Weekly Current Affairs from 09 to 15 March 2020

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Q.1 _______, the founder of Super 30, has recently received Education Excellence Award 2019, in the USA.

a) Anand Sharma
b) Anand Kumar
c) Anand Gupta
d) Anand Verma

Q.2 Which of these regulatory bodies use a mobile application named, ‘SCORES’?

a) Securities Exchange Board of India
b) Real Estate Regulatory Authority
c) Reserve Bank of India
d) National Housing Bank

Q.3 ISRO has initiated to join hands with DRDO for which of these projects?

a) Chandrayaan 3
b) Aditya-1
c) Mangalyaan-2
d) Gaganyaan

Q.4 After the appointment of four new judges in Supreme Court, what is the latest strength of Indian Supreme Court?

a) 32
b) 33
c) 34
d) 35

Q.5 The book, “Chronicles of Change Champions” is based on which government scheme?

a) Swachch Bharat Mission
b) Beti Bahao Beti Padhao Abhiyan
c) Sugamya Bharat
d) Poshan Maa Abhiyan

Q.6 Who has become ‘Woman of the Year 1947’ in Time Magazine’s list of 100 powerful women?

a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Savitrubai Phule
d) Amrit Kaur

Q.7 As per EPFO’s latest announcement, what is the current interest rate on deposits for the current financial year?

a) 8.2
b) 8.5
c) 8.6
d) 8.9

Q.8 Aurangabad Airport of _______has been renamed as ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport’.

a) Delhi
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Hyderabad
d) Maharashtra

Q.9 Who has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based powered drone to counter unregulated drones?

a) Indian Institute of Science
b) DRDO Laboratory
c) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
d) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Q.10 RBI is figuring out a revival plan for India’s fifth largest private bank, _______, which is not under crisis.

a) Yes Bank
b) Induslnd Bank
c) Bandhan Bank
d) IDFC First Bank

Q.11 Who has become the new ‘Chief Information Commissioner of India’?

a) Bimal Jalan
b) Kasturi Rangan
c) Bimal Julka
d) Gopala Swami

Q.12 Daren Tang, who belongs to Singapore, has become the new director general of which of these global organizations?

a) World Health Organization
b) World Custom Organization
c) World Intellectual Property Organization
d) International Labour Organization

Q.13 As per the recent reports of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), whose economy is highly affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak?

a) United Stated
b) European Union
c) Japan
d) Taiwan Province of China

Q.14 Greta Thunberg, _______ has won Amnesty’s Ambassadors of Conscience Award 2019.

a) Professor of Oxford University
b) Environmental Activist in Sweden
c) Journalist of Norway
d) President of Iceland

Q.15 Mayank Vaid ,who was recently in news, is related to which of these sports?

a) Triathlon
b) Duathlon
c) Biathlon
d) Decathlon

Q.16 The Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presented the Fourth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI). Who organized the award function?

a) NITI Aayog
b) Ministry of women and child development
c) Indian Government
d) Delhi Government

Q.17 Indian Coast Guards conducted _______ in Goa with the theme of ‘Harmonization of Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue (HAMSAR).

a) SAREX 2020
b) SAXER 2020
c) SAERX 2020
d) SARXE 2020

Q.18 How many Indian Boxers Qualified for Olympics?

a) 7
b) 6
c) 5
d) 4

Q.19 Indian Railway’s conducted a campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day on the theme _______.

a) Each for Equal
b) Travel Safely
c) We are with you
d) He and She

Q.20 Bipasha Chakrabarti has become the new Communications Director of which technological company’s Indian arm?

a) Amazon
b) Facebook
c) Google
d) Mcrosoft

Q. 21 MSDE will launch the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme in which of these cities?

a) Delhi
b) Bangaluru
c) Mumbai
d) Chennai

Q.22 Government of India has announced to organize 75 lakh Self Help Group by which year?

a) 2020
b) 2021
c) 2022
d) 2023

Q.23 Who has become the new Prime Minister of Ukraine?

a) Mila Kunis
b) Olya Polyakova
c) Wladimir Klitschko
d) Denys Shmygal

Q.24 _______has joined Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) with an intention to boost Indo-Pacific vision.

a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Mumbai
d) India

Q.25 Which state has topped in the Poshan Abhiyan’s participants list

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Punjab
c) Mumbai
d) Haryana

Q.26 Who is going to host 5th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit 2020?

a) Sri Lanka
b) India
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh

Q.27 4th International Diabetes Summit 2020 started in _______by Chellaram Diabetes Institute.

a) Bangalore
b) Sikkim
c) Punjab
d) Pune

Q.28 Who was the chief guest of 4th international diabetes summit that was organized at JW Marriot Hotel?

a) Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan
b) Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar
c) Amit Shah
d) Smriti Irani

