CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2021 February
CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2021 February: Questions & Answers
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
1. Where was the second edition of Khelo India National Winter Games 2021 held?
- Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir)
2. Who was recently appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Central Bank of India for a period of 3 years?
- Matam Venkata Rao
3. Name the Indian cricketer who recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?
- Yusuf Pathan
4. Where is India's first undersea tunnel is being constructed that will start its operation in 2023?
- Mumbai
5. Which film won the 'Best Film' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021?
- Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
6. Who won the 'Best Actor (Male)' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021?
- Akshay Kumar (Film: Laxmi)
7. Who won the 'Best Actor (Female)' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021?
- Deepika Padukone (Film: Chhapaak)
8. Who won the 'Best Director Award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021?
- Anurag Basu (Film: Ludo)
9. Which bowler has become the fourth Indian to take 400 Test wickets?
- Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Which cricketer has become the second Indian fast bowler to play 100 Tests?
- Ishant Sharma
11. The Union Cabinet has approved the imposition of the President's rule in which State / Union Territory? The move came after The Congress-led government lost the trust vote in the assembly.
- Puducherry
12. When will the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination begin in India? Under this phase, people above the age of 60 years and those above 45 years of age with comorbidities will be vaccinated.
- March 1, 2021
13. Name the Bollywood actress who is the author of the book: Unfinished - A Memoir?
- Priyanka Chopra
14. Which language was used by the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar for the first time at the UNSC debate on climate change?
- Sanskrit
15. Which state will host the second Khelo India University Games 2021?
- Karnataka
16. Which state has become the first state in the country to table a paperless budget in the State Assembly on February 22, 2021?
- Uttar Pradesh
17. When will Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021 begin? Kumbh Mela 2021 will be held only for 30 days instead of 3 months?
- 1st April
18. What is the name of the third Scorpene Submarine that will be commissioned by the Indian Navy in March 2021?
- INS Karanj
18. Which state has decided to provide financial assistance worth Rs 5 lakhs as 'preparation money' to the sportspersons who have qualified for the Olympic Games?
- Haryana
19. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has inducted 34 women commandos into which units?
- CoBRA
20. What is the full form of CoBRA, the unit of CRPF in which 34 women commandos were inducted recently?
- Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
21. Which State has introduced a system of unique 16-digit Unicode to mark all kinds of landholdings in the state?
- Uttar Pradesh
22. Which Indian short film is among the top 10 shortlisted films in Live-Action Category for the 93rd Academy Awards?
- Bittu
23. Which senior Congress leader retired from the Rajya Sabha on February 15, 2021?
- Ghulam Nabi Azad
24. Name the Bollywood actor who passed away on February 9, 2021?
- Rajiv Kapoor
25. For which State, the Union Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh on February 7, 2021, announced an investment of Rs. 400 crores for making the coastal state a fisheries hub in India?
- Goa
26. Which cricketer became the third Indian pacer to take 300 wickets in Test cricket on February 8, 2021?
- Ishant Sharma
27. India's first geothermal power project will be set up in which Union Territory?
- Ladakh
28. Under the new vehicle scrapping policy, personal vehicles will undergo fitness tests in automated centres after ___ years while commercial vehicles will undergo the test after ___ years.
- 20 years, 15 years
29. Which company was awarded a contract by the Defence Ministry to manufacture 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighters at the Aero India International Air Show on February 3, 2021?
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
30. Which company has got the world's first consignment of 'carbon neutral oil' from the US?
- Reliance
31. Who has been re-elected as the President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI)?
- Ajay Singh
32. Which Indian medical institute has launched India's first amputee clinic?
- PGIMER, Chandigarh
33. Which state will open its first human milk bank on February 5 to 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?
- Kerala
34. In which city, India has opened its first dedicated Wetland Conservation and Management Centre?
- Chennai
35. Where was India's 1st indigenous metro racks deployed recently?
- Mumbai
36. Where is India's 1st Leather Park located?
- Kanpur
37. Who was recently appointed as the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA)?
- Ram Sewak Sharma
38. Who authored the book - The Little Book of Encouragement?
- Dalai Lama
39. What is the name of the campaign launched by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, to promote the use of electric vehicles in Delhi?
- Switch Delhi
40. On 4th February, PM Narendra Modi released a postal stamp to mark the beginning of the centenary celebrations of ____________ incident.
- Chauri Chaura
41. Where was India's first children's boat library inaugurated?
- Kolkata
42. Who was appointed as the acting chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?
- Praveen Sinha
43. Name the CEO and Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. who was appointed as the new Chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC)?
- SN Subrahmanyan
44. Who was recently appointed as the President of the Asian Cricket
Council (ACC)?
- Jay Shah
45. Which life insurance company has the highest claim settlement ratio at 99.2% for FY20 as per IRDAI's annual report 2019-20?
