Current Affairs: 1st February 2022

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1) Home Delivery of medicines under "SeHAT
scheme" has been launched by -

• Defence Ministry has said that home delivery of

medicines has been started from 1st February 2022,
A. Home Affairs under Services eHealth Assistance and
Teleconsultation, SeHAT.
B. AYUSH Ministry • As part of the Government’s commitment to Digital
India and e-Governance, Defence Minister Rajnath
C. Ministry of Defence Singh had launched SeHAT in May 2021.
• SeHAT is the tri-services teleconsultation service of
D. Railways Ministry the Ministry of Defence designed for all entitled
personnel and their families.
Ans-C
2) Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime
Minister of -

• The Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costo, has

A. Ireland been reelected after his centre-left Socialist Party
secured landslide victory in the 2022 Portuguese
B. Sweden legislative election.
• Socialist Party bagged 117 seats in the 230 seats
C. Spain Parliament.
• Antonio Costo is serving as the 119th Prime Minister
D. Portugal of Portugal since 26 November 2015.

Ans-D
3) Theme of the 30th National Commission for
Women Foundation Day?
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed 30th
A. She The Change National Commission for Women Foundation Day
programme on January 31, 2022, via video
Maker conference.
• The theme of the programme was ‘She The Change
B. Women's Maker’.
• The event was organised to celebrate the
empowerment achievements of women in different fields.
• The National Commission for Women (NCW) is the
C. Gender inequalities statutory body of the Government of India.
• NCW was set up on 31 January 1992 under the
D. She will strong National Commission for Women Act, 1990.
Ans-A
4) India’s Unnati Hooda recently represented the
country in which game to win Gold?

• Indian teenager Unnati Hooda beat compatriot Smit

A. Badminton Toshniwal, 21-18, 21-11, to claim the women’s
singles title at 2022 Odisha Open badminton
B. Tennis tournament.
• The 14-year-old Unnati is the youngest Indian to win
C. Hockey the US$75,000 tournament.
• In men’s singles, India’s 21-year-old Kiran George
D. Athletics beat Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15, 14-21, 21-18 to
emerge as the winner.

Ans-A
5) What is the theme of Economic Survey 2021-22?

• The Union Minister of Finance Smt. Nirmala

A. Ethical Wealth Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2021-22
in the Parliament on January 31, 2022.
Creation • Central Theme of Economic Survey 2021-22 is the
“Agile approach”
B. Agile approach • The economic survey is prepared under the guidance
of the Chief Economic Adviser of the Finance
C. Shifting Gears Ministry. The present Chief Economic Adviser is Dr. V
Anantha Nageswaran.
D. Saving Lives and • As per first advanced estimates by NSO, Indian
economy estimated to grow by 9.2 percent in real
Livelihoods terms in 2021-22 (current fiscal).
Ans-B
6) Name the Chairman of the LIC whose term has
been extended?

• The government had extended the tenure of M R

Kumar, the Chairman of IPO-bound Life Insurance
A. Siddhartha Mohanty Corporation (LIC) by one year, till March 2023.
• M.R.Kumar took charge as Chairman of LIC on March
B. M R Kumar 14, 2019.
• This is the second extension given to Mr. Kumar. Prior
C. Pankaj Jain to this, he was given a nine-month extension on June
30, 2021, till March 13, 2022.
D. Mukesh Gupta • The government is looking to list LIC during the
current financial year, ending March 31, 2022.
Ans-B
7) Which month is being observed as UPI Safety
and Awareness Month?
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and
the UPI ecosystem (comprising of leading banks and
fintechs) have announced the UPI Safety and
A. January Awareness initiative, to create awareness amongst
consumers,
B. February • Under this initiative, NPCI and the UPI ecosystem will
observe February 1-7 as ‘UPI Safety and Awareness
C. March Week’ and the whole of February as ‘UPI Safety and
Awareness Month’.
D. April • NPCI has urged users to follow the concept of UPI
Safety Shield which mentions 5 tips for safe UPI
transactions
Ans-B
8) Which company has acquired Odisha-based
Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL)?

