24th March 2017 Current Affairs Quiz

1. Identify the veteran photographer who was recently conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th National Photography Awards.

2. Which state government has launched a program to provide free wifi facilities in educational institutions?

3. Which union minister has launched an integrated grievances redressal platform "MoPNG e Seva" for Petroleum and Gas related queries?

4. Who has been bestowed with the Life Time Achievement (LTA) award at the 6th National Photography Awards?

5. Who won the 2017 Abel Prize?

6. Who has been honoured with the first-ever Kuldip Nayar journalism award 2017?

7. The National Commission for Schedule Tribes (NCST) has approved the proposal for five additional seats for tribals in which state's assembly?

8. Identify the naturalist on whose name a tiny shrimp-like fossil, which is thought to be around 430 million-years-old, is named.

9. What is the India's rank in the global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2017?

10. Pawan Hans is going to start chopper rides for visitors in which Indian city?

11. Which Indian state is soon going to have a football stadium with world-class facility as per FIFA norms?

12. What is the theme of 2017 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?

13. The World Bank (WB) has signed how much amount of credit agreement with Uttarakhand to improve quality of health care services?

14. The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched a Coffee Table Book titled '50 Years - The Great Indian Milk Revolution.' Who of the following is handling
ministry?

15. Which State Government launched the Sustainable Action for Climate Resilient Development (SaCReD) for protection of the environment in Majuli.

16. The central sector scheme Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) will be launched from which state?

17. The Kane Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is located in which state of India?

18. The International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members was observed recently. The day commemorates the anniversary of the abduction of which of the
following UN staff members?

19. Ashokamitran, who passed away recently, was the noted litterateur of which language?

20. Which high-level committee has been formed to examine working of Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)?

21. The United Nations Human Rights Council has granted which country a two-year extension to probe into the alleged war crimes committed during civil war?