Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Feb 20, 2015

ANSWER: D. Prithvi-II.

Prithvi-II has a strike range of 350 km and is 8.56 metres in length, 110 cm in girth and weighs 4,600 kg. It is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines and uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory. The Prithvi-II missile, developed by the DRDO, has already inducted into the Indian Armed forces.

ANSWER: B. 19th Feb’15.

Democracy Day or Rashtriya Prajatantra Diwas is celebrated in country to commemorate the day of the end of 104-year-long Rana autocracy on February 18, 1951.

ANSWER: A. Uttar Pradesh.

The scheme will provide opportunity to the shortlisted agriculture graduates to run the agriculture junctions. Lucknow based State Agricultural Management and Training Institute will provide training to the shortlisted agriculture graduates.

ANSWER: D. Potato.

Last year, Commerce and Industry Ministry had imposed MEP of 450 US dollars per tonne on potato to check its rising prices and augment domestic supplies. The removal of existing MEP on potato will help farmers in realising better and remunerative prices. It will also help the exporters in earning valuable foreign exchange for the country through exports.

ANSWER: C. 11.

The portal will provide four services from Ministry of Corporate Affairs, two services of Central Board of Direct Taxes, two services of Reserve Bank of India and one service each from Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Employees Provident Fund Organization and Petroleum and explosives Safety Organization. A business user can avail the service any time from now onwards.

ANSWER: D. Anil Kumble.

Anil Kumble who is now the Chairman of ICC, is the fourth India cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He joins the ranks of illustrious cricketers like Bishen Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar who were inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.

ANSWER: B. Airtel.

ANSWER: B. MRIDAPARIKSHAK.

Mridaparikshak is a digital mobile quantitative minilab/soil test kit to provide soil testing service at farmers’ doorsteps and determines all the important soil parameters i.e. soil pH, EC, organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and micronutrients like zinc, boron and iron.

ANSWER: C. exclusively.com.

With this acquisition, Snapdeal.com aims to further strengthen its fashion business and reach 2 billion US dollars in gross merchandise value in the fashion category in 2015.

ANSWER: A. SAFAR-Air .

SAFAR is an acronym for System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research which was first launched in Delhi in 2010 during the Commonwealth Games. At present the App service is available only for Pune and Delhi city and it will be available in Mumbai by May 2015.

ANSWER: B. 3.

The name of Indian people are Ritika Singh, Shradha Prasad and Taranjeet Singh Bhatia. Fifty men and fifty women have been selected from over 2 lakh candidates globally to take this trip to Mars in 2024.