3/11/2020 Current Affairs Quiz: March 10 2020

Current Affairs Quiz: March 10 2020

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1. Name the Indian state which is 1st in the country to own a separate department for Self Help
Groups (SHGs) named ‘Department of Mission Shakti’.
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Punjab
4) Odisha
5) Tamil Nadu

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2. Name the Indian state which is going to launch a digital literacy drive named ‘I am also digital’
to create awareness about e-governance (March 2020).
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Andhra Pradesh

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3. In which Indian Institute, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has
launched Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme (MGNF) as a part of SANKALP
Programme.
1) IIM-Lucknow
2) IIM-Shillong
3) IIM-Bengaluru
4) IIT-Bombay
5) IIM-Indore

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4. Narendra Singh Tomar (Union Rural Development Minister) has announced that the Rural
Development ministry has planned to achieve ____ Self Help Groups (SHGs) by 2022.
1) 50 Lakh
2) 25 Lakh
3) 75 Lakh
4) 10 Lakh
5) 100 Lakh

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5. As per Union Minister Prakash Javadekar (MoEFCC) the sanitary pad manufactures should
mandatorily supply biodegradable bag for disposal of each pad from ________.
1) June 2020
2) April 2020
3) March 2021
4) July 2021
5) January 2021

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6. The Indian Army’s Lt General Milind Hemant Thakur has inaugurated the renovated Animal
Memorial in which of the following Indian City?
1) Kolkata
2) Indore
3) Lucknow
4) Bengaluru
5) Chennai

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7. The National Conference on Women in Police and CAPFs based on the theme ‘Cyber Stalking
and Bullying of Women: Steps for Protection” and ‘Challenges faced by CAPF Women in
Operational Areas” held at which Indian city?
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) New Delhi
4) Guwahati
5) Chennai

Answer & Explanation

8. As per the 10th FICCI-IBA Bankers’ Survey July-Dec 2019, which of the following sector
registers high Non Performing Assets (NPA)?
1) Agriculture Sector
2) Corporate Sector
3) Manufacturing Sector
4) Infrastructure sector
5) Information Technology Sector

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9. As per the 10th FICCI-IBA Bankers’ Survey July-Dec 2019, the banks reporting Non Performing
Assets (NPA) declined to ____% when compared to 52% in the 1st half of the year (January –
June).
1) 39
2) 34
3) 47
4) 42
5) 49

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10. Name the person who has become 1st Women Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Indian Coast
Guard (ICG).
1) Ruchi Sharma
2) Nupur Kulshrestha
3) Priya Jhingan
4) Mitali Madhumita
5) Padma Bandopadhyay

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11. Name the person who has been honoured with ‘The World Games Athlete of the year 2019’
award in Hockey India’s 3rd annual awards 2019.
1) Harmanpreet Singh
2) Rani rampal
3) Manpreet Singh
4) Vivek Sagar Prasad
5) Lalremsiami

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12. Name the Player, who has been honored with Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award 2019 for
Men in Hockey India’s 3rd annual awards 2019.
1) Vivek Sagar Prasad
2) Manpreet Singh
3) Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
4) Nikki Pradhan
5) Krishan B. Pathak

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13. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) 1st women fighter pilots who got ‘Nari Shakti Puraskhar’ for 2019
is/are _________.
1) Mohana Jitarwal
2) Avani Chaturvedi
3) Bhawana Kanth
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) All the 1), 2) and 3)

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14. Name the person who got ‘Nari Shakti Puraskhar’ for 2019 popularly known as ‘Mushroom
Mahila’.
1) Rani Indira
2) Bina Devi
3) Karthyayini
4) Rashmi Urdhwardeshe
5) Priyanka Shah

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15. Name the 103-year old Athlete, who got Nari Shakti Puraskar award for 2019 for her
achievements in Athletics.
1) Mann Kaur
2) Krishna Poonia
3) M. A. Prajusha
4) Seema Punia
5) Anju Bobby George

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16. Name the person who has been honoured with Changemaker of the year award (person) in the
3rd edition of BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2020.
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Pankaj Advani
3) PV Sindhu
4) Satheesh Reddy
5) Dutee Chand

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17. The 6th edition of Economic Times Global Business summit based on the theme ‘Collaborate to
Create: Sustainable Growth in a Fractured World’ held at which Indian city (6-7 March, 2020)?
1) Bhopal
2) Chandigarh
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai
5) Amritsar

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18. Name the Organisation which organised the 3rd edition of Gender Equality Summit with the
theme “India Inc. For Generation Equality: Decade of Action” in New Delhi.
1) UNICEF India
2) UN Women India
3) OECD India
4) United Nations Global Compact Network India
5) UNESCO India

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19. As per the paper “Rethinking Gender Representation across Value Chains” released during the
3rd Gender Equality Summit 2020, If Women’s labour force is same as Men’s labour force then
it can boost India’s GDP by _______.
1) 12%
2) 42%
3) 27%
4) 19%
5) 33%

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20. Which world organization along with NITI Aayog organised the 4th edition of Women
Transforming India awards 2019 based on the theme ‘Women and Entrepreneurship’ in New
Delhi?
1) Word Bank (WB)
2) United Nations (UN)
3) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
4) International Women Forum (IWF)
5) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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21. The Government of India (GoI) sets up 12-member panel to prepare investigation manual for
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). Name the person who heads the panel.
1) AK Gupta
2) Rajiv Gauba
3) Injeti Srinivas
4) G. Sateesh Reddy
5) Rajiv Kumar

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22. Wasim Jaffer who is in news recently related to which sports (March 2020)?
1) Hockey
2) Tennis
3) Football
4) Shooting
5) Cricket

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23. Name the country which has won the 7th edition of ICC women’s T20 world cup 2020 held in
Australia between Feb 21 – March 8, 2020.
1) India
2) Australia
3) England
4) South Africa
5) New Zealand

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24. Name the person, who has become the youngest cricketer to play any ICC World Cup finals.
1) Sandeep Lamichhane
2) Hardik Pandya
3) Shafali Verma
4) Rashid Khan
5) Shaquana Quintyne

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25. The book of “The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat” is about the life of Biju Patnaik. He is
the former Chief Minister of which Indian state?
1) Kerala
2) West Bengal
3) Odisha
4) Jharkhand
5) Bihar

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26. H. R. Bhradwaj, the former Union Law minister and Governor of Karnataka & Kerala who
passed away recently (March 2020) belongs to which Indian state?
1) Punjab
2) Karnataka
3) Haryana
4) Goa
5) Bihar

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27. Vijayan Pillai who passed away recently is the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of which
Indian state?
1) Telangana
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Kerala

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28. The International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrated annually on March 8. What is the theme for
IWD 2020?
1) Theme: “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”
2) Theme: “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”
3) Theme: “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”
4) Theme: “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”
5) Theme: “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”

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29. Name the Gender Equality Campaign which was conducted by Indian Railways from March 1 –
10, 2020 as a part of International Women’s Day.
1) “Inspire Her”
2) “She is Equal”
3) “She Inspires”
4) “Each for Equal”
5) “She and We”

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1. Who is the present Cabinet Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (as on March
2020)?

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2. The Headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) located at?

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3. Where is the Headquarters of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) located at which
Indian City?

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4. The National women’s Day in India celebrated annually on?

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5. Name the 1st Self Governing nation which allowed women to Vote?

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6. The ‘W’ in the WALR denotes?

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