Current Affairs March 2023

Read Monthly Current Affairs, Latest Current Affairs from 22nd March 2023 to 28th  March 2023 (Weekly Current Affairs) for UPSC, IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC, Railway, UPPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, TNPSC, MPSC, KPSC and other competition exams. 

Q 1. Who is the appointed Principal Director general of Press Information Bureau (PIB)

A) Satyendra Prakash
B) Rajesh Malhotra
C) Vishal Sharma
D) Nitin Nabar

Q 2. UPI and PayNow launched cross border connection for real-time digital payments. PayNow belong to which Country?

A) Japan
B) Australia
C) Singapore
D) Indonesia

Q 3. Zero Discrimination Day

A) 1st March
B) 1st Feb
C) 28th Feb
D) 2nd March

Q4. ISRO Chairman

A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) V Sathish Reddy
C) Saktikant Dass
D) S. Somanath

Q 5. Who is selected as External auditor of The International Labour Organization(ILO)

A) CAG Girish Chandra Murmmu
B) CAG Vinod Ray
C) BVR Subrahmanyam
D) Lt. Gen RS Reen

Q 6. Best FIFA Player of 2022

A) Kylin Mbappe
B) Lionel Messi
C) Karim Benzema
D) Critiano Ronaldo

Q 7. Australian Women Cricket Win Women’s T20 World Cup for Sixth Time Beat which Country?

A) India
B) BanglaDesh
C) South Africa
D) England

Q 8. Which Country Won GSMA Government Leadership Award 2023?

A) Japan
B) China
C) India
D) UAE

Q 9. Chief guest and keynote Speaker of Raisina Dialogue,2023 New Delhi Ms. Giorgia Meloni which Country Prime Minister?

A) Sarbia
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Denmark

Q 10. Who are the Chairman and Managing Director of IRCTC Ltd.?

A) Rajni Hasija
B) Ananthakrishnan
C) Amitabh Chaudhry
D) Vijay Shekhar

Q 11. Newly Elected President of Nigeria?

A) Bola Tinubu
B) Lula Da Silva
C) Anthony Blincon
D) Cyril Ramaphosa

Q 12. World Wildlife Day

A) 1st March
B) 4th April
C) 28th Feb
D) 3rd March

Q 13. Motto of the 2023 G20 Delhi summit under India’s G20 Presidency.

A) One Earth for all
B) Sustainable Development
C) One Earth, One Family, One Future
D) Development for all

Q 14. Who is appointed as Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

A) Jishnu Barua
B) Rashmi Shukla
C) Sashidhar Jagdishan
D) Prakash Singh

Q 15. First Time Women MLA in Nagaland history. Name of these MLA

A) Hekani Jakhalu & Salhoutuonuo Kruse
B) Agatha Sangma & Mimi Majumdar
C) Swapna Debbarma & Mina Rani Sarkar
D) Dola Benergee & Mamta Benergee

Q 16. Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas observed on which date?

A) 3rd Nov
B) 14th Jan
C) 4th March
D) 28th Jan

Q 17. National Safety day observed on 4th of March every year what is the theme of 2023?

A) Safety for all
B) Our Aim – Zero Harm
C) Our Aim – Safe Life
D) Life is Precious

Q 18. Which Ministry Start this Scheme “Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector” (SAMARTH)

A) Home Ministry
B) Labour Ministry
C) MSME Ministry
D) Textile Ministry

Q 19. Who Start “Catch the Rain” Campaign in New Delhi?

A) PM Narendra Modi
B) Home Minister Amit Shah
C) President Drupadi Murmu
D) CM Arvind Kejriwal

Q 20. Which Batsman Make Hundred and Double Hundred in the same match in Irani Trophy?

A) Ishan Kishan
B) Yashashvi Jaiswal
C) Mayank Agrawal
D) S Bharat

Q 21. Mirabai Chanu wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year for 2022 she belongs to which sports?

A) Boxing
B) Hockey
C) Weightlifting
D) Badminton

Q 22. Who win the 76th National football Championship (Santosh Trophy)

A) Karnataka
B) Kerala
C) Meghalaya
D) Goa

Q 23. Which State Govt launches “Ladli Bahna” Scheme for Woman

A) Haryana
B) Delhi
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Chhattisgarh

Q 24. Who is appointed new Controller General of Accounts (CGA)

A) S.S. Dubey
B) Nalin Shighal
C) Amitabh Kant
D) R.K. Singh

Q 25. Who wins CBIP Award 2022 for ‘ Best Contribution in Solar Energy’.

