Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Mar 25, 2015

ANSWER: B. France

The Airbus A-320 belonging to GermanWings, an affiliate of German airline Lufthansa, was travelling from the Spanish coastal city of Barcelona to the German city of Duesseldorf when it went down.

ANSWER: C. 66A.

Terming liberty of thought and expression as cardinal, a bench of justices J Chelameswar and R F Nariman said, the public's right to know is directly affected by section 66A which gives the police power to arrest a person for posting offensive content online and provides for a three-year jail term. The government has welcomed the Supreme Court decision to scrape the section 66 (A ) of the Information Technology, IT Act and said that the section 66( A) is unacceptable in current form.

ANSWER: B. Kangana Ranaut.

The Queen film has also been adjudged as the best feature film in Hindi category.

ANSWER: A. Mary Kom.

ANSWER: C. Haider.

Haider movie bagged the 5 Awards.

ANSWER: A. Sukhwinder Singh.

Tamil singer Uttara Unnikrishanan bagged the Best Female Playback Singer prize for the song 'Azhagu' in the movie 'Saivam'.

ANSWER: D. Court.

First-time director Chaitanya Tamhane's Court takes a look at India's judicial system. The drama generated strong buzz on the festival circuit last year, playing at 19 festivals and winning 10 jury prizes.

ANSWER: D. Ottaal.

Two Malayalam films, Sidhartha Siva's "Ain" and Jayaraj's "Ottaal" have also found a place in the prestigious awards list.

ANSWER: B. Vijay

Vijay has bagged the National Award for Best Actor for his role in the film ‘Naanu Avanalla Avalu’.

ANSWER: A. Aditya Vikram Sengupta.

ANSWER: A. Kaakkaa Muttai and C. Elizabeth Ekadashi.

Tamil film, Kaakkaa Muttai and Marathi movie Elizabeth Ekadashi shared the Best Children's Film award.

ANSWER: B. Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

The institute will help in educating the youth and also in research for better crop.

ANSWER: D.17.

Out of 17 Mega Food Parks, 7 parks have been allotted to state agencies whereas 10 to private players in 11 states, envisaging an investment of over 6,000 crore rupees.

ANSWER: D. Amitav Ghosh.

The 58-year-old Amitav Ghosh had narrowly missed out on the Booker Prize back in 2008 when he was shortlisted for his work 'Sea of Poppies'. The finalists were announced at the University of CapeTown in South Africa by writer and academic Professor Marina Warner, chair of the five-person judging panel.

ANSWER: B. Maharashtra.

The manufacture and sale of Gutka is banned in Maharashtra, but it is not implemented effectively as there are no such restrictions in neighbouring states due to which the tobacco-laced chewing products are smuggled in.

ANSWER: D. Chhattisgarh.

To setting up the university the policy would be finalized in the next three months.

ANSWER: B. Sunil Ambwani.

Justice Sunil Ambwani was the acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

ANSWER: D. Manipur.

The new scheme will cover Manipur Sericulture Project Phase-II and Integrated Sericulture Development Programme of the state.

ANSWER: C. HSBC.

As per rules, up to 30 per cent of the tax amount realized could be offered to whistleblowers who provide specific information on illegal funds. Government has offered a cash reward to a former HSBC bank employee turned whistleblower in exchange for any fresh information about its citizens holding illegal accounts in various tax haven countries, including in Swiss banks, as it looks to combat black money and unearth funds stashed away abroad.

ANSWER: D. New Delhi.

The qualifying rounds were played on 24th March and the main games will begin from 25th March.