Current Affairs : 16 February to 22 February, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

CURRENT AFFAIRS

16 FEBRUARY, 2021 TO 22 FEBRUARY, 2021

1. Maharashtra government has signed an MoU with which of the following to promote wooden toys, local artefacts, handicrafts?

(a) Amazon

(b) Flipkart

(c) Snapdeal

(d) Myntra

Answer: (b)

2. Who has been conferred the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award?

(a) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

(b) Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

(c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

(d) Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister of Assam

Answer: (a)

3. Which state government has launched “Maa” canteens for providing subsidised cooked meals for the poor and the destitute at a nominal cost of ₹5?

(a) Odisha

(b) Tripura

(c) Maharashtra

(d) West Bengal

Answer: (d)

4. Who has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy on 12 February 2021?

(a) Jean Castex

(b) Angela Dorothea Merkel

(c) Mario Draghi

(d) Pedro Sánchez

Answer: (c)

5. Which of the following has extended the “New START” nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia for a period of five years?

(a) United States

(b) United Kingdom

(c) Sweden

(d) Canada

Answer: (a)

6. Which of the following has overtaken the United States (US) as the biggest trading partner of the European Union (EU) in 2020, according to the data by the European Union statistics agency, Eurostat?

(a) India

(b) Japan

(c) China

(d) Mexico

Answer: (c)

7. Which of the following has inked an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) to collaborate in the area of cyber security?

(a) Wipro

(b) Infosys

(c) IBM

(d) HCL Technologies

Answer: (d)

8. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which of the following to support the development, conduct and promotion of health research in India?

(a) Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

(b) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

(c) Rockefeller Foundation

(d) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Answer: (b)

9. Who is the author of the book titled “The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News”?

(a) Nidhi Dugar Kundalia

(b) Ira Trivedi

(c) Kanishk Tharoor

(d) Meghna Pant

Answer: (d)

10. Who is the author of the novel titled ‘ASOCA: A Sutra’?

(a) Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan

(b) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar

(c) Irwin Allan Sealy

(d) Vijaypal Singh

Answer: (c)

11. Which of the following e-commerce company has partnered with ICICI Lombard to offer its customers the ‘Group SafeGuard’ insurance, a group health insurance policy?

(a) Flipkart

(b) Amazon

(c) Snapdeal

(d) Tata Cliq

Answer: (a)

12. Who has been sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court at Raj Bhavan, Imphal?

(a) Sudhanshu Dhulia

(b) Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar

(c) T. B. Radhakrishnan

(d) Vikram Nath

Answer: (b)

13. Who among the following became the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the United Nations Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council?

(a) Shivshankar Menon

(b) Brajesh Mishra

(c) Ajay Maken

(d) Ajai Malhotra

Answer: (d)

14. Who among the following has won the Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award, 2020 instituted by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation?

(a) Vijay Antony

(b) Meera Kathiravan

(c) S. Theodore Baskaran

(d) K. Ullas Karanth

Answer: (c)

15. Which of the following has been recognized as a 2020 Tree City of World by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Arbor Day Foundation, for its commitment to growing and maintaining urban forests?

(a) Guwahati

(b) New Delhi

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Pune

Answer: (c)

16. Which of the following has launched a Transformer-like robocar dubbed as TIGER X-1, that can travel over the most challenging terrains on the Earth as well as on other planets?

(a) Toyota

(b) Hyundai Motor Company

(c) Nissan

(d) Volkswagen

Answer: (b)

17. When is World Day of Social Justice observed?

(a) 16 February

(b) 18 February

(c) 20 February

(d) 22 February

Answer: (c)

18. When is World Pangolin Day observed?

(a) 1st Saturday of February every year

(b) 2nd Saturday of February every year

(c) 3rd Saturday of February every year

(d) 4th Saturday of February every year

Answer: (c)

19. When is Soil Health Card Day observed?

(a) 19 February

(b) 20 February

(c) 21 February

(d) 22 February

Answer: (a)

20. Who is the Chief Minister of Jharkhand?

(a) Hemant Soren

(b) Shibu Soren

(c) Babulal Marandi

(d) Arjun Munda

Answer: (a)