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Q. Who has been sworn in as the new President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)?
A) Rahul Dravid B) Jaideep Singh
C) Jay Shah D) Sachin Tendulkar
Answer : C
 BCCI Secretary Jay Shah takes over as President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
 He replaces Nazmul Hussain, Chief of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) who was the previous
chief of the ACC
JAY SHAH IN NEWS

 Jay Shah takes over as President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
 Jay Shah named BCCI’s Official Representative on ICC Board
 Jay Shah is the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
 Jay shah son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah
 Asia Cup
First edition : 1984
Winner : India
Runner up : Sri Lanka
Host country : UAE
 Asia Cup
Last edition : 2018
Winner : India
Runner up : Bangladesh
Host Country : UAE
Current champion : India (7th Title)
Next edition 2021 : Sri Lanka
Next edition 2022 : Pakistan
 Asian Cricket Council (ACC)

Founded : 1983
Headquarters : Colombo, Sri Lanka
Chairman : Amitabh Choudhary
President : Jay Shah
Membership : 24
Q. BCCI has decided to cancel the Ranji Trophy 2020-21 season, for the first time in the games
history. The championship was first held in which season?
A) 1923-24 B) 1934-35
C) 1968-67 D) 1988-89
Answer : B
 BCCI cancels Ranji Trophy 2020-21 for first time in 87 years
 This will be first time in 87 years since its inception in 1934-35, that India’s premier first-class
cricket national championship will not be held in 2020-21 domestic season
 The 2020–21 Ranji Trophy tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first
time since the tournament's inception in the 1934–35 season that the Ranji Trophy was not held,
instead, the BCCI has decided to organize 50 overs Vijay Harare Trophy
 Ranji Trophy
First Season : 1934–35
Winner : Bombay
Runner up : Northern India
Last Season : 2019–20
Winner : Saurashtra
Runner up : Bengal
Number of teams : 38
Current champion : Bombay (42nd title)
Most successful : Bombay (42 titles)
Ranji Trophy is related to Cricket
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket
BCCI IN NEWS
 BCCI appoints Chetan Sharma as selection Men's committee chairman
 BCCI Appoints Neetu David as head of India women’s selection committee for 4 years

 BCCI approves 10-team IPL from 2022

 BCCI announced Jio as the Title Sponsor of the 2020 edition of the Women's T20 Challenge
 BCCI Appoints Hemang Amin As Its Interim CEO
 BCCI announces MPL Sports as Official Kit Sponsor
 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
Founded : 1928
Headquarters : Wankhede Stadium
1st President : R E Grant Govan
39th President : Saurav Ganguly
Vice president : Rajeev Shukla
Secretary : Jay Shah
Men's coach : Ravi Shastri
Women's coach : Woorkeri Raman
Q. What is the rank of India in the Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index?

A) 25 B) 10
C) 17 D) 12
Answer : B
 Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index
Top : Singapore
2nd : Taiwan
3rd : Japan
4th : Australia
INDIA : 10
11th : Indonesia ( Last )
Released by : Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
MOST IMPORTANT LATEST INDEX & RANKING IN NEWS

Coronavirus Performance Corruption Perception Index India is sharing its position jointly
Index (CPI) 2020 with Burkina Faso, Morocco,
Top : New Zealand

2nd : Vietnam Top : New Zealand and East Timor, Trinidad and Tobago
3rd : Taiwan Denmark and Turkey
INDIA : 86 Lowest : Somalia and South
Bottom : Brazil Sudan
Released by Australia-based INDIA : 86
Lowy Institute Released by Transparency

International (Headquarter –
Berlin, Germany)
Most-valued IT services brand Global Climate Risk Index 2021 India Innovation Index
Top : Accenture Top : Mozambique Top : Karnataka
2nd : IBM 2nd : Zimbabwe 2nd : Maharashtra
3rd : TCS 3rd : Bahamas 3rd : Tamil Nadu
4th : Infosys INDIA : 7th Released By : NITI Aayog
7th : HCL Released By : Germanwatch
9th : Wipro (Headquarteres : Bonn
Germany)
Arton Capital Passport Index Henley Passport Index 2021 Human Freedom Index 2020
2021 Top : Japan (191 destinations) Published By : Cato Institute and
Top : Germany 2nd : Singapore (190) Fraser Institute in Canada.
INDIA : 61 3rd : South Korea, Germany Top : New Zealand
(189) 2nd : Switzerland
INDIA : 85th 3rd : Hong Kong
Bottom : Afghanistan INDIA : 111
Released by Henley & Partners, Last : Syrian
based on the exclusive data
from the International Air
Transport Association (IATA)

Human Development Index Climate Change Performance Urban Governance Index UGI)-
2020 Index 2020
Released By : UNDP CCPI) 2021 Released By : Praja Foundation
Top : Norway 4th : Sweden Top : Odisha
INDIA : 131 5th : United Kingdom 2nd : Maharashtra
6th : Denmark 3rd : Chhattisgarh
10th : INDIA
Bottom : US 61st rank
100 BFSI Firms in India Fortune India 500 Ranking 2020 India’s Top Police Station for
Report By : Wizikey 1st : Reliance Industries 2020
Top : HDFC Bank 2nd : Indian Oil Corporation Top : Nongpok Sekmai Police
2nd : ICICI Bank 3rd : Oil and Natural Gas station, Manipur
3rd : State Bank of India SBI Corporation

Kotak Wealth-Hurun wealthy Urban Governance Index UGI)- Global Terrorism Index 2020
women 2020 Top : Afghanistan
list 2020 Released By : Praja Foundation 2nd : Iraq
Top : Roshni Nadar Malhotra Top : Odisha 3rd : Nigeria
2nd : Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 2nd : Maharashtra INDIA : 8th
3rd : Leena Gandhi Tewari 3rd : Chhattisgarh
Digital Quality of Life Index
2020
Top : Denmark
INDIA : 57
Q. Who among these has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ayushman
Bharat?
A) RS Sharma B) Ramesh Chand
C) Rajiv Kumar D) Mahesh Sharma

Answer : A
 National Health Authority (NHA) has appointed RS Sharma as the new Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Ayushman Bharat Scheme
 He would replace Indu Bhushan
 RS Sharma, a former chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
 RS Sharma to head empowered panel for Covid-19 vaccine
 Ayushman Bharat Yojana or National Health Protection Mission (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Abhiyaan) { PM-JAY}
 The PMJAY, world’s largest health insurance/assurance scheme fully financed by the
government, provides a cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care
hospitalisation across public and private empanelled hospitals in India
 The insurance cost is shared by the centre and the state mostly in the ratio of 60:40
 Ayushman Bharat Yojana is a National Health Protection Scheme launched on September 23,
2018
Q. Oscar wining actress Cloris Leachman has passed away. She was from which country?
A) Japan B) Russia
C) USA D) France
Answer : C
UNITED STATES IN NEWS

 Dr Raj Iyer has been appointed as the first Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the US Army
 United States plans to have the first nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the year
2026
 Donald Trump Honours PM Modi With Top US Honour ‘Legion Of Merit’
 US President Joe Biden & Kamala Harris jointly named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ 2020
 United States Formally Exits Paris Climate Accord
 India-US-Japan-Australia kick-starts Malabar Naval Exercise-2020
Edition : 24th
First phase : Bay of Bengal
Second Phase : Arabian Sea

 3rd India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue begins in New Delh. Rajnath Singh and S. Jaishankar
are leading the Indian delegation.
 Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president.
Biden’s electoral college vote to 290,
 Kamala Harris, becomes the first Black and Indian-American woman to serve as vice
president
 India & USA signs MoU on Intellectual Property Cooperation
 US formally announced its withdrawal from WHO
 Bangladesh & the US launches joint naval exercise ‘CARAT Bangladesh 2020’
Q. The Government of India has approved ‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’ (SISFS) to fund
startups. How much amount has been allocated to the scheme?
A) Rs. 650 cr B) Rs. 458 cr
C) Rs. 550 cr D) Rs. 945 cr
Answer : D
 Central Government has approved ‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’ (SISFS)
 The total budget allocated under this is Rs 945 crore
 The scheme will become operational from April 1, 2021
 The scheme will be implemented by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal rade
(DIIT)
 The program aims to provide financial assistance to start-ups for product trials, market-entry,
proof of concept, prototype development and commercialization
 Validity: Five years (2021-25)
 The startup will receive seed support only once.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rs 1,000-crore ‘Startup India Seed Fund’ on 16 January
2021, while addressing the ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ 2021
 Startup India is an initiative Launched on 16 January 2016
Q. The Government of India has inked ‘Year of the Environment’ partnership with which country
for the year 2021?
A) France B) Ireland

C) United States D) United Kingdom

Answer : A
 Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar launched the Indo-
French Year of the Environment, along with Barbara Pompili, the French Minister for Ecological
Transition in New Delhi
FRANCE IN NEWS
 Indo-French Air Exercise ‘Ex-Desert Knight 21’ Begins in Jodhpur Rajasthan
 France hosts 4th One Planet Summit in cooperation with UN and World Bank
 The theme of the Summit was “Let’s act together for nature!”
 France inducted as the latest and 23rd member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
 Former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing passes away
 YES Bank launches ‘SMS Pay’ on POS Terminals in Partnership with French company
‘Worldline’
 France to boost India’s COVID-19 response with 200-million-euros
 Jean Castex appointed as Prime Minister of France
 India & France re-elected as President and Co-President of International Solar Alliance
(ISA)
 Rafael Nadal (Men's Single) and Iga Swiatek (Women's Single) wins French Open 2020
 Indo-French to launch constellation of maritime surveillance satellites to trace illegal oil
spillage in IOR
 Tour de France postponed due to Coronavirus Pandemic
 India overtakes UK and France to become 5th largest economy
 India-France-Australia holds first-ever Trilateral Dialogue on Ind0-Pacific
 France will train Indian flight surgeons for Gaganyaan mission
 Edouard Philippe resigns as Prime Minister of France
 Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. who won the 2020
Nobel Chemistry Prize
 FRANCE
Capital : Paris

Currency : Euro
President : Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister : Jean Castex
 Varuna Naval exercise India and France
 Garuda Air exercise India and France
 Shakti Army exercise India and France
 Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HA : Paris, France
 Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD) HQ : Paris, France
 International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) HQ : Paris, France
Q. The mobile app ‘Krishi Sakha’ has been launched by which insurance firm?
A) Bharti AXA General Insurance B) Aviva Life Insurance
C) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance D) Aegon Life Insurance
Answer : A
BHARATI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE IN NEWS

 Bharti AXA General Insurance launches ‘Krishi Sakha’ App for farmers
 Bharti AXA General uses WhatsApp to deliver policy and renewal documents
 IRDAI gives in-principle approval for Bharti AXA-ICICI Lombard merger deal
 Bharti AXA General Insurance starts ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ campaign
 Airtel Payments Bank, Bharti AXA partner to offer ‘shop insurance’ for retailers
 Bharati AXA General Insurance
Founded : 2008
HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD & CEO : Sanjeev Srinivasan
Share : Bharti Enterprises (51%)
Axa Business Group (49%)
Q. Technology giant Microsoft has recently opened its new India Development Center (IDC) facility
in which of these cities?

A) Gurugram B) Nagpur
C) Bengalore D) Noida
Answer : D
 Microsoft has launched its new India Development Center (IDC) facility in Noida, Uttar Pradesh
 IDC NCR is the third development center of Microsoft in India after Bengaluru and Hyderabad
 The IDC NCR workspace architecture is inspired by the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of
the world
Q. The Nobel Prize-winning chemist Paul J. Crutzen. She has won the nobel prize in the year 1995
in the field of _______.
A) Physics B) Economic Sciences
C) Chemistry D) Literature
Answer : C
 1995 Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner Paul Crutzen passes away
 Dr. Crutzen won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, jointly with Mario J. Molina and F.
Sherwood Rowland
 He was known for his work on the ozone layer and climate change and for popularizing the term
‘Anthropocene’ to describe a proposed new era when human actions have a drastic effect on
the Earth
Q. Which country has decided to award the contract for construction of 679 megawatt Lower Arun
Hydropower Project to India's Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)?
A) Nepal B) Bhutan
C) Sri Lanka D) Bangladesh
Answer : A
 Nepal has decided to award the contract for construction of 679 megawatt Lower Arun
Hydropower Project to India's Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)
 The project was awarded to the SJVN under the Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT)
delivery method
HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN NEWS

 India signs agreement with Bhutan for 600 MW Kholongchhu hydroelectric project

 Cabinet approves Rs 5,282-cr investment for 850 MW Ratle project on Chenab river
 Pakistan, China sign agreement for “Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project”
 Tata Power JV Commissioned Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project In Georgia
 India-assisted Mangdechhu hydroelectric project in Bhutan wins UK Engineer Body Award
NEPAL IN NEWS
 A team of 10 Nepali climbers makes history by becoming the first to scale in winter the
world's second highest mountain K2 (8,611 m)
 Integrated Check-Post (ICP), Biratnagar inaugurated at India-Nepal border
 Tiger spotted at a record altitude of 3,165 metres in eastern Nepal
 World’s highest mountain peak ‘Mount Everest’ has become taller by 0.86m, as per a
survey conducted jointly by Nepal and China.
 Indian Army chief MM Naravane made honorary General of Nepal Army
 Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli decided to recommend the dissolution of Parliament
 NEPAL
Capital : Kathmandu
Currency : Rupee
President : Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister : Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Q. Which of the following has become the first metro to use UV rays to sanitise train coaches?
A) Lucknow Metro B) Ahmedabad Metro
C) Kolkata Metro D) Delhi Metro
Answer : A
METRO IN NEWS
 Lucknow Metro becomes first metro to use UV rays to sanitise train coaches
 India’s First Underwater Metro in Kolkata to Begin Service in March 2022
 European Investment Bank announces 650 Million Euro for Kanpur Metro Project

 Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launches India’s First Indigenously Designed & Developed
Driverless Metro Car
 Pragati Maidan Metro Station in Delhi to be Renamed as Supreme Court Metro Station
 PM Modi flagged off India’s first driverless train on Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro
 PM Modi virtually inaugurates Construction work of Agra Metro project in Uttar Pradesh
 Hyderabad Metro Rail becomes 2nd largest metro network in India
Q. RBI has cancelled the licence of Shivam Sahakari Bank Ltd based in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh B) Maharashtra
C) Rajasthan D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : B
RBI CANCELS LICENCE IN NEWS

 RBI cancelled the licence of Shivam Sahakari Bank Ltd, a co-operative bank in Ichalkaranji,
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
💠 RBI has cancelled the licence of Vasantdada Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd; Osmanabad,
Maharashtra
💠 RBI cancels the Licence of the Subhadra Local Area Bank, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
💠 RBI cancels licence of Maharashtra-based Karad Janata Sahakari Bank
💠 RBI cancels the licence of The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai
💠 RBI cancels the licence of Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank of Goa Ltd
MAHARASHTRA IN NEWS
 Journalist Day is observed by Maharashtra state government on 6th January
 Maharashtra becomes first state in India to get dedicated action plan to protect pangolins
 Maharashtra Government Introduces Unified Development Control Rules for Real Estate
 Maharashtra’s new bill on sexual crimes under ‘Shakti act’ to have death penalty
 Maharashtra Govt signs MoU with Cornell University to train entrepreneurs

 Maharashtra CM announces, Rs 25 crore to be provided for development of Dajipur

Sanctuary in 1st phase
 Maharashtra govt all set to launch 'MahaSharad' platform
 Maharashtra declares Kanhargaon wildlife sanctuary its 50th Wildlife Sanctuary
 Maharashtra’s Ranjitsinh Disale becomes first Indian to win 2020 Global Teacher Prize
 Maharashtra Cyber becomes India’s first agency to acquire ‘Crawler’ from the Interpol
 Maharashtra’s first ‘child-friendly police station’ has been inaugurated in pune
 Lonar Lake in Maharashtra selected under ‘Ramsar site’
 RBI cancels licence of Maharashtra-based Karad Janata Sahakari Bank
 Asia’s first solar power-enabled Textile Mill to be unveiled in Parbhani district of Maharashtra
 Maharashtra Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari has released the book ‘Majhi Bhint’ (My
Wall) authored by Rajendra Darda
 Usha Mangeshkar Honored with Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for 2020-21 by
Maharashtra Govt
 Maharashtra launches largest plasma therapy trial “Project Platina”
 ADB and India inks USD 177 million loan for Maharashtra
 Maharashtra Govt launches ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign
 Maharashtra partners with Google to deploy learning tools for online education
 Bharat Air Fibre Services inaugurated in Maharashtra
 Maharashtra government launches “Maha” Job portal
 Maharashtra Govt introduced “Maha Parwana” plan to boost investment
 Flood warning system “iFLOWS” launched in Mumbai Maharashtra
Q. Which company has topped the Brand Finance’s Global 500 ranking of the strongest brands
globally?
A) Oracle B) Ferrari
C) WeChat D) Coca Cola
Answer : C
 Brand Finance’s Global 500 ranking
Top : WeChat ( Chinese App)
2nd : Ferrari

3rd : Sber
4th : Coca Cola
5th : Relience Jio
MOST IMPORTANT BRAND RANKING IN NEWS

Hurun Global 500 list for 2020 100 BFSI Firms in India
Top : Apple ($2.1 trillion) Report By : Wizikey
2nd : MicroSoft ($1.6 trillion) Top : HDFC Bank
3rd : Amazon ($1.2 trillion) 2nd : ICICI Bank
54th : RIL ($169 billion) 3rd : State Bank of India
73rd : TCS ($139 billion)
105th : HDFC ($107.5 billion)
Fortune India 500 Ranking 2020 World’s Best Employer 2020
1st : Reliance Industries Published by : Forbes
2nd : Indian Oil Corporation Top : Samsung
3rd : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 2nd : Amazon
3rd : IBM
Tops among Indian list : HCL Technologies 30th
position)
BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands Rabobank’s Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list
2020 Rankings Top : Nestle, Switzerland
Top : HDFC Bank 1st Indian dairy company : Amul 16 Position)
2nd : LIC
3rd : TCS
Future Brand Index 2020
Top : Apple
2nd : Reliance Industries
3rd : Sumsang

Q. As per the ‘Brand Finance Global 500 2021 Ranking, which Indian firm has emerged as the fifth
strongest brand in the globe?
A) HDFC Bank B) ICICI Bank
C) Relience Jio D) Yes Bank
Answer : C
 RELIANCE JIO
Founded : 15 February 2007
Founder : Mukesh Ambani
Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman : Mukesh Ambani
MD : Sandip Das
Q. Which entity has set up an ‘Innovation Sandbox’ web, portal?

A) SEBI B) BSE
C) NSE D) RBI
Answer : B
 Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has set up an ‘Innovation Sandbox’ web portal, a workflow
based platform.
 The innovation sandbox is set up as per the guidelines of Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI)
BSE IN NEWS
 BSE launches e-agricultural spot market platform ‘BEAM’
 Yogi Adityanath Ringing The Bell To List Lucknow Municipal Corporation Bonds In BSE
 BSE inks MoU with ICCI to support SMEs & start-ups
 Yes Bank tie-up with BSE to empower small business companies
 BSE partners with Akola-based bullion associations
 Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Founded : 1875
HQ : Mumbai Maharashtra
Chairman : Vikramajit Sen
MD & CEO :Ashish kumar Chauhan

Q. Rama Mohan Rao Amara has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of which company recently?
A) SBI Cards B) Paytm
C) Google Pay D) Relience Jio
Answer : A
 Rama Mohan Rao Amara has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd (SBI Card).
 Mr. Rao replaces Ashwini Kumar Tewari, who has been appointed as the Managing Director of
State Bank of India (SBI)
DON'T CONFUSE
 Rama Mohan Rao Amara : MD & CEO of SBI Cards
 Dinesh Kumar Khara : Chairman of State Bank of India
 Charanjit Singh Attra : Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SBI
 Ashwini Kumar Tewari : MD of SBI
 Ashwani Bhatia : MD of SBI
 Challa Sreenivasulu Setty Arjit Basu : MD of SBI
 Prakash Chandra Kandpal : MD& CEO of SBI General Insurance
 Vinay Tonse : MD&CEO of SBI
 Mutual Funds
 SBI Card and Payment Services Limited (SBI Card)
Founded : 1998
Headquarters : Gurgaon
MD & CEO : Rama Mohan Rao Amara
Q. Name the bank, which has recently imposed restriction for all its customers to withdraw money
from non-EMV automated teller machines (ATMs) effective from February 2021?
A) Punjab National Bank B) State Bank of India
C) Bank of Maharashtra D) Central Bank of India
Answer : A
 Punjab National Bank (PNB) has decided to restrict its customers from withdrawing money from
non-EMV automated teller machines (ATMs) with effect from 01 February 2021

 PNB has also decided to replace the old IFSC and MICR codes. This means that the old codes
will not work after March 31, 2021
 This decision has been taken due to merger of Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of
Commerce and United Bank of India on 1st April 2020
PNB IN NEWS
 PNB Collaborates with IIT Kanpur to set up Fintech Innovation Centre
 Punjab National Bank launches ‘LenS’ Solution to speed up loan delivery
 Punjab National Bank launches campaign named ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’
 RBI imposes Rs 1 crore penalty on Punjab National Bank
 PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
Founded : 12 April 1894
Founder : Dyal Singh Majithia
Lala Lajpat Rai
Headquarters : New Delhi
MD & CEO : CH S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
 Tagline : The Name You can Bank Upon
 Punjab National Bank Merge : (Oriental Bank of Commerce & United Bank of India)
Q. Which company will launch India's first virtual academy programme Esports Academy in India?
A) Samsung B) Asus
C) Sony D) Jio
Answer : B
 Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG), the brand behind the popular ROG gaming phone series, has
announced the launch of the Asus ROG Academy in India
 ASUS
Headquarters : Taipei, Taiwan
Q. Who is the author of the book “Yearbook”?

A) Seth Rogen B) David clitoris
C) Hilary Duff D) Honiton Drivedo

Answer : A
MOST IMPORTANT LATEST BOOKS & AUTHORS

‘The Little Book of Encouragement’ The Commonwealth of Cricket
Authored By : Dalai Lama Authored By : Ramchandra Guha
Voice of Dissent My Years with Rajiv Triumph and Tragedy
Authored By : Romila Thapar Authored By : Wajahat Habibullah
India's 71 Year Test : The Journey to Triumph in Gazing Eastwards: of Buddhist Monks and
Australia Revolunaries in China 1975
Authored By : R. Kaushik Authored By : Romila Thapar
Ten Lessons for a Post- Pandemic world Making of a General-A Himalayan Echo
Authored By : Fareed Zakaria Authored By : Konsam Himalay Singh
The Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Right Under our Nose
Politics in India Authored By : R. Giridharan
Authored By : S Y Quraishi
Q. Which state has topped the India Justice Report 2020?

A) Uttar Pradesh B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu D) Maharashtra
Answer : D
 India Justice Report 2020
Edition : 2nd
Top : Maharashtra
2nd : Tamil Nadu
3rd : Telangana
Launched By : Tata Trusts
MOST IMPORTANT STATE RANKING IN NEWS

India Innovation Index 2020 Urban Governance Index 2020
Released by NITI Aayog Top : Odisha

Top : Karnataka 2nd : Maharashtra

2nd : Maharashtra 3rd : Chhattisgarh
3rd : Tamil Nadu 4th : Kerala
Last : Bihar 5th : Madhya Pradesh
India’s Top Police Station for 2020 Public Affairs Index-2020
Top : Nongpok Sekmai Police station, Manipur State Top : Kerala
2nd : AWPS-Suramangalam Police station, Tamil UT Top : Chandigarh
Nadu Small state category Top : Goa
3rd : Kharsang Police station, Arunachal Pradesh
India Happiness Report 2020 Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index
Report complied By : Rajesh K Pillania Top : Haryana
Top : Mizoram
2nd : Punjab
3rd : Andaman & Nicobar Island
States Startup Ranking Results 2019 Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of
Best Performer State : Gujarat states 2019 (Ease of
Best Performer UT : Andaman and Nicobar Doing Business rankings)

Islands Top : Andhra Pradesh
2nd : Uttar Pradesh
3rd : Telangana
Implementation of AMRUT Scheme 5th edition Swachh Survekshan 2020
Top : Odisha CLEANEST CITY AWARDS
2nd : Chandigarh TOP : Indore (4th Successive year)
3rd : Telangana 2nd : Surat ( Gujarat)
3rd : Navi Mumbai ( Maharashtra)
Export Preparedness Index ( EPI) 2020 MUDRA LOAN SCHEME
Released by : NITI Aayog TOP : Tamil Nadu ( Rs 58,227 cr)

Top : Gujarat 2nd : West Bengal (Rs 55,232 cr)

2nd : Maharashtra 3rd : Karnataka ( Rs 47,714 cr)
3rd : Tamil Nadu
Q. Which of the following team has won the coveted Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy?
A) West Bengal B) Tamil Nadu
C) Vidarbha D) Railways
Answer : B
 Tamil Nadu lifted the coveted Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy after defeating Baroda by seven
wickets in the final at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
 Tamil Nadu team was lead by Dinesh Karthik (captain)
 The Player of the match title was won by Manimaran Siddharth (Tamil Nadu)
 The tournament was the twelfth edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and was played at Sardar
Patel Stadium (Motera Stadium), Ahmedabad
 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
First edition : 2006/7
Winner : Tamil Nadu
Runner up : Punjab
Last Edition : 2019/20
Winner : Karnataka
Runner up : Tamil Nadu
Latest edition : 2020/21
Winner : Tamil Nadu
Runner up : Baroda
TAMIL NADU IN NEWS

 Tamil Nadu Beat Baroda to claim Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy
 Ola to set up world’s largest scooter factory in Tamil Nadu
 Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan
 Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to launch AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies
 Tamil Nadu Govt launches “Smart Black Board Scheme”
 Young Advocates Welfare Fund launched in Tamil Nadu
 Tamil Nadu appoints Veeralakshmi India’s 1st-ever woman ambulance driver

 Tamil Nadu launches Electronic Hardware manufacturing policy-2020
Q. Every year the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) celebrates their Raising Day on 1st February. In 2021,
which edition of the Raising Day was celebrated by ICG?
A) 45 B) 55
C) 35 D) 60
Answer : A
 The Indian Coast Guard celebrated its 45th Raising Day on 01 February 2021
 The ICG was formally established on February 1, 1977, by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 of the
Parliament of India
 It operates under the Ministry of Defence
ICG IN NEWS
 Indian Coast Guard celebrates its 45th Raising Day : 01 February 2021
 Indian Coast Guard launches L&T built Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Vigraha’
 Indian Coast Guard Commissions Interceptor Boat C-454 Indigenously-built by L&T
 Indian Coast Guard Launches Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS ‘Sarthak’, built by Goa Shipyard
Limited
 Indian Coast Guard Commissions ICGS ‘Kanaklata Barua’ FPV in Kolkata; built by GRSE
 Indian Coast Guard’s OPV ‘Sujeet’ commissioned in Goa;. Built by Goa Shipyard Limited
 Fifth Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Varad Commissioned into Indian Coast Guard; Built by
L&T
 Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
Director General : Krishnaswamy Natarajan
RAISING DAY IN NEWS

01 February : Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Day 19 January : NDRF Raising Day
45th Raising Day 2021 16th Raising Day 2021

15 January : Army Day 10 March : CISF Raising Day

73rd Raising Day 2021 51st Raising Day 2020
9 April : CRPF Valour Day 26 July : Kargil Vijay Diwas
55th Anniversary 2020 21st Anniversary 2020
27 July : Raising Day of Central Reserve Police 8 October : Air Force Day
Force (CRPF) 88th Anniversary 2020
82nd Raising Day 2020
24 October : ITBP Raising Day 01 December : BSF Raising Day
59th Raising Day 2020 56th Raising Day 2020
Q. Who among the following inaugurated the 8th India International Silk Fair?
A) Amit Shah B) Prakash Javadekar
C) Nitin Gadkari D) Smriti Irani
Answer : D
 Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the 8th India International Silk Fair on Virtual Portal
 China is the largest producer and supplier of silk in the world.
 India has a long history of silk production and is the 2nd largest producer of Silk.
 Karnataka is the largest producer of silk in India
 Pochampally ikat of Andhra Pradesh : "Silk City of India"
 India is the only country in the world which produces all the four major varieties of silk -
Mulberry, Eri, Tassar, and Muga.
 Minister of Textiles : Smriti Zubin Irani
 Constituency : Amethi
Q. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Aadi Mahotsav in which which city?
A) Jaipur B) New Delhi
C) Ahmedabad D) Pune
Answer : B
 VP M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates National Tribal Festival ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ in National Capital

 The Aadi Mahotsav - A Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Crafts, Cuisine and Commerce
is a successful annual initiative that was commenced in 2017
 Aadi Mahotsav (Tribal Festival) organized by Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development
Federation of India (TRIFED)
DON'T CONFUSE
 Vice President of India Inaugurates the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” in New
Delhi
 Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda has launched the first-ever virtual edition of
Aadi Mahotsav – Madhya Pradesh
 National Mini-Aadi Mahotsav commenced in New Moti Bagh, New Delhi
LATEST FESTIVAL IN NEWS

Bird festival 'Kalrav' Makaravilakku Festival
Nagi bird sanctuary Bihar Kerala
Fourth Global Ayurveda Festival Kite festival Shakrain
Kochi Kerala Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cherry blossom Mao festival Festival of Cattle ' Kanuma' Telangana
Manipur
Cherry blossom Mao festival Festival of Cattle ' Kanuma' Telangana
Manipur
Karthigai Deepam Festival Tamil Nadu Pongal Festival
Tamil Nadu
Hornbill Festival Cherry Blossom Festival Shillong
Nagaland Meghalaya
Pang Lhasbol Festival Sikkim Kati Bihu Festival Assam

Nuakhai Festival
Odisha and Chhattisgarh

Q. The first-of-its-kind Botanical Garden named ‘Shivalik Arboretum’ has been inaugurated in
which city of India to preserve 210 species of trees found in the Shivalik range of Himalayas?
A) Dehradun B) Nainital
C) Mumbai D) Haridwar
Answer : B
 In Nainital district of Uttarakhand, a first of its kind botanical garden named ‘Shivalik
Arboretum’ has been inaugurated, for conserving over 210 species of trees found in the Shivalik
range of Himalayas.
 Some of the trees preserved include, Kafal (Myrica esculenta), Buransh, (Rhododendron
arboretum), Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala) and Sanjeevani (Sellaginella bryopteris)
UTTARAKHAND IN NEWS
 India’s first pollinator park has been developed at Haldwani in Nainital, of the state of
Uttarakhand.
 9th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit held in Dehradun
 Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the Suryadhar lake at Doiwala in
Dehradun
 India’s first moss garden built in Nainital district of Uttarakhand
 Ganga Avalokan the first museum on River Ganga, located at Chandi Ghat, Haridwar
Uttrakhand
 PM Modi to inaugurate 6 mega projects in Uttarakhand under ‘Namami Gange Mission’
 India’s longest motorable suspension bridge inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s Tehri-Garhwal
district
 ITBP ties up with Uttarakhand govt to promote adventure tourism
 Uttarakhand Develop India's first snow leopard conservation centre
 Ganga Kayak Festival celebrated in Uttarakhand
 Uttarakhand 1st state in the country to implement agricultural leasing policy
 India’s first Glass floor bridge to replace the iconic Lakshman Jhula in Rishikesh,
Uttarakhand
 Phool Dei festival celebrated in Uttarakhand
 India’s first lichen park developed in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand

 Gairsain in Chamoli district declared as summer capital of Uttarakhand

 Harela festival celebrated in Uttarakhand
 Uttarakhand Government Inaugurates "Chief Minister Solar Self-Employment Scheme"
 Uttarakhand govt starts “Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana” for returnee migrants
Q. Who has been appointed as the first-ever Chief Compliance Officer of Facebook?
A) Joseph R B) Garo H. Armen
C) Charles Woodburn D) Henry Moniz
Answer : D
FACEBOOK IN NEWS
 Facebook Hires Henry Moniz as its First Chief Compliance Officer
 Facebook Will Launch Its Digital Currency Libra in January
 Facebook's controversial cryptocurrency gets a new name: Diem
 Facebook launches calling application “CatchUp”
 Facebook has launched a home-to-home fundraiser concert - 'I For India'
 FACEBOOK
Founded : 2004
Founder : Mark Zuckerberg
Headquarteres : Menlo Park, California, U.S.
CEO : Mark Zuckerberg
Q. When is the World Wetlands Day observed all over the world?
A) 4 February B) 3 February
C) 1 February D) 2 February
Answer : D
 World Wetlands Day is observed every year on February 2 globally
 World Wetlands Day was first celebrated in 1997
 2021 marks 50 years of the Convention on Wetlands


 Theme 2021 : ‘Wetlands and Water’

 The day is celebrated to mark the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on
February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea
RAMSAR SITES IN NEWS

 Ladakh’s Tso Kar wetland complex added to list of Ramsar sites
🔷 Lonar Lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra selected under ‘Ramsar site’
🔷 Keetham lake, also known as Sur Sarovar, in Agra of Uttar Pradesh added to Ramsar
sites
🔷 Asan Conservation Reserve gets first Ramsar site tag from Uttarakhand, Dehradun
district
🔷 Kabartal Wetland becomes Bihar’s first Ramsar site, Begusarai district
💠 There are 42 Ramsar sites in India
💠 Ramsar Convention or the Convention of Wetlands was established in 1971 and came
into force in the year 1975, upon receipt by UNESCO
💠 India signed the Ramsar Convention on 1 February 1982
Q. What is the theme of the World Wetlands Day 2021?

A) Wetlands and Water
B) Wetlands and Climate Change
C) Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future
D) Wetlands and Biodiversity
Answer : A
Q. Which space agency has appointed Indian-American Bhavya Lal as acting chief of staff?
A) NASA B) JAXA
C) ISRO D) CNES
Answer : A

 Indian-American scientist Bhavya Lal was appointed by NASA as its acting chief of staff on
February 1, 2021
 Dr Lal will also serve as the senior advisor for budget and finance at NASA
NASA IN NEWS
 NASA-ESA successfully launches Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite
 NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo spacecraft
 Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon
 NASA to launch rover ‘MARS 2020’ in 2020
 NASA astronauts fly SpaceX spacecraft ‘Dragon’
 Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter as 'Ingenuity’
 NASA renames its WFIRST Telescope after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman
 NASA Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st Woman to Reach Deepest Point of Ocean
 Renjith Kumar honoured with
 “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”
 NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
 NASA creates “VITAL” high-pressure ventilator to fight COVID-19
 NASA & ULA launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
 NASA SunRISE Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms
 NASA named Mars 2020 rover as “Perseverance”
 NASA to Launch ASTHROS Mission to study Cosmos using football stadium-sized balloon
 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Successfully docks 2 NASA Astronauts at ISS after
historic launch
 NASA Decommissions its Spitzer Space Telescope after Over 16 Years in Service
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Founded : 1958
Headquarters : Washington, D.C
Motto : For the Benefit of All
Administrator : Jim Bridenstine
 Important Space Agency & Country
CHINA : China National Space Administration (CNSA)

INDIA : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

JAPAN : Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
USA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
RUSSIA : Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA or Roscosmos)
FRANCE : National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
Q. Which Indian cricketer has been nominated for ICC Men's Player of the Month?
A) K L Rahul B) Rohit Sharma
C) Virat Kohli D) Rishabh Pant
Answer : D
 ICC announced the nominees for the inaugural ICC Player of the Month Awards that recognise
and celebrate the best performances across all forms of international cricket throughout the
year
 The nominees for Men's Player of the Month (January) are Rishabh Pant (India), Joe Root
(England) and Paul Stirling (Ireland)
ICC HOST UPCOMING GAMES

 Australia and New Zealand : ICC Women's World Cup 2023
 Australia : ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2022
 India : ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021
 New Zealand : ICC Women's World Cup 2021
 India : ICC Men's World Cup 2023
 International Cricket Council (ICC)
 Formation : 15 June 1909
 Headquarters : Dubai, UAE
 Chairman : Greg Barclay (New Zealand)
 CEO : Manu Sawhney
 Membership : 104 members
Q. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), which nation has the highest number of new
cases of leprosy in the world annually?
A) India B) Brazil

C) Indonesia D) Malaysia
Answer : A
 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India has the highest number of new cases
of leprosy in the world annually, followed by Brazil and Indonesia
WHO IN NEWS
 Health Minister Harsh Vardhan chairs 148th session of WHO Executive Board
 Anil Soni Appointed First Chief Of The WHO Foundation
 Preeti Sudan appointed to WHO’s Panel For Pandemic Preparedness
 World Health Organization certifies Africa free from wild Polio
 World Health Day observed globally on 7 April
 Global health Emergency declared over Coronavirus by WHO
 US formally announced its withdrawal from WHO
 World Health Organization (WHO)
Formation : 7 April 1948
Headquarters : Geneva, Switzerland
Director General : Tedros Adhanom (Ethiopia)
Deputy Director General : Soumya Swaminathan (Indian)
Q. What is the rank of India in the PHDCCI International Economic Resilience (IER) Rank?
A) Third B) Second
C) Fouth D) Sixth
Answer : B
 India to emerge as world’s 2nd most resilient economy in 2021, Germany Tops
Q. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services?
A) Anish Shah B) Salil Parekh
C) Sanjiv Puri D) Vinay Dube
Answer : A

 Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services has announced the appointment of Anish Shah as the
chairman of the board, effective April 2, 2021
 Succeeded : Anand Mahindra
 Mahindra & Mahindra
 Founded : 2 October 1945
 Headquarters : Mumbai
Q. Which country has won the Men’s World Handball Championship title 2021?
A) Portugal B) Brazil
C) Denmark D) Argentina
Answer : C
 Denmark defeated Sweden 26-24 to win a second successive men’s world handball title in Cairo
on January 31, 2021
Q. Who is the author of the Book “Yes Man: The Untold Story of Rana Kapoor?
A) Pawan C Lall B) Salil Parekh
C) Julie Sweet D) Sandeep Parasrampuria
Answer : A
MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS & AUTHORS 2020

‘Dharma: Decoding the Epics for A Meaningful “The City and the Sea”.
Life’, Authored By : Raj Kamal Jha
Authored By : Amish Tripathi
’40 Years with Abdul Kalam – Untold Stories’ Sonu Sood’s Autobiography Titled ‘I Am No
Authored By : A. Sivathanu Pillai Messiah’
Co-written By Meena Iyer
PM Modi Releases Book on the Life of Sri Guru ADB Releases Book Titled ‘Future of
Nanak Dev ji Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’
Penned By : Kirpal Singh Ji

‘Boskiyana’ Speaks about lyricist Gulzar’s life & “Your Best Day Is Today!”
philosophies Authored By : Anupam Kher
Written By : Radhakrishna Prakashan
“Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking “Bye Bye Corona”
Tragedy” Authored By : Pradeep Srivastava
Authored By : Tamal Bandyopadhyay
“Insomnia: Army Stories" "Rasaathi: The Other Side of a Transgender"
Authored By : Rachna Bisht Authored By : Sasindran Kallinkeel
‘Portraits of Power’, autobiography of NK Singh, ‘The Battle of Belonging’
Authored By : Shashi Tharoor
‘Discovering the Heritage of Assam’, 'The Ultimate Goal'
Authored By : Padampani Bora Authored By : Vikram Sood
“Night of the Restless Spirits: Stories from 1984” 'Mr Prime Minister, We Shrank the Dragon'
Authored By : Sarbpreet Singh Authored By : Pradeep Goorha
‘The Battle of Belonging’, Authored By : Shashi “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain
Tharoor World”
Authored By : S Jaishankar
“Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India” "Overdraft : Saving the Indian Saver"
Authored By : Viral V.Acharya Authored By : Urjit Patel
"A Song of India" "Hop On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains
Authored By : Ruskin Bond and Planes"
Authored By - Ruskin Bond
"One Arranged Murder" "Burnt Sugar"
Authored By : Chetan Bhagat Authored By : Avni Doshi
“Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World” "Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved
Authored By : Dalai Lama India”
Authored By - Amish Tripathi

'Klara and the Sun’ "The lckabog"

Authored By - Kazuo Ishiguro Authored By - JK Rowling
"Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu " "Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess"
Authored By - V. Krishnaswamy Authored By - Satyarth Nayak
"The Big Boss of tittle luv" "Voices of Dissent"
Authored By : Karan Johar Authored By : Romila Thapar
"Kitchens of Gratitude” “10 Rules of Successful Nations”
Authored By : Vikas Khanna Authored By : Ruchir Sharma
“A promised land” "The Commonwealth of Cricket"
Authored By : Barack Obama Authored By : Ramachandra Guha
Azadi : Freedom. Fascism. Fiction "Judiciary, Judges and the Administration of
Authored By : Arundhati Roy Justice"
Authored By : R. Banumathi
"Breaking The Cocoon @ 40" “Let Us Dream”
Authored By : Radha Nair Authored By : Pope Francis
"A bouquet of flowers" "Sach Kahun Toh"
Authored By : Krishna Saksena Authored By : Neena Gupta
Launched By : Rajnath Singh
“The Little Book of Green Nudges” “My Life In Design”
Launched By : UNEP Authored By : Gauri Khan
Q. Hilton Valentine, the founding guitarist of the rock and roll band ‘The Animals’ passed away
recently, he held from which country?
A) Australia B) England
C) Russia D) United States
Answer : B
 Hilton Valentine, the founding guitarist of the English rock and roll band The Animals who is
credited with coming up with one of the most famous opening riffs of the 1960s, passed away

Q. As per the ‘World Tourism Barometer’ report by UNWTO, 2020 was the worst year recorded for
global tourism, during which the international arrivals dropped by_________ percent year-on-
year
A) -65% B) -70%
C) -74% D) -67%
Answer : C
 According to the latest global travel and tourism report ‘World Tourism Barometer’ released by
the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the year 2020 was the “worst year on record” in
which the global tourism suffered the highest.
 The international arrivals in 2020 dropped by -74% year-on-year.
 In 2020, overall destinations worldwide welcomed 1 billion fewer international arrivals
compared to 2019, due to the COVID-19 crisis
 The report states that the collapse in international travel resulted in estimated loss of US$1.3
trillion in export revenues
 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Founded : 1975
Headquarters : Madrid, Spain
Secretary-General : Zurab Pololikashvili
Q. The first ever dedicated Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM) has been
set up in which city of India?
A) Nagpur B) Chennai
C) Bengalore D) Vishakhapatnam
Answer : B
CHENNAI IN NEWS
 India gets its first Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management in Chennai
 India’s first waste exchange platform launched in Chennai
 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Inaugurates NCLAT Chennai bench
 India successfully test fires BrahMos cruise missile from INS Chennai
 India’s first FinTech centre of excellence comes up in Chennai
 Japan Coast Guard Ship ‘Echigo’ arrives in Chennai to Participate in Annual Joint Exercise
‘Sahyog-Kaijin’

Q. Merv Hughes, a former pace bowler has recently been inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by
which country?
A) Australia B) Sri Lanka
C) England D) South Africa
Answer : A
 Former pacer Merv Hughes inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
AUSTRALIA IN NEWS
 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry (
Australia )
 ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry (Australia )
 ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry (Australia )
 Australia's Ashleigh Barty won the brookwater golf club women's championship 2020
 Australia cancelled “Pitch Black 2020” due to coronavirus
 Shobha Sekhar conferred with “Medal of the Order of Australia”
 108th Australian Open 2020 held in Melbourne, Australia
 Australian Open 2020
Men's single title : Novak Djokovic
Women's Single title : Sofia Kenin
 Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 Women's Football World Cup
 India, France, Australia hold 1st Trilateral Dialogue on Economic strategic challenges in
Indo-pacific
 India-US-Japan-Australia kick-starts Malabar Naval Exercise-2020
 AUSTRALIA
Capital : Canberra
Currency : Dollar
Prime Minister : Scott Morrison

Q. RBI has appointed an external IT firm for carrying out a special audit of IT infrastructure of which
of the following banks?
A) ICICI Bank B) HDFC Bank
C) AXIS Bank D) YES Bank
Answer : B
 The Reserve Bank of India has appointed an external IT firm for carrying out a special audit of
the IT infrastructure of HDFC Bank
HDFC BANK IN NEWS

 HDFC Bank Ranks Top among 100 BFSI Firms in India
 RBI directs HDFC bank to stop issuance of new credit cards
 RBI orders HDFC Bank to halt its digital launches
 HDFC Bank launches video Know Your Customer facility
 HDFC Bank to launch ‘The HealthyLife Programme’ for its customers
 HDFC Bank tops 2020 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking
 HDFC Bank signs MoU with Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce & Industries (ICCI) to
support SMEs and Start-ups
 HDFC Bank partners with Apollo Hospitals to launch ‘The HealthyLife Programme’ for its
customers
 HDFC Bank launches 'e-Kisaan Dhan' App for Farmers
 HDFC Bank launches first of its kind card 'Shaurya KGC'
 Sashidhar Jagdishan to be the new CEO of HDFC Bank
 HDFC BANK
Founded : 1994
MD & CEO : Sashidhar Jagdishan
Tagline : We understand your world

Q. Who conferred with the 4th edition of Alert Being Awards 2020 by NGO 'ALERT' for Good
Samaritan work?
A) AR Rahman B) Sonu Nigam
C) Arijit Singh D) Kishore Kumar
Answer : A
 Music composer AR Rahman has been conferred with 4th edition of Alert Being Awards 2020
by NGO 'ALERT' for Good Samaritan work
 AR Rahman roped in as ‘BAFTA Breakthrough’ India ambassador
 AR Rahman from Madras Tamil Nadu
Q. What is the theme of the World Cancer Day 2021?

