Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

21. What is the percentage of Women representation of board seats in India in 2021, as per ‘Women in the Boardroom report’?
[A] 4.1
[B] 7.1
[C] 17.1
[D] 27.1

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22. ‘Baal Swaraj portal’ is associated with which institution?
[A] Pratham Foundation
[B] National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
[C] Amnesty International
[D] National Human Rights Commission

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23. The India-US bilateral goods trade crossed which milestone recently?
[A] USD 10 billion
[B] USD 50 billion
[C] USD 100 billion
[D] USD 500 billion

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24. Which disorder is caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone, resulting in increased height?
[A] Acromegaly
[B] Cushing’s Syndrome
[C] Graves’ Disease
[D] Addison’s Disease

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25. The new Group ‘A’ Central service ‘IRMS’ stands for?
[A] Indian Recruitment Management System
[B] Indian Railway Management System
[C] Indian Regional Management System
[D] Indian Research Management System

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26. When is the ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science’ observed every year?
[A] February 6
[B] February 8
[C] February 11
[D] February 14

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27. Which Union Ministry is associated with ‘Digital Sky’ platform?
[A] Ministry of Defence
[B] Ministry of Civil Aviation
[C] Ministry of Electronics and IT
[D] Ministry of MSME

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28. Which country launched the ‘High Ambition Coalition on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction’
[A] India
[B] France
[C] USA
[D] UK

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29. Luc Montagnier, who passed away recently, won Nobel Prize for Medicine for which discovery?
[A] Human Immunodeficiency Virus
[B] Ebola
[C] Chikungunya
[D] Rotavirus

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30. What is the rank of India in the 2021 Democracy Index report?
[A] 32
[B] 46
[C] 52
[D] 85

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