• Tata Group company, Tata Steel Long Products Ltd’s

(TSLP) has acquired Odisha-based Neelachal Ispat
A. Ashok Leyland Nigam Ltd (NINL) for ₹12,100 crore.
• Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) is a steel plant
B. Infosys located in Kalinganagar in Odisha and was shut in
March 2020 due to continued losses. It has a capacity
C. Adani Group of 1.1 million tonnes a year.
• NINL is a joint venture of 4 CPSEs — MMTC, NMDC,
D. TATA Group BHEL, MECON and 2 Odisha Government PSUs —
OMC and IPICOL.
Ans-D
9) Researchers of which country have discovered a
new type of coronavirus NeoCov?
• Chinese researchers have discovered a new kind of
coronavirus, NeoCov, which is spreading among bats
in South Africa.
A. Russia • In their study, the scientists say that the virus may
pose a threat to humans in the future.
B. Sri Lanka • NeoCov is closely related to the Middle East
respiratory syndrome (MERS), a viral disease first
C. China identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
• The virus carries the high mortality rate of MERS-CoV
D. Japan (where one in three infected people die on average)
and the high transmission rate of the current COVID-
19 virus.
Ans-C
10) Lt. General Manoj Pande has replaced whom as
the new Vice Chief of Army Staff?

• Government has appointed Lieutenant General

A. Devraj Anbu Manoj Pande as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff.
• He was take over from Lieutenant General Chandi
B. Manoj Mukund Prasad Mohanty who superannuated on January 31,
2022.
C. Chandi Prasad • Prior to this appointment, Lt Gen Pande was the
Eastern Army Commander since June 01, 2021.
Mohanty • General Manoj Pande was commissioned into the
Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) in
D. Satinder Kumar Saini December 1982.
Ans-C
11) India’s 1st-of-its-kind project of mixing
hydrogen into the natural gas system has come up
at
• GAIL (India) Limited has started India’s first-of-its-
kind project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas
A. Bhopal system at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
• GAIL will supply this hydrogen blended natural gas to
B. Indore Avantika Gas Ltd for retailing of CNG to automobiles
and piped natural gas to households in Indore.
C. Jabalpur • Avantika Gas Ltd is a joint venture of GAIL and HPCL.
• India has committed to achieving net-zero carbon
D. Gwalior emissions by 2070. Mixing of hydrogen with
renewable energy will help in achieving this goal.
Ans-B
12) Which bank has got all the approvals for setting
up a Bad Bank?

• The State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Dinesh Kumar

Khara on 28th January 2022, announced that all
A. PNB approvals for setting up of a Bad Bank have been
received from the government, paving the way for its
B. SBI formation.
• National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) or
C. BOB bad bank and India Debt Resolution Company Ltd
(IDRCL) are ready to commence operations, and a
D. HDFC total of 38 NPA accounts worth ₹82,845 crore have
been identified to be transferred to NARCL initially.
Ans-B
13) Who has won the "World Games Athlete of the
Year award 2021"?

• Indian men’s hockey player PR Sreejesh has won the

A. PR Sreejesh World Games Athlete of the Year award for 2021.
• He is the second Indian after Rani Rampal to win this
B. Rani Rampal award. She won the award in 2020.
• A total of 24 athletes from 17 countries were
C. Annu Rani nominated for the annual awards based on individual
or team performance.
D. Dutee Chand • Alberto Ginés López of Spain and wushu player
Michele Giordano of Italy are the runner-ups

Ans-A
14) Scientists of IIT Kharagpur have developed a
portable device to detect which disease?

A. Typhoid • Scientists from IIT Kharagpur have developed a

portable, inexpensive device for detecting oral
B. Pneumonia cancer.
• The estimated cost per device is within USD500.
C. Oral cancer • The new technology enables a clinician in a
community health centre detect potential vulnerable
D. None of these cases early enough, during the first examination

Ans-C
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