current affairs & gk april 2011

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK APRIL 2011

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April 2 &3:

1. The World Bank has approved how muchloan for India to accelerate implementationof its National e-Governance Plan (NeGP)?(a) $150 million

(b) $250 million(c) $100 million(d) $350 million(e) none of these

2. 2015 CWC will be hosted by(a) England(b) South Africa(c) West Indies(d) Australia(e) Australia and New Zealand

3. EU-India summit 2011 at...(a) Brussels(b) Frankfurt(c) New Delhi(d) Vienna(e) none of these

4. In April 2011 Tennis players LeanderPaes and Mahesh Bhupathi have won

(a) Miami Open Men's Doubles title(b) Singapore Open Men's Doubles title(c) Hong Kong Open Men's Doubles title(d) Dubai Open Men's Doubles title(e) none of these

5. First India state to ban controversialbook on Gandhi, which alleges thatMahatama Gandhi had homosexualtendencies?(a) Assam

(b) Uttarakhand(c) Gujarat(d) Maharastra(e) none of these

6. For the first time which Government hassigned a MOU with IRCON, a company ofIndian Railway, for construction of 26 RoadOver Bridges over railway lines in thestate?

(a) UP(b) Rajasthan

(c) Gujarat(d) Bihar (e) West Bengal7. In April 2011 United Nations meeting onclimate change held in...(a) Bangkok

(b) India(c) Canada(d) Brazil(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2. e, 3.c, 4.a, 5. c, 6. b, 7 . a

April 5:

1. India and Thailand have agreed to worktowards doubling the trade by(a) 2015(b) 2013(c) 2014(d) 2016(e) none of these

2. Who is the sports person whom theElection commission has decided towithdraw as its Icon for the Assembly Pollsin state election?(a) Sourav Ganguly

(b) Sania Mirza(c) M.S. Dhoni(d) Geet Sethi(c) none of these

3. Centre govt. has released grant in aidworth how much crore rupees to fourstates for the construction of rural roadsunder Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana?(a) 142(b) 320

(c) 120(d) 500(e) none of these

4. On April 5 Over 1 00 people fell ill afterconsuming items contaminated buckwheat. This incident occurred in...(a) Delhi(b) WB(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar(e) Kerela


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5. Saraswati Samman 2010 would be givento...(a) Alia Raja(b) S L Bhyrappa(c) M.L Goswami

(d) Prem Munsi Anomette(e) none of these

6. Which state has decided to enforce astringent law with a view to check risingadulteration in food articles?(a) Gujarat(b) Delhi(c) Jharkhand(d) Maharastra(e) none of these

7. Which of the following teams will nottake part in CWC 2015(a) Kenya(b) Bangladesh(c) Ireland(d) Canada(e) none of these

8. National Maritime Day was being

celebrated on...(a) April 5(b) April 4(c) April 6(d) March 31(e) none of these

Answers: 1. c, 2. a, 3.a, 4.a, 5. b, 6. b, 7. c, 8.a

April 6:

1 . Who is Anna Hazare?

(a) Former Chief Justice of India(b) Social Activist(c) Opposition leader in UttarakhandAssembly(d) The man who goes on hunger strike ontrivial issues(e) none of these

2. For the year 2010-11 Food grainproduction is expected to be?

(a) 235.88 million tonnes(b) 536.88 million tonnes

(c) 255.88 million tonnes(d) 300 million tonnes(e) none of these

3. Recently, (April 6) Union Cabinet has

decided to open Consulate General of Indiain(a) Jakarta(b) Perth(c) A jdabiya(d) Kiev(e) none of these

4. On April 27, 2011 Commerce Secretariesof India and Pakistan will meet in for twodays(a) Islamabad(b) Hyderabad(c) Mohali(d) Karachi(e) none of these

5. Each year Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockeycup is hosted by(a) Malaysia(b) Australia

(c) India(d) Pakistan(e) Canada

6. Sarhul, the most popular tribal festival offlowers, is celebrated in...(a) Punjab(b) Jharkhand(c) Assam(d) West Bengal(e) none of these

7. On April 6, 2011 Mobile phone servicescompleted how many y ears of commercialuse in the world(a) 25(b) 18(c) 28(d) 30(d) 21

Answers: 1 . b, 2. a, 3.b, 4.a, 5. a, 6. b, 7 .c


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April 7:

1. For the advantage of the beneficiariesunder the Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), thegovernment is working towards

implementing which system for on the spotpayment be to the workers?(a) Biometric system(b) Online banking(c) S/B account(d) Both a and c(e) none of these

2. World Health Day is observed on...(a) April 7(b) April 6(c) March 31(d) April 11(e) none of these

3. The government has set up a task forceto rationalise chemicals industry rules. Itwill be headed by ...(a) Arun Pachuri(b) Profesor Y .K Sinha(c) Arun Maira

(d) Bhaini Khan(e) none of these

4. How many matches will be played in IPL2011?(a) 94(b) 67(c) 74(d) 62(e) none of these

5. Who is heading the committeeconstituted by Sports Ministry to examinesuggestions on the National SportsDevelopment Bill?(a) Mukul Mudgal(b) Vivek Rajdan(c) Gaurav Singh(d) Dheeraj Vishoni(e) none of these

6. First National Community RadioSammelan held at

(a) Bangalore(b) Delhi(c) Indore(d) Vizag(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2. a, 3.c, 4.c, 5. a, 6. b

April 8:

1. Recently, an International medicaljournal carried a report on presence of adrug resistant bacteria in the public watersystem in New Delhi. The name of thisjournal is:(a) Lancet(b) Water World(c) Span(d) Bacteria World(e) none of these

2. Recently which state has decided not totake any tuition fee up to class 12th in gov.schools?(a) Punjab(b) Haryana(c) Delhi

(d) Goa(e) none of these

3. Inaugural match of IPL 201 1 was playedin...(a) Delhi(b) Kolkata(c) Chennai(d) Jaipur(e) none of these

4. New President of Kazakhstan is:(a) Nursultan Nazarbayev(b) Arystan Aruistan(c) Lunara Gulnara(d) Oxana Nursultan(e) none of these

5. The government has raised the minimumwage for daily labourers from 100 to__rupees

(a) 115 (b) 150(c) 130 (d) 250 (e) none of these


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Answers: 1 . a, 2. b, 3.c, 4.a, 5. a,

April 9 & 10:

1. Public sector Day is observed on...(a) April 9

(b) April 1 0(c) March 11(d) April 11(e) none of these

2. How many teams are taking part in IPL2011(a) 8(b) 9(c) 10(d) 12(e) none of these

3. Who is heading the 10-membercommittee headed that will get down topreparing the draft of the anti-corruptionbill?(a) Pranab Mukherjee(b) Anna Hazare(c) Baba Ramdev(d) Prashant Bhushan

(e) none of these

4. A recent survey has indicated that___schools have longest breaks?(a) Karnataka(b) Delhi(c) Goa(d) Punjab(e) none of these

5. Which states holds Jalabhishek campaign

every year?(a) MP(b) UP(c) Kerela(d) J&K(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2. c, 3.a, 4.a, 5. a

April 11 & 12:

1. India have been discussing thepossibilities of cooperation in the field ofFertilizer Sector with?(a) Senegal(b) Brazil

(c) Italy(d) USA(e) none of these

2. As per Planning Commission Indianeconomy will achieve how much percenteconomic expansion in 2010-11?(a) 8.5(b) 8(c) 7.5(d) 10(e) none of these

3. BRICS 2011 summit will be at...(a) China(b) India(c) Russia(d) China(e) none of these

4. The fourth Gulf Film Festival organised

at(a) Dubai(b) Kuwait(c) Iran(d) UAE(e) none of these

5. In April 2011 Which country has bannedthe use of cell phones in all schools?(a) India(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Bangladesh(d) Australia(e) none of these

6. Where was Abdul Rauf wanted in Indiafor Kandhar plane hijacking arrested?(a) Pakistan(b) Brazil(c) Afganistan(d) Iraq

(e) none of these


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7. On April 12 world celebrated how manyyears of Man in Space?(a) 50(b) 75(c) 45

(d) 100(e) none of theseAnswers: 1 . a, 2. a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.c, 6. b 7 . a

April 13:

1. POSCO plant will be set up in?(a) Andhra Pradesh(b) Orissa(c) UP(d) Gujarat(e) none of these

2. US aims to end combat mission inAfghanistan by the year(a) 2014(b) 2015(c) 2012(d) 2013(e) none of these

3. 2010 Wisdenthe cricketer of the year

2010 is...(a) M.S. Dhoni(b) Sachin Tendulkar(c) Yuvraj singh(d) Shane Watson(e) none of these

