Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 16th February 2022

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1) Who among the following has delivered the inaugural address at TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit?

(a) Ram Nath Kovind

(b) Narendra Modi

(c)Amit Shah

(d)Ashwini Vaishnaw

(e) Rajeev Chandrasekhar

2) Punaura Dhamhas been included under PRASHAD Scheme by the Ministry of Tourism. This is proposed by which state government?

(a) Haryana

(b)Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

(e) Odisha

3) Which organization has reported COVID-19 Medical Waste Poses Threat to Environment & Health?

(a) United Nations Environment Programme

(b) World Health Organization

(d) United Nations Children’s Fund

(e) CARE International

4) In which place of Madhya Pradesh the Camp for free Assistive Devices distribution has organized for Divyangjan and Senior Citizens?

(a)Tikamgarh

(b) Indore

(d)Sagar

(e) Bhopal

5) The Government has banned _________ Chinese applications that posing threat to national security.

(a) 52

(b)54

(d) 57

(e) 59

6) The National Health Authority has announced the integration of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with which of the following Application?

(a) Google Fit

(b) Co – Win

(d) Healthfy Me

(e) My Lab Coviself

7) The American cyber security firm Sentinel One has released a report on ___________that allegedly incriminating evidence on the personal devices.

(a) Modified Tiger

(b) Modified Lion

(d) Modified Deer

(e) Modified Elephant

8) Which country has become the 1st Country to Allow Drones Flight in Civilian Airspace?

(a) Iran

(b) Iraq

(d) Israel

(e) China

9) The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked which Shipyard for defrauding 28 banks to the tune of Rs 22,842 crore?

(a) Cochin Shipyard Limited

(b) ABG Shipyard

(d)Mazagon Dock Limited

(e) San Marine Ship Yard

10) Which among the following Bank has launched Agri Infinity programto co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem?

(a) Yes Bank

(b)Bandhan Bank

(d) HDFC bank

(e) ICICI Bank

11) Who has been recently resigned as the Chairman of Supreme Court appointed Char Dham Panel?

(a)Nirmal Kumar

(b)Mukesh Sharma

(d) Ravi Chopra

(e)Sushil Chopra

12) IlkerAyci has been appointed as the Chief executive officer and Managing Director of which airlines?

(a) Air Asia

(b)Vistara

(c)IndiGo

(d) Air India

(e)SpiceJet

13) Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been re-elected for second term as the president of which country?

(a) Italy

(b) France

(d) Argentina

(e) Switzerland

14) India has signed a MoU to hand over ___________ to United Nations World Food Programme in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

(a) Rice

(b) Wheat

(d) Tea Powder

(e)Bengal Gram

15) Which Organization has collaborated with Common Services Centre for the delivery of services to accelerate skill development in Rural areas?

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) Ministry of education

(d) University Grants Commission

(e) National Skill Development Corporation

16) India would show case its indigenously developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft at _________ Airshow.

(a) Malaysia

(b) France

(d) Vietnam

(e) Thailand

17) Which network and SES have formed a joint venture for offering satellite-based broadband service in India?

(a)Airtel

(b) BSNL

(d) Vodafone Idea

(e) TATA Docomo

18) ISRO has successfully launched the Earth Observation Satellite with 2 co-passengers. Which among the following is not true about it?

(a)ISRO successfully launched its earth observation satellite EOS-4, INSPIREsat-1 and INST-2TD

(b) The PSLV-C52 launch was the 80th launch vehicle mission.

(d) This satellites were injected successfully into a sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 km.

(e) The Satellite weighs around 1710 kg and generates 2280 W power and has a mission life of 10 years.

19) The Bank of Baroda has to acquire __________ % of state from Union Bank’s stake in India First Life Insurance.

(a) 21%

(b) 22%

(d) 24%

(e) 25%

20) Which among the following private bank has all set to buy Citigroup India retail banking business?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(d) DBS Bank

(e) HSBC Bank

21) The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has identified a New Carangid Species ‘Scomberoidespelagicus’ from Indian Coast. This fish is locally known as__________________.

(a)Mathi Meta

(b) Sal vatta

(d) Queen Viral

(e)Pola Vatta

22) Rishabh Pant has won ESPN cricinfo ‘Test Batting Award’ 2021. Who among the following won the Captain of the year award?

(a)Eoin Morgan

(b) Kane Williamson

(c)Virat Kohli

(d) Babar Azam

(e) Aaron Finch

23) Who among the following have become the youngest women in Indian to win Odisha Open badminton tournament?

(a)Smit Toshniwal

(b)Aditi Bhatt

(c)Tasnim Mir

(d)Unnati Hooda

(e)Treesa Jolly

24) International Olympic Committee has approved 28 sports in the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. 2028 summer Olympics is going to be take place in which city?

(a) Paris

(b)London

(d) Los Vages

(e) Brisbane

25) Mithali Raj has secured Second Rank in ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings. Who is topped the list?

(a) Meg Lanning

(b) Alyssa Healy

(d) Tammy Beaumont

(e)Smirti Mandhana

26) China has defended the choice of who as the Olympics torchbearer in 2022 Beijing winter Olympics?

(a) Zhou Yongkang

(b) Liu Yandong

(d) Hu Jintao

(e) Lee Lai Shan

27) Daryl Mitchell has won ICC’s ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award. He belongs to which country?

(a) New Zealand

(b) England

(d) Ireland

(e) West Indies

28) A book titled, ‘India, That is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution’ has been authored by J Sai Deepak. This book is published by________________.

(a) Harper Collins Publishers

(b) MacMillan India

(c)Penguin Random House

(d)National Book Trust

(e) Bloomsbury India

29) A book titled ‘How to Prevent the Next Pandemic’ has been authored by whom among the following?

(a)Elon Musk

(b) Jeff Bezos

(d) Warren Buffet

(e) Larry Page

30) Christos Sartzetakis died at the age of 92. He is the former president of which country?

(a) France

(b) Greece

(d) Finland

(e) Canada

Answers :

1) Answer: B

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) World Sustainable Development Summit via video message.

The summit is TERIs annual flagship event and the theme for this year is Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future.

It will discuss a wide range of issues including climate change, sustainable production, energy transitions, global commons and resource security.

2) Answer: D

Ministry of Tourism has included PunauraDham in the Ramayana circuit of SwadeshDarshan Scheme.

The destination of PunauraDham has been recently included under PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism.

The PunauraDham has been included under the PRASHAD Scheme (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

This was proposed by the State government of Bihar.

3) Answer: B

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the huge amount of medical waste produced as a result of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to human and environmental health.

The extra waste is threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices.

As countries tried to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to cope with the crisis, it appears not much attention is given to disposing off COVID-19 health care waste safely and sustainably, according to WHO.

The report looked at the 1.5 billion units approximately 87,000 tons of PPE procured between March 2020 and November 2021 through the UN system.

According to the report, most of the equipment ended up as waste.

4) Answer: A

1571 Divyangjan and Senior Citizens got free of cost Assistive Devices in a distribution camp organized in Tikamgarh, MP

Indigenously developed “Sugamya” Cane for Visually Impaired and ‘Swavlamban Kendra Container’ for skill development training and repairing centre launched at Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh.

Tikamgarh (M.P) Camp for distribution of aids and assistive devices to Divyangjan’ under the ADIP Scheme and to Senior citizens under ‘RashtriyaVayoshriYojana’ (RVY Scheme) of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India was organized by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) in association with ALIMCO

5) Answer: B

Government has banned 54 Chinese apps posing threat to national security.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued the list of banned apps.

These include Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera, Equalizer & Bass Booster, CamCard for SalesForceEnt, Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite, Viva Video Editor, TencentXriver, Onmyoji Chess, Onmyoji Arena, AppLock and Dual Space Lite to name a few.

The list of 54 apps includes some of those that been had been banned by the government earlier but were rebranded and relaunched under new names.

6) Answer: C

The National Health Authority has announced the integration of its flagship Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with the AarogyaSetu app, allowing users to create the 14-digit unique Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers from the app.

This integration takes the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) number to the AarogyaSetu user base.

People can use their ABHA number to link their existing and new medical records, including doctor prescriptions, lab reports, hospital records and also share those with health professionals and health service providers.

7) Answer: E

American cybersecurity firm SentinelOne has released a report on ModifiedElephant, a hacking group that allegedly planted incriminating evidence on the personal devices of Indian journalists, human rights activists, human rights defenders, academics and lawyers.

ModifiedElephant maliciously targeted specific groups and individuals, including the activists arrested in the BhimaKoregaon case of 2018.

It operators have been infecting their targets using spear phishing emails with malicious file attachments over the last decade, with their techniques getting more sophisticated over time.

8) Answer: D

Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety has announced the country’s first certification for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) to operate in civilian airspace.

The certification was issued by the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to the Hermes Starliner unmanned system, which was developed and manufactured by Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense electronics company.

The Hermes Starliner, which has a wingspan of 17 meters and weighs 1.6 ton, can fly for up to 36 hours at an altitude of about 7,600 meters, and can carry an additional 450 kg of electro-optical, thermal, radar and other payloads.

9) Answer: B

ABG Shipyard Limited, one of India’s largest private sector shipyard firms, has been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for defrauding 28 banks to the tune of Rs 22,842 crore.

