Current Affairs 26 February

1. Which country has recently approved the construction of the first ‘space center’ in the deep waters of the South China Sea?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) South Korea
(d) Vietnam
Answer: (a) China

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2. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has lifted business-related restrictions on whom?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
Answer: (b) Kotak Mahindra Bank

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3. Where has the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum been organized recently?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
Answer: (b) New Delhi

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4. Recently, ATDC and SECL have signed an MoU to empower 400 unemployed youth of which states?
(a) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(b) Rajasthan and Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
(d) Maharashtra and Karnataka
Answer: (c) Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

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5. Where has the 5th meeting of the National Traders Welfare Board been organized recently?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Lucknow
(c) New Delhi
(d) Jaipur
Answer: (c) New Delhi

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6. Which date has been declared as the “First Gulf of America Day” by United States President Donald Trump?
(a) 07 February
(b) 08 February
(c) 09 February
(d) 10 February
Answer: (c) 09 February

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7. Recently, India has organized a military exercise ‘Cyclone-III’ with which country?
(a) France
(b) Egypt
(c) Russia
(d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: (b) Egypt

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8. Where has India’s first indigenous organic chemical plant ‘Srijanam’ been launched recently?
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) AIIMS, New Delhi
(c) IISc Bengaluru
(d) NIT Warangal
Answer: (b) AIIMS, New Delhi

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9. Recently, the tenure of the Atomic Energy Commission has been extended from 2025 to which year?
(a) 2026
(b) 2027
(c) 2028
(d) 2029
Answer: (c) 2028

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10. India has ranked __ in the International Shipment category in the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2023.
(a) 20th
(b) 22nd
(c) 24th
(d) 26th
Answer: (b) 22nd

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11. On which date is ‘World Radio Day’ celebrated every year?
(a) 11 February
(b) 12 February
(c) 13 February
(d) 14 February
Answer: (c) 13 February

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12. Recently, IIT Madras and ___ have developed the first indigenous aerospace-quality semiconductor chip.
(a) DRDO
(b) ISRO
(c) HAL
(d) BHEL
Answer: (b) ISRO

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