Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020

31. ‘NIGHA’, a mobile application to curb election malpractices, is an initiative of which Indian state?

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

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32. Simranjit Kaur, who has been recently qualified for Tokyo Olympics, is associated with which sports?

[A] Wrestling
[B] Boxing
[C] Weight-lifting
[D] Archery

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33. World Economic Forum (WEF) released its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders. How many Indians are included in the list?

[A] Two
[B] Five
[C] Ten
[D] Fourteen

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34. Which Bollywood celebrity has been appointed as the first ever brand ambassador of IDFC FIRST Bank?

[A] Ranveer Singh
[B] Amitabh Bachchan
[C] Shah Rukh Khan
[D] Salman Khan

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35. The ‘BhoomiRashi’ Portal, which was sometimes seen in news, comes under which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs

[C] Ministry of the Road Transport and Highways.
[D] Ministry of Earth Sciences

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36. Ravinder Singh Dhillon has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which Public Sector Undertaking?

[A] Power Finance Corporation
[B] Coal India Limited
[C] NLC Limited
[D] NTPC Limited

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37. Which Indian institution has launched a re-skilling programme for women called ‘Career Back 2 Women’?

[A] Indian Institute of Science
[B] Indian Institute of Management-Ahmadabad
[C] Indian Institute of Technology-Madras
[D] Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur

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38. As per the recent notification from the Reserve Bank of India, PAs are to be regulated by the central bank. What does ‘PA’ stand for?

[A] Payment Agency
[B] Payment Aggregator
[C] Payment Authority
[D] Processing Authority

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39. 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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40. The validity of authorization issued to which company was extended by the Reserve Bank of India till 31 March 2021, to setup, own and operate the White Label ATMs?

[A] Hitachi
[B] State ATM
[C] Tata Communications Payment Solutions
[D] Vakrangee

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