Current Affairs - March 2019
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Question 1 |
Where is the headquarters of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)?
Hyderabad | |
Delhi | |
Kochi | |
Ahmedabad |
Question 2 |
Which of the following schemes has been launched by Union HRD ministry for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities?
Param | |
Shreyas | |
Pariksha | |
Aditya |
Question 3 |
What is the India’s rank in The Facebook Inclusive Internet Index (3i) 2019?
54th | |
47th | |
68th | |
36th |
Question 4 |
The Supreme Court has recently pulled up which government to an act which allows construction in Aravalli hills?
Gujarat | |
Rajasthan | |
Haryana | |
Punjab |
Question 5 |
Which of the following banks has been ranked first among public sector banks in the implementation of reforms agenda, as per latest BCG-IBA report?
OBC | |
SBI | |
PNB | |
BoB |
Question 6 |
Which scheme has been launched by Union HRD ministry to fund science projects?
SITAR | |
STARE | |
STARK | |
STARS |
Question 7 |
Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-2019’ has started in which of the following locations?
Tangail | |
Tangail | |
Barguna | |
Barguna |
Question 8 |
Kalashnikov rifle, sometimes seen in news, is associated with which country?
United States | |
Israel | |
France | |
Russia |
Question 9 |
Which state disaster management authority has been honoured with the coveted SKOCH award 2018?
Andhra Pradesh | |
West Bengal | |
Tamil Nadu | |
Odisha |
Question 10 |
The terms NCMC, AFC and SWEEKAR, which were making news recently, are related to which of the following?
Insurance | |
Healthcare | |
Mobility | |
Pension |
Question 11 |
BOLD-QIT project, sometimes seen in news, has launched on which of the following borders of India?
Bangladesh | |
Nepal | |
Pakistan | |
China |
Question 12 |
Which state government has recently banned molasses in the state?
Karnataka | |
Assam | |
Manipur | |
Tripura |
Question 13 |
Which Indian organisation has launched a ‘Yuva Vigyani Karyakram’ for school children?
BARC | |
ISRO | |
DRDO | |
CSIR |
Question 14 |
Which of the following sports has been included in 2022 Asian Games?
Cricket | |
Paragliding | |
Pencak Silat | |
Roller sports |
Question 15 |
Where is the headquarters of Tea Board of India?
Kolkata | |
Guwahati | |
Agartala | |
Dispur |
Question 16 |
Hailakandi district, sometimes seen in news, is located in which of the following states?
Himachal Pradesh | |
Jharkhand | |
Assam | |
Odisha |
Question 17 |
Which city has been adjudged cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2019?
Indore | |
Mysore | |
Raipur | |
Ahmedabad |
Question 18 |
Beresheet spacecraft, which is in news recently, is from which country?
United States | |
China | |
Japan | |
Israel |
Question 19 |
Which international organization has signed $250 million loan pact for NRETP to boost rural incomes in India?
World Bank | |
AIIB | |
ADB | |
IMF |
Question 20 |
‘Azaadi ke Diwane Museum’ has recently inaugurated in which of the following cities?
Pune | |
New Delhi | |
Ahmedabad | |
Varanasi |
Question 21 |
Which of the following countries has signed a ‘New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019?
Malaysia | |
Bhutan | |
Indonesia | |
All of the above |
Question 22 |
Which tech giant has launched ‘Bolo’ app to tutor children to read in Hindi & English?
Facebook | |
Infosys | |
Google | |
Infosys |
Question 23 |
Who is the head of the committee to review cases against tribals in naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh?
Vishweshwar Bhat | |
Kapil Mishra | |
A K Patnaik | |
Bijal Vachharajani |
Question 24 |
“Al Nagah 2019” is the joint exercise between India and which of the following countries?
Iran | |
Israel | |
UAE | |
Oman |
Question 25 |
Which of the following IT companies has signed pact with the Andhra Pradesh government to build 3D printing centre in the state?
Hewlett Packard | |
Microsoft | |
Google | |
Wipro |
Question 26 |
How many science and technology missions have been identified under PM-STIAC?
