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1. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has selected 25 cities (in Feb’21) to adopt the
‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ on a pilot basis. Under which scheme the challenge is
conducted?
1) Smart Cities Mission
2) AMRUT
3) Swachh Bharat Mission
4) HRIDAY
5) DAY- National Urban Livelihoods Mission
Answer- 1) Smart Cities Mission
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) shortlisted 25 Cities for the ‘Nurturing
Neighbourhoods Challenge’ Cohort, the challenge is hosted by the Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA in
collaboration with Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF), Urban95 of BvLF & technical partner World
Resources Institute (WRI) India. It is a 3-year challenge that will help Indian cities to adopt & Implement
neighbourhood-level pilot projects in public space, mobility, and access to services to enhance the physical
and psychological health of young children (0-5 years old) & their caregivers.
2. Which organisation (in Feb’21) signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with Greenstat Hydrogen India
Pvt. Ltd to set up a Centre of Excellence on Hydrogen (CoE-H)?
1) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
2) Bharat Petroleum
3) Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL)
4) Hindustan Petroleum
5) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Answer- 5) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with Greenstat
Hydrogen India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Greenstat Norway for setting up a Centre of Excellence on
Hydrogen (CoE-H). The CoE will act as a think-tank for developing standards for best industrial practices,
safety, product protocols and regulations in the area of hydrogen and fuel cells. The Union Budget 2020-21
unveiled National Hydrogen Mission (NHM) to accelerate plans to generate the carbon-free fuel from
renewables.
3. Where was the Joint Conference of the 11th World PetroCoal Congress and World Future Fuel
Summit – 2021 held?
1) Abu Dhabi, UAE
2) New Delhi, India
3) Doha, Qatar
4) Ankara, Turkey
5) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Answer- 2) New Delhi, India
4. Which country’s Navy participated with Indian Navy in the Bilateral Military Exercise ‘PASSEX’
(Passage Exercise) in Arabian Sea on February 2021?
1) Indonesia
2) South Korea
3) Australia
4) Japan
5) Singapore
Answer- 1) Indonesia
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021, the Indian Navy conducted a Bilateral Military Exercise ‘PASSEX’ (Passage Exercise)
with the Indonesian Navy in the Arabian Sea. PASSEX are conducted by Two Navies to ensure that the
navies are able to communicate and cooperate in times of war or humanitarian relief. Indian Navy
undertook a PASSEX with Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region (IOR) from
December 4-5, 2020 and with Vietnam People’s Navy undertook a PASSEX in the South China Sea from
December 26-27, 2020.
5. Who chaired the virtual workshop (in Feb’21), conducted on theme “Covid-19 Management:
Experience, good practices and way forward”?
1) Rajesh Bhushan
2) Harsh Vardhan
3) Narendra Modi
4) Faggan Singh Kulaste
5) Balram Bhargava
Answer- 1) Rajesh Bhushan
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021, India organized a virtual workshop on the theme “Covid-19 Management:
Experience, good practices and way forward” for health officials and experts from the eight members of the
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Mauritius and Seychelles. It was chaired by
India’s health secretary Rajesh Bhushan. The key measure includes creating a special visa scheme for
doctors and nurses so that medical personnel can travel quickly within the region during health
emergencies.
6. Which country participated with India (in Feb’21) in a CEO Forum, that is aimed at enhancing
bilateral trade relation between the countries?
1) Indonesia
2) South Korea
3) Australia
4) Japan
7. In which country, India is planning (as of Feb’21) to reconstruct earthquake-resilient Schools with
technological assistance from Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee?
1) Afghanistan
2) Fiji
3) Indonesia
4) Peru
5) Nepal
Answer- 5) Nepal
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021, India & Nepal signed an MoU for Reconstruction of 6 Secondary Schools in Nepal at a
cost of Nepali Rupees 518 Million (NPR). Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, a leading
institute in India in the field of earthquake-resilient reconstruction will provide technical assistance for
construction of these schools. India has committed a financial assistance of USD 250 Million for
reconstruction projects in Education, health, cultural heritage & housing sectors.
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9. Which was the key focus of 3rd meeting of QUAD – Foreign Ministers, that was held virtually in
February 2021?
1) Covid-19 Recovery
2) China
10. Which organisation partnered (in Feb’21) with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to launch
“Mahabank Channel Financing Scheme”, a Channel Financing solution for MSME’s?
1) Priority Vendor
2) Tradeshift
3) Orbian
4) Vayana Network
5) UniCredit
Answer- 4) Vayana Network
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021 Bank of Maharashtra(BoM) in partnership with Vayana Network, a Supply Chain
Financing (SCF) platform, launched its Mahabank Channel Financing Scheme, a Channel Financing solution
for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs). This partnership enables BoM to provide short term
credit to meet funding requirements of corporate dealers and vendors through its channel. The Government
of India holds 93.33% stake in the bank. It is the sponsor bank of Maharashtra Gramin Bank.
11. Which bank (in Feb’21) signed an MoU with Society for Innovation and Development (SID), an
initiative of IISc, Bengaluru to provide loans to startups & MSMEs?
