Current Affairs Questions and answers - March 31, 2014
Q1. Name the persons who received the Padma Vibhushan Award on 31stMar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dr. Raghynath Anant Mashelkar, Maharashtra (Science & Engineering) .
Q2. Name the person who has received the Padma Bhushan Award in the category of Art-Cinema on 31st March 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kamal Haasan, Tamil Nadu.
Q3. Name the person who received the Padma Shri Award in the category of Art-Cinema on 31st March 2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ4. How many Padma Awards were distributed on 31st Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 66 Padma Awards. They include 1 Padma Vibhushan, 12 Padma Bhushan and 53 Padma Shri Awards at a Civil Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Q5. Who is the winner of the Malaysian Grand Prix held at Sepang, Malaysia on 30th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).
Q6. Indian Monetary Fund agreed to provide 18 Billion Dollar Loan to which country?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. Name the SMS based service launched to help voters to find the location of poll booths?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: “Polling at Your Fingertips” launched by P Naik, Chief Electoral Officer at Shillong on 31stMar’2014.
Q8.Who won the Special Jury Award of Times Now NRI Award’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Zubin Mehta, Music Director.
Q9. Which are the four states for which Empowered Group of Ministers has cleared an assistance of 352 Crore Rupees for replanting horticultural crops in hailstorm-hit states?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan. This decision was taken on 31st Mar’2014 by Sharad Pawar in New Delhi.
Q10. Who has been elected as the new President of Slovakia on 30th Mar’2014?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. Name the badminton player who lost the final of the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Tournament on 30th Mar’14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sourabh Verma, India.
Q12. Name the online retail site that launched same day delivery of products in Mumbai?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ13. Name the group which has acquired the Hindustan Motors Finance Corporation Ltd (HMFCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hindustan Motors Ltd?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ14. Name the Bank which has requested its Staff officials not to use other bank ATMs for withdrawing cash?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: State Bank of India. According to SBI’s data, its employees transact about 280,000 ATM card-swipes in other banks’ cash machines per month. This costs the bank about 42 lakh plus taxes. Every Card swipe at other banks cash machines makes the branch richer by Rs.15.
