Daily Current Affairs MCQs Quiz: February 14, 2025

1. Which statutory body has recently introduced a new digital platform named Mutual Fund Investment Tracing and Retrieval Assistant (MITRA)?
[A] Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
[B] Bhakra Beas Management Board
[C] Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
[D] Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)


2. Which of the following has recommended the establishment of State-Level Fiscal Councils?
[A] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
[D] National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)


3. Tata Elxsi and which company Sign MoU at Aero India 2025 to Establish Centre of Excellence for the design, engineering, and certification of Indigenous UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)?
[A] Boeing
[B] BrahMos Aerospace
[C] Garuda Aerospace
[D] Mahindra Aerospace


4. Which mission has recently introduced innovative programmes such as “Ganga Through the Ages – A Literary Bioscope”?
[A] Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
[B] National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
[C] National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
[D] Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)


5. Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, which was recently seen in the news, is located in which state?
[A] Odisha
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Karnataka
[D] Maharashtra


6. A crocodile catfish was recently spotted in the Bahini River. This river is a tributary of which river?
[A] Narmada
[B] Ganga
[C] Brahmaputra
[D] Yamuna


7. In which year was the Mission Amrit Sarovar initiated?
[A] 2022
[B] 2023
[C] 2024
[D] 2025


8. Which AIIMS has Recently launched ‘Srjanam’, India’s first automated biomedical waste conversion system, developed by CSIR-NIIST?
[A] AIIMS Bhopal
[B] AIIMS Mangalagiri
[C] AIIMS Delhi
[D] AIIMS Rajkot


9. Which company has partnered with Safran Electronics & Defense of France for HAMMER System?
[A] Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
[B] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
[C] Mahindra Aerospace
[D] Boeing


10. IIITDM Kancheepuram has recently formed an important partnership with the Education and Research Network of India (ERNET), which operates under which ministry?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of Earth Science
[C] Ministry of Science and Technology
[D] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology


11. Who has recently been appointed as chief economist of Canara Bank?
[A] Abhijit Banerjee
[B] Bina Agarwal
[C] Surjit Bhalla
[D] Dr. Madhavankutty G


12. Which country’s President Klaus Iohannis has recently resigned after impeachment threat by far right?
[A] Bulgaria
[B] Cyprus
[C] Romania
[D] Slovenia


13. Who has been chosen for the “Basava Rashtriya Puraskar” for 2024-25, awarded by the Kannada & Culture Department?
[A] Dr. S.R. Gunjal
[B] Picchalli Srinivas
[C] Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya
[D] Purushottama Bilimale


14. Who was recently awarded the Grande Médaille, the top honor from the Aero-Club de France?
[A] Samuel L. Jackson
[B] Johnny Deep
[C] Tom Cruise
[D] Tom Hanks


15. Who will be honored with the esteemed ‘Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema’ award at IIFA 2025?
[A] Rakesh Roshan
[B] Kamal Haasan
[C] Rajinikanth
[D] Amitabh Bachchan


16. Who is the author of the work called “I Am a Soldier’s Wife”?
[A] Sushmita Joshi
[B] Anandi Gopal Joshi
[C] Geetika Lidder
[D] Surekha Yadav


17. Who has recently been launched the much-anticipated book, “I Am?”, compiled by Gopichand P. Hinduja?
[A] President Draupadi Murmu
[B] Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
[C] Union Minister Rajnath Singh
[D] Union Minister Amit Shah


18. Recently, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Mazargues War Cemetery in which city?
[A] Montpellier
[B] Nice
[C] Marseille
[D] Paris


19. Who among the following has been appointed as the ambassador for the 16th edition of Bengaluru Film Festival?
[A] Kishore Kumar
[B] Ravichandran
[C] Kiccha Sudeepa
[D] Rishab Shetty


20. Which department has recently launched a comprehensive report on the Disaster Risk and Resilience Assessment Framework (DRRAF)?
[A] Department of Economic Affairs
[B] Department of Consumer Affairs
[C] Department of Commerce
[D] Department of Telecommunications (DoT)


21. Which organization has recently released the Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2025 report?
[A] UNDP
[B] Germanwatch
[C] UNO
[D] WEF


22. Which country will host the upcoming Global AI Summit?
[A] India
[B] Japan
[C] Switzerland
[D] China


23. Gairsain city, was recently seen in the news, is located in which state?
[A] Haryana
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Gujarat


24. Which state government has recently announced legislative initiative aimed at providing 42 per cent reservation for backward classes?
[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Odisha
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Telangana


25. Which state government has launched the ‘Har Khet-Swasth Khet’ campaign aims to enhance soil health and promote sustainable farming?
[A] Punjab
[B] Haryana
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Gujarat


26. Asia’s first life-size animatronic elephant Ellie was unveiled by PETA India to educate children about animal welfare in which city?
[A] Thiruvananthapuram
[B] Chennai
[C] Amaravati
[D] Bengaluru


27. Jomel Warrican has been awarded as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for January 2025, is from which country?
[A] Australia
[B] New Zealand
[C] South Africa
[D] West Indies


28. Who has been awarded as the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2025?
[A] Leah Williamson
[B] Beth Mooney
[C] Harmanpreet Kaur
[D] Sophie Devine


29. Which cricketer named official ambassador of 2025 ICC Champions Trophy?
[A] Sachin Tendulkar
[B] Yuvraj Singh
[C] Virender Sehwag
[D] Shikhar Dhawan


30. Which nation is Shohely Akhter from, who has made history as the first female cricketer to receive a ban from the ICC due to corruption allegations?
[A] South Africa
[B] Pakistan
[C] Bangladesh
[D] UAE


31. National Productivity Day is observed annually on which day?
[A] 12 February
[B] 13 February
[C] 14 February
[D] 15 February