Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020

31. The flagship “Ganga Amantran Abhiyan” programme is conducted by which organisation?

[A] National Mission for Clean Ganga
[B] Ganga Flood Control Mission
[C] National Water Development Agency
[D] Central Water Commission

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32. In context with the new recruitment system to be followed from 2021 for various government jobs, what does CET stand for?
[A] Common Eligibility Test
[B] Common Entrance Test
[C] Central Eligibility Test
[D] Central Entrance Test

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33. What is the share of Indian companies in Defence Ministry’s contracts for procurement of defence equipment in 2019-20?

[A] 25.03 %
[B] 50.03 %
[C] 75.03 %
[D] 90.03 %

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34. Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as the Chairman of Tourism Development Corporation of which state?

[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Gujarat
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Rajasthan

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35. The football coach Francisco Garcia, who has recently passed away after contracting coronavirus,belonged to which country?

[A] United States
[B] Spain
[C] South Korea
[D] Thailand

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36. What will be the economic growth of India in 2020, as predicted by S&P Global Ratings in March 2020?
[A] 5.7%
[B] 5.5%
[C] 5.2%
[D] 5%

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37. Google has appointed which technical expert as the Managing Director of Google Cloud in India?

[A] Karan Bajwa
[B] Sundar Pichai
[C] Rishi Sunak
[D] Rick Harshman

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38. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the procurement of 83 Tejas fighter aircrafts, manufactured by which organisation?

[A] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
[B] Bharat Electronics Limited
[C] Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
[D] Ordnance Factory Board

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39. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is conducting an OMO for purchase of Rs 10,000 crore worth government securities. What does OMO stand for?

[A] Open Money Operations
[B] Open Market Operations
[C] Overview of Market Operations
[D] Overview of Money Operations

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40. The ‘COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force’, unveiled by the Prime Minister of India, is to be headed by which Union minister?

[A] Piyush Goyal
[B] Harsh Vardhan
[C] Nirmala Sitharaman
[D] Rajnath Singh

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