4. Who has been appointed new chairmanof the Securities and Exchange Board ofIndia (SEBI) ?(a) U.K. Sinha (b) C.B. Bhave

(c) B.B.Chaudhuri (d) R.S. Bhutola

5. Who has been appointed as an adviser tothe Prime Minister on skills developmentwith cabinet rank?(a) R.S. Bhutola (b) Wajahat Habibullah(c) S. RanIadorai (d) Sushma Narh

6. Who has been appointed the newchairmen of the National Commission for

Minorities?(a) Mallika Srinivasan (b) Bura Singh

(c) E.D. Saeed (d) Wajahar Habibullah

7. Who has been appointed the nextchairmen of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)?(a) B.B Chaudhuri (b) R.S. Bhutola

(c) Sushma Nath (d) Nandan Nilekani

8. Who has been given the Fakhruddin AliAhmed Memorial Award for NationalIntegration for 2009?(a) M.J. Akbar(b) Hema Bharali(c) Dilip Singhvi(d) Rahul Bhartia

Answers: 1 . b, 2. b, 3.b, 4.a, 5.c, 6. d 7 . b 8.b

April 14:

1. Which of the following is not a memberof BRICS(a) India(b) China(c) Russia(d) Brazil(e) Sudan

2. BRICS 2012 Summit will be hosted by(a) India(b) Nepal(c) USA(d) Hong Kong(e) none of these

3. India is likely to achieve a record cottonoutput in the 2011 -12 season. Thisproduction would be..(a) 55 million bales

(b) 40 million bales(c) 35 million bales(d) 25 million bales(e) none of these

4. National summit on skewed sex ratiowas held in(a) Panipat(b) Delhi(c) Bijnore

(d) Dehradun(e) none of these


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5. IMF has lowered India's growth to ___ forthe year 2011?(a) 8.2%(b) 7.5%(c) 8%

(d) 8.5%(e) none of these

6. BRIC economy is likely to surpass US bythe..(a) 2015 (b) 2020(c) 2014 (d) 2026 (e) none of theseAnswers: 1 . e, 2. a, 3.c, 4.a, 5.a, 6.a

April 15-17:

1. For the fiscal 2010-11 the actual directand indirect tax collection has been...(a) 7 lakh 92 thousand crore rupees(b) 8 lakh crore rupees(c) 6 lakh 57 thousand crore rupees(d) 10 lakh crore rupees(e) none of these

2. Which country will supply 2,100 tons ofuranium to India by 2014?(a) Russia

(b) Kazakhistan(c) Kirgisistan(d) Uzbekistan(e) none of these

3. Recently, Violent storms killed 22persons in US. This incident occurred in...(a) North Carolina(b) Texas(c) Idaho(d) Maine

(e) none of these

4. Which country recently bank raised CRRfor the record fourth time this year?(a) India(b) China(c) Japan(d) UK(e) none of these

5. 2011 Spring Meeting of the IMF held at(a) Washington

(b) Chicago(c) Chile(d) Keylong(e) none of these

6. Bombay Stock Exchange has signed amemorandum of understanding with ___todevelop financial markets in the twocountries.(a) Japan's Osaka Securities Ex change(b) New York Stock Ex change(c) Nikki(d) both a and c(e) none of these

7. Indian PM Manmohan singh visted whichof the following countries in April 2011(a) China and Kazakhistan(b) China and Uzbekistan(c) Singapore and China(d) Japan and Russia(e) none of these

8. Anti-piracy meet 2011 held at...(a) New Delhi(b) Dubai

(c) London(d) Sydney(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2. b, 3.a, 4.b, 5.a, 6.a, 7 .a, 8.b

April 18:

1. On April 18, which of the followingRajdhani Express caught fire?(a) Mumbai- Delhi(b) Delhi-Kolkata

(c) Delhi-Panji(d) Delhi-Dehradun(e) none of these

2. As per the data released, bilateral tradebetween India and Germany is ___ for theyear 2010?(a) 15 billion Euros(b) $20 billion(c) $25 billion

(d) 16 million Euros(e) none of these


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3. On April 18, Supreme Court has bannedthe employment of children in...(a) circuses(b) fire crackers factories(c) bidi factories

(d) Rag picking(e) none of these

4. Somdev Dev vaman, who was in news forsecuring his career best rank, 71, is relatedwith...(a) Tennis(b) TT(c) Cricket(d) Soccer(e) none of these

5. Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, whodied recently, was the last titular Maharajaof...(a) Jodhpur(b) Jaipur(c) Jabalpur(d) Mewar(e) none of these

