Current Affair (12 March)

  1. Which country had signed an agreement with India to liberalize the visa policy by which businessmen and tourists can stay in India for 90 days without a visa?
    a) Mongolia
    b) Maldives
    c) Russia
    d) Malta
  2. Name the country,where the entire government has resigned after failing to achieve a key policy goal on social welfare and healthcare reform.
    a) Finland
    b) Swedan
    c) Norway
    d) Russia
  3. Who was appointed as the Prime Minister of Palestine?
    a) Ahmed Qurei
    b) Ismail Haniyeh
    c) Salam Fayyad
    d) Mohammad Shtayyeh
  4. Researchers from which of the following institute developed an app to detect fake currency?
    a) IIT Delhi
    b) IIT Kharagpur
    c) IIT Bombay
    d) IIT Kanpur
  5. Which country is planning to release a digital currency called “SOV”?
    a) Marshall Islands
    b) Papua New Guinea
    c) New Zealand
    d) Fiji
  6. Who won the Player of the Series title in the T20I match series between India and England?
    a) Kate Cross
    b) Alex Hartley
    c) Tammy Beaumont
    d) Danielle Wyatt
  7. Which Indian multinational steel manufacturing corporation received NCLT nod for taking over Essar Steel at Rs 42,000 Crore?
    a) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
    b) Tata Steel
    c) JSW Steel
    d) ArcelorMittal
  8. Rome Statute, sometimes seen in news, is related to which of the following organizations?
    a) International Criminal Court
    b) Food and Agriculture Organization
    c) UNIDO
    d) World Bank

  9. Which Indian-American personality has been appointed as new UNDP Goodwill Ambassador?
    a) Kal Penn
    b) Alpana Singh
    c) Padma Lakshmi
    d) Mira Nair

  10. Kiru Hydro Electric Project, which is in news recently, is located on which of the following rivers?
    a) Narmada
    b) Ganga
    c) Kaveri
    d) Chenab

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