A) 'I Am and I Will' B) 'We can. I can'
C) Not Beyond Us D) Debunk the Myths
Answer : A
 World Cancer Day 2019-21 THEME : ‘I Am And I Will’
Q. The two-days ‘Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS) Conclave’ has been organised at Air Force Station
Yelahanka. Where is the airfield based?
A) Pune B) Mumbai
C) Bengaluru D) Hyderabad
Answer : C
 Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the ‘Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS) Conclave’ at Air
Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru, on 3rd February 2021
 The two-day conclave has been organised by Indian Air Force
Q. Name the aerospace company that has launched ‘Stardust 1.0’, the World’s 1st Commercial
Rocket launch powered by Biofuel?
A) bluShift Aerospace B) SpaceX
C) Boeing D) Northrop Grumman
Answer : A
 United States (US) based Startup bluShift Aerospace launched ‘Stardust 1.0’ from Loring Commerce
Centre in Maine, US. It is the World’s 1st Commercial Rocket launch powered by Biofuel

Q. Ashoke Dinda, is an Indian player who has recently announced his retirement from which
sports?
A) Golf B) Cricket
C) Hockey D) Football
Answer : B
 Bengal fast bowler Ashoke Dinda Announces Retirement From All Forms Of Cricket
Q. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the first heliport of the state in _____.
A) Guwahati B) Silchar
C) Dibrugarh D) Majuli
Answer : D
 Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the first heliport of the state in Majuli
district
 The heliport was built with an aim to boost tourism in Majuli, which has a distinct identity as the
world's largest river island
Q. Who has been sworn in as the Chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC) of India?
A) U.K Sinha B) M. N Damodaran
C) S.N. Subrahmanyan D) S. S. Nadkarni
Answer : C
 The Ministry of labour and employment has appointed Larsen & Toubro’s Chief Executive
Officer and Managing Director SN Subrahmanyan as the chairman of the National Safety
Council for a period of three years
 National Security Council (NSC)
Founded : 1998
Q. Who has been appointed to National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)?

A) Sridhar Vembu B) Subhash Chandra
C) R. Surya Kumar D) V.S. Narendra Chand

Answer : A
 Indian SaaS giant Zoho’s founder Sridhar Vembu Sridhar Vembu Named To National Security
Advisory Board As Startup Founders Look To Shape Policy
 His appointment comes days after he was conferred a Padma Shri awardee by the Indian
government on January 26
Q. Which state has launched Intellectual Property Rights Scheme and Quality Testing &
Certification Scheme to provide financial support to the innovative startups to file for IT patents?
A) West Bengal B) Rajasthan
C) Maharashtra D) Tamil Nadu
Answer : C
 Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra launched Intellectual Property Rights
Scheme and Quality Testing & Certification Scheme to provide financial support to the
innovative startups to file for IT patents
Q. As per the data revealed by RBI for top 100 willful defaulters, what amount of loans have been
written off by the banks as of March 2020?
A) Rs 75,000 crore B) Rs 50,000 crore
C) Rs 40,000 crore D) Rs 62,000 crore
Answer : D
 Banks have written off almost Rs 62,000 crore of loans of top 100 wilful defaulters as of March
2020, with Jatin Mehta’s Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery topping the list, helping them to show
lower non-performing assets
Q. How much amount has been allocated to the Deep Ocean Mission in the Budget 2021?
Answer : A
 Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman announces launch of Deep Ocean Mission
 Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman ji for marking an outlay of 4,000 crores rupees,
over 5 years to support the Deep Ocean Mission.

Q. Name the payment platform which has decided to stop domestic payment services in India from
April 2021?
A) Paytm B) GooglePay
C) PayPal D) PhonePe
Answer : C
 PayPal has announced that the company has decided to wind down its domestic payment
services in India with effect from April 01, 2021
 PayPal
Headquarteres : California US
Chairman : John Donahoe
CEO : Dan Schulman
Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Little Book of Encouragement’?

A) Dalai Lama B) Amish Tripathi
C) Arundhati Roy D) Ruskin Bond
Answer : A
 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama pens new book ‘The Little Book of Encouragement’
 The book has been edited by Renuka Singh and published by Penguin Random House
 LATEST BOOK'S DALAI LAMA
Dalai Lama pens new book ‘The Little Book of Encouragement’
Dalai Lama Pen new book “Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World”
Illustrated biography of Dalai Lama titled “His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An
Illustrated Biography” written by Tenzin Geyche Tethong
Q. Who won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021?

A) Anish Giri B) Magnus Carlsen
C) Wijk aan Zee D) Jorden van Foreest
Answer : D
 GM Jorden van Foreest became the first Dutch player in 36 years to win the Tata Steel Chess
Tournament; defeated GM Anish Giri

CHESS IN NEWS
 Jorden van Foreest from Dutch Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021
 Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca becomes India’s 67th Grandmaster
 India, Russia announced joint winners of FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 (Chess)
 Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh wins 34th Cannes Open in France
 Indian Grand Master Koneru Humpy wins 2020 Cairns Cup Chess Tournament in USA
 China Wins FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup ( India's 5th rank)
 Viswanathan Anand was the first Grandmaster in India
 India's first Woman Grandmaster Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
 Gukesh D has become India's youngest Grand Master
 International Chess Day is celebrated annually on July 20
💠 WORLD CHESS FEDERATION
🔷 Founded : 1924
🔷 HQ - Lausanne, Switzerland
🔷 President : Arkady Dvorkovich
Q. Automaker company Ford has joined hand with which technology major to use artificial
intelligence and cloud computing in offering customer services?
A) Amazon B) Apple
C) Google D) Microsoft
Answer : C
 United States-based Ford Motor Co has joined hands with Alphabet Inc’s Google to cooperate
in software, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, to develop new consumer services and
modernize internal operations
GOOGLE IN NEWS
 Ford joins hand with Google to offer cloud-based data services
 Google Doodle honours Basketball inventor Dr James Naismith
 Karan Bajwa becomes new MD of Google Cloud India

 Google Unveils MuRIL Tech To Boost Indian Regional Language Internet Ecosystem
 Google to invest USD 10 billion in India
 Maharashtra ties up with Google to start virtual classes
 Google Launches ‘The Anywhere School’ With 50 New Features To Boost Online Learning
 GOOGLE
Founded : 1998
Founders : Larry Page
and Sergey Brin
Headquarters : California, U.S.
CEO : Sundar Pichai
Q. Which word has been named as the Hindi word of the year 2020 by Oxford Languages?
A) Covid-19 C) Samvidhaan
C) Aadhaar D) Aatmanirbharta
Answer : D
 Oxford names Aatmanirbharta as Hindi Word of 2020
 Aatmanirbharta means self-reliance
 After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on Aatmanirbharta in the wake of the novel
coronavirus pandemic, this particular word has been named by Oxford Languages as its Hindi
Word of the Year 2020
 WORD OF THE YEAR FOR HINDI

Aatmanirbharta : 2020
Samvidhaan : 2019
Nari Shakti : 2018
Aadhaar : 2017
 WORD OF THE YEAR 2020

Oxford Names "Aatmanirbharta" As Word Of The Year For Hindi In 2020
'Pandemic' is the Word of the Year 2020 according to dictionary.com
‘Pandemic’ named as Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year
Cambridge Dictionary has named ‘quarantine’ as Word of the Year 2020
‘Lockdown’ named word of the year by Collins Dictionary

Q. What is the rank of India in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2020?
A) 48 B) 85
C) 53 D) 36
Answer : C
 Democracy Index 2020
Top : Norway
2nd : Iceland
3rd : Sweden
4th : New Zealand
5th : Canada
INDIA : 53rd
Bottom : North Korea (167th place)
Released By : Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
 Neighbouring countries of India

 Sri Lanka (68) Bangladesh (76), Bhutan (84) and Pakistan (105), & Afghanistan (139)
 Democracy Index 2019

Top : Norway
INDIA : 51st
Released By : Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
 Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Founded : 1946
Headquarters : London, England
Q. Which country has topped in Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2020?
A) Norway B) Denmark
C) Switzerland D) Singapore
Answer : A
NORWAY IN NEWS
 India Ranks 53, Norway Tops in 2020 Democracy Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit
 India Ranks 131 in Human Development Index 2020, Norway Tops

 Norway signs MoU with Clean Ganga Mission in India

 NORWAY
Capital : Oslo
Currency : Krone
Prime Minister : Erna Solberg
Q. Which state will inaugurate its first Human Milk Bank (HMB) on 05 February 2021?
A) Kerala B) Manipur
C) Assam D) Gujarat
Answer : A
KERALA IN NEWS
 Kerala's first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility will be opened at the Ernakulam
general hospital
 India’s First ‘Gender Park’ to be inaugurated in Kozhikode, Kerala
 India’s first Labour Movement Museum to be set up in Alappuzha, Kerala
 UN Women collaborates with Kerala Government to set up India’s first Gender Data Hub
 Kerala best-governed state while Chandigarh top union territory: PAC Report
 Kerala becomes the first state to fix floor price for vegetables
 Kerala becomes 1st state to have completely digital, hi-tech classrooms
 India’s 1st solar-powered miniature train launched in Kerala
 Kerala tops 'The State of young Child in India'
 Kerala launches ‘Parivarthanam’ scheme for better livelihood of Fishing Community
 Dragonfly Festival (Thumbi Maholsavam 2020)
Festival Mascot : “Pantalu”
 Kerala Govt commissioned 1st Marine Ambulance ‘PRATHEEKSHA’
 Kerala tops India's literacy chart at 96.2%, Andhra Pradesh worst performer
 India’s 1st International Women’s Trade center open in kerala
 Kerala Tourism wins PATA Grand Award 2020

 Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2020 by the Kerala
govt
 Kerala wins UNIATF award for prevention and control of NCD 2020
Q. By Many a Happy Accident is an autobiography of which politician leader?

A) Hamid Ansari B) Dalai Lama
C) Baba Ramdev D) Raj Nath Singh
Answer : A
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN NEWS
 BY MANY A HAPPY ACCIDENT: Recollections of a Life by M Hamid Ansari
 Justice Rajindar Sachar’s Autobiography: ‘In Pursuit of Justice’
 ‘Portraits of Power’, autobiography of NK Singh, Chairman of 15th Finance Commission
 Sonu Sood’s autobiography to be titled ‘I Am No Messiah’
Co-authored by Meena Iyer
 Biography of Vishesh Bhriguvanshi ; titled “Vishesh: Code To Win”
Authored By : Nirupama Yadav
 Illustrated biography of Dalai Lama titled “His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An
Illustrated Biography” written by Tenzin Geyche Tethong
 PM Modi releases autobiography of Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
 Yashwant Sinha’s autobiography titled ‘Relentless’
 PV Shindu : “Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu”
Authored By - V. Krishnaswamy
 Viswananthan Anand : Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life
Co-written by - Susan Ninan
 Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev Pens Autobiography “My Life, My Mission”
Co-authored by Uday Mahurkar
 Anupam Kher pens autobiography ‘Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly’
 FAMOUS SPORTSPERSON AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

🔷 Abhinav Bindra : A Shot at History

🔷 Kapil Dev : Straight from the Heart
🔷 Mary Kom : Unbreakable
🔷 Milka Singh :The Race of My Life
🔷 Sachin Tendulkar : Playing it My Way
🔷 Saina Nehwal : Playing to win
🔷 Yuvraj Singh : The Test of My Life
🔷 Sania Mirza : Ace against Odds
🔷 Sunil Gawaskar : Sunny Days
🔷 Sanjay Manjrekar : Imperfect
🔷 Muhammad Ali : The Greatest My Own Story
🔷 Ricky Ponting : At the Close of Play
🔷 Shane Warne : No spin
🔷 VVS Laxman : 281 and Beyond
🔷 Shahid Afridi : Game Changer
Q. Jeff Bezos has announced to step down as the CEO of Amazon from July 2021. Who will take
over as the new CEO?
A) Steven Mollenkopf B) Andy Jassy
C) Kasper Rørsted D) Jack P. Dorsey
Answer : B
 Andy Jassy set to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in with effect from July 01, 2021
 Andy Jassy, who is currently serving as the chief executive of Amazon Web Services (AWS), will
replace Bezos as CEO of Amazon
 Bezos started the company 27 years ago, on 5 July 1994, as an internet bookseller
 World’s Most Popular Multi-National Companies and their CEOs
Amazon : Andy Jessy
Intel : Pat Gelsinger
Twitter : Jack P. Dorsey

MasterCard : Michael Miebach

Facebook : Mark Zuckerberg
Google : Sundar Pichai
Apple : Tim Cook
Alibaba Group : Daniel Zhang
Microsoft : Satya Nadella
Q. Jeff Bezos has decided to step down as CEO of which company?

A) Google B) Apple
C) Twitter D) Amazon
Answer : D
 Amazon announced on February 2, 2021 that its founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO
 Bezos will transition to the role of Executive Chair of Amazon's board, while Amazon Web
Services CEO Andy Jassy will succeed him as the new Amazon CEO
AMAZON IN NEWS
 Andy Jassy set to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in July
 Amazon tops Brand Finance Global 500 2020 report; Tata Group top Indian brand
 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos commits USD 1 bn investment in India to digitise small
businesses
 Amazon signs Amitabh Bachchan for its Alexa voice assistant
 Amazon Pay collaborate with Uber to push digital payments in India
 Amazon India ties up with IRCTC to start online train ticket bookings
 Amazon Pay ties up with Acko to sell auto insurance
 Amazon launches seller driven ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign
 Amazon Opens Its Largest Global Campus Building in Hyderabad
 AMAZON
Founded : 1994
Founder : Jeff Bezos
Headquarters : Seattle, Washington DC
CEO : Andy Jessy

Q. The first-ever ‘Amputee Clinic’ of India has been set up in which city?
A) Kozhikode B) Chandigarh
C) Bhagalpur D) Vishakhapatnam
Answer : B
 India’s First Amputee Clinic Launched In Chandigarh
 Launched by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), premier
medical and research institution in Chandigah
CLINIC IN NEWS
 India’s First Water Clinic for Elephants Opens in Mathura
 India’s First Amputee Clinic Launched In Chandigarh
 India’s 1st e-waste clinic opens in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
 IIT Hyderabad launches India’s first mobile vaccination clinic in Pune
 Rajasthan government starts its first Janta Clinic
Q. Which state government has launched ‘Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai’ mission?
A) Haryana B) Punjab
C) Gujarat D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : B
 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh virtually launched ‘Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar
Safai’ mission, aimed at providing 100% potable water supply to all rural households of the state
by March, 2022
PUNJAB IN NEWS
 Punjab CM launches 'Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai' mission
 Punjab has launched E-Daakhil portal to streamline grievances redressal system
 Punjab Govt launches mobile app and web portal ‘PR Insight’
 Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates Phagwara Mega Food Park in Punjab
 Punjab Government Launches ‘I Rakhwali’ App
 Holla Mohalla festival celebrated at punjab

 Punjab becomes 1st state to impose curfew amid COVID-19

 Vini Mahajan Becomes Punjab’s 1st Woman Chief Secretary
 Punjab government launches mobile App “Ghar Ghar Nigrani”
 Punjab Govt tie-up with IIT-Ropar for skill development
Q. Sri Lanka has backed out of an agreement to develop the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the
Colombo Port. Which of the following two countries are involved in the development of this port?
A) India & Japan B) India & Russia
C) India & France D) India & Maldives
Answer : A
 Sri Lanka has backed out of an agreement with India and Japan to develop the East Container
Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port
 According to the tripartite agreement of May 2019, Sri Lanka, Japan and India were to jointly
develop the strategic terminal with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) holding a 51% stake
and India and Japan holding 49% together
 Now Sri Lanka has said that the East terminal of Colombo port will be 100% owned and operated
by the state-owned Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA)
Q. Which ministry has launched a unified portal on the ''Gobardhan'' scheme?

A) Agriculture Ministry B) Jal Shakti Ministry
C) Petroleum Ministry D) All of the Above
Answer : D
 Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Animal
Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Minister
of State for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria jointly launched a unified web portal for monitoring the
progress of GOBARDHAN activities across the nation
 Under the new unified approach, all these programmes/schemes will be coordinated by the
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Swachh Bharat Mission - Grameen
(SBMG)
 GOBAR-DHAN scheme stands for Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources – DHAN scheme
 The Gobardhan scheme is being pursued as a priority programme under the Swachch Bharat
Mission Grameen-Phase 2

 The Jal Shakti Ministry is implementing the Swachch Bharat Mission

 Gobardhan scheme was launched in early 2018 to manage the prevailing issues of bio-waste in
villages, including cattle waste and converting them into biogas and organic manure to improve
the lives of villagers by providing economic and resource benefits to farmers and households
 PM Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014
 Budget 2021 | Water supply, Swachh Bharat 2.0 missions for urban areas
 This mission would be implemented over five years with an expenditure of ₹2.87 lakh crore
Q. Which has become the first state or Union territory in the country to become Covid-19 free?
A) Andaman and Nicobar B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Lakshadweep D) Ladakh
Answer : A
Andaman and Nicobar in News

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands becomes first Union Territory to be corona free
 Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) to conduct joint military exercise ‘Kavach’ in
Andaman Sea
 Joint Tri-service Exercise AMPHEX – 21 held in Andaman & Nicobar
 PM Modi launches submarine cable connectivity project between Chennai and Andaman
& Nicobar Islands (CANI)
 Andaman and Nicobar Command carries out joint tri-services exercise code ‘Bull Strike’ at
Teressa Island
 Indian Army Successfully Testfires Anti-Ship version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 Satyendra Garg assumes Andaman and Nicobar DGP charge
 NABARD launches development projects in Andaman & Nicobar Islands; worth Rs 44
lakhs
 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
Capital : Port Blair
 Lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicober : Devendra Kumar Joshi
 Veer Savarkar International Airport : Port Blair Andaman and Nicobar

Q. Which state government has launched ‘Pragyan Bharati’ scheme for college students
A) Odisha B) Assam
C) Rajasthan D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : B
 Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday launched two schemes to provide
monetary assistance to college students and literary bodies of the state.
ASSAM IN NEWS
 Magh Bihu, Bhogali Bihu or Maghar Domahi is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam
 ADB has approved a $231 million loan to develop the Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power
facility in Assam
 8th North East Festival to be held in Guwahati on Dec 19-20
 Assam set to get its 6th national park in Dima Hasao
 Assam Celebrates Lachit Divas on 24 November, mark the birth anniversary of Lachit
Borphukan
 Assam’s Tezpur Litchi gets GI tag
 SBI starts “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (Women Self-Reliance programme) in Assam
 Assam Launches Orunodoi Scheme to financially empower women
 Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi passes away
 Assam Musician Bibhuranjan Choudhury passes away
 India’s longest river ropeway inaugurated in Assam
 Kati Bihu festival celebrated across Assam
 Assam’s only woman CM Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away
 Assam CM launches ‘Kritagyata’ for online pension submission and tracking
 Assam Govt launched “Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni Yojana”
 Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation stone of Indo-Israeli Centre of
Excellence for Vegetables Protected Cultivation at Khetri near Guwahati
 Assamese folk singer Archana Mahanta has passed away
 Assam government to upgrade Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary to national park

Q. When is the International Day for Human Fraternity observed?

Answer : D
 International Day of Human Fraternity is observed on 4th February globally.
 Theme 2021 : A Pathway to the Future
 The UN General Assembly on 21 December adopted a resolution declaring 4 February as the
International Day of Human Fraternity. The day is being observed for the first time in 2021
Q. The 16th edition of Indo-US joint military exercise 'Yudh Abhyas 2021' will be held in which state
of India?
A) West Bengal B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand D) Meghalaya
Answer : B
 The 16th edition of Indo-US joint military exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' will be held in Rajasthan
between February 8 and 21
MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY EXERCISE IN NEWS

 India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ to be held in Rajasthan
 Joint Tri-service Exercise AMPHEX – 21 held in Andaman & Nicobar
 Andaman and Nicobar Command to conduct joint military exercise ‘Kavach’
 Indian and French airforces to conduct Exercise Desert Knight-21
 Two-day coastal defence exercise ‘Sea Vigil-21’ kicks off
 Indian & Vietnamese Navy conclude two-day naval passage exercise PASSEX in South
China Sea
 India-Indonesia Navies undertake 35th coordinated patrol (CORPAT)
 Andaman and Nicobar Command carries out joint tri-services exercise code ‘Bull Strike’ at
Teressa Island
 India-US-Japan-Australia kick-starts Malabar Naval Exercise-2020 in Bay of Bengal
 Bangladesh and US launch joint naval exercise CARAT Bangladesh 2020

 8th India-Sri Lanka Maritime Exercise SLINEX-20 to begin in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka
from October 19
 Indian Navy will be represented by the indigenously built ASW corvettes Kamorta and
Kiltan
 2nd edition of Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar
commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal
 Australia to Join Malabar-2020 Naval Exercise with India, US & Japan in November
 4th edition India-Japan biennial naval exercise JIMEX-20 begins in Arabian sea
 Indian Navy has conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX), a high-end joint naval exercise
with the US Navy in the Indian Ocean
 India and Japan conduct PASSEX (passing exercise) naval exercise in Indian Ocean
Region
 Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in
Eastern Indian Ocean Region
 US-Israel Joint military Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 Cancels over coronavirus
 Bimstec Disaster Management Exercise 2020 Held in Odisha
 Indian Navy and Russian Navy has commenced 11th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY
begins in Bay of Bengal
 India & US conducts Passage
 Exercise in Indian Ocean
 Australia cancelled “Pitch Black 2020” due to coronavirus
 India withdraws from Russia military exercise Kavkaz 2020
Q. Who has been appointed as the acting chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to
succeed Rishi Kumar Shukla who retired after a two-year fixed stint?
A) Praveen Sinha B) Rakesh Asthan
C) Alok Verma D) M. Nageshwar Rao
Answer : A
 Praveen Sinha, as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
 He has been appointed in place of the incumbent chief RK Shukla

 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Formed : 1942
Q. Who is the author of the memoir “Beautiful Things”?

A) Donald Trump B) Barack Obama
C) Joe Biden D) Hunter Biden
Answer : D
 United States President Joe Biden’s son,Hunter Biden, is publishing his memoir titled “Beautiful
Things”, which narrates about his struggles with addiction and drug abuse
MEMOIR IN NEWS
 Joe Biden’s Son Hunter Biden to Release Memoir ‘Beautiful Things’
 Neena Gupta’s memoir ‘Sach Kahun Toh’
 Barack Obama’s first presidential memoir, ‘A Promised Land,’
Q. Which day of the year is observed as the World Cancer Day?

A) 1st February B) 2nd February
C) 3rd February D) 4th February
Answer : D
 World Cancer Day is observed every year on 4 February by the Union for International Cancer
Control (UICC)
DON'T CONFUSE
 World Cancer Day : 04 February
 World Lung Cancer Day : 01 August
 National Cancer Awareness Day : 07 November
 Oncology is the study of cancer
 India achieves 8th rank for cancer preparedness among 10 Asia-Pacific countries;
Australia tops

Q. Which country has approved a project to build the world’s first energy island?
A) Norway B) Austria
C) Brazil D) Denmark
Answer : D
DENMARK IN NEWS
 World’s First ‘Energy Island’ to be built by Denmark in North Sea
 Denmark defeat Sweden in a captivating final in Cairo to reclaim world crown at Egypt
2021
 India Secures 86th Rank in Corruption Perception Index 2020; New Zealand and Denmark
tops
 Gujarat inks MoU with Denmark in water sector
 India-Denmark Virtual Bilateral Summit calls for ‘Green Strategic Partnership’
 India & Denmark Inks MoU for Cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property
 India 168th Rank in Environment Performance Index 2020, Denmark Tops
 India signs MOU on “Energy Cooperation” with Denmark
 Denmark Open (Badminton) 2020
 Woemn’s Single – Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
 Men’s Single – Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
 DENMARK
Capital : Copenhagen
Currency : Krone
Prime Minister : Mette Frederiksen
Q. Which company has inked an MoU with Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) for development
and production of composite raw materials for airspace sector?
A) HAL B) DRDO
C) Bharat Dynamics D) Bharat Electronic
Answer : A

 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Hyderabad-based Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) for development and production of
composite raw materials for use in aerospace
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Founded : 1940
Headquarters : Bangalore, Karnataka
CMD : R Madhavan
 Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI)
Founded : 1973
Headquarters : Hyderabad
CMD : Sanjay Kumar Jha
Q. Which city is hosting the Aero India International air show?

A) Mumbai
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Bengaluru
Answer : D
 The 13th edition of the Aero India International air show has started on February 3, 2021, at Air
Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, it is also Asia’s biggest aero show
 It is organised by the Defence Exhibition Organisation, Ministry of Defence
 Over 200 MoUs will be signed between different procurement and manufacturing agencies
BENGALURU IN NEWS
 Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS) Conclave Organised at Bengaluru
 Elon Musk-owned Tesla Inc. sets up first India entity in Bengaluru
 Karnataka’s 1st 11.5 megawatt power plant being set up at Bidadi Bengaluru
 13th Aero India-21 to be held in Bengaluru in Feb 2021
 ADB Approves $190 Million Loan to Upgrade Power Distribution System in Bengaluru
 India’s First Mobile COVID-19 testing lab, developed by IISC, launched in Bengaluru
 Bengaluru set to host 107th Indian Science Congress

Q. Which state's Forest Department conducted a water birds census for the first time in January-
February 2021?
A) Assam B) West Bengal
D) Andhra Pradesh D) Uttarakhand
Answer : B
 The forest department of West Bengal recently conducted its first water birds census.
WEST BENGAL IN NEWS

 Mamata Banerjee Inaugurates 26th Kolkata International Film Festival
 World Bank approves $105 million loan to improve Waterways in West Bengal
 Centre to dedicate a Museum on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata on 125th birth
anniversary
 World’s first Tram library for children launched in Kolkata
 West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has launched a massive campaign titled ‘Duare Sarkar’
 Majerhat Bridge in Kolkata Renamed as “Jai Hind Bridge” To Commemorate 125th Birth
Anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose
 ADB and India sign $50 million loan agreement to boost digital platforms for public finance
reforms in West Bengal
 West Bengal launches massive ‘Duare Sarkar’ outreach campaign ahead of 2021
assembly polls
 India’s first ‘tyre park’ to come up in West Bengal
 West Bengal launches “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme for road repair
 West Bengal launches Karma Sathi Prakalpa Scheme to provide soft loans, subsidies to
unemployed youth
 India’s 1st digital parcel locker service in Kolkata, West Bengal
 Kolkata Port Trust remaned as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust
Q. Who has been re-elected as President of Boxing Federation of India?

A) Praful Patel B) Gyanendro Nigombam
C) Rajinder Singh D) Ajay Singh

Answer : D
 Ajay Singh has been re-elected as President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) after
defeating former Maharashtra sports minister Ashish Shelar in the polls
 Boxing Federation of India
Founded : 1949
Headquarteres : New Delhi
President : Ajay Singh
NEWLY APPOINTED SPORTS ORGANIZATION HEAD

 Ajay Singh re-elected Boxing Federation of India President
 Jay Shah takes over as President of Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
 Sanjay Kapoor Elected as New President of All India Chess Federation
 Annika Sorenstam elected President of International Golf Federation
 Zena Wooldridge appointed as World Squash Federation President
 New Zealand’s Greg Barclay elected new ICC Chairman
 Manipur’s Gyanendro Ningombam appointed as the Hockey India President
 Bimal Julka appointed as the new Chairman of Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS)
 Anil Jain Elected As New President of All India Tennis Association
 Rohan Jaitley elected unopposed as the President of the Delhi and District Cricket
Association (DDCA)
Q. Which country recently hosted the Indian Ocean Region Defence Ministers’ Conclave?
A) Sri Lanka B) Maldives
C) Russia D) India
Answer : D
 India hosted Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Defence Ministers’ Conclave on the sidelines of Aero
India 2021
 The broad theme of the conclave is ‘Enhanced Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Indian
Ocean’

INDIAN OCEAN IN NEWS

 India hosts Indian Ocean Region Defence Ministers’ Conclave
 Madagascar replaces Maldives to host 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games
 India and Japan conduct PASSEX naval exercise in Indian Ocean Region
 Indian Navy Undertakes Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Russian Federation Navy in
Eastern Indian Ocean Region
 World’s 1st underwater hotel opens in Indian Ocean
Q. RBI unveiled the risk-based internal audit (RBIA) system for select non-banking financial
companies (NBFCs) with an asset size of over ___.
Answer : A
 RBI unveiled the risk-based internal audit (RBIA) system for select non-bank lenders and urban
co-operative banks, with a view to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their internal audit
system
 As per the regulator, all the deposit-taking non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and the
ones with an asset size of over Rs 5,000 crore will have to migrate to the new system.
Q. How many MoUs have been signed during the Aero India 2021?
A) 210 B) 245
C) 305 D) 201
Answer : D
 Aero India 2021 Concludes; 201 MoUs Signed
 Conclave of Defence Ministers of Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
 Theme: ‘Enhanced Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean’.
 The 6th India-Russia Military Industrial Conference, iDEX ‘Start-up Manthan’ were also held
 Aero India 2021 would help in achieving the target set by the ministry to achieve a turnover of
Rs 1,75,000 crore, including exports of Rs 35,000 crore in aerospace and defence goods &
services by the year 2024

Q. Which Indian company has signed an agreement to develop world’s first high altitude pseudo
satellite ?
A) OFB B) HAL
C) BHEL D) DRDO
Answer : B
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is developing a futuristic high altitude pseudo satellite
with a start-up company, to strengthen the country’s military strike capabilities
 The technology has been named Combined Air Teaming System (CATS)
HAL IN NEWS
 HAL to develop world’s first high-altitude pseudo satellite
 Rajnath Singh inaugurates HAL’s second Tejas Light Combat Aircraft’s
 HAL inks MoU with MIDHANI to develop and manufacture composite raw materials for
aircrafts
 Rajnath Singh Inaugurates New Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL
Complex in Bengaluru
 R Madhavan appointed chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Founded : 1940
Headquarters : Bangalore
CMD : R Madhavan
SATELLITE IN NEWS
 HAL to develop world’s first high-altitude pseudo satellite
 Japan plans to launch world’s first wood-based satellite by 2023 to reduce space debris
 BSNL launches World’s First Satellite-based Narrowband-IoT Network
 ISRO successfully launches India’s new communication satellite CMS-01 from Sriharikota
onboard PSLV-C50
 ISRO launches PSLV C49 with 10 satellites
 ISRO to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite

 ISRO to launch city college’s academic satellite

 ICICI Bank uses satellite data to assess creditworthiness of farmers
 Pixxel to launch remote-sensing satellite on ISRO rocket
 Indo-French to launch constellation of maritime surveillance satellites to trace illegal oil
spillage in IOR
 ISRO Plans to Launch 10 Earth Observation (EO) Satellites in 2020-21
 ISRO will launch GSAT-30 satellite
Q. Federal Bank Ltd launched ‘FedFirst’, a special savings account for who among the following?
A) Children B) Women
C) Nursing D) Anganwadi
Answer : A
 Federal Bank has announced the launch of FedFirst, a special savings account scheme for
children below 18 years of age.
 The account comes with unique features and offers. The account holder is provided with a
FedFirst contactless Debit Card with a daily cash withdrawal limit of ₹2,500 and POS/e-com limit
of ₹10,000, in addition to free online facilities including access to internet banking, mobile alerts
and e-mail alerts
FEDERAL BANK IN NEWS

 Federal Bank launches ‘FedFirst’ savings account scheme for children
 RBI Approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as MD & CEO of Federal Bank
 Visa partners Federal Bank to launch “Visa Secure”
 Federal Bank ties up with Magicbricks
 Federal Bank tie-up with MoneyGram for direct-to-bank deposits service
 Federal Bank
Founder : K. P. Hormis
Headquarters : Aluva, Kochi, Kerala
MD & CEO : Shyam Srinivasan
Tagline : Your Perfect Banking Partner

Q. Which company has got the world's first consignment of 'carbon-neutral oil' from the US?
A) Reliance B) Tata Group
C) HAL D) DRDO
Answer : A
 Reliance Industries Ltd has received the world’s first consignment of ‘carbon-neutral oil’ from
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), a division of United State oil major Occidental
 Reliance has sourced the world's first consignment of 'carbon-neutral oil' from the United
States. The move comes as the company looks to become a net zero-carbon company by 2035
RIL IN NEWS
 RIL Jio ranked as fifth strongest brand globally
 Reliance Industries Ltd will build what it claims to be the world’s largest zoo in Gujarat’s
Jamnagar.
 Reliance Industries tops Fortune India 500 Ranking 2020
 Reliance buys Kishore Biyani’s Future retail for Rs 24,713 crore
 Reliance Industries becomes first Indian firm to cross $200 bn m-cap
 Reliance Industries ranks second biggest brand globally; Apple tops: FutureBrand Index
2020
 Reliance Industries becomes first Indian company to hit Rs. 12 lakh crore market cap
 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani tops the Forbes India Rich
List 2020
 RIL market cap hits ₹10 lakh crore, a first for an Indian company
 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
Founded : 8 May 1973
Founder : Dhirubhai Ambani
Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra,
CMD : Mukesh Ambani
Owner : Mukesh Ambani (50.49%)
 Subsidiaries
 Jio Platforms (67.03%)
 Jio Payments Bank (70%)

Q. Who has become the youngest female pilot in the country?

A) Sami Ara Surury B) Ayesha Aziz
C) Ruveda Salam D) Nyla Ali Khan
Answer : B
 A 25-year-old Kashmiri woman, Ayesha Aziz, has become the youngest female pilot in the
country
 In the year 2011, Aziz became the youngest student pilot to get a license at the age of 15 and
underwent training to fly a MIG-29 jet at Russia’s Sokol airbase the following year
YOUNGEST PERSON IN NEWS

 Kashmir-based Ayesha Aziz becomes India’s Youngest Female Pilot at 25
 Kerala’s 21-yr-old Arya Rajendran becomes India’s youngest mayor from
Thiruvananthapuram
 29-Year-Old Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest to win International
Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening’
 Greta Thunberg Named Time’s Youngest Person of the Year
 World’s Youngest Girl to scale Mount Everest, Malavath Purna, Scales Antarctica’s
Highest Peak Mt. Vinson Massif
 Biography of India’s youngest Basketball captain ‘Vishesh Bhriguvanshi’ author by
Nirupama Yadav
 Finland elects Sanna Marin, the youngest-ever Prime Minister
 Rashid Khan breaks 15-Year-Old record to become youngest Test Captain
 Chennai’s Gukesh Crowned India’s Youngest Grandmaster
 Mumbai’s Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes youngest cricketer to score double hundred in One
Day cricket
 FIRST PILOTS WOMEN IN NEWS
Ayesha Aziz becomes India’s Youngest Female Pilot at 25
Bhawana Kanth to become the first Woman Fighter Pilot to take part in Republic Day
Parade
Shivangi Singh set to become India’s 1st woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale
Mohana Singh Becomes First Female Fighter Pilot to Fly Hawk Jet

Shubhangi Swaroop Indian Navy’s First Female Pilot

Lieutenant Shivangi is the first-ever woman pilot for Navy
Hina Jaiswal becomes first woman flight engineer of IAF
First woman pilot of Indian Navy, Lieutenant Shivangi, to join operations
Lt Bhawana Kanth, 1st Woman To Qualify To Go To Day Missions On Fighter Jet
Q. Which is the focal theme country at the 45th Kolkata International Book Fair?
A) Russia B) Germany
C) South Korea D) Bangladesh
Answer : D
 45th Kolkata International Book Fair to be held in July 2021 at the Central Park Ground of Salt
Lake
 This year the focal theme country is Bangladesh to mark the country’s Golden Jubilee Year of
Independence and the Centenary of Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 125th Birth year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Birth Centenary of Satyajit Ray will also be
celebrated in the Book Fair
DON'T CONFUSE
 Mamata Banerjee Inaugurates 26th Kolkata International Film Festival
 45th Kolkata International Book Fair will be held in July 2021
BANGLADESH IN NEWS
 Bangladesh Receives $500 Million from World Bank to Improve Road and Digital
Connectivity
 India decided to gift 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine - Covishield- to Bangladesh
 Kite festival Shakrain celebrated in Dhaka, Bangladesh
 Bangladesh Declared as ‘Country in Focus’ for 51st International Film Festival of India
(IFFI)
 Bangladesh military unit to take part in Republic Day parade
 Sadat Rahman of Bangladesh wins International Children’s Peace Prize 2020

 PM Modi & Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurates Chilahati-Haldibari rail link; 7 Agreement
signed during Virtual Indo-Bangladesh Summit
 Bangladesh signs maiden Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA)
 The ‘SwadhinataSarak’ between Bangladesh and India will be opened on 26 March next
year
 Bangladesh sent a batch of 1642 Rohingyas to the newly developed facility at Bhashan
char.
 Bangladesh govt orders ‘no mask, no service’ policy
 Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape after protests
 2nd edition of India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise “Bongosagar”
 India hands over 10 broad-gauge railway locos to Bangladesh
 Bangladesh wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2020
 Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed India’s next envoy to Bangladesh
 Bangladesh
Capital : Dhaka
Currency : Taka
President : Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister : Sheikh Hasina
Q. What the current policy repo rate?

