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SUPER Current Affairs MCQs 7th February 2021
By Dream Big Institution Team (SUPER Current Affairs) ©
Q.The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council has been constituted dedicated to radio astronomy. Where is the headquarter of this SKAO based?
A) United Kingdom C) Australia
B) Singapore D) Indonesia
Answers -A
The newly constituted Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its maiden meeting on 4 February 2021 and approved for the establishment of the world’s largest radio telescope.The headquartered of SKAO is based in the United Kingdom
Q.Name the first ever female who has been appointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
A) Chukwuka Okonjo C) Amina J. Mohammed
B) Ikemba Iweala D) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Answers -D
Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been chosen as the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).She would be the first woman as well as the first African national to lead the organization.
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First Female in NEWS
. Australian umpire Claire Polosak becomes first-ever female to officiate Men’s Test Match . Jane Fraser named first female CEO of Citigroup . India’s First Female Cardiologist, Dr S. Padmavati Passes Away at 103 . Mumbai becomes first Indian city to get female symbol on traffic signage . First Female UN Refugee Chief Sadako Ogata Passes Away at 92
About World Trade Organization
. World Trade Organization Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland. . World Trade Organization Membership: 164 member states. . World Trade Organization Founded: 1 January 1995.
Lists Of First Women in India
S.No Field Name of the Year Birth Place Person
1 First Indian Anandi Gopal 1886 Pune, British India Woman Doctor Joshi
2 First Woman Annie Besant 1917 London, UK President of INC
3 First Indian Sarojini Naidu 1925 Hyderabad, Woman President Andhra Pradesh of INC (Now Telangana)
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4 First Indian Sarla Thakral 1936 New Delhi Woman Airline Pilot
5 First Indian Arati Saha 1959 Kolkata, West Woman to swim Bengal across English Channel
6 First Indian Stephie 1963 Goa woman to get D'Souza Arjuna Award
7 First Indian Miss Reita 1966 British Bombay Woman to become Faria (Now Mumbai) Miss World
8 First Indian Kamaljeet 1970 Punjab Woman to win Sandhu Gold in Asian Games
9 First Indian Indira Gandhi 1971 Allahabad, Uttar Woman to get Pradesh Bharat Ratna
10 First Indian Ashapoorna 1976 Culcutta (Now Woman to get Devi Kolkata, West Jnanpith Award Bengal)
11 First Indian Mother Terasa 1979 West Germany Woman to get (Now Macedonia) Nobel Prize
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12 First Indian Bhanu Athaiya 1983 Kolhapur, British Women to win India (Now Oscar Award Maharashtra)
13 First Indian Bachendri Pal 1984 Uttrakashi (Now Woman to climb Uttarakand) Mt Everest
14 First Woman to get Nirja Bhanot 1987 Chandigarh, Ashok Chakra Punjab
15 First Woman Judge Meera Sahib 1989 Pathanamthitta, of Supreme Court Fatima Bibi Kerala
16 First Indian Susmita Sen 1994 Hyderabad, Woman to become Andhra Pradesh Miss Universe (Now Telangana)
17 First Indian Arundhati Roy 1997 Shillong, Assam Woman to Booker (Present Prize Meghalaya)
18 First Indian Kalpana 1997 Karnal, Punjab Woman to go to Chawla (Now Haryana) space
19 First Woman MS 1998 Madurai, Musician to get Subbalakshmi Tamilnadu Bharat Ratna
20 First Indian Karnam 2000 Andhra Pradesh Woman to win Malleswari Medal in Olymbic
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21 First Indian Sania Mirza 2004 Hyderabad, Woman to win Andhra Pradesh WTA Title (Now Telangana)
22 India’s First Sarojini Naidu 1947 - 1949 Hyderabad, Woman Governor Andhra Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh) (Now Telangana)
23 First Indian Vijalakshmi 1947 - 1949 Allahabad, Uttar Woman Pandit Pradesh Ambassador at UN
24 First Woman Union Rajkumari 1947 - 1957 Lucknow, Uttar Minister (Minister Amrita Kaur Pradesh of Health)
25 First Woman Chief Sucheta 1963 - 1967 Ambala, Punjab Minister of State Kripalani (Now in Haryana) (Uttar Pradesh)
26 India’s First Indira Gandhi 1966-1977 Allahabad, Uttar Woman Prime Pradesh Minister
27 India’s First Kiran Bedi 1975 (In Amritsar, Punjab. Woman IPS Officer Delhi)
28 First Indian Santhosh 1992, 1993 Haryana Woman to climb Yadhav Mt Everest twice
29 India’s First Pratiba Patil 2007 - 2012 Maharashtra Woman President
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30 First transgender K Prithika 2017 Tamilnadu woman to be a Yashini (Dharmapuri) police officer in India (Dharmapuri)
Q.Which company has been chosen by NASA for its SPHEREx Mission to perform an all-sky survey?
