Current Affairs Quiz – February 16 2021

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Current Affairs Quiz – February 16 2021

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1. Who has been elected as the new Director-General of the International Solar Alliance?
a) Dr. Ajay Mathur
b) Upendra Tripathy
c) Arun Kumar
d) Madhur Dipankar

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Answer a) Dr. Ajay Mathur.

2. Who has been appointed as new chief of World Trade Organisation?
a) Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala
b) Yoo Myung-hee
c) Kristalina Georgieva
d) Jim Yong Kim

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Answer a) Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala.Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala has took over the position of next Chief of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

3. Tata Electronics has signed an MoU with which state government to establish its facility for manufacture of mobile components?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala

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Answer a) Tamil Nadu. This project will cost Rs 4684 crores.

4. Who won Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020?
a) Harihararan
b) Ali Abdullah
c) Theodore Baskaran
d) Hamid Ansari

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Answer c) Theodore Baskaran . S. Theodore Baskaran who is a writer, a historian, a naturalist and an activist has won the Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award, 2020.

5. Who has been appointed as Executive Secretary of United Nations Capital Development Fund?
a) Anuradha
b) Preeti Sinha
c) Keerthy Das
d) Aarthy Kumar

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Answer b) Preeti Sinha. She is an Indian-origin investment and development banker.

6. 11th Edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ inaugurated in ________________.
a) Punjab
b) UP
c) Meghalaya
d) WestBengal

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Answer d) WestBengal. The Governor of West Bengal, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav at Cooch Behar Palace at West Bengal.

7. Which city police has received Best Marching Contingent Trophy-2021?
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Delhi

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Answer d) Delhi. Jat Regimental Centre bagged the trophy of best marching contingent among the Tri-Services while Delhi Police was adjudged as the best marching contingent among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and other auxiliary services.