Current Affairs Questions and answers- March 1, 2014
1. Which country has become the 18th member of the euro zone?
View Answer / Hide Answer2. Ariel Sharon passed away at the age of 85. Who was he?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Former Prime Minister of Israel
3. Corey Anderson, who hit the fastest century in one-day international history recently, belongs to which country?
View Answer / Hide Answer4. With which of the following, the Election commission of India tied up for online voter’s registration?
View Answer / Hide Answer5. Who is the new Air Force chief of India?
View Answer / Hide Answer6. Which are the world’s top three biggest coffee exporting countries of the world?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Brazil, Vietnam and Indonesia
7. The birth anniversary of ______________, is observed as the National Youth Day.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Swami Vivekananda
8. Recently, which of the following has announced to launch an All Woman’s Insurance Branch?
View Answer / Hide Answer9. Who has won the Portugal’s Highest Honor ‘Symbol of Portugal’ award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Cristiano Ronaldo
10. In international banking system, what does TIBOR stands for _______
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
11. Who is the new Chairman of NASSCOM?
View Answer / Hide Answer12. Who is Itsunori Onodera?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Defence Minister of Japan
13. Who has won the FIFA Ballond’Or award for 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Christiano Ronaldo
14. When is World Hindi Day observed every year?
View Answer / Hide Answer15. Who is Abdulla Yameen?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: President of Maldives
16. Who was sworn in as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister?
View Answer / Hide Answer17. Who was Juanita Moore who passed away at the age of 99?
View Answer / Hide Answer18. Who was Anjali Devi?
View Answer / Hide Answer19. Babul Phutan, who passed away, recently was associated with which of the following sports?
View Answer / Hide Answer20. Which state has launched free CFL bulbs scheme for hut dwellers?
View Answer / Hide Answer21. Who has won the Chennai Open Tennis Trophy 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Stanislas Wawrika
22. The loser festival is the most important festival celebrated in _________
View Answer / Hide Answer23. India’s maiden moon exploration mission ‘Chandrayaan-1’ was launched in October _______
View Answer / Hide Answer24. Who is the 2013 BBC sports personality of the year?
View Answer / Hide Answer25. Which of the following is not a minority community in India?
View Answer / Hide Answer26. Vernon Philander, who has been declared as World’s No1 bowler in ICC Test rankings, belongs to which country?
View Answer / Hide Answer27. Which of the following personality’s birthday is observed as Kisan Diwas in India?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Chaudary Charan Singh
28. Who has won the women’s singles title at Senior National Badminton Championships?
View Answer / Hide Answer29. Who is Nandita Berry?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: She has been recently appointed as the secretary of State for Texas.
30. Who was Farooq Sheikh, who died recently?
View Answer / Hide Answer31. Name the inventor of AK 47 weapon who died at the age of 94.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mikhail Kalashnikov
32. Who has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur in Dec, 2013?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Vinod Kumar Duggal
33. Zaheer khan has become the 4th Indian bowler to take ______ wickets in test match.
View Answer / Hide Answer34. In which country world’s first artificial heart transplant was performed, recently?
View Answer / Hide Answer35. Who took additional charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forests?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. M. Veerappa Moily
36. Pran Chopra, who passed away recently, was a _____
View Answer / Hide Answer37. Who received C.K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013?
View Answer / Hide Answer38. With which country India has signed deal for Super Hercules Aircraft, recently?
View Answer / Hide Answer39. In which state, ‘Sunburn’ an electronic dance music festival is organized every year?
View Answer / Hide Answer40. The ‘Blue Mountain’ one of the world’s most expensive coffee, is grown in which country?
View Answer / Hide Answer41. Who has sworn in as prime minister of Bangladesh for the third time in Jan 2014?
View Answer / Hide Answer42. Government of India has cleared the procurement of around 15 unmanned aerial vehicles from _________________
View Answer / Hide Answer43. Who was appointed Congress chief of Rajasthan on Jan, 14?
View Answer / Hide Answer44. Who was elected speaker of the Delhi assembly during AAP government?
View Answer / Hide Answer45. Which government has announced Rs 100 crore package for tea tribes on December 23,2013?
View Answer / Hide Answer46. Which country has sent a Bolivian communications satellite into orbit with its Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch centre on December 22, 2013?
View Answer / Hide Answer47. When is World Braille Day observed across the world?
View Answer / Hide Answer48. Who was Pran Chopra, died recently at the age of 92?
View Answer / Hide Answer49. Who was Dr. Michiaki Takahashi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: He developed a vaccine for the Chicken pox virus, died at the age of 85 recently.
50. Who has been appointed as first managing director of Life Insurance Corporation?
View Answer / Hide Answer51. Who took oath as the seventh Chief Minister of Delhi?
View Answer / Hide Answer52. As per the National family Health Survey latest data, which state has maximum cases of malnutrition in the country?
View Answer / Hide Answer53. Which country has won Junior Men’s Hockey world cup?
View Answer / Hide Answer54. Who is recently elected as President of Chile?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Michelle Bachelet
