Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17 February 2021
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- Name the online portal launched by the Government to provide online civic services to residents of 62 Cantonment Boards
A) e-Basti
B) e-Chhawani
C) e-Samuh
D) e-Padaav
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Option B
Explanation:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently launched an online portal ‘e-Chhawani’ and mobile app, to facilitate ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing’ for the residents of the Cantonment Boards across the country. The ‘e-Chhawani’ portal will provide online municipal services to more than 20 lakh citizens across all 62 Cantonment Boards of India while sitting at home. The portal can be accessed at https://echhawani.gov.in/
- The foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial has been laid in which city by PM Modi recently?
A) Gorakhpur
B) Agra
C) Bahraich
D) Meerut
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Option C
Explanation:Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh on February 16, 2021, via video conference.
- Who has been appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the ‘United Nations Capital Development Fund’?
A) Preeti Sinha
B) Natasha Sahgal
C) Shrabani Deodhar
D) Vandana Gupte
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Option A
Explanation:The UN Capital Development Fund has appointed Indian-origin investment and development banker Preeti Sinha as its Executive Secretary, the highest leadership rank in the institution.She succeeds Judith Karl.
- Name the newly elected Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)
A) R K Pachauri
B) Darbari S Seth
C) Upendra Tripathy
D) Ajay Mathur
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Option D
Explanation:The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has elected Dr. Ajay Mathur as its new Director General on February 15, 2021, at the first special assembly of ISA members. He will take over the leadership of ISA on March 15, 2021.Dr. Mathur will replace Mr. Upendra Tripathy, who has served as Director-General since the inception of the ISA in 2015.
- Naman Ojha has announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket recently. He had represented which team in the Ranji Trophy?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Uttarakhand
D) Maharashtra
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Option A
Explanation:Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha has announced his retirement, from all formats of cricket on 15 February 2021. Ojha made his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh in 2000-01.
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A small experimental communication satellite Satish Dhawan Satellite (SD SAT) is scheduled to be launched on February 28, 2021 by ISRO. The nano-satellite has been developed by which company?
A) Pixxel
B) Skyroot Aerospace
C) SpaceKidz India
D) EARTH2ORBIT (E2O)
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Option C
Explanation:The Chennai-based SpaceKidz India, has developed the nanosatellite called Satish Dhawan Satellite, or SD SAT.The SD SAT, a 30x10x10cm cuboid, is an experimental communication satellite, to test the capabilities of LoRa(Long range) technology in Space.
- Justice (Retd.) M. Rama Jois, who has passed away recently has also served as the Governor of which state?
A) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
B) Bihar and Jharkhand
C) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
D) Haryana and Punjab
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Option B
Explanation:Noted jurist and a former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand, Justice (Retd.) M. Rama Jois has passed away, suffering from age-related ailments. He was 88-year-old.
- Which country was the biggest trading partner of the European Union (EU) in 2020, as per Eurostat data?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Japan
D) China
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Option D
Explanation:The People’s Republic of China has overtaken the United States (US) as the biggest trading partner of the European Union (EU) in 2020, according to the data by the European Union statistics agency, Eurostat. Britain, which left the European Union in 2020, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc, behind China and the United States.
- The President of India has appointed Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar as the Chief Justice of which High Court?
A) Sikkim
B) Manipur
C) Assam
D) Nagaland
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Option B
Explanation:Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar has been sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.
- The war veteran Major General (retired) Basant Kumar Mahapatra, known for participating in 1962 Indo-China war, and 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan war has passed away. He was from which state?
A) Goa
B) Maharashtra
C) Odisha
D) West Bengal
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Option C
Explanation:War veteran Major General (retired) Basant Kumar Mahapatra, who had participated in major battles including the 1962 Indo-China war, and 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan war, has passed away. He was 87. Hailing from Bhubaneswar in Odisha, Mahapatra was commissioned into armoured corps (Tanks) of the Indian Army as a Combat Officer and was popularly known as ‘Tank Man’.
- PM Modi has recently inaugurated the development work of Chittaura Lake in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) West Bengal
D) Tamil Nadu
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Option A
Explanation:PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the development work of Chittaura Lake in Bahraich, UP.