A) NTPC Ltd
B) EEL
C) Rites
D) BHEL

Q 26. Recently Madhya Pradesh Govt introduced 53rd District

A) Reva
B) Bhojpur
C) Mauganj
D) Khandawa

Q 27. Sania Mirza Announced her retirement from Sports. She belongs to which Sports?

A) Tennis
B) Badminton
C) Squash
D) Boxing

Q 28. Who is the president of Hockey India

A) Jay Shah
B) Dhanraj Pille
C) Haramanpreet Singh
D) Dilip Tirkey

Q 29. Who has been given the title of Entrepreneur of the Year 2022?

A) Mahendra Mishra
B) Sajjan Jindal
C) Roshani Nadar Malhotra
D) Akash Ambani

30. Who wrote the book of ‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story’?

A) Sajjan Singh Yadav
B) Mansukh Mandaviya
C) Dr. Randeep Guleriya
D) Smriti Irani

Q 31. International Woman’s day observed on which date?

A) 15th March
B) 8th March
C) 14th Sep
D) 8th Jan

Q 32. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (High Sea Treaty) was signed in which year to protect the ocean bodies?

A) 1982
B) 1989
C) 1972
D) 2002

Q 33. Which state announced the launch of “ Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarozgar Yojana ”

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Himanchal Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Uttarakhand

Q 34. Which is the cleanest airport in Asia-pacific, According to Airports Council International (ACI)?

A) Seoul Incheon International Airport
B) Singapore Changi Airport
C) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
D) Beijing capital Airport

Q 35. Recently who is elected Chief Minister of Tripura?

A) Dr. Manik Saha
B) Konrad Sangama
C) Hemmant Bishwasarma
D) N Biren Singh

Q 36. Who is won the Professional National Photographer Award ?

A) Arun Saha
B) S.K. Ramchandran
C) Shipra Dass
D) R.S. Gopikumar

Q 37. Who authored a book “As Good as My Word: A Memoir”?

A) Abhay Kumar
B) C.V. Ranganathan
C) K.M. Chandrasekhar
D) Arun Kumar Sahoo

Q 38. World Kidney Day 2023 observed on which date?

A) 7th March
B) 11th March
C) 4th March
D) 9th March

Q 39. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was established on which year?

A) 1962
B) 1969
C) 1980
D) 1949

Q 40. Yaoshang festival is celebrated in which state?

A) Manipur
B) Assam
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Sikkim

Q 41. Who appointed as first Indian American Judge of the Manhanttan federal District Court in New York, USA?

A) Nikki Haley
B) Row Khanna
C) Arun Subramanian
D) Kamla Harries

Q 42. Recently Indonesia moving its capital from Jakarta to Borneo. Who is President of Indonesia?

A) Xi Jinping
B) Joko Widodo
C) Sukarno
D) Anwar Ibrahim

Q 43. India’s first women teacher, Indian social reformer, poet, and powerful voice in the Indian freedom struggle?

A) Savitribai Phule
B) Madam Bhikaji Kama
C) Aruna Asaf Ali
D) Sarojani Naidu

Q 44. Rest of India’s team defeated whom to win the Irani Cup Title?

A) Haryana
B) Mumbai
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Gujarat

Q 45. Bumchu Festival is celebrated in which state/union territory?

A) Haryana
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Ladakh
D) Sikkim

Q 46. What is the rank of India in electoral Democracy Index 2023?

A) 100
B) 108
C) 105
D) 97

Q 47. Which country has presided over the 19th ministerial meeting of BIMSTEC?

A) Thailand
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Mynamar

Q 48. Mission “Har Payment Digital” has been started by whom?

A) Finance Ministry
B) State Bank of India
C) Reserve Bank of India
D) NPCI

Q 49. As per UNICEF, report how many percentage increase in the number of pregnant women suffering from malnutrition?

A) 25%
B) 35%
C) 32%
D) 38%

Q 50. Who has been honored with the 32nd Vyas Samman 2022?

