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Current Affairs Quiz: 18 February 2026

15 questions from the news of 18 February 2026. Tap an option to see the answer and the explanation.

DAILY QUIZCurrent AffairsQuiz18 February 202615 questions with answers and explanationssafalsetu.com
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1. What is the main aim of the SAHI initiative from the Ministry of Health?

Answer: A. SAHI, the Secure AI for Health Initiative, offers a policy framework and national roadmap for AI that is ethical, transparent, accountable and centred on people.

2. What is the BODH platform chiefly built for?

Answer: B. The Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI tests how well and how reliably AI tools perform before they are rolled out widely.

3. Which Indian Army AI system concentrates on climatology and disaster prediction?

Answer: E. It gives early warnings of floods, landslides and avalanches, helping disaster management efforts.

4. AI Mission 2.0 expands common compute capacity by procuring how much?

Answer: D. The government plans to add 20,000 GPUs to the national common compute cluster for use by start-ups, academia and researchers.

5. RBI's draft forex norms cap the Net Overnight Open Position (NOOP) of authorised dealers at what level?

Answer: C. The proposal limits NOOP to as much as 25% of total capital (Tier I plus Tier II) as a way of controlling foreign exchange risk.

6. What kind of entity has RBI approved Airtel Money to operate as?

Answer: B. As a Type II non-deposit NBFC, it cannot take public deposits but may carry on permitted financial activities such as lending.

7. What is the chief purpose of deferring frontloaded commissions in life insurance?

Answer: D. Insurers suggested paying commissions over three to five years rather than upfront, lowering initial acquisition costs and easing the premium burden on policyholders.

8. Which practice is banned under RBI's draft consumer protection norms?

Answer: A. The draft prohibits incentive-linked selling of third-party products so that mis-selling is curbed and customers get suitable products.

9. Prices of which fertiliser are completely controlled by the government in India?

Answer: E. Urea is fully price-controlled and heavily subsidised, while other fertilisers come under the Nutrient-Based Subsidy regime.

10. What does the Fertiliser Control Order (FCO) mainly regulate?

Answer: C. The FCO lays down quality standards and oversees how fertilisers are distributed, keeping supply and the market under regulatory control.

11. What does the 'B' in BODH, launched for health AI, stand for?

Answer: B. BODH is the Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI.

12. Which Indian Army AI system is a secure, air-gapped indigenous AI cloud offered as AI-as-a-Service?

Answer: A. EKAM is the air-gapped AI-as-a-Service platform.

13. How many additional GPUs will be added to the common compute cluster under the IndiaAI Mission announcement?

Answer: C. The government will procure 20,000 additional GPUs.

14. Ol Chiki is the official script of which language?

Answer: B. Ol Chiki is the script of the Santhali language.

15. What does SALW stand for in the UN fellowship programme hosted by India?

Answer: A. SALW means Small Arms and Light Weapons.