Current Affairs Quiz : March 22 , 2017

Q.1) Which of the following Indian Institute of Technology is the first institution to get supercomputing facility under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)?

a) IIT-Madras

b) IIT-Kharagpur

c) IIT-Delhi

d) IIT-Kanpur

e) IIT-Hyderabad

Q.2) IIT-Madras and Tanstia-FNF service centre has signed a MoU for _______ treatment technology?

a) Waste

b) Air

c) Water

d) Chemical

e) Soil

Q.3) Name the river in which Miyar Hydroelectric project was redesigned to start between India and Pakistan?

a) Jhelum

b) Ravi

c) Sutlej

d) Indus

e) Chenab

Q.4) President Tsai Ing-wen who announced to plan to build their own submarines belonged to which country?

a) Turkey

b) Tajikistan

c) Taiwan

d) Tanzania

e) Turkmenistan

Q.5) Cash transaction of above __________ amount was considered to be illegal and attract 100% fine from April 1?

a) Rs.50000

b) Rs.100000

c) Rs.10000

d) Rs.300000

e) Rs.200000

Q.6) What is the current rank of India in Human Development Report released by UN Development Index?

a) 130

b) 129

c) 131

d) 128

e) 133

Q.7) In which of the following sectors, the government is planning to raise the FDI from 49% to 100% recently?

a) Railways

b) Insurance Brokerage

c) Education

d) Civil Aviation

e) Agriculture

Q.8) Name the Skill Development Programme launched by Nasscom in association with Aricent to college students?

a) ARISE

b) AWAKE

c) ALERT

d) ASSIGN

e) ASSURE

Q.9) ABB bags award for restoring 1,035 MW in Hydro power plant. Name the power plant in Karnataka?

a) Raichur

b) Bellary

c) Sharavathi

d) Nagjhari-2

e) Shimshapura

Q.10) Recently VTB bank has decided to close its only office in India to cut cost belongs to which country?

a) Germany

b) United States

c) France

d) Italy

e) Russia

Q.11) Which of the following airline company’s CFO Ankur Khanna has been appointed as CFO of International Cricket Council?

a) AirFrance

b) GoAir

c) Indigo

d) AirAsia

e) AirIndia

Q.12) What is the theme for International Water Day 2017 and when it is observed?

a) March 22^nd, Waste water

b) March 21^st, water and jobs

c) March 21^st, Waste water

d) March 22^th, Water and Sustainable Development

e) March 21^st, Water and Sustainable Development

Q.13) Neeraj Kumar who defeated the Olympian Gurpreet Singh to win gold in 11^th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Master’s championship belongs to which sport?

a) Badminton

b) Standard pistol

c) Table Tennis

d) Swimming

e) Boxing

Q.14) David Rockefeller, a philanthropist who died recently was the last in his generation belongs to which field?

a) Scientist

b) Journalist

c) Astronaut

d) Professor

e) Business man

Q.15) Martin McGuiness, a Republican Army Commander who became a key architect to bring peace belongs to which country?

a) North America

b) Northern Ireland

c) Southern Ireland

d) South America

e) South Africa