Masterstroke : March - 2019

1. This person is the winner of the Param Vishisht Sewa Medal this year. We are talking about….

2. Which of the following organizations publishes Global Environment Outlook -2019?

3. The winner of this years All England Badminton Open Championship -2019 is……

4. These are the latest entrants in the list of GI Tags in the month of March -2019 from Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu respectively. Can you identify the entities in question?

5. Who has been appointed as the head of the steering committee of National Mission on
Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage?

6. AFINDEX -19 is _________ and will be held at _______.

7. Can you identify the year of foundation of Inter Parliamentary Union?

8. Can you identify the name of the scientist and the name of the country who have launched a
Black Hole Coin in the month of March -2019?

9. Can you identify the name of the Globular cluster in which a new population of ultra violet stars
have been identified by the Indian astronomers recently?

10. According to the latest World Gold Council Report-2019, what is the rank and the holdings of
gold possessed by India?

11. Can you name the state in which the version of Model Code of Conduct was introduced for the
first time in the 1960 state assembly elections of this state?

12. Can you name the country that has bagged the first prize in the International Golden City Gate
Tourism Awards that were held in March -2019?

13. Can you name the first Indian who is the recipient of honorary doctorate from the University of
Peace given in the month of March -2019?

14. Can you identify the name of the jaggery from Kerala that was given the GI tag recently in the
month of March-2019?

15. What is the name of India’s first Intellectual Property (IP) Mascot that was unveiled recently?

16. Can you identify the names of the members of the mediation panel that has been constituted
by the Supreme Court in context of the Ayodhya Babri Masjid dispute in March -2019?

17. Can you identify the name of the bilateral joint military exercise that was conducted in the
month of March -2019?

18. The winner of Chameli Devi Jain award for the year -2019 is________

19. Yashwant Rao Chawan National award is given to this famous banker. Can you name thje
banker in question?

20. International Women's’ Day is celebrated on____ and having the theme_____.

21. What is the new income tax exemption limit on gratuity from Rs. 10 Lakhs now?

22. This has become the second city after Mumbai to get a metro in the month of March -2019.
Can you identify the name of the city in question?
23. The name of the initiative launched for reading English and Hindi by Google_____.

24. The newly appointed director of BARC is …….

25. Which of the following is the winner of Prizker Prize -2019?

26. According to Swachch Survekshan -2019 , this city has been adjudged as the cleanest city of
India. Name the city in question.

27. This country is the latest one to join International Criminal Court. Identify the name of the
country and its number as a state party of ICC in question.

28. What is the full form of NRETP?

29. Where would you find the Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Archaeology?

30. The newly appointed chairman of the NALSA is__________________

31. According to the National Rural Annual Sanitation Survey, what %age of people in the rural
India have access to toilets (approx.)?

32. This Indian company is the winner of Green Era award for sustainability in the month of March -
2019. Name the company in question.

33. What is the name of the card that was launched recently and is meant for use in all public
transport in metro and buses and as credit and debit card also for retail transactions by the
Prime minister recently?

34. The venue of the 2022 Asian games that are scheduled to take place , is ______

35. World Wildlife Day is celebrated on ______ and the theme for this year is ________

36. The name of the India Bangladesh joint military exercise that was held in the month March -
2019 is ____

37. This Indian scientist is the winner of the Missile Systems award by the American Institute of
Aeronautics in the month of March -2019. Name him

38. This person is the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee , we are talking about…..

39. Which of the following days is celebrated as the National Security Day of India ?

40. This person is the winner of the A.B. Vajpayee Lifetime achievement award in the month of
March -2019. We are talking about….

41. Name the first Lokayukta of Odisha.

42. Can you name the district that has topped the latest aspirational districts ranking of 112 districts
issued by Niti Ayog in the month OF March -2019?

43. This Indian company has been adjudged as one of the ‘Most Ethical Companies’, of the world
in 2019. Name the company in question.

44. Macky Sall is the newly appointed President of _________.

45. The newly appointed chairman of the National Commission of Backward Classes. We are
talking about….

46. Zhores Alferov who died recently was a Nobel Laureate in the field of ________
47 When is the Zero Discrimination Day celebrated and what was the theme of this year?

48. Who is the present minister of social justice and empowerment?

49. This company has become the first one to launch indigenously built 4G/5G semiconductor
chips in the month of March -2019. We are talking about….

50 The capital of Serbia is _______

51. Can you identify the name of the Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana that will vote on ballot
paper in place of EVM due to very high number of candidates there?

52. A new e- market place has been launched by the Ministry of Commerce and Industries for
______ in the month of March -2019.

53. As per the recently released Skytrax World Airport awards ,the name of the topmost airport and
India’s India’ s IGI airport are__________&__________ respectively.

54. What percentage of the Carbon di- oxide is emitted by India ?

55. Can you identify the name of the world’s highest polling station and its height above the sea
level also!

56. What is the maximum range of Dhanush Howitzers that were inducted into the Indian army
recently?

57. The ‘Turing Award’, considered as the highest in computer science and is often regarded as
the ‘Nobel Prize’, in computers has been won this year by_______

58. The current chairman of the NCLAT is____

59. According to the recently released multi dimensional poverty index report -2018 released
recently , this Indian state was the poorest in 2015 -2016. We are talking about…..

60. The name of the mission through which India recently shot down a live satellite by an anti
satellite missile, is_____

61. This person is the winner of the highest civilian award of Croatia ; ‘The Grand Order of the King
of Tomislav’. Can you identify the name of the person in question?

62. Tis social media company has launched “Share you voted”, and “Candidate Connect” two tools
to augment the elections in India. We are talking about…..

