200 Best Current Affairs March 2019

Part 1 In English

Q) Which Ministry has recently launched the SHREYAS Scheme ?

A. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
B. Ministry of communication
C. Ministry of Defence
D.Ministry of Human Resource Development

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Khelo India Mobile App in which
of the following cities ?
A. Amravati
B. Kolkata
C. New Delhi
D. Mumbai

Q) Mehtab Hossain who has announced his retirement is associated with which of the
following sports ?
A. Cricket
B. Tennis
C. Football
D. Wrestling

Q) Khanij online which has won this year’s National eGovernance Award is an online
portal of which state ?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Jharkhand
D. Rajasthan

Q) Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has announced the ‚South Coast Railway (SCoR)‛
in which of the following states ?
A. Kerala
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Telangana
D. Karnataka

Q) Hemant Bhargava was appointed as the nonexecutive chairman of which bank?

A. IDBI Bank
B. Punjab National Bank
C. Bank of Baroda
D.Canara Bank

Q) The Reserve Bank has set up a eight members Task Force on Offshore Rupee
Markets which will be headed by whom ?
A. R. Gandhi
B. Urjit Patel
C. Usha Thorat
D. Haroon R. Khan

Q) AIIB and India have signed US$ 455 Million Loan agreement to improve Rural
Connectivity in which of the following states ?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Bihar

Q) Which public sector bank has topped the EASE Reforms Index released by
government ?
A. State Bank of India
B. Allahabad Bank
C. Bank of Baroda
D. Punjab National Bank

Q) IRCTC has launched its own payment aggregator system named what in a bid to
promote digital transactions ?
A. IRCTC iPay
B. IRCTC ePay
C. IRCTC Pay
D. IRCTC vPAY

Q) Who is the author of the novel "The Fate Of Butterflies‛?

A .Nandini Bajpai
B. Anita Nair
C. Devapriya Roy
D. Nayantara Sahgal

Q) Union Cabinet has approved establishment of new All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in which of the following districts of Haryana ?
A. Rohtak
B. Rewari
C. Panipat
D. Panchkula

Q) ‘Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019’ was conducted between India and which country
?
A.Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. Sri Lanka
D. Bangladesh

Q) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched which

scheme , to fund science projects, on the occasion of National Science Day ?
A. HUNAR
B. STARS
C. STRIKE
D. KAUSHAL

Q) Cabinet has approved Setting up Centre for Disability Sports at which city in
Madhya Pradesh ?
A. Indore
B. Bhopal
C. Gwalior
D. Jabalpur

Q) AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik has laid the foundation stone for National
Institute of Unani Medicine in which of the following states ?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Uttarakhand
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has celebrated 50th anniversary of its
‚first composite solid propellant ‚ named what ?
A. Mrinal
B. Taal
C. Trishul
D. Vikram
Q) Which of the following companies has launched Project Zero to fight product
counterfeit ?
A. Flipkart
B. Alibaba
C. Amazon
D. IndiaMart

Q) India and ADB has signed a loan agreement of USD ______ Million for Mumbai
Metro Rail Project ?
A. USD 655 million
B. USD 472 million
C. USD 700 million
D. USD 926 million

Q) Which Indian state has recently created a 7th Guinness Book of World Record by
implanting ‘Modern Artificial Limbs (Legs)’ in 260 Divyangjans within eight hours ?
A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Madhya Pradesh

Q) Who has taken charge as MD & CEO of Yes Bank ?

A. Sushil kumar
B. Rana Kapoor
C. Ajay Kumar
D. Ravneet Gill

Q) Who is the head of the task force formed by CBDT to draft a new direct tax law and
replace the existing Income Tax Act?
A. Akhilesh Ranjan
B. Sushil Chandra
C. R. Gandhi
D. Harun kar

Q) Who has become the first ever batsman to smash 500 sixes in international cricket ?
A. Shoaib Malik
B. Ken Williamson
C. Chris Gayle
D. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Q) Which of the following states has launched the Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman
Nidhi
Yojana ?
A. Rajasthan
B. Haryana
C. Punjab
D. Gujarat

Q) Which of the following states has launched the ‘Jalamrutha’ scheme ?