A) 4% B) 3.5%
C) 4.5% D) 4.25%
Answer : A
 POLICY RATE
Repo Rate 4.%
Reverse Repo Rate 3.35%
Marginal Standing Facility(MSF) Rate 4.25%
Bank Rate 4.25%
Cash reserve Ratio(CRR) 3%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR) 18%
 The MPC has predicted the economic growth rate i.e. GDP growth rate of India at 10.5 percent
in 2021-22 (FY22)

 This is the first MPC meeting after the presentation of the Union Budget 2021-22.
 The six-member MPC headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
 The projection of CPI inflation has been revised to 5.2%
 Six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
3(RBI) + 3(GOI) = 6
 Three members from RBI Side are Dr. Mridul K. Saggar, Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra and Shri
Shaktikanta Das
 Three members from Govt of India Side : Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma and Shashanka Bhide
 Four note printing press in india
 Nasik and Dewas ( Owned by govt)
 Mysore and Salboni ( Owned by RBI)
 Four mints owned by the Government of India
 Mumbai, Hyderabad, Calcutta and Noida
 RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI)
RBI Nationalised : 1 January 1949
1st Governor : Sir Osborne Smith
1st Indian Governor : CD Deshmukh
25th Governor : Shaktikanta Das
RBI Deputy Governor (4)
1. Mukesh Kumar Jain
2. B P Kanungo
3. Michael D Patra
4. M Rajeshwar Rao
 Four Subsidiaries of RBI :

1. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (DICGC)
2. Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL)
3. Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited (ReBIT)
4. Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS)
RBI IN NEWS
 RBI slaps Rs 2 crore fine on Deutsche Bank for non-compliance
 RBI has cancelled the licence of Maharashtra-based Vasantdada Nagari Sahakari Bank
 RBI sets up College of Supervisors chaired by N S Viswanathan
 RBI introduces Legal Entity Identifier for NEFT, RTGS transactions above Rs 50 crore

 RBI introduces the RBI-Digital Payments Index. This RBI-Digital Payments Index (DPI)
has 5 broad parameters
 RBI cancels the Licence of the Subhadra Local Area Bank, Kolhapur Maharashtra
 RBI imposes Rs 50 lakh fine on Urban Co-operative Bank in Kerala
 RBI to set up Automated Banknote Processing Centre in Jaipur
 RBI cancels licence of Maharashtra-based Karad Janata Sahakari Bank
 RBI has banned the Manta Urban Cooperative Bank in Jalna district of Maharashtra for
six months
 RBI bars payment system operators from launching any new QR codes, two interoperable
QR codes — UPI QR and Bharat QR.
 RBI creates Reserve Bank Innovation Hub to boost financial inclusion
 RBI puts Lakshmi Vilas Bank under moratorium
 RBI imposes Rs 1 crore penalty on Punjab National Bank, for violating the Payment and
Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
 RBI to evaluate impact of ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ campaign in 14 languages
 RBI imposes monetary penalty of Rs 22 lakh on DCB Bank for rule violations
 RBI raises banks’ aggregate exposure limit to entities with turnover up to Rs 50 crore to
Rs 7.5 crore. Earlier this limit was Rs 5 crore. for small businesses
 IndusInd Bank becomes first bank to go live on RBI’s ‘Account Aggregator Framework’
 RBI signs $400 mn currency swap with Sri Lanka
 RBI to launch “Positive Pay System” for Cheque Truncation System
 RBI publishes “’Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for UCBs
 RBI announces ‘positive pay’ feature to help avert cheque frauds
 RBI enhances withdrawal limit for PMC’ depositors to Rs 1 Lakh
 RBI launches “Payments Infrastructure Development Fund”
 RBI cancels licence of The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd, Mumbai
 RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds
 RBI cancels the licence of Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank of Goa
 RBI approved- additional special liquidity facility of Rs 5000 cr each for NHB & NABARD
 RBI- extended loan of Rs 15,000 crore to the EXIM Bank

 RBI forms six-member working group to regulate digital lending frauds

 RBI cancels licence of Kolhapur-based Shivam Sahakari Bank
 RBI slaps penalty of Rs 2 crore on Standard Chartered Bank
Q. Which country has agreed to forge deeper engagement with India in the field of renewable
energy?
A) UAE B) Brazil
C) Austria D) Bahrain
Answer : D
 India and Bahrain have agreed to forge deeper engagement in the field of renewable energy.
 The Indian delegation was led by Dinesh Dayanand Jagdale, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy
 This was decided during the 1st India-Bahrain Joint Working Group meeting in the field of
Renewable Energy, which was held virtually on February 4, 2021
BAHRAIN IN NEWS
 India-Bahrain holds first Joint Working Group meeting in the field of Renewable Energy
 US designates UAE, Bahrain as ‘Major Strategic Partners’
 Bahrain to host Fourth Asian Youth Para Games in December 2021
 Lewis Hamilton wins Bahrain Grand Prix 2020
 National Bank of Bahrain selects Infosys Finacle to digitally transformation
 World’s longest serving Bahrain’s Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa Al Khalifa, passes away
 Piyush Srivastava appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Bahrain
 Bahrain Confers PM Modi With ‘The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’
 Bahrain
Capital : Manama
Currency : Dinar
Prime Minister : Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

Q. The ASEAN-India Hackathon 2021 was organised by which ministry?

A) Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Affairs
C) Ministry of Home and Ministry of Finance
D) Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture
Answer : B
 The first-ever ASEAN-India Hackathon was organised from February 01-04, 2021, by the
Ministry of Education in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs
 Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has addressed the inaugural ceremony of ASEAN India Hackathon
 ASEAN-INDIA Hackathon is an initiative of Ministry of Education
 ASEAN SUMMIT
1st Summit 1976 : Bali, Indonesia
37th Summit 2020 : Vietnam
38th Summit 2021 : Brunei
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Founded : 1967
Headquarteres : Jakarta, Indonesia
Secretary General : Lim Jock Hoi
Member : 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand & Vietnam)
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN NEWS

 National Education Day: 11 November
 First ASEAN-India Hackathon 2021 Concludes by the Ministry of Education in
collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs
 Toycathon-2021 and Toycathon Portal jointly launched by Union Education Minister and
Union Minister WCD
 Union Cabinet Approves New Education Policy (NEP) 2020; Renames HRD Ministry as
Education Ministry
 Union Education Minister launched “KAPILA” Kalam Program
 HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal introduces ‘Pragyata- Guidelines for Online Education’

 Union Minister of Education launches mobile app “EnglishPro”

 Ministry of Education organized a Webinar on “Faculty Development for Quality Education”
 Union Minister of Education: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
 Consitituency : Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Q. As per the revised the objective and eligibility criteria of innovation sandbox by the SEBI, an
applicant can move from Stage-I to Stage-II only after a minimum of ________.
A) 40 Days
B) 60 Days
C) 70 Days
D) 90 Days
Answer : B
 SEBI revised the objective and eligibility criteria of its innovation sandbox with graded entry
norms.
 As the revised guidelines, an applicant if completed a minimum 60 days in the Stage-I of
Innovation Sandbox testing will be eligible to enter into stage 2 of the testing
SEBI IN NEWS
 Sebi launches SMARTs program to strengthen investor education framework
 SEBI Sets Up Advisory Committee under Madhabi Puri Buch to Recommend Policy on
Market Data Access
 SEBI increases Overseas Investment limits for Mutual Funds to USD 600 million
 SEBI Revamps advisory committee on mutual funds; Usha Thorat new head
 SEBI Chairman Ajay Tyagi Gets 6-month Extension
 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Founded : 1988
Act : 1992
Chairmam : Ajay Tyagi

Q. Which Aviation company has signed an MoU with GMR group to collaborate on Aviation services
in India?
A) Dassault Aviation
B) Lockheed Martin
C) Airbus
D) Boeing
Answer : C
 Airbus signs MoU with GMR Group to collaborate on aviation services in India
 The MoU was signed at Aero India 2021 in Bengaluru
 AIRBUS
Headquarters : Netherlands
Chairman : René Obermann
CEO : Guillaume Faury
 GMR Group
Founded : 1978
Founder : Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao
Chairman : G M RAO
Q. Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of which of the
following state?
A) Assam
B) Odisha
C) Kerala
D) Bihar
Answer : B
 Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha
 Her talent as a 'pattachitra' painter came to the fore during the pandemic, and Bhagyashree
Sahu of Odisha's Rourkela got a "prized moment" of her life on Sunday when Prime Minister
Narendra Modi mentioned her name in his Mann ki Baat radio programme

ODISHA IN NEWS
 Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Bindu Sagar Cleaning Project in Bhubaneswar
 India’s largest hockey stadium to be set up in Rourkela Odisha
 Odisha To Host FIH Men's Hockey World Cup Of The Year 2023
 Ninth edition of International Sand Art Festival & 31st edition of the Konark Festival 2020
begins in Odisha
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Launches 'Diligram' Portal
 Odisha CM launches ‘Sumangal’ & Student Scholarship web portals
 DRDO successfully test fires ABHYAS from Odisha
 Odisha Government Launched 'Garima' Scheme For Sanitation Workers


By Kumar Kaushal
Q. India’s first Gender Park has been set up in which city?

A) Noida B) Kanpur
C) Dehradun D) Kozhikode
Answer : D
PARK IN NEWS
 India’s First ‘Gender Park’ to be inaugurated in Kozhikode, Kerala
 India’s first ‘Fire Park’ in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
 India's First Pollinator Park Opened In Haldwani, Uttarakhand
 India’s largest multi-model logistic park to come up at Virochan Nagar in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
 India's first leather park to be opened In Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
 Nehru Zoological Park Hyderabad gets ISO certifications
 India’s first ‘tyre park’ to come up in Kolkata, West Bengal
 India’s first multi-modal logistic park in Jogighopa, Assam
 India's 1st ever organic spices seed park set up Patan & Banaskantha, Gujarat
 Odisha to set up Bulk Drug Park at Gopalpur
 Missile park “Agneeprastha” to be set up at INS Kalinga
 Uttarakhand opens its biggest biodiversity park in Haldwani
 NTPC to build India’s biggest solar park in Gujarat
 India’s first space tech park to come up in Kerala
 Jim Corbett National park has set up India's first quarantine facility for animals
 Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates Phagwara Mega Food Park in Punjab
 World Bank sanctions Rs 3 crore to set up India’s first Sand Dune Park in Goa
 India’s first lichen park developed in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
Q. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Cloud India Business?
A) Thomas Kurian B) Anil Vallur
C) Krishnan Srinivasan D) Bikram Singh Bedi
Answer : D
 Google Cloud appoints Bikram Singh Bedi as Managing Director for India business
 Bedi will succeed Karan Bajwa, who has been elevated as Vice president for the Asia pacific
(APAC) region cloud operations at Google Cloud

GOOGLE IN NEWS
 Google Cloud appoints Bikram Singh Bedi as Managing Director for India
 Ford joins hand with Google to offer cloud-based data services
 Google Doodle honours Basketball inventor Dr James Naismith
 Google Unveils MuRIL Tech To Boost Indian Regional Language Internet Ecosystem
 Google to invest USD 10 billion in India
 Anil Valluri appointed as senior director for Google Cloud India
 Maharashtra ties up with Google to start virtual classes
 Google Launches ‘The Anywhere School’ With 50 New Features To Boost Online Learning
 GOOGLE
Founded : 1998
Founders : Larry Page
and Sergey Brin
CEO : Sundar Pichai
Q. Which country has approved a plan to build the world’s largest wind power plant in the country
by 2030?
A) Japan B) France
C) South Korea D) United Arab Emirates
Answer : C
 President Moon Jae-in-led South Korea Government has approved a plan to build the world’s
largest wind power plant in the country by 2030
 The Wind power Plant will be located in the southwestern coastal town of Sinan
 The estimated cost of the project is 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion).
 It will have a maximum capacity of 8.2 gigawatts
 Currently, the world’s largest offshore wind farm is Hornsea 1 in Britain
 Note : Gansu Wind Farm in China is the largest wind farm in the world
 Tamil Nadu in India has the largest wind farm
 World's largest offshore wind farm is Hornsea 1 in Britain
 Muppandal windfarm, Tamil Nadu is the largest offshore wind farm

SOUTH KOREA IN NEWS

 South Korea to Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
 India’s Rank in Global Mobile Internet Speeds Falls to 131 While South Korea Tops: Ookla
 SpaceX Launches South Korea’s Military Communications Satellite ANASIS-II
 India hosts Defence dialogue between India and South Korea
 SOUTH KOREA
Capital : Seoul
Currency : Won
President : Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister : Chung Sye-kyun
Q. Which company has been chosen by NASA for its SPHEREx Mission to perform an all-sky
survey?
A) SpaceX B) Boeing
C) Lockheed Martin D) Northrop Grumman
Answer : A
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected spaceflight company,
SpaceX to launch its SPHEREx Mission
 SPHEREx is short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization,
and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) spacecraft
 It will be launched to space aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, in June 2024, from Space Launch
Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
 The small astrophysics spacecraft, SPHEREx, weighs 329-lb. (178 kilograms)
SPACEX IN NEWS
 NASA Selects SpaceX to launch its SPHEREx Mission
 SpaceX breaks ISRO’s Record by launcheing 143 Satellites in a single mission
 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Successfully docks 2 NASA Astronauts at ISS after historic
launch
 SpaceX Launches South Korea’s Military Communications Satellite ANASIS-II
 SpaceX launches 4 astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Michael Hopkins & Soichi
Noguchi into space
 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Founded : 2002
Founder : Elon Musk

Headquarters: California
CEO : Elon Musk
Q. The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council has been constituted dedicated to
radio astronomy. Where is the headquarter of this SKAO based?
A) South Korea B) Germany
C) Malaysia D) United Kingdom
Answer : D
 Square Kilometre Array Observatory formed to set up World’s Largest Radio Telescope
 SKAO is a new intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy.
 The headquartered of SKAO is based in the United Kingdom
 Currently organisations from ten countries are a part of the SKAO, which include Australia,
Canada, China, India, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK
 French-born Dr Catherine Cesarsky has been appointed as the first Chair of the SKAO Council
 The Indian contingent of over 20 institutions will be lead by Pune-based National Centre for
Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of TIFR
 The SKAO telescope will be an array of antennas located in two continents, i.e. Africa and
Australia
Q. Name the first ever female who has been appointed as the Director General of the World Trade
Organization (WTO)?
A) Mukhisa Kituyi B) Jens Stoltenberg
C) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala D) General Guy Ryder
Answer : C
 Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been chosen as the next Director General of the
World Trade Organization (WTO)
 She would be the first woman as well as the first African national to lead the organization
 Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, will succeed Roberto Azevedo, who
stepped down in August 2020
WTO IN NEWS
 Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala set to become first female Chief of WTO
 Brajendra Navnit becomes India’s new ambassador to WTO

 India’s 7th Trade Policy Review (TPR) at WTO

 Turkmenistan gets observer status in World Trade Organization
 UN World Tourism Organization Declares 2020 'Worst Year On Record'
 World Trade Organization (WTO)
 Formation : 1 January 1995
 Headquarters : Geneva Switzerland
 1st Director General : Peter Sutherland
 Director General : Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria)
 Member Countries : 164
Q. Christopher Plummer is the oldest Oscar-winning actor, who has passed away recently. He was
from which country?
A) Russia B) Canada
C) USA D) France
Answer : B
 ‘Sound of Music’ fame Oscar-winning Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, passes away
 He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for Beginners (2010),
becoming the oldest person to win an acting award
Q. Which Insurance Company has launched #EkNayaNazariya Campaign?

A) Bharti AXA General Insurance B) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
C) Birla Sun Life Insurance D) Aviva Life Insurance
Answer : A
 Bharti AXA General Insurance has launched a new campaign called #EkNayaNazariya by asking
everyone to express their gratitude with the #IssJungMeinHumSangHai statement.
 The aim of this campaign is to acknowledge the caregivers who are supporting cancer survivors
BHARATI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE IN NEWS

 Bharti AXA General Insurance #EkNayaNazariya Campaign Highlights A Cancer Caregiver’s
Struggles
 Bharti AXA General Insurance launches ‘Krishi Sakha’ App for farmers
 Bharti AXA General uses WhatsApp to deliver policy and renewal documents
 IRDAI gives in-principle approval for Bharti AXA-ICICI Lombard merger deal

 Bharti AXA General Insurance starts ‘Bohot Zaroori Hai’ campaign

 Airtel Payments Bank, Bharti AXA partner to offer ‘shop insurance’ for retailers
 Bharati AXA General Insurance
 Founded : 2008
 HQ : Mumbai, Maharashtra
 MD & CEO : Sanjeev Srinivasan
 Share : Bharti Enterprises (51%)
 Axa Business Group (49%)
Q. Which organization has announced to adopt “One Nation One Ombudsman” approach?
A) RBI B) SEBI
C) IRDAI D) NABARD
Answer : A
 RBI will adopt the ‘One Nation One Ombudsman’ approach to make the alternate dispute
redress mechanism simple and more responsive to the users.
 The mechanism will cater to all the customers from banks, NBFCs and the non-bank issuers of
prepaid payment instruments
 The e-Integrated Ombudsman Scheme will be rolled out in June 2021
 Banking Ombudsman : -
It is a quasi-judicial authority that was created in the year 2006 under the Banking Ombudsman
Scheme 2006. The authority was created to enable the resolution of complaints of bank
customers
 Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006
The Banking Ombudsman Scheme is an inexpensive forum for the redressal of grievances of
bank customers. Banking Ombudsman Scheme was first introduced in the year 1995. The
scheme was revised in the year 2002. Currently, the Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006 is
operating
Q. Senkaku islands is a dispute between China and ______.

A) Indonesia B) Malaysia
C) Cambodia D) Japan
Answer : D
 Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered the waters around the Japanese-administered and China-
claimed Senkaku islands for the first time

Q. Which of the following has become the first State to implement an e-cabinet?
A) Kerala B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Maharashtra
Answer : C
 Himachal Pradesh has become the first State in the country to make the end to end processing
of the cabinet paperless by implementing e-cabinet application
Q. Which state has announced to launch 'SAANS' campaign to reduce infant mortality?
A) Uttar Pradesh B) West Bengal
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : D
 The health department in Madhya Pradesh has launched the Social Awareness and Action to
Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (‘SAANS’) campaign with the aim of reducing infant
mortality due to pneumonia
IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN IN NEWS

 #EkNayaNazariya Campaign : Bharati AXA General Insurance
 'SAANS' Campaign : Madhya Pradesh
 ‘Varasat’ campaign : Uttar Pradesh
 'Contactless Connections' Campaign : SBI Card
 'My Family My Resposnibility' Campaign : Maharashtra
 Bohot Zaroori Hai’ Campaign : Bharti AXA General Insurance
 ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ Campaign : Amazon
 'Kona Kona Umeed’ Campaign : Kotak Mahindra Bank
 'DIGITAL APNAYEN’ Campaign : Punjab National Bank
Q.Which state has distributed 3 thousand rupees each to nearly 7.5 lakh people under the Chah
Bagicha Dhan Puraskar scheme?
A) Assam B) Odisha
C) Bihar D) Manipur
Answer : A

 Assam govt to distribute 3 thousand rupees each to nearly 7.5 lakh people under Chah Bagicha
Dhan Puraskar scheme
 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the third phase of Chah Bagicha Dhan
Puraskar mela in Guwahati
 The state government started the scheme in 2017- 18
ASSAM IN NEWS
 Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the first heliport of the state in Majuli district
 Assam state government launched ‘Pragyan Bharati’ scheme for college students
 Magh Bihu, Bhogali Bihu or Maghar Domahi is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam
 ADB has approved a $231 million loan to develop the Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power facility
in Assam
 8th North East Festival to be held in Guwahati on Dec 19-20
 Assam set to get its 6th national park in Dima Hasao
 Assam Celebrates Lachit Divas on 24 November, mark the birth anniversary of Lachit
Borphukan
 Assam’s Tezpur Litchi gets GI tag
 SBI starts “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (Women Self-Reliance programme) in Assam
 Assam Launches Orunodoi Scheme to financially empower women
 Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi passes away
 Assam Musician Bibhuranjan Choudhury passes away
 India’s longest river ropeway inaugurated in Assam
 Kati Bihu festival celebrated across Assam
 Assam’s only woman CM Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away
 Assam CM launches ‘Kritagyata’ for online pension submission and tracking
 Assam Govt launched “Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni Yojana”
 Assam CM lays foundation stone of Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence for Vegetables Protected
Cultivation at Khetri near Guwahati
 Assamese folk singer Archana Mahanta has passed away
 Assam government to upgrade Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary to national park
Q. Who is the author of the new book “Whereabouts”?

A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Arundhati Roy
C) Sudha Murthy D) Kiran Desai
Answer : A

 Pulitzer prize-winning Jhumpa Lahiri will be coming out with a new novel in April, Penguin India
announced on Thursday. The new book, titled 'Whereabouts'
 JHUMPA LAHIRI
Nationality : American
Famous Book's
Interpreter of Maladies (1999)
The Namesake (2003)
Unaccustomed Earth (2008)
The Lowland (2013)
 Interpreter of Maladies (1999) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
 PEN/Hemingway Award, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003)
 The Lowland (2013), was a finalist for both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award
for Fiction
Q. PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated four projects worth around Rs 4700 crore in gas, oil and
infrastructure sectors in which state?
A) Odisha B) Assam
C) Meghalaya D) West Bengal
Answer : D
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated four projects worth around Rs 4700 crore in gas, oil
and infrastructure sectors during his visit to Haldia, West Bengal on February 7, 2021.
 The projects include those of NHAI, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL),Gas Authority of
India (GAIL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL).
 LPG import terminal
 348 km Dobhi – Durgapur Natural Gas Pipeline section, which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja
Ganga project.
 4 Lane ROB-cum-Flyover at Ranichak, Haldia on NH 41
 Apart from this, he also laid the foundation stone of second Catalytic-Isodewaxing unit of Haldia
Refinery
Q. India's first geothermal power project will be set up in which union territory?
A) Ladakh B) Chandigarh
C) Puducherry D) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer : A

 India's first geothermal power project will be set up at eastern Ladakh's Puga village. The village
has been identified as the hotspot of geothermal energy in the country by the scientists.
 The project, known as Geothermal Field Development Project, is planned to be commissioned
by the end of 2022.
LADAKH IN NEWS
 13-day Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth festival 2021 begins in Ladakh
 India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site.
 The second edition of the Khelo India Winter Games is set to be held in Gulmarg, Jammu and
Kashmir
 Indian Army inks pact with Goa Shipyard to get 12 fast patrol boats for Pangong Tso lake in
Ladakh
 Centre plans to form committee, headed by MoS for Home G Kishan Reddy, to protect language,
culture & land of Ladakh
 Justice Pankaj Mithal sworn in as new Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court
 Harsh Vardhan Inaugurates India’s highest meteorological centre at Leh in the Union Territory
of Ladakh
 Ladakh LG R K Mathur virtually inaugurated the second edition of Ladakh Literature Festival,
2020, in Leh.
 Ladakh gets largest solar project at Leh Indian Air Force station
 SpiceJet launches dedicated freighter services to Leh in Ladakh
 Ladakh, as created union territories (UT) on October 31, 2019
 Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur
Q. The two radio telescope networks under SKAO will be set up in which two nations?
A) Australia & France B) Canada & New Zealand
C) Germany & Brazil D) South Africa & Australia
Answer : D
 The two radio telescope networks would be set up under the Square Kilometre Array
Observatory.The two networks will be established in South Africa and Australia
Q. Which film has won the Best International Feature Film Award at the 14th International
Children’s Film Festival of Bangladesh?
A) The Silent Forest B) I Never Cry
C) Jackie and Oopjen D) Into The Darkness

Answer : C
 14th International Children’s Film festival concludes in Dhaka, Bangladesh
 Dutch Film ‘Jackie and Oopjen’ was awarded the Best International Feature Film Award
 The film has been directed by Annemarie van de Mond
 The Best Director award went to Ani Oganesyan for his film Stork’s Nest from Armenia
Q. For 2021-22, The government has allocated ______ for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to
boost the safety of farmers' crops.
A) Rs 16,000 cr B) Rs 20,000 cr
C) Rs 12,000 cr D) Rs 10,000 cr
Answer : A
 Government has allocated Rs 16,000 cr rupees for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for 2021-
22 to boost the safety of farmers' crops.
 This will ensure maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches to farmers.
 Flagship crop insurance scheme of the Government of India - the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana (PMFBY) - has completed five years of its launch
 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
 The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana was launched in 2016 and is being administered
by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
 It provides a comprehensive insurance cover against failure of the crop thus helping in
stabilising the income of the farmers
 Premium : The prescribed premium is 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and
1.5% for all rabi crops. In the case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the
premium is 5%.
 The scheme is compulsory for loanee farmers availing Crop Loan /Kisan Credit Card
(KCC) account for notified crops and voluntary for others
Q.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Asom Mala' programme. The program aims to boost
_____.
A) Bamboo cultivation B) Tea plantation
C) Road infrastructure D) Health infrastructure
Answer : C

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Asom Mala' programme in Dhekiajuli of Sonitpur
district.
 He also dedicated to the nation the 348-km Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline section, which
is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project
 The aim of this project is to boost the state's road infrastructure and contribute to the state's
economic progress and improve connectivity
Q. Ankita Raina was recently in the news. She is associated with which of the following sports?
A) Tennis B) Cricket
C) Chess D) Badminton
Answer : A
 Ankita Raina became only the fifth Indian woman tennis player in the Open era to secure a place
in the main draw of a Grand Slam as she made the cut for the women's doubles event of the
Australian Open.
 Nirupama Mankad (1971), Nirupama Vaidyanathan (1998), Sania Mirza and Indian-American
Shikha Uberoi (2004) have competed in the Grand Slam main draws for the country
 Nirupama was the first to crack a singles Grand Slam main draw, back in 1998 at Australian
Open
Q. Which state has introduced a 16-Digit Unicode to identify Landholdings?

A) Uttar Pradesh B) Jharkhand
C) Chhattisgarh D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : A
 Uttar Pradesh Government announces unique 16-digit Unicode to identify landholdings
 Purpose: to check cases of land disputes, put an end to fake registries of disputed land and
save people from falling into the trap of fraudsters
 Feature of the 16 digits Unicode number:
 First six digits will be based on the population of the land
 Next 4 digits will determine the unique identity of the land
 Digits from 11 to 14 will be the number of the division of the land
 Last 2 digits will have the details of the category, through which, the agricultural, residential
and commercial land will be identified

Q. The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is organised annually in which Indian city
A) Nagpur B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi D) Hyderabad
Answer : B
 Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is annual festival, nine days long, commencing always on the first
Saturday of February and closing is always on the second Sunday in February, in the Kala
Ghoda area of South Mumbai
 Kala Ghoda is an annual exhibition that celebrates theatre, music, films, comedy, world and
modern art
Q. Which bank has signed a MoU with MUFG Bank of Japan for collaboration towards catering to
the banking requirements of Japanese corporates present in India?
A) HDFC Bank B) ICICI Bank
C) Central Bank of India D) Punjab National Bank
Answer : B
 ICICI Bank, second largest private sector bank in India has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with MUFG Bank, Japan’s premier bank for collaboration towards
catering to the banking requirements of Japanese corporates present in India
ICICI BANK IN NEWS

 ICICI Bank, MUFG Bank tie up for serving Japanese corporations operating in India
 ICICI Bank launches ‘InstaFX’ mobile app to help customers obtain Forex Prepaid Card swiftly
 ICICI Bank ties up with fintech Niyo to issue prepaid cards to MSMEs
 RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
 ICICI Bank launches online portal ‘Infinite India’ for foreign firms expanding in India
 ICICI Bank Launches iMobile Pay to offer Payments & Banking Services For All
 ICICI Bank launches ‘Mine’ a comprehensive banking programme for millennial customers
 ICICI Bank shuts down operations in Sri Lanka
 ICICI Bank introduces ‘iStartup2.0’
 ICICI Bank Launched a Facility, ‘Insta Loans against Mutual Funds’
 ICICI Bank Becomes the 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data
 ICICI Bank introduced ‘ICICI Bank Golden Years FD’ for Senior Citizens
 ICICI Bank Launches a unique self-service delivery facility ‘iBox’ for customers
 Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) BANK

Founded : 1994
MD & CEO : Sandeep Bakhshi
Tagline : Hum Hai Na Khayal Apka
Q. Who has been conferred with the Business Leader of the Year at The Economic Times Award
for Corporate Excellence 2020?
A) Pawan Munjal B) Rana Kapoor
C) Gautam Adani D) Aditya Puri
Answer : A
 Pawan Munjal, chairman, managing director and chief executive of Hero MotoCorp, won top
honours as Business Leader of the Year at The Economic Times Award for Corporate
Excellence 2020.
 The Jury for the awards was led by Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc
and its subsidiary Google.
 Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India, was the jury’s choice for Business
Reformer of the Year.
Q. India signed an agreement with which county for the construction of Shatoot dam?
A) Maldives B) Sri Lanka
C) Afghanistan D) Myanmar
Answer : C
 India and Afghanistan on February 9, 2021 signed a MoU for the construction of the Shahtoot
Dam (Lalander Dam) on a tributary of the Kabul river in Afghanistan
 The project, which costs nearly $ 300 million,
 This is the second major dam being built by India in Afghanistan, after the India- Afghanistan
Friendship Dam [Salma Dam], which was inaugurated in June 2016
AFGHANISTAN IN NEWS
 India and Afghanisatn Inks MoU for the construction of the Lalandar “Shatoot” Dam in
Afghanistan
 India Ranks 8th and Afghanistan Tops Global Terrorism Index 2020
 India Planning To Build Shahtoot Dam On Kabul River To Aid Afghanistan

 India announces 100 projects worth $80 mn in Afghanistan

 Afghanistan Batsman Najeeb Tarakai passes away in Road Accident
 WHO certifies African region as wild polio-free; Now Disease occurs only in Pakistan &
Afghanistan
 AFGHANISTAN
Capital : Kabul
Currency : Ghani
President : Ashraf Ghani
Q. Who has won the first edition of ICC Player of the Month award 2021?
A) KL Rahul B) Rishabh Pant
C) Rohit Sharma D) Virat Kohli
Answer : B
 Rishabh Pant has won the inaugural ICC Player of the Month award
 Pant has been honored for his superlative performances in the two Tests against Australia in
January 2020, wherein he scored a 97 at Sydney
 ICC HOST UPCOMING GAMES
 Australia and New Zealand : ICC Women's World Cup 2023
 Australia : ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2022
 India : ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021
 New Zealand : ICC Women's World Cup 2021
 India : ICC Men's World Cup 2023
 International Cricket Council (ICC)
Formation : 15 June 1909
Headquarters : Dubai, UAE
Chairman : Greg Barclay (New Zealand)
CEO : Manu Sawhney
Q. Shabnim Ismail has been named the inaugural ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January
2021. She represents which country?
A) Australia B) New Zealand
C) West Indies D) South Africa
Answer : D

 Shabnim Ismail of South Africa has been named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month following
her performances across three ODIs and two T20Is in January 2021
 SOUTH AFRICA
Capital : Pretoria (executive); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial);
Currency : Rand
President : Cyril Ramaphosa
Q. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has restricted the permissible amount
of industrial Trans Fatty Acid (TFA) in food products to ____ cent from 2022.
A) 1% B) 2%
C) 3% D) 4%
Answer : B
 The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has restricted the permissible amount
of industrial Trans Fatty Acid (TFA) in food products to 2 per cent from 2022
 The permissible limit for trans fats in food products in 2021 is 3 percent, cut down from the
previous limit of 5 per cent
 FSSAI has amended the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales)
Regulations, 2011 to put into effect the new Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and
Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2021
FSSAI IN NEWS
 FSSAI caps trans fatty acids to 2% in food products from January 2022
 FSSAI has capped the amount of trans fatty acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 and 2%
by 2022
 FSSAI to expand its new food safety compliance platform across entire India from November 01
 Gujarat Tops FSSAI’s State Food Safety Index 2019-20
 Arun Singhal Appointed CEO of Food Regulator FSSAI
 FSSAI to expand its new food safety compliance platform across entire India from November 01
 Mumbai Central Certified India’s first ‘Eat Right Station’ by FSSAI
 FSSAI Launches Food Safety Mitra Scheme
 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Formed : August 2011
Chairperson : Rita teaotia
CEO : Arun Singhal

Q. Who inaugurate the World Sustainable Development Summit 2021?

A) Piyush Goyal B) Amit Shah
C) Narendra Modi D) Nitin Gadkari
Answer : C
 Prime Minister to inaugurate World Sustainable Development Summit 2021
 The theme of the summit is ‘Redefining Our Common Future: Safe and Secure Environment for
All’
 2021 WSD Summit is the 20th edition of the flagship event organised by ‘The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI)’
 Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Established : 1974
Founder : Darbari S Seth
Director General : Ajay Mathur
PM MODI INAUGURATES IN NEWS

 PM Modi inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 organised by TERI
 PM Modi Inaugurates Chauri Chaura Centenary Celebrations
 February 4, 2021 marks 100 years of the ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident
 PM Modi Inaugurates virtual India Mobile Congress 2020
 The theme for IMC 2020 is “Inclusive Innovation – Smart, Secure, Sustainable”
 PM Modi Inaugurates 3rd global renewable energy event RE-INVEST 2020
 The theme for RE-Invest 2020 is ‘Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition’
 PM Modi inaugurates ‘Arogya Van’ in Gujarat’s Narmada district
 PM Modi to inaugurate VAIBHAV Summit on 2nd October 2020
 PM Modi inaugurates 450-km Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline
 PM Modi virtually inaugurates Construction work of Agra Metro project
 PM Modi inaugurates Patrika Gate in Jaipur
Q. A total of 41.75 crore accounts have been opened so far under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) out of which 35.96 crore accounts are operative. PMJDY was launched in the year ____.
A) 2015 B) 2014
C) 2016 D) 2017
Answer : B

 A total of 41.75 crore accounts have been opened so far under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) out of which 35.96 crore accounts are operative.
 PM Modi had announced this scheme on his first Independence Day speech on 15 August 2014.
 PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY)
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) Launched by Narendra Modi on 15 August 2014
 Slogan : Mera Khatha, Bhagya Vidhatha (“My account brings me good fortune”)
 Age of Eligible Beneficiaries : 18-65 Years
 Account holder will get RuPay Debit card with inbuilt accident insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh
 Overdraft facilities have also been doubled from Rs 5,000 to Rs Rs 10,000 with OD up to Rs 2,000
available without conditions
Q. The centre has announced an investment of Rs 400 crores in which coastal state to make it a
fisheries hub?
A) Goa B) Kerala
Answer : A
GOA IN NEWS
 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica flagged off from Mormugao Port, Goa
 Goa Liberation Day (गोवा मुक्ति दिवस) is observed on December 19 in India. 2020 marks the 60th Goa
Liberation Day
 Former Governor of Goa and veteran BJP leader Mridula Sinha has passed away
 Goa’s Harmal Chillies, Moira bananas, Khaje gets GI tag
 Goa’s Khola Chilli Gets Geographical Indication Tag
 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa
 Goa becomes the 1st state to launch assessment tool for COVID-19
 Goa 2020 National Games unveils ‘Rubigula’ as official mascot
 Goa becomes the 1st state to use Ayurveda to COVID-19 patients
 5th Science Film Festival of India 2020 Begins in Panaji, Goa
 Goa CM Launches Online E-Learning Platform: DISHTAVO
Q. Who has been awarded with the Allan Border Medal 2020-21 by the Australia Cricket?
A) Aaron Finch B) Steve Smith
C) David Warner D) Glenn Maxwell
Answer : B

 Former Australian captain Steve Smith won the third Allan Border Medal of his career at the
Australian Cricket Awards for the period 2020-21
 Australian Cricket Awards for the period 2020-21
 Steve Smith : Allan Border Medal
 Beth Mooney : Belinda Clarke Award
 Steve Smith : Men’s ODI Player of the Year
 Ashton Agar : Men’s T20 Player of the Year
 Beth Mooney: Women’s T20 Player of the Year award
 Pat Cummins: Women’s Test player of the year award
Q. Who has bagged the Belinda Clarke Award 2020-21, the top honour for female player at the
Australian Cricket Awards?
A) Beth Mooney B) Nicola Carey
C) Alyssa Healy D) Jess Jonassen
Answer : A
Q. Who is the author of the book 1857 – The Sword of Mastaan?

A) Vineet Bajpai B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Anita Desai D) Arundhati Roy
Answer : A
 TreeShade Books releases Vineet Bajpai's latest novel, 1857 - The Sword of Mastaan
Q. A museum dedicated to former Army Chief General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya has been
inaugurated by President Ramnath Kovind in which state?
A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu
C) West Bengal D) Karnataka
Answer : D
MUSEUM IN NEWS
 India’s first Labour Movement Museum to be set up in Kerala
 President Ramnath Kovind Inaugurates Museum Dedicated to General KS Thimayya in
Karnataka
 India’s First Sandalwood Museum to come up in Mysuru, Karnataka

 Centre to dedicate a Museum on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata on 125th birth
anniversary
 SEBI to set up virtual museum of securities market
 India’s first maritime museum coming up at Lothal in Gujarat
 International Museum Day is celebrated on 18 May
 India’s 1st Living Culinary Arts Museum enters Limca Book of Records
 India’s first oil museum to come up in Guwahati
 World’s First Museum on Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Inaugurated in Kolkata
 India’s first Dinosaur Museum opens in Gujarat
 Japan Gifts Museum of Peace to Manipur in Memory of Second World War
 “News bulletin” launched in National Museum of Indian Cinema
Q. World Pulses Day is observed every year on _.

Answer : D
 The United Nations designated World Pulses Day is observed every year on 10 February.
 The day has been established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United
Nations to recognize the importance of pulses (dry beans, lentils, dry peas, chickpeas, lupins)
as a global food.
 The first WPD was held on February 10, 2019.
 Theme 2021: “Nutritious Seeds for a Sustainable Future”.
 India is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world
 Madhya Pradesh was the largest producer of pulses
Q. What is the theme of the World Pulses Day 2021?

A) Nutritious Seeds for a Sustainable Future
B) LovePulses. Pulses are important for a healthy diet
C) Pulses in sustainable food production
D) Nutritious Seeds for pulses
Answer : A

Q. The memoir titled ‘Unfinished’ is written by which celebrity?

A) Gauri Khan B) Anushka Sharma
C) Priyanka Chopra Jonas D) Kareena Kapoor Khan
Answer : C
MEMOIR IN NEWS
 Kabir Bedi’s memoir titled ‘Stories I Must Tell’
 Priyanka Chpra Jonas has come up with her memoir titled “Unfinished”
 Peter Mukerjea pens memoir ‘Starstruck: Confessions of a TV Executive’
 Joe Biden’s Son Hunter Biden to Release Memoir ‘Beautiful Things’
 Neena Gupta’s memoir ‘Sach Kahun Toh’
 Barack Obama’s first presidential memoir, ‘A Promised Land,’
Q. Who has been named as the new MD & CEO of Tata Motors Limited?
A) R.D. Shroff B) Kenichi Ayukawa
C) Venu Srinivasan D) Marc Llistosella
Answer : D
 Tata Motors Limited has appointed Marc Llistosella as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and
Managing Director (MD)
 He will replace current CEO & MD of Tata Motors, Guenter Butschek
 Tata Motors Limited
Founded : 1945
Headquarters : Mumbai
Chairman : Natarajan Chandrasekaran
MD & CEO : Marc Llistosella
Q. Which general insurance company has launched the ‘Corporate India Risk Index’?
A) ICICI Lombard B) Bharti AXA General Insurance
C) Edelweiss General Insurance D) HDFC ERGO General insurance
Answer : A
ICICI LOMBARD IN NEWS
 ICICI Lombard launches Corporate India Risk Index
 IRDAI approves ICICI Lombard acquisition of Bharti Axa General

 ICICI Lombard, FreePaycard to offer health insurance solutions

 BharatPe & ICICI lombard tie up to launch COVID-19 insurance
 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited
Founded : 2001
MD : Bhargav Dasgupta
Q. India to start the trials of which air-to-air missile this year?

