15th February 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
15th February 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
1. PM-SYM was rolled out by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. What is the full name of PM-SYM?
1. Pradhan Mantri Saksham Yogi Maan-dhan
2. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan
3. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yog Maan-dhan
4. Pradhan Mantri Saksham Yog Maan-dhan
2. India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status that it had granted to Pakistan. Which year India had granted this status to Pakistan?
1. 1995
2. 1997
3. 1996
4. 1990
3. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) with a total outlay of how many crore rupees?
1. 2900
2. 3000
3. 5000
4. 2500
4. Who is the CMD of the Pawan Hans helicopter?
1. B N Singh
2. B P Sharma
3. Suraj Saini
4. Amit Gupta
5. What is name of only active robot on Mars?
1. Rover Mission
2. MAVEN Mission
3. Opportunity Mission
4. Mars Express Mission
6. India signed deal with US to procure 72,400 Assault Rifles. What is the name of that Rifles?
1. Sig Sauer Assault Rifles
2. Bolt-Action Rifles
3. Cei- Rigotti Rifles
4. Ferguson Rifle Rifles
7. Who has became the first woman flight engineer?
1. Mina Chopra
2. Kiran Lamba
3. Hina Jaiswal
4. Pooja Kumari
8. India lost 44 of its bravest Jawans of CRPF in an absolutely abhorrent, cowardly attack in which palce of Kashmir?
1. Awantipora, Pulwama
2. Uri Sector
3. Baramulla
4. None of these
9. Nobel Prize winner German scientist Manfred Eigen has passed away, he won Nobel Prize in field?
1. Chemistry
2. Peace
3. Medicine
4. Physics
10. Sibghatullah Mojaddedi has passed away, he was President of which country?
1. Pakistan
2. Iran
3. Bangladesh
4. Afghanistan
11. North Karnataka Agromet Forecasting and Research Centre (NKAFC) has inaugurated at which place?
1. Dharwad
2. Bagalkot
3. Mahalingpur
3. Belgaum
1. PM-SYM was rolled out by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. What is the full name of PM-SYM?
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) was rolled out by the Ministry of Labour and Employment from 15 February 2019.
2. India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status that it had granted to Pakistan. Which year India had granted this status to Pakistan?
Following the attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama that left 44 CRPF personnel dead, India has withdrawn the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status that it had granted to Pakistan. The decision was taken during the Cabinet Committee on Security meeting held in New Delhi. India had granted the status to Pakistan in 1996, a year after WTO’s formation.
3. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) with a total outlay of how many crore rupees?
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) with a total outlay of 2900 crore rupees.
4. Who is the CMD of the Pawan Hans helicopter?
B P Sharma was re-employed as the CMD of the state-run helicopter manufacturer Pawan Hans
5. What is name of only active robot on Mars?
NASA announced that its Opportunity Rover mission is complete after the rover failed to respond despite repeated trials since August 2018. It is survived by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which is now the only active robot on Mars.
6. India signed deal with US to procure 72,400 Assault Rifles. What is the name of that Rifles?
The Indian Government has signed a deal with the US under Fast Track Procurement (FTP) to avail the Indian Army with 72,400 new ‘Sig Sauer Assault Rifles’ which will overhaul the army’s inventory of frontline rifles.
7. Who has became the first woman flight engineer?
Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal became the first woman flight engineer.
8. India lost 44 of its bravest Jawans of CRPF in an absolutely abhorrent, cowardly attack in which palce of Kashmir?
India lost 44 of its bravest Jawans of CRPF (country's largest paramilitary force) in an absolutely abhorrent, cowardly attack in Awantipora, Pulwama in Kashmir.
9. Nobel Prize winner German scientist Manfred Eigen has passed away, he won Nobel Prize in field?
Nobel Prize winner German scientist Manfred Eigen (91-years) passed away. Mr. Eigen shared the 1967 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on extremely fast chemical reactions.
10. Sibghatullah Mojaddedi has passed away, he was President of which country?
Former Afghan interim President Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (93-years) passed away in Kabul hospital after a long illness.
11. North Karnataka Agromet Forecasting and Research Centre (NKAFC) has inaugurated at which place?
“North Karnataka Agromet Forecasting and Research Centre (NKAFC)”, Dharwad was inaugurated on 14 Feb 2019.