Current Affairs -2016 March (Chapter-01)
1. Sister Lucy Kurian, founder of -------- has
been selected for the Vanitha Woman of the Year award
1. Sister Lucy Kurian, founder of -------- has
been selected for the Vanitha Woman of the Year award
Answer: 'Maher,'
2.The
Muziris Heritage Project is the tourism project of which state of India?
Answer:
Kerala
3. International
Women's Day was observed across the world on 8 March 2016 with the theme
Answer: Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for
Gender Equality
4. Which of the All India Forward Bloc leader
has died at the age of 93?
Answer: Ashok Ghosh
5.Setu Bharatam project is related to ______.
Answer: Railways
6.The Government has launched a ----------- between Haldia and Farakka stretch of the National Waterway-1 (NW-1) on 06.01.2016.
Answer: River Information System (RIS)
7. Who has became the first Asian to win
Golden Reel Award -
Answer: Resul Pookutty
8. High Court Justice -------- To Be
Appointed As Pravasi Commission Chairman
Answer: P Bhavadas
9.
The World Wildlife Day is observed on which date?
Answer:
March 3
10. Name
the organization/lnstitution that on 8 March 2016 released Women at Work:
Trends 2016 report.
Answer: International Labour Organization
11. Who among the persons has launched the
Kozhikode light metro project recently?
Answer: Oommen Chandy
12. Who has won 50m pistol event at ISSF World cup?
Answer: Jitu Rai
13. Telecom operator --------- will provide
free WiFi services at six cricket stadiums during the upcoming T20 World Cup
matches.
Answer: Reliance Jio
14. Name the committee constituted to
consider ST status to six communities of Assam
Answer: Mahesh Kumar Singla committee
15. Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space
Telescope, astronomers have found a surprisingly bright, infant galaxy 13.4
billion light-years from us, making it the most distant galaxy ever detected.
Answer: GN-z11
16.
Martin Crowe, who died recently, was a cricketer from which country?
Answer:
New Zealand
17. Union
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 8 March 2016 announced to roll back a proposal
to tax Employee Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawals. According to the proposal
what percentage of EPF withdrawals would have become taxable?
Answer: 60 percent
18. Which of the states government has
unveiled its Ayush policy recently?
Answer: Kerala
19. What is the theme of World wild life day 2016?
Answer: The future of wildlife in our hands
20. SBI among 4 new foreign banks allowed to operate
in --------
Answer: Myanmar
21. Who has won 1st All India Open
Invitational Snooker Championship 2016
Answer: Rahul Sachdev
22. Dr Sarada Menon, founder of Schizophrenia
Care and Research Centre (SCARF), has been chosen for ------ award of Tamil
Nadu government for2016
Answer: Avvaiyar
23.
Who will be conferred with the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015?
Answer:
Manoj Kumar
24. Name
the tennis player who on 7 March 2016 announced that she was provisionally
suspended after she failed a drug test at the Australian Open.
Answer: Maria Sharapova
25. Recently,
Ray Tomlinson passes away. He was an inventor of ____________.
Answer: Email
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