Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Mar 31, 2015

ANSWER: D. Bharatiya Janta Party.

The BJP has now become the largest political party in the world by registering highest number of members. Till yesterday, the party had registered 8.8 Crore members. The figure is more than China's ruling party Communist Party China that has 8.6 Crore members.

ANSWER: C. Madan Mohan Malviya.

His family members received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee. Madan Mohan Malviya is fondly remembered for his initiative for establishing institutions that reinforced the cultural identity of the country. He was a moving force behind the establishment of Banaras Hindu University. The credit for popularising the slogan of Satyameva Jayate also goes to him.

ANSWER: B. Lal Krishna Advani.

Akali Dal leader and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Jagadguru Rambhadra Acharya also received Padma Vibhushan. Total 3 people were conferred with Padma Vibhushan Award.

ANSWER: D. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Physician Dr Randeep Guleria, Writer Prasoon Joshi, Prof Alka Kripalni were among others who received Padma Shri. Total 34 persons has received the Padma Shree Award.

ANSWER: C. Satpal

Satpal has coached two-time Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar. He was honoured with prestigious Padma Bhushan Award. Total 12 persons have been conferred with Padma Bhushan Award.

ANSWER: B. 30th March

It is celebrated every year with an aim to showcase Rajasthan’s culture & heritage and revive the traditional sports, cuisines and folk-art.

ANSWER: D. United Arab of Emirates.

The announcements by the two United Arab Emirates carriers-Emirates Airways and Etihad Airways follow similar moves by many European airlines, Canada and Australia to implement the so-called rule of two which is already standard in the United States.

ANSWER: A. Non-Banking finance.

In the revised regulatory framework on NBFCs notified late last evening, RBI further said, those asset finance companies (AFCs) failing to achieve investment grade ratings by the end of March 2016, should not accept fresh public deposits and renewing existing ones. In such an event, all existing deposits should runoff to maturity and NBFCs should report to the concerned RBI's Regional Offices within 15 days.

ANSWER: A. India

The team was chosen by a select group of experts who were given the task of picking a balanced side on the basis of performances in the tournament. In addition to McCullum, the side includes four others from New Zealand -- Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Daniel Vettori; three Australians -- Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith and Mitchell Starc; two South Africans -- AB de Villiers and Morne Morkel, with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara as wicketkeeper-batsman. Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor who finished with 433 runs in six matches, was named as the 12th man. ICC General Manager, Geoff Allardice who chaired the panel, said Indian pacers Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami along with off-spinner R Ashwin were in the running.

ANSWER: A. 30th March

Merchant Navy Week is also started from 30th March.

ANSWER: D. Stephen Hawking

Other personalities who turned their names into brands are Davik Beckham and JK Rowling.

ANSWER: A. Balbir Singh Senior

He was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning Indian team, viz., London Olympics (1948), Helsinki Olympics (1952) and Melbourne Olympics (1956).

ANSWER: C. Himachal Pradesh

The App was launched on 30th Mar’15 in the presence of Speaker Brij Behari Lal Butail. The apps could be accessed by all the members 45 minutes before the question hours on android and tablets having information about day business.