Current Affairs and General Knowledge -Mar-18-2020
Current Affairs and General Knowledge -Mar-18-2020
1.The flagship “Ganga Amantran Abhiyan” programme is conducted by which organisation?
a.National Mission for Clean Ganga
b.Ganga Flood Control Mission
c.National Water Development Agency
d.Central Water Commission
Ans: National Mission for Clean Ganga
2.Chameli Devi Jain Award is an annual award presented to outstanding performers of which field?
a.Politics
b.Sports
c.Journalism
d.Social Service
Ans: Journalism
3.Which state cabinet recently passed an ordinance which seeks to recover losses caused by damage to public property from rioters?
a.Maharashtra
b.Uttar Pradesh
c.Chhattisgarh
d.Gujarat
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
4.In context with the new recruitment system to be followed from 2021 for various government jobs, what does CET stand for?
a.Common Eligibility Test
b.Common Entrance Test
c.Central Eligibility Test
d.Central Entrance Test
Ans: Common Eligibility Test
5.Sahitya Akademi award winner Puthussery Ramachandran, who passed away recently, was a poet and scholar in which language?
a.Tamil
b.Malayalam
c.Kannada
d.Telugu
Ans: Malayalam
6.’Akshay Urja Portal’ is an initiative of which Union Ministry?
a.Ministry of Power
b.Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
c.Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
d.Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Ans: Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
7.According to the Gender Social Norms Index report, released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), how many countries have achieved gende
a.Two
b.Three
c.Five
d.Zero
Ans: Zero
8.In the video conference held between the leaders of SAARC member countries, which country proposed a “Covid-19 emergency fund”?
a.Sri Lanka
b.India
c.Pakistan
d.Bangladesh
Ans: India
9.Who was appointed as the fourth advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu?
a.Baseer Ahmed Khan
b.Muneer Khan
c.Anandi Venkateswaran
d.Vijay Kumar
Ans: Baseer Ahmed Khan
10.An important personality in Ambedkar’s historic conversion to Buddhism passed away recently. What is his name?
a.Santu Mukherjee
b.Sadanand Fulzele
c.H R Bhardwaj
d.Potturi Venkateswar
Ans: Sadanand Fulzele
11.Union Cabinet approved the RoDTEP scheme, which is set to replace MEIS (Merchandise Export Incentive Scheme). What does R stand for, in the new RoDTEP scheme?
a.Reduction
b.Remission
c.Reception
d.Remuneration
Ans: Remission
12.As per the recent notification of the Reserve Bank of India, what is the limit for Urban cooperative banks (UCBs), to lend to a single borrower?
a.10% of tier -1 captital
b.15% of tier -1 captital
c.20% of tier -1 captital
d.25% of tier -1 captital
Ans: 15% of tier -1 captital
13.The Government has declared face masks and hand sanitizers as essential commodities by placing them under which act?
a.The Consumer Protection Act,2019
b.The Essential Commodities Act 1955
c.The Epidemioc Act 1897
d.Bureau of India Standards Act,2016
Ans: The Essential Commodities Act 1955
14.The Reserve Bank of India issued guidelines for implementation of Ind AS by Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and Asset reconstruction companies (ARCs). What does Ind AS stand for?
a.India Accounting Standars
b.International Accounting Standards
c.Indian Asset Standars
d.International Asset Standards
Ans: India Accounting Standards
15.In the Green Highways Project, what percentage of the total project cost are spent for highway plantation and its maintenance?
a.0.5%
b.1%
c.1.5%
d.2%
Ans: 1%
16.As per the reconstruction scheme of Yes Bank, what is the bank’s new authorised capital?
a.Rs.2,200 crores
b.Rs.4,200 crores
c.Rs.6,200 crores
d.Rs.8,200 crores
Ans: Rs.6,200 crores
17.The government has invoked Epidemic Disease Act to make the health advisories enforceable. When was the act enacted?
a.1897
b.1921
c.1947
d.1987
Ans: 1897
18.The ‘BhoomiRashi’ Portal, which was sometimes seen in news, comes under which Union Ministry?
a.Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
b.Ministry of Home Affairs
c.Ministry Of the Road Transport and Highways
d.Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ans: Ministry Of the Road Transport and Highways
19.India has appealed against the closure of Ambedkar House memorial. It is located in which country?
a.France
b.United Kingdom
c.Russia
d.Japan
Ans: United Kingdom
20.Jaydev Unadkat is the captain of which regional cricket team that won its maiden Ranji trophy?
a.Bengal Cricket team
b.Saurashtra cricket team
c.Mumbai cricket team
d.Karnataka cricket team
Ans: Saurashtra cricket team
21.As per Commerce Ministry data, the Gold imports down by _____% during April – February of financial year 2019-20.
a.6.74
b.7.84
c.5.72
d.8.86
e.8.97
Ans: 8.86
22.The GST on mobile phones and specified parts were increased from 12% to ____% on the 39th GST council meet held at New Delhi.
a.15
b.18
c.28
d.24
e.21
Ans: 18
23.PM Modi has proposed the creation of COVID-19 Emergency fund in SAARC region during video conference meet of SAARC representatives. Also India has offered _____ (USD) for the fund.
a.100 million
b.5 million
c.10 million
d.50 million
e.25 million
Ans: 10 million
24.Name the Indian Ministry which launched the ROPAX transport service in Maharashtra (March 2020).
a.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
b.Ministry of Civil Aviation
c.Ministry of Shipping
d.Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
e.Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ans: Ministry of Shipping
25.Name the Indian state government which announced the Chief Minister’s Akhannaba Sanaroisingi Tengbang (CMAST) & Chief Ministergi Artiste Singgi Tengbang (CMAT) schemes for Sportsperson and Artistes (March 2020).
a.Meghalaya
b.Arunachal Pradesh
c.Manipur
d.Assam
e.Mizoram
Ans: Manipur
26.Name the E-Commerce company which partnered with Aegon Life Insurance company to sell quick access life insurance policies (March 2020).
a.IndiaMart
b.Justdial
c.Flipkart
d.Amazon
e.Brainbees
Ans: Flipkart
27.Name the Navratna company which signed Crude Oil Sales agreement (COSA) with Numaligarh refinery (March 2020).
a.National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC)
b.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
c.Oil India Limited (OIL)
d.Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)
e.Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Ans: Oil India Limited (OIL)
28.Name the person who has been announced as the 1st winner of Road Safety (RS) Media fellowship 2019 by Centre for Media Studies (CMS).
a.Prachi Salve
b.Pradeep Dwivedi
c.Ralph Nader
d.Both 1) and 2)
e.Both 2) and 3)
Ans: Both 1) and 2)
29.Indian journalists Arfa Khanum Sherwani & Rohini Mohan jointly won the “Chameli Devi Jain Award 2019” for outstanding Women mediapersons. The award was instituted by _________.
a.Devi Jain Foundation
b.Women Foundation
c.Media Foundation
d.Award Foundation
e.Chameli Foundation
Ans: Media Foundation
30.RK Singh (MoS independent -Power, New and Renewable Energy) launched a new website of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The website has the additional portals of India Renewable Idea Exchange’ (IRIX) and ________________.
a.No Queue
b.SECURE
c.Saral
d.Nanban
e.AkshayUrja
Ans: AkshayUrja
31.Name the Indian Table Tennis player who has won singles title in ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) Challenger Plus Oman Open 2020.
a.Sharath Kamal
b.Anthony Amalraj
c.Mouma Das
d.Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
e.Manika Batra
Ans: Sharath Kamal
32.Name the person who has won the men’s singles title in the 112th edition of All England Open 2020 (March 2020) badminton tournament.
a.Yuta Watanabe
b.Viktor Axelsen
c.Hiroyuki Endo
d.Chou Tien-chen
e.Praveen Jordan
Ans: Viktor Axelsen
33.Name the person who has won the women’s singles title in the 112th edition of All England Open 2020 (March 2020) badminton tournament.
a.Chen Yufei
b.Yuki Fukushima
c.Tai Tzu Ying
d.Du Yue
e.Sayaka Hirota
Ans: Tai Tzu Ying
34.Name the Person Who Authored the book titled ‘An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar’ which is going to be published by Penguin Random House India in April 2020.
a.Sadguru Patil
b.Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
c.Shashi Tharoor
d.Both 1) and 2)
c.All the 1), 2) and 3)
Ans: Both 1) and 2)
35.Puthusery Ramachandran who passed away recently (March 2020) is a ________.
a.Actor
b.Sportsperson
c.Law Maker
d.Environmentalist
e.Poet
Ans: Poet