63. ‘Mankading’, is a term that you would associate with which sports discipline?

64. According to Global Energy Transition Index , the topmost country and the rank of India are
________ &_______ respectively.

65. What will be the venue of the third index of AUSINDEX -2019 ?

66. The Indian Navy’s premier ship which is a training facility also is celebrating its platinum jublee
in 2019-2020. Can you name the ship in question?

67. The winner and nationality of Templeton Prize -2019 is/are ______

68. This person is the winner of the Global Teacher award in 2019. Can you name him?

69. World Tuberculosis Day and its theme this year are ______ &_________ respectively.

70. World Meteorological Day and its theme are_____ &______.

71. He is the newly appointed Navy Chief of India. We are talking about….

72. What was the disinvestment target of the Government of India for the year -2018-2019?

73. He has been appointed as the first Lokpal of the country. We are talking about…..

74. World Water Day is celebrated every year on _______ and the theme of this year was_______.

75. International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is celebrated every year on
______.

76. Can you identify the date and the theme of the International Forest Day that was in the news
recently?

77. Who is the present Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) ?

78. The name of the capital of Kazakhstan has been changed from _________ to __________

79. The International Day of Happiness is celebrated every year on _______ and the theme for this
year is ______.

80. According to the recently released World Happiness Index, the happiest and the saddest
countries are____ &_______ respectively.

81. Mitra Shakti VI is the name of the Indian Military Exercise that will take place in March –April -
2019 at _____.

82. As OSIRS-Rex : Bennu :: Hyabusa 2: ??

83. As per the recent Economist magazine’s expensive cities survey -2019, the topmost spot is
jointly held by _____________ and the cheapest spot is held by ____.

84. The venue of IND-INDO CORPAT -2019 Exercise is ______

85. The first woman to win prestigious Abel Prize is _______

86. Can you identify the name of the operation carried out by Indian army and that was meant to
finish the insurgent camps that were meant to disturb /kill I Indian workers working in Kaladan
project, in 2019

87. As per the Quality of Living Index -2019 launched by Mercer, the topmost city is ______

88. Can you name the newly appointed Chief minister of Goa after the demise of Manohar
Parikkar?

89. Who is the author of the book : The Farthest Field : An Indian Story of the Second World War

90. What is the name of the Joint military exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
member states that will take place in Khazakistan

91. What is the name of the one of the deadliest tropical cyclone that hit Africa in March- 2019?

92. The brand ambassador of YONO is ____

93. ‘Arabica’, and ‘Robusta’ are the names of the variants of_______ that have been given GI Tags
in the month of March -2019.

94. What is the venue of the Special Olympics World Games that were held recently?

95. World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on _____ and the theme for this year
was_________
 Answers
1. General Bipin Rawat
24. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
2. United Nations Environment Program
25. Arata Isozaki
3. Kento Momota from Japan
26. Indore
4. Sirsi Supari and Erode Turmeric
27. Malaysia/ 124th State Party
5. Amitabh Kant
28. National Rural Economic
6. A joint field training exercise between Transformation Project
Africa and India to be held at Pune in
Maharashtra 29. Greater Noida ( Uttar Pradesh)

7. 1889 30. Justice S.A. Bobde

8. Stephen Hawkings / U.K. 31. 93%

9. NGC -2808 32. TVS

10. - 11th / 607 tones 33. National Common Mobility Card

(NCMC)
11. Kerala
34. Hangzhou
12. India
35. March 3/ Life below water for people
13. M. Venkaiah Naidu and planet

14. Marayur 36. Sampriti

15. IP Nani 37. Dr. G. Sathish Reddy

16. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar , Sri Ram Panchu 38. Anil Kumble
and Justice Kalifulah
39. March 4
17. Al Nagah-III
40. Thanga Darlong
18. Priyanka Dubey
41. Ajit Singh
19. Raghuram Govind Rajan
42. Hailakandi (Assam)
20. March 8 / Think Equal , Build Smart,
Innovate for change 43. Tata Steel

21. 20 Lakhs 44. Senegal

22. Nagpur 45. Bhagawan Lal Sahni

23. Bolo 46. Physics

47. March 1/ Theme: Act to change laws 71. Karambir Singh
that discriminate
72. 80,000cr
48. Thawar Chand Gehlot
73. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh
49. SIGNALCHIP
74. Leaving No One Behind
50. Belgrade
75. March 21
51. Nizamabad
76. March 21 / Forests and Education
52. Coffee
77. Upendra Tripathi
53. Singapore’s Changi Airport and 59
78. Astana to Nursultan
54. 7%
79. March 20 / Happier together
55. Tshigang( Himachal Pradesh ) / 15256
feet 80. Finland / South Sudan

56. 38km 81. Sri Lanka

57. Geoffrey Hinton , Yann LeCun and 82. Ryugu

Yoshua Bengio.
83. Paris , Hong Kong and Singapore/
58. S.J. Mukhopadhyay Caracas

59. Bihar 84. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

60. - Mission Shakti 85. Karen Uhlenback

61. Ram Nath Kovind 86. Operation Sunrise

62. Facebook 87. Vienna

63. Cricket 88. Pramod Sawant

64. Sweden / 76 89. Raghu Karnad

65. Vishakhapatnam 90. Sary –Arka –Antiterror-2019

66. INS Shivaji 91. Cyclone Idahi

67. Marcelo Gleiser/ Brazilian 92. Seema Burman

68. Peter Tabichi 93. Coffee

69. March 24 / It’s time 94. Abu Dhabi

70. March 23/ The Sun The Earth and The 95. March 15/ Trusted Smart Products
Weather