Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2022- 21st February

Q1. Name the Indian girl who has just completed NASA’s International Air and Space Program (iasp nasa) at the Kennedy Space Centre in Alabama, US, making her the first Indian to accomplish this feat.
(a) Shivangi Das Gupta
(b) Kiran Majumdar
(c) Jahnavi Dangeti
(d) Divya Sinha
(e) None of the above

Q2. Under SpaceX’s Transporter-3 Mission, which of the following African nation has launched its first ‘made In Africa’ Satellites?
(a) Tanzania
(b) Kenya
(c) Morocco
(d) South Africa
(e) None of the above

Q3. Scientists and experts in which country have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’?
(a) France
(b) USA
(c) Spain
(d) India
(e) None of the above

Q4. Which inter-governmental alliance is holding a maritime exercise named “Neptune Strike ’22” in the Mediterranean Sea?
(a) BRICS
(b) NATO
(c) OPEC
(d) SAARC
(e) None of the above

Q5. Who has launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by Indian Institute Technology (IIT) alumni for water purification through innovative technology with financial support from Technology Development Board (TDB)?
(a) Dr Jitendra Singh
(b) Nitin Gadkari
(c) Smruti Irani
(d) Y S Chowdary
(e) None of the above

Q6. Rajnath Singh has recently inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre For Research In Space Science And Technology at ______.
(a) Guru Gobind Singh University
(b) University of Delhi
(c) Chandigarh University
(d) IISc Bangalore
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who was conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau?
(a) Angela Markel
(b) Barrack Obama
(c) Vladimir Putin
(d) Shinzo Abe
(e) None of the above

Q8. Who has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig?
(a) David Bennett
(b) Johan Robert
(c) Alexander Williams
(d) Robert Clerk
(e) None of the above

Q9. The new species of rain frog that was found in the Panama forest has been named after whom?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Nelson Mandela
(c) Greta Thunberg
(d) Joe Biden
(e) None of the above

Q10. Which of the following has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit, ‘Om’, for the testing of the Omicron variant of corona virus?
(a) ICMR
(b) CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
(c) DRDO
(d) AIIMS Delhi
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. Jahnavi Dangeti, a young girl from Andhra Pradesh, has just completed NASA’s International Air and Space Program (iasp nasa) at the Kennedy Space Centre in Alabama, US, making her the first Indian to accomplish this feat.

S2.Ans (d)
Sol. Under SpaceX’s Transporter-3 Mission, South Africa has launched its first ‘made In Africa’ Satellites.

S3.Ans(a)
Sol. Scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. NATO is holding a maritime exercise named “Neptune Strike ’22” in the Mediterranean Sea.

S5.Ans(a)
Sol. Dr Jitendra Singh has launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by Indian Institute Technology (IIT) alumni for water purification through innovative technology with financial support from Technology Development Board (TDB).

S6.Ans(c)
Sol. Rajnath Singh has recently inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre For Research In Space Science And Technology at Chandigarh University.

S7.Ans(d)
Sol. Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau.

S8.Ans(a)
Sol. David Bennett has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig.

S9.Ans(c)
Sol. The new species of rain frog that was found in the Panama forest has been named after Greta Thundberg.

S10.Ans(d)
Sol. CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit, ‘Om’, for the testing of the Omicron variant of corona virus.