Feburary Flashcards
SAMPRITI is joint exercise between?
India and Bangladesh
going to held in Meghalaya
India recently observed Martyr’s day on 30 Jan to commemorate death anniversary of which leader
MK Gandhi
Which Journalist won the 2019-20 Gauri Lankesh Award?
Yusuf Jameel
Ajmal Sultanpuri who passed away recently was a renowned poet in which language?
Urdu
who has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Nepal
Vinay Mohan Kwatra
which Indian think tank has been ranked among top 30 think tanks globally?
ORF
ORF remained the most featured Indian think tank, being ranked in 26 categories and the highest-ranked in India in 14 categories. Among non-US think tanks globally, ORF was ranked 15th - moving up from the 24th place last year
which Global Technology company recently announced a $1000000 grant to promote news literacy in India
in ‘Internews’
Matthew Sathya Babu who recently passed away was associated with which sport?
basketball
Former Indian basketball team captain Matthew Satya Babu passes away.
India’s first “fruit train” for export was flagged off recently in which Indian state?
Andhra Pradesh
The first-of-its-kind ‘fruit train’ of the country was recently flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station of Andhra Pradesh. The train carried a little less than 1000 metric tonnes of locally grown bananas to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port also called the gateway port in Mumbai.
Christine Sinclair, who recently become the world’s all-time leading goal scorer in football, belongs to which country?
Canada
which global tech firm has launched A short video making application ‘Tangi’?
Google has joined the race to launch short-video making apps with unveiling Tangi, which is focussed on creativity and Do It Yourself (DIY) space. The app is a product from Google’s in-house incubator titled Area 120
recent economic survey of 2019-20 what is the rank of India globally in the number of new firms created
3
when is the anti-leprosy day for the year 2020 observed across the world
January 26, 2020
Theme; Leprosy isn’t what you think
celebrated by WHO
The ‘Anti-leprosy day’ is observed annually on the last Sunday of January,
The EU has how many countries in its block after the exit of UK
27
the Chinese new year 2020 which fell on Jan 25 marks the beginning of which year, as per Chinese astrology?
Year of Rat
which tennis player clinched the Women’s Singles Title in Australian open tournament 2020
4 grand slams
Aus
US
Wimbledon
France
Sofia Kenin
soared to her first Grand Slam title, rallying from a set down to defeat former World No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win the Australian Open -
becoming the youngest American since Serena Williams in 2002 to capture a major crown.
Novak Djokovic wins his 17th Australian Title
the third private train of IRCTC is said to run between Varanasi and which Indian city
Indore
in which city the Indian Navy conducted its coastal security exercise Matla Abhiyaan
named after matla river
Kolkata
which country has recently joined the Commonwealth as its 54 member country
Maldives
Mohammed Tawfik Allawi has been appointed as the next prime minister of which country
Iraq
Harmeet Desai was seen in the news recently is associated with which sports
Table Tennis
won National Championship
in women won by S. Mukherjee
Jaswant Singh Kanwal, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?
[A] Sports
[B] Politics
[C] Literature
[D] Business
C [Literature]
Notes:
Famous Punjabi writer Jaswant Singh Kanwal recently passed away at his native village recently. His novels are loved by several readers across the country.
The novelist was a recipient of the country’s highest literary honor, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977 for his famous novel ‘Taushali Di Hanso’. He has authored more than 100 novels, which mainly focus on agrarian crisis, caste barrier, and women empowerment. He was also called as the ‘Writer of movements’.
which banker has been named as the central banker of the Year by The Banker magazine?
Jorgovanka Tabakovi, National Bank of Serbia,
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been named the Central Banker of the Year, Asia-Pacific 2020, by The Banker magazine, a unit of Financial Times (FT). The award is given to central bankers who have “best managed to stimulate growth and stabilize their economy
Babenco: Tell me when I die” which won the ‘Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film’ at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2020, is a film of which country?
Brazilian documentary film)
Barbara Paz director
what is the theme of world cancer day 2020?
I Am and I Will
4 Feb
first held in 2000
this is 20th time
which film won the best film award at bafta
1917
Sam Mendes, Best Film co-winner, Best Director winner and Outstanding British Film co-winner
Joaquin Phoenix, Best Actor winner
Renée Zellweger, Best Actress winner
Brad Pitt, Best Supporting Actor winner
which Indian women tennis player won both women singles and double titles in ITF Thailand Championship?
