Current Affairs: 13 th

& 14 th February
2022

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1) “New Darbar hall” inaugurated by President
Ramnath Kovind in -

• On February 11, 2022, President of India Ram Nath

Kovind inaugurated the new Darbar Hall at Raj
A. Mumbai Bhavan in Mumbai.
• The renovated Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan in
B. Chennai Mumbai is on the same site where the old Durbar
Hall stood.
C. Lucknow • Construction on the new hall began in 2019 and was
completed in December 2020.
D. Surat • In 1911, the Old Darbar Hall was constructed to
welcome King George V and Queen Mary of England
to India.
Ans-A
2) What is India's rank in the US Green Building
Council’s 2021 global list?

• India has ranked third in the world for LEED certified

green buildings in 2021 in the US Green Building
A. 2nd Council (USGBC) annual list.
• China and Canada are at the first two positions. The
B. 3rd United States is not included in the list but remains
the world’s largest market for LEED.
C. 5th • LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) is the most widely used green building rating
D. 8th system in the world. Available for virtually all building
types, LEED provides a framework for healthy, highly
efficient, and costsaving green buildings.
Ans-B
3) Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated 14.5km long Rail-
cumRoad Bridge over River Ganga in –

• The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Nitin Gadkari and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
A. West Bengal jointly inaugurated the 14.5 kilometre long ‘Rail-cum-
RoadBridge’ in Bihar on February 11, 2022.
B. Bihar • The much-awaited bridge is constructed over the
River Ganga on NH 333B in Bihar’s Munger region.
C. Jharkhand • The cost of the ‘Rail-cum-Road-Bridge’ project is Rs
696 crore.
D. Uttar Pradesh • The new bridge will reduce travel time, give a boost
to tourism, agriculture as well as generate
employment opportunities.
Ans-B
4) What is the theme of "World Radio Day 2022"?

• The World Radio Day is celebrated on 13 February

annually.
A. Radio and Sports • Theme 2022: ‘Radio and Trust‘
• The main objective of the day is to recognize radio as
B. Radio and diversity a powerful medium and its unique ability to reach
out the widest audience which can help to shape a
C. Radio and Trust society’s experience of diversity, and build a more
peaceful and inclusive world.
D. New World, New • The Day was proclaimed by UNESCO on November
03, 2011 during its 36th conference.
Radio • It was adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly in 2012.
Ans-C
5) Military officer Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
appointed as interim President of -

• In Burkina Faso, the military junta has appointed

lieutenant colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as
A. Burkina Faso the interim President of the country following
military coup.
B. Ivory Coast • The 2022 Burkina Faso military coup took place on
January 24, 2022, which was led by Damiba.
C. Niger • President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and Prime
Minister Lassina Zerbo were disposed from their
D. Ghana position and the parliament, government and
constitution were declared dissolved.
Ans-A
6) Centre has set the target to replace diesel with
renewable energy by which year?

• The Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable

A. 2023 energy, R K Singh has informed that the Government
has planned to replace diesel with renewable source
B. 2024 of energy to achieve the target of zero diesel use in
the agricultural sector by 2024.
C. 2025 • The initiative is a part of government’s commitment
to increase the share of non-fossil fuels by 2030 and
D. 2028 become a net zero emitter by 2070.

Ans-B
7) Who has been elected as the President of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)?

A. Nigam Gupta • Debashis Mitra has been elected as the President of

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
B. Aditya Chhajer for the year 2022-23.
• While Aniket Sunil Talati has been elected as Vice
C. Debashis Mitra President of ICAI.
• ICAI is the world's second largest accounting body
D. Abhishek Gupta

Ans-C
8) Name of the 5th and final vessel of the 5 Coast
Guard Offshore Patrol Vehicle (CGOPV) Project?

