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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS 1. and which country signed five MoUs for establishing the Addu Tourism zone? 4.Who won Australian Open in Women‟s (A) Nepal (B) Bangladesh singles? (C) Myanmar (D) Maldives (A) Garbine Muguruza (B) Sofia Kenin Ans:: (D) (C) Naomi Osaka (D) Simona Halep About: India and Maldives five MoUs for Ans:: (B) establishing the Addu Tourism zone in five Sofia Kenin (youngest Australian Open islands of Addu atoll at a cost of 2.49 million champion) of America (over Spain's dollars Addu: is a city in Maldives that consists Garbine Muguruza) won Australian Open in of the inhabited islands of the southernmost atoll Women‟s singles of the archipelago. 5.Which country declares national emergency to 2.Which state bags first position for battle locusts? implementation of PMMVY? (A) China (B) India (A) (B) (C) Nepal (D) (C) (D) Odisha Ans:: (D) Ans:: (C) Pakistan, which is facing its worst locust attack Madhya Pradesh has bagged the first position in decades, has declared national emergency to for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri tackle the insects destroying crops on a large Matru Vandana Yojana. Union Minister of scale in Punjab province Women and Child Development: Matru Vandana Yojana: To provide incentives 6.Amazon India announced to expand pickup of five thousand rupees for the loss of wages of points to which railway station after working women and to ensure their proper rest Mumbai? and nutrition during pregnancy. The payment of (A) Bhopal (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata the incentive amount is deposited directly into Ans:: (D) the bank account. About: Amazon India announced to expand pickup points to Kolkata with launching a kiosk at the Sealdah railway station that would act as a convenient and easy pickup point for customers. Previous point: In 2019 the company partnered the Indian Railways to launch pickup kiosks at four railway stations in Mumbai.

7.Who won 2019 World Games Athlete of the 3.Who won Australian Open in men‟s singles? Year award? (A) Rojer Fedrerrer (B) Novak Djokovic (A) (B) Dutee Chand (C) Rafael Nadal (D) Joe Salisbury (C) Hima Das (D) Manu Bhaker Ans:: (B) Ans:: (A)  Men‟s single: In tennis, Serbia's Novak India womens hockey captain Rani Rampal won Djokovic won his record 8th Men's the 2019 World Games Athlete of the Year singles title in Australian award given for outstanding performance, along  Open at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. with social commitment and fair behavior.  He beat first-time Australian Open finalist Dominic Thiem of Austria. 8.What is theme of Union Budget 2020-21?  Men's doubles title: Joe Salisbury of (A) Aspirational India UK and American Rajeev Ram (B) Economic Development for all  Australian Open: American Sofia Kenin wins (C) Economic Development for all her first Grand Slam title WWW.IASJNANA.COM 2

JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS (D) All the Above (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh Ans:: (D) (C) (D) Odisha Three prominent themes of the Budget Union Ans:: (B) Budget 2020-21 are: About: Union Minister of Women & Child • Aspirational India - better standards of living Development and Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani with access to health, education and better jobs gave away the Pradhan Mantri Matru for all sections of the society VandanaYojana (PMMVY) awards to States • Economic Development for all - “Sabka Saath , Union Territories and Districts for best Sabka Vikas , Sabka Vishwas”. performance at a function in New . Best • Caring Society - both humane and performance since inception of the Scheme: State compassionate; Antyodaya as an article of faith. population more than 1 crore: the first position was awarded to the State of Madhya Pradesh 9.DefExpo 2020 to be held in which city? followed by Andhra Pradesh and Haryana (A) Lucknow (B) Bhopal (C) Mumbai (D) Hyderabad 13.When is World Cancer Day observed? rd th Ans:: (A) (A) February 3 (B) February 4 th th About: 11th Edition of the Biennial Mega (C) February 5 (D) February 6 Defence Exhibition DefExpo 2020 at Lucknow, Ans:: (B) , on the 5th February 2020. World Cancer Day is observed on the 4th of Theme: „India: The Emerging Defence February every year to create awareness about Manufacturing Hub‟ cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. 10.APEDA-CFTRI Sign MoU to set up Liason Theme: “I am and I will” Office in which state? (A) (B) Maharashtra 14.Mohammed Allawi appointed new PM of (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Odisha which country? Ans:: (A) (A) Syria (B) Iran Memorandum of understanding (MoU): was (C) Iraq (D) Turkey signed by CSIR (Council of Scientific & Ans:: (C) Industrial Research)-CFTRI (Central Food Iraqi President Barham Salih appointed Technological Research Institute) with APEDA Mohammed Allawi to replace Prime Minister (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Adel Abdul Mahdi. Export Development Authority) to set up a Liaison Office in Guwahati, Assam 15.Which country rejoins Commonwealth? (A) Sri Lanaka (B) Maldives 11.Where was Ninth edition of India-Bangladesh (C) Malaysia (D) Thailand Joint Military Exercise SAMPRITI-IX held? Ans:: (B) (A) (B) Meghalaya Maldives was officially readmitted to the (C) (D) Sikkim Commonwealth, The island nation had quit the Ans:: (B) Commonwealth in October 2016 after being Ninth edition of India, Bangladesh Joint Military threatened with suspension over its human Exercise SAMPRITI rights record and lack of progress on democratic IX was held in Umroi, Meghalaya reform. President: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