Ankita Raina
Udyanotsav is a famous Indian occasion that makes which place open for the general public for nearly a month
Rashtrapati Bhava
The Mughal Gardens had up till now been opened for the public only during the annual festival, Udyanotsav, held in the months of February-March but Mughal Gardens, which forms the third Circuit of Rashtrapati Bhavan tour, will now be open for the public from August till March.
Transport Corporation of which Indian state has received the road safety award 2018-2019 fog lowest accident rate
Delhi’ DTC
what is the rank of India in the recently released international intellectual property index 2020
published by US Chamber of Commerce
40
India was placed at 36th position among 50 countries in 2019
Prince Charles has launched a new children’s protection fund for which Asian country
India
part of British Asian Trust set by Prince Charles
which country recently launched the international religious freedom Alliance for protecting religious freedom across the world?
USA
India’s 13th major port is set to establish in which state
Maharashtra
India’s 13th major port to be set up in Maharashtra. The Union Cabinet of India recently approved to set up 13th major port of India, at Vadhavan in Maharashtra. The project is to entail a total cost of Rs 65,544 crore. The government is expected to hold a 51 percent stake in the project of the new por
which Indian city was recently certified formerly as a World Heritage site by UNESCO (France)?
Jaipur
the first city was Ahemdabad
what is the theme of this year’s International Day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation on February 6?
Unleashing Youth Power
In 2012, the UN General Assembly designated February 6th as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, with the aim to amplify and direct the efforts on the elimination of this practice.
the first glass floor suspension bridge of India is to be built in which state
The Uttarakhand
government has cleared the design of a glass floor suspension bridge, the first of its kind in the country, to be built across the Ganga river in Rishikesh as an alternative to the iconic Lakshman Jhula which was closed last year.
which city recently organized the Nutan International Theatre Festival
Jammu
first edition of the festival was organized in Jammu by the Nutan Prayas Manch recently.
Who is the author of Gandhi’s Hinduism the struggle against Jinnah’s Islam?
M J Akbar
which metro rail service in India has become the second-largest operational metro rail network in-country?
Hyderabad metro
what is the profession of Anoop Mishra who has been in news recently
Anoop Mishra, an Indian Army Major from the College of Military Engineering was known for having developed a bulletproof jacket that protects against sniper bullets. He was seen in the news recently as he has now developed a helmet, which is also the world’s first, that can stop an AK-47 bullet round from 10 meters.
which country has the largest elephant population in the world?
Botswana
Kenya (the safest safari destination)
Botswana was recently in news because of its auctioning of licenses to hunt elephants, to tackle human-animal conflict
The book- ‘A Child of Destiny’, which was recently released by the Indian Vice President, is an autobiography of which Indian educationist?
[A] K. Ramakrishna Rao
[B] Girishwar Misra
[C] Amit Abraham
[D] Devendra Singh
[K. Ramakrishna Rao]
Notes:
Renowned Indian philosopher and educationist Prof. K. Ramakrishna Rao has authored his autobiography, which is titled ‘A Child of Destiny: an autobiography’. It was released by the Indian Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, in Visakhapatnam.
which cities were recently launched an initiative called ‘Operation Nakai’ to verify the identity of auto drivers
Ghaziabad
Under the initiative, a unique four-digit number will be allotted to every auto-rickshaw of the city
Kamya Karthikeyan of Mumbai recently became the youngest girl in the world to Summit Mount Aconcagua. Mt Aconcagua is the highest peak in South America, located in
Argentina
which city is to host the 33rd African Union Summit
Addis Ababa
The Summit will be held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
recently the supreme court upheld the schedule caste and Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act When was the original act of 1989 amended?
2018
Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018 enacted to nullify the effects of the March 20, 2018 judgment of the court which had diluted the provisions of the Act
American factory which won the Oscar for the best feature-length documentary was produced by which famous personality
Barrack Obama
American Factory, a documentary about the culture clash between American and Chinese workers at a glass-manufacturing plant in Ohio, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on Feb. 9. The film was released on Netflix and backed by the Obamas nascent production company, Higher Ground Productions
Ajay Warrier is the joint military exercise conducted between India and which country
UK
Indian and British armed forces on Thursday began their joint ‘Ajeya Warrior’ exercises in the Salisbury Plain of central southern England to train troops in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations.
