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SUPER Current Affairs MCQ PDF 27th Feb 2021

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Q. NPCI has enabled UPI Autopay on _______ music platform.

A) Wynk

B) Gaana

C) Jio-Saavn

D) Hungama

Answer: B

Abbreviation:

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

About NPCI:

Headquarters location: Mumbai

Number of employees: 1000+

Subsidiaries: NIPL

Founded: 2008

Founders: Reserve Bank of India, Indian Banks' Association

About UPI:

Introduced: 11 April 2016; 4 years ago

Owner: National Payments Corporation of India

Markets: India

About Gaana:

Developer: Times Internet

Launch date: April 2010; 10 years ago

Pricing model: ₹99 per month (within India) or $3.99 per month

(outside India)


Platform(s): Web browser; Windows; Android; macOS; iOS

Members: 150 million

Q. The second Khelo India National Winter Games has been organised in

which place?

A) Gangtok

B) Dehradun

C) Gulmarg

D) Dalhousie

Answer: C

On February 26, 2021, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered the

inaugural address at 2nd Khelo India National Winter Games through

video conference.

The second edition of Khelo India-Winter Games has been organised at

the world famous ski-resort Gulmarg in Baramulla district of Jammu

and Kashmir.

The 5 days Games will be held from February 26 to March 02, 2021.

Khelo India University Games:

Abbreviation: KIUG

First event: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in 2020

Occur: every Annual

Purpose: Multi-sport events across Indian universities

Headquarters: New Delhi

Organisations: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports: Kiren Rijiju.

About Gulmarg:

Weather: 0 °C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 84% Humidity


District: Baramulla

Population: 1,965

Union territory: Jammu and Kashmir

Q. Who has been appointed as the President and CTO of AU Small

Finance Bank?

A) Sharad Goklani

B) Sikandar Mustaq

C) Arun Kumar

D) Biswajeet Singh

Answer: A

Sharad Goklani has been appointed as the President of Chief Technology

Officer (CTO) of the AU Small Finance Bank.

Sharad was previously serving the Equitas Small Finance Bank.

About AU Small Finance Bank:

Headquarters: Jaipur

Founder: Sanjay Agarwal

Founded: 1996

Number of employees: 16,000 (2020)

Subsidiary: Index Money Limited

Recently Appointment in News Feb 2021:

OLX Autos Ropes in Gautam Thakar as Global CEO

Shantanu Mitra appointed CEO and MD of Fullerton India Credit

Company

Irakli Garibashvili Sworn in as Prime Minister of Georgia

Dushyant Chautala re-elected as President of TTFI

Former Union Minister Vijay Sampla takes charge as Chairman of

National Commission for Scheduled Castes


Ajai Malhotra becomes first Indian Chairperson of the Advisory

Committee of the UN Human Rights Council

Indian-origin Preeti Sinha to lead United Nations Capital Development

Fund

President Ramnath Kovind appoints Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay

Kumar as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court

Dr Ajay Mathur elected new Director Genera of International Solar

Alliance

Tata Motors appoints Marc Llistosella as new CEO & MD

Mario Draghi Sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala set to become first female Chief of WTO

Michael Bloomberg Re-Appointed as United Nations Climate Envoy

Google Cloud appoints Bikram Singh Bedi as Managing Director for

India business

Ajay Singh re-elected Boxing Federation of India President

S.N. Subrahmanyan appointed as Chairman of the National Safety

Council

Centre Appoints Praveen Sinha as interim Director of CBI

Andy Jassy set to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in July

Indian-Origin Bhavya Lal appointed as Acting Chief of Staff of NASA

Rama Mohan Rao Amara appointed MD and CEO of SBI Card

Q. When is the World NGO Day observed?

A) February 25

B) February 26

C) February 24

D) February 27

Answer: D


The NGO day 2020 theme was “Celebrate, Commemorate,

Collaborate, Donate”.

Each year the World NGO Day is celebrated on February 27.

The Day was officially recognised and declared by the 12 member

countries (Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia,

Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden).