• The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) delivered the 5th and

final vessel of the 5 Coast Guard Offshore Patrol
A. ICGS Samarth Vehicle (CGOPV) Project to the Indian Coast Guard,
on February 08, 2022, ahead of contractual schedule.
B. ICGS Vikram • The vessel has been named as ICGS ‘Saksham’.
• All 5 vessels under the project have been delivered
C. ICGS Vajra before time to the Indian Coast Guard by GSL.
• The contract for 5 CGOPVs was inked between GSL
D. ICGS Saksham and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 26th Aug 2016
for ₹20 billion
Ans-D
9) Book titled “India–Africa Relations: Changing
Horizons” authored by -

• Ambassador Rajiv Kumar Bhatia, a Distinguished

Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Programme at Gateway
A. Rajiv Bhatia House, has authored a new book (his 3rd book) titled
“India-Africa Relations: Changing Horizons” which
B. Dinesh Bhatia explores the emergence and assertion of Africa as a
significant actor and stakeholder in global affairs and
C. Sanjay Rana the transformation of the relationship between India
and Africa.
D. Manpreet Vohra • The book also provides a detailed exploration of
India– Africa partnership in all its critical dimensions
Ans-A
10) When is the “National Women’s Day” observed
in India?
• In India, the National Women’s Day is observed every
year on 13 February.
• The day commemorates the birth anniversary of
A. 11th February Sarojini Naidu, the political activist and poet who was
an important figure in India’s struggle for
B. 14th February independence from colonial rule..
• Sarojini Naidu was born on February 13, 1879.
C. 12th February • She earned the title as the Nightingale of India or
‘Bharat Kokila’, by Mahatma Gandhi, because of colour,
D. 13th February imagery and lyrical quality of her poetry.
• Apart from being famous for her literary contribution,
Naidu is also recognised for her contribution for
women’s equal rights. Ans-D
11) As per a new study, what is the total number of
trees still undiscovered?

• A study was conducted jointly by 100 scientists

across the world and it found out that the total
A. 92 number of tree species on Earth is 73,000.
• It also highlights that 9,200 tree species have
B. 920 remained mysterious and undiscovered.
• South America has likely more undiscovered tree
C. 9200 species than others at about 40%.
• As per the estimates, 43 percent of all Earth’s tree
D. 19200 species occur in South America, followed by Eurasia
(22 percent), Africa (16 percent).
Ans-C
12) Name of the scheme launched by Centre for
Welfare of Transgender community and the
Beggars?
• The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr. Virendra Kumar launched the Central Sector scheme
titled “SMILE” on February 12, 2022.
• SMILE stands for “Support for Marginalized Individuals
A. TRANS for Livelihood and Enterprise”.
• Objective: The new umbrella scheme aims to provide
B. FAST welfare measures to the Transgender community and
the people engaged in the act of begging.
C. SMILE • The scheme will give the necessary legal protection,
social security and a promise to a secured life to the
D. UPGRADE targeted group.
• Outlay: The Ministry has allocated ₹365 crore for the
scheme for five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
Ans-C
13) JIVA programme has been launched by which
organisation?
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) launched the ‘JIVA programme’ to promote
natural farming under its existing watershed and wadi
programmes in 11 states.
A. RBI • Aim: To effectively implement the principles of
agroecology long-term sustainability and transform the
B. SEBI pre-existing social and natural capital towards efficient
farming.
C. IRDAI • JIVA is an agroecology-based programme, an
amalgamation of several projects under the watershed
D. NABARD programme of NABARD and will be implemented in 11
states covering five agro-ecological zones, which are in
ecologically fragile and rain-fed areas.
Ans-D
14) RBI has increased the limit of e-RUPI vouchers
from 10 thousand to how much?

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enhanced cap

A. 50000 under eRUPI prepaid digital vouchers.
• The present cap of ₹10,000 will be increased to ₹1
B. 30000 lakh per voucher and to be used more than once,
governor Shaktikanta Das said.
C. 100000 • The e-RUPI pre-paid digital voucher developed by the
NPCI was launched in August 2021. Earlier, the single
D. 200000 use cashless payment voucher has a cap of ₹10,000

