Current Affairs

March 1
1. When will India resume scheduled commercial International
passenger flights?
a) March 25th
b) March 26th
c) March 27th
d) March 28th

March 27th

India will resume scheduled commercial international

passenger services from March 27, 2022 after a two-year
hiatus. The move will now allow unhindered operation of flight
to and from international destinations. The international flight
operations will be subjected to strict adherence to Ministry of
Health guidelines for international travel.
2. How many women were awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar 2021?
a) 15
b) 14
c) 27
d) 21
 

14

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented Nari Shakti

Puraskar 2020 and 2021 at a function held at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan on March 8, 2022, on the occasion of International
Women’s Day. The President honoured 29 outstanding women
achievers for their exceptional work towards women
empowerment, especially the marginalized and vulnerable
women. Overall, 28 awards were conferred, 14 awards each for
the year 2020 and 2021. 
3. What is the name of the new payments service launched by
RBI?
a) 120Pay
b) 123Pay
c) 157Pay
d) 234Pay

123Pay

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das launched a new UPI payments

service for feature phones named UPI123Pay on March 8, 2022.
The UPI payments gateway involves a three-step method to
initiate and execute services for users.The service will benefit
an estimated 40 crore feature phone users and enable them to
undertake digital payments in a secure manner.
4. What is Digisaathi?
a) 24x7 Helpline
b) UPI Payments Service
c) Digital Payments App 
d) None of the Above

24x7 Helpline

The RBI Governor has launched a 24x7 helpline for digital

payments called 'Digisaathi'. The helpline has been set up by
the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to assist the
callers with all their queries on digital payments through the
website and chatbot. The 24x7 helpline numbers are- 14431 and
1800 891 3333.
5. Which nation has threatened to detach itself from the
International Space Station? 
a) Russia
b) China
c) Ukraine
d) South Korea

Russia 

Russia has reportedly released a propaganda video that shows

Russian cosmonauts disconnecting the Russian ISS modules
from the International Space Station. The video is reportedly
sort of a joke film or could even be a silent threat from Russia
amid complete breakdown of relations with the United States
and the west. 
6. Indian diplomat Mukul Arya passed away in an untimely
manner. He was an Indian envoy to which among the following
countries?
a) Israel
b) Palestine
c) Turkey
d) Ukraine

Palestine

Mukul Arya, India’s representative to Palestine was found dead

inside the Indian embassy in Ramallah, a city in Palestine. The
news was reported by local media of Palestine on March 6,
2022. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry informed that the Indian
ambassador died at his workplace in Ramallah. 
7. When will biennial Rajya Sabha Elections 2022 be held?
a) March 31st 
b) April 1st
c) April 2nd
d) April 3rd

March 31st

The biennial Rajya Sabha elections will be held for 13 seats on

March 31, 2022. The seats are spread across six states- Punjab,
Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura and Nagaland. In
total, five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in
Assam and one each in Tripura, Nagaland and Himachal
Pradesh will be up for biennial polls.
8. When is International Women’s Day observed?
a) March 7th 
b) March 8th 
c) March 9th 
d) March 11th 

March 8th

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually across the

world on March 8 as a symbolic reminder of the historic journey
that women have taken globally. The day commemorates the
political, cultural and socio-economic achievements of women. 
9. When will the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League
begin?
a) March 25th 
b) March 26th 
c) March 27th 
d) March 29th

March 26th 

The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin
from March 26 with the first match between defending
champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight
Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. IPL 2022
final will be played on May 29.
10. Which AAP candidate has been referred to as the giant killer
after defeating both Navjot Singh Sidhu and  Bikram Singh
Majithia from Amritsar East?
a) Raman Arora
b) Dr. Baljit Kaur
c) Inderjit Kaur Mann
d) Jeevan Jyot Kaur 

Jeevan Jyot Kaur 

AAP candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur, is bring called the giant killer
for defeating Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and
senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia from Amritsar East by
a margin of 6750 votes. 
11. Which party will form the first non-Congress, non-Akali Dal
government in Punjab?
a) BJP
b) BSP
c) AAP
d) TMC

AAP

AAP has won a three-fourth majority in Punjab Election Results

2022, a historic victory for the relatively new party that only
had a presence in the national capital till now. AAP won 92
seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. Congress was
reduced to 18, while the Shiromani Akali Dal had to settle for 3
seats. This paves for AAP to form the first non-Congress and
non-Akali Dal government in Punjab.
12. Who among the following won lost both the seats he was
contesting from in Punjab Elections 2022? 
a) Captain Amarinder Singh
b) Navjot Singh Sidhu
c) Charanjit Singh Channi
d) Parkash Singh Badal

