31 March MCQ : Current Affairs Quiz 31st March 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the important Current Affairs MCQ of 31 March with full explanations. Where we will discuss the daily current affairs quiz’s questions and answers. So read all the important 31 March MCQs carefully.
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31 March Current Affairs MCQ – Questions
1. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Spoorthi Pradatha Sri Somayya’, released by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu?
(a) Rajiv Bhatia
(b) Prakash Kumar Singh
(c) Sagarika Ghose
(d) K Syam Prasad
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2. Who has been featured as the world’s richest self-made billionaire aged 40 and under as per the Hurun report for 2022?
(a) Zhang Yiming
(b) Dustin Moskovitz
(c) Brian Chesky
(d) Sam Bankman-Fried
3. Meghalaya signed a pact to resolve a 5-decade old border dispute in six places with which state?
(a)Odisha
(b)Assam
(c)Bihar
(d)Kerala
4. Which of the following has unveiled a new initiative with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd under which its convoys will be to refuel at fuel stations of the state-run energy major?
(a) Indian Air Force
(b) Indian Navy Force
(c) Indian Army Force
(d) Indian Coast Guard
5. Indian Union Minister Piyush Goyal has recently inaugurated an Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) building in which city?
(a) Dubai
(b) Kathmandu
(c) Mumbai
(d) London
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6. Who has been re-elected as the President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) for four years from 2022-2026?
(a) Jyotiraditya Scindia
(b) Kiren Rijiju
(c) Himanta Biswa
(d) Tarun Gogoi
7. Which state has topped under the Best State category at the third National Water Awards?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Gujarat
8. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a framework for Geo-tagging of Payment System Touch Points/acceptance infrastructure. Which of the following is not a fully owned subsidiary of RBI?
(a) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
(b) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
(c) Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited
(d) National Housing Bank
9. As per latest report of ICRA, what is the projected GDP growth rate for India in 2022-23 fiscal?
(a) 7.9%
(b) 8.5%
(c) 8.1%
(d) 7.2%
10. Dr Renu Singh has been appointed as the next director of Forest Research Institute (FRI). Where is Forest Research Institute located?
(a) Pune
(b) Dehradun
(c) Shimla
(d) Guwahati
11. Which of the following transport behemoth has announced the appointment of Indian-born Raj Subramaniam as its head?
(a) Uber
(b) FedEx
(c) DHL
(d) United Parcel Service
12. Under the Self-Made Billionaires 2022 list, the United States leads the world with 37 self-made billionaires aged 40 and under. What is the rank of India on this list?
(a) 5th
(b) 3rd
(c) 1st
(d) 4th
13. How many National Water Awards for the year 2022 have been presented by President Ramnath Kovind?
(a) 44
(b) 57
(c) 51
(d) 35
14. GoI is setting up a museum of all former Prime Ministers to showcase their life, times and contribution. How many Prime Ministers have been there in India to date?
(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 14
(d) 11
15. Which country has qualified for the Qatar 2022 football World Cup for the first time in 36 years?
(a) Mexico
(b) Poland
(c) Ireland
(d) Canada
16. Indian Minister Piyush Goyal has recently inaugurated an Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) in which city?
(a)Dubai
(b)Sydney
(c)Bangalore
(d)Beijing
17. Which bank ties up with Kwik.ID to Digitize Customer Onboarding?
(a)Indian Bank
(b)Karur Vysya Bank
(c)Asian Development Bank
(d)Central Bank of India
18. Pine Labs collaborates with which payment company to launch Tap to Pay for UPI?
(a)Google Pay
(b)PhonePe
(c)Paytm
(d)All of the above
19. Uday Kotak has recently announced to step down as the Chairman of the board of which company?
(a) Power Finance Corporation
(b) Dewan Housing Finance Corporation
(c) India Infoline
(d) Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services
20. Who has been featured as the world’s richest self-made billionaire as per the Hurun report for 2022?
(a)Jeff Bezos
(b)Mukesh Ambani
(c)Bill Gates
(d)Elon Musk
31 March MCQs – Answers
1. (d)
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled ‘Spoorthi Pradatha Sri Somayya’ authored by K. Syam Prasad.
2. (d)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the world’s richest self-made billionaire aged 40 and under with a total wealth of $76 billion.
3. (b)
the Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah had signed a pact to resolve the protracted border dispute in six out of twelve places along the 884.9 Kilometre border between the two states.
4. (a)
The Indian Air Force unveiled a new initiative with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd under which its convoys will be to refuel at fuel stations of the state-run energy major.
5. (a)
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) building in Dubai, UAE on March 29, 2022, during his visit to Dubai to participate in the India Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020.
6. (c)
The incumbent president of the Badminton Association of India (BAI), Himanta Biswa Sarma has been re-elected unopposed for a second four years term, from 2022 to 2026.
7. (a)
In the Best State category, Uttar Pradesh has been awarded first prize, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
8. (d)
National Housing Bank is not a fully owned subsidiary of RBI.
9. (d)
Rating agency ICRA has lowered the growth forecast for India’s GDP in 2022-23 (FY23) to 7.2 per cent. Earlier this rate was 8 per cent. The ICRA Ltd. has projected the GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 (FY22) at 8.5%.
10. (b)
Dr Renu Singh has been appointed by MoEF as the next director of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun. She will be the institute’s second woman director.
11. (b)
FedEx founder Frederick Smith will step down as chief executive after some five decades atop the transport behemoth. Chief Operating Officer Raj Subramaniam will take the company’s helm.
12. (d)
The Hurun Report 2022 lists 87 Self-Made Billionaires in the world aged 40 and under, which is up by 8 from last year. The USA leads the list with 37 self-made billionaires. China is second with 25 billionaires, followed by the United Kingdom (8), India (6) and Sweden (3) respectively in the top five.
13. (b)
A total of 57 National Water Awards for 2022 have been conferred to states, organizations and others in 11 different categories, at the 3rd National Water Awards.
14. (c)
The Museum will showcase the life, times and contribution of all 14 Prime Ministers of India so far, except for the collections and works of Jawaharlal Nehru, who has a separate Nehru Memorial Museum, which was also his residence.
15. (d)
Canada has qualified for the Qatar 2022 football World Cup for the first time in 36 years, after thoroughly beating Jamaica 4-0 in Toronto.
16. (a)
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal has inaugurated the Indian Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) building in Dubai, UAE, during his visit to Dubai to participate in the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020. During the launch of IJEX, the minister called upon the export members of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to go for a USD 100 billion export target annually from the current USD 35 billion.
17. (d)
Central Bank of India (CBI) partnered with Kwik.ID to implement digital Know Your Customer (KYC), video KYC, and eKYC for its network across India. Its objectives are to bring seamless onboarding and provide efficient digital facilities to customers across India.
18. (a)
Google Pay, the payment platform of Google, has partnered with Pine Labs to launch Tap to Pay for UPI (Unified Payments Interface) a functionality that aims to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to UPI. With this new feature, users can just tap their phones on the Point of Sales (POS) terminal and authenticate transactions on their phones using their UPI PIN.
19. (d)
Uday Kotak has announced to step down as the Chairman of the board of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), after his term ends on April 2, 2022.
20. (b)
Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun Global Forty and Under Self-Made Billionaires 2022, which ranks the self-made billionaires in the world (in terms of US dollars) aged forty years and under. The Hurun Report 2022 lists 87 Self-Made Billionaires in the world aged 40 and under, which is up by 8 from last year.
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