Current Affairs Quiz : March 20, 2017

Q.1) UN panel on antimicrobial resistance appointed________________, director of Indian medical research council to expertise and coordinate the global fight against antimicrobial resistance in UN.

a) Nikki Haley

b) Sowmya Swaminathan

c) Rebecca Reichmann

d) Aishwarya Dhanush

e) Maleeha Lodhi

Q.2) India- made suburban train “Medha” flagged off by railway minister Suresh Prabhu, the train runs at a speed of ____________.

a) 200 Km

b) 150 Km

c) 105 km

d) 100km

e) 120 km

Q.3) World Sparrow Day is observed on_______.

a) 20^th March

b) 22^nd March

c) 28^th January

d) 22^nd April

e) 18^th February

Q.4) Which of the following Union Minister recently inaugurated ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ programme?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Ram Vilas Paswan

c) Nitin Gadkari

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Anand Geete

Q.5) In which of the following states does ‘Abhay Command & Control Center’, India’s first one-stop Crime control Room opened?

a) New Delhi

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Chhattisgarh

e) Gujarat

Q.6) China decided to take part in one the India’s river festival, name the river.

a) Ganga

b) Yamuna

c) Krishna

d) Sutlej

e) Brahmaputra

Q.7) The 123 Tejas jets, which is indigenously made light combat aircraft will fleet in Indian Air Force by

a) 2018-2019

b) 2020-2021

c) 2022-2023

d) 2024-2025

e) 2026-2027

Q.8) With which country does India has Direct Trade Agreement on Diamond?

a) Japan

b) South Africa

c) UAE

d) France

e) Zimbabwe

Q.9) Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed a loan agreement of Rs.3000 with which state’s electricity board?

a) Maharashtra

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Haryana

e) Gujarat

Q.10) Educational Consultant India will supply 26,800 tablets to Mauritius school children studying in

a) 1^st and 2^nd standards

b) 2^nd and 3^rd standards

c) 4^th and 5^th standards

d) 5^th and 6^th standards

e) 7^th and 8^th standards

Q.11) Which of the following Indian cricketer broke Rahul Dravid’s record of 270 runs out of 495 balls?

a) Ravindra Jadeja

b) Cheteshwar Pujara

c) Virat Kohli

d) Ajinkya Rahane

e) Rohit Sharma

Q.12) NASA paid tribute to Chuck Berry who recently passed away, is related to which of the following field?

a) Director

b) Journalist

c) Politician

d) Song-writer

e) Scientist

Q.13) Who won bronze medal in 20km men’s event in Asian race walk championship?

a) K.T.Irfan

b) Khushbir Kaur

c) Manish Rawat

d) Sandeep Kumar

e) Chandan Singh

Q.14) Former Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra who passed away recently was Principal Secretary to which Chief Minister of Odisha?

a) Harekrushna Mahatab

b) Biju Patnaik

c) Biren Mitra

d) Sadashiva Tripathi

e) Nilamani Routray

Q.15) Name the former Tour de France champion who passed away recently?

a) Maurice Garin

b) Octave Lapize

c) Gustave Garrigou

d) Nicolas Frantz

e) Roger Pingeon

Q.16) George E. Bria who passed away recently is related to which of the following field?

a) Astronaut

b) Philanthropist

c) Politician

d) Actor

e) Journalist