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50 Current Affairs Quiz with option and answer for April, 2024: Current affairs are an integral part of the general awareness section of the major government sector exams. To prepare for any competitive exam, one of the important sections to read and learn is general awareness. Exams like UPSC, Bank, SSC, RRB or any Government (Sarkari) Exam demand aspirants to be updated with what’s happening in India and around the world.

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50 Current Affairs Quiz with option and answer for April, 2024

Electoral Bond MCQ
Q.1: What major economic summit took place in April 2024?




Answer: b) G20 Summit

Q.2: Which African country recently launched its first satellite into space?




Answer: a) Nigeria

Q.3: Who won the Australian Open Men’s Singles title in April 2024?




Answer: b) Novak Djokovic

Q.4: What significant breakthrough was achieved in cancer research in April 2024?




Answer: a) Development of a universal cancer vaccine

Q.5: Which tech company announced plans to launch its first manned mission to Mars in April 2024?




Answer: a) SpaceX

Q.6: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2024?




Answer: b) “A Strange Loop” by Michael R. Jackson

Q.7: Which city was declared the World Design Capital for the year 2024?




Answer: d) Helsinki

Q.8: Which country recently became the first to ban fossil fuel-powered cars?




Answer: d) Norway

Q.9: Who is the current Prime Minister of India?




Answer: a) Narendra Modi

Q.10: Which international organization recently pledged $1 billion to combat climate change?




Answer: a) World Bank

Q.11: What major sporting event was postponed due to the outbreak of a new virus strain in April 2024?




Answer: d) Tokyo Olympics

Q.12: Which country recently became the largest producer of solar energy in the world?




Answer: c) India

Q.13: Who won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 2024?




Answer: a) “Shuggie Bain” by Douglas Stuart

Q.14: What major trade agreement was signed between two neighboring countries in April 2024?




Answer: d) EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

Q.15: Which city was named the World’s Most Liveable City in April 2024?




Answer: a) Vienna

Q.16: Who was named the Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2024?




Answer: c) Elon Musk

Q.17: Which country recently announced plans to phase out nuclear power by 2030?




Answer: a) France

Q.18: What major environmental disaster occurred in April 2024, leading to widespread ecological damage?




Answer: b) Amazon rainforest wildfires

Q.19: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2024?




Answer: d) “In the Blue Room” by Caroline Shaw

Q.20: Which country recently legalized recreational cannabis use?




Answer: c) Mexico

Q.21: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2024?




Answer: a) “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson

Q.22: Which global organization launched a campaign to eradicate malaria by 2030 in April 2024?




Answer: a) WHO (World Health Organization)

Q.23: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 2024?




Answer: a) “The Dead Are Arising” by Les Payne and Tamara Payne

Q.24: Which city was recently declared the World’s Most Sustainable City?




Answer: d) Oslo

Q.25: Which country recently achieved a major milestone by eliminating measles?




Answer: a) New Zealand

Q.26: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2024?




Answer: b) “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert

Q.27: Which country recently announced plans to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050?




Answer: c) Japan

Q.28: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2024?




Answer: a) “The Tradition” by Jericho Brown

Q.29: What major initiative was launched to combat deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in April 2024?




Answer: b) Amazon Reforestation Fund

Q.30: Which country recently launched its first-ever mission to explore Jupiter?




Answer: d) India

Q.31: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024?




Answer: a) Olga Tokarczuk

Q.32: Which country recently broke the record for the world’s largest offshore wind farm?




Answer: d) Netherlands

Q.33: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2024?




Answer: b) “Crime Without Punishment” by Tereza Červeňová

Q.34: Which country recently became the first to achieve 100% renewable electricity production?




Answer: c) Scotland

Q.35: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2024?




Answer: a) Alessandra Buonanno, Thibault Damour, and Frans Pretorius

Q.36: Which company announced plans to build the world’s largest solar power plant in April 2024?




Answer: b) SunPower Corporation

Q.37: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024?




Answer: a) Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier

Q.38: Which country recently became the world’s largest exporter of solar panels?




Answer: b) Vietnam

Q.39: Which country recently announced plans to ban single-use plastics by 2025?




Answer: a) India

Q.40: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024?




Answer: a) Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

Q.41: Which country recently launched its first-ever mission to explore Venus?




Answer: a) United Arab Emirates

Q.42: Who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2024?




Answer: a) David Card, Joshua D. Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens

Q.43: Which country recently announced plans to launch a mission to explore the Sun’s atmosphere?




Answer: c) European Space Agency (ESA)

Q.44: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2024?




Answer: a) Svante Pääbo, Jennifer Doudna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier

Q.45: Which country recently became the first to achieve carbon neutrality?




Answer: b) Bhutan

Q.46: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024?




Answer: c) Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier

Q.47: Which country recently became the world’s largest exporter of solar panels?




Answer: b) Vietnam

Q.48: Which country recently announced plans to ban single-use plastics by 2025?




Answer: a) India

Q.49: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024?




Answer: a) Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

Q.50: Which country recently launched its first-ever mission to explore Venus?




Answer: a) United Arab Emirates

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Electoral bonds are financial instruments that were introduced in India in 2018 as a way for individuals, companies, and other entities to make anonymous donations to political parties. These bonds can be purchased in specified denominations from selected banks and then given to a registered political party. The intent is to increase transparency and accountability in political funding.

Merits of electoral bonds

Merits of electoral bonds include increased transparency in political funding and the anonymity they provide to donors. However, a major demerit is that critics argue they can still potentially influence political decisions and create opportunities for corruption.

MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) are an important part of many competitive exams in India, such as Banking, SSC, Railway, UPSC, and State PSC exams (OSSC, OSSSC, OPSC…). These exams assess the candidates’ knowledge and skills in the field of cuttent affairs

Electoral Bond MCQ
Q.1: When were electoral bonds introduced in India?



Answer: B) 2018

Q.2: What is the purpose of electoral bonds?



Answer: A) To increase transparency in political funding

Q.3: Which of the following statements about electoral bonds is true?



Correct Answer: B) Electoral bonds offer complete anonymity to both the donor and the recipient.

Q.4: Who is authorized to purchase electoral bonds?
    A) Individual citizens
    B) Foreign entities
    C) Corporations
    D) All of the above
A) Individual citizens

Q.5: Electoral bonds were introduced in India in which year?
    A) 2015
    B) 2017
    C) 2019
    D) 2021
Correct Answer: B) 2017

Q.6: Which institution is responsible for issuing electoral bonds?
    A) Election Commission of India
    B) Ministry of Finance
    C) Reserve Bank of India
    D) State Bank of India
Correct Answer: D) State Bank of India

Q.7: What is the validity period of electoral bonds?



Correct Answer: C) 2 years

Q.8: Electoral bonds can be encashed only by whom?



Correct Answer: A) Political parties registered under the Representation of People Act, 1951

Q.9: Which of the following is not a feature of electoral bonds?



Correct Answer: D) Public disclosure of donors’ identities

Q.10: Electoral bonds can be purchased in denominations of:



Correct Answer: B) ₹10,000 and above

Q.11: Which of the following is true regarding the electoral bond scheme?



Correct Answer: A) It was introduced to increase transparency in political funding.

Q.12: What is the maximum amount of electoral bonds that an individual or entity can purchase in a financial year?



Correct Answer: D) There is no maximum limit

Q.13: Electoral bonds are available for purchase at which types of banks?



Correct Answer: D) All of the above

Q.14: In which form are electoral bonds issued?



Correct Answer: C) Both electronic and physical forms

Q.15: Which institution authorizes the sale of electoral bonds?



Correct Answer: A) Ministry of Finance

Q.16: Electoral bonds were introduced in India to replace which method of political funding?



Correct Answer: A) Cash donations

Q.17: Electoral bonds are primarily aimed at increasing:



Correct Answer: A) Transparency in political funding

Q.18: Which of the following statements about electoral bonds is false?



Correct Answer: A) Electoral bonds can be encashed by any individual or entity.

Q.19: Electoral bonds were introduced in India through which mechanism?



Correct Answer: B) Executive order

Q.20: Which of the following is not a purpose of electoral bonds?



Correct Answer: C) Encouraging corporate donations to political parties

Q.21: In which denominations can electoral bonds be issued?



Correct Answer: B) ₹1,000, ₹10,000, and ₹10 lakh

Q.22: Which of the following institutions is responsible for managing the Electoral Bond Scheme?



Correct Answer: C) Ministry of Finance

Q.23: Electoral bonds can be encashed by political parties within how many days of issuance?



Correct Answer: B) 30 days

Q.24: Which of the following statements about electoral bonds is true?



Correct Answer: C) The face value of electoral bonds is always equal to the purchase price.

Q.25: Electoral bonds are available for purchase during which periods of the year?



Correct Answer: D) October to September

Q.26: Which government introduced the concept of electoral bonds in India?



Correct Answer: B) Bharatiya Janata Party-led government

Q.27: What is the maximum amount of electoral bonds that can be issued in a single tranche?



Correct Answer: C) ₹200 crore

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State-wise list of capital, chief minister, and governor of India in 2024: There are 28 States and 8 Union territories in India. In the table given below, you can see the list of current Chief Ministers and Governors of all Indian states and union territories.

State-wise list of capital, chief minister, and governor of India in 2024

Here is the State-wise list of capital, chief minister, and governor in 2024.

Sl. No.StateCapitalChief MinisterGovernor
1Andhra PradeshAmaravatiY. S. Jagan Mohan ReddyShri Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer
2Arunachal PradeshItanagarPema KhanduLt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retired)
3AssamDispurHimanta Biswa SarmaShri Gulab Chand Kataria
4BiharPatnaNitish KumarShri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
5ChhattisgarhNaya Raipur/BilaspurVishnu Deo SaiShri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
6GoaPanajiPramod SawantShri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
7GujaratGandhinagarBhupendrabhai PatelShri Acharya Dev Vrat
8HaryanaChandigarhNayab SainiShri Bandaru Dattatraya
9Himachal PradeshShimlaSukhvinder Singh SukhuShri Shiv Pratap Shukla
10JharkhandRanchiChampai SorenShri C.P. Radhakrishnan
11KarnatakaBengaluruBasavaraj BommaiShri Thaawarchand Gehlot
12KeralaThiruvananthapuramPinarayi VijayanShri Arif Mohammed Khan
13Madhya PradeshBhopalMohan YadavShri Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel
14MaharashtraMumbaiEknath ShindeShri Ramesh Bais
15ManipurImphalN. Biren SinghSushri Anusuiya Uikye
16MeghalayaShillongConrad SangmaShri Phagu Chauhan
17MizoramAizwalLalduhomaDr. Kambhampati Haribabu
18NagalandKohimaNeiphiu RioShri La. Ganesan
19OdishaBhubaneshwarNaveen PatnaikShri Raghubar Das
20PunjabChandigarhBhagwant MannShri Banwarilal Purohit
21RajasthanJaipurShri Bhajan Lal SharmaShri Kalraj Mishra
22SikkimGangtokPrem Singh TamangLakshman Prasad Acharya
23Tamil NaduChennaiM. K. StalinShri R. N. Ravi
24TelanganaHyderabadRevanth ReddyDr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
25TripuraAgartalaManik SahaShri Indra Sena Reddy Nallu
26Uttar PradeshLucknowYogi AdityanathSmt. Anandiben Patel
27UttarakhandDehradunPushkar Singh DhamiLt. Gen. Gurmit Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)
28West BengalKolkataMamata BanerjeeDr. C.V. Ananda Bose

State-wise list of capital, chief minister, and governor of India in 2024

Here is the List of Union Territories of India with their Capital and Lt. Governors/Administrators.

Sl. No.Union TerritoryCapitalLt. Governors/Administrators
1Andaman & NicobarPort BlairShri. Devendra Kumar Joshi
(Lieutenant Governor)
2ChandigarhChandigarhBanwarilal Purohit
(Administrator)
3Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDamanPraful Khoda Patel
(Administrator)
4Delhi (National Capital Territory of Delhi)New DelhiVinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)
Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal
5Jammu and KashmirSrinagar (May-October) Jammu (November-April)Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
6LakshadweepKavarattiPraful Khoda Patel (Administrator)
7PuducherryPuducherryTamilisai Soundararajan (Lieutenant Governor)
Chief Minister: N. Rangaswamy
8LadakhLehShri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor)

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FAQs

Is Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu same?

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is a union territory in western India. It was created through the merger of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the former union territories of Daman and Diu.In December 2019, the Parliament of India passed legislation to merge Dadra and Nagar Haveli with the Union Territory of Dadra and Diu and on 26 January 2020 became known as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. A single state territory was created.

Is Delhi a state or union territory?

Delhi is the Union Territory of India.

Jammu and Kashmir is a state or UT?

Jammu and Kashmir is the Union Territory of India. Jammu and Kashmir was a state of India from 1954 to 2019. The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been divided into two UTs: Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.

Who is the Chief Minister of Punjab?

Bhagwant Mann is the Chief Minister of Punjab. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Who is the Governor of Jharkhand?

Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan is the Governor of Jharkhand.

Who is the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh since 11 December 2022. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.

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