Charanjit Singh Channi

Congress leader and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi lost

from both Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib by 37558 votes and
7942 votes respectively in the recently held Punjab Assembly
Elections 2022. The ruling Congress party could not stop the
massive AAP wave that swept across the state, storming to
power with 92 seats in the 117-member assembly, while
Congress was reduced to 18 seats and the Akali Dal nearly
demolished with just 3 seats. 
13. Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected as which nation’s next
President?
a) Vietnam 
b) South Korea
c) Indonesia
d) Malaysia 

South Korea 

Yoon Suk Yeol has been elected as South Korea's new

President, after winning the South Korean Presidential
Elections 2022. He will succeed incumbent South Korean
President Moon Jae-in, who could not seek reelection, as the
nation's constitution limits a president to a single five-year
term. 
14. What is the name of the new scheme launched as a
consolidation of MSME Incubation, Design and IPR schemes?
[A] MSME Champions Scheme
[B] MSME Innovative Scheme
[C] MSME Plus Scheme
[D] MSME Pro Scheme

MSME Innovative Scheme

Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane launched the MSME

Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR), as the
combination of existing sub-schemes around incubation, design,
and intellectual property rights (IPR) for MSMEs.
This will act as a hub for innovation activities facilitating
development of ideas into viable business proposition which
benefits society. The Minister also launched the MSME Idea
Hackathon 2022.
15. Xenotransplantation, which was seen in the news recently,
is associated with which field?
[A] Crypto-currency
[B] Organ Transplantation
[C] Semi-conductor Manufacturing
[D] Climate Change
 

Organ Transplantation

Xenotransplantation is defined as the transplantation into a

human recipient of either (a) live cells, tissues or organs from a
nonhuman animal source, or (b) human body fluids, cells,
tissues or organs that have had ex-vivo (outside) contact with
live nonhuman animal cells, tissues or organs.
Two months after the landmark surgery, where a patient whose
failing heart had been replaced with the heart of a genetically
altered pig, died recently.
16. Which product is Russia’s biggest contribution to global
trade?
[A] Defence Equipment
[B] Crude Petroleum
[C] Refined Petroleum
[D] Steel

Crude Petroleum

Russia’s biggest contribution to global trade is Energy

especially Crude Petroleum (USD 123 billion). It is followed by
Refined Petroleum and Gas.
Recently, Russia announced an export ban for more than 200
products after it was hit by sanctions over the invasion of
Ukraine. Russia still remains a key energy supplier to European
Union countries
17. ‘UDISE+ Report’, which was released recently, is associated
with which field?
[A] Sanitation
[B] Education
[C] Business
[D] Women Empowerment

Education

Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+)

report 2020-21 on school education of India was released
recently.
As per the report, the number of students enrolled in school
education from primary to higher secondary has improved to
25.38 crore in the 2020-21 session. Gross Enrolment Ratio
(GER) has improved in 2020-21 at all levels.
18. What is “PARAM Ganga”, which was seen in the news
recently?
[A] Covid Vaccine
[B] Ganga Rejuvenation Scheme
[C] Super-computer
[D] Crypto-currency

Super-computer

The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has deployed

“PARAM Ganga”, a supercomputer at IIT Roorkee, with a
supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops. NSM is driven
jointly by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
(MeiTY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST)
and implemented by Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing (C-DAC) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bangalore.
19. ‘Pal-Dadhvav Massacre’ was held at which present-day
Indian state?
[A] Gujarat
[B] West Bengal
[C] Assam
[D] Uttarakhand

Gujarat

The Gujarat government marked 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav

killings, citing it a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala
Bagh”.The killings had also been featured on the state’s
Republic Day tableau. The massacre took place on March 7,
1922, in the Pal-Chitariya and Dadhvaav villages of Gujarat.
 When Villagers gathered as part of the ‘Eki movement’, led by
Motilal Tejawat, around 1000 were shot down by the British.
Their aim was to protest against the land revenue tax.
20. Which Indian state launched ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’?
[A] Odisha
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Gujarat
[D] Rajasthan

