Current Affairs -2017 March - 17 to 31 (Chapter-03)

Current Affairs -2017
March - 17 to 31
(Chapter-03)

51.Who was appointed as Chairman of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)?

Sharad Singh Negi

52.Name the Indian city,which will to host 105th Indian Science Congress, January 2018?

Hyderabad

53.Who has received the Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016?

Ravichandran Ashwin

54.State-run power equipment maker BHEL has commissioned the second 800-MW unit of Yeramarus thermal plant located in:

Karnataka

55. What is a dedicated grievance redressal platform on social media for queries to oil and gas?

MoPNG e-seva

56.Which State became the first state in the country to adopt Self Help Groups (SHG)?

Odisha

57.Who has been declared the Man of the Series in the 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy?

Ravindra Jadeja

58.Jagadisa Thyagarajan, famously known as Ashokamitran, who died recently, belonged to which field?

Literature

59.Name the Indian Badminton Pair, who has been won Vietnam Open on 27 March 2017?

Satwik Sairaj & Chirag

60.Who has been honoured with the Sikh Jewel Award for 2017 for her immense contribution to British Cinema?

Gurinder Chadha

61.Name the 23-year-old Chess player from Chennai, who is all set to become India’s 46th Grandmaster in Chess

Srinath Narayanan

62.Which bill decriminalises suicide and provides for better healthcare for people mentally afflicted?

Mental Healthcare Bill 2016

63.Who was recently appointed by the United Nations to run the World Food?

David Beasley

64.Which bank has recently launched “Money Plant Rupay International Platinium Debit Card”?

Karnataka Bank

65.A court in which nation has passed a ruling sentencing the country’s own President to death for ‘high treason’?

Yemen

66.State the day, on which we have been celebrated “World Theatre Day” every year?

27th March

67.Who has been appointed as president and CEO of ‘The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’, becoming the first woman

to head the prestigious organization?

Vanita Gupta

68.Which book on history of Indian Railways has been jointly authored by Shri Bibek Debroy (Member, NITI Aayog), Shri Sanjay Chadha (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce) & Ms. Vidya Krishnamurthi?

“Indian Railway-The weaving of a National Tapestry”

69.What was the theme of the 23rd Conference of Auditors General of Commonwealth Countries and British Overseas Territories?

Fostering Partnerships for Capacity Development in Public Audit

70.India’s first post office passport seva Kendra has been inaugurated in which place?

Mysore

71.What is the theme of the first-ever Houston India Conference-2017?

Make in India -The Inside Story

72.The Rajya Sabha passed the Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to replace

The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923

73. Name the scheme, which was Railways to set up Wi-Fi Kiosks at 500 railway stations?

Railwire Saathi

74.Admiral Sunil Lanba, inaugurated the first ever ‘Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS)’ at

INS Rajali

75.The Supreme Court of India has ruled out on March 29, 2017 that no vehicles which are Bharat Stage-IV emissionnon-compliantwill be registered or sold in the country after:

1st April 2017
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