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2 Weekly GK Blaster SSC & Railway Exam Best 65 Current Affairs Questions th March 2018 Dear readers, Weekly GK Blaster is a collection of BEST 65 current affairs news and events that occurred from th of March This file is important for all SSC & Railway Exams. 2 P a g e National & International Affairs 1. Which city became the first city in North India to install Automatic Speed Gun Cameras with digital displays for traffic management? Chandigarh 2. World longest Sandstone Cave discovered in. Meghalaya The world s longest sandstone cave named Krem Puri was discovered near Laitsohum village in Mawsynram area in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. 3. Which oil corporation has launched home-delivery of diesel on a pilot basis in Pune? Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) 4. Which bank acquired All Bank Finance Ltd (ABFL)? Allahabad Bank CEO of Allahabad Bank - Usha Ananthasubramanian Headquarter Kolkata, West Bengal 5. Govt decided to declare 2018 as National Year of. Millets 6. Which ministry launched India s first Sign Language Dictionary of 3000? Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment The dictionary is developed by Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLR&TC) under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD). Thaawar Chand Gehlot is a Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. 7. Which state has launched a multi-utility vehicle Naipunya Ratham (or World on Wheels)? Andhra Pradesh To bring technology to the remote corners Andhra Pradesh government launched a multi-utility vehicle NAIPUNYA RATHAM (or World on Wheels. 8. The Union Government has constituted which committee to draft new Direct Tax Law? Arvind Modi 9. Which state declared Jackfruit as official fruit of state? Kerala 10. Which city topped the World s Most Liveable City report 2018? Vienna Vienna the capital Austria has been rated the world s most liveable city for the ninth consecutive year by Mercer in its annual Quality of Living survey. It was followed by Switzerland s Zurich, while New Zealand s Auckland and Germany s Munich tied for third place. Hyderabad and Pune have been rated India s most liveable cities as they have tied for the 142nd place Iraq s capital city Baghdad has been rated the least liveable city for the tenth consecutive year. 11. Which bank opened a representative office in Sharjah? Axis Bank The representative office in Sharjah is the third such Axis Bank office in the UAE after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Shikha Sharma is a present CEO & Managing director of the Axis Bank. Axis Bank headquarter is in Mumbai. 12. Which entity became the world s first Trusted Digital Repository? National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) is a project of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

3 It is implemented by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA). The main objective of the NCAA is to identify and preserve the cultural heritage of India available in audiovisual form through a process of digitization and making it accessible to the people. 13. Plastic park in India will be set up in. Deoghar, Jharkhand. Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Ananthkumar announced that the Government of India has approved the setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar District, Jharkhand. 14. BHEL has commissioned 1st unit of 110 MW of the Kishanganga hydroelectric project (HEP) of NHPC in. Jammu and Kashmir. The hydroelectric project is located on the river Kishanganga, a tributary of the Jhelum in Bandipora district, all the three units of the 340 MW project will generate 1,350 million units (MU) of clean electricity annually. 15. India and which organization signed an agreement that will enable them to share earth observation data from each other s satellites? European Union (EU) The European Union is a political and economic union of 28-member states. The headquarter of European Union is in Brussels, Belgium. 16. President Ram Nath Kovind released commemorative coins in denominations of on Lord Jagannath s Nabakalebar festival. 10 and 1000 The designing and minting of coins in various denominations is also the responsibility of the Government of India. Ministry of Finance issues all the coins, including the Re.1 currency notes. Under the Section 22 of the RBI Act 1934, RBI has the sole right to issue Bank notes of all denominations except one rupee note. 17. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living report 2018 which city is the most expensive city in the world? Singapore Top 3 Expensive cities on the list are- 1. Singapore, 2. Paris and 3. Zurich. Damascus, the capital of Syria, is the cheapest city for living in the world. In the cheapest cities list Bangalore ranked at 5 th and New Delhi at the 10 th position. 18. What is the objective of the SATH-E project? to introduce system-wide Governance Transformation in school education. The expand form of SATH-E is Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education. It is an initiative launched by the NITI Aayog. 19. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim recently resigned from President post of which country? Mauritius Capital of Mauritius Port Louis Currency of Mauritius Rupee 3 P a g e Appointments 20. Who has been sworn as the new President of Peru? Martin Vizcarra He replaced Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Capital of Peru Lima Currency of Peru - Sol 21. Who became the new President of Russia? Vladimir Putin Capital of Russia Moscow Currency of Russia - Ruble 22. Who became the new National Security Advisor of the United States? John Bolton He replaced H. R. McMaster.

