Important Current Affairs-22nd Feb 2021-ORSP

Important Current Affairs-22nd Feb 2021-ORSP

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MCQ-1
World Pangolin Day is observed every year on which day?
A. 19 February
B. 20 February 
C. 21 February
D. 22 February

World Pangolin Day is observed every year on 20th February.
The first World Pangolin Day was celebrated in February 2012.
World Pangolin Day is an opportunity for pangolin enthusiasts to join
together in raising awareness about these unique mammals and their
plight. Pangolins are unfortunately one of the most frequently
encountered mammals in the illegal wildlife trade.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate in World Pangolin
Day. The aim of World Pangolin Day is to draw as much attention to
pangolins as possible, since they are relatively unknown outside of
Africa and Asia.
In August 2015, the World Pangolin Day website was merged with the
Project Pangolin website as part of the non-profit organization
Annamiticus.

MCQ-2
Recently who launched “Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0” ?

A. Smt Smriti Zubin Irani
B. Shri Piyush Goyal
C. Shri Harsh Vardhan 
D. Shri Rajnath Singh

Recently Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan launched “Intensified
Mission Indradhanush 3.0”
The aim of the mission is to expand immunization coverage across the country. The
Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 will have two rounds starting from February 22
and March 22, 2021, and will be conducted in pre-identified 250 districts/urban areas
across 29 States/UTs in the country
The Union Minister also launched the IMI 3.0 portal and released the Operational
Guidelines for IMI 3.0 and the awareness material/IEC package developed as part of
the campaign.
Focus of the IMI 3.0 will be the children and pregnant women who have missed their
vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic. IMI 3.0 is an initiative by the
government to provide immunization free of cost to pregnant women and children in
India.

MCQ-3
India has signed agreements with which regarding visa
facilitation & leather technology?

A. Nigeria
B. Seychelles
C. Bangladesh
D. Ethiopia 

India has signed agreements with Ethiopia regarding visa facilitation & leather
technology
India and Ethiopia signed two agreements related to visa facilitation and leather
technology. The agreements were signed in the presence of Ethiopia Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen Hassen and External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar. The two ministers agreed to expand India and Ethiopia bilateral
agenda especially defence, economic, S&T, digital and cultural cooperation.
Demeke Mekonnen Hassen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia is
on a 4-day visit to India, from 16th February.
Ethiopia, country on the Horn of Africa. The country lies completely within the tropical
latitudes and is relatively compact, with similar north-south and east-west dimensions.
The capital is Addis Ababa (“New Flower”), located almost at the centre of the
country. Ethiopia is the largest and most populated country in the Horn of Africa.
Currency of the Ethiopia is Ethiopian birr.

MCQ-4
CSIR signed an MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to
promote which among the following?

A. Industrial research
B. Health research 
C. Agricultural research
D. Educational research

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development,
conduct and promotion of health research in India.
Gates Foundation and The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will work together
to identify opportunities to initiate scientific and technological collaborations. These will focus
on developing and testing new preventions, therapies and interventions that can help to solve
major health concerns that affect India and other developing countries.
As per the MoU, areas of research collaboration would include genetic diseases that impact
infant and neonatal mortality, new diagnostics and devices for infectious disease and
environmental surveillance; development of cost-effective processes for drug, vaccines,
biologics, and diagnostics manufacturing; novel microbiome-directed foods; socio-economic
impact of science and technological tools; and other areas of health and development.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established in 1942 & at present
Director General of (CSIR) is Dr Shekhar C Mande.
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MCQ-5
In India “Soil Health Card Day” Observed on which day every year?
A. 19 February 
B. 20 February
C. 21 February
D. 22 February

In India “Soil Health Card Day” Observed on 19th February day every year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme on
19th February 2015.
Soil Health Card (SHC) helps farmers to increase crop production by using a
balanced amount of fertilizers. Farmers realize the fertile strength, status and
capacity of their farm soil through Soil Health Card. This day highlights all these
benefits to the farmers. It is also important to know the type of soil.
Soil Health Card (SHC) is a printed report which contains nutrient status of soil
with respect to 12 nutrients: pH, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Organic Carbon (OC),
Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Sulphur (S), Zinc (Zn), Boron (B), Iron
(Fe), Manganese (Mn), Copper (Cu) of farm holdings.
Soil Health Card (SHC) helps farmers to improve soil health and ultimately
increase productivity

MCQ-6
Recently in Feb 2021 “DigiLocker” platform has been
Inaugurated by which ministry for its use?
A. M/o Education
B. M/o Home Affairs
C. M/o External Affairs
D. M/o Finance

“DigiLocker” platform has been Inaugurated by which ministry for its use by  M/o External Affairs
Inaugurating the “DigiLocker” platform for the “Passport Seva Programme” of the Ministry of
External Affairs & it would enable citizens to submit the documents required for passport
services in a paperless mode and they would not be required to carry the original documents.

“DigiLocker” is an Indian digitization online service provided by Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) under its Digital India initiative. DigiLocker provides an account
in cloud to every Aadhaar holder to access authentic documents/certificates such as driving
license, vehicle registration, academic mark sheet in digital format from the original issuers of
these certificates. It also provides 1GB storage space to each account to upload scanned copies
of legacy documents.

