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Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY (18-28) (1) Which Bank has rolled out the first US bank cryptocurrency? a) Citigroup b) Goldman Sachs c) Wells Fargo d) Bank of America e) JP Morgan ANSWER:- Option (E) (2) Which of the following city, 83rd Senior National Badminton Championship was concluded? a) Patna b) Guwahati c) Jaipur d) Bhopal e) Siliguri ANSWER:- Option (B) (3) _________________ based international cooling provider, National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) has entered into a 30-year concession with Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) to build India’s first district cooling system in Amaravati. a) UK b) Germany c) Russia d) UAE e) France ANSWER:- Option (D) (4) Who has been conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour by Football Delhi, the association governing the sport in Delhi? a) Sandesh Jhingan b) Bhaichung Bhutia Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 c) Subrata Pal d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu e) Sunil Chhetri ANSWER:- Option (E) (5) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrew the ____________ limit on investments by FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more foreign investments. a) 40% b) 50% c) 10% d) 20% e) 30% ANSWER:- Option (D) (6) The government of India gets _________________ crore from Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by additional offering. a) Rs 40000 crores b) Rs 20000 crores c) Rs 10000 crores d) Rs 30000 crores e) Rs 50000 crores ANSWER:- Option (C) (7) Eva de Goede from _____________ and Arthur van Doren of _______________ were titled the International Hockey Federation’s Players of the Year for 2018. a) Germany, France b) Netherlands, Belgium c) USA, Austria d) Spain, South Africa e) Argentina, Portugal ANSWER:- Option (B) (8) Who has won the International Human Rights Prize? a) Abdul Aziz Muhamat b) Bradley Cooper Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 c) Sanjay Subrahmanyam d) Francois Laborde e) Sitanshu Yashashchandra ANSWER:- Option (A) (9) Who has won the Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award by the International Hockey Federation’s recently?\ a) Maddie Hinch b) Alyson Annan c) Shane McLeod d) Vincent Vanasch e) Arthur de Sloover ANSWER:- Option (D) (10) Who has become the First Indian Woman Flight Engineer of the Indian Air Force(IAF)? a) Hina Jaiswal b) Surekha Yadav c) Preethi Alandur d) Sarla Thakral e) Akriti Thakkar ANSWER:- Option (A) (11) Who has been appointed as Controller, Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning, Budget and Finance in the management strategy, policy and compliance department in UN? a) PV Bharathi b) Pradeep Singh Kharola c) Ruchira Kamboj d) PC Mody e) Chandramouli Ramanathan ANSWER:- Option (E) (12) The government appointed Air India chief managing director and Chairperson ________________ the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 a) Sushil Chandra b) Chandramouli Ramanathan c) Pradeep Singh Kharola d) C Ramanathan e) Dilip Sadarangani ANSWER:- Option (C) (13) A book ‘Simplicity & Wisdom’ written by _________________ was launched at Parmarth Ashram in Kumbh Mela. a) AR Rahman b) Dinesh Shahra c) Keshari Nath Tripathi d) Swami Chidanand Saraswati e) MK Rao ANSWER:- Option (C) (14) Which company has launched a next-generation digital platform ‘InfyTQ’ to facilitate engineering students with best learning experiences by imparting technical and professional skills? a) Infosys b) Wipro c) TCS d) HCL e) RIL ANSWER:- Option (A) (15) India with immediate effect has boosted the Customs Duty on all the goods imported from Pakistan to ______________ followed by the day after India repealed Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status from Pakistan. a) 150% b) 200% c) 50% d) 100% e) 300% ANSWER:- Option (B) Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 (16) Bruno Ganz who is famous for his role of German dictator, Adolf Hitler in the Oscar- nominated film Downfall has passed away recently. He was from- a) Australia b) Switzerland c) USA d) Germany e) France ANSWER:- Option (B) (17) Which team has won the Irani cup titles at Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur by defeating rest of India? a) Vidarbha b) Bombay c) Karnataka d) Delhi e) Punjab ANSWER:- Option (A) (18) Who among the following beat world number 3, Simona Halep to win the Qatar Open? a) Anna Chakvetadze b) Venus Williams c) Maria Sharapova d) Serena Williams e) Elise Merten ANSWER:- Option (E) (19) Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a pan-India emergency number _________ in New Delhi. a) 108 b) 112 c) 101 d) 911 e) 118 ANSWER:- Option (B) Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 (20) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani recently unveiled the first Iranian made semi- heavy submarine. Name the submarine. a) Dorna b) Kowsar c) Tofan d) Fateh e) Panha ANSWER:- Option (D) (21) Name