Weekly Current Affairs Questions and Answers: 15 April to 21 April 2024

This week, we have compiled 10 weekly current affairs questions and answers relevant for government exams, including topics such as Next Chief of Indian Navy, World's Busiest Airport, IPL 2024 and others. 

1. Who has been appointed by Fintech firm BharatPe as its whole-time Chief Executive Officer?

(a) Suhail Sameer

(b) Nalin Negi

(c) Rajiv Sinha

(d) Ravi Singh

2. What is the rank of Delhi airport in the list of world's busiest airports?

(a) 9th

(b) 10th

(c) 11th

(d) 12th

3. Which team broke its own record of the highest team score in IPL history?

(a) Sunrisers Hyderabad

(b) Delhi Capitals

(c) Royal Challengers Bangalore

(d) Chennai Super Kings

4. Who is the MD of International Monetary Fund, who has been elected for the second five-year term?

(a) Soumya Swaminathan

(b) Kristalina Georgieva

(c) Geeta Gopinath

(d) Anshula Kant

5. Who has been recently appointed as Joint Director in CBI?

(a) Adesh Kumar Pandey

(b) Anurag Kumar

(c) Naman Ojha

(d) Abhishek Sinha

6. What is India's rank in the recently released World Cyber ​​Crime Index?

(a) 10

(a) 20

(d) 30

(d) 40

7. Who has been appointed the new director of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal?

(a) Justice Ashok Kumar

(b) Justice Deepak Mishra

(c) Justice Aniruddha Bose

(d) Justice Ajay Chawla

8. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Navy?

(a) R K Dhawan

(b) Karambir Singh

(c) Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

(d) R Harikumar

9. Who won the Best Airport Award at the Skytrax Awards 2024?

(a) Changi Airport (Singapore)

(b) Tokyo Haneda Airport

(c) Hamad International Airport (Doha)

(d) Dubai Airport

10. Recently India is supplying BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to which country?

(a) Nepal

(b) Philippines

(c) Thailand

(d) Bangladesh

Answer:-

1. (b) Nalin Negi

Fintech firm BharatPe has promoted its interim CEO and chief financial officer Nalin Negi as full-time chief executive officer. Negi was given the charge of interim CEO after the then CEO Suhail Sameer stepped down in January 2023. Negi joined BharatPe in 2022 with over 28 years of experience.

2. (b) 10th

Airports Council International (ACI) World has recently released the list of the world's busiest airports. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Airport Delhi) is ranked 10th. Atlanta International Airport holds the top spot and is followed for the first time by Dubai International Airport, which overtook Dallas Forth Worth International Airport to take second place. In this ranking, London's Heathrow Airport is at fourth place and Tokyo's Haneda Airport is at fifth place.

3. (a) Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own record for the highest team score in IPL history. M from Bangalore Scored 287/3 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium which is a new record total. In the same season, Hyderabad had made a record of 277/3 against Mumbai Indians.    

(4.b) Kristalina Georgieva

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reappointed Kristalina Georgieva as Managing Director for a second five-year term starting October 1, 2024. Kristalina Georgieva of Bulgaria has served as the MD of the IMF since 2019.

5. (b) Anurag Kumar

Under an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Anurag Kumar (IPS) has been appointed as Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Anurag has been appointed as Joint Director in CBI for a joint tenure of five years i.e. till February 24, 2027.  

6. (a) 10

Recently an international team of researchers has released the 'World Cyber ​​Crime Index'. According to new research, India is at 10th place in cyber crime. Under this, ranking of about 100 countries of the world has been prepared.  Russia tops the list, followed by Ukraine, China, the US, Nigeria and Romania. North Korea is at seventh place in the ranking.

7. (c) Justice Aniruddha Bose

The Supreme Court has appointed Justice Aniruddha Bose as the Director of the National Judicial Academy (NJAC), Bhopal. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud made this announcement during a function organized in honor of the retired judge. NJAC was established in 1993. It is an institution funded by the Government of India and run under the directions of the Supreme Court.    

8. (c) Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has been appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. He will take charge on April 30, 2024. Current Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar is about to retire from service. Tripathi is currently serving as the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.

9. (c) Hamad International Airport (Doha)

Doha's Hamad International Airport (HIA) won the Best Airport Award at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2024. Hamad Airport beat 12-time champion, Singapore Changi Airport, to win the award. It also won the Best Airport Award for Shopping for the second consecutive time. India's Delhi Airport stood at 36th position in the best airport list.  

10. (b) Philippines

Recently, India supplied the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to the South East Asian country Philippines under a $375 million deal. The Philippines had made this deal with India in January 2022. BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles fire at speeds of 2.8 Mach or about three times the speed of sound.

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