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Daily Current Affairs

Date: 25 FEBRUARY 2021

1. According to the Finance Ministry, the Central 6. Indian government and Government of Nagaland government has inked a loan agreement worth $304 have signed a $68 million project with which million with which bank for strengthening the organization to enhance the governance of schools electricity transmission system of Assam? across Nagaland? (A) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (A) World Bank (B) Asian Development Bank (B) International Monetary Fund (C) World Bank (C) World Trade Organization (D) Citi Infrastructure Bank (D) Asian Development Bank (E) Global Infrastructure Bank (E) European Central Bank

2. Who has been nominated as US ambassador to the 7. Rahul Khullar, who died recently, was the chairman United Nations? of which Government agency? (A) Alejandro Mayorkas (A) TRAI (B) Avril Haines (B) BSNL (C) Antony Blinken (C) SEBI (D) Jake Sullivan (D) SIDBI (E) Linda Thomas-Greenfield (E) RBI

3. Which research institute has been designed a set of 8. The space supply ship, Cygnus NG-15 cargo has been novel small molecules that could disrupt the named after whom? mechanism through which neurons become (A) Katherine Johnson dysfunctional in Alzheimer’s disease? (B) Dorothy Vaughan (A) National Centre for Biological Sciences (C) Mary Jackson (B) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific (D) James A. Johnson Research (E) John Glenn (C) Raman Research Institute (D) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 9. To honour the service of the Central Board of Excise (E) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research and Customs (CBEC) The Central Excise Day is celebrated every year on which day of February? 4. The President of Mr Ram Nath Kovind has (A) February 21 inaugurated the world's largest Stadium at which city (B) February 22 of Gujarat? (C) February 23 (A) Chandkheda (B) Bodakdev (D) February 24 (C) Motera (D) Navrangpura (E) February 25 (E) Thaltej 10. Name the Sri Lanka opener, who has recently 5. The Supreme Court of in a historic decision on retired from international aged 36? reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives. Who (A) is the current ? (B) (A) Usha Kiran Bhandari (C) (B) (D) Angelo Mathews (C) (E) Niroshan Dickwella (D) (E) ANSWERS: - 1(A) 2(E) 3(B) 4(C) 5(B) 6(A) 7(A) 8(A) 9(D) 10(B)