Current Affairs : 09 February to 15 February, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

CURRENT AFFAIRS

09 FEBRUARY, 2021 TO 15 FEBRUARY, 2021

1. Who has won the Allan Border Medal at the Australian Cricket Awards for the period 2020-21?

(a) Pat Cummins

(b) Steve Smith

(c) David Warner

(d) Mitchell Starc

Answer: (b)

2. Who has won the Belinda Clark Award at the Australian Cricket Awards for the period 2020-21?

(a) Meg Lanning

(b) Alyssa Healy

(c) Ellyse Perry

(d) Beth Mooney

Answer: (d)

3. Which state government has introduced a system of issuing a unique 16-digit Unicode to mark all kinds of landholdings in the state to check the cases of land disputes and put an end to fake registries of the disputed land and save people from falling into the trap of fraudsters?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Assam

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Odisha

Answer: (c)

4. Which state government has launched the Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (‘SAANS’) campaign?

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Tripura

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (d)

5. Which state government issued an official gazette notification to declare Vijayanagara as the 31st district of the state?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Kerala

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (a)

6. Meghalaya Police has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which of the following for implementation of the e-Challan within the jurisdiction of the Shillong Traffic Police (STP)?

(a) Vijaya Bank

(b) Bank of Baroda

(c) State Bank of India

(d) United Bank of India

Answer: (c)

7. Which state government has launched a water conservation campaign called ‘Jalabhishekam’, under which more than 57,000 water structures has been constructed?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Gujarat

Answer: (b)

8. Which of the following has put a probe called Hope in the orbit around the MARS and became the fifth country to launch the spacecraft into the orbit of MARS after United States, Soviet Union, Europe and India?

(a) Qatar

(b) Kuwait

(c) Saudi Arabia

(d) United Arab Emirates

Answer: (d)

9. Which of the following conducted a successful test firing of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Babar’ on February 11, 2021?

(a) Bangladesh Army

(b) Afghan National Army

(c) Islamic Republic of Iran Army

(d) Pakistan Army

Answer: (d)

10. Which of the following has partnered with Axis Bank on a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) multi-bank model to provide its users with the option to create and use multiple UPI IDs with Axis Bank’s “@axl” handle?

(a) PhonPe

(b) Paytm

(c) Freecharge

(d) MobiKwik

Answer: (a)

11. Who is the author of the book titled ‘By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life’?

(a) Ram Nath Kovind

(b) Manmohan Singh

(c) Mohammad Hamid Ansari

(d) Àmit Shah

Answer: (c)

12. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Platform Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World’?

(a) Geoffrey Parker

(b) Marshall Van Alstyne

(c) Geoffrey G Parker

(d) Sangeet Paul Choudhary

Answer: (d)

13. Who has won the first prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award Contest?

(a) Chandler Powell, United States

(b) Robert Irwin, Australia

(c) Paul Nicklen, Canada

(d) Kalyan Varma, India

Answer: (b)

14. Which film has won “Tiger” award, at the 50th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021?

(a) Kabadadaari

(b) Kalathil Santhippom

(c) Koozhangal

(d) Eeswaran

Answer: (c)

15. Who has been crowned as the winner of VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020?

(a) Manasa Varanasi

(b) Manika Sheokand

(c) Manya Singh

(d) Khushi Misra

Answer: (a)

16. Who has become the first player in history to score a double century in his 100th Test match?

(a) Steve Smith

(b) Virat Kohli

(c) Joe Root

(d) Rohit Sharma

Answer: (c)

17. When is World Unani Day observed?

(a) 10 February

(b) 11 February

(c) 12 February

(d) 13 February

Answer: (b)

18. When is Samarpan Diwas observed on the occasion of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’ death anniversary?

(a) 11 February

(b) 13 February

(c) 15 February

(d) 17 February

Answer: (a)

19. When is World Pulses Day observed?

(a) 06 February

(b) 08 February

(c) 10 February

(d) 12 February

Answer: (c)

20. When is National Women’s Day observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu?

(a) 07 February

(b) 09 February

(c) 11 February

(d) 13 February

Answer: (d)