Current Affairs Quiz - February 2022

21. ’SMILE’ is a Central Sector scheme launched by which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
[B] Ministry of Education
[C] Ministry of MSME
[D] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

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22. ‘Indian National Women’s Day’ is observed every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of which personality?
[A] Savitribhai Phule
[B] Fatima Sheikh
[C] Sarojini Naidu
[D] Annie Besant

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23. India signed agreement with UN World Food Program for distribution of wheat to which country?
[A] Maldives
[B] Afghanistan
[C] Syria
[D] Sri Lanka

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24. ‘Medaram Jatara’ is a fair celebrated in which Indian state?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Telangana
[C] Gujarat
[D] Bihar

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25. Asteroid (130) Elektra, which was seen in the news, is known for which feature?
[A] First quadruple asteroid
[B] Largest Asteroid
[C] Nearest Asteroid to Earth
[D] Hottest Asteroid

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26. Which Ministry of India organised the ‘International workshop on combating marine pollution’ with Australia and Singapore?
[A] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
[B] Ministry of Earth Science
[C] Ministry of Power
[D] Ministry of Coal

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27. Who is the head of the Apex Committee that will guide the G-20 Secretariat established in India?
[A] Minister of External Affairs
[B] Prime Minister
[C] Minister of Home Affairs
[D] Minister of Finance

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28. Which institution developed a Programming Language “A Tensor Language” (ATL), for High-Performance Computers?
[A] IIT Bombay
[B] Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[C] Oxford University
[D] Indian Institute of Science

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29. Crimson Rose, which was seen in the news recently, belongs to which species?
[A] Flower
[B] Butterfly
[C] Panda
[D] Snake

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30. Who has been appointed as India’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC)?
[A] G Ashok Kumar
[B] Ajit Doval
[C] Hari Kumar
[D] Karambir Singh

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