Saturday, 15 April 2017

Current Affairs For Exam Preparation - April 2017

    • The new name of Ballabhgarh in Faridabad, Haryana as announced by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
    Answer: Balramgarh
    • The city from which the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme named UDAN. (flights have also started from Nanded and Kadapa Airports.)
    Answer: Shimla
    • The Bengali poet and literary critic who has been awarded the 52nd Jnanpith Award by the President Shri Pranab Mukherjee
    Answer: Prof. Sankha Ghosh
    • The slogan of the World Masters Games held in Auckland from April 21 to April 30, 2017
    Answer: For the love of sport
    • The noted playback singer who has been awarded the Ghantasala National Award instituted by the Ghantasala National Art Academy
    Answer: Vani Jairam
    • The Bollywood actor who has been awarded the 75th Dinanath Mangeshkar Award for his film Dangal
    Answer: Aamir Khan
    • The social activist from Odisha who has been chosen for the Goldman Environmental Prize 2017 along with 5 other recipients (He led a historic 12-year legal battle for the indigenous Dongria Kondh land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine)
    Answer: Prafulla Samantara
    • The renowned director and film actor who has been chosen to be awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2016
    Answer: K. Viswanath
    • The 101-year old woman from Chandigarh who has won the 100 metres at the World Masters Games 2017 being held in Auckland, New Zealand
    Answer: Man Kaur
    • The joint naval exercise being carried out by the Indian and French navies in the Mediterranean Sea from 24 to 30 April 2017
    Answer: Exercise Varuna
    • The place in Madhya Pradesh where a massive explosion in a kerosene fair price shop killed 13 people and injured several others
    Answer: Chhindwara
    • The Mayor of Italian island Lampedusa who has been awarded the Félix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize (UNESCO Peace Prize) jointly with non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée (France) for their work to save the lives of refugees and migrants and welcome them with dignity
    Answer: Giuseppina Nicolini
    • The Tamil author whose book Mathorubhagan (One Part Woman) translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan has been awarded Sahitya Akademi award for translation in English
    Answer: Perumal Murugan
    • The theme of Civil Service Day, 2017 held on 21 April 2017
    Answer: Making New India
    • The Bangalore based athlete who has become the first visually impaired Indian athlete to complete the Boston marathon
    Answer: Sagar Baheti
    • The new name of domestic airport at Agra in Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport
    • The new name of domestic airport at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport
    • The renowned historian and archaeologist who has been conferred the Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Award 2017 by the Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D.V. Sadananda Gowda
    Answer: A.V. Narasimha Murthi
    • The Indian Institute of Technology which has decided to introduce Vaastu Shastra to its first and second-year undergraduate architecture students
    Answer: IIT, Kharagpur
    • The Indian badminton player who has won the Singapore Open Super Series 2017 men singles title defeating Kidambi Srikanth in the finals
    Answer: B Sai Praneeth
    • The route on which the Railway Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu las launched Vistadome coaches with glass ceiling, rotating seats, LED lighting and a GPS-based passenger information system (built by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai)
    Answer: Visakhapatnam to Araku
    • Italian supercentenarian and world oldest living person who passed away on 15 April at the age of 117 years 137 days
    Answer: Emma Morano
    • The Indian dhow (a type of sailing vessel) which was hijacked by Somali pirates on 01 April and later released along with its crew was named
    Answer: Al-Kausar
    • The State which has launched Operation Durga, a compaign to protect the safety of women
    Answer: Haryana
    • The African nation which has declared a three-month emergency after attacks on churches resulted in the death of several people
    Answer: Egypt
    • The States which have declared imposing prohibition of liquor in a phased manner recently
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
    • The first ever micro-drama festival held in India organised by theatre group Vriksh in New Delhi was named
    Answer: Thespis
    • The American novelist who has been awarded Pulitzer Prize 2017 in the fiction category for his novel The Underground Railroad
    Answer: Colson Whitehead
    • The web portal launched by Survey of India to enable free download of maps in pdf format in 1 : 50,000 scale
    Answer: nakshe (soinakshe.uk.gov.in)
    • The web portal and mobile app inaugurated by Shri Rajnath Singh on the occasion of Valour Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with an objective to enable willing donors to contribute towards the family of a braveheart who sacrificed his/her life in line of duty is named
    Answer: Bharat ke Veer (bharathkeveer.gov.in)
    • The exhibition inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s first experiment of Satyagraha in Champaran is named
    Answer: Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko Karyanjali – Ek Abhiyan, Ek Pradarshani
    • The Nobel Peace Prize winner from Pakistan who has been chosen to be the youngest UN Messenger of Peace
    Answer: Malala Yousafzai
    • The venue of 3-day National Children Film Festival being held from April 07 to April 09
    Answer: Visakhapatnam
    • The twelfth edition of Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise being conducted at Vairengte in Manipur from 05 April 2017 to 18 April 2017
    Answer: Nomadic Elephant
    • The scheme set up in 2012 by the Central Govt to address the social security-related issues of the Emigration Check Required (ECR)-category which has been closed by the Union Cabinet
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana
    • The Australian cricketer who has been named Wisdens Leading Woman Cricketer in the World for 2016
    Answer: Ellyse Perry
    • The Indian cricketer who has been named Wisdens Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016 becoming the third Indian to be so named after Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar
    Answer: Virat Kohli
    • The Pakistani cricketer and captain of its test team who has announced his decision to retire from international cricket after the current tour of West Indies which concludes in May 2017
    Answer: Misbah-ul-Haq
    • The Russian city in which a terrorist strike at a metro station left 11 people and several others injured
    Answer: St. Petersburg
    • The Hindustani vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, Padma Vibhusan (2002), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1985), who passed away on 03 April 2017
    Answer: Kishori Amonkar
    • The Swedish-Eritrean journalist, currently in prison in Eritrea, who has been chosen for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017
    Answer: Dawit Isaak
    • The country which has become the seventh member of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program (Headquarters: Manila, Philippines)
    Answer: Myanmar
    • The badminton player from Denmark who has won the India Open Super Series badminton tournament 2017 men single title defeating Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei in the finals
    Answer: Viktor Axelsen
    • The Indian badminton player who has won the India Open Super Series badminton tournament 2017 women singles title defeating Carolina Marin of Spain in the finals
    Answer: P.V. Sindhu
    • The country which has recognised cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal payment method with effect from 01 April 2017
    Answer: Japan
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