Latest Current Affairs and General Knowledge April 15-2021
1.Guillermo Lasso has been elected as the next President-Elect of which nation?
a) Guatemala
b) Ecuador
c) Zambia
d) Tanzania
Ans: Ecuador
2.Which state has imposed a complete curfew till May 1st?
a) Delhi
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Punjab
Ans: Maharashtra
3.Which state’s airport has introduced Luminometer to detect virus load on surfaces?
a) Delhi
b) UP
c) Telangana
d) Maharashtra
Ans: Delhi
- The United States has paused which vaccine over blood clot concerns?
a) Johnson & Johnson
b) Pfizer
c) Moderna
d) None of the Above
Ans: Johnson & Johnson
- Which nation has seized Ever Given after it blocked Suez Canal?
a) Tanzania
b) Egypt
c) Jordan
d) Oman
Ans: Egypt
- Which among the following vaccine is 90 percent effective six months after the second dose?
a) Pfizer
b) Moderna
c) Covaxin
d) Covishield
Ans: Moderna
- Which nation’s former captain has been banned for 8 years for breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code?
a) South Africa
b) New Zealand
c) West Indies
d) Zimbabwe
Ans: Zimbabwe
- Which nation’s Chief Minister tested positive for COVID-19 on April 14, 2021?
a) Telangana
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
9.Name the 1st Indian state which gets ICMR approval to conduct clinical-trial of plasma therapy treatment (for SCTIMST) for COVID-19.
a.Maharashtra
b.Karnataka
c.Telangana
d.Kerala
Ans: Kerala
10.Which organisation organizes ‘Break the CORONA chain’ campaign on ground zero of various Indian states?
a.Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED)
b.Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)
c.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
d.Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
e.Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Ans: Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO)
11.Name the Indian state which has launched ‘Food Bank’ initiative with the theme ‘Help End Hunger Today’ for poor and needy people.
a.Nagaland
b.Arunachal Pradesh
c.Meghalaya
d.Assam
e.Manipur
Ans: Manipur
12.Central Bank of which country has bought 1.01% stake in HDFC Bank?
a.Switzerland – Swiss National Bank
b.UK- Bank of England
c.USA – Federal Reserve
d.China – People’s Bank of China
e.Austria – European Central Bank
Ans: China – People’s Bank of China
13.Name the Indian Ministry which has launched the web portal named ‘YUKTI’ to record and monitor the effectiveness and initiatives of the ministry.
a.Ministry of Finance
b.Ministry of External Affairs
c.Ministry of Communications
d.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
e.Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Ans: Ministry of Human Resource and Development
14.Atal Innovation Mission – NITI Aayog – National Informatics Centre (NIC) jointly launched CollabCAD in ATL schools. Who is the present CEO of NITI Aayog?
a.AB Pandey
b.Rajiv Kumar
c.Amitabh Kant
d.AK Sinha
e.AjitDoval
Ans: Amitabh Kant
15.Department of Science and Technology has funded which Start-up to develop Immunodiagnostic kits & Active Virosome (AV)-Vaccine for COVID-19.
a.Mylab
b.Bione
c.Seagull BioSolutions
d.Bharat Biotech
e.Biogenomics
Ans: Seagull BioSolutions
16.Name the country which is going to host Asian Boxing Championships 2020 in November-December 2020.
a.India
b.Japan
c.China
d.Hungary
e.Switzerland
Ans: India
17.International Day of Human space flight was observed annually on _.
a.April 6
b.April 11
c.April 8
d.April 12
e.April 15
Ans: April 12
18.Filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi who passed away in April 2020 belongs to which country?
a.South Korea
b.China
c.Japan
d.Indonesia
e.Thailand
Ans: Japan
19.Name the private sector bank which has extended the bancassurance with Max Life Insurance for 5 more years & Dedicated FY21 as “Year of the Customer”.
a.YES Bank
b.IDBI Bank
c.HDFC Bank
d.ICICI Bank
e.IndusInd Bank
Ans: YES Bank
20.Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) along with Russia has agreed to reduce the production of crude oil amid COVID-19. Where is HQ of OPEC located?
a.New York, United States
b.Geneva, Switzerland
c.Vienna, Austria
d.Sydney, Australia
e.London, United Kingdom
Ans: Vienna, Austria