Current Affairs March 2019 (1st Week)

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1) Who has been delegated as the Chairman of ICC's cricket committee?

Anil Kumble

2) Which ministry has introduced a scheme named as "SHREYAS" as an objective of facilitating industry apprenticeship to newly graduated youth?

Ministry of Human Resource Development

3) Zero Discrimination Day was observed on which date?

1 March

4) On which state "one nation one card" was launched by PM Narendra Modi?

Ahmedabad

5) Which Bank got top Rank on Implementation of 'Reforms Agenda'?

PNB Rank

6) In which state the 'International Digital Health Symposium' was Initiated?

In New Delhi

7) Headquarter's of the national pharmaceutical pricing authority is located in?

New Delhi

8) Who has been appointed as the new chairman of National Book Trust?

Govind Prasad Sharma

9) Which country was chosen for the venue of Asian Games 2022 including cricket?

China

10) Recently which person was named as the secondary of the ministry of the road highways and transport?

Sanjeev Ranjan

11) Who was designated by the Indian government for the post of new Director of FAO i.e. General of food and agriculture organization?

Ramesh Chand

12) Who will be the first Recipient of "Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar" on 17th April 2019?

Abhinandhan Varthaman

13) Recently, who won the presidential elections of Senegal?

Macky Sall

14) Which state received the 1st prize on the national water awards ceremony under best state category in resource management?

Maharastra

15) Who became the first player across the world to hit 500 Sixes on international cricket?

Chris Gayle

16) Name the first Indian to join the top 10 richest billionaire list of human resource?

Mukesh Ambani

17) What is the position of Mukesh Ambani according to the list of Forbes Billionaire list?

13th

18) Which State Government has introduced a web portal named as "Banglar Shiksha" to deliver real time data on aided schools?

West Bengal

19) Disability sports center will be constructed in which city?

Gwalior

20) What is the name of the payment Aggregator system introduced by the IRTC i.e. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to Popularise the Government Digital India initiative?

IRCTC ipay

21) "Jal Amrutha" is one of the water conservation schemes, introduced by which State Government?

Karnataka

22) Which state has become the first Indian state to announce TAVI i.e. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in the Government sector?

Tamil Nadu

23) Which institution's scientist have discovered Indian first Braille laptop named as Dot book?

IIT Delhi

24) What is the name of the book that was recently released by Arun Jaitley containing a compilation of 50 episodes PM's Modi talks with Indian citizen?

Maan Ki Baat - A Social Revolution on Radio

25) What is the name of the web portal launched by the Assam to improve production of Rice?

Assam

26) World wildlife day was observed on which date?

3rd March

27) Name the Indian boxer who wins gold at Makran Cup in boxing?

Deepak Singh

28) Which Indian State is going to get a new railway zone?

Andhra Pradesh

29) What is the theme of the News18 Rising India Summit 2019?

Beyond politics: Defining National Priorities

30) Recently, which Indian state Government has introduced a major conservation scheme named as "Jalamrutha"?

Karnataka

31) Who is the head of the RBI task force on offshore rupees market to examine issues related to the offshore market?

Miss. Usha Thorat

32) The scheme named as "STAR" on occasion of National Science Day has been introduced by which ministry?

Union HRD Ministry

33) Molasses has been banned by which state government?

Assam

34) What is the name of the programme launched by ISRA for the student of 9th standards?

Yuva Vigyani Karakoram

35) What is the theme of World Wild life Day (2019)?

Life below water: For people and planet

36) Which Indian state government has introduced Notun Disha initiative for facilitating teacher's training?

Tripura

37) According to the Swachh Survekeshan 2019,which city was chosen as the cleanest city?

Indore

38) Beresheet spacecraft belongs from which country?

Israel

39) Ajaadi k Diwane Museum was recently inaugurated in New Delhi by?

Union Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma

40) Recently where did the Kalashnikov rifles manufacturing facility was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi?

Amethi

41) Name the new Application, unveiled by tech giant Google as an objective of assisting children to learn how to read "English and Hindi"?

Bolo

42) On which day, Janaushadhi Diwas is being celebrated across India?

7th March

43) Recently, One Museum named as "Azaadikie Diwane" was launched in which city?

New Delhi

44) Which organization made a latest Guinness World Record for the longest Single moving Bicycle parade?

Central Industrial Security Force

45) Who is the president of the Olympic Council of Asia?

Sheikh Ahmad AL-Fahad AI-Sabah

46) Who became the first female prime minister of Estonia?

Kaja Kallas

47) Who is the newly appointed chairman of National Commission for backward classes?

Bhagwanlal Sahni

48) How much percentages of Indian rural house holds contain a toilet, according to the report of NARSS i.e. National Annual Rural Sanitation?

96.5%

49) Which city has topped in the most polluted city according to the World Air quality report 2018?

Gurugram

50) Name the bank among entire public sector banks has secured the top spot in the implementation of 'Reforms agenda' as stated by BCG-IBA Report - EASE Reforms?

Punjab National Bank