Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021

41. Who has been selected as the external auditor to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)?
[A] Venkaiah Naidu
[B] Rajesh Kumar
[C] GC Murmu
[D] SA Bobde

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42. India has planned to raise the production of ……… to around 17 million tonnes (mt) by 2025-26?
[A] Cotton
[B] Mustard
[C] Palm Oil
[D] Jute

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43. Which international bank has recently launched USD 1.5 billion benchmark bond?
[A] Standard Chartered
[B] Citi Bank
[C] Bank of America
[D] New Development Bank

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44. Which Ministry implements the SWAMITVA scheme?
[A] Ministry of Skill Development
[B] Ministry of Panchayati Raj
[C] Ministry of Agriculture
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

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45. As per the Sero survey conducted by the CSIR, the recurrence of coronavirus outbreak in March is due to the lack of ……….?
[A] Antigens
[B] Antibodies
[C] Lymphocytes
[D] White Blood Cells

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46. Project DANTAK, which was seen in the news recently, is the flagship project of BRO, carried out in which country?
[A] Bangladesh
[B] Nepal
[C] Bhutan
[D] Myanmar

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47. ‘Varuna’ is a multilateral Defence Exercise between India and …………?
[A] Japan
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] France
[D] Australia

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48. Two new species of damselflies that were discovered recently (Euphaea thosegharensis and Euphaea pseudodispar) are endemic to which region of India?
[A] Peninsular
[B] Sundarbans
[C] Western Ghats
[D] Himalayas

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49. Which international institution has released the report “Developing Asia’s Economic Outlook”?
[A] World Bank
[B] New Development Bank
[C] Asian Development Bank
[D] International Monetary Fund

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50. Dadudan Gadhvi, the Padma Shri recipient in 2021 in the field of literature, who passed away recently, is from which state?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Gujarat
[C] Sikkim
[D] West Bengal

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