Current Affairs – April 2019
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| SN | Questions | Answers |
| 1 | Bollywood actor Sunny Deol has joined which political party on 23rd April 2019? | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| 2 | Former Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag was recently appointed as India’s High Commissioner to which country? | Seychelles |
| 3 | In respect of which disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alarm over a 300 percent increase globally in the first quarter of 2019 compared with last year? | Measles |
| 4 | It is observed with an aim to create awareness among the people to conserve and protect the valuable assets and cultural heritage across the world. | 18th April |
| 5 | Name the Australian female umpire who has become the first woman to be an umpire in men’s one-day international cricket? | Claire Polosak |
| 6 | Name the cloud management tool launched by Google allowing its users to run applications from anywhere? | Google Anthos |
| 7 | On which date, the 2019 International Mine Awareness Day is observed recently? | 4th April |
| 8 | On which day the Civil Services Day is celebrated every year in India? | 21st April |
| 9 | On which day the World Book and Copyright Day is observed every year? | 23rd April |
| 10 | On which day the World Heath Day is observed every year? | 7th April |
| 11 | On which day World Malaria Day is celebrated every year? | 25th April |
| 12 | RBI will issue Rs 20 banknotes of greenish-yellow colour. The new Rs 20 banknotes will bear which heritage site of India? | Ellora Caves |
| 13 | Sri Lanka on April 18, 2019 has launched its first satellite into space from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s East Shore. What is the name of this satellite? | Raavana-1 |
| 14 | T-90 tanks, sometimes seen in news, is associated to which country? | Russia |
| 15 | The festival ‘Jashn-e-Ittihaad’ has recently held in which of the following cities? | New Delhi |
| 16 | The High Court of which state lifted the ban on mobile application TikTok, three weeks after it had asked the government to prohibit further downloads of this popular Chinese short-video application? | Madras High Court |
| 17 | The Indian Army recently began online registration of women for recruitment into which field for the first time? | Military Police |
| 18 | The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched the MERA India programme to eliminate which disease from India by 2030? | Malaria |
| 19 | The National Company Law Tribunal approved the merger of which bank with Bharat Financial Inclusion? | IndusInd Bank |
| 20 | The scientists at which university have discovered chain-melted state of matter? | University of Edinburgh |
| 21 | The Supreme Court of India has determined which illness as a ground to spare death row convicts from the gallows? | Mental illness |
| 22 | What is India’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index 2019? | 140th |
| 23 | What is the name given by Hawaiian language professor Larry Kimura to the first ever black hole photographed by Event Horizon Telescope? | Powehi |
| 24 | What is the theme of the 2019 World Health Day (WHD)? | Universal Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere |
| 25 | What was India’s position at the 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championship? | Fourth |
| 26 | Which country in a landmark step released a special stamp on the theme of Ramayana for the first time underlining strong centuries old cultural bonds? | Indonesia |
| 27 | Which country topped the World Press Freedom Index 2019? | Norway |
| 28 | Which country’s space agency has successfully dropped an explosive on asteroid Ryugu to make crater? | Japan |
| 29 | Which country’s team has won the 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament? | South Korea |
| 30 | Which Indian financial institution has sold its entire stake in the National Housing Bank (NHB) and the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) to the Union Government for Rs 1,450 crore and Rs 20 crore, respectively. | Reserve Bank of India |
| 31 | Which Indian personality has been honored with the Freedom of the City of London? | Alice G. Vaidyan |
| 32 | Which Indian wrestler has become world number one in the men’s 65kg freestyle category? | Bajrang Punia |
| 33 | Which organisation releases World Press Freedom Index every year? | Reporters Without Borders |
| 34 | Which rule under the ‘Conduct of Elections Rules’ lists out a 6-month jail term along with a Rs 1000 fine for falsely reporting malfunctioning of EVMs and VVPATs? | Rule 49MA |
| 35 | Which South American nation has recently joined International Solar Alliance (ISA)? | Bolivia |
| 36 | Which Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile was successfully test fired by DRDO on April 15, 2019? | Nirbhay |
| 37 | Which US-based company recently announced its plans to shut down its online retail operations in China? | Amazon |
| 38 | Who has been elected as the new President of the World Bank on April 6, 2019? | David Malpass |
| 39 | Who has won the men’s singles title at the 2019 Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament? | Viktor Axelsen |
| 40 | Who is the current chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)? | Adarsh Kumar Goel |
| 41 | Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Palestinian on April 3, 2019? | Mohammad Shtayyeh |
