02 APRIL 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

☑️ 02 APRIL 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Recently, UIDAI has signed an agreement with which platform to display the locations of authorized Aadhaar centers?
Answer:— MapmyIndia

2. Recently, India has sent 1000 metric tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid to which country?
Answer:— Burkina Faso

3. Which South African cricketer has recently announced retirement from international cricket?
Answer:— Rassie van der Dussen

02 APRIL 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS

4. Recently, in which state was the ‘School Chale Hum’ campaign launched?
Answer:— Madhya Pradesh

5. What is the name of the Canadian astronaut included in the Artemis II mission?
Answer:— Jeremy Hansen

6. Who has recently been appointed as the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
Answer: – Veer Vikram Yadav

7. Which Indian-origin technology expert has been appointed as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the US Department of Labor?
Answer: – Mangala Kuppa

8. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of India’s largest airline, IndiGo?
Answer: – Willie Walsh

9. Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?
Answer: – Chanchal Kumar

10. Which Hindi writer was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 for her memoir ‘Jeete Ji Allahabad’?
Answer: – Mamta Kalia

11. Which eminent writer was conferred with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (Mahattar Sadasyata) for Odia literature?
Answer: – Dr. Pratibha Ray

12. What is the name of NASA’s lunar mission, which began its countdown in April 2026 to send astronauts to the Moon after 53 years?
Answer: – Artemis II

13. Which woman will be the first to land on the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission?
Answer: – Christina Koch

14. With which company did the Ministry of Defence sign a ₹1,950 crore deal to procure two ‘Mountain Radars’ for the Indian Air Force?
Answer: – Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

15. What is the name of the official portal launched by the Government of India for the ‘Self-Enumeration’ phase of Census 2027?
Answer: – se.census.gov.in

16. Who is the author of the book ‘Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,’ which has been in the news recently?
Answer: – US Vice President JD Vance

17. In which city is the India Skills National Competition 2025-26 being organized?
Answer: – Greater Noida

13 . Who has recently become the foreign player to have played the most matches in the history of the IPL?
Answer:- Sunil Narine

18 . In which wildlife sanctuary was a rare white female albino Himalayan Tahr recently sighted?
Answer: – Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary (Himachal Pradesh)

19. By which institution was the 33rd edition of the ‘Energy Statistics India 2026’ report recently released?
Answer: – National Statistical Office (NSO)

20 . Who was the founder of the Vakataka dynasty?
Answer: – Vindhyashakti

21. The popular Bagh caves paintings, known for their exquisite ancient art, are found in which state?
Answer: – Madhya Pradesh

22. What is the official scientific name of the National Bird of India, the Indian Peafowl?
Answer: – Pavo cristatus

23. In which state is the famous Madhavpur Fair held?
Answer: – Gujarat

24. Eravikulam National Park, famous for protecting the endangered Nilgiri Tahr, is located in
Answer: – Kerala