Current Affairs: 24th February 2022

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1) Who has been appointed as the brand
ambasaddor of "Thums Up"?

A. Shah Rukh Khan • Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has been appointed
as the brand ambassador for Thums Up.
B. Ranveer Singh • Thums Up is owned by Coca-Cola.
• Earlier Shahrukh Khan was associated with the cold
C. Shahid Kapoor drink brand Pepsi Co.
• Thums Up was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company
D. Anil Kapoor in 1993.

Ans-A
2) Which institute has launched "KISAN" mobile
app?

• KISAN mobile app has been launched by IIT Roorkee for

dissemination of Agromet Advisory Services.
A. IIT Dhanbad • Through the KISAN mobile app, farmers can easily access
the block-level weather forecast and weather-based
Agromet Advisory Bulletins on their mobile phones.
B. IIT Patna • These Agromet Advisory Bulletins are being provided to
the farmers for all six blocks of Haridwar district,
C. IIT Jodhpur Uttarakhand by Agro-Meteorological Field Unit (AMFU)
Roorkee.
D. IIT Roorkee • The app is bilingual. Users can select either Hindi or
English language.
• Farmers can also submit their feedback about bulletins.
Ans-D
3) Indian Railways building the India's 1st cable rail
bridge in which state?

• The Indian Railways has shared new images of the

country’s first cable-stayed bridge on the Anji river in
A. Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district.
• The under-construction Anji Khad bridge, part of the
B. Jammu and Kashmir Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL)
project, will connect Katra and Reasi areas through
C. Uttarakhand rail links.
• The bridge will stand at a height of 331 metres above
D. Delhi the river bed – higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
• The total length of the bridge is 473.25 metres and it
is supported by 96 cables.
Ans-B
4) Where did Himachal Pradesh get its first
Biodiversity Park?
• Himachal Pradesh gets the first biodiversity park to
make its contribution towards the conservation of
endangered Himalayan herbs.
A. Shimla • This park is set to come up at Mandi’s Bhulah valley.
• With the cost of Rs 1 crore, the biodiversity park is
B. Mandi set up under the National Mission on Himalayan
Studies (NMHS) by HP’s forest department.
C. Dharamshala • The aim of the park is to link tourism activities along
with extending new opportunities for researchers to
D. Bilaspur conduct indepth exploration of various medicinal
herbs found in the Himalayas that are on the verge of
extinction.
Ans-B
5) The multination Exercise "Cobra Warrior 22" is
organised annually by which country?

• Indian Air Force will be taking part in a multi nation air

exercise named ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior 22’ at
A. Saudi Arabia Waddington, in United Kingdom from March 06 to 27,
2022.
• Five IAF Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will participate
B. United Kingdom in the exercise from the country to demonstrate its
manoeuvrability and operational capability.
C. Sweden • Exercise Cobra Warrior is one of the largest annual
exercise by the Royal Air Force (RAF). India will be
D. Bulgaria participating in the exercise for the first time.
• Other countries participating are United Kingdom,
Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria.
Ans-B
6) Indian Council for Cultural Relations has
organized 3-day Craft festival in -
• The Craft Festival ‘Coalescence: Craft-Culture-
CommunityClimate' has been organized from 23rd to 25th
February at Bikaner House in New Delhi.
A. New Delhi • It was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Culture and
External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi.
B. Mumbai • This will be celebrated as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav Week by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
C. Kolkata • The three-day festival will be curated by Jaya Jaitly of
Dastkari Haat Samiti.
• It will be based on Craft, Culture, Community, and Climate.
D. Hyderabad • The main objective of this festival is to not only showcase
India’s music and dance but also promote the cuisine, crafts,
and literature of India
Ans-A
7) Which has become the first university in India to
get NBA accreditation?
• Chandigarh University has received accreditation from the
National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for all its
Engineering and MBA programs.
A. Sharda University • That makes it the only university in the entire country to
have NAAC A+ and NBA accreditation.
B. GLA University • Thus, Chandigarh University’s all engineering courses have
become NBA accredited. These courses include
C. Chandigarh University Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil
Engineering, Electronics & Communications Engineering,
D. Jadavpur University Aerospace
• Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Information
Technology Engineering, and Chemical Engineering,
besides MBA courses.
Ans-C
8) Who has received Ramanujan Prize for Young
Mathematicians for 2021?

• The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians for the

year 2021 has been conferred upon Professor Neena
A. Jnaneswar Sen Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute
in Kolkata.
• She has received the award for her outstanding work in
B. Neena Gupta affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
• Prof Gupta is the fourth Indian and second female winner
C. Takuya Tsumura of the award from the country.
• About Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians: The
D. Gaku Nakanishi • Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians is named
after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The
prize is awarded annually by the International Centre for
Ans-B
9) Who has been elected as the new Chairman of
the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)?
• Executive Director of the Indian Rubber Board, K.N.
Raghavan has been elected the new Chairman of the
International Rubber Study Group (IRSG).
A. Ajay Bhalla • He will officiate as Chairman of the group for the next two
years.
• He will preside over the meeting of the heads of
B. V S Bhaskar delegation scheduled for March 31 at Singapore.
• International Rubber Study Group (IRSG), an
C. K.N. Raghavan intergovernmental organisation of natural and synthetic
rubber producing and consuming countries. IRSG is the
D. Sumeet Jerath only forum for natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber
(SR) producers and consumers to discuss matters affecting
the world rubber industry and act as an interface between
government and the Industry. Ans-C
10) "Central Excise Day" is celebrated every year
on-

• Central Excise Day is celebrated every year on February 24

across India.
A. 22nd February • The day is being celebrated to honour the service of the
Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC) to the country.
B. 23rd February • The day is celebrated to honour the officers associated
with CBEC and their services. This is done to encourage
C. 24th February the officers to carry out their duties with utmost sincerity.
The officers, every year perform checking of corruption in
D. 25th February goods from the manufacturing sector.
• The day is celebrated to commemorate the legislation of
the Central Excise and Salt act on 24 February 1944.

Ans-C
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