Current affairs play a very important role in the competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give undivided attention to it while doing preparation for the government examinations. The ASO examinations comprise a section of “General Awareness” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the daily happenings taking place around the world. To complement your preparation, we are providing you with a compilation of the current affairs of the last week.
Q1. “World Day of Social Justice” is observed every year on –
(A) 18th February
(B) 22nd February
(C) 20th February
(D) 22nd February
S1. Ans. (C) 20th February
Q2. “International Mother Language Day” is celebrated every year on –
(A) 18th February
(B) 21st February
(C) 19th February
(D) 22nd February
S2. Ans. (B) 21st February
Q3. Foundation Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh is observed every year on –
(A) 20 February
(B) 21 February
(C) 22 February
(D) 23 February
S3. Ans. (A) 20 February
Q4. India has observed “7th Soil Health Card Day” on –
(A) 21st February
(B) 18th F ebruary
(C) 20th February
(D) 19th February
S4. Ans. (D) 19th February
Q5. PM Modi virtually unveiled Asia’s biggest “Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in –
(A) Indore
(B) New Delhi
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Pune
S5. Ans. (A) Indore
Q6. Who has been appointed as the new director of the Institute of Economic Growth?
(A) Chetan Ghate
(B) Niraj Sinha
(C) Suman Gupta
(D) Anurag Gupta
S6. Ans. (A) Chetan Ghate
Q7. Who has been conferred with Hilal-e-Pakistan, the second highest civilian honour of Pakistan?
(A) Shinzo Abe
(B) Barack Obama
(C) Bill Gates
(D) Sushmita Sen
S7. Ans. (C) Bill Gates
Q8. As per the Hurun Report, Which Indian city has the highest number of dollar-millionaire households?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Kolkata
(C) Delhi
(D) Mumbai
S8. Ans. (D) Mumbai
Q9. Which city will host the International Olympic Committee session in 2023?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Chennai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Mumbai
S9. Ans. (D) Mumbai
Q10. Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari passes away. He was the National bureau chief at –
(A) Indian Express
(B) The Hindu
(C) Hindustan Times
(D) Dainik Jagran
S10. Ans. (A) Indian Express
Q11. India has signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with –
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Uruguay
(C) UAE
(D) Egypt
S11. Ans. (C) UAE
Q12. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of Adidas?
(A) Pankaj Tripathi
(B) Manika Batra
(C) Neeraj Chopra
(D) Mirabai Chanu
S12. Ans. (B) Manika Batra
Q13. Who is the author of the book “A Nation To Protect”?
(A) Kallol Ganai
(B) Priyam Gandhi Mody
(C) Vivek Sahay
(D) Gyanwant Singh
S13. Ans. (B) Priyam Gandhi Mody
Q14, Who has authored a new book “A History of Sriniketan”?
(A) Jayanta Ghosal
(B) Dhirendra Jha
(C) Uma Das Gupta
(D) Tuhin A Sinha
S14. Ans. (C) Uma Das Gupta
Q15. Who will get the Northeast’s first motor racing track?
(A) Assam
(B) Mizoram
(C) Manipur
(D) Meghalaya
S15. Ans. (B) Mizoram
Q16. Where has the Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center been started?
(A) Odisha
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Rajasthan
S16. Ans. (B) Gujarat
Q17. Who has been named as the Director of the SBI Board?
(A) Prabhat Sinha
(B) Sanjay Malhotra
(C) Rajiv Joshi
(D) Chirantan Nag
S17. Ans. (B) Sanjay Malhotra
Q18. Which state’s first Caravan park is all set to come up at Idukki district?
(A) Telangana
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala
(D) Karnataka
S18. Ans. (C) Kerala
Q19. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?
(A) Pawan Kumar
(B) Abhishek Ghosh
(C) Vineet Joshi
(D) Ashish Yadav
S19. Ans. (C) Vineet Joshi
Q20. Who has been named as the Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21?
(A) Romesh Sobti
(B) Shikha Sharma
(C) Sandeep Bakshi
(D) Paresh Kidwai
S20. Ans. (c) Sandeep Bakshi
Q21. Which country has become first to allow operation of drones in civilian airspace?
(A) Syria
(B) Jordan
(C) Egypt
(D) Israel
S21. Ans. (D) Israel
Q22. Which is the first Indian FMCG company to become Plastic waste neutral?
(A) Nestle India
(B) Dabur India
(C) ITC Ltd
(D) Marico Ltd
S22. Ans. (B) Dabur India
Q23. Kala Ramachandran has been appointed as which city’s first woman Police Commissioner?
(A) Gurugram
(B) Faridabad
(C) Ghaziabad
(D) Meerut
S23. Ans. (A) Gurugram
Q24. “Medaram Jatara” is the traditional festival of which state?
(A) Telangana
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Karnataka
S24. Ans. (A) Telangana
Q25. Paisabazaar has launched ‘Paisa on Demand’ (PoD) credit card in partnership with which bank?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) RBL Bank
(C) Canara Bank
(D) Yes Bank
S25. Ans. (B) RBL Bank
