Current Affair 16 April

1. Which Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile was successfully test fired by DRDO recently?
a) Nirbhay
b) Nag
c) BrahMos
d) Agni

2. The Union Cabinet recently approved MoU in the field of traditional systems of medicine and homoeopathy between India and which country?
a) China
b) Bolivia
c) Nepal
d) Indonesia

3. The Union Cabinet approved the creation of which post in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)?
a) Additional Comptroller & Auditor General
b) Chief Comptroller & Auditor General
c) Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General
d) Assistant Comptroller & Auditor General

4. India is partnering Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement two projects in which continent?
a) Asia
b) Australia
c) North America
d) Africa

5. The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019 was awarded to Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for reporting on alleged human rights violations in which country?
a) Myanmar
b) Syria
c) Libya
d) Sudan

6. The US State department has advised its citizens to reconsider their travel to which nation?
a) North Korea
b) Russia
c) Pakistan
d) China

7. Who has been named captain of the Indian squad for the ICC World Cup 2019 in England and Wales?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Rohit Sharma
c) MS Dhoni
d) Shikhar Dhawan

8. Which among the following players didn’t make it to the final Indian squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019?
a) Dinesh Karthik
b) Rishabh Pant
c) Vijay Shankar
d) KL Rahul

9. Who among the following is the first Chief Minister to have been barred from campaigning for a set period for violating the model code of conduct during election rallies?
a) Yogi Adityanath
b) Mamata Banerjee
c) K Chandrashekar Rao
d) N Chandrababu Naidu

10. The World Health Organisation has raised an alarm over 300 percent rise in cases regarding which disease in the first quarter of 2019?
a) HIV/AIDS
b) Malaria
c) Diabetes
d) Measles