UPSC : IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR UPSC PART 2
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 2015
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
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1) National Science Day was observed across India on?
= 28th February
2) who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of jammu & Kashmir?
= Mufti Mohammed Sayeed
3) Justice Amitava Roy swvyorn in as the supreme Court judge recently taking the total number of judges to 29. What is the total sanctioned strength of SC Judges?
= 31
4) Recommendation of the 14th Finance Commission was accepted by the Union Government recently.Who is the chairman of 14th Finance Commission?
= Dr Y.V Reddy
5) Who resigned as the Chairperson of Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change recently?
= Rajendra K Pachauri
6) 3rd Tortoise Festival was organized at Hajong Lake in?
= Assam
7) Who won the Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015?
= Ranchi Ray's
8) Which authority banned the plying of Vintage cars on Delhi roads recently ?
= National Green Tribunal
9) 10th Aero India show was held at?
= Bengaluru
10) Who was sworn-in as the Chief Ministerre of Bihar?
= Nitish Kumar
11) Who was appointed as Chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) succeeding A.S Kiran Kumar?
= Tapan Mishra
12) Name the Chief Minister of Bihar who resigned recently?
= Jitan Ram Manjhi
13) Name the scheme launched by PM Narendra Modi which will provide 14 crore Soil Health Cards to farm owners across the country in the next three years?
= Soil Health Card Scheme
14) Which Project has been approved by Union Governments worth 8 billion US dollar for building stealth frigates?
= Project-17A
15) What is the acronym of SAFAR-AIR, a mobile application launched recently for checking air quality?
=System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research
16) Government of which state has decided to provide 35% reservation for women in Non-Gazetted jobs?
= Bihar
17) What is the name of National Tribal Festival recently held in Delhi and organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs?
= Vanaj 2015
18) Who became the first Indian cricketer to score century against Pakistan in World Cup?
= Virat Kohli
19) After how many years Reserve Bank of India will bring Rupee 1 into circulation again?
= 20 years
20) BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from?
= INS Kolkata
21) Who was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Delhi?
= Arvind Kejriwal
22) Who was awarded 2014 AIFF Player of the year award?
= Sunil Chettri
23) ICC Cricket World cup 2015 started at ?
= Australia and New Zealand
24) Who was appointed as the Director General of ITBP ( Indo Tibetan Border Police)?
= Krishna Chaudhary
25) Name the mascot of 35th National Games which recently entered in Limca Book of Records for its play "Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu ( India Awaits Children Who play)?
= Ammu
26) Name the Private telecom operator which recently tied up with Facebook to provide free internet access to people?
= Reliance Communications Limited
27) What is the name of the application recently launched by the ICICI Bank?( It also termed as India's first digital bank) .
= POCKETS
28) Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda has declared 10 February as?
= National Deworming Day
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29) Which party secured absolute majority in the assembly election held in Delhi by winning 67 seats out of 70 seats?
= Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
30) Name India's largest Private sector bank which launched first digital Bank in the country, 'Pockets ', on a mobile phone?
= ICICI Bank
31) First-ever World Ocean Science Congress was held in ?
= Kochi
32) Who was awarded Jnanpith Award 2014, the highest literary honour in India, by the Jnanpith Selection Board?
= Marathi Writer Bhalchandra Nemade
33) How much capital Government will infuse in nine public sector Banks including SBI , Bank of Baroda (BOB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) for enhancing their capital and meeting global risk norms?
= Rs 6,990 crore
34) Prime Minister Narendra modi announced that the NITI Aayog would constitute sub groups of Chief Ministers. How many sub groups will be there in the NITI Aayog?
= Three
35) Who was appointed as the Director General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research?
= M.O Garg
36) Who won the Best Actor award (female) for his role in film Queen in the 60th Film fare award?
= Kangna Ranaut
37) Who won the Best Actor award (Male) for his role in film Haider in the 60th film fare award?
= Shahid Kapoor
38) Who took charges as Union Home Secretary succeeding Anil Goswami?
= L.C Goyal
39) Government of which state has decided to provide free education to Scheduled Castes (SC) , Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girl students till post Graduation?
= Bihar
40) Who became the youngest medal winner in National Games 2015 by winning bronze medal at the age of 12 in 200 meter breast stroke swimming event ?
= Saloni Dalal
41) Which Indian state won the 10th National Award for excellence in Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA)?
= Madhya Pradesh
42) Who was appointed as the women's hockey team coach of India?
= Anthony Thornton
43) Who was appointed as the men's hockey team of India?
= Paul van Ass
44) Who was awarded Major dhyan chand lifetime Achievement Award of hockey India?
= Babir Singh Senior
45) Who won FBB Femina Miss India 2015 title ?
= Aditi Arya
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46) Who was awarded Bharat Ratna by the president of India?
= Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumously) and Atal Behari Vajpayee
47) Government of which state launched India's first e-ration card service?
= Delhi
48) Name the Indian scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee who has been conferred Japan's highest award - the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star?
= C N R Rao
49) Name the Indian boxer and winner of Olympic bronze medal in 2008 who will not represent India any more as he has turned
professional?
= Vijender Singh
50) Who was made captain of the Indian Cricket Team for the Zimbabwe tour scheduled to be held in July 2015?
= Ajinkya Rahane
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