Q.29 The three-day International Diabetes Summit took place from_______.

a) 4-6 March
b) 5-7 March
c) 6-8 March
d) 7-9 March

Q.30 How many women won the honour of Nari Shakti Puraskar by Prez on International Women’s Day?

a) 7
b) 10
c) 15
d) 19

Q.31 Who will head the Center’s delimitation panel for Jammu-Kashmir and 4 other northeastern states?

a) Akash Deep Singh
b) Om Prakash Tyagi
c) Ranjana Prakash Desai
d) Mohit Aggarwal

Q.32 Who has recently won the ‘Changemaker of the Year Award’ at the Business Line Changemaker Awards?

a) PV Sindhu
b) Mary Kom
c) Hima Das
d) Dutee Chand

Q.33 The former ________ minister, Hans Raj Bhardwaj recently passed away.

a) Defence
b) Finance
c) Law and Justice
d) External Affairs

Q.34 Which union ministry launched Women in Scientist Scheme C (KIRAN IPR) and Vigyan Jyoti Scheme?

a) Ministry of Women and Child Development
b) Ministry of Science and Technology
c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Q.35 The Conference on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs by MSME was organized in_______.

a) New Delhi
b) Chennai
c) Cochin
d) Hyderabad

Q.36 The winners of Nari Shakti Puraskar, Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawanna Kanth, and Mohana Singh Jitarwal are related to which of the below profession?

a) Sportspersons
b) Fighter Pilots
c) Army Officers
d) Naval Captains

Q.37 _______ recently chaired the high-level panel to prepare an investigation for Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)

a) N K Singh
b) U K Sinha
c) Injeti Srinivas
d) Tepan Ray

Q.38 Whose story does the recently published book, “Adventures of a Daredevil Democrat” narrates?

a) M Karunanidhi
b) Jyoti Basu
c) C. Achutha Menon
d) Biju Patnaik

Q.39 Indian Army inaugurated the renovated Animal Transport Memorial in which of these cities?

a) Nagpur
b) Bengaluru
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi

Q.40 _______ has started a digital literacy programme with the name, I AM ALSO DIGITAL.

a) Kerala
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Q.41 When did India observe the Jan Auashadhi Diwas?

a) 7 March
b) 8 March
c) 9 March
d) 10 March

Q.42 What was the theme of International Women’s Day 2020?

a) Women in Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
b) I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights
c) Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
d) Time is now: Rural and urban transforming women’s lives

Q.43 The Government has invited bids to sell its stake in_______.

a) Indian Oil Corporation
b) Hindustan Petroleum
c) NTPC Ltd.
d) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Q.44 India has used the combination of Lopinavir and Ritonavir for the treatment of which disease?

a) Tuberculosis
b) Asthma
c) COVID-19
d) Dengue Fever

Q.45 Which of these states has launched a mobile application COVA to sensitize people about Corona virus?

a) Punjab
b) Gujrat
c) New Delhi
d) Uttar Pradesh

Q.46 Who has been appointed as the temporary head of BSF?

a) V K Johri
b) S S DeswaL
c) Rajendra Kumar
d) Kamal Nath

Q.47 Who will open an exclusive department named ‘Mission Shakti’ for the development of Self Help Group (SHG)?

a) Chhattisgarh
b) Gujrat
c) Hyderabad
d) Odisha

Q.48 Nupur Kulshrestha has recently become the first woman DIG of _______.

a) Indian Army
b) Indian Navy
c) Indian Coast Guard
d) Indian Air Force

Q.49 Who released a new comic book titled “The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat?

a) Naveen Patnaik
b) Rajendra Kumar
c) Kamal Nath
d) V K Johri

Q.50 _______ has become the new brand ambassador of Puma.

a) Alia Bhatt
b) Sara Ali Khan
c) Deepika Padukone
d) Kareena Kapoor

Q.51 Which state has topped the list of Domestic Solar Rooftop Installation?

a) Gujrat
b) New Delhi
c) Bengaluru
d) Madhya Pradesh

Q.52 Who has joined Paytm to launch QR-code based metro ticketing system?

a) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
b) Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation
c) Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd.
d) None of the above

Q.53 Shivpal Singh has qualified for Olympics Games in Tokyo. He is related to which of these sports?

a) Archery
b) Javelin Throw
c) Badminton
d) Fencing

Q.54 Which University has launched its own Community Radio Station, “RADIO KHANCHI 90.4 FM Aap Sabka Radio?

a) Delhi University
b) Jawaharlal Nehru University
c) Indraprastha University
d) Ranchi University

Q.55 Where did the Culture Minister, ‘Prahlad Singh’ inaugurated the Jallianwala Bagh exhibition?

a) Punjab
b) Rajasthan
c) New Delhi
d) Haryana

Q.56 Which govt. has approved the implementation of ‘Happy Hours’ for auto rickshaws?

a) Delhi
b) Maharashtra
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai

Q.57 Which Indian State has initiated a mobile app “NIGHA” to reduce election malpractices?

a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Delhi
d) Andhra Pradesh

Q.58 The prominent sportsperson ‘Ankita Raina’ is related to which of these states?

a) Badminton
b) Squash
c) Tennis
d) Table-Tennis

Q.59 Who will buy Yes Bank’s shares worth Rs 7250 Crore?

a) Punjab National Bank
b) State Bank of India
c) Union Bank of India
d) Bank of Baroda

Q.60 Which of these countries has joined the e-VidyaBharati and e-AarogyaBharati (e-VBAB) Network Projects initiated by the External Affairs Ministry of Indian?

a) The Gambia
b) Senegal
c) Ghana
d) Zambia

Q.61 Central govt. has set up a helpline number “011-23978046” for _______.

a) Dengue
b) Coronavirus Attack
c) Malaria
d) None of the above

Q.62 Which organization has declared Covid-19 coronavirus as a pandemic?

a) UNO
b) UNESCO
c) WHO
d) None of the above

Q.63 Which Indian state has signed an $80 million loan agreement with the World Bank?

a) Karnataka
b) Odisha
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh

Q.64 Which country’s parliament has recently passed a bill to allow the President Content in 2024 Elections?

a) Russia
b) China
c) USA
d) UK

Q.65 6th International Day of Yoga 2020 will be organized in _______.

a) Ranchi
b) Leh
c) New Delhi
d) Guwahati

Q.66 Which of these organization has launched, “COVID Action Platform” to organize the business community for the support of COVID-19?

a) World Bank
b) International Monetary Fund
c) World Economic Forum
d) United Nations

Q.67 According to (SIPRI), _______ has been the largest exporter of arms in the past five years.

a) America
b) Russia
c) Franca
d) China

Q.68 How many Indians are there in WEF’s list of 115 Young Global Leaders?

a) 3
b) 5
c) 6
d) 10

Q.69 Which Pvt Sector Bank has waived the minimum balance for all savings bank accounts?

a) Punjab National Bank
b) Canara Bank
c) Yes Bank
d) State Bank of India

Q.70 S S Deswal has become the Director General of _______.

a) Border Security Force
b) National Security Guard
c) Central Reserve Police Force
d) None of the above

Q.71 ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and_______will infuse a total of Rs 3,100 crore into Yes Bank.

a) SBI
b) HDFC
c) RBI
d) Bank of Baroda

Q.72 Axis Bank has announced to invest Rs 600 Crore, while ICICI Bank will invest _______in crisis-hit Yes Bank.

a) 500 crore
b) 700 crore
c) 800 crore
d) 1,000 crore

Q.73 Who has been nominated by Central Govt. as the Director of central board of RBI?

a) Debasish Panda
b) Shaktikanta Das
c) Dr Dilip S. Shanghvi
d) Shri Vallabh Roopchand Bhanshali

Q.74 Which city will host the 3rd Edition of WION Global Summit?

a) Mauritius
b) New Delhi
c) Dubai
d) Sydney

Q.75 The WION Global Summit will highlight the issue of_______.

a) Economic Slow Down
b) Global Crisis
c) Climate Change
d) All of the above

Q.76 Mr. Rejesh Chaplot, who recently won the Highest Civilian Award of Uganda, is from which Indian State?

a) Gujrat
b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana
d) New Delhi

Q.77 CM Yogi Adityanth has launchd how many schemes for skill development and employment generation for youth?

a) 3
b) 5
c) 2
d) 4

Q.78 Which state has launched Kaushal Satrang Scheme to improve employment opportunities?

a) Punjab
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh

Q.79 Why did Bill Gates resign from Microsoft’s board?

a) To spent time with his family
b) To look after his health
c) To perform philanthropic activities
d) To focus on a new project

Q.80 _______ has launched an application named “pragati” to boost women entrepreneurship in India.

a) Facebook
b) Microsoft
c) Google
d) Reliance

Q.81 Who led the flag-in event of Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan that was organized by the National Mission for Clean?

a) Narendra Modi
b) Smriti Irani
c) Arun Jaitley

d) Amit Shah

Q.82 The ceremony of a massive river rafting expedition organized by Ganga NMCG was held in which state?

a) Bihar
b) Banaras
c) New Delhi
d) Mumbai

Q.83 Union Minister Prakash Javedekar recently announced to construct 780 KM of green highways in how many states?

a) 2
b) 5
c) 7
d) 4

Q.84 Who has won his second I-League Title?

a) Mohun Began
b) Aizawl FC
c) Gokulam
d) Neroca

Q.85 Which of these countries has called for SAARC Video Conference on the pandemic COVID-19?

a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka

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