- Max Life Insurance
46. Who is the author of the book: 1857 - The Sword of Mastaan?
- Vineet Bajpai
47. Which word was named as the Hindi Word of the Year 2020 by Oxford Languages?
- Aatmanirbharta
48. Where will India’s first dog park be set up?
-Chandigarh
49. Which state government has transferred Rs 400 crore in the account of 20 lakh farmers?
- Madhya Pradesh
50. Recently passed away Indrajit Deb was famous?
- Actor
51.Which state government has started the Sparsh Leprosy awareness campaign?
- Karnataka
52. Who has inaugurated the eighth edition of the India International Silk Fair?
- Smriti Irani
53. Recently IAS officer Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of which state?
- Tamil Nadu
56. Which is the sixth state to implement the urban local body reforms?
- Goa
57. Which state cabinet has recently approved the REWARD project?
- Odisha
58. Recently VP Joy has been appointed as the Additional Chief Secretary of which state?
- Kerala
59. Recently Flipkart has tied up with which state to help local artisans, weavers and craftsmen?
- Maharashtra
60. Recently, which country has become the second most cyberattacks in the Asia Pacific?
- India
61. Recently the former chairman of TRAI has passed away. What is his name?
- Rahul Khullar
62. Which state government has decided to create a micro-Containment zone?
- Bihar
63. Which bank has launched ‘Namma Chennai Smart Card’?
- ICICI Bank
64. Which is the first state to complete 5 lakh vaccines?
- Uttar Pradesh
65. How long has the government recently set a target of 100% electrification of broad gauge routes?
- 2023
66. Recently, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated Aero India at which air force station?
- Yelahanka
67. Which state government has recently launched a rehabilitation scheme for beggars?
- Rajasthan
68. Recently India’s first amputee clinic has been started in which city?
- Chandigarh
69. Which state government has announced provide money to govt school students for books?
- Uttarakhand
70. Where is the first public hearing organized recently?
- Jammu and Kashmir.
71. Who has written a book titled ‘Parliamentary Messenger in Rajasthan’?
- KN Bhandari.
72. Which state has organized the International Saraswati Festival 2021?
- Haryana
73. Where is Uttar Pradesh’s first transgender public toilet built?
- Varanasi
74. Where has Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Mahabahu Brahmaputra initiative?
- Assam
75. Whose autobiography By Many a Happy Accident has been launched recently?
- Hamid Ansari
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
76. Which country has assumed the Chairmanship of BRICS for 2021 and will be hosting this year's summit?
- India
77. Which country has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu a virus named AH5N8 being passed to humans from birds and has reported the case to the World Health Organization (WHO)?
- Russia
78. Which country in a landmark decision has allowed women to take up arms and enter the military?
- Saudi Arabia
79. Which country's parliament has passed landmark legislation on February 25, 2021, requiring global technology giants like Facebook and Google to pay for the news content shared on their platforms?
- Australia
80. Who won the men's singles title in the Australian Open 2021 by defeating D. Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in the final?
- N. Djokovic
81. Who won the women's singles title in the Australian Open 2021 by defeating J. Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the final?
- N. Osaka
82. Who has been elected as the new Director-General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
- Dr Ajay Mathur
83. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
84. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who became the first female chief of WTO was the former Finance Minister of which country?
- Nigeria
85. On which day UNESCO observes the World Radio Day (WRD) every year?
- February 13
86. Who recently sworn in as the Prime Minister of Italy?
- Mario Draghi
87. Which country's spacecraft entered Mars orbit on February 10, 2021, becoming the world's second one in two days after the United Arab Emirates?
- China
88. What is the name of China's spacecraft that entered Mars orbit on February 10, 2021?
- Tianwen-1
89. Which Arab nation's space probe successfully entered the orbit of Mars on February 9, 2021?
- UAE
90. The Square Kilometre Array Observatory is a new intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy. Its headquarters has been set up at?
- United Kingdom
91. The military of which country on February 1, 2021, staged a coup and declared a state of emergency in the country for one year?
- Myanmar
92. Name the founder of Amazon who will step down as the CEO of the company during the third quarter of 2021?
- Jeff Bezos
93. Which organisation launched the world's first commercial rocket powered by biofuel Stardust 1.0?
- blueshift Aerospace
94. Who will be the new CEO of Amazon?
- Andy Jassy
95. On which day World Cancer Day is observed across the world?
- 4th February
96. On which day World Wetlands Day was observed across the
world?
- 2nd February
97. Recently with which country India has signed a $ 100 million loan agreement?
- Mauritius
98. Which country’s Supreme Court has recently restored the cannabis parliament?
- Nepal
99. Recently passed away Hilton Valentine was famous?
- Guitarist
100. When is World Radio Day celebrated?
- 11 February
101. Recently, which country has facilitated transit traffic to India?
- Nepal.
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