March Month Current Affairs Capsule
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Monthly Booster April 2020 B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 1 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster April 2020 ➢ ______ is the 5th mode of transportation, a high-speed ✓ Hydroxychloroquine train that travels in a near-vacuum tube. ➢ Which country has banned the export of anti-malarial ✓ Hyperloop drug hydroxychloroquine amid the coronavirus ➢ Who has been named as the winner of the annual outbreak to ensure sufficient availability of the PEN/Hemingway Award 2020 for her 1st novel (debut) medicine in the domestic market? “A Prayer for Travelers”? ✓ India ✓ Ruchika Tomer ➢ Name the Indian football player, who has been named among 28 players for the FIFA-WHO's awareness campaign over the COVID-19 pandemic? ✓ Sunil Chhetri ➢ Name the co-creator and illustrator of the 'Asterix and Obelix' comics, who passed away recently? ✓ Albert Uderzo ➢ Enkasu, a pre-paid card is an initiative of which Bank? ✓ Karur Vysya Bank ➢ The recently launched Karur Vysya Bank pre-paid card 'Enkasu' can be recharged through which mobile app? ✓ DLite ➢ The Headquarters of Karur Vysya Bank are located in which state of India? ✓ Tamil Nadu ➢ which state became first in India to introduce taser guns? ✓ Gujarat ➢ Vijay Rupani is the current Chief Minister of which state? ✓ Gujarat ➢ Recently, Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as Chief Minister of which Indian state? ✓ Madhya Pradesh ➢ For how many times Shivraj Singh Chauhan has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh? ✓ 4 ➢ Name the two mathematicians, who have been awarded the Abel Prize 2020 by the Norwegian Academy of ➢ This year the PEN/Hemingway Award 2020 is awarded Science and Letters? to which novel? ✓ Hillel Furstenberg & Gregory Margulis ✓ A Prayer for Travelers ➢ Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis have been ➢ What is the name of the Telugu New Year Day, which awarded the Abel Prize 2020 for. is being celebrated by Telugu Speaking people across ✓ Pioneering use of methods from probability & the world? dynamics in group theory, number theory and ✓ Ugaadi combinatorics ➢ What will be the new lastdate for the IT return for the ➢ Which Indian company has recently set up India's first FY 2018-19 as per the recent announcement by Finance COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai? ministry? ✓ Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) ✓ 30 June 2020 ➢ Recently RIL has announced initial support of how ➢ Famous singer and saxophonist Manu Dibango, who much rupees to Maharashtra Chief Minister's Relief died recently, hailed from which country? Fund to combat coronavirus spread? ✓ Africa ✓ Rs 5 crores ➢ What is the name of the anti-malaria drug, which India ➢ Which Pune-based company has received commercial bans for export purpose in order to ensure sufficient approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control availability of the medicine in the domestic market? Organisation (CDSCO) for its Covid-19 test kit? B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 2 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster April 2020 ✓ Mylab Discovery Solutions ➢ Recently the Defence Acquisition Council has ➢ Name India's oil firm who has begun the supply of the approved the procurement of how many indigenous world''s cleanest petrol and diesel (BS-VI fuel) across Tejas fighter jets for the Indian Air Force? the country with all its 28,000 petrol pumps? ✓ 83 ✓ Indian Oil Corp (IOC) ➢ Recently Kamal Nath has resigned as the Chief ➢ What is the name of the book authored by HRIPL Minister of which state? chairperson Savita Chhabra? ✓ Madhya Pradesh ✓ Legacy of Learning ➢ Who is the current Governor of Madhya Pradesh? ➢ Kenny Rogers, who died recently, was the famous ✓ Lalji Tandon singer of which country? ✓ America ➢ Arjun and Padmshree awardee P K Banerjee, who died recently, was associated with which sport? ✓ football ➢ Which Bollywood actress has recently teamed up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to spread awareness over COVID-19? Priyanka Chopra where is the Headquarters of World Health Organisation located? ✓ Geneva, Switzerland ➢ Which state government has abolished reservation in promotion in the state government jobs recently? ✓ Uttarakhand ➢ Trivinder Singh Rawat is the current Chief Minister of which Indian state? ✓ Uttarakhand ➢ Name the World's Happiest Country as per UN World Happiness Report- 2020? ✓ Finland ➢ What is India's rank in the UN World Happiness Report- 2020? ✓ 144 ➢ March 20 was designated as the World Happiness Day by the UN General Assembly in which year? ✓ 2012 ➢ Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan, popularly known as Visu is related to which field? ✓ Cinema ➢ Which two Indian women have recently been included ➢ Which nation became the first one to boycott 2020 in the International Panel of ICC Development summer olympics in Tokyo, Japan? Umpires? ✓ Canada ✓ Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi ➢ The 2020 Summer Olympics will be hosted