12.Which is best state in Best performance since 16.Which country has discovered new natural inception of the Scheme category under gas reserve? PMMVY scheme? (A) UAE (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Qatar (D) Iran Ans:: (A)

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS The United Arab Emirates announced the (A) West Bengal (B) Odisha discovery of a natural gas field containing 80 (C) (D) Maharashtra trillion standard cubic feet of gas between Abu Ans:: (D) Dhabi and Dubai. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri , has given its 17.Which state govt declares coronavirus 'in principle' approval for setting up outbreak as state disaster? a Major Port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala Maharashtra. (C) (D) Telangana Ans:: (B) Kerala government has declared the coronavirus outbreak a 'state disaster' following three confirmed cases of the deadly infection in the state.

18.Which country ends free entry for Indian

tourists? 22.India stands at which place in crude steel (A) Maldives (B) Bhutan production? (C) Mauritius (D) Nepal (A) First (B) Second Ans:: (B) (C) Third (D) Fourth Ending decades of free entry to Indian tourists Ans:: (B) visiting Bhutan the government in Thimphu has As per World Steel Association data, India decided to levy a daily Rs.1200 ($17) fee for became the second largest steel producer of “regional tourists” from India the Maldives and crude steel after China in 2018 and 2019, by Bangladesh beginning July 2020. replacing Japan. Top 5 Crude steel producers in the world 2019 19.D. Manjunath passes away, was associated Rank Country Qty (mt) with which field? 1 China 996.3 (A) Politics (B) Sports 2 India 111.2 (C) Doctor (D) Architecture 3 Japan 99.3 Ans:: (A) 4 USA 87.9 Former Karnataka Legislative Council 5 Russia 71.6 Chairman D. Manjunath-92 passed away here Union Minister of Steel: Dharmendra Pradhan after a brief illness. 23.Fourth East Asia Summit (EAS) Conference 20.Who elected as president of Paralympic on Maritime Security Cooperation to be held Committee of India? in which city? (A) Naresh Kumar (B) Deepa Malik (A) Mangaluru (B) Vishakhapatnam (C) Karamjyoti Dalal (D) Suyash Jadhav (C) Chennai (D) Mumbai Ans:: (B) Ans:: (C) Indian Paralympic medal winner Deepa Malik The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in has been elected president of the Paralympic partnership with the Governments of Australia Committee of India. Malik, who won silver in and Indonesia will organize the fourth EAS shot putt F-53 at Rio 2016, was elected Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation in unopposed. Chennai on 6-7 February 2020

21.Cabinet gives approval for setting up a new 24.Which state launched Janasevaka scheme? Major Port in which state? (A) Karnataka (B) Tamil Nadu WWW.IASJNANA.COM 4

JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS (C) Kerala (D) Telangana (A) Bhuthan (B) Myanmar Ans:: (A) (C) Nepal (D) Sri Lanka The Karnataka government launched the Ans:: (D) Janasevaka under the Sakala scheme in a few A 1992 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service municipal corporation wards to ensure home Gopal Baglay Appointed Indian High delivery of various services like ration cards, Commissioner to Sri Lanka senior citizen identity and health cards. 29.New Commercial flight operations at begins Chief Minister: B S Yediyurappa Minister for at which district of Karnataka? Sakala and Primary and Secondary Education: (A) Bijapur (B) (C) Bidar (D) Koppal S Suresh Kumar Ans:: (C) 25.Daniel arap Moi passes away, was former Post the successful commencement of flight president of which country? operations from the in (A) Sudan (B) Kenya Karnataka, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) (C) Uganda (D) Tanzania flagged off the first direct flight from Bidar Ans:: (B) airport (8th airport in the Karnataka) to Daniel arap Moi was Kenya's longest- Bengaluru in Karnataka under RCS-UDAN. serving president dies aged 95. He was in office for 24 years. Current President: Uhuru Kenyatta 30.Which state to use drones for mapping villages? 26.What is India‟s rank in International (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh Intellectual Property Index 2019? (C) Maharashtra (D) Odisha (A) 36 th (B) 38 th (C) 40 th (D) 42 nd Ans:: (B) Ans:: (C) In Madhya Pradesh the state government has International Intellectual Property Index 2019 decided to use drones for mapping villages. So Report by: US Chamber of Commerce‟s Global far land survey work is being done either Innovation Policy Center India‟s Rank: 40th manually or with the help of satellite images in position (36 th rank in previous year) Madhya Pradesh. Top ranking: The US, the UK, Sweden, France and Germany respectively 31.Govt launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), to achieve 20 to 30 per 27.HAL signed pact with Aerospace Industry of cent reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 which country to jointly make armed concentrations by which year? UCAVs? (A) 2022 (B) 2024 (C) 2025 (D) 2026 (A) Japan (B) Israel Ans:: (B) (C) Russia (D) U S The Central Government launched National Ans:: (B) Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a long-term In a first, advanced Unmanned Combat Aerial time- bound national level strategy to tackle the Vehicles (UCAVs) will be manufactured in India, air pollution problem across the country with leading aeronautical entity Hindustan to achieve 20 to 30 per cent reduction in PM10 Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) set to formalize a and PM2.5 concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 partnership with an Israeli firm that specializes as the base year for the comparison of in autonomous weaponry.HAL is signed a concentration. Minister of State for Environment partnership pact with Israel Aerospace Forest and Climate Change: Babul Supriyo Industries (IAI) at the upcoming DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow 32.Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest girl to summit which peak? 28.Gopal Baglay Appointed Indian High (A) Mt. Kilimanjaro (B) Mt. Chimborazo Commissioner to which country? (C) Ojos del Salado (D) Mt. Aconcagua

