March 2020 Current Affairs Objective
1. The
air craft (Amendment) bill 2020 convert which of the following into statutory
bodies
A. Directorate
general of civil aviation (DGCA)
B. Bureau
of civil aviation security (BCAS)
C. Both
A and B
D. None
of the above
Answer: option C
Solution: The aircraft (Amendment) bill
which seeks to amend the aircraft act of 1934 has proposes to convert the
existing regulatory bodies namely the Directorate General of civil aviation
(DGCA), Bureau civil aviation (BCAS), and aircraft accidents investigation
Bureau (AAIB) into statutory bodies. The
authorities will then be added by a Director-general who will be appointed by
the central government.
2. The
2020 summer Olympics is planned to be held in which of the following countries
A. Tokyo,
Japan
B. Shanghai,
China
C. Buenos
Aires, Argentina
D. Kyoto,
Japan
Answer: option A
Solution: prime minister of Japan shinzo
Abe pledged that the Tokyo Olympics will be held in July as planned and will
not be postponed in the wake of the corona virus pandemic. The Japanese
parliament had approved legislation recently which gives prime minister shinzo
Abe power to declare an emergency to combat COVID – 19.
3. The
joint military exercise “African lion" is between which two countries
A. Morocco
and France
B. USA
and Morocco
C. Tunisia
and Morocco
D. France
and Tunisia
Answer: option B
Solution: The military exercise “African
Lion" between the United States of American and Morocco has been cancelled
due to the corona virus pandemic (COVID-19) according to the directives of
US-Africa command (AFRICOM) . The African lion is an annual multinational
exercise designed to improve the tactics,interoperability and mutual
understanding of partner nations.
4. HIL
(india) in association with which of the following banks has launched the
customer payment portal
A. State
Bank of India
B. Syndicate
bank
C. Canara
bank
D. Union
bank of India
Answer: option D
Solution: HIL (india) limited, previously
known as Hindustan insecticides limited, under the ministry of chemical and
fertilizers, department of chemical and petrochemical, in association with
union bank of India, has announced the launch of a customer payment portal. The
portal aims to make the collection of dues and payment.
5. The
G20 Riyadh summit will be held by
A. India
B. Canada
C. UAE
D. Saudi
Arabia
Answer: option D
Solution: Saudi Arabia will hold the 2020
G20 summit chair, which will host the G20 Riyadh summit through a virtual
medium following on the footsteps of SASRC to contain the spread of the corona
virus. The G20 is made up of European
and 19 countries. The countries are Australia,Argentina,China, Canada, Germany,
France, India, Italy, Indonesia.
6. The
newly launched Topaz ferry has been launched between which two places ?
A. Mumbai
and Mandwa
B. Mandwa
and tarkali
C. Mumbai
and panjim
D. Mumbai
and pandre
Answer: option A
Solution: roll on roll off come passenger
ferry services ,have been launched between Mumbai and mandwa near Alibaug , on
15th March 2020 in the presence of Union Minister of state for shipping Mansukh
mandaviya and Maharashtra port and Maritime board officials.
7. The
recent joint Air exercise between Indian Airforce and Myanmar Airforce was
conducted with the theme?
A. Humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief
B. Information
exchange on military operations
C. Improving
connectivity
D. Undertaking
infrastructure development
Answer: option A
Solution: the joint exercise between Indian
Air Force and Myanmar Air Force was conducted with the team humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief(HADR) at the exercise was conducted under the
guidance of headquarters central air command, Indian Air Force (IAF)and show
the participation of a 20 members theme of IAF.
8. Chemical
free sanitizer has been developed by scientists from?
A. CSIR-
Indian Institute of toxicology Research
B. CSIR
Institute of microbial Technology
C. CSIR-
institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
D. CSIR
-indian Institute of integrative medicine
Answer: option C
Solution: sanitizer development by the
scientist of CSIR Institute of Himalayan Bio resource Technology (CSIR-IHBT)uses
natural flavours, activity construct constituents and alcohol content as per
the guidelines put forward by the World Health Organisation the hand sanitizer
is free from Chemicals like parabeans, triclosan, phthalates and synthetic
fragrance.
9. India
and Norway recently opened the Indian Norway Task Force for sustainable
development, is to be operated for which of the following?
A. Blue
economy
B. Green
economy
C. Brown
economy
D. Golden
economy
Answer: option A
Solution: the India Norway task force on
Blue economy for sustainable development was opened by minister for Earth
science Dr Harshvardhan and Norway minister for climate and environment, Mr.
Sveinung Rotevatn, in order to combat marine litter. countries have also join
hands for few collaboration on integrated Ocean management and research.
10. The
new managing director of power Finance Corporation is?
A. Ravinder
Singh Dhillon
B. Arun
Gupta
C. Ramesh
Babu
D. H
Sankara
Answer: option A
Solution: The appointments committee of the cabinet
(ACC)appointed Ravinder Singh Birha as the Chairman and managing director of
power Finance Corporation(PFC) the appointments committee of the cabinet is
shared by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
11. Ordnance
Factory day is celebrated on which of the following?
A. 10th
March
B. 18th
March
C. 12th
March
D. 20th
March
Answer: option B
Solution: Ordnance Factory day was
celebrated on 18th March 2020 and Day celebrated every year in India. this year
ordnance factories where observing their 219 Foundation Day on March 18th the
first Ordnance Factory now the named as the ‘gun and shell factory’ at cheaper
in Kolkata.
12. Who
wrote the book my ‘Encounters in Parliament’?
A. Bhalchandra
mungekar
B. Venkaiah
Naidu
C. Chetan
Bhagat
D. Somnath
Chatterjee
Answer: option A
Solution: the book titled “my encounter in
Parliament “written by Chandra Mungekar
was released on 18th March bhalchandra Mungekar is an Indian Economics
of former member of Rajya Sabha.
13. Who
has been appointed as the managing director of Google Cloud in India?
A. Satya
Nadella
B. Sundar
pichai
C. Karan
Bajwa
D. Rajiv
Kumar
Answer: option C
Solution: 18th March 2020 Karan Bajwa was
appointed as the managing director of Google Cloud in India. current was was
there with IBM.
14. What
is the theme of the biennial “world cities summit" organised by Singapore?
A. Livable
and sustainable cities: adapting to a disrupted world
B. Green
and clean living preparing for future
C. Cities
adaption for better life
D. Adapting
to climate change
Answer: option A
Solution: the theme of “World cities Summit
“for the year 2020 is liable and sustainable cities that happen to a distracted
world. the Summit is held in conjunction with the clean environment Summit
Singapore and the Singapore International water week. the Summit held once in 2
years ,in an exclusive platform for experts from Government and industries to
address challenges of liable and sustainable cities.
15. The
Book title “invincible a tribute to Manohar parrikar “is written by______
A. Sadguru
Patil and Mayabhushan nagvenkar
B. Purnima
singh and Raveendra shetty
C. Tarun
vijay
D. Shriped
Nail
Answer: option C
Solution: The book title” invincible a
tribute to Manohar parrikar “has been authored by Tarun Vijay who belongs to
the Bharatiya Janata party. it has been published by Penguin random publishing
house.
16. First
human trial of a vaccine against COVID- 19 began in seattle,US .what is the
name of the vaccine?
A. mRNA-1233
B. mRNA-1723
C. mRNA-1273
D. tRNA-1273
Answer: option C
Solution: name of the vaccine is mRNA-1273
and is developed by the scientists National Institute of allergy and infectious
diseases in Association with the bio technological company moderna.
17. The
“innovate for accessible india" initiative has been launched in
Association with_______
A. Accenture
B. Microsoft
C. Google
D. Amazon
Answer: option B
Solution: National Association of software
and services companies along with Microsoft India has launched their innovative
for accessible India campaign sum of the areas that will be at the focus of the
initiative r e governance livelihood skill improvement and health.
18. Road
safety media followership award 2019 was given to_____
A. Raveendra
shetty
B. Prachi
salve
C. Purnima
singh
D. None
of the above
Answer: option B
Solution: Pradeep Dwivedi working for
Dainik Jagran and Prachi salve from
India spend jointly won the first prize in the road safety media policy 2019
.winners of the award selected by a jury of 3 members.
19. Which
of the following payment banks will issue Visa debit cards to its customers?
A. Airtel
payments Bank
B. Aditya
Birla Idea payments Bank
C. India
post payments Bank
D. Paytm
payments Bank
Answer: option D
Solution: Paytm payments bank has announced
that it will issue its customers Visa debit card to enable them to make
transaction at merchant shops where ever cards are accepted .the debit card
will also allows customers to make international transactions.
20. The
recently launched Swavalamban Express to promote business aspirants has been
announced by which of the following?
