16th March 2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1. Which union ministry has launched "Mission Fingerling" to achieve Blue Revolution?

2. Which city's police station has become the first police post in India to be linked with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)?

3. The Union Cabinet approved introduction of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Public Private Partnership (IIIT PPP) Bill, 2017. The bill grants statutory status to
how many IIITs in Public Private Partnership and declares them as Institutions of National Importance?

4. Dipan Sivakumar, who passed away recently, was the noted filmmaker of which language?

5. Who is the newly appointed Chairman of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis?

6. The US Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate by

7. Name the bank that announced a one-time farm loan settlement scheme worth Rs 6000 crore primarily for tractors.

8. The 6th edition of the International Engineering Sourcing Show (IESS) has started in which city?

9. The Union Cabinet apprised of MoUs for cooperation in youth and sports matters with these two countries recently.

10. Which State government proposed to set up a Cashew Development Board for developing 10,000 hectares of good quality of cashew orchards?

11. Name the person who introduced Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Act of 2017 in its the US House of Representatives.

12. Snapdeal partnered with which of the following trade organisations to sell Japanese products?

13. Who is the author of the book "So You Want to Know About the Environment"?

14. Which city has topped the list in the Mercer's 2017 Quality of Living index?

15. The 2017 National Theatre Festival (NTF) has started in which state?

16. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval to permit Indian Oil to sale this much per cent of the equity in Lubrizol India to Lubrizol Corporation.

17. Which state government will launch "Namma Canteens" to serve cheap food?

18. As per the Women in Politics Map 2017 launched by the UN, India stands at which number?

19. What was the theme of the 2017 Commonwealth Day?

20. Which union ministry has launched "Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)" for developing export-linked infrastructure?

21. Union government launched the Blue Revolution programme at a total expenditure of what amount?