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Tnpsc Current Affairs April Test Series 2024
### April 2024 Current Affairs – MCQs for TNPSC Exams
1. Which company has commissioned India’s first multipurpose (heat and power) green hydrogen pilot project at the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS) at Jhakri, Himachal Pradesh?
– a) NTPC
– b) Reliance Industries
– c) SJVN Limited
– d) Tata Power
2. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, what is the rank of India in terms of highest spending ($83.6 billion) on defense in 2023?
– a) Second
– b) Third
– c) Fourth
– d) Fifth
3. Name the Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner who has become the first bowler to take 200 wickets in the history of IPL?
– a) Ravichandran Ashwin
– b) Yuzvendra Chahal
– c) Rashid Khan
– d) Amit Mishra
4. Which Indian Grandmaster has won the title of Candidates Chess Tournament?
– a) Viswanathan Anand
– b) Pentala Harikrishna
– c) Vidit Gujrathi
– d) D Gukesh
5. Whose 40 year old record did D Gukesh break to become the youngest at the age of 17 to win the Candidates Chess Tournament?
– a) Anatoly Karpov
– b) Bobby Fischer
– c) Garry Kasparov
– d) Magnus Carlsen
6. Who was recently reappointed as the MD and CEO of Axis Bank?
– a) Shikha Sharma
– b) Rajiv Anand
– c) Amitabh Chaudhry
– d) Sandeep Bakhshi
7. The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), known for its Nandini brand of dairy products has become the sponsor of which two teams in the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup?
– a) India and Australia
– b) South Africa and New Zealand
– c) Scotland and Ireland
– d) Pakistan and Sri Lanka
8. Who was appointed as the CEO of BharatPe?
– a) Ashneer Grover
– b) Suhail Sameer
– c) Nalin Negi
– d) Kunal Shah
9. What is India’s rank in the recently released World Cyber Crime Index?
– a) 5th
– b) 8th
– c) 10th
– d) 15th
10. Name the renowned Yakshagana singer who passed away at the age of 66 in Bengaluru?
– a) Balipa Narayana Bhagavatha
– b) Subrahmanya Dhareshwara
– c) Puttur Narasimha Nayak
– d) Keremane Shivarama Hegde
11. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of National Security Guard (NSG)?
– a) Rakesh Asthana
– b) Nalin Prabhat
– c) Anup Kumar Singh
– d) S S Deswal
12. What is the rank of Delhi airport in the list of world’s busiest airports?
– a) 5th
– b) 8th
– c) 10th
– d) 12th
13. Name the Vedanta Group company which has become the third largest producer of silver globally?
– a) Vedanta Resources
– b) Cairn India
– c) Hindustan Zinc
– d) Bharat Aluminium Company
14. Which team broke its own record of the highest team score in IPL history by scoring 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium?
– a) Chennai Super Kings
– b) Kolkata Knight Riders
– c) Sunrisers Hyderabad
– d) Mumbai Indians
15. Recently the death anniversary of Nandlal Bose was celebrated. He was related to which field?
– a) Music
– b) Literature
– c) Painting
– d) Dance
16. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Navy?
– a) R Hari Kumar
– b) Karambir Singh
– c) Dinesh Kr Tripathi
– d) Sunil Lanba
17. Name the former Revenue Secretary in Government of India who has been appointed as Head of US-India Tax Forum?
– a) Hasmukh Adhia
– b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
– c) Tarun Bajaj
– d) G C Murmu
18. To which country did India recently deliver the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles?
– a) Vietnam
– b) Indonesia
– c) Philippines
– d) Malaysia
19. Name the Byju’s CEO who resigned from his position just about seven months after he took over?
– a) Byju Raveendran
– b) Divya Gokulnath
– c) Arjun Mohan
– d) Pravin Prakash
20. Tiranga Barfi was given a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in April 2024. It is related to which city?
– a) Jaipur
– b) Varanasi
– c) Amritsar
– d) Kolkata
21. Who launched India’s first private sub-meter resolution surveillance satellite in collaboration with Satellogic?
– a) ISRO
– b) Reliance Defence
– c) Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL)
– d) Larsen & Toubro
22. Who has become the eighth Indian to score 7,000 or more runs in T20 cricket?
– a) Rohit Sharma
– b) Virat Kohli
– c) KL Rahul
– d) Surya Kumar Yadav
23. Who has been appointed as the full-time member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission?
– a) Arvind Subramanian
– b) Bibek Debroy
– c) Manoj Panda
– d) Raghuram Rajan
24. The city of Miraj, which was granted the GI tag for its art of making musical instruments, is located in which state?
– a) Uttar Pradesh
– b) Gujarat
– c) Maharashtra
– d) Karnataka
25. India has acquired the right to operate the overseas Sittwe port. The Sittwe port is located in which country?
– a) Sri Lanka
– b) Bangladesh
– c) Myanmar
– d) Thailand
26. Where was the ‘Sagar Kavach’ exercise organised recently where all maritime security agencies including Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs and other security agencies participated in the exercise?
