Current Affairs 21th February 2025 : Daily GK Update in English
1. India has become the second country to introduce which digital license for pilots?
A) Digital Flight Permit
B) Electronic Personnel License (EPL)
C) Virtual Pilot Certification
D) Digital Aviation License
Answer: B) Electronic Personnel License (EPL)
2. Who has been elected as the Vice President of the International Organization of Aids to Marine Navigation (IALA)?
A) Suresh Kumar Khanna
B) Ram Mohan Naidu
C) T.K. Ramachandran
D) V Anantha Nageswaran
Answer: C) T.K. Ramachandran
3. Which digital platform did LIC introduce to empower its agents and sales associates?
A) One Man Office
B) Digital Agent Portal
C) LIC Connect
D) Agent Assist
Answer: A) One Man Office
4. The 'Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme' aims to achieve which of the following objectives?
A) Digitization of land records
B) Improving transparency in land transactions
C) Reducing disputes over land ownership
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
5. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) of India in?
A) Arvind Subramanian
B) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
C) V. Anantha Nageswaran
D) Raghuram Rajan
Answer: C) V. Anantha Nageswaran
6. Which ministry organized the event "Bharat Parv 2025" at Red Fort?
A) Ministry of Culture
B) Ministry of Tourism
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer: B) Ministry of Tourism
7. Zika Virus, recently in the news, is transmitted by which mosquito?
A) Culex mosquito
B) Aedes mosquito
C) Anopheles mosquito
D) Mansonia mosquito
Answer: B) Aedes mosquito
8. Which Indian bank won seven technology awards at the 20th Annual Banking Technology Conference in 2025?
A) State Bank of India
B) HDFC Bank
C) City Union Bank
D) ICICI Bank
Answer: C) City Union Bank
9. Which organization operates the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) scheme in India?
A) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
B) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
C) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
D) Ministry of Finance
Answer: C) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
10. Who was appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in?
A) Gyanendra Pratap Singh
B) Akhilesh Sinha
C) Deepak Kumar
D) Ravideep Singh
Answer: A) Gyanendra Pratap Singh