March Sectional 50 admin - July 24, 2021 0 Dear champions, Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz "March Sectional 50". Your total score and the points you scored will be displayed at the end of the Quiz or after the time out. 1. Which of the following book is authored by Neha Sinha & Published by HarperCollins India? Frontier Wild and Wilfil: Tales of 15 Iconic Indian Species My Experiments with Silence China Room Full Spectrum: India’s Wars 1972-2020 2. Which of the following has unveiled the ‘India FinTech: A USD 100 Billion Opportunity’ report? Boston Consulting Group (BCG) FICCI Nasscom A & B B & C 3. The 2023 Tour de France will start in Spain’s northern Basque Country,Tour de France is related to which game? Shooting Cycling Foot ball Weightlifting Cricket 4. Danish Red Cross launches world’s first volcano catastrophe bond,which covers how many Volcanoes? 3 6 10 13 17 5. India Conferred Gandhi Peace Prize for 2019, on Late Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said.Qaboos was associated with which Country? UAE Qatar Oman Israel Jordan 6. 9 women will be inducted into US National Women’s Hall of Fame,who among the following is not belonged to that list? Mia Hamm Rebecca Halstead Michelle Obama Katherine Johnson Jacinda Ardern 7. What is the rank of India in the 27th edition Economic Freedom Index-released by The Heritage Foundation ? 53rd 20th 7th 121st 178th 8. J&K approves Rs 2 lakh interest free loan for beneficiaries of PMAY-U, Loans have a tenure of how many years? 10 years 25 years 15 Years 30 Years 20 Years 9. A company incorporated under the Companies Act & registered with RBI under section 3 of the SARFAESI act,2002 will be called as ________,that buys the NPAs from banks & clean up their balance sheets. Limited Liability Company Dormant Company Asset Reconstruction Company Asset Holding Company Nidhi Company 10. KRAS-1st batch of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) for the Indian Army,KRAS is a joint venture with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of which country? USA Russia France Brazil Israel 11. 3-day Kalanamak Rice festival will be held in which place of Uttar Pradesh? Lucknow Agra Madhura Siddharthnagar Prayagraj 12. During the budget, An amount of _______ Cr, was allocated in the budget estimate for the year 2021-22 under Khelo India Scheme. Rs 657.71 crore Rs 225.55 crore Rs 956.98 crore Rs 1294.40 crore Rs 350.50 crore 13. John Magufuli, President of Tanzania passed away,who is the New President of Tanzania? Hassan Patrick Achi Jalal Adeni Nawal Saadawi Vilana Otaman 14. Anamika won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 for Hindi Language Literary, Sahithya Award is being given for how many scheduled Languages? 25 24 23 22 21 15. ISRO-demonstrates free space quantum communication over a distance of 300m using Which Technology, for the 1st time ? Quantum Key Tunneling Quantum Key Computing Quantum Key Distribution Quantum Key Sensing Quantum Key Simulation 16. Chinki Yadav won the Gold Medal in the ISSF World Cup 2021,Under which Category? Women’s 10-m air pistol Women’s 25- m pistol 10 m Rapid Fire Pistol Women’s 50m Rifle three position 10m Air Rifle 17. Power Minister launches GRAM UJALA Programme in Arrah, Which firm is responsible for distributing LEDs at affordable price under this programme? Convergence Energy Services Ltd Power Finance Corporation NTPC POWER GRID Adani Green Energy Ltd 18. Satvinder Singh has been appointed as the Deputy secretary-general of ASEAN Economic Community, by replacing Aladdin D Rillo.Aladdin is related to which country? Malaysia Philippines China Singapore Maldives 19. IDBI Bank taken out of Prompt Corrective Action (PCA),RBI takes Such corrective Action when Capital Adequacy Ratio goes down to less than___ %. 6 % 9 % 10.25 % 12 % 4.25 % 20. Poshan Pakhwada being celebrated from 16th-31st March, Poshan Abhiyan was launched by PM Modi on ______. 8th March 2017 8th March 2018 8th March 2016 8th March 2015 8th March 2019 21. Labour Minister flagged off the AQEES Survey,what does ‘Q’ Mean in AQEES? Quad Quality Quantity Quarterly Quicker 22. Uttar Pradesh gets 8th airport in Bareilly , Bareilly became the ___ th Airport to be operationalized under UDAN scheme . 34th 42nd 56th 64th 28th 23. ‘Battle Ready for 21st Century ‘ this book was Co-edited by AK Singh & Brig Narender Kumar.This book was released by whom? Rajnath Singh Narendra Modi Bipin Rawat Manoj Mukunth Naravane Rajkummar Rao 24. When was the 1st World Wildlife Day is observed ? 