Daily Current Affairs/ GK based questions and answers
The latest current affairs are very important for competitive examinations conducted across the country. Important from the point of view of competitive examinations are the following headlines of February 22, 2021. Please read the quiz given below for Current Affairs asked from General Knowledge topic. Static GK based questions and answers
Q1. Which of the following Union
Minister, has launched the Intensified
Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0?
a) Narendra Singh Tomar
b) Dr. Harshvardhan
c) Nitin Gadkari
d) Jitendra Singh
Answer. (B) Dr. Harshwardhan
Q2. CSIR signed an MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to promote which of the following?
a) Health Research
b) The National Informatics Centre
c) Indian Space Research Organization
d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Answer. (A) Health Research
Q3. Which country has decided to register Himalayan pink salt as Geographical Indications (GI)?
a) Iraq
b) Sri Lanka
c) Israel
d) Pakistan
Answer. (D) Pakistan
Q4. Name the Union Minister who
recently launched the ‘Go Electric
Campaign’?
a) Nitin Gadkari
b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
c) Piyush Goyal
d) Rajnath Singh
Answer. (A) Nitin Gadkari
Q5. Recently, which Indian city is
recognised as “Tree City of the World-
2020”?
a) Patna
b) Hyderabad
c) Jaipur
d) Chennai
Answer. (B) Hyderabad
Q6. Which Indian organisation has received the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 awarded by
the United Nations Environment Programme?
a) Central Pollution Control Board
b) Central Statistical Organization
c) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
d) Inland Waterways Authority of India
Answer. (C) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
Q7. Recently, who has been felicitated
with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for
the Most Versatile Actor?
a) Amitabh Bachcha
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Manoj Kumar
d) Kay Kay Menon
Answer. (D) Kay Kay Menon
Q8. DRDO successfully test fires Helina,
Dhruvastra anti-tank guided missiles
from which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Nagaland
Answer. (C) Rajasthan
Q9. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
inaugurated Atal Paryavaran
Bhavan at which place?
a) Lakshadweep
b) Delhi
c) Odisha
d) Telangana
Answer. (A) Lakshadweep
Q10. Which state has sanctioned ₹9 crore for the conversion of conventional
anganwadis into “smart” anganwadis?
a) Kerala
b) Meghalaya
c) Telangana
d) Rajasthan
Answer. (A) Kerala