A) Anamika Amber
B) Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi
C) Dr. Kumar Viswas
D) Daya Prakash

Q 51. Which State Govt. Launch new livelihoods cluster development initiative ”Mukhya Mantri Janajati Jeebika Mission” for tribal people?

A) Odisha
B) Tripura
C) West Bengal
D) Assam

Q 52. Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog?

A) Yogesh Suri
B) S.K. Dutta
C) Shaktikant Das
D) B.V.R. Subrahmanyam

Q 53. In Which city has PM Modi inaugurated the World’s longest railway platform?

A) Gorakhpur
B) Hubali-Dharwad
C) Kharagpur
D) New Delhi

Q 54. Which Country’s bank is the Silicon Valley Bank?

A) China
B) UK
C) USA
D) Germany

Q 55. By which year India’s digital payment market will grow to $ 10 Trillion?

A) 2024
B) 2027
C) 2028
D) 2026

Q 56. Who has inaugurated the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway?

A) Narendra Modi
B) Nitin Gadgari
C) Amit Shah
D) Rajnath Singh

Q.57. The international Consumer Rights Days Observed on which Date?

A) 8th March
B) 15th March
C) 10th April
D) 1st May

Q.58. The International Day of mathematics or Pi Day observed on March 14 Every Year, the theme for 2023.

A) Mathematics for Everyone
B) Mathematics for world
C) Mathematics Calculation
D) Magic of mathematics

Q.59. Who has been selected for Saraswati Samman 2022?

A) Sindhu Rajshekhran
B) Mani Shankari
C) Shivshankari
D) P Sweta

Q.60. Who is appointed new Prime Minister of China?

A) Xi Jinping
B) Wong Viang
C) Li Qiang
D) Fukida Kisida

Q.61. Eric Garcetti has been appointed as the ambassador of which country to India?

A) Japan
B) Britain
C) Canada
D) USA

Q.62. Who has been selected as the Governor of the Year 2023 by Central Banking?

A) Shaktikanta Das
B) Y V Reddy
C) Raghuram Rajan
D) Urjit Patel

Q.63. Researchers from which IIT Institute have discovered the antibacterial molecule “IITR00693”?

A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Kharagpur
C) IIT Madras
D) IIT Roorkee

Q.64. According to SIPRI Which Country was the world’s largest arms importer in 2022?

A) USA
B) India
C) UAE
D) Saudi Arabia

Q.65. Ministry of Education new report, which state has the lowest literacy rate?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Bihar

Q.66. National Immunization Day celebrated on which date?

A) 16th March
B) 15th March
C) 18th March
D) 21st March

Q.67. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari unveiled the first methanol-run buses in which city?

A) Mumbai
B) Nagpur
C) Bengaluru
D) Chennai

Q.68. Recently Mount Merapi volcano has exploded, it is located in which country?

A) Canada
B) Indonesia
C) Italy
D) Malaysia

Q.69. In which state is Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary located where 161 species of birds have been identified?

A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Karnataka
D) Gujarat

Q.70. Who has become the new president of Sahitya Akadami?

A) Pro. Kumud Sharma
B) Vinod Paswan
C) Madhav Kaushik
D) Pro. Ramesh Pokhariyal

Q.71. Who has been appointed by JioCinema as its brand ambassador?

A) Virat Kohli
B) Amitabh Bachhan
C) Ranvir Singh
D) Surya Kumar Yadav

Q.72. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given the status of Infrastructure Finance Company?

A) IREDA
B) L & T Finance
C) Bajaj Finance
D) Muthoot Finance

Q.73. Which country has won the Golden and Silver Star awards at the Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023?

A) Japan
B) India
C) China
D) UAE

Q.74. Asia’s largest tulip garden has been opened to the public in which union territory?

A) Delhi
B) Ladakh
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Chandigarh

Q.75. Who is the author of the new book titled “Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform?”.

A) Meghanad Desai
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) R. Kaushik
D) Rachna Bisht Rawat

Q.76. What has been renamed as the Mughal Gardens of Delhi?

A) Amrit Udyan
B) Atal Udyan
C) Kalam Udyan
D) President Garden

Q.77. Who has become the oldest tennis player to win the ATP masters 1000 title?

