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Current affairs MCQs of 26 February 2022

Q.1 Which regiment’s units were honoured with the President’s Colours on February 23rd?

a. Rajputana Rifles

b. Parachute Regiment

c. Sikh Regiment

d. Jat Regiment

Q.2 What was KPAC Lalitha’s maiden name?

a. Sheela

b. Sharada Amma

c. Mamata

d. Maheswari Amma

Q.3 Which IAF jet will participate in the Cobra Warrior Air Exercise?

a. LCA Tejas

b. Su-30MKI

c. Rafale

d. MiG-21

Q.4 Which nation will host the air exercise called ‘Cobra Warrior’?

a. UAE

b. UK

c. Singapore

d. Malaysia

Q.5 Which space mission/ satellite of ISRO has detected ‘Solar proton events’ for the first time?

a. Chandrayaan-1

b. Chandrayaan-2

c. Mars Orbiter Mission

d. Mangalyaan 2

Q.6 National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) signed MoU with which institution to collaborate on ‘Sustainable Cities India program’?

a. NITI Aayog

b. World Economic Forum

c. World Bank

d. UNDP

Q.7 Which country’s rover has spotted two glass spheres on the far side of the Moon?

a. India

b. China

c. UAE

d. USA

Q.8 Which is the venue of the ‘Devayatanam – An odyssey of Indian temple architecture’ conference?

a. Puri

b. Hampi

c. Mysuru

d. Varanasi

Q.9 Which state’s former Chief Minister has been sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment?

a. Chhattisgarh

b. Bihar

c. Odisha

d. West Bengal

Q.10 When is World Thinking Day observed?

a. February 19th

b. February 20th

c. February 21st

d. February 22nd

Answers – 

Q.1 a) The Chief of Army Staff, General MM Naravane,  presented the prestigious ‘President’s Colours’ to four battalions of the Parachute Regiment on February 23, 2022. The units include 11 Parachute (Special Forces), 21 Parachute (Special Forces), 23 Parachute and 29 Parachute. 

Q.2 d) KPAC Lalitha passed away on February 22, 2022 in Kochi after battling a liver-related ailment for a long time. The veteran actor was born as Maheswari Amma in Kayamkulam, Alappuzha. She starred in over 550 films in Malayalam and Tamil in her nearly five-decade career.

Q.3 a) India will be sending five indigenous LCA Tejas fighter aircraft to participate in the Cobra Warrior exercise in the United Kingdom. A C-17 aircraft will also go along to provide transport support. The IAF jets will participate in the exercise along with the fighter aircraft of UK and other leading Air Forces.

Q.4 b) 

Q.5 d) Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has detected solar proton events, via its Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS).

The proton events are said to increase the radiation exposure to humans in space. Earlier, the instrument also recorded coronal mass ejections (CMEs), a stream of ionised material and magnetic fields, leading to geomagnetic storms.

Q.6 b) The World Economic Forum and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on ‘Sustainable Cities India program’.

Q.7 b) China’s Yutu-2 rover has recently spotted two strange glass spheres on the far side of the Moon. The lunar ‘spherules’ are the first of their kind to be found on the lunar surface.As per researchers, they are formed fairly recently. Though Glass has been spotted on the moon before, by both the Yutu-2 rover and NASA’s Apollo 16 mission, this is the first sight of Glass spheres.

Q.8 b) Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) of Ministry of Culture, Government of India is organizing an international conference ‘Devayatanam – An odyssey of Indian temple architecture at Hampi, Karnataka.

Q.9 b) A CBI court in Ranchi has sentenced RJD leader and Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav to 5 years’ imprisonment in the fifth fodder scam case.

Q.10 d) 

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