About World NGO Day:

Date(s): 27 February (each year)

Organized by: NGOs, NPOs, CSOs, Charities, International organizations,

Civil society, Companies and others

Begins: Winter

Most recent: 27 February

Inaugurated: 27 February 2014

Q. The ‘UTS ON MOBILE App’ is owned by which entity?

A) Indian Army

B) Indian Railways

C) India Post

D) BSNL

Answer: B

The Indian Railways has decided to reactivate the facility of ‘UTS ON

MOBILE App’, which allows passengers to book unreserved train tickets

through app.

The facility of Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) on Mobile app was

discontinued by Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways in 2020, when the

novel coronavirus-triggered lockdown was imposed across India.

Recently Indian Railways in News:

Indian Railways reactivates ‘UTS ON MOBILE App’ facility


Indian Railways Renames Howrah-Kalka Mail as Netaji Express

Indian Railways’ new Vistadome coach successfully completes 180

kmph speed trial

Indian Railways launches ‘Meri Saheli’ initiative for security of women

in trains

About Indian Railways

Founded: 16 April 1853, India


Parent organization: Ministry of Railways

Number of employees: 13,08,000 (2016-2017)

Subsidiaries: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation & more

Q. Who has been made the new Goodwill Ambassador of UNFPA?

A) Diya Mirza

B) Deepika Padukone

C) Natalia Vodianova

D) Malala Yousafzhai

Answer: C

Russian Supermodel, Natalia Vodianova has been made the new

Goodwill Ambassador of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

UNFPA is the sexual and reproductive health agency of United Nations.

She has been roped in for promoting the rights of the girls and women.

About UNFPA:

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Head: Natalia Kanem

Founded: 1969

Parent organization: United Nations


Q. Which Indian actress has been roped in by Levi’s as its Global Brand

Ambassador?

A) Deepika Padukone

B) Rashmika Mandhana

C) Malaika Arora

D) Anushka Sharma

Answer: A

Deepika Padukone has been roped in by Levi’s as its Global Brand

Ambassador.

She has been signed to promote the Levi’s products with special focus

on women’s category.

She has become the 1st female actress to endorse Levi’s in India.

About Levi’s:

Brands: Levi's, Dockers, Denizen, Signature by Levi Strauss & Co

Founder: Levi Strauss

Founded: 1853, San Francisco, California, United States

Customer service: 1800 102 0501

CEO: Charles V. Bergh (1 Sep 2011–)

Recently Appointed Brand Ambassadors List

Persons Name of the Brands and campaigns

Shafali Verma PepsiCo

Viswanathan Anand World Wide Fund India Environment

Devgan Aarogya Setu App

AR Rahman BAFTA Breakthrough

Kuldeep Handoo Fit India movement

Sourav Ganguly Bengal Peerless Housing Development Company


Limited, Adani Wilmar, Edtech startup Classplus, SW Cement

Yash and Radhika Pandit Freedom Refined Sunflower Oil

Kiara Advani Myntra, FMCG brand Priyagold, Colgate Visible White

Tara Sutaria St.Botanica

Carry Minati aka Ajey Nagar

Arctic Fox

Rana Daggubati Ubon, CEAT

Bhumi Pednekar Wow Skin Science

Sara Ali Khan Maybelline, Vivo "s" Series

Ravi Kishan Bharat Eat

Juhi Chawla Emami

Mimi Chakraborty Joy Personal Care

Vidyut Jammwal MuscleBlaze

Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan

Netsurf Network

Diljit Dosanjh boAt

Andre Russell Monte Carlo

Manushi Chillar Addidas

Shraddha Kapoor Realme, The Body Shop

Kareena Kapoor Khan Puma, Lakme

Deepika Padukone Llyod

Shardul Thakur Tata Power

Sanju Samson Haeal


Mohanlal Mankind Pharma

Sukhbir Singh Luxury Ride

Smriti Mandhana Playerzpot, Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB)

Chacha Chaudhary Namami Gange Project

Rajkummar Rao Syska Group

Priyanka Chopra 45th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020, B-Fizz, Parle Agro

