Top 20 Current Affairs 2021 | April 12, 2021 | GK- For Competitive Exams

01: Which day is celebrated as the National Safe Motherhood Day?

Ans: April 11.

02: What was the theme of the National Safe Motherhood Day, 2021?

Ans: 'Stay at home during coronavirus, keep mother and newborn safe from coronavirus'

03: Which day is celebrated as World Parkinson's Day?

Ans: April 11.

04: According to Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU 2020), which University has secured the top position among the best higher education institutes in India?

Ans: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore).

05: 'Lab on Wheels' programme is associated with which university?

Ans: Delhi Technological University.

06: Which day is celebrated as the International Day of Human Space Flight?

Ans: April 12.

07: Who presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment?

Ans: Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

08: Which is the fastest country in the world to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine?

Ans: India.

09: Who will be the first woman director general of National Council of Applied Economics Research (NCAER)?

Ans: Poonam Gupta.

10: Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

Ans: Niger.

11: Ram Karan Verma has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to which country?

Ans: Gabon.

12: What is the limit of maximum balance that an individual customer can hold with payments banks(PBs)?

Ans: Rs. 2 lakh.

13: Mount Dhaulagiri is in which country?

Ans: Nepal.

14: Angkor Wat Temple is located in which country?

Ans: Cambodia.

15: Who attended 103rd Development Committee Meeting of World Bank-IMF

Ans: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.

16: Sameer Nigam is the CEO of which digital payment services company?

Ans: PhonePe.

17: Which became the first mutual fund company to cross Rs 5 lakh crore AAUM?

Ans: SBI MF(SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd).

18: Who is the UAE’s first female astronaut?

Ans: Noura al-Matroushi.

19: Which Bank announced ‘Rewards123’ savings account?

Ans: Airtel Payments Bank.

20: Which became the first country to ratify mega free trade agreement ‘RCEP’?

Ans: Singapore.