15th March 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
15th March 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
1. What is the India’s rank in terms of highest number of impacted species in hotspots?
1. 15th
2. 20th
3. 16th
4. 12th
2. The Supreme Court has set aside the life ban on which cricketer imposed by the BCCI?
1. Hardik Pandya
2. Sreesanth
3. MS Dhoni
4. Virat Kohli
3. Dipa Karmakar qualifies for vault finals in Artistic Gymnastics World Cup. This event held in….
1. Azerbaijan
2. India
3. japan
4. Singapore
4. Padmanaban won Commonwealth Youth Award. Padmanaban is related with….
1. Save Water
2. Save Soil
3. No Food Waste
4. No Noise
5. Who has resigned as Chairman of Bajaj Finserv?
1. Rahul Bajaj
2. Sanjoy Roy
3. MD Khan
4. C L Kapoor
6. Who will be the Mediator to resolve disputes within BCCI?
1. Harish Salve
2. Fali Sam Nariman
3. Gopal Subramanium
4. PS Narasimha
7. The World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated globally on 15th March. What is the theme for this year?
1. Trusted Smart Products
2. Trusted Smart Consumers
3. Trusted Smart Services
4. Trusted Smart Business
8. The world sleep day observed on which day?
1. 14th March
2. 20th March
3. 15th March
4. 12th March
9. U.S. special forces has hold an exercise with NSG in which place?
1. Kanpur
2. Hyderabad
3. Newyork
4. Washington
10. Naresh Lokesh recognised as Young Global Leader-2019 by which of the following?
1. World Economic Forum
2. The Asian Age
3. Time Magazine
4. New York Magazine
11. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has partnered with which of the following for Swachh Bharat e-Learning Portal?
1. Google
2. Microsoft India
3. Facebook
4. Instagram
1. What is the India's rank in terms of highest number of impacted species in hotspots?
A recent study published in PLOS Biology found that human impacts on species occur across 84% of the earth’s surface and India ranks 16th in such impacts, with 35 species impacted on an average.
2. The Supreme Court has set aside the life ban on which cricketer imposed by the BCCI?
The Supreme Court has set aside the life ban on cricketer S Sreesanth, imposed by the BCCI.
3. Dipa Karmakar qualifies for vault finals in Artistic Gymnastics World Cup. This event is organising in which country?
India's Dipa Karmakar (25-year) has made it to the Vault Finals after finishing third in the qualifying round of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup at Baku in Azerbaijan.
4. Padmanaban won Commonwealth Youth Award. Padmanaban is related with....
Padmanaban Gopalan, the founder of No Food Waste, was named the winner of the Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region in London.
5. Who has resigned as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Bajaj Finserv?
Bajaj Finserv’s Chairman and Non-Executive Director Rahul Bajaj has resigned and will take over as the Chairman Emeritus from May 2019.
6. Who will be the Mediator to resolve disputes within BCCI?
The Supreme Court appointed senior advocate PS Narasimha as a mediator for resolving various disputes related to cricket administration within the cricket body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
7. The World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated globally on 15th March. What is the theme for this year?
The World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated globally on 15th March to promote basic rights of all consumers. The theme for this year is ‘Trusted Smart Products’.
8. The world sleep day observed on which day?
The world sleep day 2019 observed on 15th March to celebrate healthy sleep and draw attention towards its related issues including medicine, education and social aspects.
9. U.S. special forces has hold an exercise with NSG in which place?
The United States Special Forces Group stationed in Japan involved in a joint exercise with India's National Security Guard (NSG) in Hyderabad.
10. Naresh Lokesh recognised as Young Global Leader-2019 by which of the following?
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Andhra Pradesh IT minister ‘Nara Lokesh’ has been recognised as the Young Global Leader.
11. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has partnered with which of the following for Swachh Bharat e-Learning Portal?
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has partnered with Microsoft India to use the platform Project Sangam of Microsoft on its Swachh Bharat e-Learning Portal.