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Ans:: (D) Solar Orbiter Mission is a mission carried out by ESA with Kaamya Karthikeyan a class VII student of collaboration of NASA, dedicated to solar and heliospheric physics. The programme outlines key scientific questions Navy Children School (NCS) Mumbai became which need to be answered about the development of theyoungest girl in the world to summit Mt. planets and the emergence of life, how the Solar System Aconcagua (6962 m height) the highest peak in works, the origins of the Universe, and the fundamental South-America and outside of Asia. physics at work in the Universe. Launcher: Atlas V 411 Launch site: Cape Canaveral, USA 33.In which city National conference on e- 37.Under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat governance 2020 was held? Campaign paired with which (A) Hyderabad (B) Chennai state? (C) Mumbai (D) Bhopal (A) Karnataka (B) Sikkim (C) (D) Assam Ans:: (C) Ans:: (A) The 23rd National Conference on e-Governance Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Campaign 2020 held in Mumbai a platform for policy launched, which is organized by the Information makers practitioners industry academia for and Broadcasting Ministry Jammu and Kashmir actionable strategy in public service delivery. has been paired with Tamil Nadu, Punjab with Theme: India 2020: Digital Transformation. Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand with Karnataka,

Himachal Pradesh with Kerala, Delhi with 34.Which country won U19 Cricket World Cup Sikkim, and Rajasthan with Assam in the Ek- title? Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme. (A) Bangladesh (B) India

(C) New Zealand (D) Australia 38.Which movie awarded in Best Picture Ans:: (A) category in Oscar awards 2020? Bangladesh beat India by three wickets to win (A) Joker (B) Parasite maiden ICCU 19 World Cup title in (C) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Potchefstroom, South Africa by the Duckworth (D) Judy Lewis method. Player of the Tournament and Ans:: (B) highest run scorer: Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) Oscar awards 2020 Highest wicket taker in the tournament: Bishnoi (India)  Best Picture - 'Parasite'(South Korean film, first time non-English film

winning award) 35.Which state opens Disha police station to fight crimes against women and children?  Leading Actress - Renee Zellweger for „Judy‟ (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh  Leading Actor - Joaquin Phoenix for „Joker‟ (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Telangana  Best Director - Bong Joon Ho for „Parasite‟ Ans:: (A)  Supporting Actor - Brad Pitt for „Once Upon Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan a Time in Hollywood‟ Mohan Reddy on Saturday inaugurated the first  Supporting Actress - Laura Dern for „Disha Police Station‟ in Rajamahendravaram „Marriage Story‟ city in East Godavari district to exclusively deal with crime against women and children. 39.Aditya Mehta is associated with which sports? 36.Solar Orbiter Mission carried out by which (A) Cricket (B) Snooker space agency? (C) Badminton (D) Hockey (A) European Space Agency Ans:: (B) (B) Roscosmos Aditya Mehta defeated multiple-time World (C) JAXA (D) ISRO champion Pankaj Advani 6-2 to win the National Ans:: (A) snooker championship here.

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS 40.Which Indian receives honorable mention of BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise will IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards? held in Bhubaneswar, organized by the National (A) Pullela Gopichand Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Odisha (B) Ravi Shastri Odisha CM: (C) Vasudevan Baskaran (D) Balwan Singh 44.''Ajeya Warrior 2020'' Ans:: (A) joint military exercise will held between India Chief national badminton coach Pullela and which country? Gopichand has received an honorable mention in (A) Japan (B) UK (C) US (D) Russia the male category of the prestigious 2019 Ans:: (B) International Olympic Committee's India, UK to hold joint military exercise Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award in ''Ajeya Warrior 2020'' in recognition of the role he played in the Salisbury Plains in the UK development of the game. 45.Who named as 2019 FIH Women's 41.Who is water resource minister of Rising Star of Year? Karnataka? (A) Rani Rampal (B) Lalremsiami (A) Anand Singh (B) Ramesh Jarkiholi (C) (D) (C) K Sudhakar (D) Byrathi Basavaraj Ans:: (B) Ans:: (B) India forward Lalremsiami has been named as Minister Portfolio the 2019 FIH Women's Rising Star of the Ramesh Jarkiholi Water Resources Year the International Hockey Federation (FIH). Anand Singh Food & Civil Supplies K Sudhakar Medical Education Byrathi Basavaraj Urban Development

