20th February 2025 Current Affairs

1. Recently launched NKASHA campaign is associated with which ministry?

   a) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
   b) Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare 
   c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
   d) Ministry of Home Affairs

2. Which country has declared a state of emergency in some of its regions due to an “Earthquake Swarm” in February 2025?

   a) Japan
   b) Greece
   c) Nepal
   d) India

3. India and Qatar have set a target to double their bilateral Trade to how much by 2030?

   a) $20 Billion
   b) $28 Billion
   c) $35 Billion
   d) $40 Billion

4. Till when has the Pradhan Mantra Annadata Any Sanrakshan Abhigyan (PM-AASHA) scheme been extended?

   a) 2024-25
   b) 2025-26
   c) 2026-27
   d) 2023-24

5. Recently, which organisation developed the 10-tonne Vertical Planetary Mixer, the World’s largest for solid propellants?

   a) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
   b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
   c) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
   d) Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru

6. Recently, which became India’s legislative body to introduce translation services?

   a) Maharashtra Assembly
   b) Tamil Nadu Assembly
   c) Uttar Pradesh Assembly 
   d) West Bengal Assembly

7. Milind Rege who passed away recently is related to which sport?

   a) Hockey
   b) Football
   c) Cricket 
   d) Badminton

8. When was the Soil Health Card Scheme launched recently?

   a) 26th January 2014
   b) 19th February 2015
   c) 15th August 2016
   d) 2nd October 2017

9. When is Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day celebration?

   a) 15th January
   b) 20th February 
   c) 10th March
   d) 5th April

10. What is Matsya-6000, which was recently in the news?

    a) A next generation battle tank
    b) A deep-ocean Submersible
    c) An advanced satellite launch vehicle
    d) A supercomputer project

11. Who has become the new CM of Delhi?

    a) Rekha Gupta
    b) Aarti Shah
    c) Preeti Singh
    d) Shruti Pal

12. Dharma-Guardian exercise was conducted between India and which country in February 2025?

    a) Australia
    b) Japan
    c) Indonesia
    d) Philippines

13. Where has Google opened its largest campus in the country?

    a) Gurugram
    b) New Delhi
    c) Bengaluru
    d) Mumbai

14. Where was the All Indian Transgender Conference organised for the first time?

    a) Ajmer 
    b) Jaipur
    c) Nashik
    d) Ranchi

15. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Egypt?

    a) Gyanesh Kumar
    b) Bhuvnesh Kumar
    c) Suresh K Reddy
    d) Suresh Kumar Sagu

20th February 2025 Current Affairs