DAILY GK QUIZ: 24, 25 FEB 2021
[Q] Which of the
following is the benchmark interest rate that is used by global banks to lend
to one another?
(a) Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA)
(b) London Interbank Mean Rate (LIMEAN)
(c) Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
(d) Euro Interbank Offer Rate (EURIBOR)
(e) London Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
[ANS] e
[Q] Who was
appointed as the Managing Director General of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in
February 2021?
(a) Masatsugu Asakawa
(b) Rajesh Khullar
(c) Takeo Konishi
(d) Marcos Prado Troyjo
(e) Woochong Um
[ANS] e
[Q] Who received
the Best Woman Boxer of the Tournament Award at the 30th Youth International
Boxing Tournament ‘Adriatic Pearl’?
(a) Vinka
(b) Alfiya Pathan
(c) Gitika
(d) Lucky Rana
(e) Thokchom Sanamacha Chanu
[ANS] a
[Q] The picture
book ‘The Lost Soul’ was authored by ____________.
(a) Margaret Atwood
(b) Anna Burns
(c) Louise Glück
(d) Olga Tokarczuk
(e) Peter Handke
[ANS] d
[Q] Central
Excise Day is observed every year in India on which day?
(a) 22 February
(b) 24 February
(c) 23 February
(d) 21 February
(e) 20 February
[ANS] b
[Q] The Khelo
India University Games (KIUG) 2021 will be hosted by which state?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat
(d) Odisha
(e) Maharashtra
[ANS] b
[Q] With which
African nation has India signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as
offered USD 100 million line of credit for defence assets procurement?
(a) Ethiopia
(b) Seychelles
(c) Kenya
(d) Mauritius
(e) Nigeria
[ANS] d
[Q] Who among
the following has become the youngest woman to row solo across an Ocean
recently?
(a) Jasmine Harrison
(b) Katie Spot
(c) Lukas Haitzmann
(d) Imani Williams
(e) Roz Savage
[ANS] a
[Q] Which film
has won the Best International Feature Film award at the 2021 Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival awards?
(a) Roma
(b) The Outpost
(c) Parasite
(d) Cold War
(e) Chhapaak
[ANS] c
[Q] What amount
of loan agreement has been sanctioned by the World Bank for “Nagaland:
Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources Project”, to enhance the governance
of schools across Nagaland?
(a) USD 211 million
(b) USD 85 million
(c) USD 100 million
(d) USD 50 million
(e) USD 68 million
[ANS] e
[Q] Name the
actor, who wins the Critic’s Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival 2021.
(a) Irrfan Khan
(b) Sushant Singh Rajput
(c) Om Puri
(d) Rishi Kapoor
(e) Shashi Kapoor
[ANS] b
[Q] Name the
actress, who wins the Best Actor (Female) award at the Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival 2021.
(a) Kangana Ranaut
(b) Shraddha Kapoor
(c) Deepika Padukone
(d) Anushka Sharma
(e) Katrina Kaif
[ANS] c
[Q] Which of the
following film has won the Best Film award at the Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival 2021?
(a) Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
(b) Dil Bechara
(c) Chhapaak
(d) Panga
(e) Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
[ANS] e
[Q] Which of the
following Web Series has won the Best Web Series award at the Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival 2021?
(a) The Family Man
(b) Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side
(c) Mirzapur-2
(d) Scam (1992)
(e) Delhi Crime
[ANS] d
