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In March 2026, the foundation stone of the Kota–Bundi Greenfield Airport was laid. At which place is it being built?
Answer: (3) Shambhupura
Explanation
The foundation stone was laid at Shambhupura in Kota on 7 March 2026; the airport will serve the Hadoti region.
In March 2026, Rajasthan became the first state to sign an MoU under the new guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. With which Union Ministry was it signed?
Answer: (1) Ministry of Jal Shakti
Explanation
The MoU was signed on 17 March 2026 with the Ministry of Jal Shakti in New Delhi, in the presence of Union Minister C.R. Paatil.
The Disturbed Areas Bill, 2026, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly in March 2026, is modelled on a 1991 law of which state?
Answer: (4) Gujarat
Explanation
The Rajasthan Bill is modelled on the Gujarat Disturbed Areas Act of 1991; property transfers in notified areas need government permission.
In March 2026, Rajasthan Diwas was celebrated on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada instead of 30 March. On which date did it fall?
Answer: (2) 19 March
Explanation
Rajasthan Diwas 2026 was celebrated on 19 March, Chaitra Shukla Pratipada; Greater Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949.
The two-child bar for contesting panchayat and municipal elections, removed by Bills passed in the Rajasthan Assembly's budget session that ended in March 2026, was introduced in 1995 under which Chief Minister?
Answer: (3) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Explanation
The norm was brought in in 1995 under Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and was removed through the Panchayati Raj and Municipalities (Amendment) Bills, 2026, passed in March 2026.
Rajasthan's Semiconductor Policy 2026, released in March 2026, plans dedicated semiconductor corridors in which region, among other clusters?
Answer: (2) Jodhpur–Pali–Marwar
Explanation
The policy names Jodhpur–Pali–Marwar for semiconductor corridors and offers 100% electricity duty exemption for seven years.
In March 2026, the Supreme Court for the first time applied its 2018 passive euthanasia guidelines to an individual, Harish Rana. Which hospital was directed to admit him to its palliative care unit?
Answer: (1) AIIMS, New Delhi
Explanation
On 11 March 2026 the bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan directed AIIMS, New Delhi to admit him for a planned withdrawal of life support.
In March 2026, the Union Cabinet extended the Jal Jeevan Mission and raised its total outlay to Rs 8.69 lakh crore. Up to when was the mission extended?
Answer: (4) December 2028
Explanation
The Cabinet on 10 March 2026 extended JJM to December 2028, with central assistance of Rs 3.59 lakh crore.
Who was the chief guest at the 11th Raisina Dialogue held in New Delhi in March 2026?
Answer: (3) Alexander Stubb, President of Finland
Explanation
Finland's President Alexander Stubb was chief guest at the Raisina Dialogue held from 5 to 7 March 2026.
Mojtaba Khamenei, named by Iran's Assembly of Experts in March 2026, is which Supreme Leader of Iran since the 1979 revolution?
Answer: (2) Third
Explanation
He is the third, after Ruhollah Khomeini and his father Ali Khamenei, and was named on 8 March 2026.
In March 2026, which country announced a ban on social media accounts for children under 16, the first such restriction in Southeast Asia?
Answer: (4) Indonesia
Explanation
Indonesia announced the ban on 6 March 2026 and began enforcing it in phases from 28 March.
The Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA), approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2026, provides for:
Answer: (1) 100 plug-and-play industrial parks; Rs 33,660 crore
Explanation
Approved on 18 March 2026, BHAVYA has Rs 33,660 crore for 100 parks, implemented through NICDC under DPIIT.
According to IQAir's World Air Quality Report 2025, released in March 2026, which city was the most polluted in the world?
Answer: (2) Loni
Explanation
Loni in Uttar Pradesh topped the list with an annual PM2.5 average of 112.5 µg/m³; India was the 6th most polluted country.
How many medals did India win to top the World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in New Delhi in March 2026?
Answer: (3) 208
Explanation
India won 208 medals (75 gold, 69 silver, 64 bronze) with its largest-ever squad of 219 athletes.
Who was awarded the 2026 Abel Prize, announced in March 2026, for work in arithmetic geometry including the Mordell conjecture?
Answer: (4) Gerd Faltings
Explanation
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters named Gerd Faltings of Germany on 19 March 2026; he proved the Mordell conjecture in 1983.