the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping. a) AntBot b) SpiderBot c) Beebot d) GoatBot e) CowBot ANSWER:- Option (A) (22) Which of the following NGO won the Laureus Sports for Good Award? a) Milap b) Pahal c) Laxmi d) Yuwa e) Bachpan ANSWER:- Option (D) (23) In which of the following city union culture minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s very first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’? a) New Delhi b) Chennai c) Kolkata d) Pune e) Ahmadabad ANSWER:- Option (C) Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 (24) Who among the following was awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award? a) Rajkumar Hirani b) Salman Khan c) Mithali Raj d) Virat Kohli e) Smriti Mandhana ANSWER:- Option (E) (25) Which of the following state's Legislative Assembly passed the bills to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic polls candidates? a) Sikkim b) Rajasthan c) Gujarat d) Haryana e) Punjab ANSWER:- Option (B) (26) Q9. Which of the following city hosted the 40th International Annual Desert Festival? a) Bikaner b) Alwar c) Jaisalmer d) Jaipur e) Udaipur ANSWER:- Option (C) (27) 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 was held at _____________. a) Sonipat, Haryana b) Jaipur, Rajasthan c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand d) Gangtok, Sikkim e) Ludhiana, Punjab ANSWER:- Option (A) Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 (28) The Reserve Bank has announced that it will transfer an interim surplus of INR ________ rupees to the central government for the half-year ended 31st December 2018. a) 42,000 crore b) 34,000 crore c) 66,000 crore d) 28,000 crore e) 25,000 crore ANSWER:- Option (D) (29) Indian Air Force conducted mega exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ at _________. a) Tezpur b) Pokhran c) Panagarh d) Jaisalmer e) Jaipur ANSWER:- Option (B) (30) Wallace Smith Broecker passed away in New York. He was a well-known _____________. a) Director b) Actor c) Quiz master d) Social activist e) Climate scientist ANSWER:- Option (E) (31) Which of the following country is to launch its first moon mission, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA? a) Israel b) China c) France d) India e) Germany ANSWER:- Option (A) (32) India and Argentina signed many agreements during state visit of President of Argentina to India. What is the currency of Argentina? Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 a) Argentine riyal b) Argentine dollar c) Argentine peso d) Argentine ruble e) Argentine dinar ANSWER:- Option (C) (33) In which of the following state K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the project ‘Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Vagamon – Thekkady’? a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Maharashtra e) Manipur ANSWER:- Option (B) (34) Which of the following General Insurance Company, announced the launch of 'Trip Protector' insurance policy, a pioneering policy in the non-life insurance segment in India? a) Max Bupa b) Reliance c) Bajaj Allianz d) Bharti AXA e) HDFC ERGO ANSWER:- Option (E) (35) The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on _________. a) 22 February b) 10 February c) 20 February d) 17 February e) 2 March ANSWER:- Option (C) (36) The theme for World Day of Social Justice 2019 is _______________. a) True Voice of Justice b) If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice c) How Social Justice Affects Poverty Eradication d) Social justice for peaceful and prosperous coexistence Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 e) Job Creation, Better Quality Jobs, And Better Access to Jobs ANSWER:- Option (B) (37) In which of the following state, Bandicoot, a drainage-cleaning robot, has been introduced? a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Delhi d) Goa e) Maharashtra ANSWER:- Option (A) (38) Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection (CyPAD) Centre and the National Cyber Forensic Lab (NCFL) were inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in__________. a) Daman and Diu b) Chandigarh c) New Delhi d) Pondicherry e) Goa ANSWER:- Option (C) (39) One of the most successful squash players Nicol David has announced her retirement. She is from ___________. a) Malaysia b) USA c) Serbia d) Spain e) Japan ANSWER:- Option (A) (40) Who among the following won Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th National Photography Awards? a) S. Neelima b) V. Ravi Kumar c) Arun Sreedhar Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 18-28, 2019 d) Shanth Kumar e) Ashok Dilwali ANSWER:- Option (E) (41) Who among the following won Professional Photographer of the Year Award at the 7th National Photography Awards? a) SL Shanth Kumar b) Ashok Dilwali c) Manish Jaisi d) Arun Sreedhar e) Avijit Datta ANSWER:- Option (A) (42) William E. Butterworth III, better known as W.E.B. Griffin passed away. He was a noted_________. a) Novelist b) Poet c) Scientist d) Doctor e) Director ANSWER:- Option (A) (43) Namvar Singh passed away in New Delhi.