Important March Current Affairs - 2 For SBI Clerical SBI PO AND UIIC

41. Which country lifted their sixth Asia Cup T20 title by defeating Bangladesh in the finals? - India

42. Name the former actress who was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan through a Hollywood career, eight years in the White House, an assassination attempt and her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease, died at age 94. - Nancy Reagan

43. Name the Popular Malayalam actor who died at the age of 45 recently. - Kalabhavan Mani

44. The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for Assembly elections in how many States and Union Territory, which will be conducted in multiple phases from April 4 to May 16? - 4 states and 1 UT | States: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam  UT: Puducherry


45. After the resolution of the land boundary and maritime issues, whihc country is now looking up to India for an “immediate signing” of the Teesta water-sharing accord, which the two governments had agreed over four years ago? - Bangladesh

46. Who is the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit’s present chairman? - Sir Ronnie Flanagan

47. The government has appointed whom to the board of the RBI recently in March 2016? - N Chandrasekaran, Bharat Doshi & Sudhir Mankad.

48. What is the full form of ESOP? - Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

49. The Bengaluru Bench of the Debt Recovery Tribunal temporarily restrained U.K.-based Diageo Plc from paying $75 million to which businessman? - Vijay Mallya

50. Which company got the defence order for the supply of 2610 Future Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICV) to the Indian Army recently? - Tata Motors

51. Fitch Ratings lowered India’s economic growth forecast for next fiscal to how much percent, but maintained the GDP projection for current fiscal at 7.5 per cent? - 7.7 per cent

52. Name the company which has committed an investment of Rs 25,000 crore in Haryana over the next seven years. - Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

53. Name the Veteran singer who honoured with Global Green Hero award at the 13th Annual Global Green USA pre-Oscar party. - Stevie Wonder

54. Name the Leading e-commerce company which launched its own advertisement platform, Brand Story Ads, with over 50 leading brands on board. - Flipkart

55. What is the current rank of India in the latest global football rankings released by FIFA? - 160th

56. A 75-seater solar-powered passenger ferry, the first of its kind in the country is located in? - Aroor in Alappuzha district, Kerala

57. Name the veteran cricketer of New Zealand who died of cancer. - Martin Crowe

58. The Inflation based on Wholesale Price Index remained in the negative zone for a 16th straight month at how much percent in February 2016 as food articles, mainly vegetables and pulses turned cheaper? - (—) 0.91 per cent

59. The 10-member ethics committee of RajyaSabha which has been appointed to look the matter of Vijay Malya will be headed by? - Karan Sing

60. India which country is in the process of finalising a “cross-border counter-terror mechanism” to deal with radicalisation, and to tackle the spread of citizens trying to join the terror group, the Islamic State? - Maldives

61. Who will be made a saint on September 4, the Pope Francis announced recently, 19 years after the death of the Nobel Laureate who spent 45 years serving the poor and sick on the streets of Kolkata? - Mother Teresa

62. Name the bill which is approved by the LokSabha after its passage by RajyaSabha, which is designed to protect consumer interest, ensure efficiency in all property-related transactions, improve accountability of developers, boost transparency and attract more investments to real estate sector. - The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013

63. Country’s third-largest software services firm Wipro has appointed whom as an independent director to its board? - Patrick J Ennis

64. Michael Jackson’s estate has agreed to sell its remaining stake in a lucrative music catalogueue to which company for $750 million? - Sony Corp.

65. The U.S. Defence Department confirmed the death of which key Islamic State (IS) leader as a result of injuries sustained during an airstrike conducted in Syria on March 4? - “Omar the Chechen”

66. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) appointed whom as the nation’s future Prime Minister? - Lin Chuan

67. In the last decade, India has seen a 10-fold increase in its research collaboration with which country, according to a study commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and conducted by Thomson Reuters? - Saudi Arabia

68. Name the leader who will join the ranks of prominent global leaders at Madame Tussauds in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok next month. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

69. Name the Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh who recently resigned from his post. - Dr. AtiurRahman

70. Public sector lender SBI has tied up with which taxi-aggregator to provide instant vehicle finance to ‘driver-partners’ on the latter’s platform? - Uber

71. The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the company which has launched smartphone for Rs. 251, for alleged contravention of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). Name the company. - Ringing Bells

72. Which stock exchange will soon list dollar-denominated index futures contracts namely, Nifty Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty CPSE and Nifty Midcap 50? - Singapore Exchange (SGX)

73. Which country took the top spot as the ‘happiest country’ in the world, displacing Switzerland, according to The World Happiness Report 2016, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative of the United Nations? - Denmark

74. Which Telecom major will acquire Videocon Telecommunications’s spectrum in six circles in the 1800 MHz Band for a consideration of Rs. 4,428 crore? - Airtel

75. Which is the cleanest railway station in the country, followed by Rajkot and Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), according to an Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) survey? - Surat

76. Low-cost carrier AirAsia India announced whom as its CEO with effect from April 1 2016?- Amar Abrol

77. The Railway Ministry has signed an agreement with which organization to leverage space technology for providing passenger information in all trains, map railway assets and help survey new route alignments? - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

78. Name the founding promoter of the Bengaluru franchise, RCB of the Indian Premier League (IPL) who has ceased to be the director of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL). - Vijay Mallya

79. Honeywell Automation India Ltd (HAIL) announced the appointment whom as its new Chairman? - Suresh Senapaty


80. What is the rank of India in The World Happiness Report 2016 ? - 118th


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