9 March MCQ – Top Current Affairs Quiz 9th March 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the important Current Affairs Quiz of 9 March with full explanations. Where we will discuss the daily current affairs quiz’s questions and answers. So read all the important 9 March MCQs carefully.
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9 March Current Affairs Quiz – Questions
1. Who was the 23rd Woman Grandmaster of India?
(a) Priyanka Nutakki
(b) Divya Deshmukh
(c) Dronavalli Harika
(d)Viswanathan Anand
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2. Which Navratna PSU has recently received Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21?
(a) Engineers India Limited
(b) Bharat Electronics Limited
(c) National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
(d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
3. What is the theme of the 2022 International Women’s Day?
(a) Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow
(b) An equal world is an enabled world
(c) Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
(d) Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives
4. No smoking day is observed throughout the world on which day in 2022?
(a)6th March
(b)9th March
(c)7th March
(d)8th March
5.Microsoft has recently opened its largest data centre in India in _________.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Delhi
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6. Which day is celebrated as International Women’s Day (IWD) annually?
(a) First Sunday of March
(b) 07 March
(c) 08 March
(d) First Saturday of March
7. The India-Sri Lanka bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX 2022 held in which place?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Kochi
(c) Chennai
(d) Visakhapatnam
8. Which Indian Navy ship is representing the country in the SLINEX 2022?
(a) INS Khukri
(b) INS Kirch
(c) INS Karmuk
9.India Global Forum’s (IGF) annual summit has been organized in ________________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bengaluru
10. Which country has been recently placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s grey list?
(a) Qatar
(b) Oman
(c) Kuwait
(d) the United Arab Emirates
11. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)?
(a) Indu Malhotra
(b) Raghuvendra Tanwar
(c) Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel
(d) Sudha Ragunathan
12. SAMARTH is a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women launched by which ministry?
(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(c) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(d) Samay Raina
13. Who has unveiled a 9.5-feet tall statue of great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra?
(a) Amit Shah
(b) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(c) Ram Nath Kovind
(d) Narendra Modi
14. Which digital payments company, announced that it has expanded its partnership with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)?
(a) Phonepe
(b) Paytm
(c) MobiKwik
(d) Google pay
15.‘Donate-a-Pension’ campaign has been launched under central sector scheme by the government recently?
(a) Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan
(b) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(c) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(d) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
16. Bharti Airtel has joined hands with which bank to launch a co-branded credit card to strengthen the growth of India’s digital ecosystem?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank
17. Who has launched the ‘Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav’ scheme?
(a)Minister of Women and Child Development
(b)Minister of Education
(c)Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(d)None of the above
18. Which country’s president signs a decree prohibiting the import and export of products and raw materials to certain countries?
(a)Ukraine
(b)Russia
(c)France
(d)Israel
19. Who organized the PAN-India program “Jharokha”?
(a)Ministry of Culture
(b)Minister of Power
(c)Minister of Jal Shakti
(d)Minister of Finance
20. Which country is the largest Crude-Oil producer in the world, as of 2022?
(a)Ukraine
(b)Russia
(c) the US
(d)Israel
9 March MCQs – Answers
1. (a)
19-year-old Priyanka Nutakki from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh secured her final WGM-norm at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship. She scored 7.0/9, performed at 2348 to become India’s latest Woman Grandmaster in March 2022.
2. (c)
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd Country’s largest Iron Ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel received 1st prize in the Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21.
3. (a)
The theme of 2022 International Women’s Day is Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.
4. (b)
The second Wednesday in the month of March or 9th March in 2022 is celebrated as No Smoking Day across the world. The day is celebrated to help those who wish to quit smoking as well as to raise awareness about the implications of smoking on an individual’s health.
5. (b)
Tech giant Microsoft has announced to set up its fourth data center in India in Hyderabad, Telangana.
6. (c)
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.
7. (d)
The 9th edition of the India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise named SLINEX (Sri Lanka–India Naval Exercise) is scheduled at Visakhapatnam.
8. (b)
Indian Navy will be represented by INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette while Sri Lanka Navy will be represented by SLNS Sayurala, an advanced offshore patrol vessel.
9. (d)
India Global Forum’s (IGF) annual summit is being organized in Bengaluru. The summit will bring together eminent faces of tech-driven disruption and those who have joined the unicorn club along with Union ministers, policymakers, and global business leaders.
10. (d)
The United Arab Emirates has been recently placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s grey list.
11. (c)
The Central Government has appointed Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
12. (c)
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women named –“SAMARTH”.
13. (d)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a 9.5-feet tall statue of great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and launched a 12km stretch of 32.2 km-long metro rail project in Maharastra’s Pune.
14. (b)
Paytm, a digital payments company, announced that it has expanded its partnership with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
15. (a)
Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the ‘Donate-a-Pension’ campaign under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) scheme.
16. (a)
Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen the growth of the digital ecosystem in India, through a range of financial solutions.
17. (a)
The ministry of women and child development, in partnership with the ministry of education and UNICEF, launched ‘Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav’ to bring back out-of-school adolescent girls to formal education on the occasion of women’s day. The campaign has been launched with the objective of enhancing enrolment and retention of girls between 11-14 years of age in school.
18. (b)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree introducing special economic measures to enhance Russia’s security in external trade. The decree allows the government to impose restrictions on exports from and imports to Russia of products and raw materials in regards to particular countries, the list of which it can define later.
19. (a)
Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles are organizing a program called “Jharokha-Compendium of Indian handicraft/ handloom, art, and culture” to celebrate the traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and art & culture.
20. (c)
The United States surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become to world’s largest crude oil producer. The main producers of oil in the United States are Alaska, Texas, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The United States currently produces approximately 12,108,000 barrels per day. Russia follows with 10,709,000 barrels and then Saudi Arabia with 9,580,000 barrels.
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