Monthly Booster April 2020 What is the theme of this year’s “Bharat Parv”? Name the former India women's hockey team captain, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat who died recently? Bharat Parv 2020 has recently started in which city? Sunita Chandra New Delhi Who hosted the Grammy Award Ceremony this year? 'Shiv Bhojan' scheme is an initiative scheme of which Alicia Keys state government? Which singer-songwriter has won the 2020 'Best Pop Maharashtra Solo Performance' Grammy for 'Truth Hurts'? Under 'Shiv Bhojan' scheme, thalis or lunch plates Lizzo would be available to poor people at designated Which two Sportspersons have been awarded this centers/canteens for just . year's Padma Vibhushan & Padma Bhushan 10 rupees respectively? Mary Kom & PV Sindhu Which three politicians have been posthumously awarded the 2020 Padma Vibhushan? Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes On which day Padma Awards are announced every year? Republic Day Who has been appointed as director in the central board of the State Bank of India? Debasish Panda Recently, Devashish Panda has been appointed as Director on the Central Board of State Bank of India. Who will he replace? Ravi Mittal Who has recently been elevated as secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting? Ravi Mittal Recently India's first and only super fab lab outside U.S has been launched in which state of India? Kerala India's first KSUM Super Fab Lab in Kochi will function in collaboration with which institute? Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Which state of India has emerged as the top state in the country in vegetable production in 2018-19, according to horticulture production data released by the Central government recently? West Bengal Kobe Bryant, who died recently, was associated with According to state-wise horticultural production data, which sport? how many tonnes of vegetables were produced in West Basketball Bengal in FY 2018-19, which was the maximum in the Who recently became youngest artist to win a Grammy country during that period? Award at the age of 18 in four major categories (Best 29.55 million tonne New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Which state of India has emerged as the top state in the Album of the Year)? country in Fruits production in 2018-19? Billie Eilish Andhra Pradesh Which ministry has launched an online web portal Recently the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin 'GATI' on the pattern of 'PRAGATI', the portal used by Gadkari has launched which online web portal to speed the Prime Ministers' Officer for monitoring projects? up and monitor Rs 3 lakh crore road projects? Ministry of Road Transport and Highways GATI 2 | P a g e Monthly Booster April 2020 Sher Singh Kukkal, who died recently, was the noted Recently, which Indian woman officer has been personality in which field? appointed as the Resident Co-Ordinator in Thailand by Art the United Nations? Name the Prime Minister of Slovenia, who has recently Gita Sabharwal resigned from his post? Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Marjan Sarec which of its executive director as a member of Who is the current President of Slovenia? Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)? Borut Pahor Janak Raj Recently the Central Government has signed a peace agreement with one of which dangerous militant groups of Assam? National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) In which year, the first Bodo accord was signed between All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and GoI? 1993 Which state's tableau won the first prize at 71st Republic Day parade? Assam What is the theme of Central Public Works Department's tableau, which got Special Prize at 71st Republic Day parade? Kashmir se Kanyakumari Recently, a novel (new) coronavirus named "2019- nCoV" has been found in which city? Wuhan, China Jameela Malik, who died recently, she was the famous . Actress Recently NASA has partnered with which organisation for a mission to snap the first pictures of the Sun’s north and south poles? European Space Agency Where is the headquarter of Primary spaceport of European Space Agency located? French Guiana Who has recently resigned from the board of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd? RBI Executive Director Janak Raj was recently Sachin Bansal appointed as a member of the MPC. Who will he Where is the headquarters of Ujjivan Small Finance replace? Bank located? MD Patra Bangalore Who chairs the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)? Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani has RBI Governor been named as the new Prime Minister of which How many members are there in the Monetary Policy country? Committee? Qatar 6 Who took charge as the chief executive of Indian Who is the current chairman of Wipro? Banks’ Association (IBA)? Rishad Premji Sunil Mehta The world's largest meditation center and global Where is the headquarters of Indian Banks Association headquarters of the Heartfulness Institute have been located? inaugurated recently in which city? Mumbai Hyderabad 3 | P a g e Monthly Booster April 2020 In which year, the government formed the Monetary Recently World Sustainable Development Summit Policy Committee to fix the main interest rate? (WSDS) 2020 has started in which city? 2016 New Delhi How many meetings of Monetary Policy Committee Every year the World Sustainable Development are held in a year? Summit (WSDS) is organized by: 4 The Energy and Resources Institute Which Military unit of India has recently constructed a Name the operation, which Indian Navy has started to combined war memorial in Nagaland for the 357 provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief in Martyrs? Madagascar? Assam Rifles Operation Vanilla Recently 'Operation Vanilla' has been launched to provide assistance to the affected population of Madagascar post devastation caused by Cyclone . Diane Which Nobel laureate has recently been conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by his alma mater Calcutta University at its annual convocation in Kolkata? Abhijit Banerjee Recently in which city Indian Railways has set up a waste-to-energy production plant? Bhubaneswar The first waste to energy plant of Indian Railways in Bhubaneswar is based on which technology? POLYCRACK Which Indian-origin technology executive has been named as the Chief Executive Officer of American IT giant International Business Machines (IBM)? Arvind Krishna Where is the headquarters of International Business Machines (IBM) located? New York, U.S. Recently the Supreme Court has allowed introduction of which animal in India from Namibia? African cheetah In which city the 34th Surajkund International Crafts Fair was started from 1st February? Faridabad Which state has been chosen as the theme state of the Recently Assam Rifles has built a joint war memorial 34th Surajkund International Crafts Fair 2020? for 357 martyrs of Army and Assam Rifles in which Himachal Pradesh city of Nagaland? Name the partner country of 34th Surajkund Mokokchung International Crafts Fair 2020? What is the theme of the 2020 edition of World Uzbekistan Sustainable Development Summit? The 34th Surajkund International Crafts Fair 2020 is Towards 2030 Goals: Making the Decade organized by: Count Haryana Tourism Heartfulness Institute, which is in the news recently, is Dalip Kaur Tiwana, who died recently, was the related to which field? famous . Meditation Novelist Where is the headquarters of Wipro located? Who won 2020 Australian Open Men's Singles title? Bangalore Novak Djokovic 4 | P a g e Monthly Booster April 2020 Who has stepped down as Wipro CEO and MD almost Where is the headquarters of Board of Control for a year before his five-year term comes to an end in Cricket in India located? 2021? Wankhede Stadium Abidali Z Neemuchwala Ravinder Kumar, who has been banned for four years Who recently became the first-ever hockey player to for failing dope test, is related which sport? won the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year' Wrestling award? Who won 2020 Australian Open Women's Singles Rani Rampal title? Who has been appointed as India's next envoy to Sofia Kenin Nepal? Vinay Mohan Kwatra Recently Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as India's next envoy to Nepal. He previously served as India's ambassador to . France Recently Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as India's next envoy to Nepal in place of . Manjeev Singh Puri Ajmal Sultanpuri, who died recently, was an eminent poet of which language? Urdu Which edition of joint military training exercise between India-Bangladesh 'SAMPRITI-IX' to be conducted in Meghalaya from February 3rd? Ninth SAMPRITI-IX is a joint military training exercise between India and which country? Bangladesh In the Economic Survey of 2019-20, the economic growth rate of the country is estimated to be between what percent during the next financial year? 6 to 6.5 per cent What is the theme of Economic Survey 2020? Enable markets, promote 'pro-business' policies and strengthen 'trust' Who has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Canada? Ajay Bisaria Recently Ajay Bisaria has been appointed as the High Who has been elected as the new joint secretary of Commissioner to Canada. He previously served as CAB? India's High Commissioner to . Snehasish Ganguly Pakistan What is the project outlay for setting up a new Major Who have been appointed as BCCI's new three- Port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra? member of Cricket Advisory Committee? Rs.65,544.54 crore