It is one of the biggest bank fraud (bigger than Punjab National Bank scam involving Nirav Modi and MehulChoksi) cases which the CBI will be investigating.

ABG shipyard owes Rs 2,925 crore to SBI, Rs 7,089 crore to ICICI Bank, Rs 3,634 crore to IDBI Bank, Rs 1,614 crore to Bank of Baroda, Rs 1,244 to PNB and Rs 1,228 crore to Indian Overseas Bank.

10) Answer: A

YES BANK announced the launch of an annual startup enabler program, YES BANK Agri Infinity, which seeks to co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem by mentoring entrepreneurial ventures in the field.

11) Answer: D

Environmentalist Ravi Chopra has resigned as chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Committee (HPC) for the Char Dham project.

In 2019, Chopra was appointed as chairman of the Supreme Courts High Powered Committee (HPC) to oversee an all-weather road widening project in Char Dham circuit.

12) Answer: D

Tata Sons appointed IlkerAyci as Chief executive officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Air India& he will assume his responsibilities on or before April 1, 2022.

Ayci was born in Istanbul in 1971.

He is a 1994 alumni of Bilkent University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

He carried out a research stay in political science at the Leeds University in the UK in 1995, he completed a Masters program in International Relations at the Marmara University in Istanbul in 1997.

13) Answer: C

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected for a second term of next five years (2022-2027) by a special parliamentary assembly.

The president was elected with a big majority by a special assembly made up of the members of parliament’s lower house and representatives of Germany’s 16 states.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier serving as President of Germany since 19 March 2017.

Before first becoming president in 2017, Steinmeier, 66, served two stints as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s foreign minister and earlier was chief of staff to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

14) Answer: B

India signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for the distribution of 50,000 MT of wheat that it has committed to sending to Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian assistance.

As per the MoU, the wheat will be taken through Pakistan to the Afghan border crossing and handed over to WFP officials in Kandahar beginning February 22.

The wheat will eventually be divided into five batches of 10,000 MT, to be distributed across the country on approximately 200 trucks that are run by WFP.

15) Answer: E

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Common Services Centers to collaborate for the delivery of services related to various skill development programmes to youth in rural and remote areas of the country.

Under the partnership, CSCs at the village level will act as a Skill Desk, creating awareness about the various available skill development programmes.

Registrations of the candidates will be carried out under the available programme for skill development training, along with the Aadhaar seeding of candidates and certificate distribution.

16) Answer: C

India will showcase its indigenously developed Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) at the four-day Singapore Air Show.

The defence ministry stated a 44-member contingent of the Indian Air Force (IAF) reached Singapore to participate in the air show to be held from February 15 to 18.

The Tejas aircraft will be enthralling the audience with its display of low-level aerobatics displaying its superior handling characteristics and manoeuvrability.

17) Answer: C

Reliance Jio has partnered with SES, a Luxembourg-based satellite solutions provider to form a new initiative Jio Space Technology Limited.

To deliver the next generation scalable and affordable broadband services in India by making use of satellite technology.

Jio and SES will own 51 percent and 49 percent each in the equity stake.The joint venture has entered into a multi-year capacity purchase agreement, based on certain milestones along with gateways and equipment purchase with total contract value of $100 million.

18) Answer: C

The Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) successfully launched its earth observation satellite EOS-4 and two co-passenger technology demonstrator and scientific satellites from the first launch pad at the country’s only spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Three satellites namely EOS-04, INSPIREsat-1 and INST-2TD were injected successfully into a sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 km.

The PSLV-C52 launch was the 80th launch vehicle mission fromSDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, 54th flight of PSLV and the 23rd flight of PSLV in XL configuration (6 strap-on motors).

The Satellite weighs around 1710 kg and generates 2280 W power and has a mission life of 10 years.

It is a radar imaging satellite capable of providing high-quality images under all weather conditions.

19) Answer: A

Bank of Baroda will acquire Union Bank of India’s 21% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company, a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India and Carmel Point Investments.

‘Right of First Offer’ (ROFO) made by Union Bank of India (UBI) to the existing shareholders of India First Life Insurance Company to divest 21% of its stake in the life insurance company and on completion of related processes under the shareholders agreement (SHA) and further.

IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company will continue to have long term agency distribution agreement with both banks (BOB and UBI), even after this stake sale.

20) Answer: C

Axis Bank Ltd. is nearing a deal to buy Citigroup Inc.’s India retail banking business in a transaction that could be valued at about $2.5 billion.

An agreement for the consumer unit may be announced as soon as the next few weeks and is contingent on approval from the Reserve Bank of India, asking not to be identified as the information is private.

