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Current Affairs 20th March 2019 for Bank, SSC & Railway Exams
Q1. Who among the following player clinched the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Valtteri Bottas
(e) Sergio Perez
Q2. ____________and ISRO have signed an MoU to develop Space Technology Cells on the campus of the varsity.
(a) IIT Bombay
(b) NIT Hamirpur
(c) IIT Delhi
(d) IIT Kanpur
(e) IIT Roorkee
Q3. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the __________government to work on digital education initiatives.
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Pakistan
(c) Nepal
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Bhutan
Q4. Who among the following leads Forbes’ list of richest sports team owners with a net worth of around $50 billion?
(a) Neeta Ambani
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Mukesh Ambani
(d) Raj Kundra
(e) Sachin Tendulkar
Q5. Who among the following has been sworn-in as 11th Chief Minister of Goa, succeeding Manohar Parrikar?
(a) Ram Kumar Parrikar
(b) Kumar Abhay Sawant
(c) Dinesh Arya
(d) Ramesh Shukla
(e) Pramod Sawant
Q6. The inaugural Africa-India Field Training Exercise-2019 for India and African nations called AFINDEX-19 held at___________.
(a) Panaji
(b) Pune
(c) Mumbai
(d) Nagpur
(e) Chennai
Q7. Which of the following football club clinched their maiden Indian Super League title?
(a) Bengaluru FC
(b) Pune FC
(c) Mohun Bagan
(d) Delhi Dynamos FC
(e) Kerala Blasters FC
Q8. India won a total of ____medals at Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong.
(a) 31
(b) 23
(c) 39
(d) 35
(e) 26
Q9. Darryl D’Monte passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness at the age of 74 years. He was a well known____________.
(a) poet
(b) sports person
(c) human rights activist
(d) journalist
(e) director
Q10. Who among the following has been named as the first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India?
(a) Kisan Baburao Hazare
(b) Pinaki Chandra Ghose
(c) PC Sarkar
(d) Jasti Chelameswar
(e) Jagdish Singh Khehar
Solutions
Ans.1.(d)
Exp. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas beat his world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton to clinch the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
Ans.2.(e)
Exp. IIT Roorkee issued a statement saying the premier technology school has inked an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to setup Space Technology Cells.
Ans.3.(a)
Exp. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Afghanistan government to work on digital education initiatives, which include many prominent programs developed by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Ans.4.(c)
Exp. Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani leads Forbes’ list of richest sports team owners with a net worth of around $50 billion. Ambani purchased the IPL team Mumbai Indians through a RIL subsidiary in 2008 for just over $100 million.
Ans.5.(e)
Exp.Pramod Sawant (45), former Speaker of Goa legislative Assembly and MLA from Sankhelim in North Goa was sworn-in as 11th Chief Minister of Goa, succeeding Manohar Parrikar, who died after a prolonged battle with advanced pancreatic cancer.
Ans.6.(b)
Exp. The inaugural Africa-India Field Training Exercise-2019 for India and African nations called AFINDEX-19 started with a grand opening ceremony at Aundh Military Station, Pune.
Ans.7.(a)
Exp. Bengaluru FC clinched their maiden Indian Super League title as Rahul Bheke found a championship-winning header in the dying minutes of the final against FC Goa, in Mumbai.
Ans.8.(e)
Exp. In Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, boys medley relay team won a gold medal for India on the final day to help Indian youth team finish second in the overall medals tally with a total of 26 medals including 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals.
Ans.9.(d)
Exp. Senior journalist and environmental activist Darryl D’Monte passed away in Mumbai after a brief illness at the age of 74 years. In a career spanning several decades, he served as the resident editor of Mumbai editions of The Times of India and The Indian Express.
Ans.10.(b)
Exp. Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was recommended to be the first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India.
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