A. SIDBI
B. NABARD
C. EXIM
BANK
D. Ministry
of Railways
Answer: option A
Solution: the small industries Development
Bank of India on 19th March announce the Swavalamban Express the train will
visit 11:00 city is known for entrepreneurship which will include Jammu, Delhi,
Bengaluru, Mumbai ,Varanasi ,Kolkata ,Bhubaneswar Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.
21. A
committee has been formed by the 15th finance commission to review fiscal
consolidation roadmap who is the chairman of the commission?
A. Anoop
Singh
B. Ashok
Lahiri
C. N.K.
Singh
D. Arvind
Mehta
Answer: option C
Solution: the 15 finance commission
constituted A committee under the chairmanship of Shri Nand Kishore Singh to be
the fiscal consolidation roadmap for the states and Centre. this committee will
provide a recommendation for the definitions of debt and deficit.
22. Canadian
paleontologists have linked human hands to the fins of fish by examining the
fossils of_____
A. Elpistostege
B. Calyptraphorus
velatus
C. Venericardia
planicosta
D. Bambiraptor
Feinbergi
Answer: option A
Solution: canadian paleontologists have
linked human hands to the fins of fish
by examining the fossils of
“Elpistostege “. The fossil of Elpistostege represents the crucial stage of
translation of fish into vertebrate living on land.
23. What
is the theme of International Day of forest celebrated on 21 March 2020?
A. Forest
and education
B. Forest
and biodiversity
C. Forests
and sustainable cities
D. Forests
and water
Answer: option B
Solution: the International Day of forest
is celebrated on 21 March as it is the vernal Equinox in the Northern
hemisphere and atom null Equinox in the southern hemisphere.
24. The
“Tech for tribal” initiative has been launched by____
A. Tribal
Cooperative marketing development Federation of India
B. Tribal
Research Institute
C. National
Commission for scheduled tribes
D. National
Scheduled Tribes finance and Development Corporation
Answer: option A
Solution: The “Tech for tribal “initiative
was launched by tribal Cooperative marketing development Federation of India in
Association with institutes of national importance which are Institute of
Social Science Bhubaneswar.
25. Which
country has topped the world happiness report 2020 launched by the United
Nations?
A. India
B. Norway
C. Bhutan
D. Finland
Answer: option D
Solution: in the eighth world happiness
report released by United Nations on 20 March 2020. on the International Day of
happiness 2020 .Finland has secured the first rank in the report in India is
placed at the 144. in total 156 countries were assessed for the rankings.
26. India
has signed a deal of rupees 880 crore for light machine guns with which
country?
A. Israel
B. US
C. UAE
D. Russia
Answer: option A
Solution: Indian armed forces operating
under the ministry of defence signed an agreement with Israel weapons industry
under India will procure 16,479 light machine guns called Ne give for rupees
880 crores.
27. Theme
of World Sparrow day 2020 is _____
A. Sparrow
and men
B. I
love sparrows
C. World
of sparrows
D. Sparrows
household happiness
Answer: option B
Solution: the theme for World Sparrow day
2020 is” I love sparrows” every year 20 March is celebrated as world Sparrow
day to create awareness about the bird. it is a hope that with this team more
people will join several events and campaigns to protect the sparrows.
28. What
is the name of chatbot created by the Indian government for WhatsApp to answer
queries on coronavirus?
A. MyGov
Corona helpdesk
B. Corona
info
C. Chatbot-19
D. Corona
helpdesk
Answer: option A
Solution: WhatsApp chatbot called”MyGov
Corona helpdesk “ has been created by the government for queries on Nobel
korona virus COVID-19. Automated response can be received related to go on a
budget saving the number 9013151515 on WhatsApp.
29. What
is the theme of World down syndrome day 2020?
A. We
decide
B. Leave
no one behind
C. What
I bring to workplace
D. My
voice my community
Answer: option A
Solution: the theme of World down syndrome
2020 we decide .it is is celebrated every year on 21 March and was first
started in 2006 .the Day 21 march was elected to mark the unique property of
tribe location of the 21st chromosome due to which down syndrome is caused.
30. The
border roads organisation has opened a bridge constructed in North Sikkim over
which river?