Lewis Hamilton LG Signature

Costantina Dita World Athletics Half Marathon Championships 2020

Chetan Anand Brand Ambassador of Transform

Ajinkya Rahane Brand Ambassador of Hudle, ELSA Corp

Robin Uthappa Kerala based startup named ‘Entri’

Yuvraj Singh Akash Educational Service Ltd

Sonu Sood Acer India, Spice Money, Gargo International

Sachin Tendulkar Paytm First Games

Dwayne Bravo SBOTOP

Ayushmann Khurana Magicbricks, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Playerzpot

Harmanpreet Kaur WTF Sports

Pankaj Tripathi Bihar Khadi

Sunil Chhetri JSW Cement, SW Cement

Anurag Kashyap 45th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020

Brett Lee Sports Adda

K Chandrashekhar Rao Telangana State Road Transport Corporation


Ileana D’Cruz CavinKare’s Indica

Kriti Sanon Skincare Brand JOY, Magicbricks, Dabur(for its skincare brand Fem), Whirpool, BATA

Kartik Aaryan and Tara Sutaria

ITC Engage

Mandira Bedi MevoFit

Salman Khan Realme, Pepsi, BharatPe, Navratna Oil

Rohit Sharma

Spain's Football League LaLiga, Noise, SHARP TV, Trusox India, Nissan Global Ambassador, IIFL Finance, Oakley, Vega, Dr Trust, Financepeer, JKLC Sixer Cement, CricKingdom

Ananya Pandey Vega, Fastrack Perfumes

Emilia Clarke Clinique

Farhan Akhtar United Breweries Limited (Kingfisher Ultra)

Ranveer Singh

Manyavar, Oyakaya Power Group, JBL, Flite, Bingo, Llyod, Xiaomi India, Kajaria Ply, Dish TV, Siyaram, Big Muscle, Nutrition, Kansai Narolac, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Thumps Up, Make My Trip, Set Wet, Adidas, Carrera FW, Jack And Jones, Colgate, Nexa, Vivo, Ching’s, Kellogg’s, Royal Stag

Kartik Aryan

Lux Inferno, Armani Exchange Watches, Cadbury, Manyavar, Oppo, Hummel, Magic Moments, BoAt Speakers, Mufti, Emami(skincare), Park Avenue Fragrances, Envy 100 Crystal

Shreyas Iyer BoAt Speakers

Alia Bhatt Hero MotoCorp, Phillips, Garnier, Hero Pleasure, Maybelline, Coca Cola, Caprese Bag

Actor Shawar Ali Call mama- Free Calling App from My Country Mobile


Saina Nehwal Rasna, Edelweiss Group, Herbal Life, Yonex, FlipKart, Kaira, Bajaj Nomarks, Sahara, Indian OverSeas Bank, Iodex

Nitin Gadkari Road Safety

Actor Yash & Wife Radhika

Govt-Aided Mass Marriage Scheme

Aditi Rao Hydari, Mithali Raj and Shakti Mohan

L'Oreal Paris

Disha Patani & Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

Washington Apples

Actor Suniel Shetty Brand Ambassador for NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency)

Jasprit Bumrah Seagram’s Royal Stag, Estrolo

Arjun Kapoor Chelsea FC

Yami Gautam Himachal Government's Global Investors’ Meet 2019, Fair & Lovely

Shilpa Shetty Kundra Bodycare International

Harbhajan Singh Brune & Bareskin, ebikeGo

Anushka Sharma Godrej Consumer Products, Skill India Campaign, Cox and Kings, Colgate, Rupa and Company, Google Duo, Prega News

P V Sindhu Visa (Payment Technology Company), BWF's 'I am badminton' campaign

Victoria Lopreva FIFA World Cup 2018

Akshay Kumar

CarDekho, Dabur Chyawanprash, PagarBook, CavinKare’s Indica, New India Conclave 2018, GOQI, TAFE(Tractors and Farm Equipments)Ltd. , Road Safety Awareness Campaign


Mahendra Singh Dhoni

CARS24, Indian Army, Menswear Brand Indian Terrain, Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), Colgate, redBus, Sumadhura Group, Mastercard, Bharat Matrimony, Indigo Paints, NetMeds (Online Pharmacy), Gaming platform Dream11, Chocolate Snickers, PokerStars India