The storm ‘Ciara’ recently hit several countries of which continent?
[A] Asia
[B] Europe
[C] Australia
[D] North America
[B] Europe
What is the rank on India in the ‘Worldwide Educating for the Future Index’ (WEFFI) 2019’ report?
[A] 25
[B] 35
[C] 45
[D] 55
B [35]
Notes:
As per the ‘Worldwide Educating for the Future Index (WEFFI) 2019’ report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, India is ranked 35th on the overall index in 2019 with a total score of 53.
India has jumped five ranks from its rank of 40 in the last year. This index ranks countries based on their capabilities to provide skill-based education to students. The rank is based on three categories – policy environment, teaching environment and overall socio-economic environment.
- Consider the following statements:
Both HELINA & Namica are future antitank missiles of India
Both HELINA and Namica are versions of Nag Missile
Which among the above statements is/are correct?
[A] Only 1 is correct
[B] Only 2 is correct
[C] Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
[D] Both of them are correct
C [Neither 1 nor 2 is correct]
Notes:
HELINA is Helicopter Nag and it is a version of the missile. But NAMICA is Nag Missile Carrier
Robert Farah was recently Suspended for Doping, he plays which sport?
Tennis
Democracy Index 2020 was released by which organization?
Economist Intelligence Unit
India Dropped how many Places In the Latest Democracy Index?
10 place
Which country will train Indian flight surgeons for the Gaganyaan mission?
[France
How many people have been awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously?
[4 people]
World Employment & Social Outlook Report was released by which organization?
International
Labour Organisation
The NEPAL border is guarded on the Indian side by which force?
[Sashastra Seema Bal]
. Who lives at 10, Downing Street?
[PM of Britain]
. Saleha Sultan passes away recently, she was the queen of which city?
[Bhopal]
Which is India’s Most Polluted City as per Greenpeace Report?
[Jharia in Jharkhand]
Lunglei is Least Polluted City in Greenpeace Report, it is in which state?
[Mizoram]
. Man Mohan Sood Passed Away, he was related to which field?
[Cricket]
Which state will Test Voter Identification through A Face Recognition App for the first time in
India?
[Telangana]
. One Nation One Ration Card Scheme To Be Implemented From which date?
1 June 2020]
India was the ……..th largest Recipient Of FDI in 2019?
[8th]
What is India’s GDP growth projection by IMF for FY 2020?
[4.8%]
. Which country Topped WEF’s Social Mobility Index 2020?
[Denmark]
) Who has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of the FIFA Foundation?
Mauricio Macri
The Election Commission has ordered the removal of which BJP leader from the list of star
campaigners for Delhi polls over their controversial remarks?
.Anurag Thakur
Who is the Brand Ambassador of the Mobile Premier League (MPL)?
Virat Kohli
) Who has become the 4th Indian to score 10,000 runs purely as an opener?
Rohit Sharma
Barca Academy Cup is associated with which sports?
Football
Which is the world’s most traffic-congested city, according to a report by TomTom?
.Bengaluru
Who has been named as the Chief Executive Ocer of International Business Machines (IBM)?
Arvind Krishna
Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state?
[Assam]
What is the name of India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier?
[Vikrant]
Adam Mosseri is the CEO of which company?
[Instagram]
. Which Indian ship participated in Operation Vanilla?
[INS Airavat]
Which city will host the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament?
Bengaluru
Garmin India has appointed whom as its Brand Ambassador?
Rannvijay Singha
As per the survey by Transparency International, which state has emerged as the top state in
terms of best practices followed in budget formulation?
Assam
Yusuf Jameel has been selected for the __________
2019-2020 PEN Gauri Lankesh Award
The ninth edition of joint military training exercise SAMPRITI-IX will be held between India and
which country
Bangladesh
Which cyclone came in Madagascar recently?
[Diane]
Who was the 1
st women from India to present the Financial Budget?
[Indira Gandhi]
Union government has announced to establish how many more airports by 2024 under the UDAN
scheme?
