Current Affairs Test Number 3

1.Which organisation recently offered an indigenous multi-role chopper to the Indian armed forces?

[A] Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
[B] Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
[C] Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
[D] Larsen and Toubro (L&T)

 

2.The first ‘India Protein Day’ is celebrated on which year?

[A] 2015
[B] 2017
[C] 2019
[D] 2020

3.Which Indian city is to host the World Productivity Congress (WPC) 2020?

[A] Mumbai
[B] Lucknow
[C] Jaipur
[D] Bengaluru

 

4.India is to partner with which country in the implementation of the ‘Purvodaya’ scheme?

[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] Japan
[D] Italy

 

5.The biggest explosion seen in the universe since the Big Bang have recently been discovered using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). Where is the GMRT located?

[A] Cochin
[B] Pune
[C] Thiruvananthapuram
[D] Hyderabad

 

6.Which Tennis star recently won the Dubai Tennis Championships, for the first time since 2013?

[A] Rafael Nadal
[B] Roger Federer
[C] Novak Djokovic
[D] Andy Murray

 

7.The Exhibition named “EKAM Fest” is organised by which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of MSME
[B] Ministry of Social Justice& Empowerment
[C] Ministry of Textiles
[D] Ministry of Steel

 

8.Which global institution has announced a fast-track aid of USD 12 billion to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak?

[A] International Monetary Fund
[B] World Bank
[C] Asian Development Bank
[D] BRICS Bank

 

9.Which is India’s fifth largest private sector bank, that is under crisis and for which the Reserve Bank of India is devising a revival plan?

[A] IndusInd Bank
[B] Yes Bank
[C] IDFC First Bank
[D] Bandhan Bank

 

10.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India after Sudhir Bhargava?

[A] Bimal Jalan
[B] Bimal Julka
[C] Kasturi Rangan
[D] Gopala Swami

 

11.Which Indian is the recipient of the 128th ‘Commonwealth Points of Light’ Award?

[A] Rajendra Singh
[B] Jadav Payeng
[C] Afroz Shah
[D] Sudharshan Patnaik

 

12.Which state recently announced to provide credit guarantee of loans for higher education?

[A] Odisha
[B] Haryana
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Bihar

 

13.Javier Perez, who recently passed away, was the former chief of which organisation?

[A] United Nations
[B] World Bank
[C] Food and Agricultural Organisation
[D] International Labour Organisation

 

14.Daren Tang of Singapore has been nominated as the new Director General of which global organisation?

[A] World Intellectual Property Organization
[B] World Customs Organisation
[C] International Labour Organisation
[D] World Health Organisation

 

15.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India after Sudhir Bhargava?

[A] Bimal Jalan
[B] Bimal Julka
[C] Kasturi Rangan
[D] Gopala Swami

 

16.Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) recently partnered with which e-commerce company for marketing products of SHGs?

[A] Amazon
[B] Snapdeal
[C] Myntra
[D] Indiamart

 

17.BRAC, which was named as the top NGO of the world for the fifth consecutive year in a recent report, is based at which country?

[A] Bhutan
[B] Bangladesh
[C] Bahrain
[D] Belgium

 

18.Which state has recently launched a digital literacy programme titled ‘I am also digital’?

[A] Odisha
[B] Kerala
[C] Karnataka
[D] Tamil Nadu

 

19.Which city was the venue of ‘Conference on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs’, organised by the MSME Ministry?

[A] Cochin
[B] Chennai
[C] Hyderabad
[D] New Delhi

 

20.The recently launched ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme’ is a part of the SANKALP scheme of which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Human Resource Development
[C] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
[D] Ministry of Labour and Employment

21.Who is the first Indian cricketer to play in 150 Ranji Trophy matches?

[A] Dinesh Karthik
[B] Parthiv Patel
[C] Wassim Jaffer
[D] Irfan Pathan

 

22.Which female Hockey player won the ‘Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award 2019’ at the Hockey India Annual Awards?

[A] Rani Rampal
[B] Lalremsiami
[C] Navneet Kaur
[D] Vandana Katariya

 

23.The traditional festival called ‘Fagli’ is celebrated in which Indian state?

[A] Mizoram
[B] Nagaland
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Madhya Pradesh

 

24.As per the recent ‘Inclusive Internet Index 2020’ of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which is the best-performing country in the world?

[A] New Zealand
[B] Sweden
[C] Switzerland
[D] United States

 

25.S.S.Deswal has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of which Indian para-military force?

[A] Central Reserve Police Force
[B] Central Industrial Security Force
[C] National Security Guard
[D] Border Security Force

 

26.The Department of Posts have recently introduced free digital parcel locker service for the first time in India, in which city?

