Current Affairs Daily Quiz: 3 February 2022

Current Affairs Questions for UPSC: The Daily Current Affairs Quiz section of Jagran Josh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise Current Affairs of the day at ease. Today's current affairs questions cover topics such as Statue of Equality, ISS retirement, IPL 2022 and U19 World Cup 2022 among others. 

1. PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Statue of Equality in which city on February 5?

a) Lucknow

b) Pune

c) Hyderabad

d) Bhopal

2. NASA is planning to retire the International Space Station by which year?

a) March 2030

b) January 2031

c) December 2025

d) January 2026

3. Which state/ UT is likely to host the IPL 2022?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujarat

d) New Delhi 

4. Who has become the third Indian to score a century in the ICC U19 World Cup?

a) Yash Dhull

b) Shaik Rasheed

c) Raj Bawa

d) Siddarth Yadav

5. How many Indian athletes are participating in the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing?

a) 10

b) 3

c) 5

d) 1

6. Which team has become the first to qualify for four consecutive U19 World Cup finals?

a) England

b) Australia

c) India

d) West Indies

7. Who has been named the winner of ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021?

a) Kane Williamson

b) Joe Root

c) Quinton de Kock

d) Daryl Mitchell 

Answers

1. (c) Hyderabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad on February 5, 2022. He will be dedicating a 216-feet tall ‘Statue of Equality’ commemorating 11th-century Bhakti Saint Sri Ramanujacharya to the nation in Hyderabad. 

2. (b) January 2031

NASA is planning to retire the International Space Station (ISS) in January 2031 and has laid out a detailed transition plan. The space agency is planning to open the ISS for commercial activities in its final decade of operational life. 

3. (b) Maharashtra 

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed recently that IPL 2022 will be held in Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra. The playoffs are likely to be held in Ahmedabad but a formal decision is likely to be taken at a later stage. 

4. (a) Yash Dhull

India U19 skipper Yash Dhull has become the third Indian to score a century in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup after Virat Kohli and Unmukht Chand.

5. (d) 1

Only one Indian athlete will be participating in the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing. Indian diplomat in Beijing has decided to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 opening and closing ceremony after China chose a soldier, who fought in the Galwan Valley clash against Indian troops in 2020, as a torchbearer.

6. (c) India 

India has become the first team in the history of the U19 World Cup to qualify for four consecutive U-19 World Cup finals. India made it through the final of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 after a 96-run win over Australia at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.

7. (d) Daryl Mitchell 

New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell has been named the winner of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021 for his gesture during the New Zealand vs England semifinal in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi.