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1) Who was recently selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2014?


Ans-Veerappa Moily


2) Union Health Ministry recently announced Safe Motherhood Day to be observed on?

Ans-March 8

3) New schemes PRASAD and SWADESH DARSHAN were recently launched by the government to promote ____ in the country?

Ans-Tourism

4) After a gap of over 20 years, Re 1 note has been released in the country on 6 March 2015 by 
Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi. The new Rs.1 note bears the signature of?

Ans-Finance Secretary

5) Former Union minister and senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily was recently selected for the 
prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2014 for his famous Kannada poem?

Ans-Ramayana Mahanveshanam

6) Walmart India has recently appointed whom as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?

Ans-Ashwin Mittal

7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched India's first indigenously developed rotavirus 
vaccine Rotavac. This vaccine protects children from which disease?

Ans-Diarrhea

8) As per recent reports, which country overtook India in 2014 as the world’s biggest importer of 
defence equipment?

Ans-Saudi Arabia

9) Name the solar-powered plane which started its historic 35,000-km round-the-world journey from 
Abu Dhabi on 9 March 2015?

Ans- Solar Impulse - 2

10) Which state government on 8 March 2015 launched 'Bhagyashree' scheme in place of the Sukanya scheme which caters to girls from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families?

Ans-Maharashtra