A. Rangeet
river
B. Lachung
river
C. Teesta
river
D. Lachen
river
Answer: option C
Solution: On 21 March 2020 the border Road
organisation open The Bridge constructed under project Swastik across Teesta
river which has a length of three sixty feet .that is the river is a tributary
of the river and flows through the state of West Bengal and Sikkim into the Bay
of Bengal after travelling through Bangladesh.
31. Who
of the following mountaineers is the first Indian to climb all the volcanoes on
all the seven continents?
A. Bachendri
pal
B. Premlata
Agarwal
C. Arunima
Sinha
D. Satyarup
Siddhartha
Answer: option D
Solution: satyarup Siddhanta ,Indian
mountaineer has entered ‘Limca Book of Records ‘for becoming the first Indian
to climb the highest volcanoes on all the seven continents in the world .
32. What
is the theme of World Water Day?
A. Water
and environment
B. Water
and climate change
C. Leaving
no one behind
D. Water
and climate
Answer: option B
Solution: the theme of World Water Day for
the year 2020 is “water and climate change” the World Water Day celebrated
every year on 22 March since 1993, by the United Nations along with various
other organisations all over the world. it is dedicated to spreading awareness
about the importance of freshwater.
33. What
is the name of the full form of RAISE 2020, the first artificial intelligence
summit to be held in India?
A. Responsible
AL for social empowerment 2020
B. Responsible Al for scientific empowerment 2020
C. Rebooting
Al for social empowerment 2020
D. Rebooting
Al for scientific encouragement 2020.
Answer: option A
Solution: the first artificial intelligence
Summit of the country called RAISE that was to be conducted between 11 -12
April 2020 has been postponed by the central government to October 2020 to
contain the square of the coronavirus.
34. Who
has been appointed as the managing director of International Data Corporation
for India and South Asia?
A. Rakesh
mohan Agarwal
B. Amitabh
Banerjee
C. Vasant
Rao
D. Reep
Hazarika
Answer: option C
Solution: on 20 March 2020 United States
based International Data Corporation(IDC) appointed Vasantrao as the Managing
Director for IDC India and South Asia International Data corporation is United
States based market research film and offer Sourcing advisory ,analysis
,customer behaviour study, and planned research services.
35. Which
is the national department for the Pradhan Mantri van Dhan Yojana?
A. Ministry
of social justice and empowerment
B. Ministry
of skill development and entrepreneurship
C. Ministry
of Tribal affairs
D. Ministry
of agriculture and farmers welfare
Answer: option C
Solution: Pradhanmantri jandhan Yojana is a
program of the tribal Corporation Marketing development federation and Ministry
of Tribal Affairs the PMVDY schemes was launched in 2018 and with the objective
of improving tribal in comes true value addition of tribal products.
36. Rushikulya
coast in Odisha is famously known for ______
A. Sundarbans
Tigers
B. Olive
Ridley Turtles
C. Crocodiles
D. Blue
jay
Answer: option B
Solution: The lepidochelys olivacea is the
scientific name of the more commonly known Olive ridley turtle which have the
most abundant and smallest of All Sea Turtles found in the world. the Turtles
in habit warm waters of the Indian , Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
37. What
Is the new proposed name for the mumbai central station approved by the
maharashtra cabinet?
A. Chhatrapati
shivaji central station
B. Balasaheb
Thackeray central station.
C. Sachin
Tendulkar central station
D. Nana
shankarseth station
Answer: option D
Solution: Maharashtra cabinet sanctioned
the proposal to rename the Mumbai Central station to nana ShankarSeth on 12th
march. the final decision on the proposal will be taken by the central
railways. minister of Railways the name change of the state or any institution
is usually done to change the name given to it by the British to the local
pronunciation.
38. Which
state has been imposed in India to fight against COVID-19?
A. Epidemic
disease act, 1897
B. Environment
protection act, 1897?
C. Indian
nursing council act , 1897
D. Drugs
and cosmetics act , 1897
Answer: option A
Solution: The section 2 of the epidemic
disease act ,1897 has been in work by the group of ministers from the
Government of India in order to fight against the epidemic covid-19 commonly
known as coronavirus.
39. Which
of the following banks are open and emergency credit line to meet liquidity
demands?
A. ICICI
B. RBI
C. HDFC
D. SBI
Answer: option D
Solution: India’s largest inter State Bank
of India has open an emergency credit line to meet the liquidity requirements
of the borrower the bank will provide funds upto rupees 200 crores till 30 June
2020 credit line by the bank will be available to all standardized accounts
which are not classified as SMA 1 and SMA 2.
