Current Affairs of MARCH 2023
Current Affairs of MARCH 2023
1 - The Adani group has suspended work on Mundra Petrochem project in which state?(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
2 - As per a recent research, which state is experiencing nearly 3 times more background radiation than assumed?
(A) Punjab
(B) New Delhi
(C) Kerala
(D) Odisha
3 - Which city is the host of ‘Civil20 India 2023 Inception Conference’?
(A) Nagpur
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Pune
4 - AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) is a newly developed spacesuit for which space agency?
(A) ISRO
(B) NASA
(C) ESA
(D) JAXA
5 - Defence Ministry has signed a contract with which company for procuring ‘Project Akashteer’ for the Army?
(A) DRDO
(B) ISRO
(C) BEL
(D) HAL
6 - Which state/UT recently released the ‘Lake Development Programme’?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Telangana
(C) Odisha
(D) West Bengal
7 - Which High Court sough a response for the first time from ChatGPT for view on bail in murder case?
(A) Delhi High Court
(B) Surat High Court
(C) Punjab and Sind High Court
(D) Allahabad High Court
8 - Captive Employment Initiative was launched under which scheme?
(A) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Kaushalya Yojana
(B) MGNREGA
(C) Mission Antyodaya
(D) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
9 - Which state/UT passed the ‘Cow Service Commission Bill’?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Assam
10 - Which country announced that it would provide Ukraine with armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) India
(D) Australia
11 - Which institution released the ‘The State of School Feeding Worldwide 2022’ Report?
(A) World Food Programme
(B) World Bank
(C) UNICEF
(D) Asian Development Bank
12 - ‘PM-PRANAM’ is associated with which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Culture
(B) Ministry of Defence
(C) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
(D) Ministry of External Affairs
13 - Which paramilitary force is responsible for guarding the Indo-Myanmar border?
(A) ITBP
(B) Assam Rifles
(C) CISF
(D) BSF
14 - Which country has launched ‘Love Better Campaign’ to help teenagers recover from breakups?
(A) USA
(B) New Zealand
(C) UK
(D) Singapore
15 - Which institution released the ‘Technology and Innovation Report 2023’?
(A) UNICEF
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNCTAD
(D) World Economic Forum
16 - Which institution released the ‘Triple Threat Report’?
(A) World Economic Forum
(B) UNICEF
(C) IMF
(D) UNESCO
17 - Which state/UT passed the ‘Mediapersons Protection Bill 2023’?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
18 - Which country conducts the multi-domain air-land exercise named ‘Exercise Vayu Prahar’?
(A) India
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Nepal
19 - When is the ‘World Tuberculosis Day’ observed every year?
(A) March 18
(B) March 20
(C) March 22
(D) March 24
20 - Abel Prize is conferred to recognise outstanding contributors of which field?
(A) Architecture
(B) Mathematics
(C) Journalism
(D) Sports
21 - Which city is the host of ‘G20 Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference’?
(A) Bhubaneswar
(B) Kolkata
(C) Dibrugarh
(D) Pune
22 - Siniyah Island, which was seen in the news, is situated in which country?
(A) Russia
(B) China
(C) UAE
(D) Israel
23 - Which country launched the ‘2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’?
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Ukraine
(D) Japan
24 - Which state launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Vriksh Sampada Yojana’?
(A) Odisha
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) West Bengal
(D) Gujarat
25 - ‘Accelerating the change to solve the water and sanitation crisis’ is the theme of which day?
(A) World Forest Day
(B) World Water Day
(C) World Earth Day
(D) World Sanitation Day
26 - IMF Executive Board has approved a USD 3 billion bail-out programme for which country?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Afghanistan
(C) China
(D) Pakistan
27 - What is the theme of the ‘International Day of Forests 2023’?
(A) Forests and health
(B) Forests and Climate Change
(C) Forests and Global Warming
(D) Forests are Friends
28 - What is the name of the second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), which was launched recently?
(A) Andrea
(B) Androth
(C) Arnab
(D) Arnala
29 - Sajibu Nongma Panba is a lunar new year celebrated in which state?
