Current Affair (07 April)

1. The United Nations has appointed Nicholas Koumjian as the investigation head for which nation?

a) North Korea
b) Myanmar
c) Syria
d) Yemen

2. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on April 1, 2019 launched which satellite?

a) EMISAT
b) Cartosat-2
c) MicroSat
d) AstroSat

3. Which country has agreed to issue equivalency to all Indian degrees?

a) Canada
b) Saudi Arabia
c) UAE
d) Germany

4. What is the name of Japan’s new imperial era that will begin on May 1, 2019?

a) Reiwa
b) Taisho
c) Showa
d) Heisei

5. According to which report, India and China have collectively accounted for more than 50% of global five million deaths due to air pollution?

a) Air Pollution and World-2019
b) State of Global Air-2019
c) Statistics of Air-2018-19
d) Human life and air pollution-2019

6. Which country has won the ICC Test Championship mace for the third consecutive year?

a) England
b) South Africa
c) New Zealand
d) India

7. Which of the below private bank has signed an agreement to strengthen the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) startup platform?
a) HDFC Bank
b) City Union Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) ICICI Bank

8. Which is first Islamic bank in the world to launch chat banking facility for its customer via Whatsapp?
a) National Bank of Abu Dhabi
b) Emirates Islamic bank
c) Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
d) Dubai Islamic Bank

9. Who was named as the Leading male cricketer of the year 2019 for the third consecutive time by the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019?
a) Virat Kohli
b) M.S. Dhoni
c) Rashid Khan
d) Jos Buttler

10. Periyar River is recently in news for its discolouration. It is located in which Indian state?
a) Karnataka
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala

 

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