Current Affairs MCQs(English): February 7, 2024 - Test Your Knowledge!

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1. Who laid the foundation stone for India’s Digital National Museum of Epigraphy?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Amit Shah

C) G. Kishan Reddy

D) Nirmala Sitharaman

2. What is the length of the Indo-Myanmar border that India plans to fence?

A) 1643 kilometers

B) 1500 kilometers

C) 1750 kilometers

D) 1600 kilometers

3. What is the main aim of The Public Examinations (Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024?

A) To increase the number of public exams

B) To prevent cheating in public exams

C) To make public exams easier

D) To privatize public exams

4. Where was the ONGC Sea Survival Centre inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

A) Mumbai

B) Goa

C) Kochi

D) Chennai

5. Which organization approved the acquisition of 100% shareholding of Interise Investment Managers Limited?

A) RBI

B) SEBI

C) CCI

D) IRDAI

6. Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt visited which city for the World Defence Show 2024?

A) Dubai

B) Riyadh

C) New Delhi

D) Moscow

7. The Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill in which year?

A) 2022

B) 2023

C) 2024

D) 2025

8. Who is the new Country Director for India as mentioned in the current affairs of 7th February 2024?

A) Sumit Arora

B) Rajiv Mehrishi

C) Ajay Banga

D) Anshula Kant

9. The ‘North-East Sammelan’ is an initiative related to which sector?

A) Education

B) Defence

C) Infrastructure

D) Culture

10. What is the Divya Kala Mela associated with?

A) A music festival

B) An art and craft exhibition

C) A film festival

D) A literary fest

11. Which company’s stake acquisition by Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. was approved by CCI?

A) Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited

B) HDFC Life Insurance Company

C) ICICI Lombard General Insurance

D) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

12. The Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (BharatSHRI) aims to digitize how many ancient inscriptions?

A) 50,000

B) 75,000

C) 100,000

D) 125,000

13. The acquisition of certain shareholding of Shadowfax Technologies Private Limited was approved by which entity?

A) NITI Aayog

B) CCI

C) RBI

D) SEBI

14. The digital National Museum of Epigraphy is being set up in which city?

A) New Delhi

B) Mumbai

C) Hyderabad

D) Bengaluru

15. The fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border is primarily aimed at curbing what?

A) Drug trafficking

B) Unauthorized border crossings

C) Wildlife smuggling

D) Illegal trade

16. The World Defence Show 2024, attended by Shri Ajay Bhatt, culminated on which date?

A) 2nd February

B) 4th February

C) 6th February

D) 8th February

17. The Competition Commission of India approved the acquisition of a 70% stake in which insurance company?

A) HDFC Ergo

B) SBI General Insurance

C) Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited

D) Reliance General Insurance

18. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was passed by which house of the Parliament?

A) Lok Sabha

B) Rajya Sabha

C) Both A and B

D) None of the above

19. The Sea Survival Training Centre developed by ONGC is integrated with what kind of training?

A) Firefighting

B) Sea navigation

C) Sea survival

D) Offshore drilling

20. The Public Examinations (Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, is a legal framework to ensure the integrity of what?

A) University admissions

B) Job recruitments

C) Public examinations

D) Government tenders

Answer Keys:

1. C) G. Kishan Reddy

2. A) 1643 kilometers

3. B) To prevent cheating in public exams

4. B) Goa

5. C) CCI

6. B) Riyadh

7. C) 2024

8. A) Sumit Arora

9. D) Culture

10. B) An art and craft exhibition

11. A) Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited

12. C) 100,000

13. B) CCI

14. C) Hyderabad

15. B) Unauthorized border crossings

16. B) 4th February

17. C) Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited

18. A) Lok Sabha

19. C) Sea survival

20. C) Public examinations