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9 APRIL 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. Who has become the 1st Women Director-General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research?
  1.    Malvika Bansod
  2.    Poonam Gupta
  3.    Anish Khare
  4.    Kirti Khare
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Poonam Gupta

Poonam Gupta, the first woman Director General of NCAER, will succeed Shekhar Shah who led NCAER since 2011 and will complete his second five-year term in early.


Question 2. Which bank has recently became co-promoter of Max Life Insurance Company?
  1.    IDBI Bank
  2.    RBL Bank
  3.    Axis Bank
  4.    HDFC Bank
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Axis Bank

The Axis Bank Ltd said that it has become co-promoters of Max Life Insurance Company Limited, after completion of the acquisition of 12.99% stake collectively by the Axis Entities in the company.


Question 3. Which institution has developed a touch-sensitive watch for virtually impaired persons?
  1.    IIT Delhi
  2.    IIT Kanpur
  3.    IIT Bombay
  4.    IIT madras
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> IIT Kanpur

A professor and a research associate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has developed a sensitive watch for the use of visually impaired people.


Question 4. Who has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships from missile attack?
  1.    NSIC
  2.    Indian Navy
  3.    HAL
  4.    DRDO
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> DRDO

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships against missile attack.


Question 5. Ram Karan Verma has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to which country?
  1.    Gabon
  2.    Monaco
  3.    Malta
  4.    Grenada
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Gabon

Ram Karan Verma has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Gabon.


Question 6. Who has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission?
  1.    Rananan Ramathan
  2.    Aneesh Shah
  3.    Somnath Banerjee
  4.    Chintan Vaishnav
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Chintan Vaishnav

Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the government's flagship initiative under NITI Aayog.


Question 7. RBI projected India's real GDP growth for 2021-22 at how much percent in its monetary policy?
  1.    10.9%
  2.    10.0%
  3.    10.5%
  4.    10.2%
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 10.5%

The projection of real GDP growth for 2021-22 is retained at 10.5 per cent.


Question 8. Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Tulip festival at Asia's Largest Tulip garden in which city?
  1.    Kolkata
  2.    Srinagar
  3.    Pune
  4.    Gangtok
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Srinagar

Manoj Sinha has inaugurated the Tulip festival at Asia's largest Tulip Garden located at the foothills of the Zabarwan on the banks of world-famous Dal Lake in Srinagar.


Question 9. Who has been appointed as the head of the BCCI anti-corruption unit?
  1.    Shabir Hussein
  2.    Henry Moniz
  3.    John Joseph
  4.    Ajit Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Shabir Hussein

Former Gujarat DGP Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala has taken over from Ajit Singh as the head of the BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit.


Question 10. Which Indian state would be the first one to have two green energy towns?
  1.    Arunachal Pradesh
  2.    Uttar Pradesh
  3.    Kerala
  4.    Bihar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bihar

Bihar set to become the first Indian state to have two green energy towns.


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