A) MICA B) K-100
C) Astra D) Akash-NG
Answer : C
 India is expected to start the testing of Astra Mark 2 missile this year with an aim to establish its
superiority in air combat over countries like Pakistan and China.
 Astra Mark 2 is beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) strike range : 160 km
Q. Who was elected as new prosecutor of International Criminal Court?

A) Karim Khan B) Abdulqawi Yusuf
C) Jens Stoltenberg D) Alexey Sergeev
Answer : A
 Karim Khan from Britain was elected as the new prosecutor of Hague-based International
Criminal Court (ICC)
 Khan will replace Fatou Bensoudaand will serve a nine-year term
 International Criminal Court (ICC) : Headquarteres : Hague, Netherlands
Q. How much amount will be infused by the Finance Ministry in the state-owned general insurance
companies during the ongoing quarter of the fiscal 2020-21 for their recapitalisation?
Answer : B
 Finance Ministry will infuse Rs 3,000 crore capital into state-owned general insurance
companies during the current quarter, of 2020-21, for recapitalization, to improve their financial
health

 The three public sector general insurance companies are: Oriental Insurance Company Limited
(OICL), National Insurance Company Limited (NICL), and United India Insurance Company
Limited (UIICL)
 In his Budget for 2018-19, then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed merging OICL, NICL
and UIICL, and list the merged entity on domestic stock exchanges
Q. What is the authorised share capital of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL)?
Answer : C
 The authorised share capital of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) is Rs 7,500 crore
and that of United India
 National Insurance Company Limited (NICL)
Founded : 1906
Founder : Gordhan Das Dutia
Headquarters : Kolkata
CMD : Tajinder Mukherjee
Q. What is the authorised share capital of United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL) ?
Answer : D
 United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL) and Oriental Insurance Company Limited
(OICL) is Rs 5,000 crore
 United India Insurance Company Limited (UIICL)
Founded : 1938
Headquarters : Chennai
CMD : Girish Radhakrishnan
Q. What is the authorised share capital of Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL)?

Answer : D
 Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL) – Rs 5,000 crore
 Oriental Insurance Company Ltd (OICL)
Founded : 1947
CMD : SN Rajeshwari
Q. PM Modi has laid the foundation stone of the Grand Anicut Canal System in which state?
A) Karnataka B) Tamil Nadu
C) Telangana D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : B
 PM Modi visits Tamil Nadu to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of multiple projects
 PM also handed over the State-of-the-Art Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Indian Army at
Chennai
 Tank developed, and manufactured by DRDO’s Combat Vehicles Research and Development
Establishment.
 The fourth Railway line between Chennai Beach and Attipattu, laid at a cost of Rs.293.40 crore
 Extension, renovation and modernization of the Grand Anicut Canal System – cost Rs.2,640
crore
 The Chennai Metro Rail Phase-I extension, completed at a cost of Rs. 3770 crore
Q. PM Modi has dedicated to the nation the Rs 6000 cr Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project
(PDPP), developed by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL),in which state?
A) Bihar B) Gujarat
C) Kerala D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : C
 PM Modi Visits Kerala to dedicate to the nation and lay foundation stone of multiple projects
 PM laid the foundation stone of Reconstruction of South Coal Berth at Cochin Port Trust
 Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project (PDPP), developed by the Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL) at a capital cost of about Rs 6000 crore
 Ro-Ro Vessels of Inland Waterways at Willingdon Islands, Cochin
 International Cruise Terminal “Sagarika” at Cochin Port Trust, constructed at a cost of Rs.25.72
crore

 Marine Engineering Training Institute, Vigyana Sagar, Cochin Shipyard Ltd, constructed at a
capital cost of Rs 27.5 crore
KERALA IN NEWS
 Kerala's first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility will be opened at the Ernakulam
general hospital
 India’s first Labour Movement Museum to be set up in Alappuzha, Kerala
 UN Women collaborates with Kerala Government to set up India’s first Gender Data Hub
 Kerala best-governed state while Chandigarh top union territory: PAC Report
 Kerala becomes the first state to fix floor price for vegetables
 Kerala becomes 1st state to have completely digital, hi-tech classrooms
 India’s 1st solar-powered miniature train launched in Kerala
 Kerala tops 'The State of young Child in India'
 Kerala launches ‘Parivarthanam’ scheme for better livelihood of Fishing Community
 Dragonfly Festival (Thumbi Maholsavam 2020)
 Festival Mascot : “Pantalu”
 Kerala Govt commissioned 1st Marine Ambulance ‘PRATHEEKSHA’
 Kerala tops India's literacy chart at 96.2%, Andhra Pradesh worst performer
 India’s 1st International Women’s Trade center open in kerala
 Kerala Tourism wins PATA Grand Award 2020
 Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2020 by the Kerala govt
 Kerala wins UNIATF award for prevention and control of NCD 2020
Q. Which state/UT has launched the “Zero Covid by Feb28” campaign to ensure zero COVID-19
cases by 28 February 2021?
A) Ladakh B) Telangana
C) Pudhucherry D) Lakshadweep
Answer : C
Q. How many female scientists have been conferred with SERB Women Excellence Award 2021?
A) 3 B) 5
C) 7 D) 4
Answer : D

 Four Women Scientists wins SERB Women Excellence Award 2021

1. Dr. Sonu Gandhi
2. Dr. Ritu Gupta
3. Dr. Shobhna Kapoor
4. Dr. Antara Banerjee
 Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Women Excellence Award
 The women scientists should be below 40 years of age
 The award provides a grant of Rs. 15 lakhs for a period of three years to the awardees to pursue
their research ideas
 Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) is a constitutional body works under the
Department of Science and Technology (DoST)
Q. Starstruck: Confessions of a TV executive is a memoir of which media personality?

A) Ravish Kumar B) Barkha Dutt
C) Nidhi Razdan D) Peter Mukerjea
Answer : D
 Peter Mukerjea pens memoir ‘Starstruck: Confessions of a TV Executive’
 Mukerjea is the former chief executive of Star India
Q. The Skill Development Ministry has Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme,
to strengthen skills training at district level. This programme has been launched under the skill
development SANKALP programme. SANKALP is assisted by which financial body?
A) NDB B) ADB
C) IMF D) World Bank
 Answer : D
 Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the nationwide
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme to strengthen skills training at district
level
 The two-year government-funded programme has been launched under the World Bank loan
assisted programme SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood
Promotion)

WORLD BANK IN NEWS

 World Bank Signs $100 million Project to Support Nutrition-Supportive Agriculture in Tribal-
Dominated Areas of Chhattisgarh
 India accounts for 11% of global death in road accidents: World Bank Report
 World Bank approves $105 million loan to improve Waterways in West Bengal
 World Bank inks $500 million pact with Government of India for green, safe highway corridors
project
 DIPAM inks pact with World Bank for advising on asset monetization
 World Bank has approved 4 India projects worth over $800 million.
 $400 million Second Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program.
 $100 million Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project
(CHIRAAG).
 $68 million Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources Project.
 $250 million Second Dam Improvement and Rehabilitation Project (DRIP-2)
 World Bank Signs $120 Million Project to Improve Connectivity in Meghalaya
 World Bank pauses “Doing Business” report over data irregularity issue
 India and World Bank sign $310 million Loan Agreement for Jharkhand Power System
Improvement Project
 World Bank $750 million funding support to MSME in india
 World Bank approve $500 million loan under 'STARS project
 World Bank $82 million loan for Himachal Pradesh Road Transformation
 World Bank $80 million loan improve water management in Himachal pradesh
 World Bank $88 million loan Implementation of Assam Inland water transport project
 World Bank $450 million loan agreement with India on support the Atal Bhujal Yojana
 World Bank $210 million loan for Maharashtra Agribusiness and rural Transformation
 project
 World Bank enchance the financial support for Ganga rejuvenation with $400 million
 World Bank lends Rs 1,950 Crore loans to west Bengal govt for tackling Covid-19
 Situation
 Tamil Nadu, World Bank sign loan agreements worth $250 mn to boost affordable housing
projects
 Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director at World Bank
 Carmen Reinhart appointed as Chief Economist of World Bank Group
 Rajeev Topno appointed as Senior Advisor to ED of World Bank
 WORLD BANK
Founded : 1944
HQ : Washington Dc
President : David Malpass

MD&CFO : Anshula Kant

Chief Economist : Carman Reinhart
Executive Director : Rajesh Khullar
Senior Advisor to Ed of World Bank : Rajeev Topno
Member Countries :189
World Bank Group : 5 (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA and ICSID)
Q. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Italy?

A) Mario Draghi B) Paolo Gentiloni
C) Matteo Renzi D) Enrico Letta
Answer : A
 Former European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister
of Italy
 He replaces Giuseppe Conte
ITALY IN NEWS
 Mario Draghi Sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy
 Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte resigns
 Italy’s legendary footballer, Paolo Rossi has passed away
 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) wins 2020 Italian Open title
 Simona Halep (Romania) win 2020 women's Single Italian Open title
 Pierre Gasly wins F1 Italian Grand Prix 2020
 15 MoUs/Agreements Signed during India-Italy Virtual Summit 2020
 Italy beat Serbia to win the inaugural UEFA eEURO 2020
 Napoli beats Juventus in penalty shootout to win its sixth Italian Cup Football title
 Italy Will Host The 2026 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games
 Italy will host 2021 G20 Summit
 ITALY
Capital : Rome
Currency : Euro
President : Sergio Mattarella
Prime Minister : Mario Draghi

Q. In its first dedicated commercial mission of the newly-formed NewSpace India Limited (NSIL),
the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISO) will launch the Amazonia-1 Mission. Amazonia-1
is the satellite of which country?
A) Bhutan B) Nepal
C) Brazil D) Sri Lanka
Answer : C
 In its first dedicated commercial mission of the newly-formed NewSpace India Limited (NSIL),
the ISRO will launch the PSLV-C51/ Amazonia-1 Mission at the end of the month
BRAZIL IN NEWS
 Carolina Araujo of Brazil Wins 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians
 Bharat Biotech inks pact with Precisa Med to supply Covaxin to Brazil
 Brazilian President J. M. Bolsonaro to be India’s 71st Republic Day Chief Guest
 ISRO to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite
 Brazil’s Marcos Prado Troyjo Named as new President of NDB to Replace KV Kamath
 BRAZIL
Capital : Brasília
Currency : Real
President : Jair Bolsonaro
Q. PM Modi laid the foundation for the expansion of the historical Kallanai dam. Kallanai dam is in
which state?
A) Telangana B) Karnataka
Answer : C
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to Tamil Nadu and Kerala
 In Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the much-awaited Second Phase of
Metro Rail Project in Chennai.
 He also laid the foundation for the expansion of the historical Kallanai dam
 In Kerala, Prime Minister Modi will dedicate to the nation the Propylene Derivative
Petrochemical Project of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
 He will also dedicate to the nation the Ro-Ro Vessels at Willingdon Islands, Cochin

DAM IN NEWS
 India and Afghanisatn Inks MoU for the construction of the Lalandar “Shatoot” Dam in
Afghanistan
 India largest floating solar energy project in the world. The project is to be constructed at
Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada river
 Cabinet approves Rs 10,211 crore project to improve dams in India
Q. Who is the author of the book “Kamala’s Way”?

A) Dan Morain B) Victor Hugo
C) Jack Higgins D) Richard Russell
Answer : A
 Author Dan Morain On Book ‘Kamala’s Way’: ‘Kamala Harris Will Be A Consequential Vice
President’
Q. India recently gifted 2000 metric tonnes of rice to which country?

A) Syria B) Turkey
C) Maldives D) Vietnam
Answer : A
 Indian government gifted 2000 metric tonnes of rice to middle east country Syria to strengthen
its food security
 China is the largest producer of rice in the world ( India 2nd Position)
 West Bengal largest producer of rice in India
 SYRIA
Capital : Damascus
Currency : Pound
Q. Who has become the first bowler to dismiss left-handers 200 times in Tests?
A) Ravindra Jadeja B) Ishant Sharma
C) Jasprit Bumrah D) Ravichandran Ashwin
Answer : D

 Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first player in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take
200 wickets against left-handed batsmen
 He achieved the feat during the second day of India’s second Test against England at the MA
Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
 Fast bowler Stuart Broad was the 200th left-hander to be dismissed by Ashwin
CRICEKT RECORD IN NEWS

 Ravichandran Ashwin becomes first bowler to dismiss left-handers 200 times in Tests
 England Cricketer Joe Root becomes first batsman to score 200 in 100th Test
 Ishant Sharma becomes third Indian pacer to take 300 Test wickets
 Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 Test wickets
 Dwayne Bravo becomes 1st bowler to scalp 500 wickets in T20 cricket
 James Anderson becomes 1st fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets
 Virat Kohli Becomes Fastest Player To Score 22,000 International Runs ( 462nd innings)
 Virat Kohli fastest to 12000 runs in ODI cricket ( 242nd inning )
Q. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial, development work of
Chittaura Lake. Chittaura Lake is in which state?
A) Telangana B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : D
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and
development work of Chittaura Lake in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
Q. PM Modi handed over which of the following indigenously designed and manufactured Main
Battle Tank to the Army?
A) Arjun B) Ghatak
C) Lakshay D) Airawat
Answer : A
 Prime Minister handed over the indigenously designed and manufactured Arjun Main Battle
Tank (MK-1A) to the Army
 It has been indigenously designed and manufactured by the Combat Vehicles Research and
Development Establishment of Defence Research and Development Organisation

Q. Which country observed the ‘Pahela Phagun’ spring festival?

A) Nepal B) Sri Lanka
C) Maldives D) Bangladesh
Answer : D
 ‘Pahela Phagun’ spring festival celebrated in Bangladesh
 The day also coincides with Valentine's Day after the revision of the Bangla Calendar in 2019 by
the Bangla Academy to align it with the Gregorian calendar
 The two events were celebrated together by the youth of Bangladesh with the fragrance of love
in the air
BANGLADESH IN NEWS
 'Pahela Phagun’ spring festival celebrated in Bangladesh
 Bangladesh Receives $500 Million from World Bank to Improve Road and Digital Connectivity
 India decided to gift 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine - Covishield- to Bangladesh
 Kite festival Shakrain celebrated in Dhaka, Bangladesh
 Bangladesh Declared as ‘Country in Focus’ for 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
 Bangladesh military unit to take part in Republic Day parade
 Sadat Rahman of Bangladesh wins International Children’s Peace Prize 2020
 PM Modi & Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurates Chilahati-Haldibari rail link; 7 Agreement signed
during Virtual Indo-Bangladesh Summit
 Bangladesh signs maiden Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA)
 The ‘SwadhinataSarak’ between Bangladesh and India will be opened on 26 March next year
 Bangladesh sent a batch of 1642 Rohingyas to the newly developed facility at Bhashan char.
 Bangladesh govt orders ‘no mask, no service’ policy
 Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape after protests
 2nd edition of India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise “Bongosagar”
 India hands over 10 broad-gauge railway locos to Bangladesh
 Bangladesh wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2020
 Vikram Kumar Doraiswami appointed India’s next envoy to Bangladesh
 Bangladesh
Capital : Dhaka
Currency : Taka
President : Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister : Sheikh Hasina

Q. Who has won the first prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
Contest?
A) Brent Stirton B) Tim Laman
C) Bao Yongqing D) Robert Irwin
Answer : D
 Robert Irwin, an Australian wildlife photographer, has won the first prize in the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award Contest
 Robert won the award for the image titled ‘bushfire’
 which is the picture of the devastating Australian Bushfire in 2020, he captured using a drone,
near the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve in Cape York, Queensland
 The image shows a line of fire burning in between the bushes, dividing it into parts
 Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Largest wildlife photography competition in the world,
organised by the Natural History Museum
DON'T CONFUSE
 Robert Irwin from Australia wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021
 Image titled ‘bushfire’,
 Aishwarya Sridhar becomes first Indian woman to win Wildlife Photographer of the Year award
2020
 Image titled ‘Lights of passion’,
Q. Karnataka government issued an official gazette notification to declare Vijayanagara as the

31st district of the state. The new district has been carved out of ___ district
A) Ballari B) Chikballapur
C) Belagavi D) Chamarajanagar
Answer : A
 Vijayanagara officially declared as 31st District of Karnataka
 The new district has been carved out of Ballari and named after the Vijayanagara empire that
ruled from this region.
 The iconic cluster of monuments at Hampi or Hampe, a UNESCO world heritage site, will be part
of the Vijayanagara.

Q. ‘Koo’ was recently in the news. It is a/an ____.

A) Ecommerce website B) Video calling app
C) Microblogging site D) Dating app
Answer : C
 Amid the ongoing tussle between the government and microblogging platform Twitter over
blocking of content and accounts related to farmers’ protest, Union Ministers and government
departments are also setting up accounts on Koo, a Made-in-India alternative to Twitter.
 Koo was launched in April 2020 as an alternative to Twitter.
Q. When is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science observed?

Answer : D
 The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on 11 February every year.
 Theme 2021 : “Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19”
 The UN General Assembly established this Day, on 22 December 2015, to recognize the critical
role women and girls play in science and technology
 The Day is implemented by UNESCO and UN-Women in collaboration with institutions and civil
society partners that aim to promote women and girls in science
DON'T CONFUSE
 National Girl Child Day : January 24
 International Day of the Girl Child : 11 October
 International Day of Women and Girls in Science : 11 February
Q. What is the theme of International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021?
A) Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow
B) Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19
C) My voice, our equal future
D) Ending Child Marriage
Answer : B

Q. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved how much grant for Brahmaputra
Valley Fertilizer Corporation?
A) Rs 150 crore B) Rs 200 crore
C) Rs 100 crore D) Rs 125 crore
Answer : C
Q. Which country's space probe entered Mars orbit, becoming the world's second one in two days?
A) India B) Russia
C) France D) China
Answer : D
 China's spacecraft 'Tianwen-1' entered Mars orbit on February 10, 2021, becoming the world's
second one in two days after the United Arab Emirates
 The Chinese mission to Mars comprises an orbiter and a rover and it is aimed at collecting data
on underground water and possible signs of ancient life
CHINA IN NEWS
 China Overtakes Germany as Largest Current Account Surplus Country
 China surpasses United States as largest recipient of FDI
 China becomes second country after the US to unfurl its flag on Moon
 MountEverest declared 86 cm (0.86 M) taller by Nepal and China
 China launches ‘world’s first 6G experiment satellite’
 China to send first-ever ‘asteroid mining robot’ into space
 2nd World Health Expo kicks off in Wuhan
 Govt of India bans 59 Chinese apps
 China launches new rocket “Long March 5B” successfully
 China launches its 1st independent mission to Mars
 China successfully launches 13 satellites into orbit with a single rocket, including 10 from
Argentina
 CHINA
Capital : Being
Currency : Renminbi (yuan)
President : Xi Jinping
 India-China 'Hand-in-Hand' exercise
 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) : Headquarteres : Beijing China

 New Development Bank (NDB) : Headquarters : Shanghai, China

 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) : Headquarters : Beijing, China
Q. Which state government has decided to provide Rs 5 lakh as 'preparation money' to Olympic
qualifiers?
A) Odisha B) Assam
C) Haryana D) Rajasthan
Answer : C
 Haryana Cabinet has decided to provide financial assistance worth Rs 5 lakhs as 'preparation
money' to the sportspersons who have qualified for Olympic Games.
Q. Who has been declared as the winner of VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020?
A) Manasa Varanasi B) Manya Singh
C) Anindita kabi D) Manika Sheokand
Answer : A
 Telangana-based Manasa Varanasi has been crowned as the winner of VLCC Femina Miss India
World 2020
 The 23-year-old, will now represent India at the 70th Miss World pageant in December 2021
 Manika Sheokand of Haryana was declared VLCC Femina Miss Grand India 2020,
 Uttar Pradesh’s Manya Singh was crowned VLCC Femina Miss India 2020 runner-up
 List of Indian Miss World
 Manushi Chhillar : 2017
 Priyanka Chopra : 2000
 Yukta Mookhey : 1999
 Diana Hayden : 1997
 Aishwarya Rai : 1994
 Reita Faria : 1966
 List of Indian Miss Universe
 Sushmita Sen : 1994
 Lara Dutta : 2000
 List of Indian Miss Asia Pacific
 Zeenat Aman : 1970
 Tara Anne Fonseca : 1973

 Dia Mirza : 2000

 Reita Faria is the first Indian to win the Miss World in 1966
 Sushmita Sen first Indian to win the Miss Universe title in 1994
 Nicole Faria became the first Indian to win the ‘Miss Earth’ in 2010
🏆 MISS UNIVERSE 2019
🔷Zozibini Tunzi [South Africa]
🏆 MISS WORLD 2019
🔷 Tony - Ann Singh [ Jamaica ]
Q. Which company has become the global partner of International Cricket Council from 2021 to
2023?
A) Dream 11 B) BYJU'S
C) Paytm D) OPPO
Answer : B
BYJU'S IN NEWS
 International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Indian edu-tech company BYJU'S as its
global partner from 2021 to 2023
 Byju’s launches ‘Education for All’ to empower 5 mn children by 2025
 BYJU’S to replace OPPO as Official Sponsor of Cricket Team India
 Byju Raveendran & Gaurav Gupta on WEF’s Young Global Leaders list
 Byju's has Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan as its brand ambassador
 BYJU'S
Founded : 2011
Founder : Byju Raveendran
Headquarters : Bengaluru, Karnataka
CEO : Byju Raveendran
Q. Parivartan is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) brand of which bank under which it has
invited applications from start-ups and solo entrepreneurs for its SmartUp grants?
C) State Bank of India D) Punjab National Bank
Answer : B
 HDFC Bank has invited applications from start-ups and solo entrepreneurs for its SmartUp
grants under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) brand -- Parivartan

HDFC BANK IN NEWS

 RBI has appointed an external IT firm for carrying out a special audit of the IT infrastructure of
HDFC Bank
 HDFC Bank Ranks Top among 100 BFSI Firms in India
 RBI directs HDFC bank to stop issuance of new credit cards
 RBI orders HDFC Bank to halt its digital launches
 HDFC Bank launches video Know Your Customer facility
 HDFC Bank to launch ‘The HealthyLife Programme’ for its customers
 HDFC Bank tops 2020 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking
 HDFC Bank signs MoU with Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce & Industries (ICCI) to
support SMEs and Start-ups
 HDFC Bank partners with Apollo Hospitals to launch ‘The HealthyLife Programme’ for its
customers
 HDFC Bank launches 'e-Kisaan Dhan' App for Farmers
 HDFC Bank launches first of its kind card 'Shaurya KGC'
 Sashidhar Jagdishan to be the new CEO of HDFC Bank
 HDFC BANK
Founded : 1994
MD & CEO : Sashidhar Jagdishan
Tagline : We understand your world
Q. What is the theme of the 2021 Financial Literacy Week, organised by the RBI?
A) Going Digital (UPI and *99#)
B) Credit Discipline and Credit from Formal Institutions
C) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
D) National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025
Answer : B
 RBI Organises Financial Literacy Week from February 8-12, 2021
 The theme for 2021 FLW is ”Credit Discipline and Credit from Formal Institutions”
 RBI conducts Financial Literacy Week (FLW) every year since 2016 to propagate financial
education messages on a particular theme every year across the country, through a focused
campaign

Q. How much amount has been committed by the New Development Bank (NDB) for NIIF Fund of
Funds (FoF)?
A) USD 100 million B) USD 200 million
C) USD 400 million D) USD 500 million
Answer : A
 New Development Bank (NDB) has committed to invest USD 100 million (Rs 727.6 crore), into
the NIIF Fund of Funds (FoF)
 With NDB’s investment, the total commitments secured by the FoF has reached $800 million
(about Rs 5,820 crore)
NDB IN NEWS
 New Development Bank Commits $100 million in NIIF Fund of Funds
 India And NDB Sign $ 646 Million Loan Agreement For Andhra Pradesh
 NDB Approves One Billion Dollar Emergency Aid Loan For India
 Central Government Signs $ 1 Billion Loan Agreement With NDB For Economy Recovery
 NDB Board has approved a loan of USD 500 million for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS
Project
 NDB Approved USD 241 million loan is for the Mumbai Metro Rail II Project
 Marcos Troyjo from Brazil elected as next President of NDB
 Anil Kishora from India has been elected as next Vice President of the NDB
 New Development Bank (NDB)
Founded : 2014
Headquarters : Shanghai, China
Membership : Brazil ,Russia, India, China & South Africa
President : Marcos Troyjo ( Brazil )
Vice President : Anil Kishora (Indian)
Q. Who is the author of the book “Platform Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World”
A) Radha Vembu
B) Brijesh Patel
C) Deelip Kumar Pardesi
D) Sangeet Paul Choudary
Answer : D

Q. Who inaugurated India's first CNG tractor?

A) Nitin Gadkari B) Raj Nath Singh
C) Narendra Modi D) Hardeep Singh Puri
Answer : A
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari unveiled India’s first CNG tractor unveiled. Govt claims annual
saving of ₹1 lakh on fuel costs
INDIA'S FIRST IN NEWS

 India’s First Amputee Clinic Launched In Chandigarh
 India’s first Pollinator Park inaugurated in Haldwani, Uttarakhand
 India’s first Lithium refinery to be set up in Gujarat
 Uttar Pradesh govt is set to establish India’s first mega leather park in Kanpur
💠 IOCL launches India’s first 100 Octane Premium Petrol
💠 India’s First Sandalwood Museum to come up in Mysuru, Karnataka
💠 World Bank sanctions Rs 3 crore to set up India’s first Sand Dune Park in Goa
💠 PM Modi launches India’s first seaplane service in Gujarat connecting Kevadia-Sabarmati
💠 India’s First Female Cardiologist, Dr S. Padmavati Passes Away
💠 SpiceJet launches India’s first dedicated freighter services to Leh in Ladakh
💠 India’s first-ever E-resource centre and virtual court “Nyay Kaushal” inaugurated in Nagpur
💠 Asia’s first solar power-enabled Textile Mill to be unveiled in Parbhani district of Maharashtra
💠 India’s First Regional Voters’ Awareness Centre to Come Up in Jaipur
💠 1st cow hospital of Northeast inaugurated in Assam
💠 India’s first ‘Moss Garden’ comes up in Nainital district uttarakhand
💠 World’s first Tram library for children launched in Kolkata, West Bengal
💠 India’s First Airport Coronavirus Testing Facility Launched In Delhi Indira Gandhi
International Airport.
💠 India’s first multi-modal logistic park in Jogighopa, in Bongaigaon district of Assam Assam
💠 Kerala becomes first Indian state to fix floor price for vegetable
💠 India’s 1st solar-powered miniature train launched in Kerala
💠 Asan Conservation Reserve becomes Uttarakhand’s 1st Ramsar site
💠 India’s first ‘tyre park’ to come up in West Bengal
💠 Kerala becomes 1st state to have completely digital, hi-tech classrooms

💠 India’s 1st International Women’s Trade Centre to be set up in Kerala

💠 Kerala Govt commissioned 1st Marine Ambulance ‘PRATHEEKSHA’
💠 Chhattisgarh Government organises India’s first e-Lok Adalat
💠 Himachal Pradesh becomes first state where everyone possess LPG connection
💠 Uttarakhand developed India’s first lichen park in Kumaon’s Munsiyari, Pithoragarh
💠 Odisha becomes 1st state to get ISO for tribal hostels
💠 Uttarakhand opens its biggest biodiversity park in Haldwani
💠 Kerala becomes 1st state to provide free internet for the poor
 Mega leather park with Rs 5,850 cr investment to come up in Kanpur
 Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad has also become the first zoo in the country to get this
certificate
 India’s first ‘tyre park’ to come up in West Bengal
 India’s first multi-modal logistic park in Assam
 India's 1st ever organic spices seed park set up Gujarat
Q. How much amount has been committed by the EXIM Bank, through Line of Credit (LoC) to fund
Greater Male Connectivity Project of the Government of Maldives?
A) USD 400 million B) USD 800 million
C) USD 500 million D) USD 600 million
Answer : A
 The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) will provide USD 400 million to Maldives through
Line of Credit (LoC) to fund Greater Male Connectivity Project
 The 6.7 km Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) will be the largest civilian infrastructure
project in Maldives, connecting Male with three neighbouring islands – Villingili, Gulhifahu and
Thilafushi
 The Government of India will be funding the implementation of a major connectivity project in
Maldives through a USD 400 million line of credit and USD 100 million grant.
EXIM BANK LOC IN NEWS

 Exim Bank extends LOC of USD 20.10 million to Nicaragua
 Exim Bank grants $30 million line of credit to Ghana
 Exim Bank's Government of India supported (LoC) of USD 215.68 million to Malawi
 Exim Bank extends USD 250 million line of credit to Mozambique
 $75 million line of credit via EXIM Bank for solar parks in Cuba

 Exim Bank extends USD 35.80 million line of credit to Suriname

 Exim Bank Extends $400 Million Line of Credit to the Maldives
 Exim Bank's Government of India supported (LoC) of
 USD 310 million to Zimbabwe
 Export-Import Bank of India
(Exim Bank)
Founded : 1 Jan 1982
HQ : Mumbai
MD : David Rasquinha
MALDIVES IN NEWS
 Exim Bank extends USD 400 million soft loan to Maldives
 India extends $250 million in financial support to Maldives to overcome impact of COVID-19
 India-Maldives sign agreement to establish “Emergency Medical Services”
 India has handed over outdoor fitness equipment for 61 islands across the Maldives
 GoI extends Line of Credit worth 18 Million dollars to Maldives
 India facilitates $ 150 million foreign Currency swap facility to Maldives
 India Navy 'Samundra Setu' to bring stranded Indian citizens from Maldives
 India launches first ever direct cargo ferry Indian ports of Tuticorin and Cochin ports with
Kulhudhuhfushi and Male ports in the Maldives.
 Maldives Re-joins Commonwealth as its 54th Member
 MALDIVES
Capital : Male
Currency : Rufiyaa
President : Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Ekuverin Exercise : India and Maldives
Q. The ‘Sweet Revolution’ was recently in the news. It is associated with _____.
A) Beekeeping
B) Production of Sugarcane
C) Production of Tea
D) Controlling diabetes
Answer : A

 Recently the government has approved the allocation for Rs. 500 crore for National Beekeeping
& Honey Mission (NBHM) for three years (2020-21 to 2022-23)
 NBHM aims for the overall promotion & development of scientific beekeeping in the country to
achieve the goal of ‘Sweet Revolution’ which is being implemented through the National Bee
Board (NBB)
 The main objective of NBHM is to promote holistic growth of the beekeeping industry for income
& employment generation
Q. Which country has recently test fired surface-to-surface ‘Babur’ cruise missile?
A) Afghanistan B) Bangladesh
C) Pakistan D) Saudi Arabia
Answer : C
 Pakistan Army conducted a successful test-firing of a short range surface-to-surface ballistic
missile ‘Babar’.
 This missile is capable of hitting land and sea targets with “high precision” up to 450 kilometres
away.
 Earlier, Pakistan army conducted a successful test of the surface-to-surface ballistic missile
Shaheen-III in January 2021, followed by the ‘training launch’ of nuclear-capable ballistic
mis-sile Ghaznavi in February 2021
Q. The National Women’s Day in India is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the
birth anniversary of _______.
A) Arati Saha
B) Mother Teresa
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Indira Gandhi
Answer : C
 In India, the National Women’s Day is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the
birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India.
 Born on 13 February 1879, Naidu is recognised for her contribution to women’s equal rights

Q. ISRO has allowed its UR Rao Satellite Centre for testing satellites developed by the private
sector. UR Rao Satellite Centre is in which city ?
A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai
C) Bengaluru D) Visakhapatnam
Answer : C
 For the first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has opened its
UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru for testing satellites developed by the private sector.
 Two satellites, developed by the Indian startups SpaceKidz India and Pixxel (incorporated as
Sygyzy) were tested at the UR Rao Satellite Centre
ISRO IN NEWS
 MapmyIndia joins hand with ISRO to build ‘Bhuvan’, an alternative to Google Maps
 For the first time in its history, the ISRO has opened its UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru for
testing satellites developed by the private sector
 ISRO Chairman K Sivan gets one year extension up to 2022
 ISRO to adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to promote education in the field of space technology
 ISRO sets up dedicated control centre ‘NETRA’ for Space Situational Awareness
 ISRO successfully launches India’s new communication satellite CMS-01 from Sriharikota
onboard PSLV-C50
 Space-tech start-up ‘Pixxel’ to launch remote-sensing satellite on ISRO rocket in early 2021
 Indian Space Research organisation ISRO has scheduled the launch of the Earth Observation
Satellite EOS01.Launch vehicle PSLV-C49
 ISRO Launches Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-01) and 9 Foreign Satellites from Sriharikota
 Xiaomi to bring ISRO’s NavIC technology to smartphones in 2020
 ISRO Chief K Sivan named for Von Karman Award 2020 by the International Academy of
Astronautics (IAA)
 ISRO will launch GSAT-30 satellite onboard Ariane-5 launch vehicle (VA 251) from French
Guiana
 ISRO to launch its Venus mission in 2025, France to take part: French space agency
 ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars’ biggest moon ‘Phobos’
 Indian Space Research Organisation[a] (ISRO)
 Founded : 15 August 1969
 HQ : Bengalore, Karnataka
 Founder / 1st Chairman : Vikram Sarabhai
 Chairman : Kailasavadivoo Sivan (Rocket Man of India)

Q. Which day of the year is celebrated as the World Radio Day globally?
Answer : B
 World Radio Day is celebrated on 13 February each year to recognize radio as a powerful
medium, which brings people together from every corner of the globe, to promote diversity and
help build a more peaceful and inclusive world
 The theme of World Radio Day 2021 is ‘New World, New Radio”
 The Day was proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO, and adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in 2012
Q. What is the theme of the World Radio Day 2021?

A) Youth and Radio
B) New World, New Radio
C) Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster
D) Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace
Answer : B
 World Radio Day is celebrated on 13 February each year
 Theme 2021 : ‘”New World, New Radio”
 The theme is further divided into three sub-themes
 Evolution
 Innovation
 Connection
Q. The Annual Convention of Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) 2021, has
been organised in which place?
A) Mecca Masjid
B) Taj Mahal
C) Statue of Unity
D) Golden Temple
Answer : C

 Union Minister of State (IC) for Tourism & Culture, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the 10th
Annual Convention-cum-Exhibition of Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI)
at the Statue of Unity (SOU) in Kevadia, Gujarat
 The theme of the convention is ‘Domestic Tourism – Hope for the revival- Dekho Apna Desh’
 World’s tallest statue, Statue of Unity, in Kevadiya colony, Narmada district, Gujarat
 Height :182 metres (597 ft)
 Constructed by : Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
 Designed by : Ram V Sutar.
Q. Meghalaya Police has signed a MoU with which bank for implementation of e-Challan in the
jurisdiction of Shillong Traffic Police (STP)?
A) State Bank of India B) Punjab National Bank
C) Bank of Maharashtra D) Central Bank of India
Answer : A
 Meghalaya Police has signed a MoU with SBI Bank for implementation of e-Challan in the
jurisdiction of Shillong Traffic Police (STP).
 e-Challan system is a digital traffic
 The e-Challan system has been integrated with VAHAN & SARATHI, will help traffic officials in
gathering the information of traffic violations such as Vehicle & Driver’s details
Q. Who has authored the book titled “Turn Around India: 2020 – Surmounting Past Legacy”?
A) D K Jain B) RK Singh
C) UK Sinha D) RP Gupta
Answer : D
 Jual Oram, Member of Parliament and the chairman of the standing committee on defence
released the RP Gupta’s new book on creating awareness among masses. The book was
published by Himalaya Publishing House.
Q. The Central Government is all set to sell what per cent stake in National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) out
of its shareholding of 74 .71% through an Offer For Sale (OFS) method of shares?
A) 10% B) 20%
C) 30% D) 25%

Answer : B
 The Central Government is all set to sell 20% stake in National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) out of its
shareholding of 74.71% through an Offer For Sale (OFS) method of shares, which can fetch
about Rs 400 crore
Q. RBI has organised the Financial Literacy Week (FLW) from_________ to ______ to propagate
financial education.
A) 6 February, 10 February B) 8 February, 12 February
C) 10 February, 16 February D) 12 February, 17 February
Answer : B
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the Financial Literacy Week (FLW) from February 8-
12, 2021, to propagate financial education.
 The theme for 2021 FLW is ‘Credit Discipline and Credit from Formal Institutions’
Q. Who is known by the nickname of ‘Dhing Express’?

A) Dutee Chand B) Hima Das
C) M. R. Poovamma D) Swapna Barman
Answer : B
 Athlete Hima Das has been appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Assam
government
 Nicknamed ‘Dhing Express’, Hima Das is a 20-year-old Indian sprinter from Assam.
Q. RBI has announced that it will purchase four government securities (G-Secs) that amount to Rs
___ crores.
A) Rs 30,000 Cr B) Rs 20,000 Cr
C) Rs 10,000 Cr D) Rs 50,000 Cr
Answer : B
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced that it will purchase government securities
worth ₹20,000 crore through open market operations (OMOs) in a bid to cap yields of treasury
bonds and support an expanded government borrowing programme.

