March 2015
First Week
1) Who was unanimously elected as the President of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) on 2 March 2015? - Jagmohan Dalmiya
2) World’s largest and tallest Indian national flag was unfurled on 3 March 2015
at? - Faridabad, Haryana
3) Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar completed his SAARC Yatra of four nations on
4 March 2015. Name the 4 nations which he visited during this yatra? - Bhutan,
Bangladesh, Pakistan & Afghanistan.
4) Who was appointed as chairman of National Book Trust (NBT) on 2 March
2015? - Baldev Sharma
5) Which Indian Olympic medalist on 2 March 2015 announced that she will quit
boxing after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games? - MC Mary Kom
6) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4 March 2015 reduced the repo rate by 25 basis
points to? - 7.5 percent
7) BBC on 4 March 2015 released a documentary film India's Daughter, which
sparked controversy. This documentary film was directed by? - Leslee Udwin
Note: The film is based on the Delhi gang rape that took place on 16 December
2012.
8) Kathmandu-Varanasi-Kathmandu bus service was on 5 March 2015 flagged off
jointly by India and which country? – Nepal
9) Name the Hindi film based on former Indian cricketer Kirti Azad’s life which
was launched on 2 March 2015? – Kirket
10) World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2015 with the theme? -
Wildlife crime is serious, let’s get serious about wildlife crime.
11) Which cricket team on 4 March 2015 created the World Cup record for
highest-ever score of 417 in a match against Afghanistan in Perth? - Australia
Note: It defeated Afghanistan by 275 runs which was the biggest winning
margin in the tournament’s history. The previous record of highest runs in a
World Cup match was held by India and it was 413 against Bermuda in 2007.
12) Who was on 3 March 2015 appointed as Chief Secretary of Delhi? - Kewal K
Sharma
13) Who recently won the Mo Ibrahim prize for achievement in African
leadership for year 2014? - Hifikepunye Pohamba, outgoing Namibian President
14) Election Commission of India (ECI) on 3 March 2015 launched NERPAP
throughout India. Expand NERPAP? - National Electoral Roll Purification and
Authentication Programme
15) G Karthikeyan who passed away on 7 March 2015 was the speaker of which
state assembly? – Kerala
16) Which Bollywood actress was on 3 March 2015 awarded with the National
Award for the Best Representation of the Cause of Safety, Security and Protection
of Women and Girl Child by National Institute of Gender Justice (NIGJ)? - Rani
Mukerji
17) Lok Sabha on 2 March 2015 passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015
by voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend? - Citizenship Act, 1955
18) Who won the Argentina Open Tennis title on 2 March 2015? - Rafael Nadal.
19) Who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title on 28 February
2015? - Roger Federer
20) Which state government on 4 March 2015 scrapped the resolution that
provided five percent reservations to Muslims in government jobs in the state? –
Maharashtra
21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 March 2015 inaugurated two units of 600
Mega Watt (MW) each of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project in which state? -
Madhya Pradesh
22) President Pranab Mukherjee on 2 March 2015 gave his assent to the Animal
Preservation (Amendment) Bill 1995 in which country? - Maharashtra
Note: This amendment bans slaughter of bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra.
23) Union Government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 February 2015
signed an agreement on? - Monetary Policy Framework
24) Which firm on 2 March 2015 acquired Bengaluru-based TaxiForSure in a cash
and equity deal worth 200 million US dollars? – Olacabs
25) KS Lavkumar Khachar who died on 3 March 2015 was a famous? -
Ornithologist and naturalist
26) Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill,
2015 by voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend? - Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
27) Which e-commerce company on 6 March 2015 acquired mobile ad network
AdiQuity? – Flipkart
28) Royal Mint on 2 March 2015 unveiled a new coinage portrait of the Queen
Elizabeth II that will appear on coins in which country? – Britain
Second Week
1) Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar on 12 March 2015
launched the Pharma Jan Samadhan scheme. What is its aim? - Redressal of
consumers’ grievances relating to pricing and availability of medicines.