6. The Planning Commission aims toaccelerate the economic growth to __percent in the next five year plan beginningnext year.(a) 8(b) 9(c) 10(d) 8.5(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2. a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.a, 6.c

April 19:

1. Violence broke at proposed JaitapurNuclear power Plant. This place is in...(a) UP(b) Maharastra(c) Orissa(d) Gujarat(e) none of these

2. Planning Commission has finalized howmuch rupees as Annual Plan size for Goafor y ear 2011 -12?(a) 3320 crore(b) 1320 crore

(c) 2000 crore(d) 1760 crore(e) none of these

3. Winner of 2011 Pulitzer prize is...(a) R.N. Mistry(b) Siddhartha Mukherjee(c) Hasan Ali(d) R.S. Passi(e) none of these

4. Representatives from more than 40countries met at __ to raise money to dealwith the ongoing consequences of theChernoby l nuclear reactor accident.(a) Kiev(b) Fukisama(c) Pettsburg(d) Abu Dhabi(e) none of these

5. New captain of Sri Lanka cricket teamis...(a) T M Dilshan(b) Kumar Sangakara(c) A janta Mendis(d) A njelo Mathews(e) none of these

6. Intel International Science andEngineering Fair (ISEF) 2011 will be heldin May at...

(a) Los Angeles(b) Chennai(c) Kuwait(d) Laos(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2. a, 3.b, 4.a, 5.a, 6.a


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April 20:

1 . whatis the name of Indias latest remotesensing satellite has been successfullylaunched by the Polar Satellite LaunchVehicle, PSLV C-1 6?

(a) Resourcesat -2(b) GSA T-8(c) LISS-3(d) Euroset -2(e) none of these

2. Lewis Binford, who passed away recentlywas a..(a) scientist(b) archaeologist(c) astrophysicist(d) social worker(e) none of these

3. The Asian Development Bank willprovide India, how much credit guaranteesto increase solar power generation?(a) $250 million(b) $150 million(c) $200 million(d) $550 million

(e) none of these

4. Which two European Union countrieswill join Britain in sending militaryadvisers to Libya?(a) Italy and France(b) Frace and Germany(c) Turkey and France(d) Italy and Turkey(e) none of these

5. As per a new report which country hashighest number of stillbirths?(a) Ethiopia(b) Bangladesh(c) China(d) Congo(e) none of these

6. Latest organisation to get Mini Ratnastatus is

(a) Pawan Hans(b) P&G

(c) Air India(d) Maruti(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2. b, 3.b, 4.a, 5.e(India) 6.a

April 21 & 22:

1. Pandit Madhava Gudi, who died recentlywas a famous(a) Shanaiex ponent(b) Hindustani singer(c) Tabla plyer(d) Sitar exponent(e) none of these

2. The Government has increased monetaryallowances to gallantry medal awardeesby...(a) three fold(b) 10000(c) 25000(d) 50000(e) none of these

3.India will provide Electronic VotingMachines, EVMs to...

(a) Libya(b) Egypt(c) UAE(d) Congo (e) none of these

4. In April 2011 International boxingtournament held at...(a) Belgrade(b) New Delhi(c) Shanghai(d) Perth

(e) none of these

5. World Earth Day was observed on...(a) April 21(b) April 22(c) April 9(d) April 18(e) none of these


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6. DGCA will conduct audit of safetymeasures at heliports, particularly thosesituated in remote areas, in the wake of thechopper crash in Tawang that claimed 17lives. Where is Tawang?

(a) J&K(b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Arunachal Pradesh(d) Assam(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2. a, 3.b, 4.a, 5.b 6.c

April 23 & 24:

1. National Panchay at Diwas was observedon(a) April 23(b) April 24(c) March 23(d) April 1(e) none of these

2. Which state has been selected as the bestin the North eastern region and the third-best performing state in the country forprogress recorded by Panchayati Raj for

the y ear 2010-11?(a) UP(b) Sikkim(c) Kerela(d) Karnataka(e) none of these

3. Walmart recently bought which India-born social site?(a) Apna circle(b) Kosmix

(c) puranijeans(d) yarokatasan(e) none of these

4. Asian Development Bank (ADB) willprovide how much credit to help Indiascale up use of solar power as a majorrenewable energy source?(a) $150 million(b) $200 million