A) Novak Djokovic
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Rohan Bopanna
D) Matthew Ebden

Q.78. Which State the Electric Train will run for the first time?

A) Manipur
B) Meghalaya
C) Tripura
D) Mizoram

Q.79. Which Indian got the “Change maker” honor at the United nations SDG Action Awards 2022?

A) Rajni Paswan
B) Srishti Bakshi
C) Bipasa Basu
D) Aishwarya Rai Bachhan

Q.80. International Day of Happiness observed on which date?

A) 20th March
B) 21st March
C) 15th March
D) 19th March

Q.81. Cricketer Tim Paine Announces Retirement from the Sport represents which country?

A) England
B) New Zeeland
C) Australia
D) West Indies

Q.82. World Water Day observed on which date?

A) 25th March
B) 22nd March
C) 20th March
D) 26th March

Q.83. March 21st is observed as International Day of Forests or World Forestry Day for 2023 has adopted the theme of?

A) Forests and health
B) Forests and environment
C) Forests is our Life
D) Forests for sustainable development

Q.84. India’s most valuable celebrity is…?

A) Akshay Kumar
B) Shahrukh Khan
C) Salman Khan
D) Ranveer Singh

Q.85. Which Indian Industrialist appointed in “Order of Australia” for distinguished service?

A) Anand Mahindra
B) Sunil Bharti Mittal
C) Ratan Tata
D) Kumar Mangalam Birla

Q.86. Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day observed on which Date?

A) 24th March
B) 23rd March
C) 21st March
D) 26th March

Q.87. Which state has become the first state to pass the Right to health Bill?

A) Rajasthan
B) Bihar
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu

Q.88. Who won the title of Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2023?

A) Kimi Raikonen
B) Fernando Alonso
C) Sergio Perez
D) George Russell

Q.89. Who has been awarded Kerala highest civilian honor “Kerala Jyothi”?

A) MN Pillai
B) Arif Muhammad Khan
C) T Madhava menon
D) M T Vasudevan Nair

Q.90. In the Final of WPL 2023, Mumbai Indians defeated which team?

A) Delhi Capital
B) Gujarat Giants
C) Royal Challenger Bangalore
D) UP Warier

Q.91. Which IIT has won the National Intellectual Property Award for 2021 and 2022?

A) IIT Guwahati
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Roorkee

Q.92. When is Police Commemoration Day Celebrated?

A) 21st Oct
B) 22nd Oct
C) 31st Oct
D) 20th Oct

Q.93. When is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2023 Celebrated?

A) 22nd March
B) 23rd March
C) 24th March
D) 28th March

Q.94. PM Narendra Modi has announced to set up PM Mitra Mega Textile Park?

A) 3
B) 6
C) 8
D) 7

Q.95. According to the UNESCO Report, what percentage of the population does not have safe drinking water?

A) 26 %
B) 30 %
C) 40 %
D) 20 %

Q.96. Who has been honored with the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award?

A) Surya Kumar Yadav
B) Asif Shaikh
C) Virat Kohli
D) Steve Smith

Q.97. After whose name is a hockey stadium in Rae Bareli Named?

A) Major Dyanchand
B) Dilip Tirkey
C) Rani Rampal
D) PR Sreejesh

Q.98. According to the Global Terrorism Index 2023, which Country is most affected by terrorism?

A) Yemen
B) India
C) Syria
D) Afghanistan

Q.99. In which city of Maharashtra “ Statue of Knowledge” will be established?

A) Latur
B) Mumbai
C) Pune
D) Nagpur

Q.100. In which state Ugadi is celebrated as an important festival?

A) Gujarat
B) Karnataka
C) West Bengal
D) Assam

Q.101. Where has Asia’s largest International Liquid Mirror Telescope been launched?

A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Uttarakhand
D) Sikkim

Q.102. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of TCS?

A) N Chandrasekharan
B) N. Ganapathy Subrammaniam
C) R Gopinatha
D) K. Kritivasan

Q.103. Which state of India ranks first in the production of cotton?

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Punjab

Q.104. Who is the Author of the book Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux?

A) R Jagannathan
B) S Jaishankar
C) Chetan Bhagat
D) Sanjeev Sanyal

Q.105. Dilma Rousseff has become the head of which Organisation?