Q. National Productivity Day is observed on which day?

Answer : B
 In India, the National Productivity Day is observed every year on February 12 by the National
Productivity Council (NPC)
 Theme 2021 : "Udyog Manthan for Productivity"
 February 12 to 18 is observed as the National Productivity Week
Q. The World Bank has recently signed USD 100 million agreement with the Government of India
to fund the CHIRAAG project. The project is related to which state?
A) Assam B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu D) Chhattisgarh
Answer : D
 World Bank Signs $100 million Project to Support Nutrition-Supportive Agriculture in Tribal-
 World Bank for project CHIRAAG (Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture
Growth)
Q. ‘Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21)’, is the Biennial Largest War
Game of which entity of Indian defence system?
A) Indian Army B) Indian Navy
C) Indian Air force D) Indian Coast guard
Answer : B
 Indian Navy’s Largest War Game – the Biennial ‘Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise
(TROPEX 21)’ is currently taking place at the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
Q. Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Aegon Life Insurance?
A) Julie Sweet B) Sanjiv Bajaj
C) Tapan Singhel D) Satishwar Balakrishnan

Answer : D
 K. S. Gopalakrishnan appointed as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of AEGON
Religare Life Insurance
Q. The Central Reserve Police Force has inducted 34 women commandos into which among its
following units?
A) CoBRA B) Sikh Light Infantry
C) Maratha Light Infantry D) The Grenadiers
Answer : A
Q. Union Environment Ministry has approved the construction of Lakhwar electricity project on
which river?
A) Yamuna B) Mahanadi
C) Kaveri D) Godavari
Answer : A
 Union Environment Ministry approved the Lakhwar electricity project on Yamuna river
 Due to this project, Uttarakhand will get 572.54 million units of electricity every year
 Lakhwar-Dam project on Yamuna River, Uttarakhand
Q. Which film has won the ‘Tiger Award’ at Rotterdam International Film Festival 2021?
A) Koozhangal
B) Oru Pakka Katha
C) Soorarai Pottru
D) Maara
Answer : A
 The Tamil film “Koozhangal” has won “Tiger” award, at the 50th edition of the International Film
Festival Rotterdam 2021.
 Koozhangal (meaning Pebbles) has been Produced by Nayanthara and directed by Vinod Raj
PS
 This is the second Indian film to win this international award and the first Tamil Film. The first
Indian film was “Durga” directed by the Malayalam director Shashidharan

Q. PhonePe has partnered with which bank on UPI multi-bank model?

A) Axis Bank
B) Yes Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) ICICI Bank
Answer : A
 The digital payment platform PhonePe has partnered with India’s third-largest bank, Axis Bank
on a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) multi-bank model
 It will enable the PhonePe users to create and use multiple UPI IDs with Axis Bank’s “@axl”
handle
 Until now, the PhonePe’s key banking partner was Yes Bank
AXIS BANK IN NEWS

 PhonePe partners with Axis Bank on UPI multi-bank model
 Axis Bank has unveiled a credit ‘AURA’ exclusively loaded with several health and wellness
benefits
 Axis Bank launches ‘Axis Bank Rupi Business Credit Card’ for MSMEs
 Axis Bank to buy 19.002% stake in Max Life against 17% earlier
 Axis Bank launches ACE Credit Card, in collaboration with Google Pay & Visa
 Axis Bank tie-up with Vistara to launch co-branded forex card
 Axis Bank launches hiring initiative named ‘Gig-a-Opportunities’
 Axis Bank introduced ‘Liberty Savings Account’ for the Indian Youth
 Axis Bank launches Automated Voice Assistant ‘AXAA’
 AXIS BANK
Founded : 1993
Chairman : Rakesh Makhija
MD & CEO : Amitabh Chaudhary
Tagline : Badhti Ka naam Zindagi
 PhonePe
Founded : 2015
Founder & CEO : Sameer Nigam
Co-Founder : Rahul Chari

Q. How much amount has been allocated to ISRO for FY 2020-21 for developing capacity for the
launching of satellites?
A) Rs 500 Cr B) Rs 900 Cr
C) Rs 800 Cr D) Rs 1000 Cr
Answer : B
 Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that ₹900 crore was allocated to the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) for the financial year 2020-21 for developing capacity for the launching of
satellites.
 Budget 2021: Govt allocates Rs 13,949 crore to Space Dept as India preps up for Gaganyaan
launch
Q. Which company has announced a definitive agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) under
which will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund?
A) NVIDIA B) Microsoft
C) Mastercard D) Alphabet Inc
Answer : A
 NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) announced a definitive agreement under which
NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together, SoftBank)
for USD 40 billion in September 2020.
 SoftBank Group
Headquarters : Tokyo
Founded / CEO : Masayoshi Son
 NVIDIA
President : Jensen Huang
Q. To encourage and to create awareness about which scheme SIDBI and Confederation of
Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE) have launched “Swavalamban Sashakt- Mega
campaign”?
A) Stand up Indian Scheme B) Aatmanirbhar Bharat Scheme
C) Startup India Scheme D) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Scheme
Answer : A

 The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Confederation of Women
Entrepreneurs of India (COWE) have launched “Swavalamban Sashakt- Mega campaign” to
encourage and to create awareness about the Stand Up India (SUI) scheme of Central
Government.
 The Swavalamban Sashakt is a 20 webinar series to give a fillip to ‘Stand Up India’ scheme.
 The scheme was launched in 2016 and has been extended up to 2025.
 The scheme is a flagship programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to facilitate
bank loans between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore to at least one SC or ST borrower and at least
one woman borrower per bank branch.
Q. Maharashtra government has signed an MoU with which of the following to promote wooden
toys, local artifacts, handicrafts?
A) Amazon B) Paytm
C) Flipkart D) Microsoft
Answer : C
FLIPKART IN NEWS
 Maharashtra govt signs MoU with Flipkart to promote wooden toys, local artifacts, handicrafts
 Flipkart establishes academic collaboration with IIT Patna
 Flipkart partners with the U.P. Government’s ODOP scheme
 Flipkart Partners With Bajaj Allianz To Cover Online Financial Frauds
 FLIPKART
Founded : 2007
Founder : Sachin Bansal and
Binny Bansal
Headquarters : Bengaluru
CEO : Kalyan Krishnamurthy
Walmart stake (81.3%)
Q. Which of the following city is hosting the National Horticulture Fair 2021?
A) New Delhi B) Hyderabad
C) Bengaluru D) Mumbai
Answer : C
 Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Kailash Choudhry, inaugurated the
National Horticulture Fair (NHF) 2021 in Bengaluru

 The theme of NHF 2021 is ‘Horticulture for Start-Up and Stand-Up India’
BENGALURU IN NEWS
 National Horticulture Fair 2021 begins in Bengaluru
 Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS) Conclave Organised at Bengaluru
 Elon Musk-owned Tesla Inc. sets up first India entity in Bengaluru
 Karnataka’s 1st 11.5 megawatt power plant being set up at Bidadi Bengaluru
 13th Aero India-21 to be held in Bengaluru in Feb 2021
 ADB Approves $190 Million Loan to Upgrade Power Distribution System in Bengaluru
 The $190 million loan includes a $100 million sovereign loan and a $90 million non-sovereign
guarantee loan to Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM)
 India’s First Mobile COVID-19 testing lab, developed by IISC, launched in Bengaluru
 Bengaluru set to host 107th Indian Science Congress
Q. According to India Energy Outlook 2021, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) by
which year India will overtake the European Union as the world's third-largest energy
consumer?
A) 2030 B) 2040
C) 2035 D) 2025
Answer : A
 As per the Energy Outlook 2021, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), India will
overtake the European Union as the world's third-largest energy consumer by 2030.
 India at present is the fourth-largest global energy consumer behind China, the United States
and the European Union
 International Energy Agency (IEA)
Founded : 1974
Headquarters : Paris, France
Executive Director : Fatih Birol
Membership : 30
Q. Which Bank has entered into a co-lending agreement with the Pune-based non-banking financial
company LoanTap Credit Products, for MSME loans?
A) Bank of Baroda B) Bank of India
C) Central Bank of India D) Bank of Maharashtra

Answer : D
 Bank of Maharashtra has entered into a co-lending agreement with the Pune-based non-banking
financial company LoanTap Credit Products, for MSME loans
 Co-lending is the system introduced by RBI in the wake of the liquidity crisis at non-banking
finance companies to enhance the credit flow to the unserved and underserved sector and
make available funds to the ultimate beneficiary at an affordable cost
 Bank of Maharashtra
Founded : 1935
Headquarters : Pune
MD & CEO : A. S. Rajeev
Executive Director : Hemant Kumar Tamta
Tagline : Ek Parivaar, Ek Bank

By Kumar Kaushal
Q. Who will head the RBI’s committee on Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to examine
issues and suggest a road map for strengthening the sector?
A) Mahesh Kumar Jain B) Viral Acharya
C) Michael Patra D) N. S. Vishwanathan
Answer : D
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an eight-member expert committee on Primary
(Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to examine issues and suggest a road map for
strengthening the sector.
 The committee will be chaired by the former RBI Deputy Governor N. S. Vishwanathan.
COOPERATIVE BANKING
 A Co-operative bank is a financial entity which belongs to its members, who are at the same
time the owners and the customers of their bank
 They are registered under the Co-operative Societies Act of the State concerned or under the
Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002
 They are broadly classified into Urban and Rural co-operative banks based on their region of
operation
 The Co-operative banks are also regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and govt
 Banking Regulations Act 1949

 Banking Laws (Co-operative Societies) Act, 1955.

 Total 31 Cooperative Banks in India
Q. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
A) Ajay Mathur B) Shashi Shanker
C) Sambit Patra D) Rajesh Kakkar
Answer : A
 International Solar Alliance (ISA) has announced Dr. Ajay Mathur as its new Director General
following his election at the first special assembly of ISA members
 Dr Mathur replaces Mr Upendra Tripathy
 ISA is a coalition of 73 member countries, established to accelerate the demand for and use of
safe, sustainable, and affordable solar energy for all
 ISA aims to mobilize over $1 trillion USD of investment into solar projects by 2030.
INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE (ISA) IN NEWS
 Dr Ajay Mathur elected new Director Genera of International Solar Alliance
 India & France re-elected as President and Co-President of International Solar Alliance (ISA)
 PM Modi virtually inaugurated the first edition of the World Solar Technology Summit (WSTS) of
the International Solar Alliance (ISA)
 Nicaragua becomes 87th country to sign International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement
 ISA Solar Awards Conferred for the first time
 Visvesvaraya award : Japan and Netherlands
 Kalpana Chawla awards : Bhim Singh and Aaesha Alnuaimi
 Diwakar award : Arpan Institute (Haryana) and Arushi Society
 INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE ( ISA )
🔶 Founded - 2015
🔶 HQ - Gurugram Haryana
🔶 Director General - Ajay Mathur
🔶 Membership : 121
🔶 ISA : Joint Initiative by India and France
Q. Who is the author of the book ‘The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News’?
A) Sonia Lather B) Ankita Jain
C) Meghna Pant D) Sweta Singh
Answer : C

 Meghna Pant Pens her new novel ‘The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News’
 The book has been published by the Penguin Random House India and will be released in April
2021
Q. Which state government has started the 'Maa' scheme under which it would provide a meal at a
nominal cost of Rs 5 to poor people?
A) Chhattisgarh B) West Bengal
C) Maharashtra D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : B
 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee virtually launched the 'Maa' scheme under which
her government would provide a meal at a nominal cost of Rs 5 to poor people.
 They will get a platter of rice, dal, a vegetable and egg curry for Rs 5, adding that the state
government will bear a subsidy of Rs 15 per plate
Q. Which state government has started the training programme for aspirants of various
competitive exams under 'Abhyudaya Yojana'?
A) Bihar B) Assam
C) Odisha D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : D
 Uttar Pradesh State Government has started a training programme for aspirants of various
competitive examinations under 'Abhyudaya Yojana'.
 Under the Abhyuday Coaching Scheme candidates will get high-level guidance regarding
examination and interview by skilled mentors including IAS, IPS, IFS, PCS, PPS and other state-
level officers
UTTAR PRADESH IN NEWS

 PM Modi lays foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and Chittaura Lake Development
Work at Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh
 UP govt to launch ‘Kisan Kalyan Mission’ to double the income of farmers
 UP govt announces 16-digit Unicode to identify landholdings
 ‘Varasat’ campaign launched in Uttar Pradesh to curb property & land-related disputes in rural
areas
 ADB & India sign $300 million loan to upgrade power distribution network in Uttar Pradesh

 UP Government launches ‘Udyam Sarathi App’ for Youths

 Keetham lake also known as Sur Sarovar, in Agra in Uttar Pradesh added to Ramsar sites
 UP Govt to establish anti-human trafficking Police Stations
 Ayodhya Airport to be renamed as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport
 Uttar Pradesh emerges as top destination in 2019 for attracting domestic tourists
 PM lays the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Vindhyachal region of
Uttar Pradesh
Q. The Indian Navy got its third Scorpene submarine INS Karanj, under ______.
A) Project P-75 B) Project 10
C) Project K92 D) Project INS L2
Answer : A
 Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDIL) delivers the third Scorpene submarine, which will
be commissioned as INS Karanj, of Project P-75 in Mumbai.
 Indian Navy, has delivered three Scorpene submarines named Khanderi, Kalvari and now
Karanj.
 The fourth submarine, Vela, launched on May 6 2019, has commenced sea trials, the fifth
submarine Vagir, was launched on November 12, 2020
 All the six submarines are being constructed under Project 75
 Scorpene class submarine
 INS Kalvari
 INS Khanderi
 INS Karanj
 INS Vela
 INS Vagir
Q. Tata Electronics has signed an MoU with which state government to establish its facility for
manufacture of mobile components?
A) Tamil Nadu B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Telangana
Answer : A
 The Tata Electronics signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tamil Nadu to
establish its facility for manufacturing mobile components. This project will cost Rs 4684 crores.

TAMIL NADU IN NEWS

 Tamil Nadu Beat Baroda to claim Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy
 Ola to set up world’s largest scooter factory in Tamil Nadu
 Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan
 Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to launch AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies
 Tamil Nadu Govt launches “Smart Black Board Scheme”
 Young Advocates Welfare Fund launched in Tamil Nadu
 Tamil Nadu appoints Veeralakshmi India’s 1st-ever woman ambulance driver
 Tamil Nadu launches Electronic Hardware manufacturing policy-2020
Q. ADB will provide Rs 100 crore loan to which hospital chain for healthcare services and medical
equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) Medanta Hospital B) Breach Candy Hospital
C) Apollo Hospital D) Amar Leela Hospital
Answer : A
 Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it will provide Rs 100 crore loan to hospital
chain Medanta for healthcare services and medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
ADB IN NEWS
 ADB to provide Rs 100 cr loan to Medanta to combat Covid-19 pandemic
 ADB approves USD 2.5 million technical assistance to support advanced biofuel development
in India
 ADB Projects GDP of India at -8% in 2020, 8% in 2021
 ADB & India sign $231 million loan to enhance power generation capacity in Assam
 ADB announces Rs 2100 crore loan to Tripura for urban & tourism development
 ADB launches $9 bn Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) for Developing Countries
in India
 ADB and India sign $50 million loan agreement for West Bengal
 ADB released a new book titled ‘Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’.
 ADB sign $132.8 million loan agreement for Meghalaya’s Power supply
 ADB inks $500 Million Loan agreement with India for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor
 ADB and India inks USD 177 million loan for state road improvements in Maharashtra
 India and ADB Sign $300 Million Loan to Develop Rajasthan’s Secondary Towns
 ADB approves USD 1 billion loan for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System
 ADB approves grant worth USD 3 million to India to combat COVID-19

 Sameer Kumar Khare appointed Executive Director at ADB

 ADB appoints Takeo Konishi as Country Director for India
 ADB Appoints Ashok Lavasa as New Vice-President
 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
Founded : 19 December 1966
HQ : Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
President : Masatsugu Asakawa
Vice President : Ashok Lavasa
Director of ADB for India : Takeo Konishi
Executive Director : Sameer Kumar
Member Counrtries : 68 (Nuie)
Q. Which Life Insurance company has launched a new goal based savings product – ‘Guaranteed
Income for Tomorrow' (GIFT)?
A) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance B) Birla Sun Life Insurance
C) Bharti AXA Life Insurance D) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Answer : D
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched a new goal based savings product - 'ICICI Pru
Guaranteed Income for Tomorrow' (GIFT), which provides guaranteed income to policyholders
to help them achieve their long-term financial goals.
 ICICI Prudential Life launches AI-powered voice chatbot ‘LiGo’ on Google Assistant
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched a new goal based savings product - 'ICICI Pru
Guaranteed Income for Tomorrow' (GIFT)
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Founded : 2000
MD : Narayanan Srinivasa Kannan
Q. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Discovery Campus of which IIT?
A) IIT Delhi B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Bombay D) IIT Kharagpur
Answer : B
IIT MADRAS IN NEWS
 IIT Madras-incubated Pi Beam launches PiMo e-bike
 PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the Discovery Campus of IIT Madras

 IIT Madras incubated startup Stellapps launches ‘mooPay’ for dairy farmers in Rajasthan
 IIT Madras Develops ‘MOUSHIK’ Microprocessor For IoT Devices
 IIT Madras launches world’s first online BSc degree in Programming and Data Science
 IIT Madras start-up developed a portable hospital called “MediCAB”
 IIT Madras Professor Thalappil Pradeep selected for Nikkei Asia Prize 2020
 IIT Madras Tops Atal Rankings (ARIIA) 2020
 IIT Madras develops light-weight Magnesium Alloy to replace steel & aluminium in Automobile
Industry
 IIT Madras researchers develop anti-bacterial, biodegradable food wrapping material
Q. Which country conducted military exercise ‘Jidar-ul-Hadeed’?

A) Bangladesh B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka D) United States
Answer : B
 Pakistan army holds month-long war games in Thar desert
 The exercise, codenamed ‘Jidar-ul-Hadeed', began on January 28 and is scheduled to conclude
on February 28
Q. Name the Indian company that has been selected as the first member from India for The
Circulars Accelerator Program 2021?
A) BaoBab B) Adatte
C) Attero D) Recykal
Answer : D
 Recykal, a digital ‘waste-commerce’ solutions provider, has been selected as the first member
from India for The Circulars Accelerator Program 2021
 Recykal’s unique, integrated approach marks India’s first digital waste-commerce (w-
commerce) company that connects waste generators with waste processors and recyclers,
and brand owners to solve some of the biggest challenges faced by the industry
Q. The ‘Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society’ report . the report has
been developed by which organisation?
A) World Bank B) UNDP
C) UNESCO D) UNICIF

Answer : A
 World Bank has released a comprehensive report titled ‘Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities:
The Burden on Indian Society’ in association with the SaveLife Foundation, an independent,
non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to improving road safety and emergency
medical care across India
 The report was released by Union transport minister, Nitin Gadkari
 India accounts for 11% of global death in road accidents
WORLD BANK IN NEWS

 World Bank Signs $100 million Project to Support Nutrition-Supportive Agriculture in Tribal-
 India accounts for 11% of global death in road accidents: World Bank Report
 World Bank inks $500 million pact with Government of India for green, safe highway corridors
project
 DIPAM inks pact with World Bank for advising on asset monetization
 World Bank has approved 4 India projects worth over $800 million.
 $400 million Second Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program.
 $100 million Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project
(CHIRAAG).
 $68 million Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources Project.
 $250 million Second Dam Improvement and Rehabilitation Project (DRIP-2)
 World Bank Signs $120 Million Project to Improve Connectivity in Meghalaya
 World Bank pauses “Doing Business” report over data irregularity issue
 India and World Bank sign $310 million Loan Agreement for Jharkhand Power System
Improvement Project
 World Bank $750 million funding support to MSME in india
 World Bank approve $500 million loan under 'STARS project
 World Bank $82 million loan for Himachal Pradesh Road Transformation
 World Bank $80 million loan improve water management in Himachal pradesh
 World Bank $88 million loan Implementation of Assam Inland water transport project
 World Bank $450 million loan agreement with India on support the Atal Bhujal Yojana
 World Bank $210 million loan for Maharashtra Agribusiness and rural Transformation
 project
 World Bank enchance the financial support for Ganga rejuvenation with $400 million
 World Bank lends Rs 1,950 Crore loans to west Bengal govt for tackling Covid-19 Situation

 Tamil Nadu, World Bank sign loan agreements worth $250 mn to boost affordable housing
projects
 Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director at World Bank
 Carmen Reinhart appointed as Chief Economist of World Bank Group
 Rajeev Topno appointed as Senior Advisor to ED of World Bank
 WORLD BANK
Founded : 1944
HQ : Washington Dc
President : David Malpass
MD&CFO : Anshula Kant
Chief Economist : Carman Reinhart
Executive Director : Rajesh Khullar
Senior Advisor to Ed of World Bank : Rajeev Topno
Member Countries :189
World Bank Group : 5 (IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA and ICSID)
Q. The 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav has been organised in which state by the Government of
India?
A) Maharashtra B) Andhra Pradesh
C) West Bengal D) Tamil Nadu
Answer : C
 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ begins at Cooch Behar in West Bengal
 The Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Culture, organised
under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme, since 2015, to celebrate the idea of unity in
diversity.
WEST BENGAL IN NEWS

 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ begins at Cooch Behar in West Bengal
 West Bengal recently conducted its first water birds census
 Mamata Banerjee Inaugurates 26th Kolkata International Film Festival
anniversary
 World’s first Tram library for children launched in Kolkata
 West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has launched a massive campaign titled ‘Duare Sarkar’

 Majerhat Bridge in Kolkata Renamed as “Jai Hind Bridge” To Commemorate 125th Birth
 ADB and India sign $50 million loan agreement to boost digital platforms for public finance
 West Bengal launches massive ‘Duare Sarkar’ outreach campaign ahead of 2021 assembly
polls
 West Bengal launches “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme for road repair
 West Bengal launches Karma Sathi Prakalpa Scheme to provide soft loans, subsidies to
unemployed youth
 India’s 1st digital parcel locker service in Kolkata, West Bengal
 Kolkata Port Trust remaned as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust
Q. Name the Indian digital map developing body, that has collaborated with ISRO to develop in-
house ‘mapping and location tracking’ app ‘Bhuvan’, similar to Google Maps.
A) LocationmyIndia B) SandesmyIndia
C) DigimyIndia D) MapmyIndia
Answer : D
 ISRO has entered into an agreement with ‘MapmyIndia’ to offer an indigenous satellite-based
mapping service to the country, as well as give an alternative to widely-used Google maps and
similar products.
 The new indigeniously-developed alternative app will be known as ‘Bhuvan’, to provide mapping
and other location-based services in India
Q. The International Cruise Terminal “Sagarika” is first full-fledged international cruise terminal in
India. It has been inaugurated at which place?
A) Kandla Port Trust B) Cochin Port Trust
C) Mormugao Port Trust D) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Answer : B
PORT IN NEWS
 The International Cruise Terminal “Sagarika” at Cochin Port Trust
 Harsh Vardhan launched state-of-the-art vessel ‘Sagar Avneshika’ at Chennai Port Trust
 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica flagged off from Mormugao Port, Goa
 Rajiv Jalota Appointed As Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust

 Indian-built Sittwe port in Myanmar to be operational in 2021

 Indian Naval Ship ‘Airavat’ reaches Port Sudan under ‘Mission Sagar-II’
 Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates ‘Direct Port Entry Facility’ at V.O.
Chidambaranar port in Tamil Nadu
 Shipping Minister Launches SAROD-Ports To Resolve Disputes In Maritime Sector
 Adani Ports to buy 75% stake in Krishnapatnam Port Andhra Pradesh
 CCI approves acquisition of Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited by Adani Ports
 Kolkata Port Starts new Shipping service from Kolkata to Bangladesh’s Chattogram port
 Gujarat Govt gives approval to world’s first CNG terminal at Bhavnagar port
 Note : Currently India has 13 major ports
Q. Who has been conferred the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award?
A) Nitish Kumar B) Pema Khandu
C) Sarbananda Sonowal D) Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Answer : D
 Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy conferred Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award
 Jagan was chosen for the award based on a year-long study of governance projects in the state
 Schemes like YSR Rythu Bharosa Kendras and Cheyuta were focused on bringing in efficiency
and transparency, besides ensuring inclusive growth and development
Q. Naman Ojha is associated with which sports who announced his retirement recently?
A) Hockey B) Football
C) Cricket D) Tennis
Answer : C
 Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha has announced his retirement from all
formats of cricket
Q. Who Indian-origin has been appointed to head United Nations Capital Development Fund?
A) Arvind Maheshwari B) Rashmi Desai
C) Satish Nigam D) Preeti Sinha
Answer : D
 Indian-origin Preeti Sinha appointed to head United Nations Capital Development Fund

 Sinha will work with a focus on providing micro-finance assistance to women, youth, small and
medium-sized enterprises in under-served communities
 United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
 Formation : 1966
 Headquarters : New York, USA
 Executive Secretary : Preeti Sinha
Q. Who took charge as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry after the removal of Dr. Kiran Bedi?
A) Arif Mohammad Khan B) Tamilisai Soundararajan
C) Biswabhusan Harichandan D) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Answer : B
 Dr. Kiran Bedi has been removed from the post of Puducherry Lieutenant Governor
 Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has been given additional charge as
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Q. Which ministry has launched Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban, JJMU?
A) Ministry of Home affairs B) Ministry of Textile
C) Ministry of Railways D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Answer : D
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan
Mission- Urban, JJM-U
 As a first step, the Ministry has decided to launch the Survekshan in 10 cities- Agra, Badlapur,
Bhubaneswar, Churu, Kochi, Madurai, Patiala, Rohtak, Surat and Tumkur
 Jal Jeevan Mission Urban is designed to provide universal coverage of water supply to all
households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory towns in accordance with Sustainable
Development Goal - 6
FACTS JAL JEEVAN MISSION

 Govt has resolved to provide piped water (Har Ghar Jal) to all households by "2024"
 Budget 2021: Rs 50,000 crore allocated for Jal Jeevan Mission, FM announces its urban
segment
 Jal Jeevan Mission Launched in 15 August 2019, a flagship programme of the Modi government,
aims to provide tap water connections to rural households by 2024
 Jal Jeevan Mission, a central government initiative under the Ministry of Jal Shakti

Q. Amazon India will start manufacturing of electronics products in which city ?

A) Chennai
B) Kolkata
C) Noida
D) Hyderabad
Answer : A
 Amazon India will start manufacturing of electronics products in India
 To begin with, it is going to start manufacturing Amazon Fire TV sticks from India
 Amazon will commence its manufacturing efforts with contract manufacturer Cloud Network
Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai and start production later this year
CHENNAI IN NEWS
 India gets its first Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management in Chennai
 India’s first waste exchange platform launched in Chennai
 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Inaugurates NCLAT Chennai bench
 India successfully test fires BrahMos cruise missile from INS Chennai
 India’s first FinTech centre of excellence comes up in Chennai
AMAZON IN NEWS
 Andy Jassy set to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in July
 Amazon tops Brand Finance Global 500 2020 report; Tata Group top Indian brand
 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos commits USD 1 bn investment in India to digitise small businesses
 Amazon signs Amitabh Bachchan for its Alexa voice assistant
 Amazon Pay collaborate with Uber to push digital payments in India
 Amazon India ties up with IRCTC to start online train ticket bookings
 Amazon Pay ties up with Acko to sell auto insurance
 Amazon launches seller driven ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign
 Amazon Opens Its Largest Global Campus Building in Hyderabad
 AMAZON
Founded : 1994
Founder : Jeff Bezos
Headquarters : Seattle, Washington DC
CEO : Andy Jessy

Q. The Chennai-based SpaceKidz India has developed the nanosatellite called Satish Dhawan
Satellite, or SD SAT. SD SAT will be launched using the launch vehicle _____.
A) PSLV- C51 B) GSLV Mark III
C) PSLV- C47 D) PSLV- C29
Answer : A
 The Chennai-based SpaceKidz India has developed the nanosatellite called Satish Dhawan
Satellite, or SD SAT
 The SD SAT, a 30x10x10cm cuboid, is an experimental communication satellite, to test the
capabilities of LoRa (Long range) technology in Space.
 The indigenously designed and developed miniature spacecraft will be launched on February
28 by the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV), C51 rocket of ISRO
Q. Who is the authored the book titled, ‘ASOCA: A Sutra’, a memoir of Ashoka The Great?
A) Julian Barnes B) Sally Rooney
C) Margaret Atwood D) Irwin Allan Sealy
Answer : D
 Irwin Allan Sealy to pen a new book titled, ‘ASOCA: A Sutra’, a memoir of Ashoka The Great.
 The book is to be published by Penguin Random House‘s Viking imprint and will be released in
July 2021
Q. Who has won the Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020?

A) Amanda Tapping B) Robin Dunne
C) Steven Adelson D) S. Theodore Baskaran
Answer : D
 S. Theodore Baskaran who is a writer, a historian, a naturalist and an activist has won the
Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award, 2020
 The award was instituted by the Sanctuary Nature Foundation
Q. Who has won her second Women’s Singles Title at 82nd National Table Tennis Championship?
A) Naina Jaiswal B) Ankita Das
C) Neha Aggarwal D) Manika Batra

Answer : D
 Manika Batra beat Reeth Rishya, 4-2, in the women’s singles final, to win the 82nd Senior
National Table Tennis Championship, at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula, Haryana
 It was Manika’s second Nationals title. She won her maiden national title in 2015 in Hyderabad
Q. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 26th edition of ‘Hunar Haat’ in which place?
A) Mumbai B) Lucknow
Answer : C
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 26th edition of ‘Hunar Haat’ in New Delhi
 The Ministry of Minority Affairs is organising the Hunar Haat on the theme of Vocal for Local
Q. Which country has recently joined “Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021”?
A) India B) Japan
C) Russia D) France
Answer : A
 India has joined the “Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021″ which is a two-day naval exercise.
The exercise is being held in the northern part of the Indian Ocean
Q. Who has won the Women's title of Australian Open 2021?

A) Jennifer Brady
B) Naomi Osaka
C) Simona Halep
D) Serena Williams
Answer : B
 Australian Open 2021 Women’s Singles – Naomi Osaka (Japan) defeated Jennifer Brady (US)
 Japan’s Naomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam title on February 20, 2021
 The four Grand Slam title for Osaka comes two Australian Open title (2021 and 2019) and two
US Open title (2018 and 2020)

Q. Who has become the first Indian Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human
Rights Council?
A) Ajai Malhotra B) Sharad Chandra Sinha
C) Govind Prasad Mathur D) Pinaki Chandra Ghose
Answer : A
 Ajai Malhotra becomes first Indian Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human
Rights Council
 United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
Formation : 2006
Headquarters : Geneva, Switzerland
President : Nazhat Shameem
Total Member : 47
Q. Which country hosted the "COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way
Forward' workshop?
A) India B) Japan
C) Maldives D) Australia
Answer : A
 India hosted a workshop on ‘COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices and Way
Forward’
 The Health Secretary of India will chair the event
 Ten countries - India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan,
Seychelles and Sri Lanka will participate
Q. When is the World Thinking Day observed?

A) 19 February
B) 20 February
C) 21 February
D) 22 February
Answer : D
 World Thinking Day, originally known as Thinking Day, is celebrated annually on 22 February by
all Girl Scouts, Girl Guides and other girl groups worldwide

Q. What is the theme of the World Thinking Day 2021?

A) Impact
B) Living Threads
C) Leadership
D) Peacebuilding
Answer : D
 Theme 2021 : “Peacebuilding”
Q. How much amount has been allocated to the Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban (JJM-U)in 2021-22?
A) Rs 2.50 lakh crore B) Rs 3.05 lakh crore
C) Rs 1.50 lakh crore D) Rs 2.87 lakh crore
Answer : D
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launches Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan in 10 Cities
 The Government has proposed a total outlay of Rs 2.87 lakh crore for JJM (U) in the fiscal 2021-
22, which includes Rs. 10,000 crore for continuing financial support to AMRUT Mission
Q. Who is the authored the book titled, ‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis: Impact of Coronavirus
and the Road Ahead’?
A) Rajeev Shukla B) Arun Kumar
C) Kaushal Kumar D) Arvind Kumar Mishra
Answer : B
 Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis Impact of Coronavirus and the Road Ahead
 Author : Arun Kumar
 Publisher : Penguin Random
Q. Who is the authored the book titled “Louiz Banks: A Symphony of Love” ?
A) Ashis Misra B) Ramesh Chand
C) Ashis Ghatak D) Pranab Das
Answer : C

 Louiz Banks: A Symphony of Love”, authored by Ashis Ghatak is the biography of Louis Banks,
the Godfather of Indian Jazz
Q. The central government has launched ____ campaign to give a boost to electric mobility and the
use of electrical appliances across the country.
A) Vidyut Pravah B) Go Electric campaign
C) Electic Saathi D) Vidyut Jeevan
Answer : B
 ‘Go Electric campaign’ launched to give a boost to electric mobility and use of electrical
appliances across the country
Q. Name the online portal launched by the Government to provide online civic services to residents
of 62 Cantonment Boards
A) e-Chhawani B) e-Swamitva
C) e-SVANidhi D) e-Gram Swaraj
Answer : A
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently launched an online portal ‘e-Chhawani’ and mobile
app, to facilitate ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing’ for the residents of the Cantonment Boards
across the country.
 The ‘e-Chhawani’ portal will provide online municipal services to more than 20 lakh citizens
across all 62 Cantonment Boards of India while sitting at home
 Jointly been developed by : eGov Foundation, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Directorate
General Defence Estates (DGDE), and National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Q. Who has been appointed as the new prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
A) Mario Draghi B) Kaja Kallas
C) Michael Bloomberg D) Sama Lukonde Kyenge
Answer : D
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Capital : Brazzaville
 Currency : Franc

Q. The robocar named TIGER X-1, is an Ultimate Mobility Vehicle launched by which company?
A) Yamaha B) Toyota
C) Hyundai D) Ford Motors
Answer : C
 Hyundai Motor Company has launched a Transformer-like robocar dubbed as TIGER X-1.
 TIGER stands for Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot, and the X-1 denotes its
experimental status
 The Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) TIGER is being developed by Hyundai in partnership with
Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar
 Hyundai Motor Company
Founded : 1967
Headquarters : Seoul, South Korea
Chairman : Chung Mong-koo
President and CEO : Lee Won-hee
Q. With which country India has recently signed two agreements on visa facilitation & leather
technology?
A) Maldives B) Ethiopia
C) Uganda D) Nigeria
Answer : B
 Dr S JaishankarIndia and Ethiopia signed two agreements related to visa facilitation and leather
technology.
 The agreements were signed in the presence of Ethiopia Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister, Demeke Mekonnen Hassen and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
 Hassen is on a 4-day visit to India, from February 16
IMPORTANT LATEST SIGN MOU IN NEWS

 India & Ethiopia Sign Agreements On Visa Facilitation and Leather Technology
 India and Afghanistan Inks MoU for the construction of the Lalandar “Shatoot” Dam
 India & Maldives sign 5 deals to boost infrastructure
 MoU signed between India and Uzbekistan for solar energy cooperation
 India and Japan inks MoC to promote movement of skilled workers from India to Japan
 India and Japan sign MoU to strengthen cooperation in Information and Communications
Technology

 India and UAE sign MoU for scientific and technical cooperation
 India, US ink MoU on Intellectual Property Examination and Protection
 India-UK sign MoU on Water Partnership
 Norway signs MoU with Clean Ganga Mission in India
 India and Austria inks MoU on Technology Cooperation
 India and Finland sign MOU on environmental protection
 India & Denmark Inks MoU for Cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property
 India and Japan inks agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between
Armed Forces
Q. Which country was the biggest trading partner of the European Union (EU) in 2020, as per
Eurostat data?
A) China
B) Russia
C) France
D) Germany
Answer : A
 China Overtakes the US as Largest Trading Partner of European Union
 Britain, which left the European Union in 2020, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc,
behind China and the United States
 The trade volume of EU with China reached 586 billion euros ($711 billion) in 2020, compared
to 555 billion euros ($673 billion) for the US. Bilateral trade with UK reached 444.7 billion euros
 European Union (EU)
Founded : 1958
Headquarteres : Brussels Belgium
President of the Commission : Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Council : Charles Michel
Presidency of the Council of the EU : Portugal
Total Member : 27
CHINA OVERTAKE NEWS

 China Overtakes the US as Largest Trading Partner of European Union

Q. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of CEAT Limited?

A) Rana Daggubati B) Vijay Deverakonda
C) Samantha Akkineni D) Keerthy Suresh
Answer : A
 CEAT Limited, a tyre company of RPG Enterprises(Rama Prasad Goenka Group) has signed in
Actor Rana Daggubati as its brand ambassador to promote the new ‘Puncture Safe’ range of
bike tyres
 CEAT has launched ‘Puncture Safe’ range of tyres in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
DON'T CONFUSE
 CEAT ropes in Rana Daggubati as brand ambassador for new range of bike tyres (February
2021)
 Aamir Khan is the new brand ambassador of CEAT Tyres (September 2020)
 Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino (CEAT)
Founded : 1924
Chairman : Harsh Goenka
MD : Anant Goenka
Q. Who has been named as the brand ambassador for Redmi 9 Power smartphones
A) Vicky Kaushal B) Sonu Sood
C) Virat Kohli D) K L Rahul
Answer : B
SONU SOOD IN NEWS
 Redmi India names Sonu Sood as its brand ambassador for Redmi 9 Power
 Spice Money ropes in Sonu Sood as brand ambassador
 Sonu Sood tops 50 Asian Celebrities in The World list 2020
 Sonu Sood’s autobiography to be titled ‘I Am No Messiah’
 Co-written by : Meena Iyer
 Acer India appointed Sonu Sood as Brand Ambassador
 Gargo International appointed sonu sood as Brand Ambassador
 Sonu Sood launches Pravasi Rojgar app to help migrants find job opportunities

Q. Age-old Kanchoth festival is celebrated in which state/UT?

A) Ladakh B) Manipur
C) Meghalaya D) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer : D
 Age-old Kanchoth festival celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir Chenab valley
 The ancient Kanchoth festival, a symbol of ancient Nag culture, was observed with religious
fervour and gaiety across Chenab valley region of Jammu and Kashmir
Q. Facebook has blocked users from which country from sharing or viewing news content on the
platform?
A) Saudi Arabia B) United States
C) Australia D) Germany
Answer : C
 Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform,
causing alarm over public access to key information
AUSTRALIA IN NEWS
 Former pacer Merv Hughes inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry ( Australia )
 ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry (Australia )
 ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry (Australia )
 Australia's Ashleigh Barty won the brookwater golf club women's championship 2020
 Shobha Sekhar conferred with “Medal of the Order of Australia”
 Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 Women's Football World Cup
 India, France, Australia hold 1st Trilateral Dialogue on Economic strategic challenges in Indo-
pacific
 India-US-Japan-Australia kick-starts Malabar Naval Exercise-2020
 IIT Guwahati-led Australia-India Water Centre inaugurated virtually
 ‘Argyle Mine’ World’s Biggest Pink Diamond Mine in Australia
 AUSTRALIA
Capital : Canberra
Currency : Dollar
Prime Minister : Scott Morrison

Q. The Third QUAD Foreign Minister's Meeting will be held with the participation of the respective
Foreign Ministers. Which country is not a part of QUAD?
A) Japan B) India
C) Franc D) United States
Answer : C
 The Third India-Australia-Japan-USA QUAD Foreign Minister's Meeting will be held with the
participation of the respective Foreign Ministers
 The QUAD meeting provides an opportunity to continue the useful exchange of views from their
last meeting in Tokyo in October last year
 QUAD Counties : Australia , India , Japan & United States
Q. Prime Minister Modi has launched ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative in which state?

