23rd March 2017 Current Affairs Quiz for SBI PO, SSC CGL & Competitive-govt. Exams

23rd March 2017 Current Affairs Quiz for SBI PO, SSC CGL & Competitive-govt. Exams:

 1. What was India rank in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?

a) 112
b) 120
c) 131
d) 142

2. Four Indian cities have been ranked by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among the 10 cheapest cities in the world. Which country has been ranked as the cheapest city in the world?
a) Bengaluru 
b) Almaty 
c) Lagos
d) Karachi

3. Which district has become India’s first carbon neutral district and as a biodiversity heritage?
a) Jamnagar
b) Rangpo
c) Sabarkantha
d) Majuli

4. Which state government has recently made Aadhaar mandatory to farmers for availing crop insurance schemes from the next Kharif season?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) Odisha


5. The second India-UAE conference on globalization was held in which city?
a) New Delhi
b) Abu Dhabi
c) Dubai
d) Bangaluru

6. Who has been appointed as the full time Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)? 
a) Upendra Tripathy 
b) Naveen Jain 
c) Chetan Chauhan 
d) Dhiraj Sharma

7. Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
a) Gursevak Singh
b) Ankur Khanna
c) Vijay Kumar
d) Atul Dev

8. Who has been appointed as the new whole time member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
a) Madhabi Puri Buch
b) Sudha Barman
c) Menakshi Semwal
d) Ananya Govind 

9. Which country is hosting the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games? 
a) Ireland 
b) Austria 
c) Canada 
d) United States

10. Who has been honored with the Kirti Chakra  by President Pranab Mukherjee?
a) Major Rohit Suri
b) Vijay Kumar
c) Gursevak Singh
d) Ramesh Pratap Singh

Answers:
1:c, 2:b, 3:d, 4:b, 5:c, 6:a, 7:b, 8:a, 9:b, 10:a.

23rd March 2017 GK Questions Based on Latest Current Affairs 

Q1. Who has been appointed as a Full­Time Member of Mumbai-based Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a period of three years

1. Ajay Singh
2. Rajesh Kumar
3. Madhabi Puri Buch
4. RK Singh

Answer – 3

Q2. According to the 2017 Worldwide Cost of Living Index, which among the following Indian city placed in 42nd rank

1. Chennai
2. New Delhi
3. Hyderabad
4. Bengaluru 

Answer – 4

Q3. Who was sworn-in as Protem Speaker of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly?

1. Okram Ibobi Singh
2. V. Hangkhalian
3. Radhabinod Koijam
4. Raj Kumar Dorendra

Answer – 2

Q4. Which state has recently approved the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission constituted for over 4 lakh employees?

1. Assam
2. Haryana
3. Odisha
4. Tamil Nadu

Answer – 1

Q5. The branches of the associate banks of SBI will start functioning as branches of SBI from

1. 31 March 2017
2. 1 April 2017
3. 15 April 2015
4. 1 May 2016

Answer – 2

23rd March 2017 Current Affairs Quiz – Today GK Questions

1. Which team won the Vijay Hazare Trophy of Cricket 2017

1. West Bengal
2. Jharkhand
3. Gujarat
4. Tamil Nadu 

2. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of IDBI Bank

1. J.K. Dash
2. Vijay Kumar
3. Mahesh Kumar Jain 
4. Mahesh Varma

3. Which Telecom Company has received approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the demerger of its wireless division into Aircel Ltd and Dishnet Wireless Ltd?

1. Airtel
2. Reliance Communications
3. Vodafone
4. Idea

4. Who won the Global Teacher Prize 2017 at the Global Education and Skills Forum

1. David Calle
2. Boya Yang
3. Maggie MacDonnell 
4. Wemerson da Silva Nogueira

5. Which of the following ministry has announced Strict punishment for misleading advertisements

1. Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution 
2. External Affairs
3. Finance
4. Human Resource Management

 Answers-   1 , 2, 3,  4., 5 

                    4, 3 , 2,  3, 1 

23/03/2017 Today GK Quiz – Day to Day General Knowledge Questions and Answers

 1. What is the theme for 2017 International Day of Forests

1. Forests | Climate | Change
2. Save Nature
3. Save Trees & Water
4. Forests and energy

Answer – 4
2. President Pranab Mukherjee on 20 March 2017 presented the KCK International Award. This Award is given by which field

1. Medical
2. Print Journalism
3. Science
4. Agriculture

Answer – 2

3. Which country is going to participate in the five-day Brahmaputra river festival titled Namami Brahmaputra organized Assam Government.

1. China
2. Russia
3. Nepal
4. Bangladesh

Answer – 1

4. The second India-­UAE Conference On Globalisation held in which country

1. Qatar
2. Singapore
3. Malaysia
4. Dubai

Answer – 4

5. Who was appointed as new Member (Traction) Railway Board and ex officio Secretary to the Government of India?

1. Raj Kumar
2. Bala Subramanian
3. Ghanshyam Singh
4. Arvind Srinivas

Answer – 3

23rd March 2017 General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1. What is the theme for 2017 World Water Day

1. Better Water, Better Jobs
2. Water and Energy
3. Water and Sustainable Development
4. Why Wastewater? 

2. Who won the Kirti Chakra for PoK Surgical Strikes 2016

1. Ajay Singh
2. Ram Varma
3. Rohit Suri 
4. Rohit Shyam

3. The International Day of Forests 2017 was observed on which date

1. 5 December
2. 21 March
3. 11 April
4. 9 October

4. Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran XI concluded in which city

1. Pithorgarh
2. Pathankot
3. Dhangadhi
4. Hetauda

5. The Supreme Court (SC) on 21 March 2017 advised the concerned parties in _____________ dispute case to resolve the matter outside the court.

1. Badrinath Temple
2. Brihadeeswara Temple
3. Ram Temple 
4. Kedarnath Temple

Questions	1	2	3	4	5
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