4 23. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic People s Republic of Korea? Atul M. Gotsurve. Capital of North Korea Pyongyang Currency of North Korea - Won 24. Who became the new Vice-President of Nepal? Nanda Bahadur Pun Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the President of Nepal. Khadga Prasad Oli is the Prime Minister of Nepal. 25. Who became the new Governor of the Central Bank of China People's Bank of China? Yi Gang Yi Gang replaced Zhou Xiaochuan. People's Bank of China head office is in - Beijing, China 26. Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik given additional charge as Governor of. Odisha 27. Who became the first MD of Sony India? Sunil Nayyar Sports 28. Who won the 2018 Asian Billiards Championships? Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani defended his Asian Billiards Championships title. In the final he defeated B Bhaskar 6-1 at Yangon in Myanmar. With this he won the11th gold medal at the Asian level. 29. Who will be the India s flag-bearer at the Commonwealth Games 2018? PV Sindhu P.V. Sindhu has been chosen by IOA as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games The opening ceremony will be held at the Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast on 4th April. Commonwealth Games 2018 will be held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Pistol shooter Vijay Kumar was the flag-bearer in the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games was held in Glasgow, Scotland 30. Manu Bhaker is in news recently. He is associated with. Shooting. Manu Bhaker (16-year) recently won the Gold medal in the final of the women's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney. India also achieved success in the 10-meter air pistol male event, Gaurav Rana won the silver medal and Anmol Jain won the bronze medal. 31. West Indies qualified for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating? Scotland West Indies defeated Scotland in the World Cup Qualifier to qualify for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played in England and Wales. 32. Which team won the Irani Cup 2018? Vidarbha Vidarbha beat Rest of India to clinch the title. Also, Vidarbha won the Ranji Trophy Kevin Pietersen officially announced his retirement from the International cricket. He is a player of which cricket team? England 34. Which team won the 2018 Nidahas Cricket trophy? India India defeated Bangladesh in the final. 35. Who won the Women s Single U-19 Badminton title 2018? Purva Barve She defeated Anastasiia Pustinskaia in the final held in Israel. 4 P a g e

5 36. Who won the Indian Wells Masters title 2018? Juan Martin del Potro He defeated Roger Federer by 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 in a thrilling Final. Honours & Awards 37. Who has been awarded with the 2017 G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism? Karan Thapar Karan Thapar, the veteran journalist and television presenter, has been honoured with the 2017 G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism for his contribution in the field of journalism. 38. Who won the Abel Prize 2018? Robert Langlands Robert Langlands is a Canadian mathematician won the Abel Prize for 2018 for his visionary programme connecting representation theory to number theory. Books & Author 39. Who is the author of the book on Paramveer Chakra Awardees Paramveer Parwane? Prabhakiran Jain General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff, has released a book on Paramveer Chakra Awardees Paramveer Parwane on 20 March The book illustrates the bravery of Paramveer Chakra Awardees from 1947 to 1965 and is written by Dr. Prabhakiran Jain published by Medha Books. Arts & Culture 40. Ugadi festival celebrated in which state? Andhra Pradesh Ugadi is the New Year's Day of the harvest of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India. 41. Nabakalebar festival celebrated in. Odisha 'Nabaklebara' is a festival celebrated at a predetermined time according to Hindu calendar in Shri Jagannath temple in Puri. Nabah means new and kalebar means body. Lord Shri Jagannath Nabaklebra holds a new body during the festival. Summits & Conference 42. International Yoga Fest was held in. New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Union Minister Jitendra Singh. International Day of Yoga is observed every year on June 21 st. 43. The first G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors held in Buenos Aires, Argentina The 2018 G20 summit will be the 13th meeting of Group of Twenty (G20). The summit will be held on 30 Nov 1 Dec 2018 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be hosted in South America. G 20 Summit in 2017 was held in Hamburg, Germany. 44. The first-ever National Conference on Drug Law Enforcement was held in New Delhi. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the current minister for law and justice in India. 5 P a g e