42.What is official name of coronavirus named by WHO? (A) Corid-2019 (B) Chid-2019 (C) Covid-2019 (D) Cavid-2019 Ans:: (C) Covid-2019 The UN health agency, WHO announced that 46.Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna "COVID-19" will be the official launched in which state? name of the deadly virus from China, saying the (A) Assam (B) Odisha disease represented a "very grave (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh threat" for the world. "co" Ans:: (B) stands for "corona", quot;vi" Haryana Chief Minister for "virus" and "d" for launched a welfare scheme which provided Rs 6 "disease", while "19" 000 per year to families having an annual income was for the year, as theoutbreak was first below Rs 1.80 lakh and land holdings up to five identified on December 31. acres. Only those with 'Parivar Pehchan Patra' (family identification cards) can 43.Where BIMSTEC Disaster Management availe the benefits under the 'Mukhya Exercise will held? Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna'. (A) Bhubaneswar (B) Dehradun (C) Srinagar (D) Gangtok 47.Cabinet approves MoU between India and Ans:: (A) which country in the field of Sustainable Fisheries Development? (A) US (B) Iceland (C) Japan (D) Russia WWW.IASJNANA.COM 7

JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Ans:: (B) 51.Where national winter games to be held? The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime (A) Jammu & Kashmir (B) Ladakh Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of a (C) Uttarakhand (D) Sikkim Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed Ans:: (A) between India and Iceland in the field of The Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir is all set to Fisheries. The MoU was signed on 10th host a five-day national winter games from September, 2019. March 7 under the Khelo India programme.

48.Where National Workshop on Disaster Risk 52.Which is the highest Profit-making PSUs in Financing, Insurance and Risk Transfer was FY19? held? (A) ONGC (B) MTNL (A) Mumbai (B) Chennai (C) Srinagar (D) Gangtok (C) Indian Oil Corporation (D) NTPC Ans:: (A) Ans:: (A) A one-day National Workshop on Disaster Risk Top three profit making PSUs: Oil and Natural Financing, Insurance and Risk Transfer is being Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil held in Mumbai on February 13, 2020, organized Corporation and NTPC contributed 15.3 per by National Institute of Disaster Management cent, 9.68 per cent and 6.73 per cent, respectively (NIDM), in partnership with Insurance Institute to the total profit earned by all profitable of India CPSEs. BSNL, Air India and MTNL incurred highest losses for third consecutive year, 49.When World Radio Day being is observed? according to a survey tabled in Parliament on (A) 11 February (B) 12 February Monday. (C) 13 February (D) 14 February Ans:: (C) 53.Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi will be World Radio Day is observed every year on 13 renamed after which person? February to raise greater awareness among the (A)Mahathma Gandhi (B) Sardar Vallabhai Patel public and the media of the importance of radio (C) and to encourage decision makers to establish (D) and provide access to information through radio. Ans:: (C) Theme: World Radio Day is Radio and Government has decided to rename Pravasi Diversity. Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi as Sushma Swaraj (former External Affairs Minister) 50.Which state approves Ground water Bhawan and Foreign Service Institute in the Protection Bill? national capital as Sushma Swaraj Institute of (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh Foreign Service (C) Maharashtra (D) Telangana Ans:: (A) 54.INS Jamuna deployed to which country to Uttar Pradesh government approves carry out Hydrographic Operations? Groundwater Protection Bill, under which (A) Malaysia (B) Myanma people having submersible pumps will have to (C) Sri Lanka (D) Maldives get them registered and houses of over 300 sq Ans:: (C) metre area will have to install rainwater Indian Navy‟s Sandhayak class Hydrographic harvesting systems. The act would also check Survey Ship INS Jamuna (J16) commanded by ground water pollution and defaulters would be Captain HA Hardas arrived in Colombo penalized as per clauses of the Act. Sri Lanka on 06 Feb 20. The ship has been Chief Minister: deployed to Sri Lanka based on a mutual Governor: agreement to carry out Joint Hydrographic Survey off the South West Coast of SriLanka.

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS The government appointed the 1988 batch IAS 55.Which state govt announces five-day working officer of Nagaland Cadre Rajiv Bansal as the week for its employees? Chairman and Managing Director of Air India. (A) Maharashtra (B) Karnataka Air India: founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata (C) Odisha (D) Telangana Airlines in 1932, headquartered at New Delhi Ans:: (A) The Maharashtra government announced a five- 58.Recently, Ramnath Kovind presented day working week for its officers and employees. president colors to which Military unit? The new routine would start from February 29. (A) INS Brahmaputra (B) INS Kalvar Chief Minister: . (C) INS Shivaji (D) INS Chakra Ans:: (C) The President of India, , presented „Colour‟ to the INS Shivaji in Lonavala, Maharashtra. President‟s Color It is the highest honor that is bestowed upon a military unit. The Indian Navy was the first of the three Services to be awarded the President‟s Color on May 27, 1951.

