Current affairs March 2016

1. Which of the following has become the first bank to commence the sale of Indian
Gold Coin (IGC) in the domestic market?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Indian Overseas Bank

State Bank of India
Indian Bank
Canara Bank

ANS: A
2. Feni is the first liquor product in the country to obtain Heritage Spirit status. Feni
belongs to which of the following states?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Kerala
Maharashtra
Goa
Himachal Pradesh

ANS: C
3. __________ and ________ are the cleanest Railway Stations in India in the A1 and
A Category respectively.
A)
B)
C)
D)

Beas and Jamnagar

Surat and Rajkot
Chandigarh and Salem
Madurai and Kovilpatti

ANS: B
4. Which of the following days on second full week of March is observed as the World
Sleep Day?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday

ANS: D
5. Name the Mathematician who has recently won the prestigious Abel Prize.
A) Sir David Hans
B) Sir Andrew Wiles
C) Sir Michy Fergusan

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D) Sir Alex Donald

ANS: B
6. Which of the following movies has been named the best LGBT film of all time in 84
years of cinematic history?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Brokeback Mountain
Carol
Hong Kong romance
Kiss of Life

ANS: B
7. Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar were recently named as joint winners of
which of the following awards?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Chameli Devi Jain Award

Geeta Devi Award
Rani Laxmi Bai Award
Sarojani Naidu Award

ANS: A
8. Who among the following has been appointed as the advisor for Khadi promotion?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Ritu Beri
Kritika Tiwary
Mittal Bhat
Soumya Nair

ANS: A
9. Who among the following has been conferred with the prestigious Knight of the
Legion of Honour recently?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Tikka Shatrujit Singh

Dhananjay Singh
Viswa Jyoti Kapoor
Aravind Ahuliwalia

ANS: A
10. Which of the following banks has launched the first-of-its kind G-Sec investment
facility through ATM for retail investors?
A) Bharatiya Mahila
B) IDBI

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C) HDFC
D) Axis
ANS: B
11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the World Sufi Forum in which
of the following cities?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Hyderabad
Bengaluru
Kolkata
New Delhi

ANS: D
12. Who among the following was recently nominated by US President Barack Obama
to be the nations 113th Supreme Court justice?
A)
B)
C)
D)

James McKkinsey
Merrick B Garland
Paul K Bishop
Simon N Kerton

ANS: B
13. Which of the following countries is building a tsunami alert centre in South China
Sea?
A)
B)
C)
D)

USA
Japan
Russia
China

ANS: D
14. Which of the following banks has started the first contactless mobile payment
solution to enable its credit and debit customers to make in-store contactless payments
by just using their smartphones?
A)
B)
C)
D)

HDFC
ICICI
Yes Bank
SBI

ANS: B

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15. Who among the following is the author of the recently launched book Gandhi: An
Illustrated Biography?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Chetan Bhagat
Pramod Kapoor
Satish Roy
Aamir Jaitwal

ANS: B
16. Uber has tied up with which of the following banks to provide instant vehicle finance
to driver-partners?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Yes bank
SBI
HDFC
ICICI

ANS: B
17. Which of these banks has launched Smartup, a banking solution for startups?
A)
B)
C)
D)

SBI
HDFC
ICICI
YES bank

ANS: B
18. Which of the following sports icon was recently suspended by UN as a goodwill
ambassador?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Maria Sharapova
Sania MIrza
Martina Hingis
Serena Williams

ANS: A
19. Which of the following mobile companies has recently launched its new social media
mobile application called Waffle?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Lava
Samsung
LG
Apple

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ANS: B

20. Which of the following teams recently won the Santosh Trophy Football
tournament?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Services
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka

ANS: A
21. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on ____________.
A)
B)
C)
D)

Mar 15
Mar 16
Mar 17
Mar 18

ANS: A
22. Europe and Russia recently launched an unmanned spacecraft. It is called ______.
A)
B)
C)
D)

EuroRus
Rusmars
ExoMars
EuroMars

ANS: C
23. Name the leader wholl be the first civilian President of Mayanmar after more than
50 years of military rule.
A)
B)
C)
D)

Than Shwe
Aung San Suu Ki
Htin Kyaw
Thein Sen

ANS: C
24. India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has recently tied up with which of the
following marquee sports car makers Ferrari to launch a co-branded credit card?
A) Audi
B) Ferrari
C) BMW

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D) Mahindra
ANS: B
25. In which of the following states was Presidents rule imposed recently?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Punjab
Haryana
Uttarakhand
Rajasthan

ANS: C
26. To help farmers in switching to unconventional methods of farming which of the
following states is all set to set up the Nations first Organic Farming University?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka

ANS: B
27. Which of the following Asian countries will host FIFA Under-17 World Cup in 2017?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Pakistan
Sri Lanka
India
Nepal

ANS: C

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