPivot, a skilling programme designed for women?
[Google]
The locks of which city of Tamil Nadu was awarded the GI Tag?
[Dindigul]
What is the name of India’s first women DGP who passed away recently?
[Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya]
Who has written the book Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta?
[Amish Tripathi]
Which documentary received the Guinness World Record Award for being the longest documentary?
[100
years of Chrysostum]
International Transgender Day of Visibility is observed every year on which date?
.31 March
Which Indian newspaper that used to get published in the United States for 50 years has ceased its
printed edition?
India Abroad
Which is the largest island in Chagos archipalego?
[Diego Garcia]
PM Modi inaugurated whose memorial at eagle’s nest at the foot of mount Blanc in
2019?
[Homi Bhabha]
Which South American country withdrew from OPEC in January 2020? []
Ecuador
Shane Lowry, Books Koepka and Gary Woodland play which sport?
[Golf]
UNDP’s equator prize was won by which NGO of Telangana?
[Deccan Development Society]
World habitat day is observed on 1 st …………..of October?
[Monday]
Which website was launched by Dr Harsh Vardhan regarding oral health?
[eDantseva]
Who recently wrote the book called “Being Gandhi”?
[Paro Anand]
What is the theme of the World Autism Awareness Day 2020?
The Transition to Adulthood
Philip Warren Anderson, who passed away recently, was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in which subject?
. Physics
First UNSC meeting on COVID-19 will be held soon. Which country
currently holding the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council?
Dominican Republic
Which company has acquired a popular weather app Dark Sky?
Apple
India and which country have postponed all the events planned to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their
diplomatic relations due to COVID-19?
China
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament was first held in which year?
1877
As per the notification by GoI, any person who has resided in J&K for the period of ________ years
would be considered as domicile of J&K?
15 years
Name the woman who is behind India’s first testing kit Patho Detect?
Minal Dakhave Bhosale
As per the Key World Energy Statistics 2019, Which country is the largest producer of
electricity in the world?
[USA]
. Which state government removed quota in promotion for SC/ST employees? []
Uttarakhand
As per Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, How many weeks is the new upper
limit for abortions?
[24 Weeks]
Which is the first ISO certified railway station in India?
[Guwahati Railway Station]
Which team won the Ranji trophy season 2019-20?
[Saurashtra]
One of the men behind the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) passed away recently, what was his name?
Tony Lewis
UN’s COP 26 climate summit has been postponed. Which city was scheduled to host the summit this year?
Glasgow
The Guinness World Records has ocially confirmed Bob Weighton as the oldest person living (male). He
hails from which country?
United Kingdom
Who has been appointed as the permanent Judge of the common High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and
Ladakh?
Rajnesh Oswal
Indian Air Force (IAF) has airlifted 6.2 tonne essential medicines and hospital consumables to Maldives
under which Operation?
Sanjeevani
Supreme Court stripped which state’s Cabinet Minister T. Shyamkumar of his post for
defection as per Article 142 of the Indian Constitution?
[Manipur]
National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 (NCIM) was recently
passed in Rajya Sabha. The Bill seeks to repeal the Indian Medicine Central Council Act of which year?
1970
National Commission for Homoeopathy will consist of how many members? [20 members]
[20 members]
National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019 seeks to repeal the Homoeopathy Central Council Act of
which year?
[1973]
World Consumers Day is related to which former USA President? []
John F Kennedy
In India National Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on December 24th
for what reason?
[Consumer
Protection Act, 1986 became an act on this date]
Which country was ranked last 180th
In Economic Freedom Index 2020?
[North Korea]
Who is the head of UN Environment Programme?
[Inger Anderson]
India bought Strum Ataka missile from which country?
[Russia]
Rajnath Singh did shastra pooja in which city of France?
[Bordeaux]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered its first overseas case and will probe the terrorist
attack on a Gurudwara, located in which city of Afghanistan?
Kabul
Which among the following has developed a “bio-suit” for doctors, paramedics engaged in treating
COVID-19 patients?
DRDO
) Which country will host the third edition of the Asian Youth Games in November 2021?
China
Q7) Which state has launched an online cultural competition “Mo Prativa” in collaboration with UNICEF?
Odisha
What is the name of the mascot chosen for the 19 th Asian Games scheduled to be held in 2022?
Smart Triplets
Who is the acting President of the National Company Law Tribunal ?
BSV Prakash Kumar
Which manufacturing unit of Indian Railways has set the Limca Book of Records for producing record 431
locomotives in the FY20 in 292 working days?
Chittaranjan Locomotive- Works (CLW)
Which Indian NGO has been awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 for its
exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India?
ARMMAN
Which Biotech company of India is working on an intranasal vaccine against coronavirus disease
(Covid-19) called “CoroFlu”?
Bharat Biotech
Which aircraft of Indian Air Force was certified to fly on bio jet fuel?