A) Blue Origin C) Boeing
B) SpaceX D) United Launch Alliance
Answers -B
NASA IN NEWS 2020 Space X IN NEWS . NASA Selects SpaceX To Launch Its . NASA-ESA successfully launches SPHEREx Mission Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite . SpaceX Breaks ISRO’s Record By . NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo Launching 143 Satellites spacecraft . NASA Selects Raja Chari As . Nokia selected by NASA to build first Commander Of SpaceX Crew-3 ever cellular network on the Moon Mission . NASA to launch rover ‘MARS 2020’ in . SpaceX Launches South Korea’s 1st 2020 Military Satellite “ANASIS-II” . NASA astronauts fly SpaceX spacecraft ‘Dragon’ . SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule . Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s Carrying NASA Astronauts Docks 1st Mars helicopter as 'Ingenuity’ . NASA renames its WFIRST Telescope About Space X after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace . SpaceX founder & CEO: Elon Musk. Roman . SpaceX president & COO: Gwynne . NASA Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes Shotwell. 1st Woman to Reach Deepest Point of Ocean . SpaceX Founded: 2002. . Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA . SpaceX Headquarters: California, Distinguished Public Service Medal” United States of America.
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. NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson . NASA creates “VITAL” high-pressure ventilator to fight COVID-19 . NASA & ULA launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission . NASA SunRISE Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms . NASA named Mars 2020 rover as “Perseverance” . NASA to Launch ASTHROS Mission to study Cosmos using football stadium- sized balloon . NASA Decommissions its Spitzer Space Telescope after Over 16 Years in Service
About National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) . Founded : 1958 . Headquarters : Washington, D.C . Motto : For the Benefit of All . Acting Administrator of NASA: Steve Jurczyk. . Administrator : Jim Bridenstine
Q.The first India-European Union High Level Dialogue (HLD) on trade and investment was held recently. Who was the co-chair of the HLD from India side?
A) Piyush Goyal C) Hardeep Singh Puri
B) Narendra Singh Tomar D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
Answers -A
The first India-European Union High Level Dialogue (HLD) was held on 5th February 2021. The HLD was co-chaired by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal from India side and the European Union
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Executive Vice-President & Trade Commissioner Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, from the EU side.
About Ministry of Commerce and Industry:
. Union Minister– Piyush Goyal(Constituency- Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra) . Minister of State-Hardeep Singh Puri(Constituency- Uttar Pradesh), Som Parkash(Constituency- Hoshiarpur, Punjab)
About European Union (EU):
. Headquarters– Brussels, Belgium . European Parliament president – David-Maria Sassoli, Italy(Term: July 2019 – December 2021) . Member Countries– 27(The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union on 31 January 2020)
Q.Which country is set to build world’s largest wind power plant?