(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Odisha
30 - Polio cases were recently recorded in which country for the first time in 30 years
(A) Burundi
(B) Japan
(C) Australia
(D) South Africa
31 - Which institution has released ‘Ethical Guidelines for AI in Healthcare and Biomedical Research’?
(A) IMA
(B) ICMR
(C) AIIMS
(D) NITI Aayog
32 - UBS Group is a multinational investment bank based in which country?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Switzerland
(D) China
33 - What is the theme of the ‘World Sparrow Day 2023’?
(A) Sparrows are our Friends
(B) I love Sparrows
(C) Sustainability and Sparrows
(D) Climate Change and Sparrows
34 - When is the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ observed?
(A) March 18
(B) March 21
(C) March 23
(D) March 24
35 - Which state has tabled the Advocates Protection Bill, 2023?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Karnataka
36 - Which year has been proposed to be marked as the year of tourism?
(A) 2023
(B) 2024
(C) 2025
(D) 2027
37 - International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against the President of which country?
(A) UK
(B) Russia
(C) North Korea
(D) Sri Lanka
38 - What is the name of the form of artificial intelligence that can take actions using past data?
(A) Generative AI
(B) Reformative AI
(C) Memory AI
(D) Storage AI
39 - Which state is the key state partner of the International SME Convention 2023 (ISC)?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Odisha
40 - Raccoon Dog, which was seen in the news, is endemic to which region?
(A) America
(B) Africa
(C) Asia
(D) Europe
41 - ‘Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential To be There’ Exhibition was inaugurated to mark 75 years of bilateral relations between India and?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) France
(D) Singapore
42 - Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Women and Men in India 2022 Report’?
(A) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(B) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(D) Ministry of MSME
43 - Which city is the host of ‘Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference’?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Varanasi
(D) Ahmedabad
44 - Which state/UT hosted the ‘Kodava Hockey Festival’?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Odisha
(C) Karnataka
(D) West Bengal
45 - Barda Wildlife Sanctuary, which was seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?
(A) Gujarat
(B) West Bengal
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Karnataka
46 - Which country brokered the ‘Saudi-Iran Détente’ peace deal?
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Russia
47 - Which country is the host of the ‘United Nations 2023 Water Conference’?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh
48 - Exercise ‘Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23’ is held between India and which country?
(A) UAE
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Israel
(D) Oman
49 - Who is the first female loco pilot to operate the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train?
(A) Surekha Yadav
(B) Bhawana Kant
(C) Avani Chaturvedi
(D) Mohana Singh
50 - As of 2023, banks from how many countries were permitted by the Reserve Bank of India to trade in rupees?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 18
(D) 21
51 - The pilot trial of MD15 buses and Prototype launch of M100 (100% Methanol) was launched in which city?
(A) Chennai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Pune
52 - What is the Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation in India in February 2023?
(A) 7.85 %
(B) 6.85 %
(C) 5.85 %
(D) 3.85 %
53 - Which institution launched ‘ATL Sarthi’, a comprehensive self-monitoring framework?
(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) BSE
54 - What is the name of the cyclone that has caused winds and torrential rain in Malawi and Mozambique?
(A) Feddy
(B) Freddy
(C) Mousie
(D) Rhino
55 - Which film won seven awards during the Oscars 2023 event?
(A) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(B) Elvis
(C) Tar
(D) Top Gun: Maverick
56 - As per the recent MoSPI data, what is India’s retail inflation recorded in February 2023?
(A) 7.44 %
(B) 6.44 %
(C) 5.44 %
(D) 4.44 %
57 - Which state/UT is the host of the ‘First international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage’?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Assam
(C) Kerala
(D) Bihar
58 - Which state approved the 10% horizontal reservation to statehood activists in state government job?
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan
59 - The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) is an alpha-numeric number with how many digits?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 18
60 - Which institution released the ‘Landslide Atlas of India’?
(A) DRDO
(B) NABARD
(C) ISRO
(D) NITI Aayog
61 - Which Union Ministry launched the ‘LEAN Scheme’?
