NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL 2017
- Which actor won the 64th National Film Awards for Best Actor award for the film Rustom? Akshay Kumar
- Name the male badminton player from Denmark who won the India Open Super Series badminton tournament 2017 men's single title defeating Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei in the finals? Viktor Axelsen
- Name the female Indian badminton player who won the India Open Super Series badminton tournament 2017 women's singles title defeating Carolina Marin of Spain in the finals? PV Sindhu
- Which Indian female badminton player attained her best ever world ranking by rising to world No 2 on the latest Badminton World Federation rankings list? PV Sindhu
- Which Sports Federation was granted affiliation by Indian Olympic Association ending a long-standing impasse between the two bodies? Boxing Federation of India (BFI)
- In which city Children's Film Society, India (CFSI) is hosting 3-day National Children's Film Festival (NCFF) for 40,000 students from Andhra Pradesh? Visakhapatnam
- Name the Chairman and Managing Director of Quatrro who has been appointed chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) for 2017-18? Raman Roy
- The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved closure of the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) which was set up in 2012 to address the social security-related issues of the Emigration Check Required (ECR)-category workers going abroad for employment to ECR countries. Why it was closed? Due to low subscription
- Which Indian cricketer was named Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016? Virat Kohli
- The government today approved procurement of a fresh batch of Barak surface-to-air missiles for Naval warships to enhance India's maritime capability in view of the changing security dynamics in the Indian Ocean region. India will buy Barak misile from which country? Israel
- Named the Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist who passed away after a brief illness. She was 84. She was awarded Padma Vibhusan in 2002 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1985. Kishori Amonkar
- India's longest road tunnel and Asia's longest bi-directional highway tunnel, the Chenani-Nashri tunnel was inaugurated on 2nd April 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In which state this tunnel was constructed? Jammu and Kashmir
- Name the Indian Naval Ship which is on a two month long deployment in the South Indian Ocean with an aim to provide surveillance support in the region? INS Shardul
- The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the signing of the first Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and ................. Georgia
- Name the former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India who headed a three-member committee to examine the decisions taken by the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government and the committee has alleged in its report "gross misuse of power" by the state government in various appointments? V K Shunglu
- Name the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who is set to become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace? She will be appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will help promote girl's education around the world as part of her new role. Malala Yousafzai
- World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization. What is the theme of World Health Day 2017? Depression: Let's Talk
- Which country has recognised cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal payment method with effect from 01 April 2017? Japan
- Which country has become the seventh member of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program? Headquarter of SASEC is in Manila, Philippines. Myanmar
- Name the Swedish-Eritrean journalist (He is currently in prison in Eritrea) who has been chosen for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017? Dawit Isaak
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