A) Singapore C) Germany
B) UAE D) South Korea
Answers -D
About the Wind Farm:
The plant is planned at the south western coastal town of Sinan. Maximum production capacity- 8.2 Gigawatts (GW) which is equivalent to the generation capacity of 7 Nuclear power generators. This will boost the wind power capacity upto 16.5 GW by 2030. This will reduce South Korea’s excessive reliance on Imported Coal and Nuclear Power Plants for Power Generation.
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About South Korea:
. President- Moon Jae-in . Capital- Seoul . Currency- Won . The 38th parallel line demarcates South Korea from North Korea.
Quick Recap
PM Modi Inaugurates World’s Largest Renewable Energy Park In Gujarat Ola To Set Up World’s Largest Scooter Factory In Tamil Nadu CSIR-CMERI Develops World’s Largest Solar Tree
Q.Who has been sworn in as the Special Envoy of United Nations on Climate Ambition and Solutions?
A) Susan Brown C) Tom Steyer
B) Michael Bloomberg D) Antonio Guterres
Answers –B
Q.How many states have completed the reforms in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’, as stipulated by the Ministry of Finance?
A) 12 C) 9
B) 20 D) 17
Answers -A
Now the total number of state that have undertaken the reforms to promote Ease of Doing Business till now have gone up to 12.The other states are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
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Q.Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Cloud India Business?
A) Srishti Baweja C) Tarun Dua
B) Bikram Singh Bedi D) Varun Pratap Rajda
Answers -B
Google Cloud has appointed Bikram Singh Bedi as the new Managing Director for its India Business.
Q.Christopher Plummer is the oldest Oscar-winning actor, who has passed away recently. He was from which country?
A) New Zealand C) England
B) Australia D) Canada
Answers -D
Awards:
At the 84th Academy Awards, Plumber won the Oscar for his performance in the film “Beginners”(2011). He won the Emmy Awards in 1977 for “The Moneychangers” and in 1994 for narrating “Madeline,” an animated series based on the children’s books.
Obituary in NEWS 2021 Oscar and Emmy Award winning actress Cloris Leachman passes away at 94 1995 Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner Paul Crutzen passes away at 87 Prasanta Dora, Former India and Mohun Bagan goalkeeper passes away at 44 Legendary American talk-show host Larry King passes away at 87
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Veteran Bureaucrat, poet and Hyderabad historian Narendra Luther passes away at 89 Popular Bhajan Singer, Narendra Chanchal, passes away at 80 Malayalam actor Unnikrishnan Namboothiri passes away at 98 Rajasthan Congress MLA Gajendra Singh Shaktawat passes away at 48 Former Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad passes away at 95 Padma Award winning Renowned Oncologist Dr V Shanta passes away at 93 Former Union Minister and Industrialist Kamal Morarka passes away at 74 Padma Awardee Legendary musician, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passes away at 90 Social Activist and Padma Shri Awardee D Prakash Rao passes away at 63 Pulitzer Prize-winning author and NY Times Reporter Neil Sheehan passes away at 84 Padma Shri Awardee Telugu Journalist Turlapati Kutumba Rao passes away at 89
Winner List of 92nd Academy Awards also known by the Name Oscars
1. Best Picture- Parasite 2. Best Director- Bong Joon Ho for Parasite 3. Actor in a Leading Role- Joaquin Phoenix for Joker 4. Actress in a Leading Role- Renee Zellweger for Judy 5. Best Supporting actor- Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 6. Best Supporting actress- Laura Dern for Marriage Story 7. Best original screenplay- Parasite 8. Best adapted screenplay- Jojo Rabbit 9. Animated feature film- Toy Story 4 10. Best International Feature Film- Parasite (South Korea) 11. Documentary short feature- Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) 12. Documentary feature- American Factory
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13. Live-action short film- The Neighbors’ Window 14. Best Animated short film- Hair Love 15. Best Original Score- Joker 16. Best Original Song- “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman 17. Best sound mixing- 1917 18. Best sound editing- Ford v Ferrari 19. Best costume design- Jacqueline Durran for Little Women 20. Best production design- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 21. Best Cinematography- 1917 22. Best Makeup and Hairstyling- Bombshell 23. Best Short Film (Animated)- Hair Love 24. Best Visual Effects- 1917
Q.Which Country recently (in Feb 2021) signed a contract with GRSE LTD for delivery of 1 Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) called ‘Zoroaster’?
