Current Affairs Quiz: 19 February 2021

19 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 2020 Tree City of the World, Puducherry floor test and Perseverance Rover Landing among others. 

1. Which Indian city has been recognised as the 2020 Tree City of the World?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Bengaluru

2. When did NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars?
a) February 16th
b) February 17th
c) February 18th
d) February 19th

3. When will be the sixth Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog be held?
a) February 21st
b) February 20th
c) February 19th
d) February 25th

4. Who has become the first bowler to dismiss left-handers 200 times in Test cricket?
a) R Ashwin
b) Jasprit Bumrah
c) Moeen Ali
d) Mitchell Starc

5. When is the Puducherry floor test scheduled?
a) February 25th
b) February 23rd
c) February 22nd
d) February 21st

6. What is the name of the Indian American who led NASA's operation -Perseverance Rover Landing-on Mars?
a) Vanita Gupta
b) Neera Tanden
c) Mala Adiga
d) Swati Mohan

7. Scientists recently pulled out the oldest DNA ever found from mammoth teeth. How old is the DNA?
a) 1 million years
b) 2 million years
c) 1 billion years
d) 5 million years

8. When is World Day of Social Justice observed?
a) February 19th
b) February 20th
c) February 21st
d) February 22nd

Answers

1. (c) Hyderabad
The Arbor Day Foundation and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has recognised Hyderabad as the 2020 Tree City of the World. Hyderabad has been chosen for this recognition for its commitment to maintaining and growing the urban forest.

2. (c) February 18th
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Perseverance rover landed successfully at Mars' Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021 after surviving a blazing seven-minute plunge through the Martian atmosphere, nearly seven months after its takeoff.

3. (b) February 20th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be chairing the sixth Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog on February 20, 2021 through video conferencing. The key agenda of the meeting includes deliberations on infrastructure, agriculture, human resource development, manufacturing, service delivery at the grassroots level and health and nutrition.

4. (a) R Ashwin
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first cricketer in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets of left-handed batsmen. He achieved the feat during the second day of India’s second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

5. (c) February 22nd
Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on February 18, 2021 ordered a floor test in assembly on February 22, 2021 amid a political crisis in the Union Territory.

6. (d) Dr. Swati Mohan
Dr. Swati Mohan is the Indian American woman who led NASA's operation Perseverance rover landing on Mars. Dr. Mohan spearheaded the development of attitude control and the landing system for the rover.

7. (a) 1 million years
Scientists have just pulled DNA that's more than 1 million years old from teeth and tusks left behind by mammoths that traversed an ice-covered Siberia. The teeth and tusks were preserved in the region's permanently frozen ground.

8. (c) February 20th
The World Day of Social Justice is observed on February 20th. The 2021 theme of the day is, "A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy." The digital economy has been transforming the world of work.