– a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
– b) Lakshadweep
– c) Goa
– d) Kerala
27. Who has been recently appointed as the CEO and MD of Wipro replacing Thierry Delaporte?
– a) Abidali Neemuchwala
– b) Rishad Premji
– c) Srinivas Pallia
– d) T. K. Kurien
28. Where was the first steel cutting ceremony of Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy held?
– a) Mumbai
– b) Kochi
– c) Visakhapatnam
– d) Kolkata
29. Who has recently been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel by the World Bank Group?
– a) Urjit Patel
– b) Raghuram Rajan
– c) Arvind Panagariya
– d) Rakesh Mohan
30. Arjun Erigaisi is related to which sport?
– a) Badminton
– b) Table Tennis
– c) Chess
– d) Shooting
31. Who organised the ‘Shakti – Festival of Music and Dance’ from 9 to 17 April at seven different Shaktipeeths across the country?
– a) ICCR
– b) Lalit Kala Akademi
– c) Sangeet Natak Akademi
– d) National School of Drama
32. At what rate has RBI maintained the repo rate for the seventh time in a row?
– a) 5.5 per cent
– b) 6.0 per cent
– c) 6.5 per cent
– d) 7.0 per cent
33. Who has become the first Indian wicketkeeper to score 7,000 runs in T20 cricket?
– a) Dinesh Karthik
– b) MS Dhoni
– c) Rishabh Pant
– d) Wriddhiman Saha
34. On which day is National Maritime Day celebrated in India every year?
– a) 5 April
– b) 7 April
– c) 9 April
– d) 11 April
35. Which port in Odisha has become India’s largest port in terms of cargo volume?
– a) Paradip Port
– b) Dhamra Port
– c) Gopalpur Port
– d) Kalinga Port
36. Who has recently been appointed as the new Managing Director of Tata International?
– a)
T. V. Narendran
– b) Rajiv Singhal
– c) N. Chandrasekaran
– d) Vinod Kumar
37. Who has taken charge as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)?
– a) K. S. Dhatwalia
– b) Frank Noronha
– c) Sitanshu Kar
– d) Sheyphali B Sharan
38. Recently, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over two Dornier 228 aircraft to which country?
– a) Seychelles
– b) Mauritius
– c) Guyana
– d) Fiji
39. Name the company which has been conferred the Navratna status by the Department of Public Enterprises?
– a) ONGC
– b) BHEL
– c) IREDA
– d) GAIL
40. Which ballistic missile was successfully tested by DRDO recently?
– a) Agni-V
– b) Prithvi-II
– c) Agni-Prime
– d) K-4
41. Name the professor of psychology who has become the first woman Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University?
– a) Nilofer Khan
– b) Sabina Khan
– c) Naima Khatoon
– d) Shireen Moosvi
42. Name the veteran Bollywood actor who has been chosen to be awarded the third Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar award?
– a) Dharmendra
– b) Amitabh Bachchan
– c) Shatrughan Sinha
– d) Anupam Kher
43. Name the Chairman of Sorin Investment Fund who has been appointed as the President of ASSOCHAM for 2024-25?
– a) Rajan Bharti Mittal
– b) Vineet Agarwal
– c) Sanjay Nayar
– d) Anil Agarwal
44. Name the Kannada poet, writer, academic, and activist who has been awarded the World Literary Prize by World Organization of Writers (WOW)?
– a) K S Nisar Ahmed
– b) Mamta G Sagar
– c) H S Venkatesha Murthy
– d) S L Bhyrappa
45. Who won the National Kho Kho Championship 2023-24 Men’s Title?
– a) Haryana
– b) Punjab
– c) Maharashtra
– d) Tamil Nadu
46. Who won the National Kho Kho Championship 2023-24 Women’s Title?
– a) Maharashtra
– b) Kerala
– c) West Bengal
– d) Karnataka
47. Name the noted industrialist and philanthropist who has been awarded the KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) Humanitarian Award 2021?
– a) Azim Premji
– b) Ratan Tata
– c) Mukesh Ambani
– d) Anand Mahindra
48. At which place was the 26th edition of the World Energy Congress held?
– a) Berlin, Germany
– b) Abu Dhabi, UAE
– c) Rotterdam, Netherlands
– d) Paris, France
49. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which country is the highest spender ($916 billion) on defense in 2023?
– a) China
– b) USA
– c) Russia
– d) India
50. At which place was the Archery World Cup 2024 held?
– a) Tokyo, Japan
– b) Shanghai, China
– c) New Delhi, India
– d) Rome, Italy
1. Which company has commissioned India’s first multipurpose (heat and power) green hydrogen pilot project at the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS) at Jhakri, Himachal Pradesh?
– c) SJVN Limited
2. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, what is the rank of India in terms of highest spending ($83.6 billion) on defense in 2023?
– c) Fourth
3. Name the Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner who has become the first bowler to take 200 wickets in the history of IPL?
