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Jnanagangothri March Month Current Affairs Model Questions JNANAGANGOTHRI MARCH MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS WWW.IASJNANA.COM 1 JNANAGANGOTHRI MARCH MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS 1. What is name explosive detection device, Khelo IndiaThe Khelo India University Games, developed by DRDO & IISc Bangalore? Odisha concluded in Bhubaneswar (A) RaIDer-X (B) RaIDer-A Points table: (C) RaIDer-I (D) RaIDer-V Universities Medal Tally Answer: (A) RaIDer-X Panjab University 46 RaIDer X, New explosive detection device, Savitribai Phule Pune University 37 developed by DRDO & IISc Bangalore was Punjabi University, Patiala 33 unveiled at the National Workshop on Explosive M D U, Rohtak, Harayana 33 Detection (NWED 2020) in Pune. Mangaluru University, Karnataka 24 Union Minister sports: Kiren Rijiju 2. Chintan Baithak, Ports Review Meeting with Chief Minister of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik Chairpersons of All Major Ports of India was held in which state? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Gujarat (C) Tamilnadu (D) Kerala Answer: (C) Tamilnadu Chintan Baithak Ports Review Meeting with Chairpersons of All Major Ports of India Chaired by Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Mansukh Mandaviya was held at Mamallapuram Tamilnadu 3. Muhyiddin Yassin sworn in as Prime Minister of Which country? 6. Which state assembly goes paperless? (A) Malaysia (B) Maldives (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Nagaland (C) Thailand (D) Afghanistan (C) Manipur (D) Assam Answer: (A) Malaysia Answer: (A) Arunachal Pradesh Muhyiddin Yassin sworn in as Malaysia's The Budget session of the 7th Arunachal new Prime Minister Pradesh Legislative Assembly began, the Malaysia Capital: Kuala Lumpur Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has implemented Malaysia Currency: Malaysian ringgit the National e-vidhan application in the house. The initiative will make all the proceedings in the 4. Recently, Which Country signed peace deal house paperless. with Taliban? (A) Russia (B) US 7. When is World Wildlife Day observed? (A) March 1st (B) March 2nd (C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan th Answer: (B) US (C) March 3 rd (D) March 4 US signed a historic peace deal with the Talibans Answer: (C) March 3rd in Doha to end America‟s presence in On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the Afghanistan in a phased manner. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 5. Which University toped in Khelo India 3 March as World Wildlife Day University Games 2020? Theme: & quot; Sustaining all life on (A) Savitribai Phule Pune University Earth", (B) Panjab University (C) Punjabi University, Patiala 8. Recently Balbir Singh Kullar dies, was (D) Mangaluru University, Karnataka associated in which sports? Answer: (B) Panjab University (A) Hockey (B) Cricket (C) Wrestling (D) Tennis WWW.IASJNANA.COM 2 JNANAGANGOTHRI MARCH MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Answer: (A) Hockey Answer: (C) Haryana Former India hockey player Balbir Singh 68th All India Police Athletic Championship Kullar, who was a part of the 1968 Olympics began at Bhanu in Panchkula District of bronze winning team, has died after suffering a Haryana. Union Minister of State for Youth heart attack at his home in Punjab. He was aged Affairs and Sports: Kiren Rijiju 77 13. When is World wildlife day observed? 9. Indian Railways launches its First (A) March 3rd (B) March 4th "Restaurant on Wheels” at which (C) March 5th (D) March 6th railway Station? Answer: (A) March 3rd (A) Durgapur station On 20 December 2013 at its 68th session (B) Malda railway station the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (C) sealdah railway station decided to proclaim 3 March as World Wildlife (D) Asansol Station Day which was proposed by Thailand to Answer: (D) Asansol Station celebrate and raise awareness of the Minister of State for Environment Forest & world's wild fauna and flora. Climate Change Shri Babul Supriyo inaugurates this first of its kind "Restaurant on 14. Which is the first country to make all public Wheels” and various passenger amenities at transport free? Asansol Station in Eastern Railway (A) Luxembourg (B) Germany (C) U S (D) China 10. Recently, National Chambal Sanctuary Answer: (A) Luxembourg declared as eco-sensitive zone, in which state In an attempt to reduce traffic jams, Chambal Sanctuary is located? Luxembourg has become the first country in the (A) Assam (B) Odisha world to make all public transport free from (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Maharashtra February 29. This is the first time that the Answer: (C) Madhya Pradesh decision to offer free public transport has The Centre on declared the National Chambal covered an entire country Luxembourg capital: Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, home to gangetic Luxembourg City Luxembourg currency: Euro dolphins and 75 per cent population of critically endangered species gharial, as eco-sensitive zone 15. Who named as BCCI‟s selection committee (ESZ). chairman? (A) Venkatesh Prasad 11. Which state government has decided to pay (B) Sunil Joshi Rs 900 per month to those farmers who will (C) L Sivaramakrishnan keep stray cattle at their houses? (D) Rahul Dravid (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh Answer: (B) Sunil Joshi (C) Tamilnadu (D) Kerala Former India spinner Sunil Joshi from Answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh Karnataka state was named chairman of the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to pay Rs national selection panel by the BCCI's 900 per month to those farmers who will keep Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) in Mumbai. stray cattle at their houses. The CAC also picked ex-pacer Harvinder Singh Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath for a place in the five-member group. 