Top 150 Current Affairs 2021 | April-4th Week, 2021 | GK- For Competitive Exams

01: World Intellectual Property Day is observed on which date every year?

Ans: 26th April.

02: India's first 'Oxygen Bar' started in which place?

Ans: Delhi.

03: World Day for Laboratory Animals is observed on which day every year?

Ans: 24th April.

04: Which country Made World’s 1st Climate Change Law For Financial Firms?

Ans: New Zealand.

05: Recently MM Shantanagoudar passed away, who was he?

Ans: Supreme Court judge.

06: World Malaria Day is observed on which date every year?

Ans: 25th April.

07: Who took oath as 48th CJI?

Ans: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana.

08: Ind-Ra Projected India’s GDP Growth Rate at what percent in FY22?

Ans: 10.1%.

09: World Day for Laboratory Animals is observed on which date?

Ans: 24th April.

10: Who won the Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021?

Ans: Rumana Sinha Sehgal.

11: Who became 68th Indian Grandmaster?

Ans: Arjun Kalyan (Tamil Nadu).

12: Who Won Monte Carlo 2021 Title?

Ans: Stefanos Tsitsipas.

13: Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 held in which place?

Ans: Boao, south China’s Hainan Province.

14: Which country launched first ever mega food park in India?

Ans: Italy.

15: Who was conferred with Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters honor?

Ans: Guneet Monga.

16: “VARUNA” is a Naval Exercise between which countries?

Ans: India & Franch.

17: Which bank cancels licence of Bhagyodaya Friends Urban Co-operative Bank?

Ans: RBI.

18: Who inaugurated first-ever online exhibition on Ramayana?

Ans: Prahlad Singh Patel.

19: SBI Research Projected India’s GDP Growth Rate at what percent for FY22?

Ans: 10.4%.

20: What is the rank of India in press freedom index 2021?

Ans: 142nd.

21: 'National Panchayati Raj Day' is observed on which date every year?

Ans:  On 24th April in India.

22: Which Director received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Festival?

Ans: Roberto Benigni.

23: India started a military exercise 'Khanjar' with which country?

Ans: Kyrgyzstan.

24: Recently G.V.G. Krishnamurthy Passed Away, who was he?

Ans: Former Election Commissioner.

25: 'World Veterinary Day' is observed on which date every year?

Ans: On 24th April.

26: RBL Bank and Mastercard have announced their partnership to launch a mobile-based consumer-friendly payment solution. What is the name of this solution?

Ans: ‘Pay by Bank App’.

27: Who replaced Virat Kohli as World No-1 batsman in ICC Men's ODI Rankings?

Ans: Babar Azam (Pakistan).

28: Name the AI speech tech company that Microsoft bought for $19.7 billion?

Ans: Nuance.

29: Who was appointed as new director general of National Council of Applied Economic Research?

Ans: Poonam Gupta.

30: How much amount was cleared by RBI towards Cash Credit Limit for wheat procurement in Punjab?

Ans: ₹ 21658.73 cr.

31: Which state government had announced COVID-19 vaccination for journalists?

Ans: Uttarakhand.

32: Which nation's former Crown Prince had reportedly been placed under house arrest?

Ans: Jordan.

33: India's biggest floating solar plant with 100MW power generation capacity will be set up in which state?

Ans: Telangana.

34: Which nation's women's cricket team had created the world record for registering the most consecutive ODI wins?

Ans: Australia.

35: Which state's Chief Minister had asked centre to do away with age restrictions for COVID-19 vaccination?

Ans: Delhi.

36: Which country had been leading the list of investor countries to invest in India with 29.09% of the total FDI Equity inflows during January, 2021?

Ans: Japan.

37: Recently Pham Minh Chinh was appointed as next Prime Minister of which country?

Ans: Vietnam.

38: What is India's 2021 real GDP growth forecast given by Goldman Sachs?

Ans: 10.5%

39: Which of the following launched its first edition of the 'Future of Talent Report'?

Ans: LinkedIn.

40: Who won Wisden Almanack’s ODI Cricketer of the 1980s?

Ans: Kapil Dev.

41: Who has recently been appointed as the external auditor of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)?

Ans: G.C. Murmu.

42: Which state aims to provide 30 lakh tap connections by March, 2022 under Jal Jeevan Mission?

Ans: Rajasthan.

43: International Delegate’s Day is observed on which date every year?

Ans: 25th April.

44: How many medals India won at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championship 2021?

Ans: 11.

45: Recently Amit Mistry Passed Away, who was he?

Ans: Veteran Gujarati and Hindi Film Actor.

46: Hanuman Jayanti is observed on which date every year in India?

Ans: 27th April.

47: Which country has recently approved rheumatoid arthritis drug Baricitinib for COVID-19 patients?

Ans: Japan.

