Current Affairs 2017 (Mar)

Question 1

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year 2016

Answer 1

India Forward S V Sunil

Question 2

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Most Promising Player 2016

Answer 2

Harmanpreet Singh

Question 3

Name some Padma Award winners 2016

Answer 3

1. PA Sangma (former LS Speaker)
2. Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP leader)
3. Sharad Pawar (NCP supremo)
4. Professor U R Rao (former ISRO Chairman)
5. Virat Kohli (cricketer)
6. Anuradha Paudwal (singer)

Question 4

Winner of Kala Ratan Award presented by Vice President Hamid Ansari

Answer 4

Anupam Kher

Question 5

Winner of ‘Best Small Bank for 2016’

Answer 5

Karur Vysya Bank

Question 6

Winner of second highest peacetime gallantry award ‘Kirti Chakra’

Answer 6

Major Rohit Suri (part of surgical strikes on Pakistan)

Question 7

Name all peacetime gallantry awards in the descending order of value

Answer 7

1. Ashok Chakra
2. Kirti Chakra
3. Shaurya Chakra

Question 8

Winner of 2017 Abel Prize (mathematics equivalent of Nobel Prize)

Answer 8

Yves Meyer, France

for his work on wavelets

Question 9

Winner of ‘World’ Best Airport’ named by SkyTrax World Airport Survey

Answer 9

Changi Airport, Singapore

Question 10

Name of former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke’s autobiography

Answer 10

‘My Story’

Question 11

Author of ‘Numbers Do Lie, 61 Hidden Cricket Stories’

Answer 11

Former Indian Cricketer Akash Chopra

Question 12

What is the Swadhar Seva Scheme

Answer 12

For women victims of i\unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation to live with dignity

Question 13

Name the two online based citizen centric applications introduced by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to ease out the process of issuing licenses and curb corruption

Answer 13

VAHAN 4.0 and SARATHI 4.0

Question 14

name the two Science Cities set up by Ministry of Culture through National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

Answer 14

1. Science City, Kolkata

2. Regional Science City, Lucknow

Question 15

Name the Scheme launched by Ministry of Minority Affairs in UP to improve degrading conditions of Banaras saree weavers belonging to minority communities

Answer 15

USTTAD scheme

Question 16

Indian Science Congress to be held where

Answer 16

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Question 17

World Tuberculosis Day

Answer 17

24th March

Question 18

World Water Day

Answer 18

22nd March

Question 19

Which community in India celebrates Navroz

Answer 19

Parsi community

Question 20

Name the committee appointed by government to report on strengthening border protection and address vulnerabilities in fencing along Indo-Pak border

Answer 20

Maadhukar Gupta Committee

Question 21

New Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

Answer 21

Vanaja N Sarna

Question 22

First girl to explore the route from Sea Link near Worli Koliwada to the Gateway of India

Answer 22

14 year old Gauri Singhvi, Udaipur,

Question 23

Person appointed to head the UN World Food Program

Answer 23

David Beasley, USA (former South Carolina Governor)

Question 24

Name the first woman combat officer to be commissioned by the Border Security Force (BSF)

Answer 24

Tanushree Pareek, from Bikaner, Rajasthan

Question 25

Only Indian corporate leader to be featured in Fortune's Top 50 Greatest Leaders' list

Answer 25

SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya (Rank 26th)

Question 26

Which noted Tamil litterateur, also known as Asokamitran passed away in Chennai recently

Answer 26

Thiagarajan

Question 27

New Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a full time basis

Answer 27

Upendra Tripathy

Question 28

New CEO of Freecharge appointed by Snapdeal

Answer 28

Jason Kothari

Question 29

Which noted Gujarati poet and ghazal writer passed away in Ahmedabad recently

Answer 29

Chinu Modi

Question 30

Tropical cyclone that hit northeast coast of Australia

Answer 30

Cyclone Debbie

Question 31

World's Healthiest Country named in the 2017 World Health Index

Answer 31

Italy

Question 32

First river in the world to be granted the same legal rights as a human being

Answer 32

Whanganui River, New Zealand

Question 33

Which day has been declared by Bangladesh as 'Genocide Day'

Answer 33

25th March

Question 34

India's tallest and second tallest flag post

Answer 34

Tallest- At the Indo-Pak Attari border (360 ft) | 2nd Tallest- Kolhapur (300 ft)