[A] Mumbai
[B] New Delhi
[C] Kolkata
[D] Chennai

 

27.Which Indian institution is to infuse Rs.7250 Cr into Yes Bank as per the reconstruction plan of the Reserve Bank of India?

[A] Life Insurance Corporation of India
[B] State Bank of India
[C] HDFC Ltd
[D] ICICI Ltd

 

28.The US Congress approved a resolution to restrain President Donald Trump from attacking which country?

[A] Iraq
[B] Iran
[C] Sudan
[D] Libya

 

29.The government has invoked Epidemic Disease Act to make the health advisories enforceable. When was the act enacted?

[A] 1897
[B] 1921
[C] 1947
[D] 1987

 

30. The ‘BhoomiRashi’ Portal, which was sometimes seen in news, comes under which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs
[C] Ministry of the Road Transport and Highways.
[D] Ministry of Earth Sciences

31.In the video conference held between the leaders of SAARC member countries, which country proposed a “Covid-19 emergency fund”?

[A] Sri Lanka
[B] India
[C] Pakistan
[D] Bangladesh

 

32.Which city of Rajasthan is also called as the ‘Marble city of India’, that is recently connected with Indore under RCS-UDAN scheme?

[A] Kota
[B] Bikaner
[C] Kishangarh
[D] Lalgarh

 

33.Which European country recently imposed a record 1.1 billion euro fine on tech-firm Apple for its anti-competitive behaviour?

[A] Germany
[B] France
[C] Italy
[D] Spain

 

34.Which former Chief Justice of India has been nominated to Rajya Sabha?

[A] Ranjan Gogoi
[B] Dipak Misra
[C] Jagdish Singh Khehar
[D] T. S. Thakur

 

35.Patil Puttappa, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?

[A] Sports
[B] Journalism
[C] Business
[D] Research

 

36.‘Chaitra Jatra’ is an annual festival celebrated in which Indian state?

[A] West Bengal
[B] Odisha
[C] Telengana
[D] Andhra Pradesh

 

37.Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a book titled ‘Invincible’, based on which Former Union Defence Minister?

[A] Arun Jaitley
[B] Manohar Parrikar
[C] George Fernandes
[D] Jaswant Singh

 

38.The football coach Francisco Garcia, who has recently passed away after contracting coronavirus,belonged to which country?

[A] United States
[B] Spain
[C] South Korea
[D] Thailand

 

39.Rishi Sunak, the Finance Minister of which country unveiled a 330-Billion Pound Rescue Package to help fight corona virus?

[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Thailand
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Italy

 

40.Which Indian state has set up a panel to study the proposal to pay cash directly to labourers’ bank accounts, to protect them from income loss due to COVID-19?

[A] Odisha
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Kerala
[D] Telangana

41.Among the Language Days celebrated by the United Nations, which language day is celebrated on March 20?

[A] Russian
[B] French
[C] Spanish
[D] Chinese

 

42.Former RBI Deputy governor R Gandhi and Ananth Narayan have been appointed on the board of which Indian bank?

[A] State Bank of India
[B] Punjab National Bank
[C] Yes Bank
[D] Bank of Baroda

 

43.On which date, the World Poetry Day is celebrated across the world annually?

[A] March 15
[B] March 19
[C] March 21
[D] March 23

44.What is the theme of the ‘World Down Syndrome Day 2020’?

[A] Leaving no one behind
[B] We decide
[C] We and You
[D] Together we can

45.Which global rating agency has estimated the cost of COVID-19 outbreak for 14 Asia-Pacific countries at $620 billion?

[A] Fitch
[B] S&P Global Ratings
[C] Moody’s
[D] AM Best

46.Veteran Director cum Actor M.R. Viswanathan, who recently passed away, was a famous personality in which language?

[A] Malayalam
[B] Tamil
[C] Kannada
[D] Telugu

 

47.Which Indian Filmmaker won the IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 at the `8th India International Film Tourism Conclave’?

[A] Aditya Dhar
[B] Zoya Akhter
[C] Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
[D] Ayan Mukerji

 

48.What is the rank of India in the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom 2020?

[A] 87
[B] 95
[C] 103
[D] 120

 

49.According to a recent study, the glaciers of which India state are losing mass faster than other parts of the Himalayas?

[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Sikkim
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Assam

 

50.In the G-20’s first virtual summit, what is the stimulus package the member countries pledged to infuse into the global economy?

[A] $1 trillion
[B] $2 trillion
[C] $5 trillion
[D] $10 trillion