Current Affairs Quiz , 12 Feb 2020

1) National Youth Day or Yuva Diwas celebrated on:

a) January 12
b) February 12
c) March 10
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• National Youth Day or Yuva Diwas is observed on 12 January across India. The day is celebrated every year to commemorate the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. It aims to create awareness and to provide knowledge to the youth about the rights in India.

2) SPICe+, an integrated Web Form deployed by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, aims to

a) improve ease of doing business
b) brand Indian spices in foreign market
c) make loans easily available for existing companies
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• SPICe+ would have two parts viz.: Part A-for Name reservation for new companies and Part B offering a bouquet of services.

3) A naval version of the light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas aircraft successfully completed the test trial on

a) INS Vikramaditya
b) INS Vikrant
c) INS Kalvari
d) INS Arihant

Answer: a
• INS Vikramditya is the only Aircraft carrier of India. The naval version of Tejas aircraft on Saturday made its first landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, in a major milestone in the development of the aircraft.

4) National Youth Day is celebrated on the birthday of ______________every year on January 12.

a) Swami Vivekanda
b) Sardar Patel
c) Pandit Nehru
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• To honour Swami Vivekananda, National Youth Day is celebrated every year on January 12 since 1985. It was in 1984 that the Government of India declared it.

5) State Energy Efficiency Index 2019 is released by

a) Niti Aayog
b) Ministry of Power
c) Bureau of Energy Efficiency
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with Alliance for Energy-Efficient Economy released the State Energy Efficiency Index 2019. The index used 97 significant indicators and tracked the progress of Energy Efficiency (EE) initiatives in 36 states and union territories (UTs).