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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 2021

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS

Where was the second edition of Khelo India National Winter Gulmarg (Jammu and
Games 2021 held? Kashmir)

Who was recently appointed as the Managing Director and CEO Matam Venkata Rao
of Central Bank of India for a period of 3 years?

Name the Indian cricketer who recently announced his retirement Yusuf Pathan
from all forms of cricket?

Where is India's first under sea tunnel is being constructed that Mumbai
will start its operation in 2023?

Which film won the 'Best Film' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke Tanhaji: The Unsung
International Film Festival Awards 2021? Warrior

Who won the 'Best Actor (Male)' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke Akshay Kumar (Film:
International Film Festival Awards 2021? Laxmii)

Who won the 'Best Actor (Female)' award at the Dadasaheb Deepika Padukone (Film:
Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021? Chhapaak)

Who won the 'Best Director' Award at the Dadasaheb Phalke Anurag Basu (Film: Ludo)
International Film Festival Awards 2021?

Which bowler has become the fourth Indian to take 400 Test Ravichandran Ashwin
wickets?

Which cricketer has become the second Indian fast bowler to play Ishant Sharma
100 Tests?

The Union Cabinet has approved the imposition of the President's Puducherry
rule in which State / Union Territory? The move came after the
Congress-led government lost the trust vote in the assembly.

When will the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination begin in March 1, 2021
India? Under this phase, people above the age of 60 years and
those above 45 years of age with comorbidities will be vaccinated.

Name the Bollywood actress who is the author of the book: Priyanka Chopra
Unfinished - A Memoir?

Which language was used by the Union Environment Minister Sanskrit


Prakash Javadekar for the first time at UNSC debate on climate
change?

Which state will host the second Khelo India University Games Karnataka
2021?

Which State has become the first state in the country to table a Uttar Pradesh
paperless budget in the State Assembly on February 22, 2021?

When will Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021 begin? Kumbh Mela 2021 1st April
will be held only for 30 days instead of 3 months?

What is the name of third Scorpene Submarine that will be INS Karanj
commissioned by the Indian Navy in March 2021?
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Which State has decided to provide financial assistance worth Rs Haryana


5 lakhs as 'preparation money' to the sportspersons who have
qualified for the Olympic Games?

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has inducted 34 women CoBRA
commandos into which units?

What is the full form of CoBRA, the unit of CRPF in which 34 Commando Battalion for
women commandos were inducted recently? Resolute Action

Which State has introduced a system of unique 16-digit Unicode Uttar Pradesh
to mark all kinds of landholdings in the state?

Which Indian short film is among the top 10 shortlisted films in Bittu
Live-Action Category for the 93rd Academy Awards?

Which senior Congress leader retired from the Rajya Sabha on Ghulam Nabi Azad
February 15, 2021?

Name the Bollywood actor who passed away on February 9, Rajiv Kapoor
2021?

For which State, the Union Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh on Goa
February 7, 2021, announced an investment of Rs. 400 crores for
making the coastal state a fisheries hub in India?

Which cricketer became the third Indian pacer to take 300 Ishant Sharma
wickets in Test cricket on February 8, 2021?

India's first geothermal power project will be set up in which Ladakh


Union Territory?

Under the new vehicle scrapping policy, personal vehicles will 20 years, 15 years
undergo fitness tests in automated centres after ___ years while
commercial vehicles will undergo the test after ___ years.

Which company was awarded a contract by the Defence Ministry Hindustan Aeronautics
to manufacture 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighters at Limited (HAL)
the Aero India International Air Show on February 3, 2021?

Which company has got the world's first consignment of 'carbon- Reliance
neutral oil' from the US?

Who has been re-elected as the President of the Boxing Ajay Singh
Federation of India (BFI)?

Which Indian medical institute has launched India's first PGIMER, Chandigarh
amputee clinic?

Which state will open its first human milk bank on February 5 to Kerala
ensure breast milk for newborn babies who are not being
breastfed by their own mothers who may be sick, deceased or due
to insufficient production of breast milk?

In which city, India has opened its first dedicated Wetland Chennai
Conservation and Management Centre?

Where was India's 1st indigenous metro racks deployed recently? Mumbai

Where is India's 1st Leather Park located? Kanpur

Who was recently appointed as the CEO of National Health Ram Sewak Sharma
Authority (NHA)?

Who authored the book - The Little Book of Encouragement? Dalai Lama
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What is the name of the campaign launched by the Chief Minister Switch Delhi
of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, to promote the use of electric vehicles in
Delhi?

On 4th February, PM Narendra Modi released a postal stamp to Chauri Chaura


mark the beginning of the centenary celebrations of ____________
incident.

Where was India's first children's boat library inaugurated? Kolkata

Who was appointed as the acting chief of Central Bureau of Praveen Sinha
Investigation (CBI)?

Name the CEO and Managing Director of Larsen & Tuobro Ltd. SN Subrahmanyan
who was appointed as the new Chairman of National Safety
Council (NSC)?

Who was recently appointed as the President of the Asian Cricket Jay Shah
Council (ACC)?

Which life insurance company has the highest claim settlement Max Life Insurance
ratio at 99.2% for FY20 as per IRDAI's annual report 2019-20?

Who is the author of the book: 1857 - The Sword of Mustaan? Vineet Bajpai

Which word was named as the Hindi Word of the Year 2020 by Aatmanirbharta
Oxford Languages?

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS

Which country has assumed the Chairmanship of BRICS for India


2021 and will be hosting this year's summit?

Which country has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu Russia
virus named AH5N8 being passed to humans from birds and has
reported the case to the World Health Organization (WHO)?

Which country in a landmark decision has allowed women to take Saudi Arabia
up arms and enter the military?

Which country's parliament has passed a landmark legislation on Australia


February 25, 2021 requiring global technology giants like
Facebook and Google to pay for the news content shared on their
platforms?

Who won the men's singles title in the Australian Open 2021 by N. Djokovic
defeating D. Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in the final?

Who won the women's singles title in the Australian Open 2021 N. Osaka
by defeating J. Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the final?

Who has been elected as the new Director-General of the Dr. Ajay Mathur
International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the World Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Trade Organization (WTO)?

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who became the first female chief of WTO Nigeria
was the former Finance Minister of which country?

On which day UNESCO observes the World Radio Day (WRD) February 13
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every year?

Who recently sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Italy? Mario Draghi

Which country's spacecraft entered Mars orbit on February 10, China


2021, becoming the world's second one in two days after the
United Arab Emirates?

What is the name of China's spacecraft that entered Mars orbit Tianwen-1
on February 10, 2021?

Which Arab nation's space probe successfully entered the orbit of UAE
Mars on February 9, 2021?

The Square Kilometre Array Observatory is a new United Kingdom


intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy. Its
headquarters has been set up at?

The military of which country on February 1, 2021, staged a coup Myanmar


and declared a state of emergency in the country for one year?

Name the founder of Amazon who will step down as the CEO of Jeff Bezos
the company during the third quarter of 2021?

Which organisation launched the world's first commercial rocket bluShift Aerospace
powered by biofuel Stardust 1.0?

Who will be the new CEO of Amazon? Andy Jassy

On which day World Cancer Day is observed across the world? 4th February

On which day World Wetlands Day was observed across the 2nd February
world?

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