Current Affairs Quiz: 25-30 March 2024 Highlights

Current Affairs Quiz: 17-24 March 2024

1. Who was elected as the new Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA)?
   • A) Pavan Davuluri
   • B) Arnab Banerjee
   • C) Girija Subramanian
   • D) Bhupesh Sushil Rahul
   • Correct Answer: B) Arnab Banerjee
2. Who is appointed as the head of Microsoft’s combined Windows and Surface teams?
   • A) Panos Panay
   • B) Pavan Davuluri
   • C) Satya Nadella
   • D) Bill Gates
   • Correct Answer: B) Pavan Davuluri
3. Who has been selected as the next CMD of New India Assurance?
   • A) Girija Subramanian
   • B) Bhupesh Sushil Rahul
   • C) Arnab Banerjee
   • D) Pavan Davuluri
   • Correct Answer: A) Girija Subramanian
4. Who was honored with the Times Power Icon 2024 Award?
   • A) Vijay Jain
   • B) Ada Sharma
   • C) Arnab Banerjee
   • D) Pavan Davuluri
   • Correct Answer: A) Vijay Jain
5. Who made history as Bangladesh’s first ICC Elite Umpire?
   • A) Mashrafe Mortaza
   • B) Sharfuddoula
   • C) Shakib Al Hasan
   • D) Mushfiqur Rahim
   • Correct Answer: B) Sharfuddoula
6. When is the International Day of Zero Waste celebrated?
   • A) March 28
   • B) March 29
   • C) March 30
   • D) March 31
   • Correct Answer: C) March 30
7. For which category did Louis Gossett Jr. win the Academy Award, becoming the first Black man to do so?
   • A) Best Actor
   • B) Best Supporting Actor
   • C) Best Director
   • D) Best Original Screenplay
   • Correct Answer: B) Best Supporting Actor
8. Daniel Kahneman is famous for his contributions to which field?
   • A) Psychology
   • B) Economics
   • C) Physics
   • D) Literature
   • Correct Answer: B) Economics
9. Where is Allu Arjun’s wax statue located?
   • A) Madame Tussauds London
   • B) Madame Tussauds New York
   • C) Madame Tussauds Dubai
   • D) Madame Tussauds Sydney
   • Correct Answer: C) Madame Tussauds Dubai
10. Who has been chosen as the new CMD of United India Insurance?
    • A) Girija Subramanian
    • B) Arnab Banerjee
    • C) Bhupesh Sushil Rahul
    • D) Pavan Davuluri
    • Correct Answer: C) Bhupesh Sushil Rahul
11. Where was the world’s first-ever Om-shaped temple inaugurated?
    • A) Jaipur
    • B) Udaipur
    • C) Jodhpur
    • D) Jadan, Pali district
    • Correct Answer: D) Jadan, Pali district
12. Who has been named the MD & CEO of the Bank of Maharashtra?
    • A) Nidhu Saxena
    • B) Amitabh Chaudhry
    • C) Shikha Sharma
    • D) Sandeep Bakshi
    • Correct Answer: A) Nidhu Saxena
13. Kamal Kishore leads which UN office focused on disaster risk reduction?
    • A) UNDP
    • B) UNICEF
    • C) UNDRR
    • D) WHO
    • Correct Answer: C) UNDRR
14. Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani serves as an Additional Judge in which High Court?
    • A) Delhi
    • B) Bombay
    • C) J&K and Ladakh
    • D) Madras
    • Correct Answer: C) J&K and Ladakh
15. Which bank acquired Sonata Finance Private Limited?
    • A) HDFC Bank
    • B) ICICI Bank
    • C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
    • D) Axis Bank
    • Correct Answer: C) Kotak Mahindra Bank