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Current Affairs March 2024
#March 2024 Current Affairs – MCQs – Current Affairs Test Series
1. Who took oath as the judicial member of Lokpal in March 2024?
– a) Ritu Raj Awasthi
– b) Navneet Kumar Sehgal
– c) Ashwini Kumar
– d) Sadanand Vasant Date
2. Who has been appointed by Microsoft as the new head of both Windows and Surface?
– a) Sundar Pichai
– b) Satya Nadella
– c) Pavan Davuluri
– d) Sharat Kamal
3. Which company has acquired Lanco Amarkantak Power Limited, approved by CCI?
– a) Tata Power
– b) Reliance Power
– c) Adani Power Limited
– d) NTPC
4. Who has been selected as the flag bearer for India at Paris Olympics 2024?
– a) P. V. Sindhu
– b) Neeraj Chopra
– c) Sharat Kamal
– d) Mary Kom
5. Who has been appointed as the new President of the Federation of Indian Export Organization (FIEO)?
– a) Naveen Jindal
– b) Rahul Singh
– c) Ashwini Kumar
– d) Ritu Raj Awasthi
6. A 900-year-old Kannada inscription belonging to the Kalyani Chalukya dynasty was discovered in a neglected state in Gangapuram. Gangapuram is located in which state of India?
– a) Karnataka
– b) Tamil Nadu
– c) Telangana
– d) Andhra Pradesh
7. Who has recently been appointed as the new Director General of Police of West Bengal?
– a) Abhay Thakur
– b) Sanjay Mukherjee
– c) Sadanand Vasant Date
– d) Naveen Jindal
8. Who has taken charge as the President of Indian Steel Association?
– a) Pawan Munjal
– b) Naveen Jindal
– c) Ritu Raj Awasthi
– d) Sanjay Mukherjee
9. At which place is ‘Start-up Mahakumbh’ being organized?
– a) Mumbai
– b) Bengaluru
– c) New Delhi
– d) Hyderabad
10. Which team made the biggest team score (277 runs) in IPL history against Mumbai Indians?
– a) Royal Challengers Bangalore
– b) Chennai Super Kings
– c) Sunrisers Hyderabad
– d) Delhi Capitals
11. Who has recently been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Food and Processing Industries?
– a) Piyush Goyal
– b) Nirmala Sitharaman
– c) Kiran Rijiju
– d) Amit Shah
12. Who has been appointed as the chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)?
– a) Rahul Singh
– b) Sadanand Vasant Date
– c) Naveen Jindal
– d) Sanjay Mukherjee
13. For the first time in its history, Amul’s brand of “fresh milk” will be sold in which North American country?
– a) Canada
– b) Mexico
– c) USA
– d) Brazil
14. Who has recently been given additional responsibility as the Governor in-charge of Telangana?
– a) C. P. Radhakrishnan
– b) Kiran Bedi
– c) Tamilisai Soundararajan
– d) Sadanand Vasant Date
15. Which organization has connected the strategic Nimmu-Padum-Darcha in Ladakh by road?
– a) NHAI
– b) BRO
– c) CPWD
– d) DRDO
16. Which state police recently launched the digital platform ‘Trinetra’ App 2.0 for crime prevention and investigation?
– a) Maharashtra
– b) Uttar Pradesh
– c) Gujarat
– d) Tamil Nadu
17. Who has recently been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Myanmar?
– a) Ruchira Kamboj
– b) Abhay Thakur
– c) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
– d) Naveen Jindal
18. Tamilisai Soundararajan resigned from her post. She was the Governor of which state and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry?
– a) Tamil Nadu
– b) Kerala
– c) Telangana
– d) Andhra Pradesh
19. Which app has been launched to make the election process easier for the disabled?
– a) Saksham
– b) Divyang
– c) Sahaj
– d) Easy Vote
20. Who has recently been appointed the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) by the Central Government?
– a) Naveen Jindal
– b) Sadanand Vasant Date
– c) Rahul Singh
– d) Ashwini Kumar
21. ISRO successfully tested the landing mission of its Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) from the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Challakere, Karnataka. What is its name?
– a) Vyommitra
– b) Pushpak
– c) Vikram
– d) Shakti
22. Which team won the title of the second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL)?
– a) Delhi Capitals
– b) Royal Challengers Bangalore
– c) Mumbai Indians
– d) Chennai Super Kings
23. Who has recently been appointed as the new captain by Chennai Super Kings?
– a) MS Dhoni
– b) Suresh Raina
– c) Ruturaj Gaikwad
– d) Ravindra Jadeja
24. Name the Para archer and Arjuna Award winner who has been appointed as the National Disability Icon by the Election Commission of India (ECI)?
– a) Deepa Malik
– b) Mariyappan Thangavelu
– c) Sheetal Devi
– d) Devendra Jhajharia
25. Name the renowned poet who has been selected for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2023 for her poetic novel ‘Raudra Satvikam’ (Malayalam)?
– a) Prabha Varma
– b) Sugathakumari
– c) O. N. V. Kurup
– d) K. Satchidanandan
26. Name the former Tata Sons Chairman who was honored with the prestigious PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award for his outstanding philanthropic contributions?
– a) Ratan Tata
– b) Cyrus Mistry
– c) N. Chandrasekaran
– d) Noel Tata
27. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Russia?
– a) Pavan Kapoor
– b) Vinay Kumar
– c) Abhay Thakur
– d) Rahul Singh
28. What is the rank of India in the recently released Global Human Development Index?
– a) 121
– b) 134
– c) 145
– d) 155
29. What is the rank of India in the recently released World Happiness Rankings 2021-23?
– a) 94
– b) 101
– c) 121
– d) 134
30. Which app has been launched by ISRO to assist the Gaganyaan crew?
– a) SAKHI
– b) NAVIC
– c) GAGAN
– d) SHAKTI
31. Mahtari Vandan Yojana scheme which provides Rs 1000/month as financial assistance to eligible married women was started in which state?
– a) Madhya Pradesh
– b) Chhattisgarh
– c) Jharkhand
– d) Bihar
32. Former Indian President Ram Nath Kovind-led high-level committee submitted its report to the President of India. The report is related to?
– a) GST Reforms
– b) One Nation, One Election
– c) Digital India
– d) Make in India
33. Who is the MD and CEO of Fly91, a Goa-based airline?
– a) Ashwani Lohani
– b) Manoj Chacko
– c) Rahul Bhatia
– d) Rakesh Gangwal
34. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Prasar Bharati?
– a) Sunil Arora
– b) Navneet Kumar Sehgal
– c) Shashi Shekhar Vempati
– d) Rahul Singh
35. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the chip fabrication unit of Tata-Powerchip Semiconductor fabrication unit at Dholera. Dholera is located in which state?
– a) Maharashtra
– b) Gujarat
– c) Karnataka
– d) Tamil Nadu
36. ‘Majuli Mask’ which recently got ‘GI Tag’ belongs to which of the following states?
– a) Odisha
– b) Assam
– c) West Bengal
– d) Bihar
37. Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Haryana?
–
a) Manohar Lal Khattar
– b) Bhupinder Singh Hooda
– c) Nayab Singh Saini
– d) Dushyant Chautala
38. In which state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Sela Tunnel, the world’s longest twin-lane tunnel?
– a) Sikkim
– b) Arunachal Pradesh
– c) Himachal Pradesh
– d) Uttarakhand
39. Whom did President Draupadi Murmu recently nominate to Rajya Sabha?
– a) Sudha Murthy
– b) Anand Mahindra
– c) Azim Premji
– d) Ratan Tata
40. Who became the 14th player to play 100 test matches for India?
– a) Virat Kohli
– b) Rohit Sharma
– c) Ravichandran Ashwin
– d) Cheteshwar Pujara
41. Name the Indian author who has been awarded the prestigious Erasmus Prize 2024 by the Netherlands-based Praemium Erasmianum Foundation for his significant contributions to the theme imagining the unthinkable?
– a) Arundhati Roy
– b) Amitav Ghosh
– c) Salman Rushdie
– d) Jhumpa Lahiri
42. Which team won the Ranji Trophy 2024 by defeating Vidarbha by 169 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai?
– a) Karnataka
– b) Saurashtra
– c) Mumbai
– d) Delhi
43. Who won the first prize in the National Youth Parliament Festival, 2024?
– a) Priya Singh
– b) Yatin Bhaskar Duggal
– c) Rajat Sharma
– d) Nidhi Gupta
44. At which place in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochrab Ashram?
– a) Rajkot
– b) Surat
– c) Ahmedabad
– d) Sabarmati
45. With whom did Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI Aayog collaborate to launch the Frontier Technology Labs (FTL)?
– a) Google
– b) Microsoft
– c) META
– d) Amazon
46. Former bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been selected as?
– a) CAG
– b) Election Commissioners
– c) Vigilance Commissioners
– d) Chief Information Commissioners
47. Who has been appointed as the new Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission?
– a) Navneet Kumar Sehgal
– b) A S Rajeev
– c) Rahul Singh
– d) Abhay Thakur
48. In which state was Sansad Khel Mahakumbh 3.0 organized?
– a) Punjab
– b) Uttarakhand
– c) Himachal Pradesh
– d) Rajasthan
49. How many Vande Bharat trains are now running across India, covering more than 250 districts of the country?
– a) 98
– b) 102
– c) 108
– d) 112
50. Which state government recently approved the Green Hydrogen Policy in the state?
– a) Gujarat
– b) Maharashtra
– c) Uttar Pradesh
– d) Tamil Nadu
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#March 2024 Current Affairs – MCQs Answers
1. a) Ritu Raj Awasthi
2. c) Pavan Davuluri
3. c) Adani Power Limited
4. c) Sharat Kamal
5. c) Ashwini Kumar
6. c) Telangana
7. b) Sanjay Mukherjee
8. b) Naveen Jindal
9. c) New Delhi
10. c) Sunrisers Hyderabad
11. c) Kiran Rijiju
12. b) Sadanand Vasant Date
13. c) USA
14. a) C. P. Radhakrishnan
15. b) BRO
16. b) Uttar Pradesh
17. b) Abhay Thakur
18. c) Telangana
19. a) Saksham
20. c) Rahul Singh
21. b) Pushpak
22. b) Royal Challengers Bangalore
23. c) Ruturaj Gaikwad
24. c) Sheetal Devi
25. a) Prabha Varma
26. a) Ratan Tata
27. b) Vinay Kumar
28. b) 134
29. c) 121
30. a) SAKHI
31. b) Chhattisgarh
32. b) One Nation, One Election
33. b) Manoj Chacko
34. b) Navneet Kumar Sehgal
35. b) Gujarat
36. b) Assam
37. c) Nayab Singh Saini
38. b) Arunachal Pradesh
39. a) Sudha Murthy
40. c) Ravichandran Ashwin
41. b) Amitav Ghosh
42. c) Mumbai
43. b) Yatin Bhaskar Duggal
44. d) Sabarmati
45. c) META
46. b) Election Commissioners
47. b) A S Rajeev
48. c) Himachal Pradesh
49. b) 102
50. c) Uttar Pradesh