Indian Hockey Player Dharamvir Singh

Arganish

Shah Rukh Khan Pepsi, Hyundai, Frooti, Lux, Dish TV, Denver, Big Basket, Kent for Security product range, V-Nourish, ICCI Bank

Anil Kapoor Malabar Gold and Diamonds, Scot’s Eyewear, Spotify

Katrina Kaif

Lino Perros Bags, Kalyan Jewellers, Educate Girls(Non-Profit Organization), Lenskart, Tropicana, PriyaGold Hunk, Berger Paints, Xiaomi’s Redmi Y, Metro Shoes, FBB Fashion, Splash, Johnson Tiles, Lux, Titan Raga, Fevicol, Yardley, Choc On, Slice, Veet, Doublemintne, ‘Emami 7 Oils in One’, Reebok.

Hima Das Gatorade by PepsiCo, Assam(State Brand Ambassador)

Virat Kohli

Vize, Blue Star, Well Man, Himalaya, Myntra, Google Duo, Mobile Premier League, Shyam Steel, Amaze(Inverters and Batteries), Hero MotoCorp, Colgate, Sun Pharma- Volini, Wrogn, MuveAcoustics, Too Yum, Tissot, Audi India, Manyavar, Royal Challenge, Boost Energy Drink, American Tourister Bags, Vicks India, Uber India, MRF Tyres, Remit2India, Phillips India, Valvoline, Great Learning, iQOO Smart Phone & Blue Star

Rishab Pant JSW Steel, Himalaya Drug Company

Colombian Footballer Hero MotoCorp


Yerry Mina

Varun Dhawan Emami Navratna Cool, Reebok, Skill India Campaign, Maruti, Maza, Sky Bags, Phillips India

Alai Bhatt Uber Eats, Nokia, Vicco

Prithvi Shaw Navneet Education Ltd, Fanmojo

Aamir Khan Phone Pe, Samsung, Dustin India, Vivo, CEAT Limited, Vedantu

Murali Kartik Fantasy 11

Vikas Khanna Quaker oats, Pepsi Co, Bergner India, IAAC(Indo-American Art Council)

Mayank Aggarwal Fast&Up

Virender Sehwag PolicyX.com

Suresh Raina Fantasy Sports Platform Fantain, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, Swachh Bharat Mission in Ghaziabad, WTF Sports, 9stacks

Jacqueline Fernandez

Delhi Dynamos FC, Queo(Bath Wear), Dabur, Casio India, Bella Casa, Nova Eyewear, Magic Moments, Tresemme, IMARA, Just F(Women Active Wear), M Bazar, Iconic Galaxy,

Kidambi Srikanth ITM Group of Institutions

Dia Mirza Environmental Issues

Amitabh Bachchan FirstCry, Kalyan Jewellers, Parker Pen, Maggi, Lux Inner Wear, Cello, IDFC First Bank

Sunny Leone Futsal football franchise Kerala Cobras

Sandeep Patil Indoor Cricket Team

Saima Wazed Hossain WHO Goodwill Ambassador(for Autism in South Asia)

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor Leonardo Olive Oil, Tata Sampann(spices)


Q. According to the second advanced estimates of the National Statistical

Office (NSO),what is the projected GDP growth rate of India in the fiscal

2020-21?

A) -8%

B) -11%

C) -9%

D) -10%

Answer: A

The GDP growth of India during 2020-21 is estimated to contract 8

percent, as per the second advanced estimates projected by the National

Statistical Office (NSO).

This was 4.9 percent in 2019-20.

Q. Center has decided to integrate the Common Service Centres (CSC)

with the E-Daakhil portal.The portal is launched by which Ministry?

A) Ministry of Commerce and

Industry

B) Ministry of Consumer Affairs,

Food and Public Distribution

C) Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare

D) Ministry of Defence

Answer: B

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution:

Founded: 2 September 1946


Jurisdiction: India

Departments: Food Corporation of India, Department of Food and Public

Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs

Officeholders: Raosaheb Danve (Minister of State), Piyush Goyal

(Minister), C. R. Chaudhary (Minister of State)

Common Service Centres (CSC):


Founder: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Founded: 16 July 2009

Headquarters location: New Delhi

Type of business: Publicly listed company

Q. Irakli Garibashvili has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of

which country?