48: National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on which day every year?

Ans: 24th April.

49: The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace observed globally on which date?

Ans: 24th April.

50: International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is observed on which day?

Ans: 26th April.

51: New Zealand has pledged to make its public sector carbon neutral by which year?

Ans: 2025.

52: Name the Director of the Marathi Film 'Puglya'?

Ans: Vinod Sam Peter.

53: What is the theme for 2021 World Intellectual Property Day?

Ans: IP & SMEs: Taking Your Ideas to Market.

54: Which bank approved Atanu Chakraborty as HDFC Bank’s part-time chairman?

Ans: RBI.

55: Pandit Rajan Mishra, who passed away recently, was associated with which Gharana?

Ans: Banaras Gharana.

56: World Malaria Day is observed on which date every year? 

Ans: 25th April.

57: Who won the Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021?

Ans: Rumana Sinha Sehgal.

58: Who is known as the 'Green Man of India'?

Ans: K. Abdul Ghani.

59: What is the new deadline for making payment under 'Vivad se Vishwas Scheme'?

Ans: June 30, 2021.

60: Who won 'Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2021'?

Ans: Max Verstappen.

61: 'English Language Day' is observed on which date every year?

Ans: On 23rd April.

62: ‘Aahaar Kranti’ mission launched by Which Ministry?

Ans: Health Ministry.

63: Recently Ranjit Sinha passed away, who was he?

Ans: Former CBI Chief.

64: Which launched 'Sambhav Venture Fund'?

Ans: Amazon.

65: Which Bank launched digital initiative PNB@Ease?

Ans: Punjab National Bank.

66: 'World Book and Copyright Day' is observed on which date every year?

Ans: On 23rd April.

67: Which railway zone became 100% fully electrified recently?

Ans: West Central Railway Zone.

68: Which film won Best Foreign Feature at Moscow Film Fest?

Ans: Marathi film Puglya.

69: Who won Wisden Almanack’s ODI Cricketer of the 1990s?

Ans: Sachin Tendulkar.

70: Amazon launched $250-million Venture Fund for Digitizing SMEs in which country?

Ans: India.

71: India signed MoU with France for cooperation on which Mission?

Ans: Gaganyaan Mission.

72: Who has been appointed as Additional Director of Britannia Industries?

Ans: Urjit Patel.

73: Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Suparipalana’?

Ans: Shailendra Joshi.

74: Which film won the top honor of outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards?

Ans: The Trial of the Chicago.

75: Which female actor has won SAG Award for outstanding performance in a leading role?

Ans: Viola Davis.

76: When will RBI Governor announce the bi-monthly monetary policy?

Ans: April 7th.

77: Which country has launched a mass testing progamme enabling people to take COVID-19 test twice a week?

Ans: UK.

78: Which became the first company to cross billion transaction mark on UPI?

Ans: PhonePe.

79: Which institute released '2021 Global Food Policy Report'?

Ans: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

80: Claude Joseph has been appointed the new Prime Minister of which country?

Ans: Haiti.

81: Ayushman Bharat Diwas is observed on which date?

Ans: 30th April.

82: India Joined Rescue Operation For Missing Submarine “KRI Nanggala-402”, it belongs to which country?

Ans: Indonesia.

83: Which country has named its first-ever Mars rover 'Zhurong' after an ancient fire God?

Ans: China.

84: Who is the author of the book 'The Christmas Pig'?

Ans: J.K. Rowling.

85: Jagdish Khattar, who passed away recently, was the former MD of which automaker company?

Ans: Maruti Suzuki.

86: Who is the president of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR) of India?

Ans: Indian PM Shri Narendra Modi.

87: 'Reaching Zero' is related to which disease?

Ans: Malaria.

88: Mt Annapurna is located in which place?

Ans: Nepal.

89: LIC has appointed which payments app to handle its digital payments?

Ans: Paytm.

90: Which tennis player won the Barcelona Open title?

Ans: Rafael Nadal.

91: Recently Krishnamurthy Santhanam Passed away, who was he?

Ans: Veteran Indian Nuclear Scientist.

92: Niti Valley is located in which state?

Ans: Uttarakhand.

93: Which became the first country to give women the right to vote in 1893?

Ans: New Zealand.

94: Recently, India's first disk-footed bat has been reported in which state?

Ans: Meghalaya.

95: Which organization released "Zeroing in on malaria elimination" report?

Ans: WHO.

96: Which launched the 'Saathi programme' for the MSME sector?

Ans: Vedanta Limited.

97: 'VARUNA-2021 Exercise' was conducted in which sea?

Ans: The Arabian Sea.

98: Which Marathi Film won the best foreign language feature at the Moscow International Film Festival 2021?

Ans: Puglya.

99: Which of the following has developed single crystal blades technology?

Ans: DRDO.

