Current Affairs 2nd April 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which is the only country other than India to pass the miscarriages bereavement leave law?
A. Switzerland
B. Norway
C. New Zealand
D. Germany
Answer [C] New Zealand
2. Which country is set to gift nearly 2 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the UN Peace keepers?
A. China
B. Russia
C. UK
D. India
Answer [D] India
3. Which institution releases the annual flagship report “World Economic Outlook”?
A. World Bank
B. Asian Development Bank
C. International Monetary Fund
D. United Nations Development Program
Answer [C] International Monetary Fund
4. Who is the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) of India, whose term has been extended?
A. K Vijay Raghavan
B. B P Kanungo
C. N S Viswanathan
D. R Gandhi
Answer [A] K Vijay Raghavan
5. What is ‘Ever Given’, that was making news recently?
A. Covid Vaccine Candidate
B. Cargo Ship
C. Cruise missile
D. UN resolution
Answer [B] Cargo Ship
6. Which country recently signed 4 agreements (in Mar’21) with India to provide financial support worth Rs. 1.93 crores for Healthcare development projects?
A. Australia
B. USA
C. Germany
D. Japan
Answer [D] Japan
7. Which bank partnered (in Mar’21) with Tide India platform to provide bank accounts for the Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) customers of Tide India?
A. RBL Bank
B. IDFC First Bank
C. Induslnd Bank
D. DCB Bank
Answer [A] RBL Bank
8. Which Small Finance Bank (SFB) will offer the mobile app, ‘nLincs’ to its customers under its recently (in Mar’21) partnership with nStore Technologies?
A. Equitas SFB
B. Ujjivan SFB
C. AU SFB
D. Janalakshmi SFB
Answer [B] Ujjivan SFB
9. Who received the Saraswati Samman 2020 award for his novel “Sanatan”?
A. K Siva Reddy
B. Sitanshu Yashaschandra
C. Sharankumar Limbale
D. Vasdev Mohi
Answer [C] Sharankumar Limbale
10. Who won the Gold medal in the 2021 ISSF World Cup in the Women’s 25m Pistol event?
A. Rahi Sarnobat
B. Chinki Yadav
C. Manu Bhaker
D. Manisha Keer
Answer [B] Chinki Yadav