Current Affairs Quiz: 17 February 2021

17 February 2021: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as new Telangana Governor, SAARC health secretary-level meeting  and fossil of  world’s oldest animal among others. 

1. Which country will host the SAARC health secretary-level meeting on February 18, 2021?
a) India
b) Bangladesh 
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka

2. Which state's Governor has been given additional charge of discharging duties of Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor?
a) Tamil Nadu 
b) Telangana
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka

3. The fossils of the world’s oldest animal -Dickinsonia- were discovered in which state?
a) Assam
b) Arunachal Pradesh 
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat

4. Which nation has joined Iran-Russia maritime exercise?
a) Japan
b) France
c) India
d) Italy

5. PM Narendra Modi will be addressing the top commanders of the three defence forces in March from which state?
a) Gujarat 
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Jharkhand 
d) Bihar

6. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of key oil, gas sector projects in which state on February 17th?
a) Karnataka
b) Gujarat
c) Odisha
d) Tamil Nadu

7. The Union Cabinet on February 17th approved the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement between India and which country?
a) Maldives 
b) Mauritius
c) Australia
d) New Zealand 

8. India recently held DG-level bilateral consultations on UNSC issues with which nation?
a) Russia
b) Japan 
c) UK
d) France

Answers

1. (a) India
India will host a virtual health secretary-level meeting with other South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries on February 18, 2021 to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Pakistan has been invited to attend the workshop.

2. (b) Telangana
The Rashtrapati Bhawan informed in a statement on February 16, 2021, that Kiran Bedi has been removed as Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been given an additional charge of executing the functions of Puducherry L-G, in addition to her own duties, until a new appointment is made.

3. (c) Madhya Pradesh
The three fossils of the world’s earliest known living animal- the 550 million years old Dickinsonia- have been discovered by the researchers on the roof of the Bhimbetka rock shelters. They are about 40 km from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

4. (c) India
India has joined a two-day navy exercise of Iran and Russia dubbed as ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021’. The naval exercise is taking place in the northern part of the Indian Ocean.

5. (a) Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the top commanders of the three defence forces for the very first time during his second term at the Combined Commanders' Conference in Kevadia, Gujarat in March. 

6. (d) Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of key oil, gas sector projects in Tamil Nadu on February 17, 2021. PM Modi dedicated the Ramanathapuram-Thoothukudi natural gas pipeline and Gasoline Desulphurisation Unit at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Manali. He also laid the foundation stone of the Cauvery Basin Refinery at Nagapattinam.

7. (b) Mauritius
The Union Cabinet on February 17, 2021 approved the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius. Under the agreement, India will send 310 items to Mauritius and 615 items will be imported from the Indian Ocean island nation.

8. (a) Russia
India and Russia held DG-level bilateral consultations on UNSC issues in Moscow on February 16, 2021. The Russian delegation was led by the Director of the Department of International Organizations of Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry Peter Ilichev, while the Indian delegation was led by Joint Secretary UNP and Summits in MEA Prakash Gupta.