Current Affairs 20 April 2024

Current Affairs 20 April 2024

01. Who was appointed as the new chairman of HDFC Life Insurance in April 2024?
(a) Deepak S Parekh
(b) Keki M Mistry
(c) Aditya Puri
(d) Shikha Sharma

02. Which Indian state topped in electronics exports with a record $9.6 billion in FY23-24?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu

03. Who inaugurated Digantara’s global headquarters in Bengaluru?
(a) Elon Musk
(b) S Somanath
(c) Jeff Bezos
(d) Sundar Pichai

04. Who has been appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard(NSG)? 
(a) Nalin Prabhat
(b) Sapna Tewari
(c) Daljit Singh Chawdhary
(d) M A Ganapathy

05. Who was awarded the Malcolm Adiseshiah award in 2024?
(a) R Pradeep Kumar
(b) Surinder S Jodhka
(c) Vikas Kumar
(d) Juliane Frommter

06. From which country does former World No. 1 badminton player Kento Momota, who retired from international competition at the age of 29, hail?
(a) China
(b) Indonesia
(c) Japan
(d) Malaysia

07. What new world record did Takshvi Vaghani, a 6-year-old from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, set in limbo skating?
(a) Fastest 25-meter limbo skating
(b) Longest distance in limbo skating
(c) Most jumps in limbo skating over 25 meters
(d) Lowest limbo skating over 25 meters

08. What recent approval has CRED received from the RBI?
(a) Authorization to operate as a wealth management firm
(b) Permission to launch a new credit card
(c) In-principle approval to operate as a payment app
(d) Clearance to expand its operations internationally

09. Where were the fossils of the colossal snake “Vasuki” found in India (April 2024)?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Visakhapatnam
(d) Jharkhand

10. Which Indian organization has successfully delivered Leading Edge Actuators and Airbrake Control Modules to HAL for the LCA Tejas Mk1A?
(a) BHEL
(b) SAIL
(c) Godrej Aero
(d) Aeronautical Development Agency(ADA)