Current Affairs March 16-31, 2018

March 16-31

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Question 1

Who has been named as the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ in the 6th edition of Wisden India Almanack 2018?

A	Suresh Raina
B	MS Dhoni
C	Virat Kohli
D	KL Rahul

Question 2

Which state is hosting the 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC-2018)?

A	Tripura
B	Manipur
C	Mizoram
D	Nagaland

Question 3

What is the India’s rank in the WEF Energy Transition Index 2018?

A	55th
B	69th
C	78th
D	47th

Question 4

Which Indian para-athlete has recently secured the No. 1 rank in Asia in F53 Javelin category?

A	Rinku Hooda
B	Deepa Malik
C	Karamjyoti Dalal
D	Pooja Khanna

Question 5

The “red corridor”, often in the news, is most appropriately related to

A	The human trafficking network
B	Insurgency-affected regions
C	Regions documenting unusually high number of cancer cases
D	The drug trafficking network

Question 6

Rafatazmia Chitrakootensis’, recently in the news, is

A	A type of legless skink which was long considered lost and “rediscovered” in the Chilika Lake region
B	A newly discovered species of night frog from the Eastern Himalayan region
C	A type of phosphorite rock, recently discovered in Central India, which contains large deposits of shale oil
D	A set of fossils which suggest that the origins of plants may go back hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought.

Question 7

Which cricket team has won the Irani Trophy cricket tournament 2018?

A	Karnataka
B	Rest of India
C	Vidarbha
D	Madhya Pradesh

Question 8

Which union ministry will organise the International Yoga Fest 2018?

A	Ministry of Women and Child Development
B	Ministry of Home Affairs
C	Ministry of AYUSH
D	Ministry of Water Resources

Question 9

The Nabakalebara festival is celebrated in which state?

A	Karnataka
B	Odisha
C	Assam
D	Kerala

Question 10

The Salal Hydroelectric Power Station is built across which river in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)?

A	Jhelum
B	Ravi
C	Chenab
D	Beas

Question 11

The 17th Annual Conference of International Competition Network 2018 (ICN2018) has started in which city?

A	New Delhi
B	Mysuru
C	Agartala
D	Shimla

Question 12

The 2018 World Poetry Day (WPD) is celebrated on which date?

A	March 23
B	March 20
C	March 22
D	March 21

Question 13

What is the theme of the 2018 International Day of Happiness?

A	Share Happiness
B	Angry Birds Happy Planet
C	Reclaim Happiness
D	Happy Heroes

Question 14

Who authored the book on Paramveer Chakra Awardees ‘Paramveer Parwane’?

A	Somnath Sharma
B	Prabhakiran Jain
C	Aman Anand
D	Bipin Rawat

Question 15

What is the theme of the 2018 World Water Day (WWD)?

A	Why Waste Water?
B	Nature for Water
C	Water is Life
D	Better Water, Better Jobs

Question 16

The Union Government has decided to declare 2018 as National Year of which of the following commodities?

A	Rice
B	Wheat
C	Pulses
D	Millets

Question 17

Which state government has observed martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru as ‘Youth Empowerment Day’?

A	Uttar Pradesh
B	Chattisgarh
C	Punjab
D	West Bengal

Question 18

Which Indian sportsperson has won the 2018 Asian Billiards Championships?

A	Subhash Agarwal
B	Manan Chandra
C	Pankaj Advani
D	Geet Sethi

Question 19

What is the theme of the 2018 World Tuberculosis Day (WTD)?

A	Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world
B	Gear up to end TB
C	Transforming the fight
D	I am stopping TB

Question 20

Which one of the following statements with reference to the National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Elimination (2017-2025) is correct?

A	The emphasis will be on undertaking universal testing for drug-resistant TB instead of waiting for patients to walk in to get tested
B	It seeks to make the daily treatment regimen universal
C	Patients approaching the private sector will be provided with free treatment
D	a, b and c

Question 21

With reference to the GRAPES-3 experiment located at Ooty in India, which one of the following statements is correct?

