Current Affairs Important Questions for SBI PO, IBPS PO, SBI Clerk mains and RBI Assistant Mains

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In today’s blog, I have provided some very important current affairs questions which are highly expected to be asked in the upcoming banking exams like SBI Clerk mains, RBI Assistant mains, SBI PO along with other banking exams. Given below are 10 questions of current affairs (April). You can write them down in your notebook for future. Detailed description of the answers is provided at the end of the questions. It is recommended to attempt these questions within 5 minutes. Let’s look at the questions below

1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) slashed its growth outlook for India to ____ for 2020-21.

1. 5%
2. 4.5%
3. 4.4%
4. 4.1%
5. 4%

2. Government has constituted an Empowered Group chaired for coordinating with Private Sector, NGOs and International Organisations for COVID-19-related Response Activities. Who will be the chairman of this group?

1. Narendra Modi
2. Amitabh Kant
3. Amit Shah
4. Dr. Harshwardhan
5. None of these

3. Which Indian state government in collaboration with the UNICEF has launched online cultural competition ‘Mo Prativa’ (My talent) to engage children during lockdown?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Odisha
3. Telangana
4. Karnataka
5. Assam

4. Associations representing officers of Central Civil Services have formed an initiative called _________________ to support and supplement the government’s efforts in fighting coronavirus.

1. Maitri
2. Shayaog
3. Caruna
4. Corantine
5. None of these

5. With which payment bank Bharati AXA General Insurance has tied up to launch a coronavirus insurance policy- Bharti AXA Group Health Assure Policy?

1. Airtel Payments Bank
2. Fino Payments Bank
3. Paytm Payments Bank
4. Jio Payments Bank
5. India Post Payments Bank

6. To whom PETA India will present with a Hero to Animals Award for his/her compassionate act of allocating Rs 54 lakhs from a relief fund to efforts to feed community animals during the COVID-19 lockdown?

1. Arvind Kejriwal
2. Naveen Patnaik
3. Mamta Banerjee
4. Sarbananda Sonowal
5. None of these

7. Which state has installed Walk in Sample Kiosks (WISK) for mass collection of samples for Covid-19 testing based on South Korean model?

1. Karnataka
2. Kerala
3. Maharashtra
4. Odisha
5. Gujarat

8. Which state government has invoked the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) with immediate effect to tackle the coronavirus spread?

1. Kerala
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Rajasthan
5. Tamil Nadu

9. MK Arjunan passed away recently. He was related to which field?

1. Musician
2. Actor
3. Politician
4. Writer
5. Scientist

10. Which state’s Public Health and Family Welfare Department has deployed India’s first automated “COVID – 19 Monitoring System App” to identify, undertake live surveillance, track, monitor, and provide real-time analytics to the Chief Minister and the Health Department?

1. Odisha
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Telangana
4. Kerala
5. Karnataka

Answers:

Sol 1: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) slashed its growth outlook for India from 6.5% to 4% for 2020-21, citing a weak global environment and continued efforts to contain the covid-19 outbreak within the country.

Sol 2: Government has constituted an Empowered Group chaired by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant for coordinating with Private Sector, NGOs and International Organisations for COVID-19-related Response Activities.

Sol 3: The Odisha government in collaboration with the UNICEF has launched an online cultural competition among children to keep them engaged at home during the lockdown period.

Sol 4: Associations representing officers of Central Civil Services have formed an initiative called ‘Caruna’ to support and supplement the government’s efforts in fighting coronavirus. The acronym ‘Caruna’ stands for Civil Services Associations Reach to Support in Natural Disasters.

Sol 5: Airtel Payments Bank has tied up with Bharati AXA General Insurance to launch a coronavirus insurance policy- Bharti AXA Group Health Assure Policy.

Sol 6: PETA India will present Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with a Hero to Animals Award for his compassionate act of allocating Rs 54 lakhs from a relief fund to efforts to feed community animals in five municipal corporations and all 48 municipalities of Odisha during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Sol 7: Kerala has installed Walk in Sample Kiosks (WISK) for mass collection of samples for Covid-19 testing in Ernakulam district based on South Korean model.

Sol 8: In Madhya Pradesh, the state government invoked the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA) with immediate effect to tackle the coronavirus spread.

Sol 9: Veteran music composer MK Arjunan, popularly known as Arjunan Master, passed away.

Sol 10: Public Health and Family Welfare Department of Telangana, has deployed India’s first automated “COVID – 19 Monitoring System App” to identify, undertake live surveillance, track, monitor, and provide real-time analytics to the Chief Minister and the Health Department.

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