Friday, March 20, 2015

20 March,2015 Current Affairs Questions and Answers

Q1. Who has been appointed as the head of Indian Railways Innovative Council called 'Kaya Kalp'?

A. Ajay Thakur
B. Amit Shah
C. Ratan Tata
D. Mukesh Ambani

Q2. On 19th Mar’15, the govt. announced launching of BIRAC ACE Fund which is aimed at addressing the pressing needs of accelerating the growth of entrepreneurs, in the field of Biotechnology. BIRAC is abbreviated as _____.

A. Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
B. Bio Indigenous Research Assistance Committee
C. Biotic Industry Research Assistance Company
D. Biomass Indian Research Assistance Corporation

Q3. On 19th Mar’15, President Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Speaker’s Perspective”. The book was written by ______.

A. Sumitra Mahajan
B. Pratibha Patil
C. Hamid Ansari
D. Meira Kumar

Q4. As per the announcement made by the government on 19th Mar’15, which country has agreed to provide a concessional loan of 1 billion Euro over the next six years to augment and strengthen renewable power transmission infrastructure?

A. Australia
B. Japan
C. Germany 
D. Canada

Q5. On 18th Mar’15, which country’s parliament overwhelmingly adopted a humanitarian crisis bill to help its poorest people, ignoring apparent pressure from the European Union to halt the legislation?

A. Ukraine
B. Russia
C. Britain
D. Greece

Q6. To which country Swiss authorities are handing more than 120 million US dollar that was frozen as part of corruption probes involving state-run oil company Petrobras?

A. Brazil 
B. China
C. India
D. South Africa

Q7. Against which nuclear power plant Shiv Sena took out rally with a demand of shutting down the project’s office near Ratnagiri Railway station?

A. Kundankulam 
B. Tarapur
C. Kakrapar
D. Jaitapur 

Q8. Who was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court?

A. P Sathasivam
B. Uma Nath Singh 
C. R P Singh
D. H. L. Dattu

Q9. Name the former Bihar Chief Minister convict in the multi crore fodder scam who was sent to Birsa Munda central jail in Ranchi on 19th Mar’15?

A. Lalu Prasad Yadav
B. Jeetan Ram Maanjhi
C. Jagannath Mishra
D. Rabri Devi

Q10. Name the Indian-American Scientist who will head the Royal Society of Britain?

A. T.E.S. Raghavan
B. Ramesh Agarwal
C. Chandrasekhar Khare
D. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Q11. The three-day International conference on 'India and the Indian Ocean: Renewing Maritime Trade & Civilisational Linkages' is being launched on 20th Mar’15 in _____.

A. New Delhi
B. Bhubaneshwar
C. Cochin
D. Mumbai

Q12. Which country is chosen to host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup?

A. Germany
B. Brazil
C. Australia
D. France

Q13. Name the indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile that was successfully launched from Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft to hit a simulated target at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on 18th Mar’15?

A. Shastra
B. Astra
C. Toofan
D. Vinayak


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