Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

21. Which global bloc is associated with the ‘Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’?
[A] BRICS
[B] G-20
[C] G-7
[D] ASEAN

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22. Which institution announced a new partnership under SAMRIDH initiative, along with USAID?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Health and Family Welfare Ministry
[C] UN Women
[D] Women’s Global Empowerment Fund

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23. The National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCOE-CCU) has been established at which institution?
[A] DRDO
[B] IIT- Bombay
[C] IISc- Bengaluru
[D] ISRO

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24. 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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25. Which country has devised an AI-based algorithm to identify potentially habitable planets?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] UK
[D] Russia

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26. ‘World Pulses Day’ is celebrated every year on which date?
[A] February 6
[B] February 8
[C] February 10
[D] February 12

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27. Australia has recently designated which species as ‘Endangered’?
[A] Panda
[B] Koala
[C] Kangaroo
[D] Sloth

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28. ‘PM KUSUM’ Scheme is associated with which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Power
[B] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
[C] Ministry of Agriculture
[D] Ministry of Rural Development

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29. Which institution launched agro ecology-based programme named ‘JIVA’?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] NABARD
[C] ICAR
[D] CSIR

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30. 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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