1. Who won this year's Ran-ji Trophy cricket title?
Ans: Karnataka.
They beat Tamil Nadu in the finals.
2. Which Indian won the men's singles title in the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton championships?
Ans: Kidambi Srikanth
3. Which Indian has been nominated as member of World Association of Anti Doping Scientists (WAADS)?
Ans: Dr. Alka Beotra
4. Name the former President of Maldives who has been sentenced to 13 year imprisonment by the country's criminal court.
Ans: Mohamed Nasheed
5. Name the shopping search engine recently acquired by Facebook.
Ans: The Find
6. NASA's Hubble Telescope has recently found evidence for an underground saltwater Ocean on which moon of Jupiter?
Ans: Ganymede
7. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was erected at the Parliament square in which foreign capital city?
Ans: London
8. Who has been appointed by the Government of India, as the Brand Ambassador of the North East?
Ans: MC Mary Kom
9. Which mission, aiming afforestation of 10 million hectares of land has recently been merged with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) Scheme?
Ans: National Mission for a Green India
10. Who are the winners of this year's Santosh Trophy football championship?
Ans: Services
11. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill recently passed by the Parliament, is aimed to include more communities in the list of scheduled castes, in which states and union territories?
Ans: Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
12. Which noted Gandhian and former Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith who was also known for reciting Gandhi-Katha worldwide, passed away on 15 March?
Ans: Narayan Desai
13. The Union Government has revoked the suspension of environmental clearances of iron ore mines in which state?
Ans: Goa
14. Many countries have recently decided to join which international financial institution, to be launched by the end of 2015, with Beijing as its headquarters?
Ans: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
15. Which indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range Air to Air missile was recently successfully test fired by India?
Ans: Astra
16. Which new scheme, to be launched by the Government of India, will provide skill training to youth across the country?
Ans: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
17. Who wrote the recently released book, "Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy Speakers Perspective?
Ans: Meira Kumar
18. Which Nobel Laureate has been appointed President Elect of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society?
Ans: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
He will take up the post on 1 December 2015.
19. Which Indian environmentalist got the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize?
Ans: Rajendra Singh
20. Which proposed nuclear power plant of 6,000 MW, to be built in Gujarat, has received the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change?
Ans: Mitbivirdi Nuclear Power Plant, Bhavnagar
21. Katherine Viner is the first woman to become Editor-in-Chief of which British newspaper?
Ans: The Guardian
22. Which eminent poet and lyricist who had his debut in the Malayalam movie "Sindooracheppu", passed away recently?
Ans: Yusuf Ali Kechery
23. What is this year's theme for World Water Day (March 22)?
Ans: 'Water and Sustainable Development"
24. The Sri Lankan Government has awarded Field Marshal Title to which former Army Chief of the country?
Ans: Sarath Fonseka
25. Who has been selected for Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014?
Ans: Sashi Kapoor
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