Current Affairs Quiz: March 4, 2019

Current Affairs 4 March 2019 Quiz

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Current Affairs 4 March 2019 Quiz

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Quiz from Current Affairs 3 March 2019 of A2Z – Click Here to Read Current Affairs of March 3, 2019

  1. Which scheme was launched by India’s food processing ministry to bolster the unorganised food processing sector concentrated in rural areas?
    A)Gram Sahayak Yojana
    B)Mukhyamantri Gram Yojana
    C)Gram Arogya Yojana
    D)Gram Samridhi Yojana
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    India’s food processing ministry is working on a new scheme Gram Samridhi Yojana to bolster the unorganised food processing sector concentrated in rural areas. Gram Samridhi Yojana also aims to provide common facility centres and business incubators in rural areas.

  2. Which state is country’s number one gas producing point and every poor household in the state will have LPG connection in 2019,as said by Dharmendra Pradhan?
    A)Odisha
    B)Sikkim
    C)Tripura
    D)Asaam
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:
    Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan said that Tripura is country’s number one gas producing point and every poor household in the state will have LPG connection in 2019.

  3. Which institute have created a laptop named “DotBook” for visually impaired?
    A)IIT Khargpur
    B)IIT Delhi
    C)BITS Pilani
    D)IIT Kanpur
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:
    The alumnus and researchers at the IIT Delhi have created a laptop named “DotBook” for visually impaired.
  4. 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) ministerial meeting held in which country?
    A)Cambodia
    B)Australia
    C)India
    D)China
    View Answer
    Option A
    Explanation:
    Commerce ministers of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) countries including India and China held a crucial meeting in Cambodia.
  5. Who won gold medal in 65 kg freestyle(male) in Dan Kolov Nikola Petrov tournament in Bulgaria?
    A)Pawan Kumar
    B)Sushil Kumar
    C)Yogeshwar Dutt
    D)Bajrang Punia
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    India’s star wrestler Bajrang Punia has won a gold medal in 65 kg freestyle in Bulgaria.

  6. Who won gold in the 59 kg category(female) in Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament held in Ruse, Bulgaria?
    A)Kavita Devi
    B)Sakshi Malik
    C)Pooja Dhanda
    D)Babita Kumari
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:
    Indian wrestler Pooja Dhanda claimed gold in the 59 kg category in Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament held in Ruse, Bulgaria.

  7. Who won Dubai Championship?
    A)Laender Paes
    B)Stefanos Tsitsipas
    C)Rafael Nadal
    D)Roger Federer
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    Roger Federer made history at the Dubai Championship as he defeated reigning champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win his 100th tour-level title.

  8. Who was appointed as the first Lokayukta of Odisha?
    A)Ajay Tyagi
    B)Pooja Singh
    C)Ajit Si ngh
    D)Ganeshi Lal
    View Answer
    Option C
    Explanation:
    Former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Ajit Singh is appointed as the first Lokayukta of Odisha.

  9. Who has been conferred with the 2019 National STEM(Science,Technology,Engineering and Math) Education Award for her ground-breaking invention designed to improve treatments for glioblastoma?
    A)Deepa Iyer
    B)Kavya Kopparapu
    C)Maya Ajmera
    D)Thelma Byrum
    View Answer
    Option B
    Explanation:
    Kavya Kopparapu,an Indian American teenager has been conferred with the 2019 National STEM(Science,Technology,Engineering and Math) Education Award for her ground-breaking invention designed to improve treatments for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.

  10. Who won the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life Time Award during the 37th Agartala Book Fair in Agartala?
    A)Biplab Dev
    B)Kameshwara Rao
    C)Jishnu Dev
    D)Thanga Darlong
    View Answer
    Option D
    Explanation:
    Tripura’s Thanga Darlong, the last tribal musician to play Rosem a bamboo made a flute-like musical instrument, was conferred the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life Time Award during the 37th Agartala Book Fair in Agartala.

STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS

  1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
    A)Phnom Penh
    B)Kiev
    C)Nairobi
    D)Harare
    View Answer
    Option A

  2. What is the currency of Cambodia?
    A)Riyal
    B)Krone
    C)Riel
    D)Won
    View Answer
    Option C

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