A) Odisha B) Assam
C) Chhattisgarh D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : B
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra, lay the foundation stone
of Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge and perform Bhoomi Poojan for construction of Majuli Bridge Assam
 The launch of Mahabahu-Brahmaputra will be marked by the inauguration of the Ro-Pax vessel
operations between Neamatighat and Majuli, North and South Guwahati and Dhubri-
Hatsingimari
 The Prime Minister will perform bhumi pujan for the much awaited 8 km long Jorhat - Majuli
bridge.
 This bridge will connect river island Majuli with mainland Assam
 The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of the longest river bridge of the country over
the Brahmaputra between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya
Q. Name the government instant messaging systems (GIMS) platform launched by the Centre on
the lines of Whatsapp?
A) Suchana B) Desha
C) Sandes D) Charit
Answer : C

 National Informatics Centre (NIC),under the Ministry of Electronics and Information

Technology, has launched an instant messaging platform called “Sandes”
 Similar to WhatsApp, the new government instant messaging systems (GIMS) platform can be
used for all kinds of communications by anyone using a mobile number or email id
 In August 2020, the NIC launched the Sandes app albeit in a different avatar. The app went by
the name of GIMS, or Government Instant Messaging System, and as per latest reports, has
already been rolled out among some sections of government personnel
Q. The sustainable electric two-wheeler,named ‘PiMo’ has been developed by which institution?
A) IIT Bombay B) IIT Roorkee
C) IIT Madras D) IIT Guwahati
Answer : C
 IIT Madras-Incubated start-up Pi Beam Electric has recently launched a sustainable electric
two-wheeler, dubbed as PiMo
 The cost of the electric two-wheeler has been fixed at Rs. 30, 000
 It eliminates fuel costs as it runs on battery
 The battery can charge faster than a smartphone, and comes with a range of 50 km.
 Pi Beam aims to sell 10,000 vehicles by the end of the financial year 2021-22
Q. Union Cabinet approved the signing of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership
Agreement (CECPA) between India and which country?
A) Austria B) Mauritius
C) Maldives D) Germany
Answer : B
 Union Cabinet cleared the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and
Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius.
 The decision is part of the preparatory work for External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s
upcoming visit to Mauritius
 Mauritius
Capital : Port Louis
Currency : Rupee
President : Prithvirajsing Roopun
Prime Minister : Pravind Jugnauth

Q. The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative has contributed how much amount for the
construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya?
A) Rs 1.50 crore B) Rs 2.51 crore
C) Rs 3.15 crore D) Rs 4.25 crore
Answer : B
 Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) World's No. 1 Cooperative organization on
contributed Rs 2.51 crore for the construction of Ram temple at Ram Janambhoomi at Ayodhya
 Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)
Founded : 3 November 1967
Chairman : B.S Nakai
MD & CEO : U.S Awasth
Q. HCL Technologies has inked an agreement with which institutation collaborate in the area of
cybersecurity?
A) IIT Madras B) IIT Guwahati
C) IIT Kharagpur D) IIT Kanpur
Answer : D
IIT KANPUR IN NEWS
 PNB Collaborates with IIT Kanpur to set up Fintech Innovation Centre
 IIT Kanpur develops UV sanitizing device ‘SHUDH’ to disinfect room in 15 mins
 IIT Kanpur Incubated Start-ups Develops Smart Water Quality Testing Device “PADMAVATI”
 IIT Kanpur, ASI sign MoU with Italian institutes for restoration of monuments
 IIT Kanpur develops virtual classroom teaching setup ‘Mobile Masterjee’
 Power Finance Corporation (PFC) signs agreement with IIT-Kanpur in smart grid technology
 IIT Kanpur & Bharat Dynamics Limited ink pact to make affordable ventilators
 Department of Defence (MoD) signs tripartite MoU with IIT Kanpur and DARPG to conduct
predictive analysis of public grievances
 HCL Technologies
Founded : 1976
Founder : Shiv Nadar
Headquarters : Noida, UP
Chairman : Roshni Nadar Malhotra
MD : Shiv Nadar
CEO : C Vijayakumar

Q. Which state has launched ‘Snakepedia’ mobile app launched in to help treat snake bites?
A) Odisha
B) Kerala
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : B
 A team of scientists, doctors and photographers in Kerala have launched a mobile application
named “Snakepedia”
 The app will present all relevant information on snakes, to help the public as well as doctors in
treating snake bites
KERALA IN NEWS
 ‘Snakepedia’ mobile app launched in Kerala to help treat snake bites
 Kerala Government sanctions Rs. 9 crore to build 48 ‘Smart’ Anganwadis
 Kerala's first Human Milk Bank (HMB), a state-of-art facility will be opened at the Ernakulam
general hospital
 India’s first Labour Movement Museum to be set up in Alappuzha, Kerala
 Kerala becomes 8th State to complete ease of doing business reforms
 UN Women collaborates with Kerala Government to set up India’s first Gender Data Hub
 Kerala best-governed state while Chandigarh top union territory: PAC Report
 Kerala becomes the first state to fix floor price for vegetables
 Kerala becomes 1st state to have completely digital, hi-tech classrooms
 India’s 1st solar-powered miniature train launched in Kerala
 Kerala tops 'The State of young Child in India'
 Kerala launches ‘Parivarthanam’ scheme for better livelihood of Fishing Community
 Dragonfly Festival (Thumbi Maholsavam 2020)
 Festival Mascot : “Pantalu”
 Kerala Govt commissioned 1st Marine Ambulance ‘PRATHEEKSHA’
 Kerala tops India's literacy chart at 96.2%, Andhra Pradesh worst performer
 India’s 1st International Women’s Trade center open in kerala
 Kerala Tourism wins PATA Grand Award 2020
 Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2020 by the Kerala govt
 Kerala wins UNIATF award for prevention and control of NCD 2020

Q. PM Modi has recently laid the foundation stone of Cauvery Basin Refinery in which state?
A) Kerala B) Telangana
C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka
Answer : C
 PM Modi dedicates to the nation and lays foundation stone of key projects of oil and gas sector
in Tamil Nadu
 PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Cauvery Basin Refinery at Nagapattinam. Joint Venture of
IOCL and CPCL at an estimated project cost of Rs. 31,500 crore
 143 km Ramanathapuram – Thoothukudi natural gas pipeline of ONGC laid at the cost of about
Rs. 700 crores
 Gasoline Desulphurisation Unit at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), Manali –
constructed at the cost of about Rs. 500 crore
Q. How much amount of the PLI Scheme has been approved by the Government for telecom
equipment and networking product manufacturing recently?
A) Rs 10,000 crore
B) Rs 11,250 crore
C) Rs 13,100 crore
D) Rs 12,195 crore
Answer : D
 Union Cabinet has approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme worth Rs 12,195 crore
for telecom equipment and networking product manufacturing.
 Under the PLI scheme, Telecom manufacturing will be boosted in order to enhance the
production of more than Rs 2.4 lakh crore
 Through this decision, the government aims to offset the imports of telecom equipment worth
more than Rs 50,000 crore and reinforce it with “Made in India” products both for domestic
markets and exports.
 The scheme will be operational from 1st April, 2021
 The PLI scheme was launched in the March 2020 in a bid to boost the domestic manufacturing
 The scheme also has higher proposed incentives for micro, small and medium enterprises
(MSMEs)

Q. Dharmendra Pradhan represented India at the 11th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy

Outlooks, held virtually. The symposium was held under the patronage of which country?
A) Maldives B) Saudi Arabia
C) United States D) United Arab Emirates
Answer : B
 11th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks was held virtually under the patronage of
the Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud
 From India, the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan,
participated in the symposium
SAUDI ARABIA IN NEWS

 Saudi Arabia To Host G20 Summit In 2020
 atar to host 2030 Asian Games, 2034 edition in Saudi Arabia
 15th G20 Summit held under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia
 Saudi Arabia organizes G-20 Extraordinary Agriculture Ministers Meet
 Saudi Arabia chairs G20 Education Ministers Meeting
 Saudi Arabia terminates death penalty for minors
 Saudi Arabia
Capital : Riyadh
Currency : Riyal
Crown Prince : Mohammed bin Salman
Q. Which of the following organisation has planned to launch the World Solar Bank (WSB)?
A) World Bank
B) International Monetry Fund
C) World Economic Forum
D) International Solar Alliance
Answer : D
 The International Solar Alliance (ISA) to launch the World Solar Bank (WSB). The launch will
likely be announced at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November
2021
INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE ( ISA )
🔶 Founded - 2015

🔶 HQ - Gurugram Haryana
🔶 Director General - Ajay Mathur
🔶 Membership : 121
🔶 ISA : Joint Initiative by India and France
Q. What is the name of the Indian American who led NASA's operation -Perseverance Rover
Landing-on Mars?
A) Bhavya Lal B) Swati Mohan
C) Raja Chari D) Ashwin Vasavada
Answer : B
 Dr. Swati Mohan is the Indian American woman who led NASA's operation Perseverance rover
landing on Mars. Dr. Mohan spearheaded the development of attitude control and the landing
system for the rover
 NASA's Perseverance rover made a successful landing on the Red Planet, it was Indian-
American scientist Swati Mohan who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the
Mars 2020 mission
 NASA Perseverance Rover has landed on Mars
 Perseverance Rover
 Launch: 30th July, 2020
 Landing: 18th February, 2021
 Previous Mars Missions:
 The Soviet Union in 1971 became the first country to carry out a Mars landing
 The second country to reach Mars’s surface is the United State of America (USA). Since 1976,
it has achieved 8 successful Mars landings, the latest being the ‘InSight’ in 2019
 India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan ISRO launched on board a PSLV C-25 on
November 2013
NASA IN NEWS
 Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan leads NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
 Indian-Origin Bhavya Lal appointed as Acting Chief of Staff of NASA
 NASA selects Raja Chari as commander of SpaceX Crew-3 mission
 NASA-ESA successfully launches Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

 NASA’s SOFIA discovers water on Sunlit Surface of Moon

 NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo spacecraft
 Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon
 NASA to launch rover ‘MARS 2020’ in 2020
 NASA astronauts fly SpaceX spacecraft ‘Dragon’
 Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter as 'Ingenuity’
 NASA renames its WFIRST Telescope after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman
 NASA Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st Woman to Reach Deepest Point of Ocean
 Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”
 NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
 NASA creates “VITAL” high-pressure ventilator to fight COVID-19
 NASA & ULA launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
 NASA SunRISE Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms
 NASA named Mars 2020 rover as “Perseverance”
 NASA to Launch ASTHROS Mission to study Cosmos using football stadium-sized balloon
launch
 NASA Decommissions its Spitzer Space Telescope after Over 16 Years in Service
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Founded : 1958
Headquarters : Washington, D.C
Motto : For the Benefit of All
Acting Administrator : Steve Jurczyk
Q. Which Indian city gets recognition as the 2020 Tree City of the World?
A) Bengaluru B) Mumbai
Answer : D
 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Arbor Day Foundation have
recognized Hyderabad as a 2020 Tree City of World, for its commitment to growing and
maintaining urban forests
 Most of the other cities were from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia
HYDERABAD IN NEWS
 Hyderabad Recognised as ‘2020 Tree City of the World’ by FAO

 Testbed for autonomous navigation systems, ‘TiHAN-IIT’, set up at IIT-Hyderabad

 Oppo opens 5G innovation lab in Hyderabad
 Airtel announces 5G ready network in Hyderabad
 Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad Becomes first zoo in India to get ISO certification from UK
 First-of-its-kind National Centre for Divyang Empowerment inaugurated in Hyderabad
Telangana
 Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel test facility in
Hyderabad
 Singapore Tops IMD’s Global Smart City Index 2020, Hyderabad top Indian City
 Hyderabad Police Launches 'STREE' Program For Women
 Hyderabad International Airport wins CII-GBC ‘National Energy Leader’ award
 Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake near Hyderabad,
FAO IN NEWS
 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Wins 2020 King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award
of FAO
 PM Modi to release commemorative coin to mark 75th Anniversary of FAO on 16 October 2020
 35th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific 2020; Chair of the Host Country, Bhutan
 India Ranks 3rd among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO
 World Food Day (WFD) : 16 October
 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Formation : 16 October 1945
Headquarters : Rome Italy
Director-General : Qu Dongyu ( China )
Total Member : 197
Q. Which will be the title sponsor for the Indian Premier League 2021 Season?
A) Vivo B) Dream 11
C) Pepsi D) Byju’s
Answer : A
 Chinese mobile and technology company brand Vivo has returned as the title sponsors of IPL
for the 2021 edition
 This was informed by the Indian Premier League Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel at
the IPL 2021 Auction in Chennai
 In 2018, Vivo acquired the IPL title sponsorship for Rs 2,199 crore in a five-year deal
 VIVO was then replaced by Indian online gaming platform Dream11 in the 2020 season.
 However, military clashes at the India-China border in June 2020, led VIVO to pull out as
sponsor of IPL

 Indian Premier League (IPL)

First edition : 2008
Founder : Lalit Modi
Number of teams : 8
Current champion Mumbai Indians : 5th title
Most successful Mumbai Indians : 5 titles
Most runs Virat Kohli : 5878
Most wickets Lasith Malinga : 170
Q. Mastercard has signed an MoU with to make digital payments more accessible for MSMEs and
startups?
A) Razorpay B) Flipkart
C) Microsoft D) Apple
Answer : A
 Mastercard and Razorpay to make digital payments more accessible for MSMEs and startups
MASTERCARD IN NEWS
 Mastercard & USAID Partners to launch Project Kirana to empower women through financial
inclusion
 Mastercard Partners with Singapore-based Atlantis to Expand Digital First Program in India
 Airtel Payments Bank team up with Mastercard for farmers, SMEs
 SBM Bank partners with MasterCard for smarter payments solutions
 Mastercard has launched “Central Bank Digital Currencies” (CBDCs),platform
 Paytm Payments Bank inks partnership with Mastercard to issue virtual and physical debit
cards
 Michael Miebach appointed as new CEO of Mastercard
 Mastercard rolls out “Identity Check Express” for safe digital payment
 Mastercard
 Founded : 1966
 Headquarteres : New York, U.S
 Executive Chairman : Ajay Banga
 President and CEO : Michael Miebach
 Razorpay
 Founded : 2014
 Headquarteres : Bengaluru
 Founder : Harsil Mathur and Sashank Kumar
 MD & CEO : Harshil Mathur

Q. How many Indian-origin people have been featured in the Time100 Next 2021?
A) 3 B) 6
C) 4 D) 5
Answer : D
 TIME100 Next 2021 is the second edition of the annual list of Time magazine’s 100 ‘emerging
leaders who are shaping the future.
 Five Indian-origin persons in Time100 Next list
 UK’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak
 Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde
 Get Us PPE executive director and doctor Shikha Gupta
 Instacart founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta
 Founder of nonprofit Upsolve’s Rohan Pavuluri
Q. Chandra Shekhar Aazad has been featured in the 2021 TIME100 Next. He is the founder of which
Bhim Army organisation that works for the upliftment of dalits. The organisation is based in
which state?
A) Maharashtra B) Chhattisgarh
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Tamil Nadu
Answer : C
 Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad and five Indian-origin personalities have been
featured in the 2021 TIME100 Next
 Bhim Army is a dalit rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh to help Dalits escape poverty
through education. It was founded by Satish Kumar, Vijay Ratan Singh and Chandrashekhar
Azad in 2015
TIME MAGAZINE'S IN NEWS

 Bhim Army’s Chandra Shekhar Azad named in 2021 TIME100 Next
 Joe Biden & Kamala Harris jointly named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ 2020
 15-yr-old Indian-American Gitanjali Rao, becomes first-ever TIME’s “Kid Of The Year”
 PM Modi named in Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People 2020 List

Q. Who has been appointed as the Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
A) Preeti Sinha B) Anil Soni
C) Gita Gopinath D) Usha Rao-Monari
Answer : D
 António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General appointed Ms. Usha Rao-Monari of India
as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
 She succeeds Mourad Wahba of Egypt, who served as the acting associate administrator
UNDP IN NEWS
 India's Usha Rao-Monari appointed as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator
of UNDP
 UNDP and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation collaborates to co-create India’s first
Social Impact Bond
 UNDP and Invest India joins hand to launch the SDG Investor Map for India
 India Ranks 131 in Human Development Index 2020, Norway Tops; released by UNDP
 Sonu Sood honoured with SDA Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP
 Indian Teenager Udit Singhal, named in UN’s 2020 list of Young Leaders for Sustainable Goals
 UNDP and Invest India tie-up to launch the SDG Investor Map for India
 Nitin Gadkari launches UNDP national awareness campaign on ‘Prevention of Human and
Animal Mortality on Highways’
 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Formation : 22 November 196
Headquarters : New York City
Head : Achim Steiner
Q. Which Indian Naval ship reached Abu Dhabi in UAE to participate in the Naval Defence
Exhibition (NAVDEX 21) and International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 21)?
A) INS Kiltan B) INS Pralaya
C) INS Shardul D) INS Sindhuveer
Answer : B

 Indian Navy Ship Pralaya Participates in Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 21) and IDEX 21 in
Abu Dhabi, UAE
 Participation of INS Pralaya will showcase the strengths of India’s indigenous ship building, in
line with Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat’
 NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21 is one of the leading international naval and defence exhibitions of the
region
UAE IN NEWS
 Indian Navy Ship Pralaya Participates in NAVDEX 21 and IDEX 21 in Abu Dhabi, UAE
 ‘Hope’ probe of UAE successfully enters Mars orbit
 Cabinet approves MoU between India and UAE for Scientific and Technical Cooperation
 20th IORA Council of Ministers Meeting Held in UAE
 Govt of India gave nod to IPL 2020 in UAE
 World Future Energy Summit 2020 Begins in Abu Dhabi
 Trump announces historic peace deal between UAE & Israel to establish full diplomatic
relations
 UAE becomes first Arab country to produce nuclear energy
 Piyush Goyal Co-chairs 8th Meeting of the India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on
Investments
 India’s External Affairs Minister and Foreign Minister of UAE Co-Chairs 13th India-UAE Joint
Commission Meeting
 United Arab Emirates launches “Hope” mission to “Mars”
 UAE’s DMCC launches “Agriota E-Marketplace”
 Arab Gulf’s first coal-based power plant being developed in Dubai
 2020 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament Shifted from Pakistan to Dubai
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Capital : Abu Dhabi
Currency : Dirham
President : Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister : Mohammed bin
Q. DRDO recently tested the indigenously developed Helina and Dhruvastra missile system. The
two missiles are which type of missile?
A) Combat Drones B) Pontoon bridge
C) Armoured personnel carrier D) Anti-Tank Guided Missile Systems
Answer : D

 DRDO Carries successful user trials of indigenously-developed Anti-Tank Guided Missile

Systems ‘Helina’ and ‘Dhruvastra’ at the Pokhran deserts in Rajasthan
 Helina is the Army version and Dhruvastra is the Air Force version of the Advanced Light
Helicopter (ALH)
 The missile systems have been designed and developed indigenously by the DRDO
 The Helina and Dhruvastra are third generation, “Lock-on-Before-Launch (LOBL)” fire and
forget ATGMs that can engage targets both in direct hit mode as well as top attack mode
DRDO IN NEWS
 DRDO Conducts Two Successful Launches of VL-SRSAM Missile System, Chandipur off the
coast of Odisha
 Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurates DRDO Skill Development Centre for Fire Safety
Training at Pilkhuwa in Uttar Pradesh
 DRDO Carries successful user trials of indigenously-developed Anti-Tank Guided Missile
Systems ‘Helina’ and ‘Dhruvastra’
 DRDO Develops India’s first Indigenously-Developed 9mm Machine Pistol ‘Asmi’
 DRDO Conducts Successful Maiden Test Launch of Surface-to-Air Akash-NG Missile
 DRDO Celebrates 63rd Foundation Day on 1st January 2021
 Indian Navy & DRDO conduct maiden trial of first indigenous air-dropped container ‘SAHAYAK-
NG’
 Hemant Kumar Pandey Honored With DRDO's "Scientist Of The Year" Award
 DRDO develops disinfection unit “Ultra Swachh” to disinfect a wide range of materials including
electronic items, fabrics
 DRDO successfully test fires high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT)- ABHYAS
 DRDO successfully test-fires anti-radiation missile “Rudram” ( Range 250 kilometres)
 Defence minister Rajnath Singh hands over 3 DRDO high-tech systems to chiefs of 3 armed
forces
 DRDO Developing new 200-km strike range Pranash ballistic missile
 DRDO develops UV disinfectant tower
 DRDO has successfully test-fired the indigenously-developed Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided
Missile (ATGM) from the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun.
 DRDO successfully flight tests “Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo” (SMART) from
Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Formed : 1958
Motto : "Strength's Origin is in Knowledge"
Chairman : G. Satheesh Reddy
DRDO is India's largest and most diverse research organisation

Q. The World Day of Social Justice is observed every year on which day?
Answer : B
Q. What is the theme of World Day of Social Justice 2021?

A) 'Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice
B) If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice'
C) A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy
D) Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice
Answer : C
 United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice is observed on February 20 every year since
2009
 Theme 2021 : “A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy.”
Q. When is the Soil Health Card Day observed in India?

A) 19 February
B) 20 February
C) 22 February
D) 21 February
Answer : A
 Every year India observes the Soil Health Card Day on 19 February to commemorate the launch
of the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme, and create awareness about the benefits of the scheme.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme on 19th February,
2015 at Suratgarh in Rajasthan
 2021 marks the sixth year of the launch of the SHC Scheme.
 The scheme aims at issuing soil health cards to farmers every two years so as to provide a basis
to address nutritional deficiencies in soil

Q. The CSIR has collaborated with which entity to promote health research in India?
A) The Rockefeller Foundation
B) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
C) Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
D) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Answer : D
 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development,
conduct and promotion of health research in India
CSIR IN NEWS
 CSIR inks MoU with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to promote health research
 Tata Steel And CSIR Tie Up For Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
 Durgapur, West Bengal based CSIR-CMERI develops World’s Largest Solar Tree with installed
capacity of 11.5 kWp
 CSIR Top Scientific Research Institute in Nature Rankings Index 2020
 Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches CSIR Technologies for rural development
 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
 Founded : 26 September 1942
 Founder(s) : Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
 Director General : Shekhar C. Mande
 President : Prime Minister of India
 Under : Ministry of Science & Technology
 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize was established by CSIR in 1958
 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Formation : 2000
Founders : Bill Gates Melinda Gates
Headquarters : Seattle, Washington, U.S.
CEO : Mark Suzman
"Global Goalkeeper" award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Q. Which company has signed a deal to acquire 68% stake in BigBasket for about Rs 9,500 crore?
A) Tata Group B) Reliance Group
C) Mahindra Group D) Wipro Group
Answer : A

 Tata Group has signed a deal to acquire 68% stake in BigBasket for about Rs 9,500 crore. The
stake will be acquired by Tata Digital, a subsidiary of Tata Sons
 Post acquisition, the enterprise value of BigBasket becomes more than Rs 13,500 crore
 Tata Group
Founded : 1868
Founder : Jamsetji Tata
Chairman : Natarajan Chandrasekaran
 Bigbasket
Founded : 2011
Q. Which housing finance company get the RBI nod to acquire Dewan Housing Finance
Corporation (DHFL)?
A) Indiabulls Housing Finance B) Religare Housing Development Finance
C) Prosper Housing Finance D) Piramal Capital and Housing Finance
Answer : D
 RBI has given approval to the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) resolution plan from
Piramal Capital and Housing Finance (PCHFL), a company of Piramal group that was submitted
by the Committee of Creditors (CoC).
 As per the plan, Piramal group will merge PCHFL with DHFL, which involves a total payment of
around Rs 35,000 crores
 Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL)
Founded : 1984
Founder : Rajesh Wadhawan
CMD : Kapil Wadhawan
 Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited (PCHFL)
Founded : 2017
Headquartered : Mumbai
CEO : Vipul Agarwal
Q. Which Insurance Company launched an innovative insurance plan, “Health AdvantEDGE”?

A) ICICI Lombard General Insurance B) Bharati AXA General Insurance
C) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance D) Universal Sompo General Insurance

Answer : B
 Bharti AXA General Insurance, a leading non-life insurer has launched its new and health
insurance plan, Health AdvantEDGE, that provides holistic protection against mounting
expenses related to medical exigencies and other healthcare services and also offers Ayush
benefits
 It provides cover from pre-hospitalization (60 days) to post-hospitalization (90 days)
Q. Annual Convention of Association of Domestic Tour Operators (ADTOI) was held in which city ?
A) Kevadia, Gujarat B) Bengaluru, Karnataka
C) Hyderabad, Telangana D) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Answer : A
 The Annual Convention of Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) concluded
at Kevadia in Gujarat
 The convention was jointly organized by the Ministry of Tourism and ADTOI with support from
Gujarat Tourism.
 It aimed at building public confidence to travel for the revival of domestic tourism in the country
GUJARAT IN NEWS
 Gujarat to Rename Dragon Fruit as ‘Kamalam’
 Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has announced for the formation of ‘Mukhyamantri Bagayat Vikas
Mission’
 Gujarat govt announces to set up the world’s biggest Zinc Smelter project
 India’s biggest cardiac hospital in Ahmedabad Gujarat
 Gujarat to commence Seaplane service from 31 October 2020
 Gujarat Tops FSSAI’s State Food Safety Index 2019-20
 Gujarat to launch ‘Digital Seva Setu’ to offer public welfare services online in rural areas
 Gujarat Tops NITI Aayog’s inaugural Export Preparedness Index 2020
 Gujarat inks MoU with Denmark in water sector
 India’s first honey testing laboratory set up at NDDB in Anand district of Gujarat
Q. Which state will host the second Khelo India University Games?
A) Assam B) Odisha
C) Haryana D) Karnataka

Answer : D
 Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has announced that the second Khelo India University Games
will be hosted by Karnataka.
 In the second edition of the games, Yogasana and Mallakhamb have been added
 The first edition of University games was held in Bhubaneswar last year ; Panjab University,
Chandigarh Tops medals tally
KHELO INDIA GAMES IN NEWS

 Karnataka to Host Second Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2021
 Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament begins in Chiktan, Kargil
 Second edition of the Khelo India Winter Games is set to be held in Gulmarg, Jammu and
Kashmir
 13-day Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth festival 2021 begins in Ladakh
 Haryana will host the 4th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games 2021
 Sports Ministry Includes four indigenous sports in Khelo India Youth Games 2021
 The four new games are, Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba
 Kalaripayattu has its origin from Kerala
 Mallakhamba is practiced in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
 Thang-Ta is a Manipur marital art.
 Gatka originates from Punjab
 Bhubaneswar To Host First Khelo India University Games
 KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES
1. 1st event 2018 : New Delhi
2. Medal Tally Top : Haryana
1. 2nd Event 2019 : Pune, Maharashtra

2. Medal Tally Top : Maharashtra
1. 3rd Event 2020 : Guwahati, Assam

2. Medal Tally Top : Maharashtra
 4th Event 2021 : Panchkula, Haryana

 On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated Khelo India School Games
 Khelo India School Games were renamed to Khelo India Youth Games

Q. Who has won the Australian Open Men’s Singles title 2021?
A) Novak Djokovic B) Dominic Thiem
C) Roger Federer D) Rafael Nadal
Answer : A
 WINNERS OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2021
 Men’s Singles – Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
 Women’s Singles – Naomi Osaka (Japan) defeated Jennifer Brady (US)
 Men’s Doubles –Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Filip Polášek (Slovakia )
 Women’s Doubles – Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
 Mixed Doubles – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram of US
 Novak Djokovic claimed his 9th Australian Open crown and the 18th Major Grand Slam overall
GRAND SLAM WINNER WITH FACTS
♦️Grand Slam Chronological order
💠 1. Australian open 💠 2. French open
💠 3. Wimbledon open 💠 4. US open
🛑 AUSTRALIAN OPEN ♦️AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2021
🔶 Founded : 1905 🔸 Editions : 109
🔶 Surface : Hard Court 🔸 Venue : Melbourne, Australia
🔸 Most singles titles : ( 9th title ) Novak Djokovic
🏆 MEN'S SINGLE 2021 🏆 WOMEN'S SINGLE 2021
🔷 Winner : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 🔷 Winner : Naomi Osaka (Japan)
🔷Runner up : Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 🔷 Runner up : Jennifer Brady (US)
🛑 FRENCH OPEN 🔷 FRENCH OEPN 2020
🔶 Surface : Clay court 🔸 Venue : Paris France

🔸 Most singles titles : Rafael Nadal (13)
🔷 Winner : Rafael Nadal (Spain) 🔷 Winner : Iga Swiatek (Poland)
🔷 Runner up : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 🔷 Runner up : Sofia Kenin (US)
🛑 WIMBLEDON OPEN 🔷 Wimbledon 2020 to be ‘cancelled’ amid COVID-19 pandemic
🔶 Founded : 1877
🔶 Surface : Grass court
🛑 US OPEN ♦️ US OPEN 2020
🔶 Surface : Hard Court 🔸 Venue : New York City, US
🔷 Winner : Dominic Thiem (Austria) 🔷 Winner : Naomi Osaka (Japan)
🔷 Runnerup : Alexander Zverev (Germany) 🔷 Runnerup : Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
❇️ NOTE : Wimbledon is the oldest grand salem, founded in 1877

 Mahesh Bhupati became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam made history at 1997 French Open
 Nirupama Sanjeev was the first Indian female tennis player to win a singles match at a Grand
Slam, the 1998 Australian Open
Men's Most Grand Slam titles? Women's Most Grand Slam Titles
Player Grand Slam Titles Player Grand slam title
Roger Federer 20 Margaret Court 24
Rafael Nadal 20 Serena Williams 23
Novak Djokovic 18 Steffi Graf 22
Pete Sampras 14

Q. The India and Indonesia navies recently held their Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in which region?
A) Arabian Sea B) Indian Ocean
C) Bay of Bengal D) South China Sea
Answer : A
 Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy conducted the Passage Exercise (PASSEX) on February
18, 2021 in the Arabian Sea
 Indian naval ship INS Talwar and Indonesian Navy’s multirole corvette KRI Bung Tomo
participated in the exercise
DON'T CONFUSE
PASSEX EXERCISE
 Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy conducted the Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Arabian
Sea ( In February 2021)
 Indian & Vietnamese Navy conclude two-day naval passage exercise PASSEX in South China
Sea ( 27 December 2020)
 Indian Navy and Russian Federation Navy are undertaking Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the
Eastern Indian Ocean Region ( 4 December 2020)
 Royal Australian Navy and Indian Navy warships completed two-day Passage Exercise
(PASSEX) in the east Indian Ocean region ( In September 2020)
 Indian and Japanese navies conducted a small exercise PASSEX (passing exercise), towards
the Malacca Strait in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) ( In June 2020)
 Indian Navy has conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX), a high-end joint naval exercise with
the US Navy in the Indian Ocean ( In July 2020)
MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY EXERCISE IN NEWS

 Indian And Indonesian Navies Conduct PASSEX Exercise In Arabian Sea
 India Participates in Naval Exercise ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021’
 16th edition of India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 20’ commences at Bikaner in
Rajasthan
 Joint Tri-service Exercise AMPHEX – 21 held in Andaman & Nicobar
 Andaman and Nicobar Command to conduct joint military exercise ‘Kavach’
 Indian and French airforces to conduct Exercise Desert Knight-21
 Two-day coastal defence exercise ‘Sea Vigil-21’ kicks off

 Indian & Vietnamese Navy conclude two-day naval passage exercise PASSEX in South China
Sea
 India-Indonesia Navies undertake 35th coordinated patrol (CORPAT)
 Andaman and Nicobar Command carries out joint tri-services exercise code ‘Bull Strike’ at
Teressa Island
 India-US-Japan-Australia kick-starts Malabar Naval Exercise-2020 in Bay of Bengal
 Bangladesh and US launch joint naval exercise CARAT Bangladesh 2020
 8th India-Sri Lanka Maritime Exercise SLINEX-20 to begin in Trincomalee in Sri Lanka
 2nd edition of Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar commenced in
Northern Bay of Bengal
 Australia to Join Malabar-2020 Naval Exercise with India, US & Japan in November
 4th edition India-Japan biennial naval exercise JIMEX-20 begins in Arabian sea
 Indian Navy has conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX), a high-end joint naval exercise with
the US Navy in the Indian Ocean
 India and Japan conduct PASSEX (passing exercise) naval exercise in Indian Ocean Region
 Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in Eastern
Indian Ocean Region
 US-Israel Joint military Exercise Juniper Cobra 20 Cancels over coronavirus
 Indian Navy and Russian Navy has commenced 11th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY begins in
Bay of Bengal
Q. Which state is organizing the 47th Khajuraho Dance Festival?

A) Assam B) Odisha
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Maharashtra
Answer : C
 The week-long 47th Khajuraho Dance Festival began in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh which is
based on the Indian classical dance tradition
 The festival is being organized by the Culture Department through Ustad Alauddin Khan Music
and Arts Academy Bhopal
LATEST FESTIVAL IN NEWS

Khajuraho Dance Festival Kanchoth Festival Mandu Festival
Madhya Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Madhya Pradesh

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival Bird festival 'Kalrav' Makaravilakku Festival

Mumbai Nagi bird sanctuary Bihar Kerala
Fourth Global Ayurveda Festival Kite festival Shakrain Cherry blossom Mao festival
Kochi Kerala Dhaka, Bangladesh Manipur
Festival of Cattle ' Karthigai Deepam Festival Pongal Festival

Kanuma' Telangana Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu
Hornbill Festival Cherry Blossom Festival Pang Lhasbol Festival
Nagaland Shillong Meghalaya Sikkim
Kati Bihu Festival Nuakhai Festival
Assam Odisha and Chhattisgarh
MADHYA PRADESH IN NEWS

 Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Renames Hoshangabad as Narmadapuram
 Famous Mandu Festival Begins in Madhya Pradesh
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates ‘Jalabhishekam’ campaign in Madhya Pradesh
 Madhya Pradesh has become the first State to give electricity subsidy through Direct Benefit
Transfer
 MP Govt launches ‘Launch Pad Scheme’ to make youth self-reliant
 Madhya Pradesh Government is introducing Campaign regarding promotion of “Ek Zila- Ek Shilp''
 India’s first tiger reserve hot air balloon safari launched in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve of
Madhya Pradesh
 Gwalior and Orchha Cities of Madhya Pradesh Included in UNESCO World Heritage Cities List
 Panna Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh gets UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status
 Arjun Munda e-launches “Virtual Aadi Mahotsav-Madhya Pradesh”
 Madhya Pradesh Government Launches Roadmap For "Self-Reliant Madhya Pradesh"
 Madhya Pradesh Government Announces Formation Of "Cow Cabinet" For Conservation Of
Cows
 Madhya Pradesh Government Launches "Quit Dirt India" Campaign
 "One Mask - Many Lives" Public Awareness Campaign Inaugurated In Madhya Pradesh
 Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 45 Highway projects worth around Rs 11,427 cr in Madhya Pradesh
 Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna’ on lines of PM-Kisan Scheme
 MP govt launches ‘Roadmap to Aatma Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh’
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Rewa Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh

Q. Which Union Minister has launched commercial jute seed distribution scheme ?
A) Narendra Modi B) Piyush Goyal
C) Smriti Zubin Irani D) Narendra Singh Tomar
Answer : C
 Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani has launched commercial jute seed distribution scheme
 The commercial jute seed distribution scheme was launched after a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the Jute Corporation of India and the National Seed Corporation
 Union Minister said that the Central Government has also increased the Minimum Support Price
(MSP) for jute to help the jute farmers in the country
 West Bengal is the largest producer of jute in India
 India was the largest producer of jute products in the world
Q. The Joint Conference of the 11th World PetroCoal Congress and World Future Fuel Summit was
held in which city ?
A) Chennai B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi D) Mumbai
Answer : C
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addresses Joint Conference of 11th World PetroCoal
Congress and World Future Fuel Summit in New Delhi
 The Minister highlighted the increase in LPG coverage from 56 per cent to nearly 99.5 per cent
in less than seven years
 The Minister also lauded the provision of setting up a National Hydrogen Energy Mission under
the Union Budget this year. He informed that the Mission will help generate hydrogen from green
power sources
Q. The name of the IPL team ‘Kings XI Punjab’ has been rebranded. What is the new name of the
team?
A) Punjab Royal B) Punjab Club
C) Punjab Fairs D) Punjab Kings
 Answer : D
 IPL Franchise, Kings XI Punjab has formally been renamed as Punjab Kings ahead of the Indian
Premier League auction

 The Punjab-based IPL franchise ‘Punjab Kings‘ is co-owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta,
along with businessman Ness Wadia, Mohit Burman and Karn Paul
 The side is currently led by batsman KL Rahul, with former Indian captain Anil Kumble as its
head coach
IPL TEAMS WITH FACTS

1. Chennai Super Kings 2. Delhi Capitals
Owner : India Cements Owner : GMR Group (50%) and JSW Group
(50%)
Captain : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Captain : Shreyas Iyer
Coach : Stephen Fleming
Coach : Ricky Ponting
3. Punjab Kings 4. Kolkata Knight Riders
Owner : Mohit Burman (46%), Ness Wadia( Owner : Red Chillies Entertainment (55%) and
23%), Preity Zinta (23%) and Karan Paul (8%) Mehta Group (45%) ,Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi
Chawla and Jay Mehta
Captain : K. L. Rahul
Captain : Eoin Morgan
Coach : Anil Kumble
Coach : Brendon McCullum
5. Mumbai Indians 6. Rajasthan Royal
Owner : Reliance Industries Owner : Amisha Hathiramani (44.2%), Manoj
Badale (32.4%)
Captain : Rohit Sharma
Lachlan Murdoch (11.7%)
Coach : Mahela Jayawardene
Ryan Tkalcevic (8.7%) & Shane Warne (3%)
Captain : Steve Smith
Coach : Andrew McDonald
7. Royal Challengers Bangalore 8.Sunrisers Hyderabad
Owner : United Spirits Owner : Sun TV Network
Captain : Virat Kohli Captain : David Warner
Coach : Simon Katich Coach : Trevor Bayliss

Q. Which state government had developed Rs 200 crore Development Package for Maa
Samaleswari Shrine?
A) Kerala B) Assam
C) Odisha D) Gujarat
Answer : C
 Odisha government has launched the development work for the SAMALEI Project (Samaleswari
Temple Area Management and Local Economy Initiatives), to offer divine experience to tourists
& devotees.
 Odisha Government has announced a package of Rs 200-crore for the 2021-22 fiscal for the
implementation of the project
 The project will be implemented under MoSarkar5T, and will focus on beautification of temple
& economic development of local people
ODISHA IN NEWS
 Odisha Govt announced Rs 200 crore Development Package for Maa Samaleswari Shrine
 India’s First Thunderstorm Research Testbed to be established at Balasore in Odisha
 Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Bindu Sagar Cleaning Project in Bhubaneswar
 India’s largest hockey stadium to be set up in Rourkela Odisha
 Odisha To Host FIH Men's Hockey World Cup Of The Year 2023
 Ninth edition of International Sand Art Festival & 31st edition of the Konark Festival 2020 begins
in Odisha
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Launches 'Diligram' Portal
 Odisha CM launches ‘Sumangal’ & Student Scholarship web portals
 DRDO successfully test fires ABHYAS from Odisha
 Odisha Government Launched 'Garima' Scheme For Sanitation Workers
 Odisha Government launches Pareshram Portal
Q. Who is the authored the book titled “The Epic Battle of Longewala”
A) Bharat Kumar B) S K Jain
C) Arijit Dutta D) Pallavi Sharda
Answer : A
 Battle of Longewala | Pak's plan was brilliant, but didn't factor in India's air power: IAF chief

 The Pakistan Army forgot what half-a-squadron of the Hunter aircraft sitting in Jaisalmer could
do and that was probably its “only mistake”, he said. The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief was
speaking at the launch of a book titled “The Epic Battle of Longewala”, authored by Air Marshal
(retired) Bharat Kumar, a veteran of the 1965 and 1971 wars, at the IAF Museum at Palam here
Q. Who has won the maiden WTA title and became the first Indian woman player in the top 100 after
Sania Mirza?
A) Ankita Raina B) Mahak Jain
C) Rushmi Chakravarthi D) Karman Kaur Thandi
Answer : A
 Ankita Raina, partnering Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova, captured her maiden WTA 250 doubles
title, beating Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova of Russia 2-6, 6-4, [10-7] in the final of the
Phillip Island Trophy tennis tournament
 Ankita will become only the second player to crack the doubles top-100 since Sania Mirza
 Women's Tennis Association (WTA)
Founded : 1973
Headquarteres : St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S
President : Micky Lawler
Chairman : Steve Simon
Q. According to the Grant Thornton Bharat’s Britain Meets India report, which state becomes the
top investment destination for UK companies?
A) Uttar Pradesh B) Telangana
Answer : D
 Maharashtra is the top investment destination for UK companies, followed by Haryana, Delhi,
Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Karnataka
 In accordance with the Grant Thornton Bharat’s Britain Meets India report, the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) inflow from the United Kingdom to India has increased from $898 million in
2015- 16 to $1,422 million in 2019-20

Q. Chris Morris has broken all record as he became the costliest player in the history of the Indian
Premier League (IPL) auction. Which of the following team has bought Morris for Chris Morris
for Rs 16.25 crore?
A) Mumbai Indians B) Chennai Super Kings
C) Rajasthan Royals D) Royal Challengers Bangalore
Answer : C
 South-African all-rounder Chris Morris has broken all record as he became the costliest player
in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, held in Chennai
 IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals has bought Chris Morris for Rs 16.25 crore
 The 33-year-old played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2020 season
 Prior to him, Yuvraj Singh was the costliest-ever buy in auction history, when he was bought for
Rs 16 crore by Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2015
 🏆 DREAM 11 IPL 2020 🏆
🏆Champions : Mumbai Indians
🔷 Runners-up : Delhi Capitals
💠 IPL 2020 Sponsor : DREAM 11 ( Rs 222 Crore)
💠 IPL 2020 Edition : 13th
💠 Final Match : Dubai International Cricket Stadium UAE
💠 IPL 2020 Host Country : United Arab Emirates (UAE)
💠 Mumbai Indians win 5th title
🔷 1st title : 2013 🔷 2nd title : 2015 🔷 3rd title : 2017
 🔷 4th title : 2019 🔷 5th title : 2020
🔶 Captain : Rohit Sharma
🔶 Coach : Mahela Jayawardene
🔶 Owner : Reliance Industries
 LIST OF WINNERS IN IPL 2020

🏆 Orange Cap
🔷 KL Rahul (670 runs) (Kings XI Punjab)
🏆 Purple Cap
🔷 Kagiso Rabada (30 wickets) (Delhi Capitals)
🏆 Most Valuable Player of IPL 2020
🔷 Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)

🏆 Emerging Player
🔷 Devdutt Padikkal (Royal Challengers Bengalore)
🏆 IPL 2020 Fairplay award
🔷 Mumbai Indians
🏆 Game-changer of the season
🔷 KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
🏆 Power player of IPL 2020
🔷 Trent Boult (Mumbai Indians)
🏆 Player of the Match in IPL 2020 Final
🔷 Trent Boult (Mumbai Indians)
🏆 Most sixes award
🔷 Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians)
🏆 Super Striker of the Season
🔷 Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
Q. Which country detected the first case of transmission of Avian Flu to humans?
A) China B) Russia
C) Maldives D) Zimbabwe
Answer : B
 Russia has said that its scientists have detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain
of Avian Flu to humans and ed the World Health Organization in this regard.
RUSSIA IN NEWS
 India Participates in Naval Exercise ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021’
 India to procure 21 MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft from Russia
 Russian Daniil Medvedev wins Paris Master 2020
 Russia’s Angara A5 rocket successful in second test flight
 Russia successfully test-fires Tsirkon hypersonic missile
 Russia Approves Second COVID-19 Vaccine EpiVacCorona, After Sputnik V
 Russia Becomes World’s 1st Country to Register COVID-19 Vaccine, ‘Sputnik V’
 Russia first regiment of S-400 anti-air system will be delivered to India
 6th International Military-Technical Forum Army-2020 held in Russia
 Russia to host 12th Brics summit 2020

 Valtteri Bottas wins Russian Grand Prix 2020

 India Pavilion Inaugurated at Army-2020 International Military and Technical Forum In Russia
 Indian Navy and Russian Navy commenced the 11th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY begins in
Bay of Bengal
 India, Russia announced joint winners of FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 (Chess)
 India-Russia to sign MoUs on AK-203 assault rifles
 RUSSIA
Capital : Moscow
Currency : Ruble
PM : Mikhail Mishustin
President : Vladimir Putin
'Roscosmos' Space Agency : Russia
'INDRA' Naval Exercise : India and Russia
'Aviaindra' Air Force Exercise : India and Russia
Q. Home Minister Amit Shah released a book 'Rashtra Pratham - 82 varshon ki Swarnim Gatha'.
The book is based on which Central Armed Police Forces?
A) BSF B) ITBP
C) CISF D) CRPF
Answer : D
 Home Minister Amit Shah released a book 'Rashtra Pratham - 82 varshon ki Swarnim Gatha' in
New Delhi
 The book chronicles the glorious history of CRPF since its raising in 1939 and it has detailed
and thoroughly researched account of CRPF's journey, challenges, successes, and sacrifices
 The CRPF celebrated its first-ever Veterans Day on February 19, 2021, which was on Friday
 From now on every third Friday of February will be celebrated as the Veterans Day of the CRPF
every year
CRPF IN NEWS
 Home Minister releases book on CRPF’s history titled ‘Rashtra Pratham – 82 varshon ki Swarnim
Gatha’
 CRPF inducts first-ever 34 All-Women Commandos Into Elite Anti-Naxal CoBRA Unit
 DRDO Develops Special Motor Bike Ambulance ‘Rakshita’ for CRPF
 CRPF Partners With IIT Delhi, DRDO, JATC To Enhance Its R&D Capabilities
 P.S. Ranipse Will Be The New Inspector General Of CRPF

 CRPF And Aditya Mehta Foundation To Jointly Train Divyang Soldiers

 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Founded : 1939
Director General : A. P. Maheshwari
Motto : Service and Loyalty
Q. Which state has sanctioned Rs. 9 crore to build ‘smart anganwadis’, by converting the
conventional anganwadis into “smart” structures with better amenities?
A) Kerala B) Karnataka
C) Telangana D) Tamil Nadu
Answer : A
 Kerala has sanctioned Rs. 9 crore to build ‘smart anganwadis’, by converting the conventional
anganwadis into “smart” structures with better amenities
 These smart anganwadis are being designed and constructed as part of the Integrated Child
Development Scheme (ICDS)
Q. The foundation stone of the first ever ‘Skill University of the Eastern India’ has been laid in which
state?
A) Kerala B) Assam
Answer : B
 Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation of the first skill university of
eastern India in Darrang district in Assam
ASSAM IN NEWS
 Assam CM lays foundation of first skill university of eastern India
 Prime Minister launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative in Assam
 PM Modi launches Asom Mala in Assam’s Sonitpur district
in Assam


Borphukan
 Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation stone of Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence for
Vegetables Protected Cultivation at Khetri near Guwahati
Q. Union Minister for Forests, Environment, Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated Atal
Paryavaran Bhavan in which UT/ State?
A) Gujarat B) Maharashtra
C) Lakshadweep D) Pudhucherry
Answer : C
 Union Minister for Forests, Environment, Climate Change and Information and Broadcasting
Prakash Javadekar inaugurates Atal Paryavaran Bhavan in Lakshadweep
LAKSHADWEEP IN NEWS
 Union Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurates Atal Paryavaran Bhavan in Lakshadweep
 Lakshadweep Becomes India’s First UT to be declared 100% Organic
 Lakshadweep Administrator and former J&K interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma passes away
 Ladakh & Lakshadweep joins ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme, bringing total States/UTs
under the Scheme to 26
 LAKSHADWEEP
Formation : 1 November 1956
Capital : Kavaratti
Administrator : Praful Khoda Patel

Q. The Government of India has inked pact with which country to set up a Centre of Excellence on
Hydrogen?
A) Denmark B) Norway
C) Germany D) Saudi Arabia
Answer : B
 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has signed a Statement of Intent with Greenstat Hydrogen
India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Greenstat Norway, to set up a Centre of Excellence on Hydrogen
NORWAY IN NEWS
 Indian Oil signs pact with Greenstat Norway for setting up of Centre of Excellence for Hydrogen
 India Ranks 53, Norway Tops in 2020 Democracy Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit
 India Ranks 131 in Human Development Index 2020, Norway Tops
 Norway signs MoU with Clean Ganga Mission in India
 NORWAY
Capital : Oslo
Currency : Krone
Prime Minister : Erna Solberg
 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
Founded : 1959
Chairman : Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
Q. When is the International Mother Language Day observed?

