21st February 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
21st February 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
1. Operation Digital Board has been launched by which Ministry to provide better digital education?
1. Ministry of higher education
2. Ministry of home affairs
3. Ministry of culture
4. Ministry of human resource development
2. Argentina becomes 72nd country to join Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Where is the headquarters of International Solar Alliance?
1. Gurugram
2. New York City
3. Washington DC
4. Paris
3. Employees Provident Fund Organisation has hiked interest rate on employees provident fund for the 2018-19 fiscal year. What is the new rate of intrest?
1. 8.55%
2. 8.50%
3. 8.65%
4. 9.00%
4. The Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has inaugurated the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup in which city?
1. Gurugram
2. Paris
3. New Delhi
4. Pune
5. Who has been appointed as Police Commissioner of Kolkata?
1. Rajeev Kumar
2. Anuj Sharma
3. M D Hussain
4. H S Patel
6. Who is the first ombudsman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed by the Supreme Court of india?
1. D.K. Jain
2. Altamas Kabir
3. K. K. Venugopal
4. Mukul Rohatgi
7. Who has been appointed as CEO of PayU India?
1. Rajeev Mishra
2. Sonu Saran
3. Anirban Mukherjee
4. Pinki Rani
8. International Mother Language Day is being observed every year on which date of February month?
1. 20
2. 22
3. 25
4. 21
9. Raj Kumar Barjatya has passed away in Mumbai. He was related to which field?
1. Politics
2. Journalism
3. Banking
4. Bollywood Film
10. ‘KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ scholarship for the children of farmers has been launched by which state Govt?
1. Jharkhand
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Rajasthan
4. Odisha
11. Who has authored the book ‘Simplicity & Wisdom’?
1. Ramesh Gupta
2. Swami Chidanand Saraswati
3. Dinesh Shahra
4. Naresh Das
12. An MoU was signed between Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada in which field?
1. Forestry Science
2. Astronomy Science
3. Weather Forecasting
4. Bio Science
1. Operation Digital Board has been launched by which Ministry to provide better digital education?
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry launched Operation Digital Board on the lines of Operation Blackboard to provide better digital education in school.
2. Argentina becomes 72nd country to join Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Where is the headquarters of International Solar Alliance?
Argentina became the 72nd country to sign the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is a group of 121 solar resource-rich countries with headquarters at Gurugram in Haryana.
3. Employees Provident Fund Organisation has hiked interest rate on employees provident fund for the 2018-19 fiscal year. What is the new rate of intrest?
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has hiked interest rate on employees’ provident fund to 8.65% from 8.55% for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
4. The Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has inaugurated the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup in which city?
The Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has inaugurated the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup in New Delhi.
5. Who has been appointed as Police Commissioner of Kolkata?
The West Bengal government has appointed Additional Director General (ADG) of West Bengal Police (law and order) Anuj Sharma (IPS officer-1991-batch) as the new Kolkata Police Commissioner, replacing Rajeev Kumar.
6. Who is the first ombudsman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed by the Supreme Court of india?
The Supreme Court appointed a retired judge of the court Justice D.K. Jain as the first ombudsman under the new BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) Constitution approved by the court in a judgment.
7. Who has been appointed as CEO of PayU India?
PayU India appointed Anirban Mukherjee as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
8. International Mother Language Day is being observed every year on which date of February month?
International Mother Language Day is being observed every year on the 21st of February (since February 2000) to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
9. Raj Kumar Barjatya has passed away in Mumbai. He was related to which field?
Veteran Bollywood producer and father of filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya, Raj Kumar Barjatya passed away in Mumbai.
10. ‘KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ scholarship for the children of farmers has been launched by which state Govt?
‘KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ scholarship for the children of farmers benefited under the KALIA scheme was launched by the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.