01-APR-2014

Current Affairs Questions Answers for March

2014-One liners
Suggested Readings: Current Affairs Questions-Answers
One liners for the month of March 2014 covers all the important events
which have the potential to be asked in various competitive exams. The
students will find these one liners of immense help during their course of
preparation.
Noted Gandhian environmentalist and social activist selected for the
Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 is - Chandi Prasad Bhatt
National Food Security Act came into force in a state with a provision of
covering overall 75 percent total population - Madhya Pradesh
President's rule has been imposed in - Andhra Pradesh
A bank recently opened its fourth branch in India in New Delhi with an aim
of expanding its operations in the country - The Bank of Bahrain and
Kuwait, BBK
Employees at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant tested positive for radiation
exposure in - New Mexico State of US
Legislative Assembly of a state amended an Act to regularise slums that
come up before 1 January 2000 - Maharashtra
Union Cabinet on 2 March 2014 cleared the Ordinance for reservation for
a community under the central list of OBC (other backward castes quota)
category in nine northern states Jats
Mortal remains of about 282 Indian soldiers of 1857 mutiny were exhumed
(dug out) on 2 March 2014 from the well at - Ajnala in Amritsar district of
Punjab
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Union government gave its nod to a proposal to provide accessible mobile
phones and laptops - to visually impaired students
Afghanistan after registering a win over Bangladesh in Asia Cup helped it
to enter - ICC ODI Rankings Table for the 1st time ever
Pharmacy store and a convergence block inaugurated by Union Health
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at AIIMS to provide - free generic medicines
to poor patients
Best picture Oscar Award won by - 12 Years A Slave
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 March 2014 extended the date for
exchange of the pre-2005 banknotes to - 1 January 2015.
Union Defence Ministry on 3 March 2014 ordered a CBI investigation into
the purchase of jet fighter engines from - Britains Rolls-Royce that
worth 10000 crore rupees
Indian Navy on 1 March 2014 successfully completed one of its largest war
drills spread over Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal region
named - Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX)
IFAW-WTI captured and relocated seventh of the stranded gibbon families
in Dello village to - Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary
India is home to the largest number of bird species in the world is the
preliminary findings of a recent global event Great Backyard Bird
Count
The Second meeting of India-UAE High Level Task Force on Investment
was held in - Mumbai
The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh attended the third Summit of Bay
of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation,
BIMSTEC held in - Myanmar
Sheila Dikshit appointed as the Governor of Kerala as the successor of -
Nikhil Kumar
Interest rates on the fixed deposit scheme offered by post offices have
been increased by - 0.2 percent
US honoured an Indian person who started the movement to end acid
attacks in India with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award
to - Laxmi
World Dentist Day to raise awareness about dental health was observed
on - 6 March 2014
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports inaugurated the Sports Authority
of India National Cycling Academy (SAI NCA) at - Indira Gandhi Sports
Complex.

The assets of Viktor Yanukovych, the ousted Ukrainian leader and other
17 former ministers, businessmen and security chiefs frozen by -European
Union (EU)
National security advisor-level meet on maritime security cooperation
between India, Sri Lanka and Maldives was held in - New Delhi.
68th senior National football championship or Santosh Trophy was won by
Mizoram by defeating - Railways

13-year old Indian-American student on 9 March 2014 won the National
Spelling Bee Competition in the US in a verbal duel at Kansas City Public
Library, Missouri - Kush Sharma

Indian shooter Pooja Ghatkar clinched the gold medal in women's air rifle
event of the - 7th Asian Championship in Kuwait.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between three
countries under which natural gas will be supplied from - Iraq to Jordan
and Egypt
The cricketer voted as the Cricketer of the Generation - Sachin
Tendulkar

Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters by defeating -
Roger Federer
President of Russia signed a decree recognising a city as a sovereign
state paving a way for its absorption into Russia - Crimea

Renowned author and journalist died on 20 March 2014 at the age of 99 at
his home in Sujan Singh Park in Delhi - Khushwant Singh
The first women to be elected as the President of Indian Journalists
Association (IJA) in London - Aditi Khanna
SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on 19 March 2014
inaugurated its local office at - Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Sarawasti Samman for year 2013 for a book Dhool Paudho Par has been
awarded to Govind Mishra, second Hindi author to receive this
award
The pro-Russian forces on 19 March 2014 seized the Ukraines Navy
Headquarters in - Crimean Capital Sevastopol
To bolster awareness among investors and ring-fence them from possible
frauds, SEBI has planned to seek additional funds from the government for
strengthening its - IPEF (Investor Protection and Education Fund)
programmes
Three day long FINA Diving World Series championship begins in at -
Sheikh Hamadan Stadium in Dubai
Stuart Oliver of Castrol Vecton team won the inaugural Tata T1 Prima
Truck Racing Championship at - Buddh International Circuit in Greater
Noida.
A book that claims that 2008 terror attack on Indian embassy in Kabul was
monitored and sanctioned by senior officials of ISI has been written by -
Carlotta Gall
Pakistans civil award has been awarded on the Pakistan Day to one
activist and a cricketer namely - Malala Yousafzai and Misbah-ul-haq
Assam government has proposed a plan to trim the horns of rhinos to save
them from the poachers as per the plan made with WHO named - IRV 2020
UN Security Council (UNSC) on 20 March 2014 unanimously voted in favor
of a resolution 2146 (2014) that condemns the illegal (illicit) export of
Libyan crude oils
A team of students from an Engineering college in Kerala have been
selected to compete, for the first time, in the University Rover Challenge in
the US to - design and build next generation of Mars rovers
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla a particular type of refugees living in
relief camps in Tripura should exercise their franchise inside Mizoram and
from outside by Postal ballot Bru Refugees
Estimates of an institution released on 25 March 2014 reports claimed that
in 2012 around 7 million people died 1 in 8 of total global deaths as a
result of air pollution exposure WHO
A non-profit group on 23 March 2014 launched AQUATM in Mumbai which
is a water vending machine - Vandana Foundation
FIH has introduced a new format of 60-minute game of four 15-minute
quarters and replaced the two 35-minute halves game of 70 minutes
Bank of India on 24 March 2014 launched a process of cardless cash
withdrawal facility from its - IMT (Instant Money Transfer)-enabled
ATMs
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met the US President
Barack Obama in Washington to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace
talks
Vodafone has agreed to buy Spanish cable operator Ono in a deal aimed
at expanding its interests in Europe for 7.2 billion Euros
British Forces handed over its two important military bases to Afghan
security forces and closed down one in southern Helmand province
United Kingdom has decided to honour the Indian soldiers through a series
of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World War I the
participants of War
SIPRI in its data on international arms transfers claimed India as largest
importer of weapon systems, which is three times more than Pakistan
and China
The 17th Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 has been awarded to a
debutant film director, for the film entitled The Good Road in Gujarati
Gyan Correa bagged
A research report released by Oxfam concluded that the divide between
the rich and poor in the United Kingdom has widened. The report is entitled
- Tale of Two Britains
SEBI has notified new set of norms to ease the process of KYC for
investors by allowing market entities to get details from the centralized
KYC agencies
Almost half of the Chemical weapons stockpile of Syria has been removed
has been claimed by OPCW-UN Joint Mission
UNHCR report Asylum Trends 2013 claims sharp rise in asylum in 44
industrialised countries, primarily driven by the Syrian crisis.