Current Affairs Quiz – 08 February 2022

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1. India has become the first country to administer a DNA vaccine against COVID-19. Which company has produced this plasmid DNA vaccine?
   A) Ranbaxy Laboratories
   B) Serum Institute of India
   C) Bharat Biotech
   D) Zydus Cadila
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:India has become the first country in the world to administer a DNA vaccine against COVID-19. The ZyCoV-D which is the World’s first plasmid DNA vaccine has been produced by Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila and it was administered for the first time in Patna On February 05, 2022.
2. Which insurance company has recently partnered with Airtel Payments Bank to offer cyber security insurance?
   A) Tata AIG General Insurance
   B) ICICI Lombard General Insurance 
   C) HDFC ERGO General Insurance 
   D) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:ICICI Lombard General Insurance has partnered with Airtel Payments Bank to offer cyber insurance to customers of Airtel Payments Bank.
3. Who has been appointed as the new full-time Director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in 2022?
   A) Dinesh Prasad Saklani 
   B) Hrushikesh Senapaty
   C) Sridhar Srivastava
   D) Anita Karwal
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:  Dinesh Prasad Saklani has been appointed as the new Director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), for five years.
4. The health ministry has launched which edition of the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) in February 2022?
   A) 5.0
   B) 3.0
   C) 4.0
   D) 2.0
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 on February 07, 2022, virtually.The IMI 4.0 will be conducted in 416 districts across 33 states/UTs.
5. Which bank has been felicitated with the digital transformation award ‘DX 2021 Awards’ by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
   A) Punjab National Bank
   B) ICICI Bank
   C) HDFC Bank
   D) Karnataka Bank 
   
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   Option D
   Explanation:Karnataka Bank has won the digital transformation award, ‘DX 2021 Awards’ by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for Best Practice in Digital Transformation.
6. Which team has won the AFC Women`s Asian Cup India 2022?
   A) India
   B) China PR
   C) Japan
   D) South Korea
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:China PR defeated the South Korea (Korea Republic), 3-2, to win the AFC Women`s Asian Cup India 2022 final title at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on February 06, 2022.
7. The open-air classroom program “Paray Shikshalaya” has been launched by which state for classes 1 to 7?
   A) West Bengal
   B) Uttarakhand
   C) Assam
   D) Chhattisgarh
   
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   Option A
   Explanation:The West Bengal government has started an open-air classroom program, called Paray Shikshalaya (Neighborhood School), for students studying in primary and pre-primary classes.
8. For the first time, a female Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been appointed by the Government of India. Name the new VC of JNU.
   A) Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri
   B) Sangita Srivastava
   C) Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit
   D) Mamta Brahma Bhatt
   
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   Option C
   Explanation:The Ministry of Education (MoE) has appointed Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as the new Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on February 7, 2022. 
9. Suranga Lakmal has announced his retirement from international cricket from March 2022. He plays international matches for which country? 
   A) West Indies
   B) Sri Lanka
   C) South Africa
   D) Zimbabwe
   
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   Option B
   Explanation:Veteran Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal has announced to retire from international cricket, after Sri Lanka’s upcoming tour of India, scheduled in February and March 2022 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.
10. Christos Sartzetakis, who passed away recently was the former President of which country?
    A) Italy
    B) Sweden
    C) Norway
    D) Greece
    
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    Option D
    Explanation:Christos Sartzetakis, the former President of Greece, has passed away. He was 93.

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