59.Who named Player of the Year for 2019 by the International Hockey Federation? (A) Manpreet Singh (B) Harmanpreet Singh (C) S V Sunil (D) Mandeep Singh Ans:: (C) The Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh named Player of the Year for 2019 by the International Hockey Federation. Manpreet, a midfielder, became the first Indian to win the accolade since the awards were introduced in 1999. 56.Which state CM launches 'Anganphou

Hunba' programme? 60.Which country president Cha-Chai, an (A) Meghalaya (B) Mizoram installation of art work at National museum? (C) Manipur (D) Nagaland (A) Portuguese (B) U S Ans:: (C) (C) Sri Lanka (D) Maldives Manipur CM N Biren launches #39;Anganphou Ans:: (A) Hunba' programme (Early Paddy Crop) Portugese Prez Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and to provide irrigation water by the Minor Culture Minister Prahlad Patel inaugurated Cha Irrigation Department to places having adequate Chai an installation of art work exhibition at arable land and large number of farmers. National Museum

57.Rajiv Bansal appointed as CMD of which 61.Where National organic food festival to be airlines? held? (A) GoAir (B) Air India (A) Maharashtra (B) Karnataka (C) IndiGo (D) SpiceJet (C) Delhi (D) Telangana Ans:: (B) Ans:: (C) National organic food festival Organized by

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) Aam Aadmi Party convenor to be held in Stadium took oath as Chief Minister of Delhi for the third New Delhi consecutive time. Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal administered the oath of office and 62.Which country to host 2020 UN climate secrecy to Mr. Kejriwal and six Cabinet summit, COP26? Ministers at Ramlila Maidan in the national (A) Russia (B) UK capital. (C) USA (D) India Ans:: (B) 66.India's First Inter-City Electric Bus will The UK has been chosen to host the major UN be operated in which routes? climate change summit COP26 at the end of (A) Cuttuck-Bhubaneshwar 2020. (B) Rajkot-Ahmadabad (C) Mumbai and Pune 63.Indian Railways to launch third corporate (D) Delhi-Gurgaon passenger train in which route? Ans:: (C) (A) Bhopal-Bhubaneswar Union transport minister (B) Varanasi-Indore Inaugurates India's First Inter-City (C) Ahmedabad-Delhi Electric Bus, Manufactured by Mitra Mobility (D) Rajkot-Mumbai Solution will be operated between Mumbai and Ans:: (B) Pune Kashi Mahakal Express Premium Train to be run by IRCTC; the train will connect three 67.Who won Dan David Prize 2019? Jyotirlinga –Omkareshwar (Near Indore), (A) Mary-Claire King Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain) and Kashi Vishwanath (B) Esther Duflo (Varanasi) (C) Gita Sen (D) Margaret Atwood 64.PM Modi to unveil Deendayal Upadhyaya Ans:: (C) statue in which city? India‟s pioneering feminist scholar and activist (A) Mumbai (B) Ahmedabad (C) Varanasi (D) Gita Sen has won the prestigious Dan David Bhopal Prize for her expansive work in the fields of Ans:: (C) population policies reproductive and sexual PM Modi will be dedicating to the nation the 63- Health women‟s rights poverty labour markets foot tall Pancha Loha Statue of Pandit and global governance. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre at Varanasi. 68.Which state govt announces Rs.six crore to those winning gold medals at Olympics? 65.Who sworn in as Chief Minister of Delhi? (A) Satish Upadhyay (A) Haryana (B) Maharashtra (B) Arvind Kejriwal (C) Karnataka (D) Punjab (C) Manohar lal Khatter Ans:: (A) (D) Ans:: (B)

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Haryana government has decided to give 6 crore Ans:: (C) rupees to players of the state that bag gold Filmfare Awards 2020 medals at the Olympic Games. 3 crore rupees  List of winners: will be given to those winning gold medals at  Best Film- Gully Boy Asian Games and 1.5 crore rupees to the winners  Best Director- Zoya Akhtar for Gully Boy of gold medal at Commonwealth Games. An  Best Film (Critics) - Article 15 (Anubhav amount of 15 lakh rupees will be given to each Sinha) and Sonchiriya (Abhishek Chaubey) player participating in the Olympic Games  Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar Ranveer Singh for Gully Boy  Best Actor (Critics) - Ayushmann Khurrana 69.Bio-Asia forum 2020 to be held in which city? for Article 15 (A) Bengaluru (B) Hyderabad  Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Alia (C) Chennai (D) Mumbai Bhatt for Gully Boy Ans:: (B)  Best Actress (Critics) - Bhumi Pednekar and Telangana to host the three-day Bio Asia 2020, Taapsee Pannu for Saand Ki Aankh Asia‟s largest Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Forum in Hyderabad 71.Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Theme: „Today for Tomorrow‟ Renamed on which late politician? Partner Country: Switzerland (A) Sushma Swaraj (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 70.India and which country to work jointly (C) Arun Jaitely towards mitigating marine plastic litter and (D) Manohar Parrikar Micro plastics? Ans:: (D) Manohar Parrikar (A) Finland (B) Sweden The Government has decided to rename (C) Norway (D) Russia 'The Institute for Defence Studies and Ans:: (C) Analyses' (IDSA) as „Manohar Parrikar India and Norway to work jointly towards Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses‟. The mitigating marine plastic litter and Micro decision has been taken to honour the plastics. The Union Environment Minister commitment and legacy of late Manohar Prakash Javadekar met Norwegian Minister of Parrikar. Climate and Environment, H.E. Mr. Sveinung Rotevan. Both the countries agreed to jointly 72.Who elected as President of Afghanistan? tackle concerns related to oceans, environment (A) Sheik Hasina and climate matters. (B) Abdullah Abdullah (C) Ashraf Ghani (D) Khalifa Bin Ans:: (C) In Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani has won a second term as President of the country. His opponent was Abdullah Abdullah.

73.According to world language database Who won award at Best Actor in a Leading Role Ethnologue, which is most spoken language (Male) category in Filmfare 2020? in world? (A) Siddharth Kaushal (A) Chines Mandarin (B) Bangla (B) Ayushmann Khurrana (C) Hindi (D) English (C) Ranveer Singh Ans:: (D) (D) Rajkumar WWW.IASJNANA.COM 11

JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS According to world language database Ans:: (B) Ethnologue, Hindi is the 3rd most spoken India will host the U-17 Women's World language of the world in 2019 with 615 million Cup in 2020, this will be the second FIFA speakers. English at the top of the list with 1,132 tournament India will be hosting, after the U-17 million speakers. Chines Mandarin is at the Men's World Cup in 2017. second position with 1,117 million speakers. Bangla has been ranked as the 7th most spoken 78.According to rankings of Times Higher language of the world. Bangla has 228 million Educations (THE‟s), which is top ranked native speakers. among Indian universities? (A) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 74.Recently, lithium reserves of 14,100 tonnes (B) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur found in which district of Karnataka? (C) IIT-Bombay (A) Mandya (B) Ramnagara (D) IIT-Chennai (C) Chamrajnagar (D) Shivmoga Ans:: (A) Ans:: (A) According to rankings of Times Higher Researchers at the Atomic Minerals Directorate, Educations (THE‟s), 11 Indian universities in top a unit of India‟s Atomic Energy Commission, 100 of Times Higher Education Rankings, Indian have estimated lithium reserves of 14,100 tonnes Institute of Science, Bangalore fell by two places in a patch of land surveyed in Mandya, 100 km to 16 and ranked top among Indian universities, from Bengaluru followed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kharagpur and IIT- Bombay at 32nd and 34th 75.Which sports movement won Laureus best positions. sporting moment in the past 20 years? (A) Sachin Tendulkar 79.Which of the animals included in Appendix I (B) Xia Boyu of UN Convention on migratory species? (C) Mick Schumacher (A) Great Indian Bustard (D) Natalia du Toit (B) Asian Elephant Ans:: (A) (C) Bengal Florican Indian cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar being (D) All the above carried on the shoulders of his team mates Ans:: (D) following India's world cup triumph in India‟s proposal to include Great Indian 2011 was voted as the Laureus best sporting Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in moment in the past 20 years. Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was accepted at the ongoing thirteenth 76.Which is first airport in India becomes single- Conference of the Parties to the Convention on use plastic-free? Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar. (A) International Airport (B) Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport 80.Which state government to open Atal Kisan - (C) Chennai International Airport Majdoor canteens? (D) Cochin International Airport (A) Harayana (B) Madhya Pradesh Ans:: (A) (C) Gujarat (D) Odisha Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Ans:: (A) airport has become first single use plastic free airport in India

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS Haryana government will open Atal Kisan - (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Assam Majdoor canteens in all mandis and sugar mills Ans:: (A) across the state, to provide affordable and cheap The first-ever Khelo India University Games will meals to farmers and laborers at a concessional take off in Odisha, it is being launched by rate of 10 rupees per plate. theGovernment of India in association with the Governor: Satyadeo Narain Arya Government of the State of Odisha. CM: Manohar Lal Khattar

81.Who won ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year award? (A) Saina Nehwal (B) P V Sindhu (C) Hima Das (D) Smriti Mandhana Ans:: (B) P V Sindhu  World champion shuttler P V Sindhu won the ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the 84.Who is first Cricket player to play 100 Year award for a matches in all three formats?  third consecutive time (A) Kane Williamson  Female Sportsperson of the Year: young (B) Ross Taylor shooter Saurabh Chaudhary (C) Virat Kohli  Courage award: Sprinter Dutee Chand. (D) Steve Smith  Comeback of the Year: Ace chess player Ans:: (B) Koneru Humpy New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor became the  Emerging Sports Person of the Year: first player in the world to play 100 matches in Wrestler Deepak Punia all three formats of cricket. The 35-year-old  Coach of the Year: National Badminton played his 100th T20 International against India Coach Pullela Gopichand last month. He has also played 231ODIs for New Zealand. The right-handed batsman is already  Moment of the Year: Sindhu's World his country's leading run-scorer in Test Championship win, the first by an Indian in and ODI. badminton

