Current Affair (07 March)

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the 2019-2020 as the year of –
    (a) Nationalism
    (b) Cleanliness
    (c) Health
    (d) Construction technology

  2. Scientist Zhores Alferov, who won the Nobel physics prize for his work in semi-conductor
    and laser technologies, has passed away recently. He was from which country?
    (a) Russian
    (b) South Korea
    (c) Uzbekistan
    (d) Somalia
  3. Which Pulitzer award-winning photographer, died recently?
    (a) Yannis Behrakis
    (b) Colson Whitehead
    (c) Viet Thanh Nguyen
    (d) Anthony Doerr
  4. Pranay Kumar Verma has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to __.
    (a) Vietnam
    (b) Nepal
    (c) USA
    (d) Venezuela
  5. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been re-elected president of the powerful Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). He is from which country?
    (a) Kuwait
    (b) Iraq
    (c) Iran
    (d) Saudi Arabia
  6. Who became the first recipient of the 'Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar' instituted by the Akhil Bharatiya Digambar Jain Mahasamiti?
    (a) Narendra Modi
    (b) Abhinandan Varthaman
    (c) Mahesh Babu
    (d) Barkha Dutt
  7. National Security Day was observed on 4th March 2019,it is also known as ______________?
    (a) Shaheed Diwas
    (b) Rashtriya Matdata Diwas
    (c) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
    (d) Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas

  8. Which Indian organisation has launched a ‘Yuva Vigyani Karyakram’ for school children?

    a) ISRO

    b) CSIR

    c) DRDO

    d) BARC

    9. Where is the headquarters of Tea Board of India?

    a) Dispur 

    b) Agartala

    c) Guwahati

    d) Kolkata

    10. Which Bank received the Best Bank Award from the state government of Tamil Nadu?
    a) Indian Bank
    b) Bank of Baroda
    c) Union Bank of India
    d) State Bank of India

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