[AN 32]
Who has written the book “Ek Tha Doctor Ek Tha Sant”?
[Arundhati Roy]
Clipper mission of NASA will visit which moon of Jupiter? [
Europa]
Which state’s Police becomes 1 st in India to introduce Taser Guns?
[Gujarat Police]
Which airport was conferred with the Best UDAN Airport Award?
[Hubli Airport]
Who has written the book “A PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS”?
[Ruchika Tomar]
National Cadet Corps (NCC) has offered its volunteer cadets for national duty to fight COVID-19 under
which initiative?
. Exercise NCC Yogdan
Name the Online Hackathon which has been launched to find the working solutions to overcome the
COVID 19 pandemic?
Hack the Crisis-India
Where is the headquarters of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) located?
Zürich, Switzerland
What is the name of the air exercise between India and UAE?
[Desert Eagle]
India’s longest electrified rail tunnel was started between which two stations?
[Cherlopalli and Rapuru]
Al Nagah is a military exercise between which two countries?
[Oman and India]
Which was the first country in which PM Modi had launched Rupay Card?
[Singapore]
Which city was named World Book Capital for the year 2020 by UNESCO?
[Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)]
Hazza Al Mansouri became the 1
st Arab person to go to space, he is from which country?
[UAE]
Which Indian sprinter was banned for 4 years and stripped of her Asian titles?
[Nirmala Sheoran]
Pangio Bhujia which was discovered in Kerala is a species of which animal?
Fish
What is the theme of the World Health Day 2020?
Support nurses and midwives
Which state has banned the sale of chewing gums till June 30 over coronavirus?
Himachal Pradesh
The union cabinet has suspended the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme for how many years?
2 yrs
Name the tiger who has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, first known case in the world?
Nadia
As per the recent survey, conducted by which organization, about one-fourth of the consumers in India
currently pay for news?
World Economic Forum
2021 World Games which has been postponed to 2022 were scheduled to take place in which city?
Birmingham
Who has written the book “Coming round the mountain”?
[Ruskin Bond]
. The person who has written the book “Flights” is from which country?
[Poland]
Which country gives “The Order of Courage” award to its citizens for bravery?
[Russia]
. Who is the chairman of the National Green Tribunal?
[Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel]
Who has been appointed as the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs
Anurag Srivastava
Which satellite of NASA will give early warning signals of Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?
CIRES
Alexei Leonov passed away recently, he was the first person in the world to do what?
[Space Walk]
Indo-Japan joint military exercise Dharma Guardian took place in which location?
[Mizoram]
Who is the first athlete to run a marathon in less than 2 hours?
[Eliud Kipchoge]
Vajra Prahar is a joint military exercise between India and Which country?
[USA]
Margaret Atwood won the booker prize for her which novel?
The Handmaid’s Tale’
Which Indian nun was declared a saint in 2019 by POPE Francis?
[Mariam Thresia]
Who became India’s first blind IAS ocer in 2019?
[Pranjal Patil]
Which clause won’t apply to coronavirus death claims in life insurance policies?
Force Majeure Clause
What is the name of an engineering student from Chhattisgarh who has developed an internet-controlled
robot to attend to COVID-19 patients?
Yogesh Kumar Sahu
NASA recently marked the 50 th anniversary of which mission which has become to known as “a successful
failure”?
Apollo 13
NASA Launched Which space weather satellite to study the Ionosphere? [
ICON
Who has written the book “The Argumentative Indian”?
[Amartya Sen]
The first National Hindi science writers conference was held in which city?
[Lucknow]
What is the name of military exercise between India and Bangladesh?
[Sampriti]
Who was awarded the Indira Gandhi award for national integration for 2017 and 2018?
[Chandi Prasad Bhatt]
As per the report by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which country has become the top
filer of international patents in 2019?
China
Which port trust has become the first state-owned port trust to invoke the force majeure clause in the
wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus?
. Kolkata port trust
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has blamed which country for toxic
attacks?
Syria
Who is the author of ‘ The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump?
Mary Jordan
Name the Tropical Cyclone which recently hit Fiji along with Solomon Islands?
Harold
Who is the author of book Memoirs and Misinformation?
Jim Carrey
Where is the HQ of Interpol?
[Lyon, France]
Which former Attorney General was given the ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’?
[Shri K. Parasaran]
. IMNEX is a military exercise b/w which two countries?
[India-Myanmar]
The Ministry of Home Affairs has exempted which industry from Lock Down?
Fishing And Aquaculture
What was the theme of 50th
International Film Festival Of India?
[The Joy Of Cinema]
. Who became India’s 65th Chess GrandMaster?
[Raunak Sadhwani]
Who won the Men’s singles title at the Denmark Open? [
Kento Momota]
Which place in Ladakh was opened to the tourists for the first time?
[Siachen Glacier]