Ans-C
15) Who has been appointed as the Brand
Ambassador of Krishi Network Company?
• Krishi Network has appointed film actor Pankaj
Tripathi as a brand ambassador in order to attract
farmers to its Agritech platform.
A. Manoj Vajpayee • The actor has also made an investment in the
company.
B. Rajkumar Rao • The startup stated that the new funds would be used
to rapidly expand their AI-based technology platform
C. Virat Kohli across India.
• The start-up, founded by IIT Kharagpur alumni Ashish
D. Pankaj Tripathi Mishra and Siddhant Bhomia, provides farmers with
relevant information to clear their doubts on a
variety of issues and help them generate more
income. Ans-D
16) What is India's rank in the "EIU’s Democracy
Index 2021"?
• India has ranked in 46 out of 167 countries surveyed
in the latest iteration of the Economist Intelligence
Unit’s (EIU) ‘Democracy Index 2021’, which pertains
A. 49th to the year 2021, scoring 6.91 out of a possible 10.
This is an improvement of seven places and 0.3
B. 53rd points when compared to its score last year.
• With this score, India maintains its classification as a
C. 46th ‘flawed democracy’. India continues to score and
rank the highest among its neighbours.
D. 59th • Norway maintains its top spot in this year’s index
with a near perfect score of 9.75. This is followed by
New Zealand (9.37), Finland (9.27), Sweden (9.26)
and Iceland (9.18). Ans-C
17) FICCI CASCADE has launcheed ‘Anti-Smuggling
Day’ on
• The FICCI’s Committee Against Smuggling and
Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy
• (CASCADE) has taken the initiative to launch
A. 11th February AntiSmuggling Day, which will be marked on 11
February every year.
B. 12th February • The inaugural Anti-Smuggling Day is being observed
on February 11, 2022
C. 13th February • Anti-Smuggling Day will gather momentum and bring
together policy makers, international institutions,
D. 14th February enforcement agencies, industry members, media,
and consumers for their commitment to take action
to fight against the global menace of smuggling.
Ans-A
18) When will the 45th 'International Kolkata Book
Fair' start?

• The 45th International Kolkata Book Fair will start

A. 18 February from February 28 and will go on till March 13.
• The focal theme country this year is Bangladesh.
B. 28 February • Due to both Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and
Bangladesh’s 50 years of Independence the theme
C. 19 February this year is Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh Day will be celebrated on March 3 and 4.
D. 13th March • The fair will be inaugurated on February 28 by Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Ans-B
19) THDCIL has signed agreement to set up
10,000MW solar projects in -

• State-owned THDC India Ltd (THDCIL) has signed a

pact to build 10,000-megawatt (MW) solar power
A. Uttar Pradesh projects entailing an investment of Rs 10,000 crore in
Rajasthan.
B. Haryana • THDC India Limited (THDCIL) signed the letter of
intent (LoI) of 10,000 MW in Rajasthan with an
C. Punjab estimated investment of Rs 40,000 crore for the
establishment of renewable energy parks/ projects of
D. Rajasthan 10,000 MW.
• This will contribute towards the RE capacity addition
target of 500 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.
Ans-D
20) Which batting coach of IPL team Punjab Kings
has resigned from his post?

• Former India opener Wasim Jaffer announced that he

A. Anil Kumble has stepped down as the batting coach of the Indian
Premier League (IPL) franchise Punjab Kings.
B. Wasim Jaffer • Wasim Jaffer became the first player to play 150 Ranji
matches in the year 2019. He then signed a deal with
C. Aakash Chopra Punjab Kings in the same year. He used to help the
team’s batsmen under the leadership of head coach
D. None of these Anil Kumble

Ans-B
21) Which state has developed “Nanna Shale
Nanna Koduge” app to help schools?

• Department of Primary & Secondary Education in

Karnataka developed an app titled “Nanna Shale
A. Andhra Pradesh Nanna Koduge”, which will be launched by Chief
Minister Basavaraj Bommai on February 14, 2022.
B. Karnataka • Nanna Shale Nanna Koduge app, (Meaning ‘My
School, My contribution’ app) will be launched to
C. Madhya Pradesh help in addressing infrastructure needs of
government schools, optimal use of hearing aids,
D. Odisha shortage of teachers, and utilisation of Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.
Ans-B
22) Which corporation has won the ICAI Award for
Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2020-
21?

• RailTel has won the ICAI Award for Excellence in

A. RailTel Financial Reporting for the year 2020-21 in the Public
Sector Entities Category.
B. Air India • The ICAI award was presented to the awardees by
Union Minister Jitendra Singh at a ceremony held in
C. Indian Oil New Delhi.
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
D. HDFC Bank is a premier accounting body of India.

Ans-A
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