 Team of the Year: Manu Bhaker-Saurabh 85.Recently Pragyan Ojha announces Chaudhary retirement, he was associated with which  Para-Athlete of the Year: Manasi Joshi sports from international cricket?  Lifetime Achievement award: Hockey legend (A) Hockey (B) Wrestling (C) Kabbadi (D) Cricket Balbir Singh Ans:: (D) World champion shuttler P V Sindhu won the ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year 82.What is India‟s rank in Worldwide Education award for a third consecutive time Indian left for Future Index 2019? arm spinner Pragyan Ojha announced (A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 35 (D) 36 retirement from international and first Ans:: (C) class cricket with immediate effect. The 33 According to Report by The Economist year old last played for India in 2013 during Intelligence Unit India jumps five ranks to 35th Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test against in Worldwide Education for Future Index 2019 the West Indies in Mumbai. Top rank: Finland followed by Sweden 86.Where Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated 83.First ever Khelo India University Games will Organic Food Festival? take off in which state? (A) Uttarakhnad (B) New Delhi (A) Odisha (B) Maharashtra WWW.IASJNANA.COM 13

JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh The Global Centre for Rice Technology (GCRT), Ans:: (B) the first of its kind in the country, is coming up Union Minister for Food Processing Industries in Mysuru, to facilitate the rice milling industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurates Organic to keep pace with technological advancements in Food Festival in New Delhi, to provide an the field. opportunity to women entrepreneurs for capacity building and economic empowerment 90.In 10th edition of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad, 87.Which country surpasses China to become which state speaker won Ideal Legislative India's top trading partner? Assembly Speaker/Ideal Legislative Council (A) U S (B) Russia (C) Japan (D) Nepal Chairman Award? Ans:: (A) (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka The United States has surpassed China to (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh become India's top trading partner. The Ans:: (A) bilateral trade between the US and India stood The Vice President- M. at nearly 88 billion dollars in 2018-19 fiscal. presenting the Ideal Legislative Assembly During the period, India's trade with Speaker/Ideal Legislative Council Chairman China was at 87.1 billion dollars. Award to the Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly P. Ramakrishnan at the inauguration 88.Watan Ko Jano, A youth exchange was of the 10th edition of Bharatiya Chhatra launched in which union territory? Sansadin New Delhi (A) Dadra and Nagar haveli (B) Puducherry 91.Which state govt decided to destroy breeding (C) J&K centers of Thai Mangur fish? (D) Andaman and Nicobar (A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra Ans:: (C) (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Madhya Pradesh Advisor to Lieutenant Governor J&K Ans:: (B) Farooq Khan launched, a youth exchange The Maharashtra government has launched a programme across Jammu and Kashmir and special drive to destroy the cultivation centers of Ladakh Union Territories for a ten day tour. the exotic Thai Mangur fish. Because it is The children will get an opportunity to visit cultivated in highly unhygienic conditions, which monuments and places of historical and cultural may lead to people falling sick after consuming it significance in Delhi, Jaipur,Ajmer and Pushkar. 92.Five-day training course on Vessel Search Technique begins held in which city? (A) Mangaluru (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Vishakhapatnam Ans:: (C) Five day training course on Vessel Search Technique begins in Chennai, organized by Indian Coast Guard jointly with the Australian Border Force began. The course by the Mobile 89.Global rice milling center, the first of its kind Training Team of the Australian Border Force is in the country, to come up in which district of being conducted for the Indian Coast Guard Karnataka? personnel, Customs officials and Coastal (A) Bengaluru (B) Hubbali Security Group members of the Tamil Nadu (C) Mysuru (D) Belagavi Police. Ans:: (C)

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS 93.Which country to host Commonwealth Ans:: (A) Shooting and Archery Championships in Bandipur National Tiger Reserve in January 2022? Chamarajanagar district bagging the Best (A) India (B) Switzerland (C) Germany (D) Nepal National Park award by Outlook Traveller Ans:: (A) India will host the Commonwealth Shooting and 97.Military training exercise Ajeya Warrior- Archery Championships in January 2022. The 2020 was held between India and which medals from the two events will be counted for country? ranking of competing nations at the Birmingham (A) UK (B) Russia (C) US (D) Japan Games. The two events will be held in Ans:: (A) Chandigarh in January 2022 while the Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR – 2020 a joint Birmingham Commonwealth Games is military training exercise between India & scheduled from 27th of July to 7th of August, United Kingdom (UK) culminated at West down 2022. Camp Salisbury Plains Training Area UK. 94.Mahathir Mohamad resigned as Prime 98.India signed defense deals worth three billion minster of which country? dollars with which country? (A) Maldives (B) Malaysia (A) Russia (B) Japan (C) France (D) U S (C) Indonesia (D) Thailand Ans:: (D) Ans:: (B) India and the United States finalized defense Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad deals worth three billion dollars and signed three has announced his resignation as Prime agreements, including in health and oil sectors. Minister, but was asked to stay on as interim The Defense deals include procurement of 24 leader by the country's monarch. MH-60 Romeo helicopters by India from the US Malaysia king: Abdullah of Pahang at a cost of $2.6 billion. Another contract to Currency: Malaysian ringgit acquire six AH-64E Apache helicopters for $800 Capital: Kuala Lumpur million from the US

