Current GK MARCH 2019 Assignment 01 MBA Current GK Mar Test 01 DIRECTION for the question: Mark the best option: 1. Who became the First Indian to join top 10 richest billionaire list of Hurun Research? A) Pallonji Mistry B) Lakshmi Mittal C) Azim Premji D) Mukesh Ambani 2. India’s first indigenous 4G/5G semiconductor chips are unveiled by which of the following company? A) DCM Data Systems Ltd. B) SIGNALCHIP C) CMOS Chips D) HCL Technologies India Pvt. 3. Which Country will host the 2021 world cross- country championships? A) India B) Netherland C) Russia D) Australia 1 4. Name the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a Blue Plaque at 4 Taviton Street in Bloomsbury, London? A) Brinda Karat B) Lilly Singh C) Noor Inayat D) Amelia Rajput 5. Who launched Van Dhan, the scheme for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP) and Development of Value Chain of MFPs recently? A) Jual Oram B) Narendra Modi C) Ram Nath Kovind D) Suresh Prabhu 6. What Is the full form of SHREYAS scheme started by govt. for apprenticeship programme ? A) Scheme for Higher Education among Young in Apprentice skills B) Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills C) Strengthening for higher Education for Youth Among Socially backward class D) Shiksha Rasayan Education for Young Apprenticeship Skills 2 7. Name the Indian Player who won the Player of the Series in the WODI Series against England women cricket team? A) Mithali Raj B) Smriti Mandhana C) Harmanpreet Kaur D) Thirush Kamini 8. National conference on “Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme”organized in New delhi by which ministry ? A) Ministry of Home affairs B) Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment C) Ministry of Health and Family welfare D) Ministry of Minorities 9. How many countries have ratified the Geneva Convention? A) 191 B) 194 C) 196 D) 168 3 10. Joint bilateral exercise ‘Exercise Al Nagah 2019’ will be held from March 12 to 25, 2019 between India and oman in which mountain range ? A) Vindhya range B) Jabel Al Akhdar mountains C) Nilgiri hills D) Dhofar mountains 11. The Union Home Ministry has launched smart fencing on which Indian border to deter illegal infiltration? A) Indo-Pakistan Border B) Indo-Nepal Border C) Indo-Bangladesh Border D) Indo-Myanmar Border 12. Which technology company has launched an application called ‘bolo’ to tutor children to read in Hindi, English? A) Microsoft B) Facebook C) Twitter D) Google 4 13. Which city was awarded as the Cleanest Capital in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 survey? A) Bhopal B) Chennai C) Greater Mumbai D) Chandigarh 14. Ausaf Sayeed has been appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to which nation? A) Egypt B) Kazakhstan C) Saudi Arabia D) UAE 15. Thirty-six nations have signed an open letter criticizing which nation’s human rights record? A) Russia B) Israel C) Myanmar D) Saudi Arabia 16. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of the state of Palestine? A) Mohammad Shtayyeh B) Mohammad Abbas C) Muhammad Mustafa D) Ziad Abu-Amr 5 17. Russian Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov passed away at the age of 88 in the beginning of March. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his outstanding contribution in which field? A) Physics B) Chemistry C) Literature D) Physiology or Medicine 18. India fetched what position in the latest report of the World Gold Council in terms of the quantum of gold holding? A) 3rd B) 11th C) 23rd D) 31st 19. Who led to the development of World Wide Web, which recently completed its 30 years? A) Tim Berners-Lee B) Lerry Page C) Jerry Yang D) Bill Gates 6 20. China for the fourth time on March 13, 2019 put a technical hold on the proposal to designate Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist". The proposal was moved in UNSC by which group of countries? A) ASEAN B) G20 C) SAARC D) P3 21. Which city is hosting the Special Olympics World Games 2019? A) Abu Dhabi B) Oslo C) Tokyo D) Sydney 22. Name the country,that won the International ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019’ in the category of ‘TV Cinema Spot’ at ITB, Berlin? A) Ministry of Tourism, India B) Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Malaysia C) Ministry of Tourism, U.S D) Ministry of Tourism, Russia 7 23. Which of the following organization appointed Ashu Khullar as its CEO of the India business? A) Citibank India B) HDFC Bank C) ICICI Bank D) Yes Bank 24. 5 Indians were appointed as members of technical committees of Asian Gymnastic Union.Who was not one among them? i. Deepak Kabra – Men’s Artistic Gymnastics ii. Akshata Shete – Rhythmic Gymnastics iii. Sumith MR – Acrobatic Gymnastics iv. Makarand Joshi – Aerobic Gymnastics v. Dipa Karmakar – Women’s Artistic Gymnastics A) Option i is not a member B) Option i and iii are not a member C) Option v is not a member D) Option iii is not a member 25. Manpreet Vohra was appointed as the next India’s Ambassador to which of the following country? A) Austria B) Malaysia C) Russia D) Mexico 8 Answer Keys Q. No. Key Q. No. Key 1. D 16. A 2. B 17. A 3. D 18. B 4. C 19. A 5. A 20. D 6. B 21. A 7. B 22. A 8. B 23. A 9. C 24. C 10. B 25. D 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. D 9 .