There is also an associated facility for e-signing documents. The service is intended to minimise
the use of physical documents, reduce administrative expenses, provide authenticity of the documents, provide secure access to government-issued documents and to make it easy for the
residents to receive services.
Users need to possess an Aadhaar number to use DigiLocker. For sign-up, the Aadhaar number
and the one-time password sent to the Aadhaar-registered mobile number, need to be entered.

MCQ-7
Which country has decided to register Himalayan pink salt as
Geographical Indications (GI)?
A. India
B. Nepal
C. China
D. Pakistan

Pakistan has decided to register Himalayan pink salt as Geographical Indications (GI)
A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin
and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. In order to function as a GI, a
sign must identify a product as originating in a given place. In addition, the qualities,
characteristics or reputation of the product should be essentially due to the place of origin.
Since the qualities depend on the geographical place of production, there is a clear link between
the product and its original place of production.

A geographical indication right enables those who have the right to use the indication to
prevent its use by a third party whose product does not conform to the applicable standards.
For example, in the jurisdictions in which the Darjeeling geographical indication is protected,
producers of Darjeeling tea can exclude use of the term “Darjeeling” for tea not grown in their
tea gardens or not produced according to the standards set out in the code of practice for the
geographical indication.
A GI is registered for an initial period of ten years, which may be renewed from time to time.

MCQ-8
DRDO has successfully test fired Helina and Dhruvastra AntiTank Guided Missiles at which place?
A. Jhalawar
B. Barmer
C. Jaisalmer
D. Pokhran 

DRDO has successfully test-fired Helina and Dhruvastra Anti-Tank Guided Missiles from at
Pokhran
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out joint user
trials of indigenously developed Helina and Dhruvastra Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) from
the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) in the Pokhran desert.

“The Helina and Dhruvastra are third generation, Lock-on-Before-Launch (LOBL) fire and forget
ATGMs can engage targets in both indirect hit mode as well as top attack mode. The system
has the all-weather day-and-night capability and can defeat battle tanks with conventional armor
as well as with explosive reactive armor,” the DRDO said in a statement. It is one of the most advanced anti-tank weapons in the world. Now, the missile systems are ready for induction.

On 19th February 2021, Army variant HELINA and Air Force version Dhruvastra have successfully
demonstrated their capabilities in a series of multi-mission user trials from HAL Rudra and is
ready for induction into the Indian Armed Forces.

MCQ-9
Recently who has won the women’s Singles Title at 82nd National
Table Tennis Championship?
A. Poulomi Ghatak
B. Ankita Das
C. Manika Batra
D. Neha Aggarwal

Manika Batra wins national title, eyes Tokyo Olympic spot via Doha

Recently Manika Batra has won the women’s Singles Title at 82nd National
Table Tennis Championship.

It was Manika Batra’s second Nationals title. She won her maiden national title
in 2015 in Hyderabad. Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. She is the
top-ranked female table tennis player as of November 2020. She ranked 63rd
in world. The player specialises in playing the long-pimples on her backhand. It
is not often played by top players. In 2020, she also received the Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna award.

India’s 82nd Senior National Table Tennis Championships gets underway at the
Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula, Haryana, from February 14, 2021. The
tournament will run till February 23. Manika Batra will now compete at two
WTT Contender events which will start on February 28. This will be followed by
the World Olympic qualifiers and Asian Olympic qualifiers in Doha which is
scheduled for March 14 and 18 respectively.

MCQ-10
Recently “e-Kuber” payments system has been launched in which Union
Territory?
A. Ladakh
B. Jammu & Kashmir 
C. Lakshadweep
D. Puducherry

Recently “e-Kuber” payments system has been launched in Jammu & Kashmir.
e-kuber is the core banking solution of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that gives a high
degree of access to commercial banks and other institutions to their current account
with the RBI. e-kuber enables banks access with their current account at any time,
everywhere across the country.

The e-kuber is used by the RBI to execute various transactions with banks. It is also
used to conduct exercises like auctioning of government securities.
The e-kuber system was implemented in 2012, and it is considered as one of the
successful central banks administered Core Banking Systems in the world.

The financial system and macro entities like governments engage in large volume of
transactions and services. For facilitating such transactions, RBI as the central bank has
several digital platforms on each front (RTGS, NEFT etc). One such facility is its core
banking solution known as e-Kuber.

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                                                    Answer of 21st Feb 2021 Question

The Salal Project is constructed on the river:
(SSC CHSL 2018)

ନଦୀରେ ସାଲାଲ ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ନିର୍ମାଣ କରାଯାଇଛି

A. Manjra
B. Chenab
C. Bhima
D. Krishna

Salal power station is the run-of-the-river scheme with an installed capacity of 690 MW  to harnesses the Hydropower potential of river Chenab. It is located in the Reasi district of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

                                                         MCQ for you all to answer
Which is the longest national highway in India?
(SSC CGL 2018)
A. National Highway 48
B. National Highway 27
C. National Highway 44
D. National Highway 53

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3 thoughts on “Important Current Affairs-22nd Feb 2021-ORSP”

  1. Ans-
    National Highway 44
    It is the longest national highway in India with a length of 3,745 km running from Srinagar in the north to kanyakumari in the south.This highway connect 11 States and about 30 important cities with each other.
    It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,in addition to the States of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi,Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana,Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

    Length-3,745 km
    Highway system-Indian National Highway system
    NH 44 previous name-National Highway 7

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