6 th edition of the Indian Science Congress will be held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The event will be from January 3-7, 2019 at Barkatullah University Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The theme for 2019 ISC will be Future India: Science & Technology. 105 th Indian Science Congress was held at Manipur University, Imphal. The theme for 2018 ISC is Reaching the Unreached Through Science & Technology. 104 th Indian Science Congress 2017 was held in Tirupati (S. V. University), Andhra Pradesh. 103 rd Indian Science Congress 2016 was held in Mysore. 46. First National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyan involving all the states and union territories was held in New Delhi. Ministry of Women and Child Development organized the event. Maneka Gandhi is the current Union Minister of Women and Child Development. 47. World Trade Organisaton (WTO) ministerial meeting was held in. New Delhi This the second WTO ministerial meeting hosted by India. First in The World Trade Organization is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. WTO headquarter is in Geneva, Switzerland. Roberto Azevêdo is the head of the WTO. 48. The 7th Women s Science Congress was held in Manipur. It was inaugurated at the 105 th Indian Science Congress which was held at Manipur University, Imphal. Chief Minister of Manipur is N Biren Singh. 49. First India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in New Delhi. 6 P a g e Defense 50. Indian Navy decommissioned which Navy warship in Mumbai? INS Ganga 51. India successfully flight-tested which missile at Pokhran in Rajasthan? BrahMos The missile is named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra and the Moskva. 52. What is ICGS C-437? interceptor boat The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned interceptor boat ICGS C-437 at Porbandar, Gujarat as part of its efforts to strengthen coastal security. 53. VARUNA-18 is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and. France The maritime exercise held at the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) in Vasco, Goa. 54. The Gulf Shield first military exercise of 23 countries including Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states was held in. Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia Important Dates 55. World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) is observed every year on March 24 The theme of World TB Day 2018 is Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world. 56. World Meteorological Day 2018 observed every year on. March 23 The theme of WMD 2018 is Weather-ready, climate-smart. 57. World Water Day observed every year on. March 22 The theme of 2018 is Nature for Water 58. Bihar celebrated its 106th foundation day on. March World Poetry Day observed every year on. March 21

7 60. The World Down syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed every year on March 21. The theme of this year is What I Bring To My Community 61. International Day of Forests observed every year on. March 21 The theme of 2018 is Forests and Sustainable Cities. 62. World Happiness Day is celebrated every year on. March 20 Theme of the World Happiness Day 2018 is Share Happiness. India ranked at 133 rd position on World Happiness Index India stood at 122 nd rank in World Happiness Index Finland is the happiest country in the world, with Norway, Denmark. 63. World Sparrow Day observed every year on. March 20 The theme for 2018 WSD is I Love Sparrows. The first World Sparrow Day was observed on this day in 2010 across the globe. Obituaries 64. Les Payne passed away recently. He was associated with which field? Journalism Les Payne won the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He was the founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. 65. Kedarnath Singh recently passed away. He was a renowned. Hindi poet He won the Sahitya Akademi Award (in 1989) for his poetry collection Akaal Mein Saras and Janapith Award (in 2013) P a g e

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Current Affairs MCQs 19 March 2018

Current Affairs MCQs 19 March 2018 Individual Test Series at Rs. 99 Only Q1. Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) being held in which city? A. Pune B. Mumbai C. Bengaluru D. New Delhi Answer: