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Current Affairs – 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 Standars

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 SinggiTengbang (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.Puthussery Ramachandran who passed away recently (March 2020) is a __.
a.Actor
b.Sportsperson
c.Law Maker
d.Environmentalist
e.Poet

Ans: Poet