Current Affairs Quiz – April 08 2021
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1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India?
a) Sandeep Mehta
b) Sanjeev Kumar
c) Vineet Sinha
d) Shromit Bannerjee
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Answer b) Sanjeev Kumar. Senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kumar took over as chairman of the Airports Authority of India on April 7, 2021.
2. Who launched the Tribal Health Collaborative ‘Anamaya’?
a) PM Narendra Modi
b) President Ram Nath Kovind
c) Home Minister Amit Shah
d) Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan
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Answer d) Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan.The multi-stakeholder initiative ‘Anamaya’ will converge efforts of various government agencies and organisations to enhance the health and nutrition status of the tribal communities of India.
3. Which country has temporarily banned travellers from India including its own citizens?
a) US
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) Canada
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Answer c) NewZealand. This suspension will be for about two weeks and it comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases at its border, 17 of which were from India.
4. Where is the world’s highest railway bridge- Chenab bridge-located?
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand
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Answer a) Jammu & Kashmir. The 1.3-kilometre-long bridge sits at a height of 359 metres above the bed of the Chenab river in the Jammu & Kashmir state.
5. WMA (Banking terms) is expand as____________.
a) Way and Money Advances
b) Way and Means Advances
c) Wave and Means Advances
d) Wave and Money Advances
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Answer b) Way and Means Advances . The Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit for Way and Means Advances (WMA) for the State Governments/UTs from Rs. 32,225 crore (fixed in February 2016) to Rs. 47,010 crore based on the recommendation of a committee headed by Shri Sudhir Shrivastava.
6. Bharti Airtel sells 800 MHz spectrum in three circles to which telecom company?
a) Vi
b) Reliance
c) BSNL
d) None of these
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Answer b) Reliance. Bharti Airtel has entered into an agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm to transfer ‘Right to Use’ for some of its 800 MHz spectrum in three circles to the Mukesh Ambani-led firm.
7. Who has appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)?
a) Sudhir Shrivastava
b) Prajin Ajwal
c) Vjosa Osmani
d) S Ramann
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Answer d) S Ramann. The government has appointed S Ramann as Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
