Current Affairs – March 2019
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| SN | Questions | Answers |
| 1 | Beresheet spacecraft, which is in news recently, is from which country? | Israel |
| 2 | After the success of this mission India has become the 4th space superpower. | Mission Shakti |
| 3 | Google Doodle celebrated 30th anniversary of World Wide Web (WWW) on March 12. Who invented WWW? | Tim Berners-Lee |
| 4 | In which bank the Union Government has decided to infuse a capital of 5,042 crore rupees ahead of its merger with two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank? | |
| 5 | In which state Gauri Sawant has been appointed by the Election Commission of India as the first transgender election ambassador? | Maharashtra |
| 6 | India had signed an MoU on Antarctic cooperation in February 2019 with which nation? | Argentina |
| 7 | Name the American mathematician who has become the first woman to be awarded the Abel Prize, also known as the Nobel for mathematics? | Karen Uhlenbeck |
| 8 | Name the Chief Minister of Goa (also former Defence Minister of India) who passed away recently? | Manohar Parriker |
| 9 | Name the founder and chairman of the RUJ Group who has been conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award on 29th March, 2019? | Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi |
| 10 | Name the mission in which Indian scientists successfully targeted and brought down a live satellite on a Low Earth Orbit with an anti-satellite missile (A-SAT)? | |
| 11 | Name the Swiss tennis player who has become the second person in the world to win 100 ATP titles in his career after Jimmy Connors? | Roger Federer |
| 12 | Name the West Indian cricketer who has become the first in the world to hit more than 500 sixes in international cricket? | Chris Gayle |
| 13 | On which date International Women’s Day is observed across the world? | 8th March |
| 14 | On which date World Consumer Rights Day is observed every year? | 15th March |
| 15 | On which date World Consumer Rights Day is observed? | 15th March |
| 16 | On which date World Wildlife Day is observed every year? | 3rd March |
| 17 | On which day Rajasthan Day is celebrated every year? | 30th March |
| 18 | On which day World Water Day was observed across the world? | 22nd March |
| 19 | On which public sector bank the Reserve Bank of India has imposed Rs 2 crore penalty for non-compliance of regulatory directions with regard to SWIFT operations? | |
| 20 | Over 40 countries including India decided to ground which model of Boeing aircraft? | Boeing 737 MAX |
| 21 | SWIFT is a global messaging software, which is used for sharing information on inter-bank transactions by financial entities. | Punjab National Bank |
| 22 | The 2020 World Cup will be the seventh edition of the U-17 Women’s tournament. | India |
| 23 | The first set of four Chinook heavy lift helicopters was inducted in Indian Air Force on March 25, 2019. From which country India procured these helicopters? | USA |
| 24 | The merger would be effective from 1st April 2019. | Bank of Baroda |
| 25 | The Supreme Court has warned which bank for non-disclosure of bank inspection reports? | Reserve Bank of India |
| 26 | The UGC has prohibited imparting distance degree programmes in which subject? | Agriculture |
| 27 | UN Security Council passed a new Resolution 2462 in order to combat which issue? | Terror financing |
| 28 | What is the theme of the 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD)? | Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change |
| 29 | What is the theme of the 2019 Zero Discrimination Day (ZDD)? | Act to change laws that Discriminate |
| 30 | What is the theme of the World Kidney Day (WKD-2019)? | Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere |
| 31 | What was India rank in the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Transition Index 2019? | 76 |
| 32 | What was the theme of World Water Day 2019? | Leaving no one behind |
| 33 | Where is the headquarters of Tea Board of India? | Kolkata |
| 34 | Which airline has recently recognized itself as a defaulter of bank payments with a debt of over USD 1 billion? | Jet Airways |
| 35 | Which country won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup 2019 by defeating India in the final? | South Korea |
| 36 | Which cricket playing country has won its first test match in its cricket history by defeating Ireland? | Afghanistan |
| 37 | Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has developed an Artificial Intelligence-based electronic hardware system to detect malaria, tuberculosis, intestinal parasite, and cervical cancer in milliseconds? | IIT Delhi |
| 38 | Which Indian personality has been named Chief Scientist at WHO? | Soumya Swaminathan |
| 39 | Which Indian personality was recently honoured with Croatia’s highest civilian award ‘Grand Order of the King of Tomislav’? | President Ram Nath Kovind |
| 40 | Which of the following sports has been included in 2022 Asian Games? | Cricket |
| 41 | Which place at an altitude of 15,256 feet has now became the world’s highest polling station in the sleepy hamlet of Buddhist-dominated Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh? | Tashigang |
| 42 | Which port has become the first Indian port operator to achieve a new record of handling 200 million tonnes (MT) cargo movement? | Adani Port |
| 43 | Which state government has recently banned molasses in the state? | Assam |
| 44 | Which team won the 2018-19 edition of Indian Super League (Football) defeating FC Goa in the finals? | Bengaluru FC |
| 45 | Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of National Book Trust (NBT)? | Govind Prasad Sharma |
| 46 | Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the newly constituted National Commission for Backward Classes? | Bhagwan Lal Sahni |
| 47 | Who has been appointed the new Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)? | M R Kumar |
| 48 | Who is the head of the committee to formulate insurance cover for advocates? | Alok Srivastava |
| 49 | Who sworn-in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa? | Pramod Sawant |
| 50 | Who was appointed as the Chief of Naval Staff on March 23, 2019? | Karambir Singh |