1) DBS Bank
2) Indian Bank
3) State Bank of India
4) HDFC Bank
5) ICICI Bank
Answer- 2) Indian Bank
Explanation:
On February 19, 2021 Indian Bank signed an MoU with Society for Innovation and Development (SID), an
initiative of Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bengaluru to provide exclusive credit facility to start-ups and
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs). This initiative is a part of the Bank’s scheme ‘Ind Spring
Board for financing Start-ups’. The bank will provide loans up to Rs. 50 crores to these start-ups to cater
their working capital requirements or to purchase of machinery, equipment etc.
12. Which is the 1st & only Indian City to be named as ‘2020 Tree City of the World’?
1) New Delhi
2) Bangalore
3) Mysore
4) Hyderabad
5) Gandhinagar
Answer- 4) Hyderabad
Explanation:
On 4th February 2021, the Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the
United Nations(UN) has recognised Hyderabad (Telangana) as one of the ‘2020 Tree City of the World’ for
its contributions and commitment towards growing and maintaining urban forest. Hyderabad became the
first and only city in India to be recognised as the Tree City of the World. Along with Hyderabad, 51 other
cities were recognised as the ‘2020 Tree Cities of the World”, most of which were from the United States,
United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and others.
13. Which organisation has won the Collective Award of Excellence in PSU under Organisational
Award Category in the World Leadership Congress and Awards 2021?
1) NTPC
2) TRIFED
3) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
4) Coal India
5) BHEL
Answer- 2) TRIFED
Explanation:
Team TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India), the commercial wing of
Ministry of Tribal Affairs and its Managing Director, Pravir Krishna won Four Awards in the 19th Global
Edition & 4th India Edition of World Leadership Congress and Awards. TRIFED won the Collective Award of
Excellence in PSU for investment in start-ups under the Organisational Award Category. TRIFED’s MD,
Pravir Krishna won 3 awards in the Individual Category for his leadership – ‘CEO of the year’, ‘Entrepreneur
of the Year’ & ‘Brand Builder of the Year’.
15. Who was appointed (in Feb’21) as the President of 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
1) Yoshiro Mori
2) Seiko Hashimoto
3) Usha Rao-Monari
4) Yasushi Akimoto
5) Shuhei Toyoda
Answer- 2) Seiko Hashimoto
Explanation:
On 18th February 2021, Seiko Hashimoto, seven time Olympian (speed skater and cyclist) who was serving
as the Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games became the president of the Tokyo
Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Seiko Hashimoto resigned from the role of
Minister of Olympics as she takes over as the president of 2020 Tokyo olympics. She succeeds Former chief
Yoshiro Mori following his resignation over the condemned sexist remarks.
16. Who was appointed as the interim President of the Presidential Council of Libya in February
2021?
1) Mohammad Younes Menfi
2) Abdul Hamid Dbeibah
3) Yoshiro Mori
4) Abdullah Al-Lafi
5) Mossa Al-Koni
Answer- 1) Mohammad Younes Menfi
Explanation:
On February 5, 2021 UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) selected Mohammad Younes Menfi as
interim president of the 3-member Presidential Council of Libya and Abdul Hamid Dbeibah as interim
Prime Minister of the country. Other members of the council include, Abdullah Al-Lafi and Mossa Al-Koni.
17. Which organisation (in Feb’21), delivered the 100th & Final K-9 Vajra self-propelled Howitzer
guns to the Indian army?
1) Larsen & Toubro
2) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
3) DRDO
4) BHEL
5) Ordnance Factory Board
Answer- 1) Larsen & Toubro
Explanation:
On February 18, 2021, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) delivered the 100th & Final K-9 Vajra-T 155 mm/52 calibre
self-propelled Howitzer guns to the Indian army from L&T’s Armoured Systems Complex (ASC) situated at
Hazira near Surat, Gujarat. K-9 Vajra has a range of 38 kms and is an indigenized version of K-9 Thunder of
South Korea. The Howitzers have been produced by L&T with technology transfer from South Korean
defence major Hanwha Defense.
19. Which organisation launched (in Feb’21) 60 Starlink satellites using a 2 stage rocket, Falcon 9
booster?
1) JAXA
2) Roscosmos
3) NASA
4) SpaceX
5) ISRO
Answer- 4) SpaceX
Explanation:
On February 15, 2021 SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States of America. The satellites were launched using
a two-stage rocket, otherwise known as the Falcon 9 booster. The rocket’s first stage did not land on
SpaceX’s drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Atlantic Ocean as planned. In January 2021 SpaceX
Created New World Record by Launching 143 satellites in Single Launch by Falcon 9.
21. Who authored the book, “Maverick Messiah: A Political Biography of N.T. Rama Rao”?
1) Venkaiah Naidu
2) Krishnam Raju
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22. Who is the MD & CEO of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), as of February 2021?
1) Anil Manibhai Naik
2) R. Shankar Raman
3) Rajesh Gopinathan
4) S. N. Subrahmanyan
5) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Answer- 4) S. N. Subrahmanyan
Explanation:
S. N. Subrahmanyan is the MD & CEO of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), as of February 2021.
24. Where is the headquarters of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
located?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Dhaka, Bangladesh
3) Kathmandu, Nepal
4) Islamabad, Pakistan
5) Jakarta, Indonesia
Answer- 3) Kathmandu, Nepal
Explanation:
The headquarters of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is located at Kathmandu,
Nepal.
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