Army
Day – 15 Jan
National
Deworming Day – 10 Feb
The
new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd – M
Ravindran
Maharashtra
former deputy CM and NCP leader who
died recently – RR Patil
The
Indian Railways’ position in the world as a network
operated under a single
management – Second
The
present governor of the People’s Bank of China –
Zhou
Xiaochuan
The
fierce critic of emergency and veteran cartoonist
who died recently – Rajinder Puri
Matrubhasha
Divas – 21 Feb
The
person conferred Uttar Pradesh’s highest civilian
award Yash Bharti recently – Vinod Mehta
The
Indian golfer who won the European Tour title in
Malaysia on 15 Feb – Anirban Lahiri
The
first company to reach a market value of $700 billion
recently – Apple
The
new authorised capital of the NMDFC – `3,000 cr
The
country with which India signed a civil nuclear
cooperation agreement on 16 Feb
– Sri Lanka
The
country to which India on 16 Feb handed over the
historic ‘Dakota’ aircraft – Bangladesh
The
chairman of the SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot
cases – Pramod Asthana
The
India drug makers who has been awarded `1170-cr
contract to supply HIV drugs by
Global Fund – Cipla
The
winner of the prestigious Mahindra Samridhi India
Agri Award 2015 – CCSHAU
The new MD and CEO of the Multi
Commodity Exchange
of India (MCX) – V Balasubramaniam
The
team India defeated by 76 runs in its 2015 ICC Cricket
World Cup opener – Pakistan
The
person felicitated with the prestigious Pt Bhimsen
Joshi Lifetime Achievement
Award-2014 – Prabha Atre
The
present PM of Singapore who was diagnosed with
prostate cancer recently – Lee Hsien Loong
The
country where China launched its ‘largest overseas
embassy’ on 13 Feb – Pakistan
The
winner of the World Tennis Tournament 2015 –
Stanislas
Wawrinka
India’s
ranking in the World Press Freedom Index 2015 –
136
The
state where India’s largest solar park of 10,000 MW
is set to be built by Adani
Group – Rajasthan
The
present President of Myanmar – Thein Sein
The
inaugural match of the 2015 ICC World Cup was
played between – Sri Lanka and New Zealand
The
city where the G20 Finance Ministers and Central
Bank Governors summit was held
on 9-10 Feb – Istanbul,
Turkey
The
city which will host the 10th World Hindi Conference
in Sep 2015 – Bhopal
Re
1 note bears the signature of – Finance Secretary
The
team that has topped the medal tally of the 35th
National Games – Services Sports Control Board
The
place where the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France
and Germany have reached a
ceasefire deal – Minsk,
Belarus
World
Radio Day – 13 Feb
The
head of the External Advisory Committee (EAC)
which will evaluate the
applications received for setting
up of small banks – Usha Thorat
The
head of the EAC which will evaluate the applications
received for setting up of
payments banks – Nachiket
Mor
The
biggest consumer of gold in 2014 as per World Gold
Council (WGC) – India
The
Indian economist who has been awarded the
inaugural Charleston-EFG John
Maynard Keynes Prize
– Amartya
Sen
The
Jnanpith awardee for the year 2014 – Bhalachandra
Nemade
The
bank which has introduced the digital wallet app
‘Pockets’ – ICICI Bank
The
amount the Central Govt will soon infuse in nine
PSBs – `6,990 cr
The
city where the Aero India-2015 show was held 18-22
Feb – Bengaluru
The
committee set up by the RBI associated with
microfinance institutions – Malegam Committee
The
bloc which has lifted the ban on import of mangoes
from India recently – European Union
The
sport which is governed by FINA internationally –
Swimming
The
Japanese freelance journalist beheaded by ISIS
militants recently – Kenji Goto
The
headquarters of the 54-nation African Union – Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
The
pass through which the new route for Kailash
Mansarovar Yatra passes – Nathu-La Pass
The
biggest producer of crude oil in the OPEC – Saudi
Arabia
The
Nagaland CM who won the trust vote recently – TR
Zeliang
The
committee that has submitted its recommendations
on CPSEs – Roongta committee
The
political scientist who passed away recently – Rajni
Kothari
India’s
ranking in the 2014 edition of the Global Talent
Competitiveness Index (GTCI) – 78th
The
automobiles manufacturers which topped the global
vehicle sales in 2014 – Toyota
National
Voters’ Day – 25 Jan
The newly elected president of
Italy – Sergio Mattarella
World
Cancer Day – 4 Feb
The
President of Yemen who resigned recently – Abed
Rabbo
Mansour Hadi
The
country which will partner with India in developing
Allahabad, Ajmer and
Visakhapatnam as smart cities –
US
The
new President of Zambia – Edgar Lungu
The
currency of Greece – Euro
The
highest peacetime gallantry award in India – Ashok
Chakra
The
new Home Secretary of India – LC Goyal
The
specialised unit of the CRPF created to counter the
Naxalite problem – CoBRA
The
winner of the men’s singles title of the Syed Modi
Grand Prix Gold badminton 2015 –
Parupalli Kashyap
The
