Current Affairs Quiz – March 15 2023
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Current Affairs Quiz– March 15 2023
1. According to World Air Quality Report 2022, India ranked___________in terms of the world’s most polluted country in the world.
a) 1st
b) 4th
c) 6th
d) 8th
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Answer d) 8th.
IQAir, a Switzerland-based air quality technology company has recently published the World Air Quality Report for the year 2022. The index that came out on March 15, 2023 (Tuesday) hints that India is at the eighth rank in terms of the world’s most polluted country in the world.
2. According to World Air Quality Report 2022, Which country has secured 1st rank in terms of the world’s worst polluted country in the world?
a) Finland
b) Guam
c) Hawaii
d) Saipan
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Answer b) Guam.
The US Pacific territory Guam is reported to have cleaner air than any other country around the world, with a PM2.5 concentration of 1.3 whereas Canberra had the cleanest air for a capital city with 2.8.
3. 13th Exercise Bold Kurukshetra – a bilateral armour exercise between India and____________.
a) Singapore
b) Malaysia
c) Thailand
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer a) Singapore.
Soldiers from the 42nd Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment, and an Armoured Brigade of the Indian Army took part in the exercise.
4. 13th Exercise Bold Kurukshetra held in which place?
a) Lucknow
b) Pune
c) Jodhpur
d) Jaisalmer
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Answer c) Jodhpur .
The 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra, a bilateral armour exercise between the armies of India and Singapore, was conducted from March 6 to 13, 2023, at Jodhpur Military Station, India.
5. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on ____________.
a) March 11
b) March 13
c) March 15
d) March 17
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Answer c) March 15.
World Consumer Rights Day 2023 was celebrated on March 15 with the theme “Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions.”
6. Dick Fosbury is passes Away at the Age of 76, who is belongs to___________.
a) Cinema
b) Medicine
c) Research
d) Sports
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Answer d) Sports.
Dick Fosbury, the legendary American high jumper, who changed the game of high jump forever with his unconventional technique, passed away at the age of 76.
7. IDFC Mutual Fund (MF) has rebranded itself as ______________.
a) Canara Mutual Fund
b) Bandhan Mutual Fund
c) Axis Mutual Fund
d) Motilal Mutual Fund
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Answer b) Bandhan Mutual Fund.
IDFC Mutual Fund has rebranded itself as Bandhan Mutual Fund. The change in name will be effective from March 13. All the schemes of the fund house will be renamed to replace the word ‘IDFC’ with the word ‘Bandhan’.
8. International Day of Mathematics or Pi Day is observed on_____________.
a) March 14
b) March 15
c) March 16
d) March 17
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Answer a) March 14.
According to the celebration’s official website, the theme for Pi Day 2023 is “Mathematics for Everyone,” which was suggested by Marco Zarco Rotairo of Trece Martires City National High School in the Philippines.
9. Which state has become India’s first state to start insurance scheme for sericulturists?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Assam
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer a) Uttarakhand.
Ganesh Joshi, the state’s agriculture minister, said that Uttarakhand launched the country’s first “Resham Keet Bima” programme to safeguard its sericulturists.
10. Which country has become first country to import CO2 and bury it undersea?
a) Scotland
b) Poland
c) Denmark
d) Sweden
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Answer c) Denmark.
Denmark inaugurates a project to store carbon dioxide 1,800 metres beneath the North Sea, the first country in the world to bury CO2 imported from abroad.
11. International Day to Combat Islamophobia is observed on_____________.
a) March 14
b) March 15
c) March 16
d) March 17
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Answer b) March 15.
March 15 was selected as the date because it marks the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque massacres, which left 51 people dead
12. Who has launched a new initiative called “Learning Science via Standards”?
a) Union Public Service Commission
b) International Organization for Standardization
c) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
d) Bureau of Indian Standards
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Answer d) Bureau of Indian Standards
The “Learning Science via Standards” initiative is expected to contribute towards the capacity building of students to engage successfully in a variety of economic sectors in the country.
13. Kenzaburō Ōe is passed away at 88, is associated with___________.
a) Lyricist
b) Writer
c) Actoe
d) Author
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Answer d) author.
Kenzaburō Ōe, the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author, passed away on March 10, 2023, at the age of 88. His death marks the end of an era in Japanese literature, as Ōe was widely regarded as one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II era.
