Current Affairs Quiz 14-15 February 2020 - Current Affairs Daily MCQ

Current Affairs Quiz 14-15 February 2020: Based on the Current Affairs and Important News of 14-15 February 2020 we have framed important current affairs questions for banking and competitive exams. These current affairs quiz questions will be helpful for upcoming competitive exams. Give our online current affairs test every day to be prepared for all Current Affairs Quiz 14-15 February 2020. Attempt our daily current affairs quiz on our mobile app too.

The first-ever BIMSTEC nations’s ‘Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking’ was held in which city?
A) Pune
B) Hyderabad
C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi

View answer
Option D
Explanation: The first-ever BIMSTEC nations’s ‘Conference on Combating Drug Trafficking’ was held in New Delhi on 13 and 14 February 2020, to provide a platform for the Partner Nations to share ideas and exchange best practices required to combat the drug menace in the region.
The Kashi Mahakal Express is the third private train of Indian Railways. It ill run between which cities?
A) Varanasi-Surat
B) Varanasi-Indore
C) Varanasi-Kolkata
D) Varanasi-Ranchi

View answer
Option B
Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Indian Railways’ third corporate passenger train named Kashi Mahakal Express on 16th February 2020. The train will be run by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) between Varanasi and Indore, connecting religious places of the two states.
The National Women’s Day in India is observed on 13 February to commemorate the birth anniversary of__________
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Kalpana Chawla

View answer
Option A
Explanation: In India, the National Women’s Day is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India.
Difficult Dialogues 2020 has been organised in which state?
A) Gujarat
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Goa
D) Maharashtra

View answer
Option C
Explanation: The fifth edition of Difficult Dialogues, an annual forum examining issues of contemporary relevance in South Asia, is being held in Panaji, Goa from 14 to 16 February 2020. The Difficult Dialogues 2020 focuses on the “State of Law” in India.
The first ever-Intercity electric bus has been inaugurated in which state of India?
A) Gujarat
B) West Bengal
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra

View answer
Option D
Explanation: The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari flagged off Mumbai-Pune Electric Bus on 14 February 2020 in Mumbai. It is the first Electric Intercity Bus in India.
The ‘Operation Nakail’ has been launched by which city police to allot unique 4 digit number to auto-rickshaw drivers in the district?
A) Ghaziabad
B) Lucknow
C) Agra
D) Noida

View answer
Option A
Explanation: The Ghaziabad police authorities have announced to launch an initiative named ‘Operation Nakail’ under which the identity of all auto-rickshaw drivers plying in the district will be verified and a unique four-digit number will be allotted to them. The drivers will be required to get the unique number painted on front, left, right and rear side of the auto-rickshaws.
The 7th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFEC 2020) on traditional medicine was held in which city?
A) Kochi
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata

View answer
Option B
Explanation: The 7th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFEC 2020) will be held in New Delhi from February 15 to 17, 2020. The three-day conference will be inaugurated by Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik. The congress is being organised by Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi, and is being supported by the Ministry of AYUSH and Department of Biotechnology among others.
Name the Indian scholar who has been awarded with the prestigious Dan David Prize 2020?
A) Ved Kumari Ghai
B) Ram Shankar Tripathi
C) Gita Sen
D) Rama Kant Shukla

View answer
Option C
Explanation: India’s pioneering feminist scholar and activist Gita Sen, has won the prestigious Dan David Prize 2020 in present category. The award is given by the Dan David Foundation headquartered at Tel Aviv University, Israel, annually in three categories, which is past, present and future. Each category carries $1 million prizes.
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri who died recently was a former Chief of which organisation?
A) TERI
B) NPCI
C) NGT
D) NASSCOM

View answer
Option A
Explanation: Indian environmentalist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, who was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of UN, has passed away. He was 79. Pachauri was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2002 to 2015. IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2017. He was also the former Chairman and Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Which country is not the member of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)?
A) Bhutan
B) Myanmar
C) Thailand
D) Pakistan

View answer
Option D
Explanation: The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation comprising seven countries. These are India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. BIMSTEC Headquarter: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Current Affairs Quiz – 14-15 February 2020

Click Here For Daily Current Affairs

Click Here for Daily Current Affairs Quiz

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply