March Current affairs Quiz 2020

With which world organization the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) had organized a discussion Programme on the topic “The Future of Work: Women in India’s Workforce” at New Delhi.

Name the country which becomes first nation in the world to make all the public transport free from 29 February, 2020.

Recently (March 2020) State Bank of India (SBI) has switched to CBBA method from “Projected Balance Sheet (PBS)” method of Fund Based Working Capital (FBWC) limits for assessment of the working capital requirement for corporates or large advances. The ‘C’ in CBBA denotes?

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has constituted a committee to examine and recommend Community Forest Resources (CFR) Guidelines under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA). Who heads the Committee?

Name the food delivery business company which was acquired by Zomato for $206 million.

Name the Organisation which in collaboration with UN women and Plan international has released the report titled “A New Era for Girls: Taking stock on 25 years of progress”.

Denys Shymgal succeeds Oleksiy Honcharuk to become the Prime Minister of which of the following country?

As per MicroSave Consulting’s (MSC) report titled ‘The real story of women’s financial inclusion in India’, women’s ownership of bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is increased from 43% in 2014 to ______% in 2017.

Name the Indian university, which signed MoU with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to establish the chair of excellence named “Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Chair of Excellence” (Feb 2020).

Name the person who has been named as the 128th winner of Commonwealth points of light award.

Name the Indian Institute which developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered drone to counter ‘Rogue Drones’ (Unregulated UAV).

the person, who has been honored with Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Award for Politics in Swarajya Awards 2020.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has sanctioned Rs 33 Crore financial assistant to Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, under Project Tiger scheme. The Kaziranga National Park is located in which Indian state?

Name the Indian who has been honoured with ‘Sportsman of the year’ award in Times of India sports award 2019 (TOISA 2019).

Under which section of Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Ministry of Finance has imposed moratorium on Yes Bank (March 5, 2020 till April 3, 2020).

Janez Jansa has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Slovenia. What is the Capital & Currency of Slovenia?

The Central government notifies National Chambal sanctuary as Eco-sensitive zone recently (March 2020). The National Chambal sanctuary is located at which Indian state?

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has granted Rs. ________ in the Rural Banking system during the fiscal year 2020.

The World Wildlife Day (WWD) celebrated on 3rd March every year to raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. What is the theme of WWD 2020?

Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad Yassin has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following country (March 2020)?

Name the Indian state which announced Gairsain town as summer capital.

The Union Cabinet approves the amalgamation of 10 Public Sector Banks into _____ Public Sector Banks in effect from April 1, 2020.

Name the person who has been honoured with ‘The World Games Athlete of the year 2019’ award in Hockey India’s 3rd annual awards 2019.

Name the Indian state which is going to launch a digital literacy drive named ‘I am also digital’ to create awareness about e-governance (March 2020).

Javier Perez de Cuellar who passed away recently (March 2020) is the former Secretary General of which world Organisation?

As per the paper “Rethinking Gender Representation across Value Chains” released during the 3rd Gender Equality Summit 2020, If Women’s labour force is same as Men’s labour force then it can boost India’s GDP by _______.

Indian Coastal Guard 's 9th edition of rescue exercise “SAREX-2019”, conducted at which Indian state?

Name the Private Sector Bank which ties-up with online food ordering and delivery app Zomato to launch co-branded credit card powered by MasterCard?

Name the Indian University which topped the medal tally of 1st Khelo university games held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha (February 22 – March 1, 2020).

Name the person who has become the first player in the world to play 500 T20 matches.

Name the Life Insurance company, which is going to provide football coaching to the underprivileged girls under ‘Bachhpan Ka Rakshakaran’ programme in association with ‘Oscar

Foundation’.

Who won the 27th edition of Mexican Open (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) held between February 24-29, 2020 in Men’s singles Category?

As per United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) India study, India’s female labour-force participation declined from 34% in 2006 to ______% in 2020.

Jack Welch who passed away recently (March 2020) is the former Chairman and CEO of which Multinational Company?

Name the Indian state which is 1st in the country to own a separate department for Self Help Groups (SHGs) named ‘Department of Mission Shakti’.

Which Indian digital payment platform’s subsidiary has received the Brokerage License from Insurance Regulatory and Authority of India (IRDAI)?

Amrit Kaur has been honored as ‘Women of the year’ for 1947 in ‘100 women of the year’ project by TIME magazine. Name the person who has been honored as ‘Women of the year’ for 1976.

Name the Indian City which is going to host the 108th Indian Science Congress in 2021 (January 3-7, 2021) based on the theme ‘Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment’.

The Government of India (GoI) sets up 12-member panel to prepare investigation manual for Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). Name the person who heads the panel.

Name the Indian state which organizes 3-day ‘Namaste Orchha’ festival (March 6-8, 2020).