100
Who is the author of the Bengali novel “Calcutta Nights” (Raater Kolkata)?
Hemendrakumar Roy
Translated by; Rajat Chaudhuri’
Who is the Kashmiri poet Nirmala Sitharaman quoted in her budget speech?
Kashmiri poet Dinanath Kaul Nadim,
) Who has been conferred with the prestigious Ayurveda Ratan Award 2020 in Brussels?
.Pratap Chauhan
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state? [
Uttarakhand
Who has been elected president of the Paralympic Committee of India?
Deepa Malik
Rohit Sharma, who has become the _____th Indian to cross 14000 runs in International Cricket?
8th
Who has become the third men’s cricketer to play 100 T20I matches?
.Ross Taylor
Which country will host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics?
South Korea
. How many former chief ministers were awarded Padma Bhushan?
[2, SC Jamir, Manohar Parrikar]
What is the theme of World Leprosy day 2020?
[Leprosy isn’t what you think]
Who has become the first deaf person to row across the Atlantic Ocean?
Mo O’Brien
Who has been named as the Telecom Person of the Year for 2019?
Ram Sewak Sharma
India has become the second-largest smartphone market globally by surpassing which country?
United States
The Indus-Water Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in which year?
[1960]
Which traditional system of medicine belongs to Tamil Nadu?
[Siddha]
The Supreme Court has directed all the states to establish______________________ at the grassroots level for
providing access to justice to citizens?
Gram Nyayalayas
Which country has recently ended the free entry for Indian tourists?
Bhutan
Department of Science and Technology (DST) is digitally reconstructing the Poompuhar port city
which was established by which dynasty?
Chola Dynasty
Which country will host the Pacific islands summit in 2021?
.Japan
Who has bagged the inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award for his translated book
“Blue Is Like Blue“?
Vinod Kumar Shukla
. Which sporting tournament was moved From Virus-Hit China To Kazakhstan?
[Federation Cup]
Billie Eilish is a singer from which country?
[USA
What is the rank of India in the Intellectual Property Index?
40
Lord J: Lord of Anonymity is an autobiography of the pop star Lord J, the singer hails from which
Indian city?
Varanasi
Who has written the book “India in distress”?
[Mamata Banerjee]
Who has written the book “The Rural Manifesto”?
[Varun Gandhi]
As per the Economic Survey, what is India’s rank in the number of new firms created?
[3rd]
As per World Steel Association data, India has become the _____th largest steel producer of
crude steel?
Second
1) China, 2) India, 3) Japan, 4) USA, 5) Russia.
American astronaut Christina Koch has returned to the Earth after successfully spending how
many days in space?
328 days
Which among the following will create the world’s biggest ATM network of 2 mn in India by year
end?
PhonePe
Tippani is a folk dance of which state?
[Gujarat]
- Shantanu Narayan is the CEO of which company?
[Adobe]
Who has been appointed as the head of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra?
K Parasaran
Which state/UT has recently renamed its Public Health Engineering, Irrigation, and Flood Control
Department as the ‘Jal Shakti Department’?
Jammu & Kashmir
Separate identity cards will be issued for transgenders in which of the following states?
Rajasthan
- Which area’s Robusta Coffee got the GI Tag in 2019?
Wayanad, Kerala
2020 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, will take place in which
city?
[Glasgow, Scotland]
Who is the director of the movie “Parasite”?
[Bong Joon Ho (South Korean)]
Pakistan recently declared an emergency related to what? [
Locust attack
Abigail Spears is related to which sports?
.Tennis
Who has become the first woman to ever start the Olympic Torch Relay?
Anna Korakaki
A Child of Destiny is an autobiography of which among the following?
K. Ramakrishna Rao
Mizo Puanchei got the GI Tag recently, what is it a type of?
[Shawl]
Which is India’s first indigenously designed and developed long-range cruise missile?
[Nirbhaya]
“Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Oce” book was released on the occasion of completion
of 1 year in office of which person?
[Venkaiah Naidu]
Which country included Hindi as the third official language in its courts?
[UAE]
What is the name of the World’s cheapest gunshot locator developed by Indian Army ?
.Parth
Who has been named captain of the year by ESPNcricinfo?