(c) 5000 crore rupee(d) amount is y et to be decided

(e) none of these

5. After over five years which state has notreported any polio case?(a) Bihar

(b) UP(c) Jharkhand(d) Punjab(e) none of these

6. Where is Bay of Pigs, which was in newsrecently?(a) Cuba(b) China(c) Dubai(d) Afghanistan(e) none of these

7. DBS Bank which plans to further toexpand its market in India is from(a) USA(b) Singapore(c) UK(d) France(d) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2.b, 3.b, 4.a, 5.b 6.a, 7 .b

April 25:

1. World Malaria Day is observed on...(a) Aprul 24(b) April 25(c) April 27(d) April 26(e) none of these2. President Mrs Pratibha Devi Singh Patilhas visited which nation in April 2011

(a) Singapore(b) Mauritius(c) Nepal(d) Bhutan(e) China

3. Ossur Skarphedinsson, who recentlyvisited India is the Minister for ForeignAffairs of...(a) Germany (b) Greenland

(c) Iceland (d) Taiwan(e) none of these


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4. Indo Ayurveda Festival by India Tradeand Exhibition Centre held at..(a) New Delhi(b) Hyderabad(c) Gurgaon

(d) Haridwar(e) Dubai

5. The first person to scale Mt Everesttwice, who died recently, was...(a) Nawang Gombu(b) Tenzing Norgay(c) Rajendra Thapa(d) Watson Krik(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . b, 2.b, 3.c, 4.e, 5.a

April 26:

1. Who is Kanimozhi?(a) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's daughterwho is involved in 2G scam(b) First Indian woman to qualify for worldbadminton series(c) Heir of Spiritual guru Sai Baba Trust(d) Visiting PM of Bhutan

(e) none of these

2. 25th anniversary of the world's worstnuclear accident was observed recently atthe Chernobyl power plant. Where isChernobyl?(a) Russia (b) Japan (c) Ukraine (d) China(e) none of these

3. India's first Open Super Seriesbadminton tournament played at...

(a) New Delhi(b) Hyderabad(c) Chandigarh(d) Indore(e) none of these

4. Which state has launched Come and

Play Scheme(a) Delhi(b) Gujarat

(c) Orissa(d) Goa

(e) none of these5. India has launched Warehouse receiptsystem for the welfare of(a) export operators(b) farmers

(c) SMEs(d) website operators(e) none of these

6. Which country has lifted an emergencylaw that had been in force for 48 y ears(a) Libya(b) Syria(c) Egypt(d) Morocco(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2.c, 3.b, 4.a, 5.b 6.b

April 27:

1. In April Two-day commerce secretarylevel talks between India and Pakistan heldat...(a) Islamabad(b) Delhi(c) Chicago

(d) Denver(e) none of these

2. What is Pondicherry?(a) District(b) UT(c) State(d) Island(e) none of these

3. Duncan Fletcher, the new coach of Indian

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4. What is the name of world's narroweststrait used for international navigation thatdiv ides Europe from Asia. Which was innews recently...(a) Bosphorus

(b) Dardanelles(c) Marmara(d) Aegean(e) none of these

5. As per IMF China's economy will surpassthan that of USA by the year...(a) 2015(b) 2020(c) 2016(d) 2018(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2.b, 3.c, 4.a, 5.c

April 28:

1. Govt. is planning to launch how many FMradio stations across 283 districts in thethird phase soon?(a) nearly 800(b) nearly 900

(c) nearly 800(d) nearly 700(e) none of these

2. The Steering Committee meeting onTurkmanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan andIndia (TAPI) pipeline held at(a) New Delhi(b) Kabul(c) Islamabad(d) Ashgabat

(e) none of these

3. 2011 Green Indian Mission conferenceheld at..(a) New Delhi (b) Chandigarh(c) Bhopal (d) Leh (e) none of these4. 13th conference of North East RegionCommonwealth Parliamentary Associationheld at...(a) Bijbehara

(b) Itanagar(c) New Jalpaiguri

(d) Kalimela(e) none of these

5. The Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairs has approved the proposal for an

intensified Malaria Control project forseven North Eastern states. Which of thefollowing is not amongst those states?(a) Assam(b) Manipur(c) Mizoram(d) Sikkim(e) none of these

6. Turkmanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan andIndia (TAPI) Gas Pipeline is likely to befunctional by...(a) 2020(b) 2015(c) 2014(d) 2013(e) none of these

Answers: 1 . a, 2.a, 3.a, 4.b, 5.d, 6.b

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