(A) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(B) Ministry of MSME
(C) Ministry of Defence
(D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
62 - Which Union Ministry is set to host the ‘World Food India-2023’ event?
(A) Ministry of Agriculture
(B) Ministry of Food Processing Industries
(C) Ministry of Rural Development
(D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
63 - Madhav National Park, which was seen in the news, is in which state/UT?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Kerala
64 - Which state/UT released the ‘Master Plan for 2041’ to guide the development of city in various areas?
(A) Karnataka
(B) New Delhi
(C) Odisha
(D) West Bengal
65 - ‘Safe Harbour Principle’ which was seen in the news, is associated with which act?
(A) The Major Port Authorities Act, 2021
(B) Information Technology Act, 2000
(C) Merchant Shipping Act 1958
(D) Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
66 - Which country holds the Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2023?
(A) USA
(B) Israel
(C) India
(D) Germany
67 - Torino Scale, which was seen in the news, is associated with which field?
(A) Poverty
(B) Space Science
(C) Earth quake
(D) Cryptocurrency
68 - What is the name of the world’s first-ever radio platform powered by artificial intelligence?
(A) AIRadio
(B) Go Radio
(C) RadioGPT
(D) Radio Bing
69 - NASA’s Curiosity Rover recently captured the crepuscular rays on which planet?
(A) Earth
(B) Mars
(C) Jupiter
(D) Venus
70 - Which Union Ministry implements the ‘Swadesh Darshan 2.0 programme’?
(A) Ministry of Culture
(B) Ministry of Railways
(C) Ministry of Tourism
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs
71 - The Prevention of Money Laundering Act was recently expanded to include which products?
(A) Virtual digital assets
(B) Real Estate
(C) Jewellery
(D) Electronics
72 - Which country hosted the third session of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Nepal
(C) India
(D) USA
73 - Which state’s Governor returned the Prohibition of Online Gambling Bill passed by the state cabinet?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) West Bengal
(D) Punjab
74 - Mimeusemia ceylonica, rare moth species, has been spotted for the first time in India, in which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Odisha
75 - Which country introduced the ‘Illegal Migration Bill’?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) China
(D) Greece
76 - Which country has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Colombia
(C) UK
(D) Japan
77 - Centre has recently directed NAFED, NCCF for immediate intervention in market for purchase of which product?
(A) Potato
(B) Red onion
(C) Cotton
(D) Jute
78 - ‘TROPEX 2023’ is a major Operational level exercise conducted by which country?
(A) India
(B) UK
(C) Australia
(D) USA
79 - Which institution introduced the ‘Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure’?
(A) World Bank
(B) WEF
(C) IMF
(D) WMO
80 - Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Swachhotsav’ women-led cleanliness campaign?
(A) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(B) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(C) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs
81 - Salhoutuonuo Kruse made history by becoming the first woman Cabinet minister of which state?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Nagaland
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Bihar
82 - Which city was the host of the second Meeting of Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion?
(A) Chennai
(B) Mumbai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bengaluru
83 - Dr Manik Saha was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of which Indian state in 2023?
(A) Tripura
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Mizoram
(D) Assam
84 - ‘Digital India Bill’ is associated with which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(B) Ministry of External Affairs
(C) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(D) Ministry of Science and Technology
85 - The Draft Central Electricity Authority Regulations was issued recently to protect which species?
(A) One-horned Rhinos
(B) Great Indian Bustard
(C) Asian Elephant
(D) Asiatic Lion
86 - The Draft Central Electricity Authority Regulations was issued recently to protect which species?
(A) One-horned Rhinos
(B) Great Indian Bustard
(C) Asian Elephant
(D) Asiatic Lion
87 - Which country has proposed to create ‘International Big Cat Alliance’?
(A) USA
(B) India
(C) Indonesia
(D) Japan
88 - BrahMos Missile has been developed by a partnership between Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya and which organisation of India?
(A) ISRO
(B) DRDO
(C) HAL
(D) BHEL
89 - ‘Bahu Balli’, the world’s first 200-meter-long Bamboo Crash Barrier has been installed in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Assam
(D) Odisha
90 - Which country has claimed to have discovered around 8.5 million metric tons of lithium ore?