Answer : C
 International Mother Language Day is observed every year in 21 February.
 Theme 2021 : ‘Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society’
 In 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO had
declared 21st February as International Mother Language Day.
 Union Education Ministry has been celebrating Matribhasha Diwas since 2015
 The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh

Q. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently laid the foundation stone of the Dhubri Phulbari
Bridge in which state?
A) Kerala B) Assam
C) Odisha D) Karnataka
Answer : B
 PM Modi launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative and lays foundation stone of two bridges
in Assam
 PM launched the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra inland waterway project, laid the foundation stone of
Dhubri Phulbari Bridge along with Bhumi Pujan for construction of Majuli Bridge, across the
Brahmaputra
 The Rs 3,200 crore Mahabahu-Brahmaputra initiative is aimed at improving road, waterways
and digital connectivity in Assam
 PM launched two portals to provide digital solutions for Ease-of-Doing-Business.
1. Car-D (Cargo Data) portal
2. PANI (Portal for Asset and Navigation Information)
 Dhubri Phulbari Bridge : The 19 km long four lane bridge over the Brahmaputra between Dhubri
(on North Bank) and Phulbari (on South Bank) will be built with a total cost of approx Rs. 4997
cr, It will be India’s longest bridge over a river.
 Majuli Bridge 6.8-km-long two-lane bridge that would connect Kamalabari in Majuli, the world’s
largest river island to Neematighat in Jorhat.
Q. PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 50 MW Kasaragod Solar Power Project in which state?
A) Assam
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer : B
 PM Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of key power and urban sector projects in
Kerala
 320 KV Pugalur- Thrissur power transmission project, built at a cost of Rs 5,070 crore. The
project is a Voltage Source Convertor (VSC) based High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Project
and has India”s first HVDC
 50 MW Kasaragod Solar Power Project, developed under the National Solar Energy Mission
 75 MLD (million litres per day) Water Treatment Plant at Aruvikkara under the AMRUT Mission

 PM laid the foundation stone of Integrated Command and Control Centre and Smart Roads
Project in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Q. US has officially rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement in February 2021. The landmark deal was
signed in which year?
A) 2014 B) 2016
C) 2020 D) 2015
Answer : D
 United States has officially rejoined the Paris Agreement on February 19, 2021, under the
Presidency of US President Joe Biden
 Earlier, in November 2020, US had officially exited the agreement on the order of the then
President Donald Trump
 The landmark Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, as per which countries are expected
to enhance their commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions every five years

By Kumar Kaushal
Q. Which City will host the 2nd edition of Khelo India Winter Games?
A) Shimla B) Gangtok
C) Gulmarg D) Manali
Answer : C
 The second edition of 'Khelo India Winter Games' started from February 26 and culminate on
March 2 in Jammu and Kashmir's winter destination of Gulmarg
DON'T CONFUSED
KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES
1st edition 2018 : New Delhi 1st edition 2020 : Bhubaneswar Odisha
2nd edition 2019 : Pune, Maharashtra 2nd edition 2021 : Karnataka
3rd edition 2020 : Guwahati, Assam

4th edition 2021 : Panchkula, Haryana

KHELO INDIA WINTER GAMES
1st edition 2020 : Gulmarg J&K
2nd edition 2021 : Gulmarg J&K
 Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament 2021 begins in Chiktan, Kargil Ladakh
 1st Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival 2021 begins in Kargil, Ladakh
Q. Who won Best actor (Male) in Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021?
A) Raj Kumar Rao B) Akshay Kumar
C) Ajay Devgan A) Aayushman Khurana
Answer : B
 The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards was introduced by the Government
of India in 1969, to commemorate ‘the father of Indian cinema’, Dadasaheb Phalke
 Important winner of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2021

 Best Actor (Female) – Deepika Padukone, Chhapaak
 Best Actor (Male) – Akshay Kumar, Laxmii
 Best Film – Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
 Best Director – Anurag Basu, Ludo
 Critic’s Best Actor – Late Sushant Singh Rajput, Dil Bechara
 Critic’s Best Actress – Kiara Advani, Guilty
 Outstanding Contribution to Film Industry – Dharmendra
 Outstanding Contribution to Literature in Indian Cinema – Chetan Bhagat
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Vikrant Massey, Chhapaak
 Best Actress in Supporting Role – Radhika Madan, Angrezi
 Best International Feature Film – Parasite Most Versatile Actor – Kay Kay Menon
Q. Who won Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2021 in the 'Critic's Best Actor' category?
A) Akshay Kumar B) Varun Dhawan
C) Raj Kumar Rao D) Sushant Singh Rajput

Answer : D
 Sushant Singh Rajput posthumously honoured at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival
with Critic’s Best Actor Award
 Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award
2021 in the 'Critic's Best Actor' category during the prestigious award ceremony held on
February 20, 2021
 The actor was last seen in the film 'Dil Bechara' opposite Sanjana Sanghi, which was released
on the over-the-top (OTT) platform after his passing.
 The actor had made his Bollywood debut with 'Kai Po Che' in 2014.
Q. Who won Best Actor (Female) in Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards 2021?
A) Keerthy Suresh B) Anushka Shetty
C) Nithya Menen D) Deepika Padukone
Answer : D
 Deepika Padukone won Best Actor (Female) in Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival
awards 2021 for essaying the role of an acid attack survivor in Chhapaak.
Q. Which film has won the Best International Feature Film award at the 2021 Dadasaheb Phalke
International Film Festival awards?
A) Black Panther B) Moonlight
C) Green Book D) Parasite
Answer : D
 Best International Feature Film – Parasite Most Versatile Actor – Kay Kay Menon
 Parasite film Director : Bong Joon-ho
 Parasite South Korean movie
Q. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has proposed to change which city's
name to Narmadapuram?
A) Singrauli B) Chhindwara
C) Chhatarpur D) Hoshangabad
Answer : D

 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that Hoshangabad city in the
state would be renamed as Narmadapuram
Q. Which state government has become the first one to table a paperless budget?
A) Manipur B) Maharashtra
C) Uttarakhand D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : D
 Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to table a paperless budget
 The state's first paperless budget was presented by UP State Finance Minister Suresh Khanna
Q. Uttar Pradesh is all set to export 20 tonees of Buddha Rice, popularly known as Kala Namak
Rice to which country?
A) Singapore B) Mauritius
C) Maldives D) Malaysia
Answer : A
 Uttar Pradesh to export 20 tonnes of 'Kala Namak' rice to Singapore by March end
 Consignment of 20 tonnes will be sent to Singapore from Siddharth Nagar
 The government has also planned to set up a Kala Namak Rice Research Centre at Siddharth
Nagar in association with the International Rice Research Centre, Varanasi
 Top 3 Rice Producing Countries
1 China
2 India
3 Indonesia
 West Bengal is the largest rice producing state in India, 2nd : Punjab & 3rd : Uttar Pradesh
SINGAPORE IN NEWS
 Singapore’s ‘Hawker’ Culture serving as ‘Community Dining Room’ Gets UNESCO Recognition
 The World Economic Forum (WEF) has decided to host its 2021 annual meeting in Singapore
 Apple’s first ‘floating’ store to be launched in Singapore
 27th edition India-Singapore Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20 Begins in Andaman Sea
 Mastercard Partners with Singapore-based Atlantis to Expand Digital First Program in India
 Singapore becomes 1st country to use facial recognition to pay taxes
 India ranks 43rd on IMD’s World Competitiveness Index 2020; Singapore tops

 14th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue (DPD) held with focus on maritime security
cooperation
 Kala Narayanasamy honoured with President’s Award in Singapore
 Lee Hsien Loong has won a fourth term as the Prime Minister of Singapore
 SINGAPORE
Capital : Singapore City
Currency : Dollar
President : Halimah Yacob
Prime Minister : Lee Hsien Loong
Q. ICGS C-453 Interceptor boat has been recently commissioned into services in Chennai. Which
company has built the ICGS C-453?
A) Larsen & Toubro
B) Goa Shipyard Limited
C) Bharat Electronics Limited
D) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Answer : A
L&T IN NEWS
 ICGS C-453 Interceptor boat commissioned into services in Chennai ; built by L&T
 L&T Delivers 100th & Final K-9 Vajra Howitzer to Indian Army
 Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Gets Tender Worth 7000 Crores in India’s First Bullet Train Project
 Indian Coast Guard ship C-452, designed and built by L&T
 Fifth Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Varad Commissioned into Indian Coast Guard, Built by L&T
 Offshore Patrol Vessel-6 “VAJRA” launched at Chennai, built By L&T
 Indian Coast Guard launches Interceptor Boat ‘ICGS C-454’ built By L&T
 Indian Coast Guard commissions new Interceptor boat C-449, built by L&T
Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
Founders : Henning Holck-Larsen
Søren Kristian Toubro
Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairmam : Anil Manibhai Naik
MD & CEO : S. N. Subrahmanyan

Q. PM Modi inaugurated the extension of Metro Railway service from Noapara to Dakshineswar, in
which state?
A) Kerala
B) Assam
C) West Bengal
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer : C
 Prime Minister Modi inaugurates several railway projects in West Bengal
 PM inaugurated the 4.1 km extension of Metro Railway from Noapara to Dakshineswar, and
flagged off the first service on this stretch. The Rs. 464 crore project is fully funded by the
Central Government
WEST BENGAL IN NEWS

 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ begins at Cooch Behar in West Bengal
 West Bengal recently conducted its first water birds census
 Mamata Banerjee Inaugurates 26th Kolkata International Film Festival
anniversary
 World’s first Tram library for children launched in Kolkata
 West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has launched a massive campaign titled ‘Duare Sarkar’
 Majerhat Bridge in Kolkata Renamed as “Jai Hind Bridge” To Commemorate 125th Birth
 ADB and India sign $50 million loan agreement to boost digital platforms for public finance
 West Bengal launches massive ‘Duare Sarkar’ outreach campaign ahead of 2021 assembly
polls
 West Bengal launches “Pathashree Abhijan” scheme for road repair
 West Bengal launches Karma Sathi Prakalpa Scheme to provide soft loans, subsidies to
unemployed youth
 India’s 1st digital parcel locker service in Kolkata, West Bengal
 Kolkata Port Trust remaned as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Trust

Q. Which country will host this year’s BRICS meeting?

A) India B) Brazil
C) China D) Russia
Answer : A
 China says, it supports India in hosting BRICS 2021
 This will be the third time India will host the BRICS Summit after 2012 and 2016
 BRICS is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2021, but it will be the 13th BRICS Summit which
India is chairing
 The theme for India’s chairship is ‘BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity,
Consolidation and Consensus’
LIST OF BRICS SUMMIT
1st Brics summit 2009 : Russia 4th Brics summit 2012 : India
8th Brics summit 2016 : India 11th Brics summit 2019 : Brazil
12th Brics summit 2020 : Russia 13th Brics summit 2021 : India
 BRICS BANK (New Development Bank)
Founded : 2015
HQ : Shanghai, China
President : Marcos Prado Troyjo (Brazil)
Vice President : Anil Kishora ( Indian)
BRICS countries : ( 5 ) Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa In 2010, South Africa joined
the BRIC group
Q. Which country has allowed its womens to join the armed forces?
A) UAE B) Iraq
C) Iran D) Saudi Arabia
Answer : D
 Saudi Arabia has opened up the armed forces for Women.
 Saudi Arabian women can be employed as soldiers, lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and
staff sergeants
 This move aims to increase the rights of women in the country
 The plan to allow women in the armed forces was first announced in the year 2019

SAUDI ARABIA IN NEWS

 15th G20 Summit 2020 held under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia
 Theme 2020 : “Realising the Opportunities of the 21st Century for All”.
 Qatar to host 2030 Asian Games, 2034 edition in Saudi Arabia
 Saudi Arabia organizes G-20 Extraordinary Agriculture Ministers Meet
 Saudi Arabia chairs G20 Education Ministers Meeting
 Saudi Arabia terminates death penalty for minors
 Saudi Arabia
 Capital : Riyadh
 Currency : Riyal
 Crown Prince : Mohammed bin Salman
Q. Which organisation has conducted two successful launches of Vertical Launch Short Range
Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)?
A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
B) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
C) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
D) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Answer : D
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted two successful
launches of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM).
 The launches were carried out from a static vertical launcher from Integrated Test Range,
Chandipur off the coast of Odisha
 Indigenously designed and developed by the DRDO for Indian Navy, VL-SRSAM is meant for
neutralizing various aerial threats at close ranges including sea-skimming targets
Q. Which has become the 1st country in the world to identify a need for action for Non-Alcoholic
Fatty Liver Disease?
A) France B) India
C) Russia D) Germany
Answer : B
 India becomes 1st country in world to identify need for action for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Disease

Q. Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has delivered the 100th & Final K-9 Vajra Howitzer to Indian Army.
These K-9 Vajra Howitzer has been manufactured in ____.
A) Dundigal B) Hazira
C) Kapurthala D) Ambala
Answer : B
 The Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane flagged off the 100th and final K9 Vajra 155mm/52
calibre Tracked Self-Propelled Howitzer, at Hazira near Surat in Gujarat
 The indigenously made K-9 Vajra has been developed by Larsen and Toubro (L&T), under the
Rs 4,500-crore contract awarded to it by the Ministry of Defence in May 2017, to develop 100
units of K9 Vajra howitzer
Q. Which ministry has launched the SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional
Industries)?
A) MSME Ministry B) Ministry of Textile
C) Ministry of Home affairs D) Ministry of Commerce
Answer : A
 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated 50 artisan-based
SFURTI clusters spread over 18 States.
 The MSME Ministry has funded 85 crore rupees for development of these SFURTI clusters
 The Center is implementing the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries
(SFURTI) to organize traditional industries and artisans into clusters to make them competitive
and increase their income
Q. Which state government has brought an ordinance that will give co-ownership rights to the
women in the ancestral property of their husbands?
A) Maharashtra B) Uttarakhand
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : B
 Uttarakhand has become the first state to give co-ownership rights to women in the ancestral
property of their husbands

UTTARAKHAND IN NEWS
 India’s first pollinator park has been developed at Haldwani in Nainital, of the state of
Uttarakhand.
 Uttarakhand sets up Botanical Garden to conserve 210 species of trees of Shivalik range
 9th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit held in Dehradun
 Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the Suryadhar lake at Doiwala in Dehradun
 India’s first moss garden built in Nainital district of Uttarakhand
 Ganga Avalokan the first museum on River Ganga, located at Chandi Ghat, Haridwar
Uttrakhand
 PM Modi to inaugurate 6 mega projects in Uttarakhand under ‘Namami Gange Mission’
 India’s longest motorable suspension bridge inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s Tehri-Garhwal
district
 ITBP ties up with Uttarakhand govt to promote adventure tourism
 Uttarakhand Develop India's first snow leopard conservation centre
 Ganga Kayak Festival celebrated in Uttarakhand
 Uttarakhand 1st state in the country to implement agricultural leasing policy
 India’s first Glass floor bridge to replace the iconic Lakshman Jhula in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
 Phool Dei festival celebrated in Uttarakhand
 India’s first lichen park developed in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand
 Gairsain in Chamoli district declared as summer capital of Uttarakhand
 Harela festival celebrated in Uttarakhand
 Uttarakhand Government Inaugurates "Chief Minister Solar Self-Employment Scheme"
 Uttarakhand govt starts “Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana” for returnee migrants
Q. Which phase of the Intensified Mission Indradhanush has been launched by the government in
2021?
A) 1st B) 2nd
C) 3rd D) 4th
Answer : C
 Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the Intensified Mission
Indradhanush 3.0, (IMI 3.0) on February 19, 2021, to expand immunization coverage across the
country
 The focus of IMI 3.0 will be on children and pregnant women who missed their vaccine doses
during the COVID-19 pandemic
 Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 was launched across India on December 2, 2019
 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 aims to achieve at least 90% pan-India immunisation
coverage by 2022

 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 will target the districts which have immunisation coverage
of 70% or below
 It aims to immunise all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women, against
eight vaccine preventable diseases
DON'T CONFUSE
 The Intensified Mission Indradhanush was launched to intensify the work undertaken under
Mission Indradhanush, which was launched by the then Union Health Minister JP Nadda on
December 25, 2014
 Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI), which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on October 8, 2017
Q. PM Modi has dedicated to the nation, the INDMAX Unit at Bongaigaon Refinery of Indian Oil. The
refinery is located in which state?
A) Assam B) Manipur
C) Telangana D) Karnataka
Answer : A
 Prime Minister Modi inaugurates Oil & Gas projects and Engineering Colleges in Assam
 During the visit, PM dedicated to the nation and laid foundation stone of following projects
 INDMAX Unit at Indian Oil’s Bongaigaon Refinery
 Laid the foundation stone for Sualkuchi Engineering College – Rs 55 crore
 Dhemaji Engineering College – Rs 45 Crore
 Gas Compressor Station at Hebeda Village, Makum, Tinsukia – Rs 132 Crore
 Oil India Limited’s Secondary Tank Farm at Madhuban, Dibrugarh – Rs 490 crore
Q. The first-of-its-kind Skill Development Centre (SDC) for Fire Safety Training of DRDO has been
inaugurated in which state?
A) Assam B) Kerala
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer : C
 Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurates DRDO Skill Development Centre for Fire Safety

 The first of its kind in India facility has been created by Delhi based DRDO laboratory ‘Centre
for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES)
Q. Who among the following has signed a 68 USD project with Nagaland to improve Quality of
Education?
A) World Bank (WB) B) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
C) New Development Bank (NDB) D) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Answer : A
 On February 23, 2021, the Government of India, the Government of Nagaland and the World
Bank signed a $68 million agreement for “Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and
Resources Project”, to enhance the governance of schools across Nagaland
 The $68 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),
has a final maturity of 14.5 years including a grace period of 5 (five) years
Q. The government has signed a $304 million loan with AIIB for strengthening the electricity
transmission system of which state?
A) Tripura B) Assam
C) Odisha D) Meghalaya
Answer : B
AIIB IN NEWS
 India and AIIB signs $304 million pact for improving power transmission network in Assam
 AIIB approves $750 million loan for India’s Covid-19 response
 AIIB extends $50 mn loan to L&T Infra Finance Ltd
 GoI and AIIB sign MoU for $500 million for Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III
 5th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of AIIB. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the
meeting.
 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Founded : 2016
HQ : Beijing, China
President : Jin Liqun
Membership : 103

ASSAM IN NEWS
 India and AIIB signs $304 million pact for improving power transmission network in Assam
 Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal Lays Foundation of Eastern India’s First Skill University in
Darrang district
 PM Modi launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative and lays foundation stone of two bridges
in Assam
 INDMAX Unit at Indian Oil’s Bongaigaon Refinery Assam
 Prime Minister launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative in Assam
 PM Modi launches Asom Mala in Assam’s Sonitpur district
in Assam
Borphukan
 Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation stone of Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence for
Vegetables Protected Cultivation at Khetri near Guwahati
Q. PM Modi will inaugurate the virtual Maritime India Summit (MIS) 2021, from March 2 to 4, 2021.
Which is the industry partner for the summit?
A) SIDBI B) FICCI
C) NASSCOM D) ASSOCHAM
Answer : B

 PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Second Edition of ‘Maritime India Summit’ in March 2021
 The ‘Maritime India Summit 2021’ is the flagship initiative of the Union Ministry of State for Ports,
Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Government of India
 The theme of the event is “Exploring the potential business opportunities in Indian Maritime
sector and making Aatmanirbhar Bharat”
 FICCI is the industry partner for the summit
FICCI IN NEWS
 Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 7th Edition of MASCRADE 2021 organized by FICCI
 India’s GDP to contract 8% in fiscal year 2020-21: FICCI Survey
 Bajrang Punia & Elavenil Valarivan bags FICCI 2020 Sportsperson of the Year awards
 Uday Shankar takes over as FICCI President
 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
Formation : 1927
Founder : Ghanshyam Das Birla
Purshottamdas Thakurdas
Secretary General : Dilip Chenoy
President : Uday Shankar
Q. Rahul Khullar who has passed away recently was the former Chairperson of which body?
A) RBI B) TRAI
C) IRDAI D) SIDBI
Answer : B
 Rahul Khullar , the former chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has
passed away
 Who was appointed as TRAI chief in May 2012. He served at TRAI for three years.
TRAI IN NEWS
 Former TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar passes away
 P D Vaghela appointed new Chairman of TRAI
 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Formed : 1997

Chairman : PD Vaghela
 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997
 It is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India
Q. Central Excise Day is observed every year in India on which day?

Answer : D
 Central Excise Day is celebrated every year on February 24 in India
 The Central Excise Day is also celebrated to commemorate the Central Excise and Salt Act,
which was enacted on February 24, 1944
Q. Who is the author of the book titled ‘India: A Scamster Born Every Minute’?
A) Mary Jordan B) Amish Tripathi
C) Hussain Zaidi D) Snigdha Poonam
Answer : D
 The book, titled "India: A Scamster Born Every Minute", will be released under Penguin's Viking
imprint in 2022
 Authored by : Snigdha Poonam
Q. Which film won 'Best Film' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2021?
A) Laxmii B) Chhapaak
C) Parasite D) Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Answer : D
 Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language historical action film co-written
and directed by Om Raut
Q. The world’s largest Cricket stadium has been inaugurated in which city ?
A) Kolkata B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad D) Ahmedabad

Answer : D
Q. Which scheme has completed two year of its implementation in February, 2021?
A) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
B ) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
C) Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
D) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-Kisan)
Answer : D
PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN KIsan SAMMAN NIDHI (PM-KISAN) WITH DETAILS FACTS
 Objective – Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme to
provide income support (Rs.6000 per annum per family) to all Small and Marginal Farmers
(SMFs) families to supplement their financial needs for procuring various inputs related to
agriculture and allied activities as well as domestic needs
 Date of Launch: February 24, 2019 By Prime Minister Narendra Modi In Gorakhpur, Uttar
Pradesh
 Beneficiaries : All landholding farmer families having cultivable landholding upto 2 hectare,
whose names appear in the land records of States/UT as on February 01, 2019, are eligible to
get benefit under the scheme
 Benefits : Under this scheme, landholder farmer families having total cultivable land holding
upto 2 hectare will get direct income support of Rs 6000 per year per family
 The amount will be paid in three equal instalments of Rs 2000 at an interval of every 4 months.
 The first instalment to eligible beneficiaries during the financial year 2018-19 shall be paid for
the period from December 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019
 PM-Kisan scheme and the seventh instalment which started from December 1 (December 2020-
March 2021)
 Financial Outlay : Budget provision of Rs. 20,000 crore has been kept for financial year 2018-19
 For instance, the Rythu Bandhu in Telangana provides ₹4,000 per acre to each farmer in each
season, and the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation scheme (KALIA)
in Odisha offers a direct cash transfer of ₹5,000 for a farm family over five seasons, among other
benefits
 Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna’ on lines of PM-Kisan Scheme
 On its first anniversary, the PM-KISAN Mobile App developed and designed by the National
Informatics Centre (NIC)

Q. NASA launched a space supply ship, named after a former black NASA mathematician, who
played a key role in the success of the Americas first crewed mission to orbit Earth. Name the
pioneering scientist.
A) Anita Sengupta
B) Sunita Williams
C) Meya Meyappan
D) Katherine Johnson
Answer : D
 A Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus cargo ship, a space supply ship, was launched by NASA on
February 20, 2021, from Virginia to carry vital supplies for astronauts on the International Space
Station (ISS)
 The launch coincided with the 59th anniversary of America’s first orbit around the Earth. On 20
February 1962, astronaut John Glenn, became the first American to orbit Earth
 The Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship dubbed as ‘S.S. Katherine Johnson’ has been named in honour
of Katherine Johnson, a Black NASA mathematician, who played critical role in the success of
the first U.S. crewed spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission
NASA IN NEWS
 Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan leads NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
 NASA selects Raja Chari as commander of SpaceX Crew-3 mission
 NASA-ESA successfully launches Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite
 NASA’s SOFIA discovers water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
 NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo spacecraft
 Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon
 NASA to launch rover ‘MARS 2020’ in 2020
 NASA astronauts fly SpaceX spacecraft ‘Dragon’
 Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter as 'Ingenuity’
 NASA renames its WFIRST Telescope after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman
 NASA Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st Woman to Reach Deepest Point of Ocean
 Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”
 NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
 NASA creates “VITAL” high-pressure ventilator to fight COVID-19
 NASA & ULA launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
 NASA SunRISE Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms
 NASA named Mars 2020 rover as “Perseverance”

 NASA to Launch ASTHROS Mission to study Cosmos using football stadium-sized balloon
launch
 NASA Decommissions its Spitzer Space Telescope after Over 16 Years in Service
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 Founded : 1958
 Headquarters : Washington, D.C
 Motto : For the Benefit of All
 Acting Administrator : Steve Jurczyk
Q. Which bank recently has been brought under Reserve Bank of India’s regulatory preview?
A) State Bank of Sikkim B) State Bank of Lucknow
C) State Bank of Mumbai D) State Bank of Patna
Answer : A
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brings State Bank of Sikkim under its regulatory purview
 Till now, RBI had the right and obligation to function as banker to all the state government
except for the state government of Sikkim
 STATE BANK OF SIKKIM :-
 The State Bank of Sikkim, was established as an autonomous body wholly owned by
Government of Sikkim, in the year 1968, five years before Sikkim became part of India in
1973
 It was established under the State Bank of Sikkim Proclamation, 1968
 The bank currently has 42 branch offices
Q. India’s first Digital University has been launched in which of the following state?
A) Assam B) Kerala
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer : B
INDIA'S FIRST IN NEWS
 India's first digital university comes up in Kerala
 India’s First Amputee Clinic Launched In Chandigarh
 India’s first Pollinator Park inaugurated in Haldwani, Uttarakhand

 Uttar Pradesh govt is set to establish India’s first mega leather park in Kanpur
 IOCL launches India’s first 100 Octane Premium Petrol
 PM Modi launches India’s first seaplane service in Gujarat connecting Kevadia-Sabarmati
 India’s First Female Cardiologist, Dr S. Padmavati Passes Away
 SpiceJet launches India’s first dedicated freighter services to Leh in Ladakh
 India’s first-ever E-resource centre and virtual court “Nyay Kaushal” inaugurated in Nagpur
 Asia’s first solar power-enabled Textile Mill to be unveiled in Parbhani district of Maharashtra
 India’s First Regional Voters’ Awareness Centre to Come Up in Jaipur
 1st cow hospital of Northeast inaugurated in Assam
 India’s first ‘Moss Garden’ comes up in Nainital district uttarakhand
 World’s first Tram library for children launched in Kolkata, West Bengal
 India’s First Airport Coronavirus Testing Facility Launched In Delhi Indira Gandhi International
Airport.
Q. Who has been roped in by the Reserve Bank of India to drive its public awareness campaigns
on cyber frauds?
A) Viruss B) Badshah
C) Raftaar D) Honey Singh
Answer : A
 As cyber frauds continue to increase, the Reserve Bank of India, has undertaken an unusual
measure to spread awareness. The RBI has roped in Punjabi singer-rapper Viruss in its public
awareness campaign.
 The campaign also includes Viruss' popular 2017 Indie hit 'Bam Bhole' that was recreated for
Akshay Kumar-Kiara Advani starrer Laxmii
 The RBI has been running the campaign 'RBI Kehta Hai' on social media accounts since 2016
but has never been accompanied with peppy music.
 Since 2016 when it created the tagline RBI Kehta Hai, the central bank's communication has
been centred on financial literacy and public awareness towards frauds, etc
 About ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ campaign
 Reserve Bank of India will evaluate the impact of multi-media public awareness campaign ‘RBI
Kehta Hai’, which was launched in 14 languages to educate the public about safe banking and
financial practices

 ‘RBI Kehta Hai’ was the first even 360-degree campaign initiated by the central bank using all
mass media, including media such as television, radio, newspapers, hoardings, web banners,
gifs, social media and SMS
Q. Who has become the youngest woman to row solo across an Atlantic Ocean?
A) Ben Lecomte B) Katie Ledecky
C) Missy Franklin Johnson D) Jasmine Harrison
Answer : D
 A British woman, Jasmine Harrison of England has become the youngest woman to row solo
across an Ocean
 The 21-year-old from Thirsk, North Yorkshire in UK, achieved the feat by finishing top in the
2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, organized by Atlantic Campaigns
 Harrison, who is a swim instructor and bartender by profession, traveled 3,000 miles (4,828km)
across the Atlantic Ocean in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes
 Harrison began her journey in Spain’s Canary Islands on December 12, 2020 and arrived in
Antigua on February 20, 2021
Q. With which country has India signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as offered USD
100 million line of credit for defence assets procurement?
A) Sri Lanka B) Mozambique
C) Maldives D) Mauritius
Answer : D
 Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar was on official visit to two key Indian Ocean region
countries- Maldives and Mauritius– from 20-23 February
 India has also offered a USD 100 million Line of Credit (LoC) to Mauritius to facilitate
procurement of defence assets
 India signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Partnership Agreement-(CECPA)) with Mauritius
 India delivered 100,000 doses of Made in India COVID-19 vaccines to the country
 Apart from this an agreement has also been signed between the two countries to provide a
Dornier aircraft and an Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv on lease to Mauritius on a gratis basis
for 2 years
 Both the countries also signed MoU on Consumer Protection and a Contract for 8 MW solar plant

 MAURITIUS
Capital : Port Louis
Currency : Rupee
President : Prithvirajsing Roopun
Prime Minister : Pravind Jugnauth
Q. The 17th India International Mega Trade Fair & Home Decor Exhibition 2021 was organized in
which state?
A) Kerala B) Odisha
C) Karnataka D) Maharashtra
Answer : B
 Odisha hosted the 17th India International Mega Trade Fair & Home Decor Exhibition 2021 at
Janata Maidan, Bhubaneswar
 It was organized by the Odisha Chapter of the Real Estate Developers Association of India
(CREDAI)
 Partner Country for the 2021 Fair – Bangladesh & focus countries are Afghanistan & Iran.
 Bihar is the Partner State for the Fair
ODISHA IN NEWS
 Odisha Govt announced Rs 200 crore Development Package for Maa Samaleswari Shrine
 India’s First Thunderstorm Research Testbed to be established at Balasore in Odisha
 Pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Bindu Sagar Cleaning Project in Bhubaneswar
 India’s largest hockey stadium to be set up in Rourkela Odisha
 Odisha To Host FIH Men's Hockey World Cup Of The Year 2023
 Ninth edition of International Sand Art Festival & 31st edition of the Konark Festival 2020 begins
in Odisha
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘Mo Bidyut’ portal
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Launches 'Diligram' Portal
 Odisha CM launches ‘Sumangal’ & Student Scholarship web portals
 DRDO successfully test fires ABHYAS from Odisha
 Odisha Government Launched 'Garima' Scheme For Sanitation Workers
 Odisha Government launches Pareshram Portal

Q. How many toy manufacturing clusters have been approved by the Central Government at a cost
of Rs 2,300 crore?
A) 7 B) 9
C) 8 D) 6
Answer : C
 The Central Government has approved 8 toy manufacturing clusters at a cost of Rs 2,300 crore
viz. three clusters in Madhya Pradesh, two in Rajasthan, and one each in Karnataka, Uttar
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
 The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Ministry of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) are looking to develop toy clusters under existing
schemes such as the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (Sfurti)
 India imported around $1.5 billion worth toys in financial year 2020. Imports from China and
Taiwan account for around 90% of the domestic toy market
Q. Asia’s biggest cattle park was inaugurated in which state of India?

C) Madhya Pradesh D) Chhattisgarh
Answer : B
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurated Asia’s biggest cattle park,
Advanced Institute for Integrated Research on Livestock and Animal Sciences (AIIRLAS) in
Thalaivasal, Salem district
Q. Which bank has launched the Common Payment Card System (CPCS) “Namma Chennai Smart
Card”?
C) Yes Bank D) Axis Bank
Answer : A
 ICICI Bank partnered with Greater Chennai Corporation and Chennai Smart City Limited to
launch ‘Namma Chennai Smart Card’ Unveils by Tamil Nadu CM
 This ‘Namma Chennai Smart Card’ is contactless prepaid card. Using this card Users can make
numerous online payments at the GCC centers. The card holders can make payments in retail
stores and e-commerce websites in India

 Tamil Nadu CM, Edappadi K. Palaniswami unveiled the Namma Chennai Smart Card. Citizens
can get the cards at e-seva centres by paying Rs 100 along with photocopies of ID proof. Users
can recharge their card up to a limit of Rs 10,000
ICICI BANK IN NEWS
 ICICI Bank, MUFG Bank tie up for serving Japanese corporations operating in India
 ICICI Bank launches ‘InstaFX’ mobile app to help customers obtain Forex Prepaid Card swiftly
 ICICI Bank Opens Representative Office in Nepal
 ICICI Bank ties up with fintech Niyo to issue prepaid cards to MSMEs
 RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
 ICICI Bank launches online portal ‘Infinite India’ for foreign firms expanding in India
 ICICI Bank Launches iMobile Pay to offer Payments & Banking Services For All
 ICICI Bank launches ‘Mine’ a comprehensive banking programme for millennial customers
 ICICI Bank shuts down operations in Sri Lanka
 ICICI Bank introduces ‘iStartup2.0’
 ICICI Bank Launched a Facility, ‘Insta Loans against Mutual Funds’
 ICICI Bank Becomes the 1st Bank in India Uses Satellite Data
 ICICI Bank introduced ‘ICICI Bank Golden Years FD’ for Senior Citizens
 ICICI Bank Launches a unique self-service delivery facility ‘iBox’ for customers
 Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) BANK
Founded : 1994
MD & CEO : Sandeep Bakhshi
Tagline : Hum Hai Na Khayal Apka
Q. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director General of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
A) Woochong Um B) Jingdong Hua
C) Carmen Reinhart D) Yasuyuki Sawada
Answer : A
ADB IN NEWS
 ADB Appoints Woochong Um as Managing Director General
 ADB to provide Rs 100 cr loan to Medanta to combat Covid-19 pandemic
in India
 ADB & India sign $231 million loan to enhance power generation capacity in Assam
 ADB announces Rs 2100 crore loan to Tripura for urban & tourism development

 ADB launches $9 bn Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) for Developing Countries
 ADB Projects GDP of India at -8% in 2020, 8% in 2021
in India
 ADB and India sign $50 million loan agreement for West Bengal
 ADB released a new book titled ‘Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific’.
 ADB sign $132.8 million loan agreement for Meghalaya’s Power supply
 ADB inks $500 Million Loan agreement with India for Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor
 ADB and India inks USD 177 million loan for state road improvements in Maharashtra
 India and ADB Sign $300 Million Loan to Develop Rajasthan’s Secondary Towns
 ADB approves USD 1 billion loan for Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System
 ADB approves grant worth USD 3 million to India to combat COVID-19
 Sameer Kumar Khare appointed Executive Director at ADB
 ADB appoints Takeo Konishi as Country Director for India
 ADB Appoints Ashok Lavasa as New Vice-President
 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
Founded : 19 December 1966
HQ : Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
President : Masatsugu Asakawa
Vice President : Ashok Lavasa
Director of ADB for India : Takeo Konishi
Executive Director : Sameer Kumar
Member Counrtries : 68 (Nuie)
Q. Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of Unacademy?

A) Virat Kohli
B) Sharukh Khan
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Yuvraj Singh
Answer : C
 Former Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has inked a strategic partnership with the
Bengaluru-based education tech startup, Unacademy, and has also been roped in as its brand
ambassador

MOST IMPORTANT LATEST BRAND AMBASSADOR 2020
🔷 Sachin Tendulkar : Unacademy 🔷 Rana Daggubati : CEAT
🔷 Sonu Sood : Redmi 9 Power 🔷 Milind Soman : Maharishi Amrit Kalash
🔷 Sourav Ganguly : Edtech startup Classplus 🔷 Akshay Kumar : Dabur Chyawanprash
🔷 Sonu Sood : Spice Money 🔷 Kuldeep Handoo : Fit India movement
🔷 AR Rahman : BAFTA Breakthrough 🔷 Chacha Chaudhary : NamamiGange Project
🔷 Priyanka Chopra : Parle Agro 🔷 Rajkumar Rao : Syska Group
🔷 Rohit Sharma : Vega ropes 🔷 Rohit Sharma : Dr Trust
🔷 Rohit Sharma : JKLC Sixer Cement 🔷 Chetan Anand : Transform
🔷 Ajinkya Rahane : Hudle 🔷 Robin Uthappa : Ker startup Entri
🔷 Aamir Khan : Vendantu 🔷 Aamir Khan : CEAT Tyres
🔷 Yuvraj Singh : Aakash Educational 🔷 Sonu Sood : Acer India🔷 Virat Kohli :
Services Limited (AESL) Great Learning
🔷 Suresh Raina : 9Stacks 🔷 Sachin Tendulkar : Paytm first Games
🔷 Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Smriti 🔷 Dwayne Bravo : SBOTOP

Mandhana : Playerzpot
🔷 Ayushmann Khurrana : Bajaj Allianz 🔷 Kiara Advani : Myntra
Life Insurance
🔷 Rohit Sharma : Oakley 🔷 Harbhajan Singh : ebikeGo
🔷 Suresh Raina and Harmanpreet Kaur : 🔷 Brett Lee : SportsAdda

WTF Sports
🔷 Sukhbir Singh : Luxury Ride 🔷 Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Chhetri :

JSW Cement
🔷 Pankaj Tripathi : Bihar Khadi 🔷 Sonu Sood : Gargo International
🔷 Rohit Sharma : IIFL Finance 🔷 Manushi Chillar : Adidas
🔷 Ajinkya Rahane : ELSA Corp 🔷 Devgan : Aarogya Setu App

🔷 Rohit Sharma : CricKingdom 🔷 Viswanathan Anand : World Wide Fund India

Environment
🔷 MS Dhoni : PokerStars India 🔷 PV Sindhu : BWF’s ‘I am badminton’ campaign

 Unacademy
Founded : 2015
Founder : Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini
Q. India’s first undersea tunnel will be built in which city ?

A) Mumbai B) Kolkata
C) Bengaluru D) Hyderabad
Answer : A
DON'T CONFUSE
 By 2023, Mumbai will be home to India's first undersea tunnel, part of the city's Rs 12,000 crore
Coastal Road project
 The Coastal Road project is an under construction 22.2-kilometre freeway that would run along
Mumbai's western coastline connecting Marine Lines in the south to Kandivali in the north
 India's first underwater train to be launched in Kolkata under the Hooghly river, by March 2022
 The 16.6-km long Kolkata East West Metro project, to be completed by 2022
Q. Which stadium in India has been renamed as the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium?
A) Motera Stadium B) Eden Gardens
C) Wankhede Stadium D) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Answer : A
 President Ramnath Kovind inaugurates World’s Largest Cricket Stadium at Motera in
Ahmedabad; Renamed as ‘Narendra Modi Stadium’
 The Sardar Patel Stadium, (popularly known as the Motera stadium), has also been renamed as
Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, after the Prime Minister Modi, who was former president of the
Gujarat Cricket Association
 President Kovind has also laid the foundation stone of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave
at newly-built Cricket Stadium
 The stadium is spread across 63 acres of land and has three entry points. It has a seating
capacity of 1,32,000 people

 Before this, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia was the largest cricket stadium
by capacity, with accommodation capacity of 90,000 people
 The Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium was open to public on 24 February 2021 to host Day-Night
Pink ball Test match between India and England, the third test match between the two countries
UPDATED RECENTLY NAME CHANGED

🔷 Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad 🔷 Hoshangabad City, Madhya Pradesh
💠 Narendra Modi Stadium 💠 Narmadapuram
🔷 Gujarat to Rename Dragon Fruit as 🔷 Nagpur's Gorewada International Zoo

‘Kamalam’
💠 'Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada
International Zoological Park
🔷 Ayodhya Airport 🔷 Kolkata Port Trust
💠 Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport, 💠 Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port

Uttar Pradesh
🔷 Chauk Chauraha, Lucknow 🔷 Lucknow-Hardoi Road
💠 Lalji Tandon Chauraha 💠 Tandon Marg
🔷 Ministry of Human Resource Development 🔷 ‘Bilung’ village, Odisha
💠 Ministry of Education 💠 Popular folk song ‘Rangabati'
🔷 Gwalior Chambal Expressway, Madhya 🔷 Hubbbali Railways Station, Karnataka

Pradesh
💠 Sidhdharoodha Swami Station
💠 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway
🔷 Ministry of Shipping 🔷 Raigir railway station, Telangana
💠 Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways 💠 Yadadri railway station
🔷 Naugarh railway station, Gorakhpur UP 🔷 Majerhat bridge, Kolkata
💠 Siddharthanagar railway station 💠 Jai Hind bridge
🔷 Dandupur railway station, Uttar Pradesh
💠 Maa Barahi Devi Dham

Q. Irakli Garibashvili has become the new Prime Minister of which country?
A) Iceland
B) Georgia
C) Kenya
D) Ethiopia
Answer : B
 Irakli Garibashvili Confirmed as New Prime Minister of Georgia
 GEORGIA
Capital : Tbilis
Currency : Lari
He replaces Giuseppe Conte
NEWLY PRIME MINISTER IN NEWS

Mario Draghi : Georgia Mario Draghi : Italy
Kaja Kallas : Estonia Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid : Kuwait
Saad Hariri : Lebanon Jacinda Ardern : New Zealand
Bishr al- Khasawneh : Jordan Moctar Ouane : Mali
Mohamed Hussein Ruble : Somalia Yoshihide Suga : Japan
Francisco Asue : Equatorial Guinea Keith Rowley : Trinidad and Tobago
Mohamed Ould Bilal : Mauritiana Walter Roger Martos Ruiz : Peru
Mahinda Rajapaksa : Sri Lanka Hichem Mechichi : Tunisia
Ossouka Raponda : Gabon Lee Hsien Loong : Singapore
Jean Castex : France Micheal Martin : Ireland
Kubatbek Boronov : Kyrgyzstan Robert Abela : Malta
Pedro Sanchez : Spain Mikhail Mishustin : Russia
Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani : Qatar
Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad yassin : Malaysia Janez Jansa : Slovenia
Denys Shmygal : Ukraine Mustafa Al Kadhimi : Iraq
Benjamin Netanyahu : Israel

NEWLY PRESIDENT IN NEWS

Yoweri Museveni : Uganda Sadyr Japarov : Kyrgyzstan
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa : Portugal
Faustin-Archange Touadera : Central African Republic
Nguyen Phu Trong : Vietnam Alexander Lukashenko : Belarus
Irfaan Ali : Guyana Gudni Th. Johannesson : Iceland
Luis Rodolfo Abinader : Dominican Republic Chan Santokhi : Suriname
Andrzej Duda : Poland Lazarus Chakwera : Malawi
Tsai Ing-wen :Taiwan Katerina Sakellaropoulou : Greece
Zoran Milanovic : Croatia Umaro Sissoco Embalo : Guinea Bissau
Ashraf Ghani : Afghanistan
Q. Which state has received the award for fastest implementation of Pradhan mantri Kisan
Samman Nidhi Yojana?
A) Odisha B) Assam
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : D
 Uttar Pradesh received award for fastest implementation of Pradhan mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi Yojana
 Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar awarded the top-
performing States and Districts for their exemplary work with respect to the implementation of
the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme
UTTAR PRADESH IN NEWS

 Uttar Pradesh receives award for fastest implementation of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
 Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh Gets International Airport Licence from DGCA
 Ram Temple tableau of Uttar Pradesh on Republic Day wins first prize
 Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to table a paperless budget
 Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurates DRDO Skill Development Centre for Fire Safety

 Uttar Pradesh has started a training programme for aspirants of various competitive
examinations under 'Abhyudaya Yojana'
 PM Modi lays foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and Chittaura Lake Development
Work at Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh
 UP govt to launch ‘Kisan Kalyan Mission’ to double the income of farmers
 UP govt announces 16-digit Unicode to identify landholdings
 ‘Varasat’ campaign launched in Uttar Pradesh to curb property & land-related disputes in rural
areas
 Uttar Pradesh CM launched the ‘Udyam Sarathi App’ on the occasion of the 71st Foundation
Day of the state, on 24 January 2021
 Keetham lake also known as Sur Sarovar, in Agra in Uttar Pradesh added to Ramsar sites
 UP Govt to establish anti-human trafficking Police Stations
 Ayodhya Airport to be renamed as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport
 Uttar Pradesh emerges as top destination in 2019 for attracting domestic tourists
 PM lays the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Vindhyachal region of
Uttar Pradesh
 Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill passed
PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI (PM-KISAN) WITH DETAILS FACTS

 Date of Launch: February 24, 2019 By Prime Minister Narendra Modi In Gorakhpur, Uttar
Pradesh
 Objective – Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a Central Sector Scheme to
provide
 income support (Rs.6000 per annum per family) to all Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs)
families to
 supplement their financial needs for procuring various inputs related to agriculture and allied
activities as well as domestic needs
 Benefits : Under this scheme, landholder farmer families having total cultivable land holding
upto 2 hectare
 will get direct income support of Rs 6000 per year per family
 The amount will be paid in three equal instalments of Rs 2000 at an interval of every 4 months.
Q. Which state has set up a Flower Processing Centre to add value to its flower power?
C) Karnataka D) Chhattisgarh

Answer : C
KARNATAKA IN NEWS
 Karnataka to set up a Flower Processing Centre to add value to its flower power
 President Ramnath Kovind Inaugurates Museum Dedicated to General KS Thimayya in
Karnataka
 Karnataka Chief Minister launched Avalokana software
 Karnataka Government launches Krishi Sanjeevani Vans to test soil, water
 Karnataka Government launches portal ‘FRUITS’ for farmers
 Karnataka’s 1st 11.5 megawatt power plant being set up at Bidadi
 Vijayanagara becomes 31st District of Karnataka, carved out of Ballari district
 Karnataka Observes Mask Day on 18th June 2020
 Karnataka approves Rs. 600-cr watershed project ‘REWARD’ with World Bank assistance
 Karnataka launches India’s first integrated air ambulance service
 Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Participates in 7th WASH Conclave Concludes
 Karnataka Govt launches loan disbursal programme “Arthika Spandana”
 Karnataka launches Weavers’ Sammaan Yojana
Q. Which has became the 1st country to receive Coronavirus vaccines through Covax vaccine-
sharing initiative?
A) Ghana B) Ethiopia
C) Nigeria D) Zimbabwe
Answer : A
 Ghana becomes 1st country to receive Coronavirus vaccines through Covax vaccine-sharing
initiative
 Around six lakhs doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and
produced by the Serum Institute of India arrived in Ghana's Capital Accra
 GHANA
Capital : Accra
Currency : Cedi
Q. Prakash Javadekar has launched which language for the first time in United Nations Security
Council (UNSC) Debate on climate change?
A) Bhojpuri B) Marathi
C) Bengali D) Sanskrit

Answer : D
 Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on used
Sanskrit for the first time in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Debate on climate change
 United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
Formation : 24 October 1945
Membership : 15 countries
India to become UNSC President for August, 2021
Q. Who took charge as New Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) ?
A) Nand Kumar Sai B) Vijay Sampla
C) Anusuia Uikey D) Chunilal Vasava
Answer : B
 Shri Vijay Sampla assumed charge as the new Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled
Castes (NCSC) on February 24, 2021
 NCSC is an Indian constitutional body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
that works for the socio-economic development of the scheduled castes and to prevent
atrocities against them
 National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Formed : 19 February 2004
Chairman : Vijay Sampla
Minister responsible : Thawar Chand Gehlot, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Q. Which payments bank has upgraded to a Scheduled Commercial Bank?
A) Fino Payments Bank B) Airtel Payments Bank
C) Jio Payments Bank D) Paytm Payments Bank
Answer : A
 Fino Payments Bank has been designated as a bank in the Second Schedule to the Reserve
Bank of India Act, 1934.
 The scheduled commercial bank status allows Fino Payments Bank to enhance its banking
position in the treasury and participation in LAF (Liquidity Facility) window, as per the RBI
 Bharti Airtel set up India's first payments bank.
 Fino Payments Bank
Headquarteres : Mumbai
MD & CEO : Rishi Gupta

Q. Which country was the largest trading partner of India in the year 2020?
A) China
B) Singapore
C) Saudi Arabia
D) United States
Answer : A
 China Surpasses US to become India’s top trade partner in 2020
 The two-way trade between India and China stood at $77.7 billion in 2020 despite the conflict
along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the rising anti-China sentiment
 The India-US bilateral trade stood at to $75.9 billion
 Meanwhile, UAE continues to remain India’s third-biggest trading partner
CHINA IN NEWS
 China Surpasses US to become India’s top trade partner in 2020
 China Overtakes the US as Largest Trading Partner of European Union
 China becomes second country after the US to unfurl its flag on Moon
 MountEverest declared 86 cm (0.86 M) taller by Nepal and China
 China launches ‘world’s first 6G experiment satellite’
 China to send first-ever ‘asteroid mining robot’ into space
 2nd World Health Expo kicks off in Wuhan
 China launches new rocket “Long March 5B” successfully
 China launches its 1st independent mission to Mars
 China successfully launches 13 satellites into orbit with a single rocket, including 10 from
Argentina
 CHINA
Capital : Being
Currency : Renminbi (yuan)
President : Xi Jinping
 India and China 'Hand-in-Hand' Exercise
 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) : Headquarteres : Beijing China
 New Development Bank (NDB) : Headquarters : Shanghai, China
 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) : Headquarters : Beijing, China

Q. The Kushinagar Airport in India has received the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
licence to operate as international airport. The airport is situated in which state?
A) Gujarat
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer : D
 Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh has received the necessary clearances from aviation
regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to operate international flights
 Once operational, Kushinagar airport will become third functional international facility in the
state
 Currently the two international airports functional in Uttar Pradesh are Chaudhary Charan
Singh International Airport at Lucknow and Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at
Varanasi
 Kushinagar airport will serve as the closest international airport to several Buddhist pilgrimage
sites in Lumbini, Shravasti, and Kapilvastu
Q. The National Urban Digital Mission’ (NUDM) has been launched by the Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs in partnership with which ministry?
A) Ministry of Home affairs
B) Ministry of Commerce
C) Ministry of Minority
D) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Answer : D
 Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Minister of Electronics and
IT Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the National Urban Digital Mission’ (NUDM) at a virtual event
on February 23, 2021, to create a digital
 The mission has three pillars – people, process, and platform
 The mission aims to put in place a “citizen-centric” and “ecosystem-driven” approach to ‘urban
governance and service delivery’ in cities by 2022, and across all cities and towns by 2024
 The NUDM has been launched jointly by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs along with
the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Q. The 2021 International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Symposium has been organised in
New Delhi. Where is the headquarter of ICOLD based?
A) Paris, France B) Brussels, Belgium
C) Vienna, Austria D) Geneva, Switzerland
Answer : A
 Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, inaugurated the International
Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Symposium on February 24, 2021 in New Delhi
 The theme of the symposium is “Sustainable Development of Dams & River Basins”
Q. Which bank has won the Best Service Provider in Human Resources and also the best institution
for “Excellence in Learning & Development” at the 29th Global HRD Congress awards?
A) State Bank of India B) Punjab National Bank
C) Central Bank of India D) Union Bank of India
Answer : D
 Union Bank of India was awarded “Best Service Provider” in Human Resources and also the
best institution for “Excellence in Learning & Development” at the 29th Global HRD Congress
awards
 Kalyan Kumar, Chief General Manager, HR was named as “Chief Human Resources Officer of
the Year”.
 Union Bank of India
Founded : 1919
MD & CEO : Rajkiran Rai G
Tagline : Good People to Bank with
Q. Name the Indian social activist who has been for the newly-instituted International Anti-
Corruption Champions Award by the Joe Biden Administration?
A) Medha Patkar B) Swati Maliwal
C) Anjali Bharadwaj D) Sunitha Krishnan
Answer : C

 Anjali Bharadwaj, an Indian social activist, has been named among 12 “courageous” individuals
for the newly-instituted International Anti-Corruption Champions Award by the US President
Joe Biden administration
 Bharadwaj is the founder of the Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS)
Q. Which Insurance Company has Introduced the ‘Bima Jyoti’ policy?

A) Aviva Life Insurance B) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
C) Birla Sun Life Insurance D) Life Insurance Corporation of India
Answer : D
 Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has introduced 'Bima Jyoti' plan a non-linked, non-
participating, individual savings plan, which offers a combination of protection and savings
LIC IN NEWS
 LIC introduced new 'Bima Jyoti' plan
 Siddhartha Mohanty set to take over as Managing Director of LIC
 LIC Launches Digital Application Tool ‘ANANDA’ for Agents
 LIC announced the launch of a special scheme called 'Special Revival Campaign' to revive Laps
(stopped) policies
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
 Founded : 1956
 Headquarters : Mumbai
 Chairman : M. R. Kumar
 Managing Director
1. Siddhartha Mohanty
2. Vipin Anand
3. Mukesh Kumar Gupta
4. Raj Kumar
Q. The book titled ‘Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Journey of an Actor’ is a memoir of which
actor?
A) Anupam Kher B) Kabir Bedi
C) Milind Soman D) Naseeruddin Shah
Answer : B

 Veteran actor Kabir Bedi has come out with his memoir titled ‘Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional
Journey of an Actor’, which will be released in April 2021.
 The book will be published by Westland Publications
Q. Who has been appointed as the new Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency?
A) Padma Lakshmi B) Yalitza Aparicio
C) Natalia Vodianova D) Millie Bobby Brown
Answer : C
 Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova is new UN goodwill ambassador of the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA)
 GOOD WILL AMBASSASOR'S INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
 Jayant Khobragade appointed India's next Ambassador to ASEAN Secretariat
 Vishal V. Sharma appointed as the next Ambassador of India to UNESCO
 Khushi Chindaliya appointed as UNEP regional ambassador
 M Nethra appoints as ‘Goodwill Ambassador for the Poor’ by UNADAP
 UNICEF appoints Ayushmann Khurrana for children’s rights campaign
 UNEP extends Dia Mirza term as goodwill ambassador till 2022
 Brajendra Navnit becomes India’s new ambassador to WTO
 TS Tirumurti appointed new Permanent Representative of India to UN
 Indra Mani Pandey Appointed India's Permanent Representative to UN In Geneva
 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Formation : 1969
Headquarters : New York City, US
Director General : Natalia Kanem
Q. Which of the following organization has released its report titled “The State of School Feeding
Worldwide”?
A) United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP)
B) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
C) Food Corporation of India (FCI)
D) International Labour Organization (ILO)
Answer : A

 The United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) has released its report titled “The State of
School Feeding Worldwide on February 24, 2021
 As per the report, the COVID-19 pandemic risks have reversed the efforts that were made
worldwide in a decade to provide nutritious food to the most vulnerable children across the
globe
 When the pandemic was at its peak around April 2020, 199 countries had closed their schools.
Because of which, 370 million children were suddenly deprived of nutritious meal of the day
 The report highlights that, one in two school children that would count as around 388 million
children worldwide received the school meals when the pandemic was at its peak. This
accounts for the highest number in history
 WEP is food-assistance branch of United Nations that was founded in the year 1961. It is the
world’s largest humanitarian organization that focuses on hunger and food security
 WEP was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for its efforts in providing food assistance in the
areas of conflict
 World Food Programme (WFP)
Formation
19 December 1961
Headquarters : Rome, Italy
Director General : David Beasley
Award : Nobel Peace Prize 2020
It is the world's largest humanitarian organization
Q. Which state has launched ‘e-Parivahan Vyavstha’?

A) Maharashtra B) Telangana
C) Uttarakhand D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer : D
 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched ‘e-Parivahan Vyavstha’.
 It has been launched to provide faceless services to the people of the State regarding Driving
Licence/Registration Certificates/Permits etc
 The State Government also started first e-Vidhan Sabha, then e-Budget and now it has started
an e-cabinet. He said the e-Parivahan was a step forward in this direction
HIMACHAL PRADESH IN NEWS

 Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur launches ‘e-Parivahan Vyavstha’
 India’s first indoor ski park will come up at Kufri in Shimla with the objective of making Himachal
Pradesh

 Himachal Pradesh becomes first State to implement e-cabinet

 ADB & India sign $10 million loan to support project preparation to expand horticulture in
Himachal Pradesh
 Himachal Pradesh Launches ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’ to collect real-time data on the health
profile of entire state
 Atal Tunnel: World’s Longest Highway Tunnel In Himachal Pradesh, 9.02 km-long-tunnel, built
by the BRO
Q. India has kicked off its BRICS Chairship with the inaugural three-day-long Sherpas' meeting.
The 1st BRIC summit was held in which country?
A) India B) Brazil
C) Russia D) South Africa
Answer : C
 India has kicked off its BRICS Chairship with the inaugural three-day-long Sherpas' meeting
 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched India's BRICS 2021 website at the BRICS
Secretariat at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan
 The 1st BRIC summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia on 16 June 2009
 BRIC group was renamed as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) after South
Africa was accepted as a full member in September 2010
 BRICS is an important grouping bringing together the major emerging economies from the
world, comprising 41% of the world population, having 24% of the world GDP and over 16%
share in world trade
 LIST OF BRICS SUMMIT
1st Brics summit 2009 : Russia 4th Brics summit 2012 : India
8th Brics summit 2016 : India 11th Brics summit 2019 : Brazil
12th Brics summit 2020 : Russia 13th Brics summit 2021 : India
 BRICS BANK (New Development Bank)
Founded : 2015
HQ : Shanghai, China
President : Marcos Prado Troyjo (Brazil)
Vice President : Anil Kishora ( Indian)
BRICS countries : ( 5 ) Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa

Q. The Trilateral Dialogue of India has been set up with which two countries with focus on Indo-
Pacific region?
A) France and Australia B) Japan and Russia
C) Australia and China D) Israel and China
Answer : A
 A trilateral dialogue was held among India, France, and Australia on February 24, 2021 at the
senior officials’ level, with focus on further enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
 First India-France-Australia Trilateral Dialogue was held virtually on September 9, 2020
Q. Who has authored the novel titled ‘Bride of the Forest: The Untold Story of Yayati’s Daughter’?
A) Shobhaa De B) Arundhati Roy
C) Meenakshi Lekhi D) Madhavi S Mahadevan
Answer : D
 Madhavi S Mahadevan's latest #novel 'Bride of the Forest: the Untold Story of Yayati's Daughter'
traces feminist lineage by telling the lesser known story of a delicately poised figure in
Mahabharata, Yayati's daughter
MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS & AUTHORS JAN & FEB 2021

FEBRUARY 2021
Kamala's Way Platform Scale: For A Post-Pandemic World
Authored By : Dan Morain Authored By : Sangeet Paul Choudary
“Parliamentary Messenger in Rajasthan” “The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News”
Authored By : K.N Bhandari Authored By : Meghna Pant
Tipane Kashmirchi (Note on Kashmiri) ASOCA: A Sutra
Authored By : Arun Karmarkar Authored By : Irwin Allan Sealy
“The Epic Battle of Longewala” LOUIZ BANKS: A Symphony of Love
Authored By : Bharat Kumar Authored By : Ashis Ghatak
Indian Economy's Greatest Crisis: Impact "India: A Scamster Born Every Minute"
of Coronavirus and the Road Ahead
Authored By : Snigdha Poonam
Authored By : Arun Kumar

‘Turn Around India: 2020- Surmounting Bride of the Forest - THE UNTOLD STORY OF
Past Legacy’ YAYATI'S DAUGHTER
Authored By : R.P. Gupta Authored By : Madhavi Mahadevan
Whereabouts Yearbook
Authored By : Jhumpa Lahiri Authored By : Seth Rogen
Yes Man : The untold story of Rana Kapoor ‘The Little Book of Encouragement’
Authored By : Pawan C Lall Authored By : Dalai Lama
‘Beautiful Things’ 1857 – The Sword of Mastaan
Authored By : Hunter Biden Authored By : Vineet Bajpai
By Many a Happy Accident is an Soumitra Chatterjee: A Life in Cinema,
autobiography of Hamid Ansari Theatre, Poetry & Painting
Authored By : Arjun Sengupta and Partha
Mukherjee
Race With Me! Priyanka Chopra Jonas pens memoir titled
‘Unfinished’
Authored By : Andre De Grasse
Kabir Bedi’s memoir titled ‘Stories I Must Peter Mukerjea pens memoir ‘Starstruck:
Tell’ Confessions of a TV Executive'
JANUARY 2021
‘Manohar Parrikar – Off The Record’ The Commonwealth of Cricket
Authored By : Waman Subha Prabhu Authored By : Ramchandra Guha
My Years with Rajiv Triumph and Tragedy India's 71 Year Test : The Journey to Triumph
in Australia
Authored By : Wajahat Habibullah
Authored By : R. Kaushik
Gazing Eastwards: of Buddhist Monks and Unfinished
Revolunaries in China 1975
Authored By : Priyanka Chopra
Authored By : Romila Thapar
Ten Lessons for a Post- Pandemic world Making of a General-A Himalayan Echo
Authored By : Fareed Zakaria Authored By : Konsam Himalay Singh

The Population Myth: Islam, Family Right Under our Nose

Planning and Politics in India
Authored By : R. Giridharan
Authored By : S Y Quraishi
“Vahana Masterclass”
Authored By : Alfredo Covelli
Q. Government issued guidelines and digital media ethics code for OTT, online streaming and
social media platforms. ‘O’ in OTT stands for ____.
A) Over B) Open
C) Online D) Opportunity
Answer : A
 Government issued guidelines and digital media ethics code for Over The Top (OTT), online
streaming and social media platforms
 As per the guidelines, social media platforms have to remove content involving nudity and
morphed pictures of women within 24 hrs to ensure online safety and dignity of users, specially
women users
 The OTT platforms will self-classify the content into five age based categories and prominently
display the classification rating specific to each content together with a content deor informing
the user about the nature of the content
Q. 2nd edition of Global Bio-India to be organised from 1st to 3rd March. Which is the partner
country of this edition of Global Bio-India?
A) Russia B) Germany
C) South Korea D) Switzerland
Answer : D
 2nd edition of Global Bio-India to be organised from 1st to 3rd March
 The theme for this year is Transforming lives and tag line Biosciences to Bioeconomy
 Global Bio-India 2021 is expected to have representatives from more than 50 countries with
Switzerland being the partner country and Karnataka as its state partner till date
 Science and Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the event virtually
 Global Bio-India is one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders’ conglomerates that is being
co-organised by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology
 India is the destination to invest. – Dr Renu Swarup on Global Bio-India 2021
 The first edition of Global Bio-India 2019 at New Delhi

Q. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation has announced the selection of _____ iconic
sites under Phase IV of Swachh Iconic Places?
A) 20 B) 12
C) 16 D) 10
Answer : B
 Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has announced the
selection of twelve iconic sites under Phase IV of Swachh Iconic Places
 These sites include Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh,
Kumbhalgarh Fort, Jaisalmer Fort and Ramdevra in Rajasthan, Golconda Fort in Telangana and
Konark Sun Temple in Odisha
 Chandigarh's Rock Garden, Jammu and Kashmir's Dal Lake, Banke Bihari Temple in Mathura,
Agra Fort in Uttar Pradesh and Kalighat Temple in West Bengal are the other sites
Q. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Rail Over Bridge (ROB) at
V.O.Chidambaranar Port. The port is based in which state?
A) Bihar B) Odisha
Answer : D
 PM Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of various development projects in Coimbatore
 1000 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Project – Rs 8000 crore
 709 MW Solar Power Project of NLCIL – Rs 3000 crore
 8-laning of Korampallam Bridge
 Rail Over Bridge (ROB) at V.O.Chidambaranar Port
TAMIL NADU IN NEWS

 Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve Tamil Nadu set to create state’s 5th tiger reserve
 Electronics signs MoU with Tamil Nadu to set up mobile components unit
 Tamil Nadu Beat Baroda to claim Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy
 Ola to set up world’s largest scooter factory in Tamil Nadu
 Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan
 Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to launch AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies
 Tamil Nadu Govt launches “Smart Black Board Scheme”
 Young Advocates Welfare Fund launched in Tamil Nadu
 Tamil Nadu appoints Veeralakshmi India’s 1st-ever woman ambulance driver
 Tamil Nadu launches Electronic Hardware manufacturing policy-2020

Q. The 143-year-old reconstructed Heritage Marie Building has been inaugurated in which place
by PM Modi recently?
A) Kerala B) Assam
C) Ladakh D) Pudhucherry
Answer : D
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of various development
projects in Puducherry
 4 laning of NH45-A – 56 kms Sattanathapuram – Nagapattinam package of Villupuram to
Nagapattinam project covering Karaikal District – Rs. 2426 crore
 Medical College Building at Karaikal New Campus– Phase I, Karaikal District (JIPMER) – Rs.
491 crore
 Minor Port at Puducherry under Sagarmala Scheme – Rs 44 crore
 Synthetic Athletic Track, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Puducherry – Rs. 7 crore
 Blood Centre at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER),
Puducherry – Rs. 28 crore
 100 bed girls’ hostel at Lawspet, Puducherry – Rs 12 crore
 Reconstructed Heritage Marie Building – Rs. 15 crore
Q. Who has been appointed as the President of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) ?
A) Prafful Patel B) Dushyant Chautala
C) Jagmohan Dalmiya D) Brijbhushan Sharan Singh
Answer : B
 Dushyant Chautala has been re-elected as the President of Table Tennis Federation of India
(TTFI) for a period of four-years
 He is also the current Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana
 Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)
Founded : 1926
President : Dushyant Chautala
Secretary : M.P. Singh
Q. Who has been appointed as the Global Brand Ambassador of Levis, a premium American denim
brand?
A) Deepika Padukone B) Anushka Shetty
C) Keerthy Suresh D) Nithya Menen

Answer : A
DEEPIKA PADUKONE IN NEWS
 Levi's ropes in Deepika Padukone as global brand ambassador
 Best Actor (Female): Deepika Padukone Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards
2021
 Deepika Padukone and PV Sindhu Roped in as Brand Ambassador for PM Modi’s Bharat Ki
Laxmi Initiative
 Deepika Padukone Wins WEF’s Crystal Award For Raising Mental Health Awareness
Q. When is the World NGO Day observed?

Answer : B
 Each year the World NGO Day is celebrated on February 27
 The Day was officially recognised and declared by the 12 member countries (Belarus, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden)
 It was marked for the first time by UN, EU leaders and international organisations in 2014
Q. The ‘UTS ON MOBILE App’ is owned by which entity?

A) Indian Army B) Indian Navy
C) India Air force D) Indians Railways
Answer : D
 Indian Railways has decided to reactivate the facility of ‘UTS ON MOBILE App’, which allows
passengers to book unreserved train tickets through app
 The facility of Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) on Mobile app was discontinued by Piyush
Goyal-led Indian Railways in 2020, when the novel coronavirus-triggered lockdown was
imposed across India
INDIAN RAILWAYS IN NEWS

 Indian Railways reactivates ‘UTS ON MOBILE App’ facility
 East Coast Railway becomes first zone to adopt EOTT system in Indian Railways
 Indian Railways launches Hospital Management Information System to improve quality of health
services

 Indian Railways launches ‘Meri Saheli’ initiative for security of women in trains
 Indian Railways to run 40 clone trains for waitlisted passengers from September 21
 Indian Railways to launch third corporate passenger train Kashi Mahakal Express on Varanasi-
Indore Route
 Indian Railways launches POST COVID COACH to ensure safer journey
 Indian Railways to become “Green Railway” in Mission Mode by 2030
 Indian Railways Constructs Country’s Tallest Pier Bridge in Manipur
 Indian Railways introduces Drone based surveillance system
 Indian Railways launches “OHE Inspection app” for real-time monitoring
 Indian Railways observes “Swachhta Pakhwara”
 Indian Railway has launched a completely digitised online Human Resource Management
System (HRMS)
 Indian Railways signs MoU with RailTel for VSS work at 6049 stations
 IRCTC of Indian Railways and SBI Card launch Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay
Platform
 Indian Railways to electrify all broad gauge routes by December 2023
 Indian Railways’ 1st cable-stayed rail bridge, Anji Khad bridge
Q. Center has decided to integrate the Common Service Centres (CSC) with the E-Daakhil
portal.The portal is launched by which Ministry?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Home affairs
C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
D) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Answer : D
 The Centre has decided to integrate the Common Service Centres (CSC) with the E-Daakhil
portal for Consumer grievance redressal
 The E-Daakhil portal was launched by National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission
(NCDRC), Department of Consumer Affairs on September 07, 2020
 It has been developed and is maintained by the National Information Centre (NIC) under the
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
 National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial commission in
India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986
 Union Minister Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs; to his
existing portfolios, following the death of union minister Ram Vilas Paswan

Q. Who has been appointed as the global CEO of OLX Autos?

A) Anubrata Biswas B) Varun Sridhar
C) Gautam Thakar D) Bhavish Aggarwal
Answer : C
 Prosus-owned OLX Group has appointed Gautam Thakar as the global CEO of its pre-owned car
marketplace OLX Autos
 Gautam Thakar, who is a former Star Sports president and chief executive
 OLX
Founded : 2006
Founder : Fabrice Grinda and
Alec Oxenford
Headquarteres : Amsterdam, Netherlands
CEO : Martin Scheepbouwer
Q. Carbon Watch is India’s first mobile app to assess the carbon footprint of an individual.The app
has been launched by which state/UT?
A) Ladakh B) Lakshadweep
C) Maharashtra D) Chandigarh
Answer : D
Chandigarh launches ‘Carbon Watch’, India’s first app to assess one’s carbon footprint an individual.
Carbon footprint : The Amount of greenhouse gases-especially carbon dioxide-released into the
atmosphere by a particular human activity
Carbon Watch app requires a person to fill details in four parts — Water, Energy, Waste Generation
and Transport (Vehicular movement)
CHANDIGARH IN NEWS
 Chandigarh launches ‘Carbon Watch’, India’s first app to assess one’s carbon footprint
 India’s First Amputee Clinic Launched In Chandigarh
 Kerala best governed state while Chandigarh top union territory: public Affairs Centre Report
 Chandigarh launches App “CHDCOVID” to provide COVID-19 information

Q. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of the NBFC “Fullerton India Credit Company
(Fullerton India)”?
A) Shantanu Mitra B) Rajesh Gopinathan
C) Thierry Delaporte D) Arvind Krishna
Answer : A
 Shantanu Mitra appointed CEO and MD of Fullerton India Credit Company
 Mitra has over 40 years of experience in financial services, with over 20 years at Standard
Chartered and Citibank
 Fullerton India is wholly owned by Fullerton Financial Holdings, which in turn is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Singapore-based Temasek
 Fullerton India Credit Company Founded: 1994
 Headquarters : Mumbai
Q. Michael Somare, has passed away recently. He was the 1st prime minister of which country?
A) Malaysia B) Zimbabwe
C) Mozambique D) Papua New Guinea
Answer : D
 Michael Somare, the first prime minister of Papua New Guinea has passed away
 Michael Somare was known as the “father of the nation” because he led the Pacific archipelago
to independence from Australia in 1975
 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Capital : Port Moresby
Currency : Kina
Q. Yusuf Pathan announces retirement from all formats of the game. He was associated with which
games?
A) Cricket B) Football
C) Hockey D) Badminton
Answer : A
 India's dashing batter Yusuf Pathan has announced his retirement from all formats of the game.
 He played 57 ODIs and 22 T20Is for India between 2007 and 2012.

 He was part of the 2007 T20 World Cup as well as the 2011 ODI World Cup, both of which were
won by the Indian team
 In Domestic cricket, Pathan played for Baroda in throughout his career
Q. Who among the following Indian origin has been appointed as Assistant Secretary-General of
UN?
A) Anil Soni B) Shweti Menon
C) Ligia Noronha D) Bhavya Lal
Answer : C
 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Ligia
Noronha of India as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United
Nations Environment Programme
 She has worked since 2014 as Director of UNEP’s Economy Division based in Nairobi
INDIAN ORIGIN IN NEWS

 Indian-origin Preeti Sinha to lead United Nations Capital Development Fund
 Priyanca Radhakrishnan becomes first Indian-origin minister of New Zealand
 Indian-origin Wavel Ramkalawan elected President of Seychelles
 Indian-origin minister Alok Sharma to lead UN climate summit COP26
 Suriname elects Indian-origin ‘Chan’ Santokhi as President
 Anil Soni appointed first CEO of The WHO Foundation
 India appoints Indra Mani Pandey as new envoy to UN bodies
Q. Which state has announced the retirement age of State Government employees from 59 to 60
years?
A) Kerala B) Karnataka
Answer : D
 Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palananiswami announced that the retirement age of
State Government employees has been increased from 59 to 60 years

Q. An Indian company Omega Seiki will set up an electric vehicle plant in which country ?
A) Bhutan B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka D) Bangladesh
Answer : D
 An Indian company Omega Seiki will set up an electric vehicle plant in Bangladesh
 Omega Seiki Pvt Ltd, the Electric vehicles manufacturing company of Anglian Omega Group is
setting up an Electric vehicle manufacturing facility near Dhaka in Bangladesh, with an
investment of ₹100 crores
 This will be the first project of any Indian EV company in international markets
 At present, Omega Seiki Mobility has two manufacturing plants in India, located at IMT
Faridabad and IMT Manesar, Haryana
Q. Which country mainly observes Lantern festivals?

A) Spain B) Brazil
C) China D) India
Answer : C
 China is celebrating its traditional Lantern festival
 Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally
marks the end of the Chinese New Year also known as ‘Spring Festival’ period
 In 2021, China ushered into Lunar New Year - the ‘Year of the Ox’ on 12th February
Q. Which country has declared a complete victory in eradicating poverty?

A) China
B) Brazil
C) New Zealand
D) United Kingdom
Answer : A
 President Xi Jinping declared that China has scored a “complete victory” in its fight against
poverty by lifting over 770 million people out of it in the last four decades
 China has a population of around 1.4 billion.
 China has achieved the U.N. goal of poverty eradication 10 years ahead of the 2030 deadline.

Q. Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be held
between 27th March to 29th April. What is the number of assembly seats in West Bengal?
A) 240 B) 294
C) 275 D) 286
Answer : B
 Eelection Commission announces schedule for Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam,
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry will be held between 27th March to 29th April
 The counting of votes in all the four states and one Union Territory will take place on 2nd May
 The assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be held in a single phase on
6th April
 In West Bengal, the polling will be held in eight phases on 27th March, 1st, 6th, 10th, 17th, 22nd,
26th and 29th April
 Assam will go to polls in three phases on 27th March, 1st and 6th April
 West Bengal assembly seats: 294

 Assam assembly seats: 126
 Tamil Nadu assembly seats: 234
 Kerala assembly seats: 140
 Puducherry assembly seats: 30
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA IN NEWS

 Umesh Sinha appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner
 Rajiv Kumar takes charge as new Election Commissioner of India
 ECI constitutes 2-member committee (Harish Kumar, Umesh Sinha) to examine issues
concerning expenditure limits
 Election Commission of India (ECI) will set up the country’s first regional voters’ awareness
centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan
 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Founded : 25 January 1950
25 January : Voter's Day
HQ : New Delhi
1st Chief : Sukumar Sen
1st Women Chief : V.S. Ramadevi
23rd Chief : Sunil Arora
Commissioner : Rajiv Kumar and Sushil Chandra

Tenure : 6/65yrs
Article : 324
Q. National Waterways-2 is on which of the following river?

A) Krishan B) Yamuna
C) Godavari D) Brahmputra
Answer : D
 A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Inland Waterways Authority of India
and the MOL (Asia Oceania) Limited for transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas through barges
on National Waterways-1 and National Waterways-2
 Presently, 60 per cent of the LPG is moved through road to the various locations with a cost of
five to six rupees per metric tonne per kilometre
 National Waterways-1 : Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River
 National Waterways-2 : Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra River
 Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
Founded : 1986
Headquarters : Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Chairman : Amita Prasad
Under : Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Q. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Dhubri Phulbari bridge that would be
India’s longest bridge is being built on which river?
A) Brahmaputra river B) Godavari river
C) Chenab river D) Mahanadi river
Answer : A
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally laid the foundation stone of the fifth bridge across the
Brahmaputra that would be India’s longest
 The 19.282 km four-lane bridge, expected to be completed by 2026-27, will connect Phulbari in
Meghalaya and Dhubri in poll-bound Assam
BRIDGE IN NEWS 2020

 India’s longest Road Arch Bridge inaugurated in Meghalaya
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates 1.5 km Koilwar bridge over Sone river in Bihar

 Majerhat Bridge named “Jai Hind” to Mark Netaji’s 125th Birth Anniversary
 India’s longest motorable suspension bridge inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s Tehri-Garhwal
district
 India’s 1st glass floor suspension bridge to be built in Rishikesh
 Jitendra Singh inaugurates Devika and Puneja Bridges in J&K
 PM Modi virtually Dedicates Historic Kosi Rail Mega Bridge to nation and inaugurates 12
projects in Bihar
 Bihar's first glass skywalk bridge in Rajgir
 Indian Railways Constructs Country’s Tallest Pier Bridge in Manipur
Q. Who has been elected as the president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)?
A) Uday Shankar B) A Sakthivel
C) Gudey Srinivas D) Sanjiv Kumar
Answer : B
 The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has unanimously elected Padma Shri Dr
A Sakthivel as its president
 He is the owner and Founder of Poppys Group of Companies of Tirupur, Tamil Nadu and is
currently the Chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC).
 He succeeds Sharad Kumar
 Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
Founded : 1965
President : A Sakthivel
CEO : Ajay Sahai
Under : Ministry of Commerce
Q. National Science Day is observed every year on ____.

Answer : B
 National Science Day is celebrated on 28 February each year in India
 Theme 2021 – ‘Future of STI: Impact on Education Skills and Work’
 Purpose – To commemorate the discovery of Raman effect.
 Indian physicist Sir C V Raman discovered the Raman effect on 28 February 1928.and was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for it

Q. What is the theme of the 2021 National Science Day?

A) Women in Science
B) Science for the People, and People for the Science
C) Science and Technology for a sustainable future
D) Future of STI: Impact on Education Skills and Work
Answer : D
Q. India observes National Protein Day on _____.

Answer : D
 In India, February 27th is celebrated as the National Protein Day, to create awareness about
protein deficiency and encourage people to include of this macronutrient in their diet
 Theme 2021: Powering with Plant Protein
 The day was launched by the ‘Right to Protein’, a national-level public health initiative on
February 27, 2020
 2021 marks the second year for this nutritional awareness milestone in India by ‘Right to
Protein’
Q. What is the theme of the National Protein Day 2021?

A) Lots of Protein B) More Protein More Power
D) Life Goes Faster on Protein D) Powering with Plant Protein
Answer : D

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