12. Where did 68th All India Police Athletic 16. Where will Google setup its second cloud Championship kick starts? region? (A) Sikkim (B) Punjab (A) Chennai (B) Bengaluru (C) Haryana (D) Assam (C) Delhi (D) Bhopal WWW.IASJNANA.COM 3 JNANAGANGOTHRI MARCH MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Answer: (C) Delhi 21. Global Ayurveda Festival to be held in which Google to open a Delhi Cloud Region, this will be city? the company's second cloud region in India (A) Mumbai (B) Dehradun since it launched one in Mumbai three years ago (C) Delhi (D) Kochi in 2017. Answer: (D) Kochi The Fourth Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF) will 17. Which district to be Uttarakhand‟s Summer be held at Kochi in Kerala from 16th to 20th Capital? May. A curtain raiser event was organized in (A) Bageshwar (B) Gairsain New Delhi. (C) Champawat (D) Haridwar Answer: (B) Gairsain 22. Who named Sportsperson of the Year at the Uttarakhand will get a permanent summer Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) capital at Gairsain in Chamoli district two 2019? decades after the hill state was carved out of (A) PV Sindhu (B) B Sai Praneeth Uttar Pradesh Dehradun — the provisional state (C) Lovlina Borgohain (D) Amit Phanghal capital Chief Minister: Trivendra Singh Rawat Answer: (A) PV Sindhu World champion shuttler PV Sindhu was named 18. Which city set to host IOC session in 2023? Sportsperson of the Year at the fourth Times of (A) Mumbai (B) Chandigarh India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019 in New (C) Guwahati (D) Bhubaneswar Delhi. Answer: (A) Mumbai Mumbai is set to host the 2023 International 23. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana signs MoU Olympic Committee's session, this will be with which E Commerce company? the second-ever IOC session to be held in India (A) Amazon (B) Flipkart after a long gap of 37 years. India last hosted an (C) Walmart (D) Myntra-Jabong IOC session way back in 1983 in New Delhi. Answer: (A) Amazon Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban 19. What is size of Karnataka Budget 2020-21? Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) under (A) 2.37 lakh crore (B) 2.50 lakh crore Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs signed (C) 3.10 lakh crore (D) 3.37 lakh crore MoU with Amazon for marketing of products Answer: (A) 2.37 lakh crore made by Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa country in urban areas. presented the budget for 2020-21, This is the seventh time Yediyurappa is presenting the 24. Who named as New Finance Secretary? budget. The size of the 2020-21 Budget has been (A) Ajay Bhushan Pandey set at Rs 2.37 lakh Crore (B) Rajiv Takru (C) Dr. Hasmukh Adhia 20. When will be Jan Auashadhi Diwas (D) Shubhash chandra celebrated? Answer: (A) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (A) March 7th (B) March 8th Ajay Bhushan Pandey, a 1984-batch Indian (C) March 9th (D) March 10th Administrative Service (IAS) officer who has Answer: (A) March 7th been elevated as the finance secretary Jan aushadhi Diwas will be celeberated on 7th march 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will 25. When is International Women's Day to interact with owners of selected Jan aushadhi be celebrated? th th Kendras and beneficiaries of the Pradhanmantri (A) March 7 (B) March 8 th th Bhartiya Jana Aushadhi Pariyojna-PMBJP (C) March 9 (D) March 10 th through a video conference. Answer: (B) March 8 WWW.IASJNANA.COM 4 JNANAGANGOTHRI MARCH MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS International Women's Day will be 30. Who appointed as new Chief Information celebrated on the 8th of March every year to Commissioner of India? help forge a gender equal world, celebrate (A) Sudhir Bhargava (B) Bimal Julka women's achievements and increasing (C) Vijai Sharma visibility. Theme: “I am Generation Equality: (D) Radha Krishna Mathur Realizing Women‟s Rights". Answer: (B) Bimal Julka Information Commissioner Bimal Julka was 26. Who won ICC Women's T20 World appointed as the Chief Information Cup? Commissioner (CIC). President Ram Nath (A) India (B) Australia Kovind administered the oath of office to Mr (C) England (D) South Africa Julka as the CIC in the Central Information Answer: (B) Australia Commission at a ceremony held at the Defending champions Australia has won the ICC Rashtrapati Bhavan Women's T20 World Cup for record fifth time out classing India by 85 runs in the summit 31.
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