– b) Yuzvendra Chahal
4. Which Indian Grandmaster has won the title of Candidates Chess Tournament?
– d) D Gukesh
5. Whose 40 year old record did D Gukesh break to become the youngest at the age of 17 to win the Candidates Chess Tournament?
– c) Garry Kasparov
6. Who was recently reappointed as the MD and CEO of Axis Bank?
– c) Amitabh Chaudhry
7. The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), known for its Nandini brand of dairy products has become the sponsor of which two teams in the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup?
– c) Scotland and Ireland
8. Who was appointed as the CEO of BharatPe?
– c) Nalin Negi
9. What is India’s rank in the recently released World Cyber Crime Index?
– c) 10th
10. Name the renowned Yakshagana singer who passed away at the age of 66 in Bengaluru?
– b) Subrahmanya Dhareshwara
11. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of National Security Guard (NSG)?
– b) Nalin Prabhat
12. What is the rank of Delhi airport in the list of world’s busiest airports?
– c) 10th
13. Name the Vedanta Group company which has become the third largest producer of silver globally?
– c) Hindustan Zinc
14. Which team broke its own record of the highest team score in IPL history by scoring 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium?
– c) Sunrisers Hyderabad
15. Recently the death anniversary of Nandlal Bose was celebrated. He was related to which field?
– c) Painting
16. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Navy?
– c) Dinesh Kr Tripathi
17. Name the former Revenue Secretary in Government of India who has been appointed as Head of US-India Tax Forum?
– c) Tarun Bajaj
18. To which country did India recently deliver the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles?
– c) Philippines
19. Name the Byju’s CEO who resigned from his position just about seven months after he took over?
– c) Arjun Mohan
20. Tiranga Barfi was given a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in April 2024. It is related to which city?
– b) Varanasi
21. Who launched India’s first private sub-meter resolution surveillance satellite in collaboration with Satellogic?
– c) Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL)
22. Who has become the eighth Indian to score 7,000 or more runs in T20 cricket?
– d) Surya Kumar Yadav
23. Who has been appointed as the full-time member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission?
– c) Manoj Panda
24. The city of Miraj, which was granted the GI tag for its art of making musical instruments, is located in which state?
– c) Maharashtra
25. India has acquired the right to operate the overseas Sittwe port. The Sittwe port is located in which country?
– c) Myanmar
26. Where was the ‘Sagar Kavach’ exercise organised recently where all maritime security agencies including Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs and other security agencies participated in the exercise?
– b) Lakshadweep
27. Who has been recently appointed as the CEO and MD of Wipro replacing Thierry Delaporte?
– c) Srinivas Pallia
28. Where was the first steel cutting ceremony of Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy held?
– c) Visakhapatnam
29. Who has recently been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel by the World Bank Group?
– d) Rakesh Mohan
30. Arjun Erigaisi is related to which sport?
– c) Chess
31. Who organised the ‘Shakti – Festival of Music and Dance’ from 9 to 17 April at seven different Shaktipeeths across the country?
– c) Sangeet Natak Akademi
32. At what rate has RBI maintained the repo rate for the seventh time in a row?
– c) 6.5 per cent
33. Who has become the first Indian wicketkeeper to score 7,000 runs in T20 cricket?
– b) MS Dhoni
34. On which day is National Maritime Day celebrated in India every year?
– a) 5 April
35. Which port in Odisha has become India’s largest port in terms of cargo volume?
– a) Paradip Port
36. Who has recently been appointed as the new Managing Director of Tata International?
– b) Rajiv Singhal
37. Who has taken charge as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)?
– d) Sheyphali B Sharan
38. Recently, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over two Dornier 228 aircraft to which country?
– c) Guyana
39. Name the company which has been conferred the Navratna status by the Department of Public Enterprises?
– c) IREDA
40. Which ballistic missile was successfully tested by DRDO recently?
– c) Agni-Prime
41. Name the professor of psychology who has become the first woman Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University?
– c) Naima Khatoon
42. Name the veteran Bollywood actor who has been chosen to be awarded the third Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar award?
– b) Amitabh Bachchan
43. Name the Chairman of Sorin Investment Fund who has been appointed as the President of ASSOCHAM for 2024-25?
– c) Sanjay Nayar
44. Name the Kannada poet, writer, academic, and activist who has been awarded the World Literary Prize by World Organization of Writers (WOW)?
– b) Mamta G Sagar
45. Who won the National Kho Kho Championship 2023-24 Men’s Title?
– c) Maharashtra
46. Who won the National Kho Kho Championship 2023-24 Women’s Title?
– a) Maharashtra
47. Name the noted industrialist and philanthropist who has been awarded the KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) Humanitarian Award 2021?
– b) Ratan Tata
48. At which place was the 26th edition of the World Energy Congress held?
– c) Rotterdam, Netherlands
49. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which country is the highest spender ($916 billion) on defense in 2023?
– b) USA
50. At which place was the Archery World Cup 2024 held?
– b) Shanghai, China