9 | |
8 | |
7 | |
5 |
Question 27 |
Which space agency has decided to carry out first all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS)?
Roscosmos | |
NASA | |
ISRO | |
JAXA |
Question 28 |
Who is the head of the Joint Working Group (JWG) which is formed by the IRDAI & NHA to curb fraud in Ayushman Bharat scheme?
Rajiv Kumar | |
Amitabh Kant | |
Suresh Mathur | |
Dinesh Arora |
Question 29 |
Kiru Hydro Electric Project, which is in news recently, is located on which of the following rivers?
Narmada | |
Ganga | |
Kaveri | |
Chenab |
Question 30 |
Who has been appointed new director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)?
Satheesh Reddy | |
Ajit Kumar Mohanty | |
Koppillil Radhakrishnan | |
P S Murthy |
Question 31 |
What would be the funding pattern between Centre & North Eastern States for the newly approved Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP) scheme?
80:20 | |
70:30 | |
90:10 | |
60:40 |
Question 32 |
Dr. Zhores Alferov, who passed away recently, was the physicist & Nobel Prize laureate of which country?
United States | |
Russia | |
Japan | |
France |
Question 33 |
The Principal Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is located in which of the following cities?
Pune | |
Delhi | |
Hyderabad | |
Ahmedabad |
Question 34 |
Which of the following sports federation has recently recognized as India’s national sport federation?
Golf | |
Carrom | |
Equestrian | |
Futsal |
Question 35 |
Which state government has launched the Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana?
Jharkhand | |
Uttarakhand | |
West Bengal | |
Odisha |
Question 36 |
Marayoor Jaggery, which recently got the GI Tag, is associated to which of the following states?
Tamil Nadu | |
Kerala | |
Odisha | |
Karnataka |
Question 37 |
Kavinder Singh Bisht is associated with which sports?
Wrestling | |
Hockey | |
Football | |
Boxing |
Question 38 |
The students of which IIT have devised solution to detect fake notes at Smart India Hackathon 2019?
IIT Bombay | |
IIT Kanpur | |
IIT Kharagpur | |
IIT Indore |
Question 39 |
Who is the recipient of the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize?
Peter Zumthor | |
Arata Isozaki | |
B V Doshi | |
Shigeru Ban |
Question 40 |
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which sometimes seen in news, is associated to which of the following organizations?
CERN | |
ISRO | |
NASA | |
JAXA |
Question 41 |
Which country is organizing the 34th edition of Aahar 2019 – the International Food and Hospitality Fair?
South Korea | |
Nepal | |
Japan | |
India |
Question 42 |
Vinod Kashyap, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality of which field?
Science | |
Journalism | |
Sports | |
Law |
Question 43 |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), sometimes seen in news, is a robotic spacecraft of which of the following space agencies?
Roscosmos | |
NASA | |
ISRO | |
JAXA |
Question 44 |
Pinaka guided weapon rocket system, which is in news recently, is developed by which of the following organizations?
VSSC | |
DIA | |
DRDO | |
BARC |
Question 45 |
Which country has become the largest arms importer in 2014–18, as per SIPRI’s latest report ‘Trends in International Arms Transfers-2018’?
Pakistan | |
Saudi Arabia | |
India | |
Australia |
Question 46 |
Which space observatory has been used by Indian astronomers to identify a new group of stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808?
Euclid | |
Athena | |
IXPE | |
AstroSat |
Question 47 |
India’s first LGBTQ clinic and HIV treatment centre has inaugurated in which of the following cities?
Delhi | |
Hyderabad | |
Mumbai | |
Chennai |
Question 48 |
What is the India’s position in gold holding, as per the latest report by the World Gold Council (WGC)?
15th | |
19th | |
10th | |
11th |
Question 49 |
What is the India’s rank in the 2019 WEF global Energy Transition index?
74th | |
79th | |
76th | |
78th |
Question 50 |
The researchers of which country have developed a new automated non-invasive technique for diagnosing eye surface cancer?