2) World Kidney Day (WKD) was observed globally on 12 March 2015. What is
theme for the day in 2015? - Kidney Health for All
3) Which team won the Ranji Trophy title of cricket 2015? - Karnataka
4) Who was elected as the speaker of the Kerala Assembly on 12 March 2015? - N
Shakthan
5) Indian Railways on 11 March 2015 signed Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with which life insurance company to augment its resources for speedier
execution of projects? - Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
6) Which player created record by scoring four consecutive centuries in a Cricket
World Cup? - Kumar Sangakkara
7) United States (US) President Barack Obama on 11 March 2015 nominated
whom as next Ambassador to Pakistan? - David Hale
8) Which country on 9 March 2015 won the bid to host Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2019? - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
9) National tourism agency of Britain on 10 March 2015 roped in which
Bollywood actor to promote an India-centric campaign, Bollywood Britain? - Saif
Ali Khan
10) Name the solar-powered plane that took off to round-the-world odyssey
from Abu Dhabi on 8 March 2015? - Solar Impulse-2
11) Which state Government on 8 March 2015 launched Bhagyashree scheme for
girl child? - Maharashtra
12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 March 2015 launched the first
indigenously developed Rotavirus vaccine named? - Rotavac
13) Who was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2014 for his
Kannada poem Ramayana Mahanveshanam on 9 March 2015? - M. Veerappa
Moily
14) Eighth India-Nepal combined exercise named ____ concluded on 7 March
2015 at Salijhandi, Nepal? - Surya Kiran VIII
15) The first Indo-Nepal Friendship Motor Rally concluded on 8 March 2015 at? -
India Gate in New Delhi
16) Which state on 8 March 2015 launched a scheme for girl child - Aapki Beti
Humari Beti? - Manohar Lal Khattar
17) International Women’s Day was observed across the world on 8 March 2015
with the theme? - Make it Happen
Third Week
1) The 1st Counter-Terrorism Conference 2015 was held in which city of India for
three days from 19 March 2015 to 21 March 2015? - Jaipur
2) Which singer was presented with the Laadli Voice of the Century award on 20
March 2015? - Lata Mangeshkar
3) Who scored the highest-ever score of 237 not out in Cricket World Cup history
on 21 March 2015? - Martin Guptill
4) International Day of Forests was observed on 21 March 2015 with the theme? -
Forests and Climate Change
5) Name the Pakistani cricketers who announced retirement from the One Day
International (ODI) aftre World Cup 2015? - Misbah-ul-Haq and Shaid Afridi
6) Union Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
on 19 March 2015. This program aims to? - Impart skill training to youth
7) Union Cabinet on 20 March 2015 approved __ percent reservation for women
in police forces of all Union territories (UTs) including Delhi police, through
direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts like constables to sub-inspectors? - 33
8) Who was roped in as the brand ambassador for Union Government’s
campaign against Hepatitis B on 13 March 2015? - Amitabh Bachchan
9) World Sparrow Day was observed globally on 20 March 2015 with the theme?
- I Love Sparrows
10) A Book "Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Speaker’s Perspective" written by
whom was released on 19 March 2015? - Meira Kumar
11) Which e-commerce company on 19 March 2015 acquired logistics firm
GoJavas to strengthen its delivery operations in the country? - Snapdeal
12) Who was named as the President of Britain's prestigious Royal Society on 18
March 2015? - Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
13) Who was appointed by Union Government to head Kaya Kalp, a council
formed to suggest innovative ways to transform the Indian Railways? - Ratan
Tata
14) Who won Australian Grand Prix of Formula One 2015? - Lewis Hamilton
15) Who was elected as the speaker of 12th Legislative Assembly of Jammu and
Kashmir? - Kavinder Gupta
16) Who was on 18 March 2015 appointed as the Chief of Pakistan Air Force? -
Air Marshal Sohail Aman
17) Name the indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air
missile, which was successfully test fired at the Integrated Test Range (ITR),
Chandipur in Odisha on 18 March 2015? - Astra
18) Name the Veteran cricketers of Sri Lanka who retired from ODI cricket after
ICC World Cup 2015? - Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara
19) Which Bank on 17 March 2015 launched a mobile application Chillr that
allows customers to instantly transfer money to any person in India? - HDFC
Bank
20) Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17 March 2015 quashed the Union
Government’s decision to include which community in the Central Other
Backward Classes (OBC) list? - Jats
21) Wipro appointed whom as COO and Group president? - Abid Ali
Neemuchwala
22) Who was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL) on 16 March 2015? -
Ashu Suyash
23) Which team won the 69th edition of Santosh Trophy 2015? - Services
24) Lia van Leer who died on 13 March 2015 was the Pioneer of? - Israeli Cinema
25) World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2015 was observed on 15 March 2015.
