Current Affairs 28 March 2023
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Q.1 Where is the Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron based at?
Ans. ✅ Kochi.
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Q.2 Who won the gold medal at the World Women’s Boxing Championship by defeating Australia’s Caitlin Parker in the 75kg final?
Ans. ✅ Lovlina Borgohain
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Q.3 Lord Basaveshwara is a 12th century philosopher, associated with which state?
Ans. ✅ Karnataka
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Q.4 Which company introduced the country's first "anywhere cashless" facility?
Ans. ✅ ICICI Lombard
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Q.5 Which Union Ministry launched the ‘National Action Plan to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation Through Forestry Interventions’?
Ans. ✅ Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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Q.6 Which initiative was launched to distribute three million meals and food parcels to disadvantaged individuals and families during Ramadan?
Ans. ✅ UAE Food Bank
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Q.7 BARC B1201, India’s first Bauxite Certified Reference Material (CRM) was developed BARC and which institution?
Ans. ✅ NALCO
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Q.8 By what percentage did the Centre notify a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee program, MGNREGA for 2023-24?
Ans. ✅ 10%
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Q.9 Hopi which was seen in the news, is an ethnic group of people living in which country?
Ans. ✅ USA
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Q.10 Where was the Aravalli Green Wall Project inaugurated by Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav?
Ans. ✅ Haryana
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Q.11 Which state was fined ₹10 crores by the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?
Ans. ✅ Kerala
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Q.12 Which state will SAEL Industries Ltd set up biomass power plants with the help of a loan of up to Rs. 754 crores from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
Ans. ✅ Rajasthan
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Q.13 Gordon Moore, who recently passed away, was a co-founder of which company?
Ans. ✅ Intel
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Q.14 Which team won the first season of the Women's Premier League played at the Brabourne stadium, Navi Mumbai?
Ans. ✅ Mumbai Indians
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Q.15 Who won the Gold in the 48-kg category of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship 2023?
Ans. ✅ Nitu Ghanghas
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Q.16 When is World Theatre Day celebrated annually?
Ans. ✅ March 27
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Q.17 Where was the Twenty-sixth edition of ‘Elevate Expo’ held?
Ans. ✅ Dubai
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Q.18 For which UT did the Lok Sabha pass the over Rs 1.18 lakh crore budget?
Ans. ✅ Jammu and Kashmir
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Q.19 Which sport does Satwiksairaj Rankireddy play?
Ans. ✅ Badminton
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Q.20 What is the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Raw Jute approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for 2023-24?
Ans. ✅ Rs. 5050
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Q.21 Which international bank appointed former Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff as its new President?
Ans. ✅ NDB
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Q.22 Who has won the Abel Prize for mathematics?
Ans. ✅ Luis Caffarelli
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Q.23 Who was awarded Kerala’s highest civilian honour, "Kerala Jyothi"?
Ans. ✅ M T Vasudevan Nair
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Q.24 Which asteroid was NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent to?
Ans. ✅ Benu
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Q.25 Which pension system is being reviewed by a committee established by the government?
Ans. ✅ New Pension System
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Q.26 Who won the GenNext Entrepreneur Award at the 12th Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023?
Ans. ✅ Isha Ambani
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