Australia | |
China | |
India | |
Japan |
Question 51 |
Archana Kamath is associated to which of the following sports?
Chess | |
Badminton | |
Table Tennis | |
Judo |
Question 52 |
PRISMA Satellite, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the following European countries?
United Kingdom | |
Germany | |
France | |
Italy |
Question 53 |
Which Indian organisation has organized FinTech Conclave 2019?
SEBI | |
Ministry of Finance | |
NITI Aayog | |
RBI |
Question 54 |
The Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA) 2019 has started in which of the following countries?
Myanmar | |
Malaysia | |
Vietnam | |
Indonesia |
Question 55 |
The Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 is scheduled to be held in which of the following cities?
Dehradun | |
Dehradun | |
Bengaluru | |
Delhi |
Question 56 |
Upamanyu Dutta, who is in news recently, is associated to which of the following sports?
Sailing | |
Judo | |
Carrom | |
Wrestling |
Question 57 |
The Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE-2019) has started in which of the following cities?
Gandhinagar | |
Delhi | |
Hyderabad | |
Bangaluru |
Question 58 |
Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) is being conducted in which of the following cities?
Kochi | |
Udaipur | |
Dehradun | |
Pune |
Question 59 |
Coorg Arabica Coffee, which recently got GI tag, is grown specifically in which district of Karnataka?
Belgaum | |
Chikmagalur | |
Kodagu | |
Bagalkot |
Question 60 |
Which country is host to the U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020?
France | |
South Korea | |
Spain | |
India |
Question 61 |
West Nile fever, sometimes seen in news, is spread by _____?
Bats | |
Water | |
Rats | |
Mosquito |
Question 62 |
The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Festival (NTF-2019) was held in which of the following cities?
Gangtok | |
Delhi | |
Imphal | |
Agartala |
Question 63 |
The joint military exercise “Sary Arka Antiterror 2019” is scheduled to be held in which of the following countries?
Tajikistan | |
Kyrgyzstan | |
Uzbekistan | |
Kazakhstan |
Question 64 |
Which state election department has launched an initiative ‘i-help’ to promote digital electoral literacy?
Assam | |
Maharashtra | |
Tamil Nadu | |
Karnataka |
Question 65 |
Soyuz spacecraft, sometimes seen in news, is associated with which country?
Japan | |
United States | |
France | |
Russia |
Question 66 |
Which of the following international organizations has recently adopted resolutions on single-use plastics and sustainable nitrogen management?
WHO | |
UNEA | |
UNICEF | |
UNCTAD |
Question 67 |
Chinmoy Roy, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor of which regional cinema?
Odia | |
Tamil | |
Bengali | |
Telugu |
Question 68 |
Where is the headquarters of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)?
Delhi | |
Shimla | |
Dehradun | |
Bhopal |
Question 69 |
Which country has topped the 2018 report on patents filed by members of the WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?
China | |
United States | |
Japan | |
India |
Question 70 |
Which country has recently decided to join China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative?
Italy | |
France | |
India | |
United States |
Question 71 |
Mitra shakti-VI is the joint military exercise between India and which of the following countries?
Nepal | |
Bangladesh | |
Bhutan | |
Sri Lanka |
Question 72 |
The researchers of which country have find cost-effective method for hydrogen fuel production?
France | |
France | |
United States | |
India |
Question 73 |
Which union ministry has released national guidelines on responsible business conduct?
Ministry of Finance | |
Ministry of Textiles | |
Ministry of Corporate Affairs | |
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
Question 74 |
ESPNcricinfo has tied up with which IIT to launch Superstats AI tool to analyse cricket statistics?
IIT Bombay | |
IIT Madras | |
IIT Kanpur | |
IIT Indore |
Question 75 |
On which date, the 2019 World Poetry Day (WPD) is celebrated recently?
March 22 | |
March 23 | |
March 21 | |
March 20 |
Question 76 |
Which county has launched a programme “Lose to Win” to help overweight employers?
