GK Questions 2020 for April 28 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

Staying up-to-date with GK 2020 is absolutely essential for anybody looking to take competitive exams this year. Many school/college exams, entrance exams, and interviews require you to be well-versed with current affairs today. However, remembering daily current affairs by reading about it alone is often not enough. Our daily GK 2020 questions and answers will thus help you test your knowledge about April current affairs and ensure that you are well-versed with the happenings of the world. Monthly GK in India - News format and Quiz It is known that civil, finance & competitive exams including UPSC, SSC, IAS, Banking, Defence, Railway & other government (central & state level recruitment exams) emphasise on ascertaining aspirants' knowledge of daily GK. To develop a sound awareness of recent events, reading about monthly news or pdf format could help. Below, we have provided a daily current affairs quiz that is updated based on recent news. GK 2020 Questions for April 28, 2020 1. Who is the MD and CEO of City Union Bank (CUB)? Lingam Venkat Prabhakar Sanjiv Chadha Atanu Kumar Das N Kamakodi 2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which of the following portal on 24 April 2020 at the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day? E-Village Swadesh portal E-Gram Swadesh portal E-Village Swaraj portal E-Gram Swaraj portal Also Read: Current Affairs 2020 | Quiz On National And International Affairs For April 24 3.Which Small Finance Bank has been ranked 5th among “Best Large Workplaces in Asia 2020” by the Great Place to Work Institute? Utkarsh Ujjivan Jana Equitas 4.How many farmers and traders registered on 'Kisan Rath' mobile app, just within one week of its launch? 2.5 lakh 1.5 lakh 3.5 lakh 2.0 lakh 5.Which State government has launched “Apthamitra” helpline and app to fight COVID-19? Kerala Karnataka Tamil Nadu Telangana 6.The home ministry has set up how many more inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) for making an on-spot assessment of COVID-19? 2 3 4 5 7.Who has developed the “WashKaro” app to warn about COVID-19? IIT Delhi IIIT Delhi IIT Guwahati IIT Mandi 8.What is the name of the application launched in CISF to enable movement of files and documents without physical touch? E-Office E-Files E-CISF E-Karyalay 9.Who has been selected as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s “I am badminton” awareness campaign? P V Sindhu Viswanathan Anand Shardul Thakur Amitabh Bachchan 10.Which institutes along with a few other institutions is currently developing digital and molecular surveillance of the spread of novel coronavirus to understand the biology, epidemiology and disease impact? CCMB and IGIB CCMB and IIT THSTI and IGIB CCMB and INST 11.Who has become the new president of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)? Sameer Aggarwal Ajay Bhushan Pandey Sunil Joshi Rakesh Sharma 12.Which institute has developed Chitra Magna, an innovative RNA extraction kit, innovative technology for isolating RNA from swabs for COVID-19 tests? Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali 13.Rajnath Singh inaugurated mobile virology research and diagnostic laboratory (MVRDL). Who has developed this? DRDO ISRO CSIR NASSCOM 14.Which yojna will use drones in the mapping of properties in villages and will make it easier for villagers to avail loans from banks? Swabhiman Yojana Swami Yojana Sarvjan Yojana Swamitva Yojana 15.Who has been named IPL’s Greatest of All Time captain by a Star Sports jury? Virat Kohli M.S.Dhoni Rohit Sharma Ben Stokes 16.Government to set up how much fund to repay outstanding payments to MSMEs owned by govt. and private industries? Rs 1 trillion Rs 2 trillion Rs 4 trillion Rs 5 trillion 17.The country’s first COVID-19 sample collection mobile lab has been developed by which state-owned organisation, in collaboration with the ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad? Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Defence Research and Development Organisation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Bharat Electronics Limited 18.Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' felicitated the team of scientists from which of the following institute who are involved in the development of COVID-19 probe free Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Diagnostic Kit? IIT-Patna THSTI-Faridabad INST-Mohali IIT-Delhi 19.Where is the main campus of the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology located? Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Himachal Pradesh 20.Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' released the alternative academic calendars at the upper primary stage (Classes VI to VIII) on 23 April. The calendars were developed by which organisation? NCERT CBSE ICSE AICTE 21.‘Khongjom Day’ is commemorated in which Indian state/UT, to pay tribute to war heroes of the state? Sikkim Manipur Arunachal Pradesh Tripura 22.Which institute develops foot-operated washbasins, to be installed in Mumbai's Dharavi? CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani CSIR- Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai 23.‘mCOVID19’ is a mobile application launched by which Indian state, to enable the truck drivers to transport essential goods to the state? Odisha Mizoram Assam West Bengal 24.Which organisation has initiated a study to engineer virucidal coatings to prevent the COVID-19 Transmission? Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers 25.Who is the head of the recently reconstitute National Shipping Board? Malini Shankar Abdulgani Serang Amar Singh Thakur Anil Devli 26.Which institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) found that SN 2010kd, a super-luminous supernova stands out with the amount of mass and Nickel ejected during the explosion? Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences Agharkar Research Institute Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana Also Read: GK Questions April 24, 2020 | National And International Quiz Questions 27.International Girls in ICT Day is an initiative of which international organisation? UN Women UNESCO UNICEF International Telecommunication Union 28.Which company launched its generic version of cancer drug Dasatinib in India? Cipla Shilpa Medicare Sun Pharmaceutical Divi's Laboratories 29.What is the name of the eminent Kolkata-based theatre personality and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, who recently passed away? Rudratej Singh Usha Ganguly Ratnakar Chaini Virender Lal Chopra 30.Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched which of the following campaign on social media on 23 April on the occasion of World Book Day? #MyBookMyLifecampaign #MyBookMyGurucampaign #MyBookMyFriendcampaign #MyBookMylovecampaign Also Read: Current Affairs 2020 For April 27 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs GK 2020 Answers 1. Who is the MD and CEO of City Union Bank (CUB)? Answer- N Kamakodi 2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which of the following portal on 24 April 2020 at the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day? Answer- E-Gram Swaraj portal 3. Which Small Finance Bank has been ranked 5th among “Best Large Workplaces in Asia 2020” by the Great Place to Work Institute? Answer- Ujjivan 4.How many farmers and traders registered on 'Kisan Rath' mobile app, just within one week of its launch? Answer- 1.5 lakh 5. Which State government has launched “Apthamitra” helpline and app to fight COVID-19? Answer- Karnataka 6. The home ministry has set up how many more inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) for making an on-spot assessment of Covid-19? Answer- 4 7. Who has developed the “WashKaro” app to warn about COVID-19? Answer- IIIT Delhi 8. What is the name of the application launched in CISF to enable movement of files and documents without physical touch? Answer- E-karyalay 9. Who has been selected as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s “I am badminton” awareness campaign? Answer- P V Sindhu 10. Which institutes along with a few other institutions is currently developing digital and molecular surveillance of the spread of novel coronavirus to understand the biology, epidemiology and disease impact? Answer- CCMB and IGIB 11. Who has become the new president of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)? Answer- Rakesh Sharma 12. Which institute has developed Chitra Magna, an innovative RNA extraction kit, innovative technology for isolating RNA from swabs for COVID-19 tests? Answer- Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology 13. Rajnath Singh inaugurated mobile virology research and diagnostic laboratory (MVRDL). Who has developed this? Answer- DRDO 14. Which yojna will use drones in the mapping of properties in villages and will make it easier for villagers to avail loans from banks? Answer- Swamitva Yojana 15. Who has been named IPL’s Greatest of All Time captain by a Star Sports jury? Answer- M.S.Dhoni 16. Government to set up how much fund to repay outstanding payments to MSMEs owned by govt. and private industries? Answer- Rs 1 trillion 17. The country’s first COVID-19 sample collection mobile lab has been developed by which state-owned organisation, in collaboration with the ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad? Answer- Defence Research and Development Organisation 18. Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' felicitated the team of scientists from which of the following institute who are involved in the development of COVID-19 probe free Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Diagnostic Kit? Answer- IIT-Delhi 19. Where is the main campus of the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology located? Answer- Tamil Nadu 20. Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' released the alternative academic calendars at the upper primary stage (Classes VI to VIII) on 23 April. The calendars were developed by which organisation? Answer- NCERT 21.‘Khongjom Day’ is commemorated in which Indian state/Ut, to pay tribute to war heroes of the state? Answer- Manipur 22. Which institute develops foot-operated washbasins, to be installed in Mumbai's Dharavi? Answer- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 23.‘mCOVID19’ is a mobile application launched by which Indian state, to enable the truck drivers to transport essential goods to the state? Answer- Mizoram 24. Which organisation has initiated a study to engineer virucidal coatings to prevent the COVID-19 Transmission? Answer- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad 25. Who is the head of the recently reconstitute National Shipping Board? Malini Shankar 26.Which institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) found that SN 2010kd, a super-luminous supernova stands out with the amount of mass and Nickel ejected during the explosion? Answer- Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences. 27. International Girls in ICT Day is an initiative of which international organisation? Answer- International Telecommunication Union 28. Which company launched its generic version of cancer drug Dasatinib in India? Answer- Shilpa Medicare 29. What is the name of the eminent Kolkata-based theatre personality and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, who recently passed away? Answer- Usha Ganguly 30. Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' launched which of the following campaign on social media on 23 April on the occasion of World Book Day? Answer-#MyBookMyFriendcampaign Also Read: GK Questions 2020 For April 27 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

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GK Questions 2020 for April 28 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

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