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7 APRIL 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 19 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. Nobel Laureate Isamu Akasaki of Japan has passed away. Did he win the Nobel Prize in which field?
  1.    Medicine
  2.    Economics
  3.    Physics
  4.    Chemistry
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Physics

The Japanese Physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, has passed away.


Question 2. Which country has launched a mass testing Progamme enabling people to take the COVID-19 test twice a week?
  1.    India
  2.    UK
  3.    US
  4.    France
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> UK

In a newly launched drive to track the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom has allowed everyone to take a COVID-19 test twice a week.


Question 3. Sergey Lavrov has arrived in New Delhi. He is the foreign minister of which nation?
  1.    Myanmar
  2.    Australia
  3.    NewZealand
  4.    Russia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Russia

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey V Lavrov, who has arrived in the India for a two-day visit will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.


Question 4. Which state's Chief Minister has asked the centre to do away with age restrictions for COVID-19 vaccination?
  1.    Punjab
  2.    Rajasthan
  3.    Delhi
  4.    Uttrakhand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Delhi

The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the centre urging the government to do away with age restrictions so that all adults can be inoculated.


Question 5. The National Health Policy for Rare Diseases has approved. Under which scheme the financial support of Rs.20 lakh is to be provided?
  1.    Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana
  2.    Rastriya Arogya Nidhi
  3.    Ayushman Bharat
  4.    Jan Arogya Yojana
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Rastriya Arogya Nidhi

A provision for financial support up to Rs.20 lakh under the Umbrella Scheme of Rastriya Arogya Nidhi is proposed for treatment of those rare diseases that require a one-time treatment.


Question 6. Which organization has launched the "Sankalp se Sidhi-Village Connect Drive"?
  1.    TRIFED
  2.    AICL
  3.    IFFCO
  4.    NABARD
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> TRIFED

TRIFED under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched "Sankalp se Siddhi" - Village and Digital Connect Drive.


Question 7. Who will head the expert committee formed for factories and dock works by the Ministry of Labour and Employment?
  1.    Samideer Sharma
  2.    RK Elangovan
  3.    PLN Murthy
  4.    DK Shami
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> RK Elangovan

The Expert Committees for Factories and Dock Works are constituted under Chairmanship of Dr RK Elangovan, DG, DGFASLI, Mumbai.


Question 8. Which railway zone has become India's first electrified railway zone in the country?
  1.    East Central Zone
  2.    South Central Zone
  3.    West Central Zone
  4.    Northern Zone
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> West Central Zone

The Indian Railways has announced that the West Central Railway zone has become the first fully electrified railway zone in the country.


Question 9. How many digit HSN codes will be mandatory in invoices for the business of turnover of more than INR 5 crore?
  1.    2
  2.    10
  3.    5
  4.    6
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 6

Businesses with turnover of more than Rs.5 crore will have to furnish six-digit HSN or tariff code on the invoices issued for supplies of taxable goods and services.


Question 10. The United Nations declared which day as the International Day of Conscience?
  1.    April 5
  2.    April 1
  3.    April 4
  4.    April 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> April 5

The UN General Assembly declared April 5 as the International Day of Conscience


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