(A) Australia
(B) Iran
(C) Israel
(D) UAE
91 - Which organisation released the ‘Women, Business and the Law Index’?
(A) World Bank
(B) World Economic Forum
(C) International Monetary Fund
(D) Asian Development Bank
92 - As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report for 2021-22, what is the employment fraction in the farm sector?
(A) 26.5 %
(B) 32.5 %
(C) 45.5 %
(D) 55.5 %
93 - Which institution has designed the ‘Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)’?
(A) HAL
(B) DRDO
(C) BEL
(D) ISRO
94 - HUID Number, which was seen in the news, is associated with which element/product?
(A) Rice
(B) Cotton
(C) Gold
(D) Lithium
95 - Which institutions released the report titled ‘More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection’?
(A) World Bank- ILO
(B) UNICEF- ILO
(C) UNESCO- ILO
(D) World Bank – UNICEF
96 - Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) award was conferred on which institution?
(A) REC
(B) NTPC
(C) ONGC
(D) GAIL
97 - Which institution released the ‘Mind the Gender Gap’ Report?
(A) SEBI
(B) CFA Institute
(C) Oxfam International
(D) Amnesty International
98 - ‘SAMARTH scheme’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Textiles
(B) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Defence
99 - What is the theme of National Safety Day 2023?
(A) Our Aim – Zero Harm
(B) Our Aim- Zero Accident
(C) Health and Safety
(D) Elimination of Occupational Hazard
100 - Which city is the host of the ‘G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM)’?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) New Delhi
(D) Ahmedabad
101 - Which country announced the Indo-Pacific tech envoy?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
102 - Which bank has completed the acquisition of Citigroup’s India consumer business?
(A) HDFC Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) Yes Bank
103 - Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC)’?
(A) Ministry of Finance
(B) Ministry of Electronics and IT
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Defence
104 - As per the ‘Indian States’ Energy Transition’ report, which states made the most progress in transition to clean electricity?
(A) Karnataka and Gujarat
(B) Telangana and Tamil Nadu
(C) Gujarat and Punjab
(D) Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
105 - The United Kingdom signed ‘Windsor Framework’ with which institution?
(A) ISA
(B) EU
(C) G-20
(D) G-7
106 - When is the ‘National Science Day’ celebrated every year?
(A) February 21
(B) February 24
(C) February 28
(D) March 3
107 - The ‘Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD)’ has found the presence of lithium reserves in which state?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Gujarat
108 - Dibang Multipurpose Project, India’s largest-ever hydropower project, is being set up in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Sikkim
(D) Uttarakhand
109 - Which Ministry implements the ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’?
(A) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
(B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(C) Ministry of Rural Development
(D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
110 - Dharoi wetland, where a bird survey was conducted recently, is located in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
111 - As per IMF, which country has the potential to contribute 15 per cent of the global growth in 2023?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Brazil
(D) France
112 - Which neighbouring country of India signed MoU with ISA to increase use of solar energy?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Myanmar
113 - What is the rank of India in the International Intellectual Property Index 2023?
(A) 26
(B) 32
(C) 42
(D) 55
114 - Which state is the host of the ‘Global Responsible Tourism Summit’?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Kerala
(C) Goa
(D) Himachal Pradesh
115 - Which is the first platform to launch ‘UPI LITE payments’?
(A) Google Pay
(B) Mi Pay
(C) Paytm Payments Bank
(D) Airtel Payments Bank
116 - Which institution launched India’s first municipal bond index?
(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) BSE
(D) NSE
117 - Which city has been renamed as ‘Chatrapati Sambhajinagar’?
(A) Pune
(B) Aurangabad
(C) Nashik
(D) Ahmed Nagar
118 - Which city is the host of the W20 Inception Meeting under India’s G-20 Presidency?
(A) Chennai
(B) Kochi
(C) Aurangabad
(D) Bhubaneswar
119 - Which city is the host of ‘International Bio-resource Conclave & Ethno-pharmacology Congress 2023’?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Imphal
(C) Kolkata
(D) Bengaluru