Current Affairs Quiz 2024 (April week 2)| General Knowledge Current Affairs 2024

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Current Affairs April 2024 Second week Quiz 1

1. The National Herald is a newspaper published by which party?
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d.

2. Who is the Chairman of DRDO?
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d.

3. Which cargo ship having 17 Indian crew members was seized by Iran near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13, 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

4. Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) became the third Indian shipyard to enter into a Master Shipyard _____Agreement (MRSA) with the U.S.
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b.
c.
d.

5. THOTA is _____of Human Organs & Tissues Act.
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b.
c.
d.

6. India and the United States have decided to reactivate the Indian Ocean ____System (IndOOS), a network of 36 moored buoys in the high seas to collect high-resolution ocean and atmospheric data for weather forecasts.
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b.
c.
d.

7. Avantika Vandanapu was named South Asian Person of the Year by Harvard University recently. She is well-known:
a.
b.
c.
d.

8. According to India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’, SAGAR is ______and Growth for All in the Region.
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b.
c.
d.

9. National Motherhood Day was observed in India on_____, 2024.
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b.
c.
d.

10. Which Operation was launched to establish Indian control over Siachen Glacier in 1984?
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b.
c.
d.

11. Regarding air bases of IAF, IPSS is _____Perimeter Security System.
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b.
c.
d.

12. The _____ and India launched an Expression of Interest (EoI) on April 9, 2024 for startups working in Battery Recycling Technologies for Electric Vehicles (EVs) for a matchmaking event.
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b.
c.
d.

13. The Supreme Court on April 9, 2024 held that an election candidate has a right to privacy from voters and need not lay out every scrap of his or her personal life and possessions, past and present, for the electorate to examine with a magnifying glass. This judgment was in response to a petition field ______MLA Karikho Kri.
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b.
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14. Bahukutumbi Srinivasa Raghavan passed away on April 10, 2024 at the age of 96. He was associated with creation of which newspaper?
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b.
c.
d.

15. Which country topped the ‘World Cybercrime Index’ published in the journal PLOS ONE?
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b.
c.
d.

16. Which country is hosting Exercise Dustlik from April 15 to 28, 2024 with Indian participation?
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b.
c.
d.

17. At 147.7 kg per person per year, which country’s per capita plastic waste production is the highest in the world, according to Plastic Overshoot Day report by Swiss non-profit EA Earth Action?
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b.
c.
d.

18. The National Judicial Academy is based at:
a.
b.
c.
d.

19. India and Mauritius have signed a protocol to amend the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA). In this context PPT refers to ____ Purpose Test.
a.
b.
c.
d.

20. The World University Ranking by Subject 2024 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), was released on April 10, 2024. Under the Development Studies section, which is India’s best?
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b.
c.
d.


 

 

 

 

Current Affairs April 2024 Second week Quiz 2

1. Who is the new British High Commissioner to India?
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b.
c.
d.

2. World Quantum Day was celebrated on ___, 2024.
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b.
c.
d.

3. National Assembly is the lower house of parliament in:
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b.
c.
d.

4. General Dimitrios Choupis is the military chief of:
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b.
c.
d.

5. The Geneva-based World Health Organisation on April 9, 2024 said ____ was the second leading infectious cause of death globally -- with 1.3 million deaths per year - the same as tuberculosis.
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b.
c.
d.

6. SAG-AFTRA is Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio ____.
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b.
c.
d.

7. World Chagas Disease Day was observed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on____, 2024.
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b.
c.
d.

8. World Homeopathy Day was observed on ___, 2024.
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b.
c.
d.

9. Notre-Dame Cathedral is in:
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b.
c.
d.

10. India on April 12, 2024 said it has relocated its staff from its consulate in Myanmarese city of ____to Yangon in view of the precarious security situation in that region of Myanmar.
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b.
c.
d.

11. The International Day of Human Space Flight, celebrated on April 12, 2024, marks the space flight of Yuri Gagarin on 12 April, _____.
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b.
c.
d.

12. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) at Strasbourg, France ruled on April 9, 2024 in favour of a group of elderly _____women who had argued that their government’s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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b.
c.
d.

13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to become the second prime minister of India to feature on the cover of which foreign magazine after Indira Gandhi?
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b.
c.
d.

14. The Indian Army has received the first batch of Russia-made _____Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS).
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b.
c.
d.

15. Which country’s parliament on April 12, 2024 approved legislation introducing payment cards for asylum-seekers, a system that is meant to limit benefits paid in cash and make the country less attractive for migrants?
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b.
c.
d.

16. The world experienced the hottest March ever, said ____Climate Change Service of the European Union recently.
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b.
c.
d.

17. Which country has rolled out its digital nomad visa, signalling a welcome to professionals from around the globe?
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b.
c.
d.

18. India’s nominee ______has been re-elected to International Narcotics Control Board at elections held in New York, for the term 2025-2030.
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b.
c.
d.

19. A survey by NGO International IDEA revealed that voters in 19 countries are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader. IDEA is International Institute for Democracy and Electoral ____.
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b.
c.
d.

20. UNFCCC is United Nations Framework _____on Climate Change.
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b.
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Current Affairs April 2024 Second week Quiz 3

1. O.J. Simpson died at the age of 76 in US on April 10, 2024. He was well-known for which sport?
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b.
c.
d.

2. Who has been selected as the new MD of National Housing Bank (NHB) by the Financial Services Institutions Bureau?
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b.
c.
d.

3. Who was presented with the US President’s Gold Volunteer Service award in Washington on April 11, 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

4. Which is the first private sector bank to open a branch in Lakshadweep?
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b.
c.
d.

5. Eleanor Coppola died on April 12, 2024 in US at the age of 87. He was well-known:
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b.
c.
d.

6. Peter Higgs died at age 94 on April 8, 2024. He was winner of Nobel Prize in:
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b.
c.
d.

7. What were India’s foreign exchange reserves during the week ended April 5, 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

8. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on April 12, 2024 as his special envoy for which civil war affected country?
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b.
c.
d.

9. Roberto Cavalli died at the age of 83 in Florence on April 12, 2024. He was well-known:
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b.
c.
d.

10. India’s first military grade geospatial satellite manufactured in the private sector was launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in Florida recently? It has been manufactured by which corporate group?
a.
b.
c.
d.

11. SWAMIH Fund has helped in the completion of over 28,000 homes and projected to deliver another 60,000 homes in the next three years. SWAMIH is Special ______for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing.
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b.
c.
d.

12. Who was awarded the 2024 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award recently?
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b.
c.
d.

13. Who has been selected as the new CMD of SIDBI by the Financial Services Institutions Bureau?
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b.
c.
d.

14. Under India’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), resident individuals are permitted to transfer up to _____ a year abroad.
a.
b.
c.
d.

15. The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on April 12, 2024 selected economist Kristalina Georgieva to serve as managing director for a second five-year term, starting on Oct. 1 this year. She is a citizen of:
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b.
c.
d.

16. Marcelino Abad, who celebrated his birthday on April 5, 2024, is claimed to be the world’s oldest person at 124 years old, born in 1900. He is a native of:
a.
b.
c.
d.

17. The new _____family of rockets has been developed to replace the Soviet-designed Proton rockets by Russian space agency Roscosmos.
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b.
c.
d.

18. Regarding digital competition bill SSDEs is Systemically ______Digital Enterprises.
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b.
c.
d.

19. India recently won the 2024 John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award for _____Exploration.
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b.
c.
d.

20. Who was elected as Ireland’s new prime minister by a vote in parliament April 9, 2024?
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b.
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Current Affairs April 2024 Second week Quiz 4

1. Who won the men’s singles title at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in China in April 2024?
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2. Indian athlete Aishwarya Mishra’s bronze medal at 2023 Asian Championships will be upgraded to silver as original second-place finisher failed a dope test. She won the medal in which event?
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b.
c.
d.

3. Which private sector bank’s promoter is acquiring Invesco Asset Management India, known for mutual fund business?
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b.
c.
d.

4. Who won the men’s singles title at Monte Carlo Masters tennis in April 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

5. The Centre appointed ______as a full-time member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission in place of Niranjan Rajadhyaksha who had resigned.
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b.
c.
d.

6. According to WTO’s Global Trade Outlook and Statistics, India emerged as ____largest exporter of digitally delivered services in 2023.
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b.
c.
d.

7. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex closed above which milestone on April 10, 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

8. How much cash prize has World Athletics announced for athletes who win gold at 2024 Paris Olympics?
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b.
c.
d.

9. Billie Jean King Cup is related to which sport?
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b.
c.
d.

10. Which medal was won by women wrestlers Anju (53 kg), Harshita Mor (72 kg) and Radhika Jaglan (68 kg) at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in April 2024?
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b.
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11. What was the outcome of 5-test series between men’s hockey teams of Australia and India in Perth in April 2024?
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b.
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d.

12. What is the GDP growth forecast for Indian economy in 2024-25 made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its Asia Development Outlook report released on April 11, 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

13. Jack Alabaster passed away on April 9, 2024 at the age of 93. He played for New Zealand team in which sport?
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b.
c.
d.

14. The Supreme Court on April 10, 2024 quashed an arbitral tribunal award directing the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to pay ₹7,687 crore to Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle of _____Infrastructure Limited and its Spanish JV partner.
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b.
c.
d.

15. Who became the first human being to run the entire length of the African continent recently?
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b.
c.
d.

16. What was the rise in industrial output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), in February 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

17. Which corporate group is setting up a think-tank called Chintan Research Foundation with an initial funding of ₹100 crore?
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b.
c.
d.

18. Which medal was won by women wrestlers Manisha Bhanwala (62 kg), Antim Kundu (65 kg) and Shivanee Pawar (50 kg) at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in April 2024?
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b.
c.
d.

19. Who won the women’s singles title at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in China in April 2024?
a.
b.
c.
d.

20. What was the Retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), in March 2024?
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b.
c.
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