1973 1988 1995 2005 2014 25. Indian Overseas Bank launched ‘IOB Trendy’ for millennials.IOB Trendy is a ______ Account. Fixed Deposit Account Demat Account Savings Account A & C B & C 26. Mark Rutte has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of The Netherlands,What is the Currency of Netherlands? Kip Krone Euro Dollar Shilling 27. Indian Army is to get 1,300 ‘Made in India’ vehicles from Mahindra Defence systems, at a cost of how much amount? Rs 1270 Cr Rs 1056 Cr Rs 980 Cr Rs 2000 Cr Rs 3200 Cr 28. Nawada,Bihar topped in the Aspirational districts ranking in January by NITI Aayog, Aspirational District programme was launched in which year? 2008 2012 2015 2018 2020 29. Girl Gang, a track by New Zealand singer _______, announced as the official song of ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 . Gin Wigmore Lady Gaga Taylor Swift Karty Perry Adele 30. Finance Ministry says that,The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) will be set up.for NaBFID the government will give an initial grant of how much amount? Rs 20,000 Crore Rs 3 Lakh Crore Rs 5,000 crore Rs 6,924 Lakh Crore Rs 35,000 Crore 31. FIFA & UN office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) launched the Global Integrity Programme.Who is the Head of UNODC? Samantha Power Dev Jagadesan Alexin Kurnav Ghada Waly Rajeev Chaudhary 32. Ujjivan SFB-launched ‘Garima Savings Account’, which allows free cash deposit up to Rs 5 lakhs per month or how many transactions? 8 4 5 10 6 33. 1st Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) was held under the chairmanship of which country? Brazil India Russia China South Africa 34. Taylor Swift ,1st female ever to win the best album of the year award for the 3rd time,in 63rd Grammy Awards.She won this award for which Album? Everything I Wanted by Billie Eilish Bigger Love Watermelon I Can’t Breathe Folklore 35. India conducted PASSEX exercise with Bangladesh at which Port in Bangladesh ? Chabahar Port Mongla Port Chittagong Port Payra Port Matabari Port 36. Former SEBI Chairman G V Ramakrishna Passed away,Which of the following is/are regulated by SEBI? Money Market Capital Market Grid Edged Market A & B B & C 37. NITI Aayog says India’s healthcare industry is expected to reach $372 bn in 2022,It is also the Concerned authority of which Focus area, among the 11 Committees that drive the Circular Economy? Solar Panels Scrap Metal (Ferrous and Non-Ferrous) Electronic Waste Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Batteries End-of-life Vehicles 38. Cabinet approved the amendment for Insurance Act, 1938, to increase the FDI limit.in Insurance Sector,The FDI limit was increased by _____.? 49 % 51 % 74 % 34 % 25 % 39. India’s largest floating solar power plant is to be set up in Telangana,It will be Constructed over which Reservoir? Nizam Sagar Sri Ram Sagar Osman Sagar Palair Sagar Hussain Sagar 40. The Issue of shares to the public by the promoters of a company for the first time, will be called as _______. Equity shares Debt financing Rights issue Initial Public Offer Follow on Public Offer 41. Which is the 1st Group Company to Hit the Rs 2-trillion market-capitalization? Adani Green Energy Limited Google LLC Sulzon Energy Ltd Indo Solar Limited Synergy Green Industries Ltd 42. World Bank’s IDA approved USD 200 million to Bangladesh,How many member countries are in IDA? 189 64 173 193 112 43. Manipur become the Model state for Van Dhan Vikas Yojana, The scheme was Implemented by _______. AIM,NITI Aayog Department of Climate Change Department of Earth Sciences TRIFED National Health Mission Council 44. NSE is to setup International bullion exchange at GIFT city,Who is the Head of NSE? Girish Chandra Chaturvedi RS Sharma Meenesh Shah Keshav R Murugesh Mrutyunjay Mohapatra 45. Who has been Appointed as the Executive Director of Central Bank of India? Vivek Wahi Nitesh Ranjan Rajeev Puri A & C B & C 46. NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a joint collaboration for a dual-frequency of ______ band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for earth observation . S – band L – band C – band A & B B & C 47. Which state ranked at 2nd position at the State wise- High Net Worth Individuals (HNI) in the Wealth Report 2020-released by Hurun India ? Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Gujarat Karnataka 48. ICICI Bank joined with which of the following for the launch of Instant EMI Facility? BillDesk Instapay Razorpay A & C A & B 49. International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of 121 countries initiated by India, Which country is the 121st Country to join in the ISA? Sri Lanka Japan USA Italy China 50. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) introduced LIC’s Bachat Plus,what is the Maturity Period of ‘Bachat plus’ Plan? 5 years 8 Years 12 Years 15 Years 20 Years