Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2023

11. Parli Vaijnath Electrification Project, which was seen in the news, was undertaken in which state?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Assam
[D] Jammu and Kahmir

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12. NISAR is an Earth-observation satellite jointly developed by ISRO and which other country’s space agency?
[A] Japan
[B] USA
[C] Israel
[D] France

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13. Who is the only living Indian to win the Grammy Award thrice?
[A] A R Rahman
[B] Ricky Kej
[C] Resul Pookutty
[D] Babbu Mann

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14. Erzincan earthquake occurred in which country in 1939?
[A] USA
[B] Turkey
[C] Japan
[D] Philippines

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15. Which country is the host of the ‘International Marine Protected Areas Congress’ in 2023?
[A] Canada
[B] Australia
[C] Chile
[D] Argentina

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16. What is the name of the new classification of germs, like bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites, that are not easily killed by antibiotics?
[A] Micro-germs
[B] Super-bugs
[C] Ultra-bugs
[D] Future-bugs

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17. After the RBI Monetary Policy Statement announced in February 2023, what is the repo rate?
[A] 5.50 %
[B] 5.75 %
[C] 6.25 %
[D] 6.50 %

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18. Which Union Ministry launched the Mission Antyodaya Survey (MAS) 2022-23?
[A] Ministry of Rural Development
[B] Ministry of MSME
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Ministry of Agriculture

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19. Which is the first Fintech company to launch cross-border transaction facility through UPI?
[A] BharatPe
[B] Razorpay
[C] PhonePe
[D] PayTm

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20. What is the name of the exercise between National Security Guard (NSG) and US Special Operations Forces (SOF)?
[A] VIKAS
[B] TARKASH
[C] BHIM
[D] VIRAT

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