A) World Bank
B) IMF
C) New Development Bank
D) Asian Bank

Q.106. Who among the following is known as the “Father of Taxonomy”?

A) Karl Marks
B) Theophrastus
C) Aristotle
D) Linnaeus

Q.107. In which state the Matua Fair is being organized?

A) West Bengal
B) Odisha
C) Tripura
D) Assam

Q.108. Who is the Governor of Kerala?

A) Fagu Chauhan
B) Manoj Sinha
C) Arif Mohammad Khan
D) Anandi Ben Patel

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Answers:

1. B) Rajesh Malhotra
2. C) Singapore
3. A) 1st March
4. D) S. Somanath
5. A) CAG Girish Chandra Murmmu
6. B) Lionel Messi
7. C) South Africa
8. C) India
9. B) Italy
10. A) Rajni Hasija
11. A) Bola Tinubu
12. D) 3rd March
13. C) One Earth, One Family, One Future
14. B) Rashmi Shukla
15. A) Hekani Jakhalu & Salhoutuonuo Kruse
16. C) 4th march
17. B) Our Aim – Zero Harm
18. D) Textile Ministry
19. C) President Drapadi Murmu
20. B) Yashashvi Jaiswal
21. C) Weightlifting
22. A) Karnataka
23. C) Madhya Pradesh
24. A) S.S. Dubey
25. D) BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd)
26. C) Mauganj
27. A) Tennis
28. D) Dilip Tirkey
29. B) Sajjan Jindal
30. A) Sajjan Singh Yadav
31. B) 8th March
32. A) 1982
33. D) Uttarakhand
34. C) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
35. A) Dr. Manik Saha
36. B) S.K. Ramchandran
37. C) K.M. Chandrasekhar
38. D) 9th March
39. B) 1969
40. A) Manipur
41. C) Arun Subramanian
42. B) Joko Widodo
43. A) Savitribai Phule
44. C) Madhya Pradesh
45. D) Sikkim
46. B) 108
47. A) Thailand
48. C) Reserve Bank of India
49. A) 25%
50. B) Gyan Chaturvedi
51. A) Odisha
52. D) B.V. R. Subrahmanyam
53. B) Hubali-Dharwad
54. C) USA
55. D) 2026
56. A) Narendra Modi
57. Ans. B) 15th March
58. Ans. A) Mathematics for Everyone
59. Ans. C) Shivshankari
60. Ans. C) Li Qiang
61. Ans. D) USA
62. Ans. A) Shaktikanta Das
63. Ans. D) IIT Roorkee
64. Ans. B) India
65. Ans. D) Bihar
66. Ans. A) 16th March
67. Ans. C) Bengaluru
68. Ans. B) Indonesia
69. Ans. A) Kerala
70. Ans. C) Madhav Kaushik
71. Ans. D) Surya Kumar Yadav
72. Ans. A) IREDA
73. Ans. B) India
74. Ans. C) Jammu & Kashmir
75. Ans. D) Rachna Bisht Rawat
76. Ans. A) Amrit Udyan
77. Ans.C) Rohan Bopanna
78. Ans. B) Meghalaya
79. Ans. B) Srishti Bakshi
80. Ans. A) 20th March
81. Ans. C) Australia
82. Ans. B) 22nd March
83. Ans. A) Forests and health
84. Ans. D) Ranveer Singh
85. Ans. C) Ratan Tata
86. Ans. B) 23rd March
87. Ans. A) Rajasthan
88. Ans. C) Sergio Perez
89. Ans. D) M T Vasudevan Nair
90. Ans. A) Delhi Capital
91. Ans. B) IIT Madras
92. Ans. A) 21st Oct
93. Ans. C) 24th March
94. Ans. D) 7
95. Ans. A) 26 %
96. Ans. B) Asif Shaikh
97. Ans. C) Rani Rampal
98. Ans. D) Afghanistan
99. Ans. A) Latur
100. Ans. B) Karnataka
101. Ans. C) Uttarakhand
102. Ans. D) K Kritivasan
103. Ans. A) Gujarat
104. Ans. B) S Jaishankar
105. Ans. C) New Development Bank
106. Ans. D) Linnaeus
107. Ans. A) West Bengal
108. Ans. C) Arif Mohammad Khan