Current Affairs -2017 February - 21 to 28 (Chapter-01)

Current Affairs -2017
February - 21 to 28
(Chapter-01)

1.“The Salesman” has won the Best Foreign Language Film at 89th Oscar Academy Awards. The movie is directed by whom?

Asghar Farhadi

2.Who has been appointed as the new spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs?

Gopal Baglay

3.Name the place, Former Union Minister P.Shiv Shankar passed away on 27 February, 2017?

Hyderabad

4.Who has been appointed as chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)?

Nand Kumar Sai

5.Chandra Shekhar Azad's martyrdom day was celebrated on?

27th February

6.Which state government issued shoot at sight order in Corbett Tiger Reserve to curb poaching?

Uttarakhand

7.The Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu government on February 27, 2017 to enact a Law for the eradication of which tree from the state?

Prosopis Juliflora  (Seemai Karuvelam)

8.Who has won silver in men’s double trap at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2017?

Ankur Mittal

9.Name the city that hosted the 2017 Mobile World Congress (MWC)?

Barcelona

10.Name the Country, which was created World’s First Robot Table Tennis Tutor, recently?

Japan

11.Who has been named as the ‘Captain of the Year’ at the 10th annual ESPN cricinfo Awards?

Virat Kohli

12.Defence Security Corps (DSC),its 70th raising day on which date?

25th February 2017

13.which two countries have agreed a roadmap to jointly produce Nuclear Fuel?

Iran and Russia

14.Which country has been granted the approval for visa-free travel to the European Union by the member states on February 28, 2017?

Georgia

15.India’s first Antyodaya Express has been launched by the Minister of Railways. The express will run between which stations?

Ernakulam and Howrah

16.Which Indian city was named as the Richest Indian city as per the New World Wealth report 2017?

Mumbai

17.Name the spacecraft, which is going to be NASA’s first spacecraft to the sun in 2018?

Solar Probe Plus Mission

18.Who has been named as Indian entrepreneur of the year 2016 by EY, the consulting firm formerly known as Ernst & Young?

Vivek Chaand Sehgal

19.Social Security Agreement (SSA)was signed to improve investment inflows between India and which country, ratified on 24th February 2017?

Germany

20.Which team clinches maiden Hockey India League 2017?

Kalinga Lancers

21.Who has recently been appointed as the global Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR?

Neil Gaiman

22.Which inter-disciplinary standing committee has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review cyber threats?

Meena Hemchandra committee

23.India’s first hill station bicycle path was inaugurated in which hill station?

Darjeeling

24.Name the person, who has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner to Jammu & Kashmir State?

Khursheed A Ganai

25.Which state has become the second largest crude oil producer in the country

Rajasthan
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