world’s oldest monarch at present – Queen Elizabeth
II
The
bank with which the SBI has signed a loan pact for
100 million euro (about `700
cr) – European Investment
Bank
(EIB)
The
new chairman of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL) – T Suvarna Raju
The
new chairman of the 54-nation African Union –
Robert
Mugabe
The
new Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) with effect from
Feb 7 – 21.50 per cent
The
new Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) – Krishna Chaudhary
India’s
inter-continental ballistic missile tested recently
– Agni-V
The
winner of the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi
Grand Prix Gold Badminton
Tournament 2015 – Saina
Nehwal
The
new special Director General of the Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF) – Durga Prasad
The
river on which the 315-metre-high Pancheshwar
multi-purpose project of Nepal
will come up – Mahakali
The
state where the 35th National Games were held
recently – Kerala
The
winner of the mixed doubles titled of the 2015
Australian Open – Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
The
squash player who set a new record for topping the
world rankings for the 106th
month recently – Nicol David
The
Martyrs’ Day – 30 Jan
The
team which won the 2015 World Men’s Handball
Championship on 1 Feb – France
The
goodwill ambassador of the 35th National Games –
Sachin
Tendulkar
The
country which topped the Credit Suisse Emerging
Consumer Scorecard 2015 – India
The
founder of the Gorkha National Liberation Front
who died recently – Subhash Ghising
The
winner of the first position in the tableau category
on the eve of the 66th Republic
Day– Maharashtra
The
winner of the women’s singles title of the Australian
Open 2015 – Serena Williams
The
non-performing assets (NPAs) of the nationalised
banks in 2013-14 – `2.16 lakh cr
The
winner of the men’s singles title of the Australian
Open – Novak Djokovic
The
chairman of the committee set up by the RBI on
urban cooperative banks – R Gandhi
The
new base year for calculating national accounts –
2011-12
The
new Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) –
Shekhar
Sen
The
PSU in which the govt on 30 Jan successfully
offloaded 10 per cent stake and
raised `22,400 cr – Coal
India
The
revised GDP growth estimate for 2013-14 – 6.9 per
cent
Anti-Leprosy
Day – 30 Jan
Lala
Lajpat Rai was associated with the foundation of
this bank in 1895 – Punjab National Bank
The
article of the Indian Constitution that says that there
shall be a Governor for each
state – Article 153
The
host of the World Twenty20 championships in 2016
– India
The
day Maharashtra govt has announced to observe
as ‘Industries Day’ – 17 Sep
The
Sri Lankan CJI who has been reinstated by the new
govt – Shirani Bandaranayake
The
company which has reported the biggest quarterly
profit ($18bn) ever made by a
public company – Apple
The
Colonel of the Indian Army, who a day after being
awarded with Yudh Seva Medal,
was killed in J&K –
Munindra
Nath Rai
The
newly appointed foreign secretary of India – S Jayshanker
The winter storm which hit the
US recently – Juno
The
city where the Dispute Settlement Board (DSB) of
the WTO has its seat – Geneva
The
new king of Saudi Arabia – Salman Bin Abdul Aziz
The
first fully Wi-Fi-enabled metro city of the country –
Kolkata
The
amount of investment and loans pledged by the US
President to India – $4 billion
The
venues of the Global Exhibition on Services (GES)
to be held from 23-25 Apr – New Delhi
The
contribution of the service sector in India’s GDP –
57
per cent
The
first US President to visit India twice during his
tenure – Barack Obama
The
renowned cartoonist who died on 26 Jan – RK
Laxman
The
first woman officer to command the tri-service guard
of honour for a visiting head of
state – Pooja Thakur
The
new Prime Minister of Greece – Alexis Tsipras
Miss
Universe 2015 – Paulina Vega
The
winner of the DSC Prize for Literature for her book
The
Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri
The
govt’s project launched to rejuvenate rich cultural
heritage of India – HRIDAY
The
new MD & CEO of Vodafone’s India unit – Sunil
Sood
The
new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI)
– RK
Srivastava
The
new full-time Chairman and MD of Coal India –
Sutirtha
Bhattacharya
The
South African batsman who hit the fastest century
(31 balls) in ODIs – AB de Villiers
Winner
of the Zurich Chess Classic – Hikaru Nakamura
The
newly elected first woman president of Croatia –
Kolinda
Grabar-Kitarovic
The
Madhya Pradesh governor who resigned after being
named in a multi-cr scam recently
– Ram Naresh Yadav
The
new chief of Sri Lankan Army – Chrishantha de
Silva
The
Indian-American who has won 2015 J Calvin
Giddings Award in chemistry in
the US – Purnendu
Dasgupta
The
combined military training exercise held recently
between India and Nepal – Surya Kiran VIII
The
team which won the third edition of the Hockey
India League (HIL) – Ranchi Rays