A. Odisha
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana

Q) Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia was appointed as the non-executive chairman

of which bank ?
A. Bank of India
B. Bank of baroda
C. Bank of Maharashtra
D. Oriental Bank of Commerce

Q) PM Modi has Announced FY20 to be observed as which Year ?

A. Construction Technology Year
B. Science
C. Artificial Intelligence
D. Millets

Q) Who has been honored with the 2019 Missile Systems Award ?
A. K Sivan
B. Vikram Jain
C. Nirmala Sitharaman
D. G Sateesh Reddy

Q) 25th Prime Minister’s Trophy for the Best Overall Performance for year 2016-17
was conferred upon ?
A. Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur
B. JSW Steel Limited, Vijayanagar
C. SAIL, Rourkela
D. Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Raigarh

Q) Students and researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have
created a laptop for visually-impaired called what ?
A. BrailleBook
B. DotBook
C. TouchBook
D. SenseBook

Q)Which state’s Police have launched ‘Samvedna’ campaign to curb crimes against
women and children ?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Gujarat
D. Maharashtra

Q) Which of the following games has been included in the Asian Games 2022 ?
A. Baseball
B. Cricket
C. Chess
D. Kabaddi

Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of the newly constituted National
Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
A. Anush Dadlani
B. Prakash Nambiar
C. Gurdeep Khullar
D. Bhagwan Lal Sahni

Q) Zhores Alferov who passed away recently had won the Nobel prize in 2000 in which
field ?
A. Chemistry
B. Mathematics
C. Physics
D. Biology

Q)Which tennis player has won the Dubai Tennis Championships ?

A. Stefanos Tsitsipas
B. Roger Federer
C. Rafael Nadal
D. Novak Djokovic

Q) Who was conferred with the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life Time Award ?
A. Thanga Darlong
B. Temsuyanger Longkumer
C. Mahapatra jimi chishi
D. Tapan Bordoloi

Q) India’s first oil museum will come up in which of the following states ?
A. Delhi
B. Guwahati
C. Lucknow
D. Shimla

Q) India’s first ever ‘National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation’ will be set up
in which district of Madhya Pradesh ?
A. Bhopal
B. Vidisha
C. Sehore
D. Raisen

Q) How many Guinness World Records have been made by Prayagraj Kumbh Mela
2019 ?
A. Four
B. Two
C. One
D. Three

Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of Tea Board ?

A. Vinod Kumar Yadav
B. V G Siddhartha
C. M S Boje Dowda
D. P K Bezbaruah

Q) According to the Delta ranking report released by NITI Aayog which district of
Assam has become the top aspirational district among the 112 aspirational districts of
the country ?
A. Hailakandi
B. Udalgiri
C. Nalbari
D. Jorhat

Q)Under the World Bank funded project – Agribusiness and Rural Transformation
(APART), Rice Knowledge Bank web portal of whish state was launched ?
A. West Bengal
B. Kerala
C. Assam
D. Chhattisgarh

Q) India has signed a deal with which country to manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles ?
A. Japan
B. Israel
C. USA
D. Russia

Q) India’s first jewellery park will come up in which of the following states ?
A. Assam
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. Karnataka

Q) Which Indian armed forces has created history by achieving a Guinness world
record feat in 'single line bicycle parade'?
A. Border Security Force (BSF)
B. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
C. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
D. Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Q) India’s food processing ministry has launched which scheme to bolster the
unorganised food processing sector concentrated in rural areas ?
A. Gram Sahyog Yojana
B. Gram Samridhi Yojana
C. PM Gram Sahayata Yojana
D. Atal Bihari Gram Unnati Yojana

Q) PM Narendra Modi has launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-
SYM) Yojana on 5th March 2018 from which state ?
A. Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Jharkhand

Q) Exercise Al Nagah III, third in the series of bilateral joint exercise between India and
which country is scheduled to be held from 12 to 25 March 2019 ?
A. Qatar
B. Afghanistan
C. Saudi Arab
D. Oman