A	It is a collaboration between institutions from India and Russia
B	It is a collaboration between institutions from India and Russia
C	It studies the origin of cosmic rays
D	It issues warnings to the International Space Station of imminent impact of space junk larger than one centimetre

Question 22

The ‘vernal window’, recently in the news, is

A	The period of transition into spring from winter
B	The gap in the Earth’s ionosphere which enables dedicated ground detectors to study muons
C	The brief period between the HIV virus entering the blood stream and infecting the T cells
D	Any process which has a time period equal to the duration between two consecutive heartbeats

Question 23

Namami Brahmaputra’ is

A	A programme for prevention and control of pollution in River Brahmaputra
B	A campaign to bring attention to Chinese authorities the fragility of ecosystems that depend on river Brahmaputra
C	A river festival
D	None of the above

Question 24

Grand Challenges India’ is

A	A mission-directed research initiative funded by the Department of Biotechnology and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
B	A fund which will finance innovative solutions to societal problems not only within India but also developing nations, managed by the NGO We The People
C	A periodic inter-ministerial meeting that seeks innovative solutions to seemingly intractable problems in implementation of the Union Government’s flagship programmes
D	An online-competition organised by NITI Aayog seeking innovative solutions to make the transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals.

Question 25

‘NIKSHAY’ is a web-based platform for

A	Monitoring tuberculosis patients
B	Monitoring all World Bank-funded projects
C	Grievance redressal in oil and gas related service issues
D	Tracking and finding missing children

Question 26

World Consumer Rights Day’ is observed on

A	Mach 12
B	March 15
C	March 18
D	March 31

Question 27

‘TROPEX’, is

A	A bilateral naval exercise between India and France
B	A multilateral naval exercise between India, Maldives, Indonesia and Singapore
C	An inter-service military exercise of the Indian Armed Forces
D	A joint bilateral military exercise between India and China

Question 28

‘Mission 11 Million’ refers to

A	A project to establish world-class sports infrastructure across Tier-II and III cities with a primary objective to facilitate full-fledged training of 11 million sports-men and women by 2025.
B	A target-based initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to produce 11 million qualified teachers by 2019.
C	The Election Commission of India’s outreach programme to rid the electoral rolls of an estimated 11 million bogus voters before the 2019 general election.
D	A programme to engage more than 11 million children in activities relating to football, initiated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in coordination with FIFA.

Question 29

The nodal body in India for cross border trade of electricity is

A	Directorate General of Foreign Trade
B	SAARC Energy Centre
C	Engineering Export Promotion Council
D	Central Electricity Authority

Question 30

Which among the following is not authored by M.Sukumaran?

A	Sheshakriya
B	Charithragadha
C	Pithrukhadikaram
D	Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal

Question 31

First country to conduct elections based on block chain technology

A	Philippines
B	Sierra Leone
C	Tuvalu
D	San Marino

Question 32

Which district has become the India’s first district to have 100% solar powered health centres?

A	Kolkata
B	Chennai
C	Bangaluru
D	Surat

Question 33

First Complete food safety district in india

A	Chennai
B	Kollam
C	Nagpur
D	Salem

Question 34

Isro’s first woman scientist who spent over 403 days in Antartica

A	Mangala Mani
B	Nandini Harinath
C	Anuradha TK
D	N. Valarmathi

Question 35

Who has won the 2018 Formula One Australian Grand Prix tournament?

A	Kimi Raikkonen
B	Max Verstappen
C	Lewis Hamilton
D	Sebastian Vettel

Question 36

India’s first Insect Museum has opened in which state?

A	Kerala
B	Tamil Nadu
C	Assam
D	Odisha

Question 37

Who has been appointed as chairman of the central panel of the 65th National Film Awards (NFA)?

A	Shekhar Kapur
B	Imtiaz Hussain
C	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
D	P Sheshadri

Question 38

The first Indian state to conduct on exclusive household survey to estimate multidimensional poverty:

A	Telangana
B	Andhra Pradesh
C	Goa
D	Gujarat

Question 39

The first ever International Children’s Film Festival of Kerala (ICFFK) was held at:

A	Kochi
B	Thiruvananthapuram
C	Kozhikode
D	Thrissur

Question 40

‘Hellenic space Agency’ is the space agency of which country?

A	Denmark
B	Greece
C	Switzerland
D	Nepal

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