March 2016 Current Affairs MCQs, Quiz, Questions: These
Multiple Choice questions are based on daily current affairs. It will be
helpful to prepare for UPSC, IBPS Bank PO, State PCS, CDS, Railways, and all
other similar competitive examinations.
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1) International Women’s Day is celebrated on?
(A) 8
March
(B) 9 March
(C) 7 March
(D) 6 March
2) What is the theme of International Women’s Day
2016 ?
(A) Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture
it!
(B) Equality for Women is Progress for All
(C) A Promise is a Promise: Time for Action to End
Violence Against Women
(D)
Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
3) Air India on 7 March 2016 flew the “world’s
longest” all-women-operated flight from Delhi to which city?
(A) New York
(B) Sydney
(C) Singapore
(D) San
Francisco
4) Which country has recently decided to partner
with India’s smart city programme and will help developing Kochi (Kerala),
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) as smart cities?
(A) Australia
(B)
Germany
(C) France
(D) Japan
5) Which women tennis player was on 8 March 2016
provisionally suspended after failing drugs test at Australian Open?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Martina Hingis
(C) Maria
Sharapova
(D) Serena Williams
6) Who was recently conferred prestigious 2016
Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award also known as the
Krishi Shiromani Samman?
(A) Dr
Amrita Patel
(B) Sobha Koshy
(C) Nalini Netto
(D) Shalini Nair
7) Union Government on 8 March 2016 launched an
online marketing platform ____ to facilitate women entrepreneurs to sell their
products to buyers?
(A) Mahila Sahay
(B) Mahila E-Market
(C) Mahila Jyoti
(D)
Mahila E-HAAT
8) _____ on 6 March 2016 became the first financial
entity in India to get Small Financial Bank Licence by the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)?
(A) Disha Microfin
(B) Janalakshmi Financial Services
(C)
Capital Local Area Bank
(D) Ujjivan Financial Services
9) Raymond Tomlinson who died on 7 March 2016 is the
Internet pioneer and inventor of?
(A) Microsoft Office
(B) email
(C) Blogger
(D) Orkut
10) Which country won the 2016 Asia Cup T20 trophy
cricket tournament?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Srilanka
11) NHAI
ties up with which institute on 3rd March for skill development of its
technical and managerial manpower?
A. IIT
Delhi
B. ISB Hyderabad
C. IISc
Bangalore
D. IIM
Lucknow
12) Which renowned poet/poetess won the
Krutitava Smagra Samman award for 2015 on 6th March 2016?
(A) Padma Sachdev
(B) Tarapada
Roy
(C) Kamala
Das
(D) KK
Srivastava
13) Which university in India has won the
President’s Visitor Award for 2016?
(A) University of Mumbai
(B) Delhi
University
(C) Karnataka
University
(D) Tezpur University
14) Which investor summit has kicked off in
Haryana on 7th March 2016?
(A) Happening
Haryana Investor Conference
(B) Happening
Haryana Investor Council
(C) Happening Haryana Investor Summit
(D) None
of the above
15) Scientists have identified a common gene
which encodes for protein kinases and enabled advancement of life billions of
years ago. What are protein kinases?
(A) Gene
found in complex organisms
(B) Large
group of enzymes
(C) Enzymes
that permit cells to be larger and transfer information from one part to
another
(D) Both b and c
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