Current Affairs Quiz: February 18 & 19, 2024
- First helicopter emergency medical service to be launched from which state?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Tamil Nadu
E) Assam
- MSME Minister Narayan Rane unveiled a special initiative targeted at Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs), exempted from GST obligations to secure interest-free loans up to which limit?
A) 5 lakh
B) 15 lakh
C) 20 lakh
D) 25 lakh
E) None of the above
- The Ministry of Finance has released loans worth which amount to 28 states under the Scheme for ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment’?
A) Rs 66,745 crore
B) Rs 60000 crore
C) Rs 56340 crore
D) Rs 35456crore
E) None of the above
- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy laid foundation stone for Ramji Gond Memorial Freedom Fighters Museum. Where is the Museum located?
A) Kolkata
B) Hyderabad
C) Shillong
D) Guwahati
E) Lucknow
- Union Minister Anurag Thakur said 45 crore Jan Dhan accounts have accumulated 2.1 lakh crore rupees so far. Inaugurating the 2024 Annual Government and Institutional Business Meet of the Federal Bank. Where was the inauguration held?
A) Jaipur
B) Chennai
C) Udaipur
D) Lucknow
E) Delhi
- Who constituted Committee to draft guidelines to address the issue of pesky/promotional or unsolicited commercial calls received by the consumers?
A) Supreme court
B) High court Allahabad
C) Sate government, UP
D) Centre
E) Department of Consumer Affairs
- The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) are expected to receive about ₹3 lakh crore in total contributions in 2024-25, This is how much % more from this fiscal year?
A) 5%
B) 12%
C) 10%
D) 8%
E) None of the above
- First ‘child-friendly police station’ was inaugurated in which state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Uttarakhand
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Karnataka
E) None of the above
- Where did 11th International Puppet Festival kicked off?
A) Assam
B) Kolkata
C) Chandigarh
D) New Delhi
E) None of the above
- Which state government signed MoU with e-learning platform edX to offer higher education courses to youth of the state?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Uttarakhand
E) None of the above
- Department of Fisheries signed an MoU with which platform to promote digital marketing of fishes and other aquatic produce?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) Flipkart
C) Piramal Foundation
D) Open Network for Digital Commerce
E) None of the above
- In Feb 2024, with which country did India conclude seven agreements, including a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), International Framework Agreement on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and memorandum of understanding (MoU) on port infrastructure development, power trade, linking digital payment platforms like UPI, credit and debit cards, among others.
A) France
B) UAE
C) Russia
D) Columbia
E) UK
- India with which country signed MoU on Cooperation in the field of Sharing Successful Digital Solutions Implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation?
A) Nepal
B) Bhutan
C) Bangladesh
D) Colombia
E) None of the above
- Unemployment rate declined to 6.5% in Q3FY24. Female labour force participation roses to what percent as per Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation?
A) 35%
B) 30%
C) 20%
D) 15%
E) 25%
- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in its latest interim economic outlook released, raised India’s growth outlook for 2024-25 (FY25) by what percent?
A) 6.2%
B) 5.8%
C) 7.22%
D) 4.8%
E) None of the above
- Tata with which company will explore a strategic alliance aimed at boosting traffic volumes and engagement on Tata’s digital platform?
A) Ola
B) Uber
C) Hero
D) Hundai
E) None of the above
- The Indian football team dropped to which rank in the FIFA rankings, the worst in seven years, after the recent debacle in the AFC Asian Cup, where it lost all its three group matches?
A) 123rd
B) 65th
C) 119th
D) 121st
E) 117th
- What is the name of a 100-year-old diver from the Islamic Republic of Iran who made waves at the Diving World Championships in Doha?
A) Taghi Askar
B) Samuel Lee
C) Joaquín Capilla
D) Bob Webster
E) None of the above
- Indian Chamber of Commerce appointed whom as UAE chief representative?
A) Manoj Pande
B) N K Singh
C) Sharad Bhandari
D) R. Hari Kumar
E) None of the above
- Who got elected as new president of Indonesia?
A) Ebrahim Raisi
B) Joko Widodo
C) Prabowo Subianto
D) Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani
E) None of the above
- Which bank got the ‘Best Technology Bank’ of the year award?
A) South Indian Bank
B) Bank of India
C) Bank of Baroda
D) Bank of Maharashtra
E) None of the above
- Who got selected for 58th Jnanpith Award?
A) Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
B) Gulzar
C) Both A) and B)
D) Mehndi Hasan
E) None of the above
- ISRO successfully launched next generation weather satellite INSAT-3DS from which place?
A) Sriharikota
B) Jaipur
C) Kanpur
D) Kolkata
E) Bengaluru
- Jain seer Acharya Vidhyasagar Maharaj passed away at which place?
A) Chandigarh
B) Delhi
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Hisar
E) None of the above