40. To
promote Bell crank Park the Government of India has announced grants in aid to
States with the maximum limit of rs________ crore
A. 500
crores
B. 1000
crores
C. 3000
crores
D. 800
crores
Answer: option B
Solution: to promote the bulk drug
parks,the Indian government will provide grains in add two States with maximum
limit of rupees thousand crore per bulk drug park the grants in aid scheme on
prevention of drug parksville finance, infrastructure facilities in 3 bulk drug
parks that will cost rupees 3000 crores in the next five years.
41. Which
of the following states has implemented the e-night beat checking system?
A. Himachal
Pradesh
B. Karnataka
C. Uttarakhand
D. Madhya
Pradesh
Answer: option A
Solution: the state government of Himachal
Pradesh has launched the e-night checking system and police station Vistiters
service system for Himachal Pradesh police in Shimla on 19 March 2020.
42. Which
of the following countries held to
extend its President Alpha condes rule?
A. Guinea
B. Liberia
C. Senegal
D. Sierra
Answer: option A
Solution: the referendum to extend the rule
of African president Alpha conde was held recently in the West African country
of Guinea, and residents come out to vote aimed the corona virus scare. if the
referendum as in favour of the president, it will allow him to govern for 12
more years.
43. What
is the theme of World Meteorological day 2020?
A. World
and water
B. Climate
and water
C. Humans
and water
D. Water:
sustainability into the future.
Answer: option B
Solution: the world meteorological Day
celebrated on 23 March every year and the theme of World Meteorological day
2020 is climate and water which is aligned with the World Water Day theme
celebrated on 22 March.
44. Which
of the following countries will be the first post share with India for the variation
for disaster resilient infrastructure?
A. USA
B. FRANCE
C. UK
D. Bhutan
Answer: option C
Solution: the Global coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure which
is led by India, will be co-chaired by the United Kingdom Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi established the Global Corporation for disaster resilient
infrastructure during the 2007 G20 meet.
45. What
was the theme of global recycling day held on March 18?
A. Recycling
heroes
B. Recycling
into the future
C. Recycling
for a better tomarrow
D. Recycling
to keep the present
Answer: option A
Solution: Global recycling day is
celebrated every year on 18 March and the theme of DoubleTree second day 2020
is” recycling heroes” according to the United Nations recycling help to say 700
million tons of carbon dioxide every year.
46. Which
space agency will send astronauts to the International Space Station in May
2020?
A. ISRO
B. ESA
C. Blue
origins
D. SpaceX
Answer: option D
Solution: United States based private space
agency space X founded by Elon Musk, will send astronauts for the first time in
me to the International Space Station. for the first launch of the crew would
be on a Falcon 9 rocket which will transport NASA astronauts long and Bob
Benken to the station.
47. Who
will held the covid 19 economic response task force?
A. Home
minister
B. Finance
minister
C. Defence
minister
D. Prime
minister
Answer: option B
Solution: in the wake of the corona virus
pandemic, the prime minister has announced that covid 19 economic task force
will be set up under the leadership of the union Finance Minister. The task
force will stay in touch with all the stakeholders and receive their feedback
and work towards minimising the effect of coronavirus in the country.
48. With
which country did India conducted a patrol from reunion Island?
A. USA
B. UK
C. FRANCE
D. Italy
Answer: option C
Solution: To expand its presence in Indian
ocean and to improve engagement with. Partners ,India and France recently
conducted joint patrols from the reunion Island the focus of the exercise was
mainly from the East Africa coastline to malacca Strait.
49. The
Assembly of which state has approved the bill on caste validity certificate?
A. Gujarat
B. Karnataka
C. Maharashtra
D. West
Bengal
Answer: option C
Solution: Maharashtra assembly approved a
bill to allow gram panchayat members to submit their caste validity Certificate
online 9th March the bill will ensure that the Aspiring candidates or not be
had from contesting the elections if they do not have a caste validity
certificate.
50. Which
golfer will be introduced in the world Golf Hall of Fame as a first member of
the class of 2021?
A. Tiger
woods
B. Jeev
milkha Singh
C. Paul
Casey
D. Gary
woodland
Answer: option A
Solution:
Tiger Woods have been inducted in the world Golf Hall of Fame as the first
member of the class of 2021. The Tiger Woods has 93 worldwide events including
a record -tying 82 on the PGA tour 15 time major champion and three time winner
of the career Grand Slam.
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