A) Maldives C) Mauritius
B) Seychelles D) Comoros
Answer - B
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) has signed a contract with Seychelles for delivering 1 Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) called ‘Zoroaster’ to the Seychelles Coast Guard. “Zoroaster” will be a powerful,fuel-efficient platform which will be capable of performing operations like Patrolling, anti-smuggling, anti-poaching & search and rescue operations.
About Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd:
. Chairman & Managing Director – Vipin Kumar Saxena . Headquarters – Kolkata, West Bengal Page 13 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo
About Seychelles:
. President – Wavel Ramkalawan . Capital – Victoria . Currency – Seychellois rupee
Q.Which remote sensing technology was approved by DGCA for use in 100 districts to assess crop yields at gram panchayat level under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), as of February 2021?
A) Global Positioning System (GPS) C) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
B) Google Maps D) Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) Answer - C
Q.Which Insurance company launched ‘Salute to Caregivers – Ek Naya Nazariya’ Campaign to support the cancer survivors on World Cancer Day?
A) Bharti AXA General Insurance C) Reliance General Insurance
B) Star Health and Allied Insurance D) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Answer - A
Bharti AXA General Insurance has launched ‘Salute to Caregivers – Ek Naya Nazariya Campaign’ to support the cancer survivors in the battle against cancer. To commemorate the World Cancer Day (February 4, 2021) Bharti AXA General Insurance has collaborated with poetess Priya Malik, who wrote a poem on the Campaign & she also expressed her experience as a caregiver. Tagline of the Campaign– ‘Iss Jung Mein Hum Sang Hai’.
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BHARATI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE IN NEWS
Bharti AXA General uses WhatsApp to deliver policy and renewal documents IRDAI gives in-principle approval for Bharti AXA-ICICI Lombard merger deal Bharti AXA General Insurance starts ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ campaign Airtel Payments Bank, Bharti AXA partner to offer ‘shop insurance’ for retailers
About Bharti AXA General Insurance:
. It is a joint venture company with a 51% stake from Bharti Enterprises and 49% stake of the AXA Group. . Established– 2008 . HeadQuarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra . Managing Director(MD) and Chief Executive Officer(CEO)– Sanjeev Srinivasan . Tagline– Suraksha ka Naya Nazariya
Q.Recently (in Feb 2021), Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) sold USD 750 million worth of dollar-denominated bonds to overseas investors at a fixed interest rate of _____.
A) 2.12% C) 2.80%
B) 5.40% D) 3.92%
Answer - C
Q.Which Institution recently (in Feb 2021) signed an MoU with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) for ‘Building Accessible Safe and Inclusive Indian Cities (BASIIC)?
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A) IIT, Madras C) IIT-BHU
B) NIT, Trichy D) IIT, Kharagpur
Answer - D
MoU (Memoranda of Understanding) in NEWS . Aero India 2021 Concludes; 201 MoUs Signed . India And Japan Inks MoU To Enhance Cooperation In ICT . HAL inks MoU with MIDHANI to develop and manufacture composite raw materials for aircrafts . IREDA inks MoU with NHPC to provide technical expertise in green energy projects for 5 years . Bank of Baroda signs MoU with defence forces for new Military Salary Package . India and Vietnam signs 7 MoUs during India-Vietnam Leaders’ Virtual Summit . Norway signs MoU with Clean Ganga Mission for development of sludge management framework in India . India and Austria inks MoU on Technology Cooperation in Road Infrastructure Sector . NTPC inks MoU with IIFM-Bhopal for Narmada Landscape Restoration Project . India & USA signs MoU on Intellectual Property Cooperation . India and Finland sign MOU on environmental protection and biodiversity conservation
IIT IN NEWS
. PNB Collaborates with IIT Kanpur to set up Fintech Innovation Centre . Testbed for autonomous navigation systems, ‘TiHAN-IIT’, set up at IIT-Hyderabad . IIT Guwahati-led Australia-India Water Centre inaugurated virtually . Indian Bank partners IIT-Madras to launch ‘IND Spring Board’ for funding startups . IIT Kharagpur’s ‘COVIRAP’ Technology for COVID-19 Test gets ICMR Certification Page 16 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo
About Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Kharagpur:
. Headquarters– Kharagpur, West Bengal . Director– Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari
About National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA):
. Headquarters– New Delhi, Delhi . Vice President– Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary & Mission Director(Smart Cities Mission), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India
Q.RBI is going to set up an expert committee on Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) in accordance with the provisions of which act?
A) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 C) Companies (Amendment) Act, 2013 B)Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2018 D) Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 Answer - D
Q.Which organization has announced to adopt “One Nation One Ombudsman” approach?
A) Small Industries Development C)National Housing Bank (NHB) Bank of India (SIDBI) D)National Bank for Agriculture B)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Rural Development (NABARD)
Answer – B
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About RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI)
Founded : 1 April 1935 RBI Nationalised : 1 January 1949 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra 1st Governor : Sir Osborne Smith 1st Indian Governor : CD Deshmukh 25th Governor : Shaktikanta Das
RBI Deputy Governor (4)
1. Mukesh Kumar Jain
2. B P Kanungo
3. Michael D Patra
4. M Rajeshwar Rao
Four Subsidiaries of RBI :
1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (DICGC)
2. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL)
3. Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT)
4. Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS)
Q.Which company recently (in Feb 2021) signed an MoU with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) as a part of PM SVANidhi Scheme?
A) Deliveroo B) Amazon
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C) Swiggy D) Zomato
Answer- D)
About Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA):
. Minister of State (Independent Charge)– Hardeep Singh Puri(Constituency- Uttar Pradesh)
About Zomato:
. Founder & CEO– Deepinder Goyal . Headquarters– Gurgaon, Haryana
Q.Which company acquired 51% stake in Fasttel Engenharia for ~USD 8.80 million in February 2021?
A) KEC International C) Adani Transmission Limited
B) Kalpataru Power Transmission D) Apar Industries Limited (KPTL) Answer - B Static GK MCQs Based on CA for All Competitive Exam
Q.Where is Serum Institute of Answers -A India situated? Q.Where did the 69th Plenary A) Pune Meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) held? B) Chennai A) Shillong C) Mumbai B) Guwahati D) Delhi C) Gangtok Page 19 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo
D) Agartala B) Telangana
Answer - A C) Tamil Nadu
Q.Where is the HQ of Rashtriya D) Karnataka Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) Answers -C situated? Q.Which city is known as the A) Tamil Nadu “Blue City” of India? B) Jharkhand A) Udaipur C) Madhya Pradesh B) Jaipur D) Andhra Pradesh C) Jodhpur Answers -D D) Mumbai Q.Bangalore is situated on the Answers -C banks of which river? Q.In which state is the “Amarnath A) Vrishabhavathi Cave” located? B) Kaveri A) Assam C) Ghataprabha B) Uttarakhand D) Tunga C) Himachal Pradesh Answers -A D) Jammu And Kashmir Q.Where in India is the Answers -D “Rajagopalaswamy Temple” is located? Q.Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi belongs to which state? A) West Bengal
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A) Kerala A) Haryana
B) Tamil Nadu B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana C) Kerala
D) Gujarat D) Sikkim
Answers -B Answers -C
Q,Prague is the capital of which Q.The “National Girl Child Day” is country? celebrated on ______.
A) Finland A) January 24
B) Estonia B) December 21
C) Chile C) January 26
D) Czech Republic D) February 20
Answers –D Answers -A
Q “Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary” is located in which Indian State?
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