by which ➢ Roger Mayweather, who passed away recently, was country? related to which sport? ✓ Japan ✓ Boxing ➢ Which insurance company gave relaxation to ➢ Recently WhatsApp has announced which two policyholders in payment of premiums due on inforce initiatives in support of the global fight against the policies up to April 15 owing to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic? outbreak in the country? ✓ WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub ✓ LIC & fact-checking network to counter fake ➢ Name the largest stake holder of IDBI & Yes Bank? news and rumours around coronavirus ✓ LIC ➢ Recently DBS Bank India has tied-up with which Insurance comapny to roll out a complimentary B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 3 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster April 2020 insurance plan covering all medical conditions, ✓ Rajiv Bajaj including Covid-19? ➢ Who became the new independent director of Bajaj ✓ Bharti AXA Auto Ltd.? ➢ Where is the headquarters of DBS bank located? ✓ Gita Piramal ✓ Singapore ➢ What is the name of the campaign launched jointly by ➢ Where is the headquarters of Bharti Axa General Microsoft India and NASSCOM Foundation to create Insurance located? the technology and tools required for better integration ✓ Mumbai of PwDs into society? ✓ Innovate for Accessible India campaign ➢ Recently Innovate for Accessible India campaign was launched by whom? ✓ Microsoft India and NASSCOM Foundation ➢ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Ravinder Singh Dhillion as the CMD of which Public Sector Enterprise? ✓ Power Finance Corporation ➢ Which team/club has won its 3rd Indian Super League Title? ✓ ATK FC ➢ In the 2019–20 Indian Super League edition, who scored most number of goals? ✓ Nerijus Valskis (Chennaiyin) (15 goals) ➢ This year who has been bestowed with the Chameli Devi Jain Award, an award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons? ✓ Arfa Sherwani & Rohini Mohan ➢ Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons has been sponsored by whom? ✓ The Media Foundation ➢ Who is the first chief justice to become a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha? ✓ Ranjan Gogoi ➢ Former SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya has recently resigned from the board of which company? ✓ CRISIL ➢ Which country has recently handed over the Olympic ➢ Where is the headquarters of CRISIL located? flame to Tokyo 2020 organisers due to the coronavirus ✓ Mumbai pandemic? ➢ Who is the current MD & CEO of CRISIL? ✓ Greece ✓ Ashu Suyash ➢ What is the currency of Greece? ➢ Recently Defence Ministry has signed a contract with ✓ Euro which Israeli firm to acquire 16,479 light machine ➢ Recently APEDA and SFAC has signed an guns? Memorandum of Understanding for development of ✓ IWI agriculture sector. What does SFAC stands for? ➢ What is the currency of Israel? ✓ Small Farmers Agribusiness ✓ New shekel Consortium ➢ Recently the Defence Ministry has cleared the purchase ➢ What does APEDA stands for? of how many Light Combat Aircraft Mk-1A advanced ✓ Agricultural and Processed Food Tejas jets for Rs. 38,000 crore from Hindustan Products Export Development Authority Aeronautics Limited? ➢ Who has been reappointed as the MD & CEO of Bajaj ✓ 83 Auto? B.O.- 2nd Flooor, Opp. St. No. 13, Ajit Road, Bathinda 4 | P a g e +91 78141-09600 H.O.- 2nd Floor, Near Jyoti Hospital, Hanumangarh Road, Abohar +91 97803-09600 Monthly Booster April 2020 ➢ With the purchase of new 83 Light Combat Aircraft ➢ Iraq's President Barham Salih appointed whom as the Mk-1A advanced Tejas jets from HAL, what would be prime minister-designate, after Mohammed Allawi, the total number of Tejas varients ordered till now? who quit on March 1? ✓ 123 ✓ Adnan Alzurfi ➢ Recently WTO has issued a report for India regarding ➢ Adnan Alzurfi who became the prime minister- a dispute which is challenged by which country for designate and to form the government in Iraq, is Export promotion Schemes? choosen by whom? ✓ US ✓ Barham Salih (President of Iraq) ➢ In context to WTO’s dispute panel on its export promotion schemes, the time frame provided by WTO for withdrawal of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scheme is: ✓ 180 days ➢ How much package has recently been announced by Asian Development Bank for its developing member countries to fight the coronavirus pandemic? ✓ $ 6.5 Billion ➢ A $6.5 billion package to fight the coronavirus pandemic has been provided by ADB to how many countries? ✓ 68 ➢ Recently which social hub unveils Coronavirus Information Hub, in partnership with the WHO, UNICEF and UNDP? ✓ Whatsapp ➢ Facebook-owned WhatsApp has donated $1 Million to which Fact-Checking Network to help fight fake news circulation? ✓ Poynter Institute's International Fact- Checking Network ➢ Which payment bank has announced to issue Visa debit cards to its customers that will enable them to transact at all merchants accepting payments through card? ✓ Paytm Payments Bank ➢ _________ known for introducing neo-banking in the country, is already the largest issuer of RuPay Debit Cards in India.