Eoin Morgan
The Centre has decided to rename the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM),
Faridabad after the name of which Late Politician?
.Arun Jaitely
What is the another name of the storm ‘Ciara’?
Sabine
Who is the author of the book “ A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981”?
K K Khandelwal
Who won gold in the 65kg category at the 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix Wrestling tournament?
[Bajrang
Punia]
UP government created world record by planting over 22 cr saplings in 1 day on 77th anniversary
of what?
[Quit India Movement]
) Who has become the first-ever blind athlete to finish an Ironman triathlon 70.3 in Dubai?
Niket Dalal
National Women’s Day of India is celebrated to mark the Birth Anniversary of whom?
Sarojini Naidu
Who has been declared as the world’s oldest living man by Guinness World Records?
Chitetsu Watanabe
Who is the author of the book “The Thin Mind Map Book“?
.Dharmendra Rai
Which country has banned e-cigarettes in both domestic and international flights as well as at
airports
.India
Who is the author of the book “Messages from Messengers”?
Priti K Shroff
Which country has the cheapest mobile data plans in the world, as per a report by the
cable.co.uk?
.India
Which medicine is given to children on national deworming day?
[Albendazole]
Which telecom operator has emerged as the second most valuable mobile operator among
emerging markets in Asia?
Bharti Airtel
Chief of Defence Sta (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat is aiming to set up the first integrated
tri-services command which will be headed by whom?
Air Force Officer
NBA All-Star Game MVP award has been permanently named after whom?
.Kobe Bryant
Richard Branson has approached India to establish a hyperloop transportation system
between New Delhi and which city?
.Mumbai
Who has become the first Indian to reach 50 Million Followers on Instagram?
.Virat Kohli
Which motto has been chosen as the motto of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
United by Emotion
. Guy Ryder is the current Director-General of which organization?
[International Labour
Organization]
The company JSR Dynamics has made which missile recently?
[Khagantak]
The Union Cabinet has approved the constitution of the 22nd Law Commission with a period
of how many years?
3
Hindi is the third most spoken language of the world in 2019 with _____million speakers?
615 million
1) English - 1132 million, 2) Mandarin - 1117 million, 3) Hindi
Which country will host the Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup in 2021?
India
Who was elected as the president of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust?
.Nritya Gopal Das
Who has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Manchester?
.Ratan Tata
Larry Tesler, who passed away recently, was the creator of which computer function?
A.Cut B.Copy
C.Paste D.Search
What was India’s Rank in International Intellectual Property Index?
[40]
Which film was declared Best Film at (BAFTA) Awards 2020?
[1917]
Who was named the winner of the 2019 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize?
Ahmer Khan
Which football club has become the first Indian club to play in the AFC Champions League?
FC Goa
Who is the author of the Hindi Novel “Balwa”?
[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]
International Judicial Conference 2020 was organized in which city?
New Delhi
What is the social slogan for the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup?
Kick-Off The Dream
) India will be the Guest of Honour at the International Tourism Fair of which country?
Madagascar
‘India by the Nile’ festival will be held in which country?
Egypt
Who has been awarded the WBR Golden Era of Bollywood honor by the World Book Of Records in
London?
Manoj Kumar
Khola chilli or Kholchi mirchi of which state has received the Geographical Indication Tag?
Goa
Who has been appointed chairman of the World Gold Council?
Kelvin Dushnisky
Which has become the first country to include transgender women in UN delegation?
.Pakistan
Who has become the youngest player to win Man of The Match in the T20 World Cup?
Shafali Verma
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched which campaign to promote
transactions through UPI?
.UPI Chalega
NASA INSIGHT mission is for which planet?
[Mars
Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis. She represents which country?
.Russia
The world’s oldest man Chitetsu Watanabe passed away. He old he was?
112 yrs
What is the rank of India in the Hurun Global Rich List 2020?
.Third
The 5th edition of the Exercise Indra Dhanush 2020 is being held between India and which country?
United Kingdom
What was India’s rank in the Global Hunger Index 2019?
[102]
Who was sworn in as first Lieutenant governor of J & K?
[G C MURMU]
) Which state’s High Court recently passed an order to ban strikes, protests in School/College campuses?
Kerala