The deal would include a cash component of less than $2 billion

21) Answer: E

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has identified a new carangid (Vatta) species from the Indian coast.

It belongs to the ‘queen fish’ group and is named scomberoidespelagicus’ The fish is locally known as polavatta.

The CMFRI confirmed it as a new species after detailed taxonomic and genetic analysis.

The new fish is distinct by deep ovate body, concave dorsal head profile and stout and less numerous gill rakers on the first gill arch compared to the closely related species

22) Answer: B

India’s dashing keeper-batter Rishabh Pant won top ‘Test batting’ prize for his series-winning knock of 89 against Australia in Brisbane last year while New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was adjudged ‘Captain of the Year’ at the 15th Edition ESPN cricinfo awards.

The Test bowling award went to Kyle Jamieson for his 5 for 31, which helped New Zealand become the first World Test champions.

Williamson, who was up against ViratKohli, Babar Azam and Aaron Finch for the award, won it for leading his side to the World Test Championship win and a runners-up place at the T20 World Cup

23) Answer: D

Teenager UnnatiHooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot SmitToshniwal in straight games to claim the women’s singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in men’s singles final of the $75,000 Odisha Open badminton tournament.

The 21-year-old George prevailed over PriyanshuRajawat 21-15 14-21 21-18 to clinch the men’s singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes.

Before that, the 14-year-old Unnati produced an excellent performance to emerge triumphant in her event.

Unnati won 21-18 21-11 to be crowned the Odisha Open champion for the first time.

24) Answer: C

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sanctioned the initial sports program for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

At least 28 sports have been approved for the program, including skateboarding, sport climbing, sailing and surfing.

The decision was made during the 139th Session of the IOC in Beijing.

While inclusion in the ‘core’ sport turns out to be a huge positive, doubts still prevail over the inclusion of boxing and weightlifting.

The 28 sports included in the initial sports program are athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, canoe and kayaking, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf and gymnastics.

Handball, hockey, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing, volleyball, surfing, skating, judo, wrestling, swimming, rugby, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, and sport climbing are the rest of the sports.

25) Answer: B

Mithali Raj has reached the no. 2 spot in the latest Women’s ODI Batting Rankings released by ICC, ahead of the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.

Mithali Raj has a total of 738 points to her credit and sits second to Australian player Alyssa Healy with 750 points.

Alongside Mithali, opener SmirtiMandhana is the only other Indian player to find herself in the top 10 rankings.

As per the latest rankings, Mandhana sits sixth on the list with a total of 710 points to her credit.

Mandhana was recently awarded the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021 for her brilliant performances for the Women in Blue across all formats.

26) Answer: C

China defended choosing a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) regiment commander who fought in the Galwan clash as an Olympics torchbearer, a move that led India to carry out a diplomatic boycott of the games in Beijing.

Qi Fabao, who was regiment commander and later received military honours after sustaining a head injuryin the June 15, 2020 clash, was among the 1,200 torchbearers who took part in last week’s relay, two days before the opening of the Winter Olympic Games on February 4.

27) Answer: A

New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell was named the recipient of 2021’s ICC ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award for not taking an easy single during the T20 World Cup semifinal against England as he felt he had “obstructed” the way of bowler Adil Rashid in that moment.

Mitchell won the award for his gesture during the game in Abu Dhabi on November 10 last year, which New Zealand won by five wickets.

Mitchell is the fourth New Zealand player to win the award, following in the footsteps of Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson.

28) Answer: E

A Trilogy book series titled, ‘India, that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution’ is authored by J Sai Deepak and published by Bloomsbury India.

The 1st part was released on 15th August 2021, is set to launch the 2nd part in June 2022.

Whereas, the 3rd and last parts will be released in June 2023.

It highlights how colonialism changes the socio-religious culture, history, education, language and racial patterns in India.

29) Answer: C

A book titled ‘How to Prevent the Next Pandemic’ has authored by Bill Gates will be published this year in May 3rd, 2022.

The book, to be published by Penguin Random House internationally and Knopf in the US

In the book Bill Gates has written about specific steps that can only stop future pandemics but, in the process, provide better health care for everyone around the world.

A new book by Bill Gates that lays out a clear plan to prevent future pandemics

30) Answer: B

Former Greek President Christos Sartzetakis, a judge widely respected for resisting pressure from military dictators who ultimately imprisoned him without trial in the late 1960s, has died. He was 92.

Sartzetakis had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Athens’ Laiko hospital and died of respiratory failure

Born in April 1929, Sartzetakis held the largely ceremonial post of president of Greece from 1985-1990, a politically tumultuous time in the country.

He was nominated as president by the socialist PASOK party in 1985, and served in that position until May 1990.

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