Q) ISRO has launched a Young Scientist Programme named what for school children ?
A. Yuvika
B. Josh
C. Tarun
D. Antariksh

Q) The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the project BOLD-QIT
(Border
Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) on which border ?
A. Indo China
B. Indo-Bangladesh
C. Indo Pakistan
D. Indo Bhutan

Q) The ‘Azaadi ke Diwane’ museum was inaugurated by the Minister of State for
Culture (Independent charge) ,Dr. Mahesh Sharma in which city ?
A. Lucknow
B. Surat
C. New Delhi
D. Srinagar

Q) The World Bank will provide a $__________ million loan to India for the National
Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) ?
A. $250 mn
B. $150 mn
C. $350 mn
D. $300 mn

Q) Who has been appointed as the chief of National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) ?
A. Rajendra Kumar
B. Avinash Patel
C. Nagendra Nath Sinha
D. Indra Kumar Singh

Q) Name the India’s first monorail which has now become fully operational ?
A. Delhi Monorail
B. Mumbai Monorail
C. Pune Monorail
D. Bengaluru Monorail

Q)Which city has topped the Swachh survekshan 2019 in terms of cleanest city in India
?
A. Indore
B. Bhopal
C. Ujjain
D. Ahmedabad

Q) Who has been nominated as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services
Authority (NALSA) ?
A. A K Sikri
B. Pawan Kumar
C. S A Bobde
D. Hemant Sharma

Q) Which company has launched 'Bolo' app to tutor children to read in Hindi and
English ?
A. Microsoft
B. Facebook
C. Google
D. Reliance

Q) ‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata’ scheme was launched by which state ?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Odisha
C. Karnataka
D. Maharashtra

Q) Who has been appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
(BARC) ?
A. G Sateesh Reddy
B. Anirudh Kumar
C. AK Mohanty
D. Vikram Singh
Q) Kudo International Federation India has got recognition as National Sport
Federation. Kudo is a sports of which country ?
A. Russia
B. Japan
C. South Korea
D. Sweden

Q) Yuvashree Arpan Scheme for the youth was launched by which state ?
A. Karnataka
B. Rajasthan
C. West Bengal
D. Odisha

Q) Which state has launched the Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana” a free milk
scheme ?
A. Haryana
B. Uttarakhand
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Punjab

Q) Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has launched which mobile app for
properties/land related matters ?
A. e-Dharti
B. e-Sampati
C. e-Bhumi
D. e-Rashi

Q) Which country has become the 124th member of International Criminal Court
(ICC) ?
A. Cambodia
B. Mali
C. Laos
D. Malaysia

Q) CCEA has approved the investment approval for a 1320 megawatt Khurja Super
Thermal Power Plant (STPP) in which state ?
A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Bihar
Q) Chennai Central railway station will be renamed after which former Chief Minister
of Tamil Nadu ?
A. M Karunanidhi
B. M G Ramachandran
C. J Jayalalithaa
D. Janaki Ramachandran

Q)The union government has approved the investment sanction for construction of 624
Mega watt Kiru Hydro Electric Project in which state ?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Assam

Q) Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated a training centre of the Central
Reserve Police Force in which city ?
A. Jaipur
B. Pune
C. Jodhpur
D. Delhi

Q) Kaja Kallas was appointed as the first female Prime Minister of which country ?
A. Zimbabwe
B. Iceland
C. Estonia
D. Poland

Q) Who has been conferred with Pritzker Architecture Prize 2019 ?

A. Norman Foster
B. Wang Shu
C. Tom Kuding
D. Arata Isozaki

Q) Who has been appointed as Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO) ?
A. Rohini Godbole
B. Soumya Swaminathan
C. Aditi Pant
D. Yamuna Krishnan

Q) Who has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
as its newest Goodwill Ambassador ?
A. Priyanka Chopra
B. Padma Laxmi
C. Lily Singh
D. Alia Bhatt

Q) Which state has launched the “Atal Aahar Yojana” for construction workers ?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Q) The National Health Authority (NHA) and IRDAI have formed a working group to
detect and deter fraud under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana (AB-PMJAY) under whose chairmanship ?
A. Dinesh Arora
B. Kabir Qureshi
C. Abhinav Shukla
D. Praveen Singh

Q) The country’s 500th Passport Kendra was opened in which state ?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Assam

Q) Iniyan Panneerselvam, a 16-year-old boy has become the India's 61st Grandmaster.
He hails from which state ?
A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Marayoor jaggery of which state has got Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the
central government ?
A. Karnataka
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Kerala

Q) The Government has approved the establishment of two new benches of National
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in which two cities ?
A. Kollam, Bhopal
B. Indore, Amravati
C. Agra, Raipur
D. Pune, Ranchi

Q) A 5-member committee has been constituted to examine issues related to framing of

a proper and structured scheme for providing of insurance cover to the advocates. Who
will be the head of this committee ?
A. Ravi Shankar
B. Anand Patel
C. Alok Shrivastav
D. Amarinder Khullar

Q) Indian railways has decided to become the World’s first Green Railway by which
year ?
A. 2023
B. 2025
C. 2030
D. 2040

Q) Who has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary ?

A. Rajiv Kumar
B. Rajeev Gauba
C. Subhash Chandra Garg
D. Ajay Narayan Jha

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
Institute of Archaeology in which city ?
A. Ranchi
B. Bhopal
C. Greater Noida
D. New Delhi

Q) LPG connections distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana touched the
7 crore mark . Who has become the seventh crore beneficiary of the scheme ?
A. Sita Kumari
B. Geeta Devi
C. Vidya Kumari
D. Krishna Sutar

Q) Turmeric of which city has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the
Geographical Indication Registry ?
A. Erode
B. Madurai
C. Vellore
D. Karur

Q) The Supreme Court has constituted a three member panel of mediators in the Ram
Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case . Who will head this panel ?
A. FMI Kalifulla
B. Sriram Panchu
C. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
D. Thomas Anthony

Q) US based toy maker company Mattel has made a Barbie Doll of which Indian Player
?
A. Saina Nehwal
B. Sania Mirza
C. Apurvi Chandela
D. Dipa Karmakar

Q) Olympic medalist Kelly Catlin passed away at the age of 23. She hailed from which
country ?
A. England
B. Australia
C. USA
D. Russia

Q) India’s first LGBTQ clinic and HIV treatment centre was inaugurated in which city
?
A. Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Bengaluru
D. Hyderabad

Q) According to the latest report published by the Stockholm International Peace

Research Institute (SIPRI), which country was the world’s largest importer of major
arms in 2014–18 ?
A. India
B. Russia
C. Saudi Arab
D. Israel

Q) As per the latest report by the World Gold Council (WGC), India has the _________
th largest gold reserve in the world ?
A. 12th
B. 15th
C. 11th
D. 6th

Q) World Wide Web has completed its______ years March 12, 2019 ?
A. 25 years
B. 40 years
C. 30 years
D. 50 years

Q) Arecanut has got its first GI (geographical indication) tag for which supari ?
A. Guwahati Supari
B. Bankura Supari
C. Singur Supari
D. Sirsi Supari

Q) National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its _______ inception day on
11th March 2019 ?
A. 34th
B. 33rd
C. 35th
D. 40th
Q) Supreme Court ruled that only officers who have a minimum of _____ time left as
tenure in police service should be considered for the post of Director General of Police
(DGP) ?
A. 3 months
B. 1 year
C. 6 months
D. 2 years

Q) Which country has launched the ‘combat casualty drugs’ for its security personnel ?
A. USA
B. Sweden
C. India
D. Norway

Q) Axis Bank has appointed whom as NonExecutive Chairman for a period of 3 years ?
A. Vikas Mishra
B. Vikas Swarup
C. Rohit Pandita
D. Rakesh Makhija

Q) Which company has shut down its messaging app 'Allo'?

A. Facebook
B. Google
C. Algoworks
D. Microsoft

Q) Corporation Bank celebrated its ______ th Foundation Day on 12 March 2019 ?

A. 75th
B. 100th
C. 114th
D. 125th

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