Current Affairs Quiz : March 21 , 2017

Q.1) Vodafone decided to merge with which telecom company to become the second largest telecom merger?

a) Airtel

b) Aircel

c) Idea

d) Reliance

e) BSNL

Q.2) Which country ranked top in the world happiness Index while India ranked 122 out of 155 countries?

a) Finland

b) Iceland

c) Australia

d) China

e) Norway

Q.3) Who is appointed as new CEO of FreeCharge?

a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

b) Ambarish Mitra

c) Shantanu Narayen

d) Jason Kothari

e) Nikesh Arora.

Q.4) Tehmina Janjua became the first foreign secretary of ____________. She Succeeds Aizaz Ahmad.

a) Pakistan

b) Afghanistan

c) Kazakhstan

d) India

e) Argentina

Q.5) Standard Chartered has sold 4% of its stake in Redington to ___________commodities services private ltd.

a) Impex Ferro

b) Dahlia

c) Jauss

d) Kedia

e) Krypton

Q.6)  Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council in ___________ celebrated its 5^th foundation day.

a) Kolkata

b) Chandigarh

c) New Delhi

d) Mumbai

e) Bangalore

Q.7) India ranks ______ in a list of 188 countries in the healthiest country list while Italy topped the list.

a) 123

b) 165

c) 152

d) 117

e) 143

Q.8) Chinu Modi passed away he is related to the field of _________

a) Socialist

b) Poet

c) Artist

d) Journalist

e) Politician

Q.9) Indian Sign Language dictionary has so far compiled ____________ Hindi and English words.

a) 7,032

b) 8,032

c) 5,032

d) 6,032

e) 2,032

Q.10) Roger Federer defeated ____________ to win the Indian Wells Masters title.

a) Pete Sampras

b) Stan Wawrinka

c) Novak Djokovic

d) Rafael Nadal

e) Andy Murray

Q.11) Maggie MacDonnell who won Global Teacher Prize of $1 million belongs to which country?

a) Mexico

b) Britain

c) Canada

d) France

e) Switzerland

Q.12) Who has been appointed as new Chief Justice of Kerala High Court?

a) T.B. Radhakrishnan

b) Navanithi Prasad Singh

c) K.S. Jhaveri

d) Hemant Gupta

e) P. Sadasivam

Q.13)  Which state has won Vijay Hazare Trophy against West Bengal recently?

a) Punjab

b) Delhi

c) Maharashtra

d) Kolkata

e) Tamil Nadu

Q.14) Vidhya Pillai who recently won silver medal World Women’s Championship in which of the following sports?

a) Snooker

b) Skating

c) Air rifle shooting

d) Swimming

e) Athletics

Q.15) When ‘International Forest Day’ is observed and state the theme?

a) March 30, Forest and Change

b) March 21, Forests and Energy

c) March 11, Forest and Climate

d) March 31, Forest and Water

e) March 10, Forest and Wildlife

Q.16) When was the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination observed?

a) March 21

b) March 20

c) March 19

d) March 22

e) March 23

Q.17) India ranks ________ in the Forbes list of highest number of Billionaires.

a) 3^rd

b) 4^th

c) 7^th

d) 11^th

e) 9^th

Q.18) Maj. Rohit Suri received Kirti Chakra award presented by President Pranab Mukherjee, it is the __________highest peacetime gallantry award.

a) First

b) Fifth

c) Second

d) fourth

e) Third