A) Kazakhstan

B) Papua New Guinea

C) Georgia

D) Mongolia

Answer: C

Irakli Garibashvili has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of

Georgia on February 22, 2021.

This is his second term as the Prime Minister.

About Georgia:

Capital: Tbilisi

President: Salome Zourabichvili

Currency: Georgian lari

Continent: Europe, Asia

Q. Who has been roped in as the global CEO of OLX Autos?

A) Pavan Kaushal

B) Ekhlaque Bari

C) Anil Noronha

D) Gautam Thakar

Answer: D


Prosus-owned OLX Group has appointed Gautam Thakar as the global

CEO of its pre-owned car marketplace OLX Autos.

About OLX:

Parent organization: Naspers

Founded: 2006

Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Number of employees: 7,500+

Subsidiaries: dubizzle, Tradus, Carsmile S.A., Olx India Private Limited

Founders: Fabrice Grinda, Alec Oxenford

Q. Carbon Watch is India’s first mobile app to assess the carbon footprint

of an individual.The app has been launched by which state/UT?

A) Chandigarh

B) Puducherry

C) Gujarat

D) Ladakh

Answer: A

Chandigarh launches ‘Carbon Watch’, India’s first app to assess one’s

carbon footprint

Q. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of the NBFC “Fullerton

India Credit Company (Fullerton India)”?

A) Pavan Kaushal

B) Shantanu Mitra

C) Rakesh Makkar

D) Pankaj Malik

Answer: B


The non-banking financial company, “Fullerton India Credit Company

(Fullerton India)” has appointed Shantanu Mitra as its new CEO and MD.

Mitra will take over the new role with effect from 2nd April, 2021.

About Fullerton India Credit Company:

Founded: 1994

Headquarters: Mumbai

Subsidiary: Fullerton India Home Finance Company Limited

Parent organization: Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Q. Michael Somare, has passed away recently. He was the first prime

minister of which country?

A) Philippines

B) Singapore

C) Fiji

D) Papua New Guinea

Answer: D

Q. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri who has passed away recently was a

renowned poet of ___________

A) Malayalam

B) Marathi

C) Urdu

D) Odia

Answer: A


STATIC GK BASED CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ

Q. Where is the headquarters of

the “International Energy

Agency” (IEA) located?

A) Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

B) Santiago , Chile

C) Paris, France

D) Geneva, Switzerland

Answer: C

Q. When is the “World Sparrow

Day” observed?

A) January 17

B) July 16

C) August 8

D) March 20

Answer: D

Q. In which state is the “NTPC

Ramagundam Power Plant”

situated?

A) Telangana

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Odisha

D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: A

Q. The Golconda Fort is located in

which city?

A) Jaipur

B) Hyderabad

C) Agra

D) Bhubaneswar

Answer: B

Q. Nellore city is located on the

banks of which river?

A) Penna

B) Bhima

C) Tungabhadra

D) Periyar

Answer: A

Q. “Betla National Park” is

located in which Indian state?

A) Gujarat

B) Assam


C) Chhattisgarh

D) Jharkhand

Answer: D

Q. Vajubhai Vala is the current

governor of which Indian state?

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Kerala

C) Karnataka

D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: C

Q. Where is the headquarter of

Moddy’s Investor Service?

A) New York

B) London

C) Dubai

D) Singapore

Answer: A

Q. On which of the following river

banks is the city of Madurai

situated?

A) Cauvery

B) Pennar

C) Vaigai

D) Krishna

Answer: C

Q. Who is the Chairman of SEBI?

A) Ajay Tyagi

B) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

C) Vikram Limaye

D) Suseel Kumar

Answer: A

Q. What is the tagline of Union

bank of India?

A) Honours Your Trust

B) Your Faithful And Friendly

Financial Partner

C) Good people to bank with

D) The Bank that begins with “U”

Answer: C

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