Question 35

Where is the widest and shortest National Highway proposed to be built

Answer 35

Sohna Road, Haryana

Question 36

First State to set up State Police complaints Authority

Answer 36

Maharashtra

Question 37

India's first vertical garden build in

Answer 37

Bengaluru

Question 38

Which district is being developed as India's first carbon neutral district

Answer 38

Majuli, Assam

Question 39

Where is Asia's longest bi-directional road tunnel

Answer 39

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Question 40

Which e-commerce company is set to become a member of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)

Answer 40

Paytm

Question 41

Whch company has acquired Tikona Deigital Networks' 4G spectrum

Answer 41

Airtel

Question 42

India's rank on global energy architecture performance index

Answer 42

87

Question 43

India's rank UNDP's 2016 'Human Development'

Answer 43

131

Question 44

India's rank on the World Happiness Report

Answer 44

122

Question 45

Wealthiest Indians in the UK in 2017

Answer 45

The Hindujas

Question 46

Indians on the World Economic Forum's 100 Young Global Leaders list

Answer 46

1. Vijay Shekhar (Paytm founder & CEO) | 2. Shruti Shibulal (The Tamara Hospitality)

Question 47

WHO calls to end TB in South East Asia by which year

Answer 47

2030

Question 48

India's rank in the number of women Parliamentarians

Answer 48

148

Question 49

Best Indian city in terms of living standards

Answer 49

Hyderabad

Question 50

Name Saturn's largest moon

Answer 50

Titan

Question 51

Proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory to be set up in

Answer 51

West Bodi Hills, Theni district of Tamil Nadu

Question 52

First recycled rocket launched by SpaceX

Answer 52

Falcon 9

Question 53

Who has constructed the world's largest artificial sun

Answer 53

German Space Centre (DLR)

Question 54

Name the biggest ever river festival held in India

Answer 54

'Namami Brahamaputra' in Assam

Question 55

Name five India cities included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Answer 55

1. Historic city of Ahmedabad 2. Delhi- A Heritage City 3. Jaipur City, Rajasthan 4. Ekamra Kshetra- The Temple City, Bhubhaneswar 5. Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai

Question 56

Name the New Year's Day festival of the Telugu and Kannadiga people

Answer 56

Ugadi

Question 57

Which endangered tribal language of the Dravidian family has been recognized by West Bengal and Jharkhand

Answer 57

Kurukh of the Oraon tribal community

Question 58

Who is hosting the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 final match

Answer 58

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Question 59

Winner of Garfield Sobers' Trophy (cricket)

Answer 59

R Ashwin

Question 60

Who is hosting men's hockey World League Final, 2018 World Cup

Answer 60

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Question 61

India's medal tally by special athletes in the 2017 Olympics World Winter Games

Answer 61

18

Question 62

Winner of Gold medal in men's double tap at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup (Shot gun) in Acapulco, Mexico

Answer 62

Ankur Mittal

Question 63

Which Union Cabinet approved body is replacing the National Commission for Backward Classes and which Article has been inserted in the Constitution to set it up

Answer 63

National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes; Article 338B

Question 64

New Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee

Answer 64

``` Mallikarjun Kharge (charge is given to MP of the Main Opposition Party) ```

Question 65

Which State has the highest number of women MLAs

Answer 65

UP; 38 women members

Question 66

New Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court

Answer 66

Justice P K Mohanty

Question 67

New Chief Justice of MP HIgh Court

Answer 67

Justice Hemant Gupta

Question 68

New Chief Justice of Kerala High Court

Answer 68

Justice Navniti Prasad

Question 69

New Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court

Answer 69

Justice T B Radhakrishnan

Question 70

How long will be the duration of paid maternity leave as per the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 passed by the Lok Sabha

Answer 70

26 weeks from the existing 12 weeks earlier

Question 71

Official mascot of Kanha Tiger Reserve

Answer 71

Bhoorsingh the Barasingha, a swamp deer

Question 72

Which state HC has imposed a four month ban on mining activities in the state

Answer 72

Uttarakhand

Question 73

When was the 2017 World Earth Hour held

Answer 73

25th March (8:30 pm to 9:30 pm)

Question 74

Where has the world's first fluorescent frog been discovered

Answer 74

Amazon basin, Argentina

Question 75

Code name for Interpol's multi-national and multi-species enforcement operation in the fight against wildlife crime in India

Answer 75

Operation Thunder Bird

Question 76

Code name of species specific operation on turtles by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

Answer 76

Operation Save Kurma

Question 77

India's top Arms supplier

Answer 77

USA

Question 78

Name the water jet fast attack craft (WJFAC) commissioned by the Indian Navy at Karwar, Karnataka

Answer 78

INS Tillanchang

Question 79

Name the joint military exercise between India and Nepal

Answer 79

SURYA KIRAN-XI in Uttarakhand