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the

‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’. Under this scheme, financial
assistance of Rs 5000 will be given to women on the birth of
second girl child. He also released ‘Kanya Vivah Yojana’ Coffee
Table Book and Sakhi One Stop Center Telephone Directory.
The Chief Minister visited the stalls set up as part of the four-
day-long state-level ‘Mahila Madai’.
21. What is the name of the Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth
destroyer, whose maiden sea trials was conducted recently?
[A] Mormugao
[B] Kalinga
[C] Ashoka
[D] Kalvari

Mormugao

The Indian Navy recently had maiden sea trials of its second
indigenous stealth destroyer of the P15B class named
Mormugao, which is built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd
(MDSL). The ship has been named after the port town in Goa.
It has been proposed to commission the stealth destroyer in
mid-2022 and would add significantly to the Indian Navy’s
combat capabilities.
22. What is the name of India’s automatic train collision
protection system?
a) Dhaal
b) Raksha
c) Suraksha
d) Kavach
 

Kavach

Indian Railways tested 'Kavach', an automatic train collision

protection system on March 4, 2022 by making two trains hurtle
towards each other at full speed today, one with the Railways
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and another with Railway Board
chairman on board. Both the trains stopped 380 metres apart.
23. Which country has most nuclear weapons in the world?
a) Russia
b) United States
c) China
d) France

Russia

Russia has about 6257 nuclear warheads in total, which

includes 1458 active ones, 3039 available ones and 1760 retired
ones. In comparison, the United States that is a close second
has 5550 nuclear warheads including 1389 active ones, 2361
available ones and 1800 retired ones.
24. Which Formula 1 team has terminated the contract of
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin?
a) Red Bull
b) McLaren
c) Haas
d) Ashton Martin

Haas

The Haas Formula One team has terminated their contract with
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin with immediate effect following
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The team has also ended its
sponsorship with Russian company Uralkali, owned by
Mazepin's father.  The decision comes just after Formula One
decided to terminate its contract with the Russian Grand Prix.
The contract had been until 2025.
25. Which among the following has become the official partner
of TATA IPL 2022?
a) RuPay
b) Paytm
c) Visa 
d) BharatPe
 

RuPay

RuPay has become an official partner for TATA IPL 2022, as per
the announcement made by the Indian Premier League
Governing Council announced on March 3, 2022. RuPay is a
flagship product of National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI). This will be a multi-year partnership.
26. Pandrethan temple, which was seen in the news recently, is
located in which Indian state/UT?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Gujarat

Jammu and Kashmir

The Chinar Corps of the Indian Army has rejuvenated the site
recently. In this regard, the unit was accorded recognition by
the National Monuments Authority (NMA) of the Ministry of
Culture. The site hosts several figurines of2nd century in the
form of two large monolithic rock shiva lingams, seven
Gandhara-style sculptures among others.
27. What is the name of the ‘Policy advocacy arm’ for the power
and related sectors, formed under the Power Ministry?
[A] Power Foundation
[B] Energy Foundation
[C] Green Power Foundation
[D] Central Power Society

Power Foundation

It serves as the primary policy advocacy arm for the power and
related sectors. It aims to assist states and industries with
research and to develop solutions for India’s energy
transformation. RK Singh, the Minister of Power and New and
Renewable Energy, is the society’s chair.
28. Who is currently ranked at the top in ICC Test All-Rounder
Rankings 2022?
a) Ravindra Jadeja
b) Jason Holder
c) R Ashwin
d) Ben Stokes 

Ravindra Jadeja

India's Ravindra Jadeja is currently ranked at the top of the ICC

Test All-Rounder Rankings 2022 with 406 points after his epic
performance in India vs Sri Lanka Test Series. Jadeja scored
175 not out and took 9 wickets in India's first test against Sri
Lanka at Mohali. Jason Holder is ranked second with 382
points, followed by R Ashwin with 347 points. 
29. When will COVID-19 vaccination for children aged between
12-14 years begin?
a) March 16
b) March 17
c) March 18
d) March 19

March 16

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed on March

14, 2022 that Covid-19 vaccination for children between 12-
14years of age will begin from March 16. The co-morbidity
clause for administering precaution doses to senior citizens has
also been removed.
30. Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), seen in the news
recently, is located in which Indian state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra

Uttarakhand

India’s oldest military school, Rashtriya Indian Military

College (RIMC), turned a hundred years old recently. It is
located in the Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The military training
institution was inaugurated in March 1922 by the then
Prince of Wales. RIMC is the premier feeder institute for the
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy, Ezhimala.
It provides public school education to students in the age
group of 11½ to 18 years
31. Which nation's Prime Minister will visit India on March 19?
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) UK
d) Japan

Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to visit

India on March 19, 2022 to participate in a physical summit
with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the summit, both
leaders are expected to share their assessments on the crisis
in Ukraine and Indo-Pacific and cement economic cooperation
between the two countries.
32. Google Doodle celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of
artist Rosa Bonheur on March 16, 2022. She was a renowned
19th-century painter from which among the following countries?
a) Denmark
b) Switzerland
c) France
d) Spain

France

Google Doodle celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of French

painter Rosa Bonheur on March 16, 2022. Rosa Bonheur was
born on March 16, 1822 in France's Bordeaux. She was mainly a
painter of animals. Her most well-known painting was ' The
Horse Fair', which got her international recognition in 1853.
33. When is the last date to register for the ISRO Young
Scientist Program 2022?
a) April 1st
b) April 10th
c) April 15th
d) April 21st

April 10th

The registrations for the ISRO Young Scientist Program 2022

began on March 10, 2022 and the last date is on April 10, 2022.
All interested candidates will have to complete four steps
before 4 pm on April 10th. The Young Scientist Program will be
conducted by ISRO during the summer holidays for a period of
two weeks. 
34. Who among the following has won the “Best Actor in
Leading Role” category award at 75th BAFTA Awards 2022?
(a) Paul Mescal
(b) Jane Campion
(c) Will Smith
(d) Charlie Cooper

Will Smith

Will Smith (King Richard) has won the “Best Actor in Leading
Role” category award at 75th BAFTA Awards 2022. “Belfast”
won the “Outstanding British Film” category award and Joanna
Scanlan (After Love) has won the “Best Actress in Leading
Role” category award at 75th BAFTA Awards 2022.
35. When will the 36th International Geological Congress be
held?
a) March 20th
b) March 25th
c) April 1st
d) April 10th

March 20th

The 36th International Geological Congress will be held

virtually from March 20-22, 2022. The theme of the quadrennial
event is "Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable
Future." The International Geological Congress is described as
the Olympics of Geosciences.
36. Who has created history by claiming 250 wickets in
Women's ODIs?
a) Deepti Sharma
b) Poonam Yadav
c) Jhulan Goswami
d) Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Jhulan Goswami

India's Jhulan Goswami has created history by claiming 250

wickets in Women's ODIs. Jhulan Goswami achieved the
historic feat with the wicket of Tammy Beaumont in India's
match against England in the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 on
March 16, 2022. She has become the first-ever woman bowler to
breach the 250 mark.
37. A Iron-Age Stone known as ‘Menhir’ of white colour, has
been unearthed in which Indian state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Telangana
[C] Gujarat
[D] Madhya Pradesh

Telangana

A huge white stone from the Iron Age, known as ‘Menhir’, was
spotted on the roadside at Ellarigudem, a hamlet of
Mahaboobabad district, Telangana. It was noticed during his
survey of archaeological and heritage remains under ‘Preserve
Heritage for Posterity’ programme. As per archaeologists, the
menhir belongs to the Iron Age (3,500 years old) erected in
memory of a dead person.
38. Which country is the largest importer of arms globally, as
per SIPRI’s Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2021
Report?
[A] USA
[B] India
[C] China
[D] Israel

India

As per the report, India remains the largest importer of arms

globally. Most of India’s defence imports come from Russia.
India has been pushing for indigenous development in defence
equipment, and allotted 68 per cent of the capital budget for
2022-23 for domestic manufacturing industries.
39. ‘The Museum of the Future’, which was seen in the news, is
situated in which country?
[A] UAE
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Kuwait
[D] Oman

UAE

The museum claims to transport the visitors to the year 2071,

to coincide with the centenary of the founding of the UAE. It is
a seven-storey, pillar-less structure, spanning an area of 30,000
sq m. It is designed as a laboratory designed to promote
innovation among leading scientists.
40. Which of the following film won the “Best Film” category
award at 75th BAFTA Awards 2022?
(a) After Love
(b) The Power of the Dog
(c) King Richard
(d) West Side Story
(e) Belfast

The Power of the Dog

“The Power of the Dog” won the “Best Film” category award at
75th BAFTA Awards 2022. The 75th British Academy Film
Awards, also known as the BAFAs, were held on 13 March 2022
at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national
and foreign films of 2021
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