Name the theme for 2015? - Helping consumers choose healthy diets
26) Which technology giant on 14 March 2015 acquired the shopping search
engine TheFind? - Facebook
27) Which Indian won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title of Badminton in
men's singles? - Kidambi Srikanth
Fourth Week
1) Multi-Parametric Geophysical Observatory (MPGO) was inaugurated by
Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh
Vardhan on 30 March 2015 at? - Port Blair
2) Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) on 26 March 2015 announced that it will
raise its stake in SBI General Insurance (SBIGI) from 26 percent to ____ percent? -
49 %
3) Which state on 27 March 2015 launched India’s first e-ration card service? -
Delhi
4) Which organizarion on 27 March 2015 won Gandhi Peace Prize 2014? - Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
5) Name the winners of Abel Prize 2015? - John F Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg
6) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 25 March 2015 signed a 400 million US dollar
currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of which country? - Sri Lanka
7) Who won the Indian of the Year 2014 in the CNN IBN awards announced on
18 March 2015? - Narendra Modi
8) Who was appointed as an official spokesperson of the Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA) on 25 March 2015? - Vikas Swarup
9) Which high court on 25 March 2015 became the first court in India to set up
dedicated commercial courts within it to ensure speedy disposal of cases? - Delhi
High Court
10) Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State
Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the Union Finance
Ministry on 24 March 2015? - KM Mani
Note: He is the finance Minister of Kerala.
11) Who won the Folio Prize 2015 for his novel Family Life? - Akhil Sharma
12) Ministry of Railways appointed ___ committee on 25 March 2015 to review
the performance of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) cell functioning under
the Railway Board? - Ajay Shankar
13) Who won the Rashtriya Kavi Pradeep Samman for the year 2012-13 instituted
by Madhya Pradesh government on 24 March 2015? - Gopaldas Neeraj, hindi
poet
14) India’s first Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe) was successfully
operationalised for research at which place on 25 March 2015? - North Antarctica
15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 March 2015 launched PRAGATI
platform for redressal of grievances. Expand PRAGATI? - Pro-Active
Governance and Timely Implementation
16) Who was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Google Inc on 24
March 2015? - Ruth Porat
17) Who recently became the youngest Archer to enter India Book of Records? -
Dolly Shivani Cherukuri
18) Name the INdian artist who was conferred with the Knight of the Order of
Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) on 23 March
2015? - Bharti Kher
19) Name the Indian who was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker International
Prize on 24 March 2015? - Amitav Ghosh
20) Who won the Israel Elections 2015 on 18 March 2015? - Benjamin
Nethanyahu of Likud Party
21) Union Government on 24 March 2015 launched new platform named ____
that facilitates direct communication between leaders, government agencies and
citizens? - Twitter Samwad
22) ___th National Film Awards were announced on 24 March 2015? - 62nd
23) Union Ministry of Health and Welfare on 23 March 2015 launched Media
Campaign for Mission Indradhanush. What is its aim? - Creating awareness
regarding the importance to fully immunize every child
24) Name the Indian who won the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
2015? - Madhav Gadgil
Note: He shared the award with US Scientist Dr. Jane Lubchenco.
25) World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) 2015 was globally observed on? - 24 March
26) Supreme Court (SC) of India on 24 March 2015 declared which section of the
Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 as unconstitutional and struck it down? -
Section 66A
27) Who selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014? - Shashi Kapoor
28) Name the former Army Chief who recently became first Field Marshal of Sri
Lanka? - Sarath Fonseka
29) Sania Mirza alonh wth whom won the women doubles title of BNP Paribas
Open? - Martina Hingis
30) The World Meteorological Day (WMD) 2015 was observed across the world
on 23 March 2015. What was the theme for the day in 2015? - Climate
Knowledge for Climate Action.
31) World Water Day (WWD) 2015 was globally observed on 22 March 2015 with
the theme? - Water and Sustainable Development
32) Name the Waterman of India who was named as the 2015 Stockholm Water
Prize Laureate on 20 March 2015? - Rajendra Singh
33) Name the statesman and founding father of Singapore who died on 23 March
2015? - Lee Kuan Yew
34) Who won Indian Wells Open Tennis Men's Singles title? - Novak Djokovic
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