Bangladesh | |
Myanmar | |
Pakistan | |
UAE |
Question 77 |
Abhedya, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the following fields?
Satellite | |
Super computer | |
Nuclear Training facility | |
Military exercise |
Question 78 |
Port of Duqm, sometimes seen in news, is located in which of the following countries?
Pakistan | |
Iran | |
Oman | |
UAE |
Question 79 |
Emisat satellite, which is in news recently, is associated to which country?
India | |
China | |
Japan | |
South Korea |
Question 80 |
India has successfully tested its first-ever Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) Missile capability under which of the following missions?
Mission Avatar | |
Mission Talwar | |
Mission Nisar | |
Mission Shakti |
Question 81 |
The GRAPES-3 experiment, which is in news recently, is located in which of the following sites of India?
Udaipur | |
Tawang | |
Ooty | |
Leh |
Question 82 |
The world’s largest e-waste recycling hub has opened in which of the following cities?
Dubai | |
Tehran | |
Paris | |
Istanbul |
Question 83 |
Ashitha, who passed away recently, was the well-known writer of which language?
Tamil | |
Odia | |
Malayalam | |
Telugu |
Question 84 |
Mankading, sometimes seen in news, is associated to which of the following sports?
Basketball | |
Cricket | |
Football | |
Hockey |
Question 85 |
Which technology giant has launched India-specific tools to boost election engagement?
Facebook | |
Microsoft | |
Infosys | |
Twitter |
Question 86 |
Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, who passed away recently, was the renowned folk folk artist of which state?
Karnataka | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Kerala | |
Maharashtra |
Question 87 |
Which international organisation has recently published the ‘Global Energy & CO2 Status Report’?
WTO | |
IEA | |
WHO | |
WMO |
Question 88 |
Sharda corridor plan, which is in news recently, is related to which of the following countries?
Nepal | |
Pakistan | |
Sri Lanka | |
Myanmar |
Question 89 |
Which state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has launched the Enajori initiative for PwD?
Kerala | |
Assam | |
Bihar | |
West Bengal |
Question 90 |
Which Indian sports organization has won the Best Sports Federation award by ASSOCHAM?
All India Tennis Association | |
All India Football Federation | |
National Rifle Association of India | |
Badminton Association of India |
Question 91 |
Which Indian teacher has won the 2019 Martha Farrell Award in the category of ‘Most Promising Individual’?
D. P. Chattopadhyaya | |
Anand Kumar | |
Manu Gulati | |
Ram Puniyani |
Question 92 |
Who is the author of the book “Indian Fiscal Federalism”?
Urjit Patel | |
Rajiv Mehrishi | |
Y V Reddy | |
Nripendra Misra |
Question 93 |
Which railway station has received Gold Rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)?
Jaipur | |
Jaipur | |
Gwalior | |
Vijayawada |
Question 94 |
Which Indian organisation has decided to set up a regulatory sandbox for Fintech startups?
RBI | |
SEBI | |
Ministry of Finance | |
IRDA |
Question 95 |
The 2nd Joint Logistics Node (JLN) of tri-services has become operational in which of the following sites?
Chennai | |
Kolkata | |
Kochi | |
Mumbai |
Question 96 |
The world’s longest salt cave has recently discovered in which of the following countries?
Israel | |
Iran | |
Australia | |
Brazil |
Question 97 |
Which Indian personality is the recipient of the Oxford University’s Bodley Medal 2019?
Amartya Sen | |
Raghuram Rajan | |
Manmohan Singh | |
Arvind Subramanian |
Question 98 |
Which international organisation has passed resolution to combat terrorist financing?
World Bank | |
ADB | |
UNSC | |
AIIB |
Question 99 |
The researchers of which IIT has analysed that urban areas are cooler than non-urban areas during heat waves?
IIT-Roorkee | |
IIT-Kharagpur | |
IIT-Gandhinagar | |
IIT-Hyderabad |
Question 100 |
On which date, the 2019 World Theatre Day (WTD) is observed recently?
March 27 | |
March 25 | |
March 28 | |
March 24 |
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