95.Namaste Trump event was held in which 99.Which is first state to launch unified vehicle cricket stadium? registration card? (A) Saurashtra Cricket Stadium (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Odisha (B) Arun Jaitely stadium (C) Maharashtra (D) Telangana (C) Motera (D) Eden Gardens Ans:: (A) Ans:: (C) Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the The 125,000, strong crowd in world‟s biggest country to introduce the unified registration cricket stadium, Motera, had gathered to card and the second state to launch the unified welcome to US president Donald Trump on his driving license after Uttar Pradesh. first visit to India alongside the Indian prime Chief Minister: Kamal Nath minister Modi, at a rally dubbed “Namaste Trump”, event organized in Ahmedabad, 100.Indradhanush Air force exercise conducted Gujarat. between India and which nation? (A) US (B) UK (C) Russia (D) Japan 96.Which national park received award under Ans:: (B) Best National Park category by Outlook The (IAF) and Royal Air Force Traveller? (RAF) of UK jointly commenced the fifth edition (A) Bandipur Tiger Reserve of Ex: Indradhanush at Air Force Station (B) Corbet Tiger Reserve Hindan Theme: 'Base Defense and Force (C) Kanha Tiger Reserve Protection'. (D) Manas Tiger Reserve

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS 101.When is National Science Day observed? Ans:: (A) (A) 24 February (B) 25 February Jawed Ashraf presently High Commissioner of (C) 27 February (D) 28 February India to the Republic of Singapore, has been Ans:: (D) appointed as the next Ambassador of India to National Science Day is celebrated every year on France. 28 February to commemorate the discovery of the „Raman Effect‟. Government of India 106.Which country Doctors successfully treat designated 28 February as National Science Day brain aneurysm using a robot? (NSD) in 1986. Theme: “WOMEN IN (A) England (B) Canada (C) Japan (D) China SCIENCE”. Minister of Science & Ans:: (B) Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Canada doctors have used a robot to perform a Earth Sciences: Harsh Vardhan surgery to treat brain aneurysm in a 64-year-old female patient, an advance that may lead to 102.Recently Sharapova announced retirement, improved use of robotic technology in cardiology was associated with which sports? and neurology. (A) Cricket (B) Boxing (C) Tennis (D) Badminton Ans:: (C) 107.Which country formally informs UNHRC to Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova withdraw from co-sponsoring UNHRC announced her retirement from tennis. The resolution on war crimes? Russian won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon (A) India (B) Sri Lanka (C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam Ans:: (B) all four major titles by winning the French Open Sri Lanka formally informs UNHRC to in 2012. withdraw from co- sponsoring UNHRC resolution on war crimes 103.Which country formally informs UNHRC to withdraw from co-sponsoring UNHRC 108.Which state government to undertake the resolution on war crimes? genetic study to conserve the native species of (A) India (B) Sri Lanka (C) Nepal (D) Bangladesh cattle? Ans:: (B) (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra Sri Lanka formally informs UNHRC to (C) TamilNadu (D) Telangana withdraw from co- sponsoring UNHRC Ans:: (B) resolution on war crimes Maharashtra to undertake the genetic study to conserve the native species of cattle 104.India and which country signed MoU with to conserve the native species of cattle and focus on Development Projects in Conflict- domesticated animals in the Marathwada region torn Rakhine? of Maharashtra the state government is planning (A) Nepal (B) Sri Lanka (C) Malaysia (D) Bhutan to undertake their genetic study Ans:: (C) India and Myanmar signed on 10 agreements 109.Which Phone company coming with Support with a focus on the socio-economic development for ISRO NaVIC Navigation System? of the Southeast Asian nation during Myanmar‟s (A) Vivo (B) Redmi (C) Samsung (D) Nokia President U Win Myint visit to India, with focus Ans:: (B) on Development Projects in Conflict-torn Manu Kumar Jain, Managing Director of Rakhine Xiaomi India, has now announced that the next Redmi- branded phone set to launch in India will 105.Jawed Ashraf has been appointed as the next offer NaVIC support. Ambassador of India to which country? (A) France (B) Australia (C) Russia (D) US

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JNANAGANGOTHRI FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS MODEL QUESTIONS 110.Where was 24th Meeting of Eastern Zonal Council held? (A) Bhubaneswar (B) Kolkata (C) (D) Gangtok Ans:: (A) Union Minister for Home Affairs chairs the 24th Meeting of Eastern Zonal Council at Bhubaneswar

111. inaugurates LCH Production Hangar at HAL Complex of which city? (A) Chennai (B) Mumbai (C) Vishakhapatnam (D) Bengaluru Ans:: (D) Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the new Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex at Bengaluru, Karnataka

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