Current Affairs 21th April 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which international air carrier launched the world’s first corona virus blood test for its passengers, which gives the result in 10 minutes?
A. Singapore Airlines 
B. Qantas Airways 
C. Emirates 
D. ANA All Nippon Airways 
Answer [C] Emirates
2. In the context of guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, spiting in public places has been made a punishable offence with a fine, under which act?
A. Environment Protection Act, 1996
B. Disaster Management Act, 2005
C. Air (Prevention and control of pollution) act, 1987
D. Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Answer [B] Disaster Management Act, 2005
3. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently discovered the presence of another kind of corona virus in which species?
A. Pigs 
B. Bats 
C. Cattle 
D. Tigers 
Answer [B] Bats
4. The 73rd foundation day of which state is celebrated on 15th April, every year?
A. Arunachal Pradesh 
B. Himachal Pradesh 
C. Assam 
D. Sikkim 
Answer [B] Himachal Pradesh
5. Which term is used to define the difference between the total imports of the country and the total exports?
A. Trade Deficit 
B. Import Deficit
C. Primary Deficit
D. Fiscal Deficit
Answer [A] Trade Deficit
6. A government-appointed committee has recently proposed to establish ‘National Institute of Valuers’. Who is the head of the committee? 
A. Shaktikanta Das
B. Manmohan Singh 
C. Raghuram Rajan 
D. M S Sahoo
Answer [D] M S Sahoo
7. Abdelouahab Aissaoui, who won the prestigious ‘International Prize for Arabic Fiction’, belongs to which country?
A. Egypt 
B. Sudan 
C. Algeria 
D. Iraq
Answer [C] Algeria
8. Tour de France’ event, which has been postponed due to Covid-19 outbreak, is related to which sports?
A. Tennis
B. Marathon 
C. Cycling 
D. Golf
Answer [C] Cycling
9. India’s Health Ministry and WHO have decided to deploy the WHO’s surveillance network of which disease for fighting Covid-19?
A. Malaria 
B. Polio 
C. Tuberculosis
D. Measles
Answer [B] Polio 
10. What is the name of the proposed retail shops to be certified by the Government, to encourage distancing and sanitation practices?
A. Janata Stores 
B. Suraksha Stores 
C. Bharat Stores 
D. Lakshman Stores 
Answer [B] Suraksha Stores