Current Affairs Quiz – India – March, 2015 – Set 1



1. According
Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill 1995 up to how many years a
person
can be jailed for possessing
or selling beef?

(a) 3 years
(b) 7 years
(c)  2 years
(d) 3.5 years
(e) 5 years
2. Name the
station(s) where IRCTC has launched concierge services.
(a) Howrah Railway Station
(b) Chennai Railway Station
(c)  Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
(d) New Delhi Railway Station
(e) All of the above
3. Name the country
of which a university professor rejected application of Indian student citing
Rape
Culture in India.
(a) Denmark
(b) Belgium
(c)  USA
(d) Switzerland
(e) Germany
4. In which Indian
state did Ranbir Kapoor unfurled the largest and tallest Indian National Flag?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Haryana
(c)  Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Telengana
5. Defence
Acquisition Council approved buying of 38 Pilatus trainer aircraft for Indian
Air Force. Which
country
manufactures the Pilatus trainer aircrafts?
(a) France
(b) Israel
(c)  Switzerland
(d) Russia
(e) USA
6. Who is the richest
Indian in Forbes Billionaire List of 2014?
(a) Dilip Shanghvi
(b) Mukesh Ambani
(c)  Savitri Jindal
(d) Gautam Adani
(e) Kishore Biyani
7. Name the Minister
of State who recently resigned from the council of ministers over the principle
of
One Man One Post.
(a) Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava
(b) Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
(c)  Dharmendra Pradhan
(d) Vishnu Deo Sai
(e) Sudarshan Bhagat
8. Which of the
following SAARC member country was NOT visited by Foreign Secretary S
Jaishankar
during his SAARC Yatra?
(a) Nepal
(b) Pakistan
(c)  Afghanistan
(d) Bangladesh
(e) Bhutan
9. Delhi’s famous
Connaught Place was ranked ___ most expensive office location in the world.
(a) 1st
(b) 12nd
(c)  4th
(d) 5th
(e) 7th
10. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated 2 600mw units in Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant.

Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is
located in which state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c)  Maharashtra
(d) Telengana
(e) Rajasthan
11. Which Bollywood
actress was awarded by National Institute of Gender Justice for representing
the
cause of women?
(a) Madhuri Dixit
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c)  Rani Mukerji
(d) Deepika Padukone
(e) Kajol
12. Who named PM
Narendra Modi among the 30 most influential people on the internet?
(a) Strait Magazine
(b) Forbes Magazine
(c)  Fortune
(d) New York Times
(e) None of them
13. On the occasion
of International Women’s Day which multi-national food chain opened an
all-women franchise in Mumbai?
(a) McDonalds
(b) KFC
(c)  Barista
(d) Domino’s Pizza
(e) Subway
14. Former PM
Manmohan Singh was summoned by a special court for the case pertains to the

allocation of Talabira-II coal block. In
which state Talabira-II coal block is situated?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c)  Odisha
(d) Chhattisgarh
(e) Telengana
15. Which Bollywood
actor was roped in to promote Bollywood Britain campaign?
(a) Dia Mirza
(b) Shah Rukh Khan
(c)  Saif Ali Khan
(d) Kareena Kapoor Khan
(e) Both (c) & (d)
16. Who received the
Saraswati Sanman 2014?
(a) Veerappa Moily
(b) Govind Mishra
(c)  Vijay Seshadri
(d) Bhalchandra Nemade
(e) Pratibha Ray
17. Who among the
following won the silver prize of Golden Gate award at the Internationale
Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2015?
(a) Konkan Railways
(b) Goa Tourism
(c)  North East Tourism
(d) Kerala Tourism
(e) Incredible India
18. Union Govt to
recruit women officers in which force(s) for the first time?
(a) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
(b) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
(c)  Sashastra Seema Bal
(d) Border Security Force
(e) All of the above
19. Vinod Mehta, who
recently passed away founded which Indian Newspaper?
(a) Outlook
(b) Times of India
(c)  Hindusthan Times
(d) The Financial Express
(e) Both (b) and (c)
20. Arun Singh who
has been appointed as Indian Ambassador to US was previously an Indian
Ambassador to which country?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) Japan
(c)  France
(d) Germany
(e) Pakistan

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  • This Quiz contains Indian National Current Affairs From March 1 to March 11, 2015

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