Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

31. Which top populous country recorded over 15% dip in registered births year on year?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Indonesia
[D] Pakistan

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32. Which organisation has signed MoU with the IISc to create Joint Advanced Technology Program–Center of Excellence?
[A] ISRO
[B] DRDO
[C] BARC
[D] HAL

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33. Screenwriter and Academy award winner, Jean-Claude Carriere, who passed away recently, was from which country?
[A] Russia
[B] Italy
[C] France
[D] Scotland

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34. During the kharif marketing season, the Government has procured over 620 lakh tonnes of which food-grain?
[A] Wheat
[B] Paddy
[C] Maize
[D] Gram

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35. What is the name of the scheme, launched by Dept. of Science and Technology to encourage girls in STEM field?
[A] Vigyan Prasar
[B] Nai Roshni
[C] Nai Udaan
[D] Vigyan Jyoti

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36. Which country records the world’s highest number of Road crash deaths?
[A] United States
[B] Indonesia
[C] India
[D] Pakistan

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37. India is to provide over Rs 89 million to which country, for restoration and conservation of cultural heritage sites?
[A] Sri Lanka
[B] Nepal
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Myanmar

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38. Union Textile Minister launched a commercial seed distribution scheme of which seed?
[A] Cotton
[B] Jute
[C] Coconut
[D] Cannabis

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39. Who is the head of the committee formed by the RBI to study the consolidation of urban cooperative banks?
[A] Michael D Patra
[B] N S Vishvanathan
[C] B P Kanungo
[D] Usha Thorat

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40. ‘e-Chhawani portal’, which was making news recently, was launched by which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Defence
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

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