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1. Bollywood Actor ________________ honored by a honorary doctorate by University Of Law (London), for his Philanthropy work.

Shah Rukh Khan
Aamir Khan
Amitabh Bachchan
Salman Khan
None of These


2. Visits to India (Apr 1 - 10, 2019) -

  1. ________________ Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, Alexey Volin Visited India.
  2. Piyal De Silva, Commander of Sri Lanka Navy (Navy Chief) visited India.
French
Polish
Russian
British
None of These


3. Obituaries (April 2019) -

  1. J Mahendran - Noted _____________________ Director.
  2. Kartik Chandra Rath - Noted theatre organiser and dramatist.
  3. Viharidas Gopaldas Patel - Noted economist, also called Father of Entrepreneurship Movement in India.
  4. Silamboli Su. Chellappan - Noted Tamil Scholar and orator.
  5. Sydney Brenner - Noted South African Biologist who helped decipher genetic code and jointly won 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  6. Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie - South Africa's Women cricketer.
  7. B A Sanadi - Noted Kannada poet.
  8. Pradeep Choubey - Noted Hindi poet.
  9. Tommy Smith - England Footballer.
  10. Colonel Raj Kapoor - Actor-cum-Director. He directed ShahRukh Khan’s television debut, Fauji.
  11. Navtej Hundal - Bollywood Actor. He played a role in recent movie ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’.
  12. K. M. Mani - Longest-serving legislator in Kerala’s history. He represented Pala Assembly constituency for 52 years, winning all 13 elections from constituency.
  13. SK Shivakumar - Noted Scientist and Former Director of Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC). He was part of the team which had developed telemetry system for India’s first moon mission Chandrayan – I. He also served in various crucial projects.
  14. Jerrie Cobb - USA's 1st female astronaut candidate. She was also part of the "Mercury 13," a group of women selected to undergo physiological screening tests at the same time as the original Mercury Seven astronauts, as part of a private, non-NASA program.
  15. Con de Lange - Scotland Cricketer.
  16. S. Muthiah - Chennai's famed chronicler, cartographer, and journalist.
  17. Amar Paul - Noted Bengali folk singer.
  18. Rama Sengupta Paul - Noted Female mountaineer.
  19. John Singleton - Noted American Director. He earned an Oscar Nomination at age 24, becoming youngest to do so.
  20. Poongam Kannan - Former Indian Footballer.
  21. Mark Medoff - Noted American Playwright. His notable work includes Tony Award-winning play Children of a Lesser God.
  22. Former Ethiopian president Negasso Gidada Passed Away. He was first head of state after Ethiopia adopted a new constitution transforming it into a federal state.
Gujarati
Kannada
Telugu
Tamil
None of These


4. NASA announced that astronaut Christina Koch is going to have her mission on International Space Station (ISS) extended to _____________ days. She would set a record for longest single spaceflight by a woman.

  1. Christina Koch reached ISS on March 14, 2019. Now her stays is extended to February 2020. On completing it, she will break record for single longest spaceflight by a woman of 288 days set by retired astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17 (288 Days).
378
528
228
428
328


5. Persons Resigned / Retired (April 2019) -

  1. Rajan Anandan - Vice president for Google India and South East Asia.
  2. Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Algeria's President. He will step down after over 20 years.
  3. National Anti-Doping Agency banned professional Olympic shot putter Manpreet Kaur for 4 years for failing dope tests.
  4. Kirstjen Nielsen resigned as US homeland security secretary.
  5. Mali's Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga resigned.
  6. Merissa Aguilleira - Trinidian Female Cricketer. She used to play for West Indian Cricket Team.
  7. Uber Asia pacific head Amit Jain resigned, in restructuring ahead of IPO. Uber appointed Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty to replace Amit.
  8. Uday Kumar Varma resigned from post of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) Secretary-General.
  9. Former ___________________ Cricketer Shane Watson announced his retirement from Australian Domestic Cricket Tournament Big Bash League.
England
New Zealand
Australia
South African
None of These


6. Visits From India (Apr 1 - 10, 2019) -

  1. Bipin Rawat, Chief of _____________ Visited USA.
Indian Army
Indian Navy
Indian Air Force
Indian Coast Guard
None of These


7. Visits from India (Apr 11 - 20, 2019) -

  1. ______________ Chief Sunil Lanba visited Thailand.
Indian Army
Indian Navy
Indian Air Force
Indian Coast Guard
None of These




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