100: Who is known as the 'Missile Woman of India'?

Ans: Tessy Thomas.

101: International Dance Day is observed on which date?

Ans: 29th April.

102: Project DANTAK is related to which country?

Ans: Bhutan.

103: LIC's slogan 'Yogakshemam Vahamyaham' is derived from where?

Ans: The 22nd verse of the Bhagavad Gita's 9th chapter.

104: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had capped the tenure of Managing Director and Chief Executive of commercial banks to how long?

Ans: 15 years.

105: Which country will deliver S-400 missile system to India?

Ans: Russia.

106: Asmara is the capital of which country?

Ans: Eritrea.

107: The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony (the Oscars Award) took place in which place?

Ans: Los Angeles on April 25, 2021.

108: MSME and start-ups contribute what percent towards India's GDP?

And: 7%.

109: Which of the following has become the first payments bank in India to enable Rs.2 lakhs day-end balance account limit?

Ans: Airtel Payment Bank.

110: Which country will launch its own space station in 2025?

Ans: Russia.

111: Recently Pandit Rajan Mishra Passed Away, who was he?

Ans: Doyen of Indian Classical Music.

112: Who took over as Senior Officer in-charge of Administration of Headquarters Western Air Command?

Ans: PS Karkare.

113: Kate Schneider from which country has been named the new Mrs. World 2020?

Ans: Ireland.

114: Name the Indian boxer who won the bronze medal at the Governor's Cup in St Petersburg, Russia?

Ans: Amit Panghal.

115: Who has been selected to represent India Paralympics Qualifiers?

Ans: Shantanu.

116: Which High Court has recently held the Election Commission of India (ECI) responsible for COVID-19 second wave?

Ans: Madras HC.

117: Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mt Annapurna?

Ans: Priyanka Mohite.

118: Which country has the world's longest coastline?

Ans: Canada (243,042 km).

119: Which ministry announced  a 'Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)' challenge?

Ans: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

120: Which country hosted the Fifth session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs?

Ans: India.

121: World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed on which date?

Ans: 28th April.

122: Goldman Sachs Downgraded India’s GDP Growth Forecast to what percent for FY22?

Ans: 10.5%.

123: Who is known as the 'Water man of India'?

Ans: Rajendra Singh.

124: Which was World Book Capital for 2021?

Ans: Tbilsi, Georgia.

125: World Veterinary Day is observed on which date?

Ans: 27th April.

126: Which country had recently hosted the "Leaders' Summit on Climate"?

Ans: USA.

127: Arjun Kalyan, who became India's 68th Grandmaster, hails from which city?

Ans: Chennai.

128: Name the climate activist-author who has come out with a new e-book titled “Climate Change Explained – for one and all”?

Ans: Aakash Ranison.

129: 'Sign Language' is one of three official languages of which country?

Ans: New Zealand.

130: Who is known as the 'Eco Man of India'?

Ans: Zeeshan Khan.

131: What is India's rank in the Energy Transition Index (ETI)?

Ans: 87th.

132: Puma signed which cricketer as brand ambassadors?

Ans: Devdutt Padikkal & Washington Sundar.

133: Which state became the first state wherein the Panchayat Raj System was executed in 1959?

Ans: Rajasthan.

134: Who is the director general of Indo Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)?

Ans: SS Deshwal.

135: Which Airport launched oxygen bar facility?

Ans: Delhi Airport.

136: Which Indian city is known as the 'Queen of Arabian Sea'?

Ans: Kochi.

137: World Immunization Week 2021 is being observed from.....?

Ans: April 24th-30th.

138: 'Mooh Band Rakho' campaign conducted by which bank?

Ans: HDFC Bank.

139: Which of the following will build the world's largest scooter-charging network in India?

Ans: Ola.

140: Where did Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced the setting up of multi-model logistics park?

Ans: Silchar.

141: Which state got India’s first floating LNG storage and regasification unit?

Ans: Maharashtra.

142: 'DGFT Trade Facilitation App' is the initiative of which ministry?

Ans: Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

143: Facebook and Google are to build new cables under the sea called 'Echo' and ‘Bifrost’ to connect the US to Singapore and which country?

Ans: Indonesia.

144: According to international property consultancy Knight Frank, India slipped to which position in home price appreciation?

Ans: 56.

145: Who was appointed as new NADA DG?

Ans: Siddharth Longjam.

146: Who among the following took over the charge of Director General of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation?

Ans: Mukhmeet S. Bhatia.

147:  Name the largest news agency of Russia?

Ans: TASS.

148: Who has been sworn in as the new Chairman of Food Corporation of India (FCI)?

Ans: Atish Chandra.

149: 'E-2025 Initiative' is related to which disease?

Ans: Malaria.

150: Which has collaborated with Bayer to work towards healthcare and agriculture innovations?

Ans: Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).

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