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Current GK Questions - 20 Feb 2021 Weekly Current Affairs Quiz Current Affairs has become an integral part of almost all the competitive exams be it banking, SSC or Railway and proper preparation of this portion is very much crucial in order to crack these exams. Current affair is a part of the General Awareness section and this section is considered difficult only because of its indefinite range of questions from the past 6-9 months news updates but as a serious aspirant you score the maximum in this section by daily reading newspapers, magazines, periodically attempting Current Affairs quiz questions. So to help you out in this section, we at Takshila Learning brings daily Current Affairs analysis from Monday to Friday on our YouTube channel. Along with this, we also conduct weekly quiz discussion on Saturday for your revision. Do subscribe our YouTube channel to never miss any update from our side. https://www.youtube.com/c/CompetitiveExamsPreparationTakshilaLearning/videos This Current Affairs quiz contains 15 questions from the previous week news updates. So do solve this quiz also and share your marks in the comment box section.

Q1. India will start the trials of which air-to-air missile this year?

(a) Astra Missile

(b) Agni Missile

(c) Trishul Missile

(d) Nag Missile

Q2. Who has been elected as the new Director-General of the International Solar Alliance?

(a) Dharmendra Pradhan

(b) Upendra Tripathy

(c) Dr. Ajay Mathur

(d) Dr. M. M. Kutty

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Q3. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial in which state?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Assam

Q4. Which Union Minister launched the e-Chhawani portal recently?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Amit Shah

(c) S Jaishankar

(d) Rajnath Singh

Q5. India recently held DG-level bilateral consultations on UNSC issues with which nation?

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) Russia

(d) France

Q6. The RBI recently constituted a committee to strengthen urban co-operative banks. The committee will be headed by whom?

(a) NS Vishwanathan

(b) B.P. Kanungo

(c) Mahesh Kumar Jain

(d) Usha Thorat

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Q7. Tata Electronics has signed an MoU with which state government to establish its facility for manufacture of mobile components?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Q8. Union Cabinet approved the signing of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and which country?

(a) Singapore

(b) Indonesia

(c) Malaysia

(d) Mauritius

Q9. Which organisation has planned to launch the World Solar Bank (WSB)?

(a) International Solar Alliance

(b) World Bank

(c) United Nations

(d) None of these

Q10. Which state Governor has been given an additional charge of discharging duties of Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Telangana

(d) Karnataka

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Q11. Which country hosted the virtual health secretary-level meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

(a) Nepal

(b) India

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Sri Lanka

Q12. What is the name of the Indian American who led NASA's operation-Perseverance Rover Landing-on Mars?

(a) Bhavya Lal

(b) Mala Adiga

(c) Neera Tanden

(d) Swati Mohan

Q13. When is World Day of Social Justice observed?

(a) Feb 19th

(b) Feb 20th

(c) Feb 21st

(d) Feb 22nd

Q14. Which Indian city has been recognised as the 2020 Tree City of the World?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Chennai

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Bengaluru

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Q15. When will the sixth Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog be held?

(a) Feb 20th

(b) Feb 21st

(c) Feb 22nd

(d) Feb 23rd

Solutions:- (1-15)

S1. Ans. (a)

S2. Ans. (c)

S3. Ans. (b)

S4. Ans. (d)

S5. Ans. (c)

S6. Ans. (a)

S7. Ans. (b)

S8. Ans. (d)

S9. Ans. (a)

S10. Ans. (c)

S11. Ans. (b)

S12. Ans. (d)

S13. Ans. (b)

S14. Ans. (c)

S15. Ans. (a)

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