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1st February 2016

Name of three Indian IT companies which joined Barack Obama's computer


science for all plan - Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro.
Who won Syed Modi International Championship title - Kidambi Srikanth
2nd February 2016
Which two countries have signed pact for visa-free travel by diplomats India & Afghanistan
Who has became the 1st woman to head paramilitary force - Archana
Ramasundram
Who has lifted ban on import of Indian groundnut - Vietnam
Which state will spend 15 crore rupees on Swachh Bharat Mission Himachal Pradesh
Who has been appointed Senior Director for Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Group at World Bank - Saroj Kumar Jha
Who has granted licence to use gene editing techniques on human embryos
- UK
Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of Corporation Bank - Jai Kumar
Garg
World Wetlands Day observed on - 2nd February 2016
3rd February 2016
Who will head the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force - Major
General Menon
Name the scheme launched for economically backward Dalit entrepreneurs
in Maharashtra - Babasaheb Ambedkar Special Collective Incentive
Scheme
Which state has won 61st National School Athletics championship - Kerala
Which two countries have signed 3 MoUs to deepen bilateral cooperation India & Brunei
Who has been conferred with Lifetime achievement award - Amitabh
Bachchan
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Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Gujarat high Court - Justice
Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy
Which movie has became the first Indian film to win Best First Foreign Film
award by FSCC - Titli
Which company has became the worlds most valuable company - Alphabet
Inc.
Which government has extended Aahar cheap meal scheme to 29 districts Odisha Government
4th February 2016
Who has been selected for Bhimsen Joshi Award - Sarangi maestro Pandit
Ram Narayan
Who has been appointed as first women head of Indian Cost Accounting
Service - Aruna Sethi
Name the India's first Ayurvedic anti-diabetic drug - BGR-34
Who has became world's most powerful IT Services brand - TCS
Who has been appointed Vice President of Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank - DJ Pandian
World Cancer Day 2016 observed on - 4th February
5th February 2016
Who has won Global Filmmaking award 2016 for script of Insha Allah Geetu Mohandas
Who is named NATO commander in Afghanistan - US General John
Nicholson
Which country has signed an agreement to become an Associate Member
State of EMBO - India
Who has been appointed as member of newly constituted Anti-Corruption
Unit Oversight Group by ICC - Rahul Dravid
NASAs New Horizons mission spotted floating hills on which planet - Pluto
Reliance Infra signed Agreement with - Birla Corp
Heritage development projects for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
approved by - Union Government
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Prime Minister dedicated Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited to


Nation
6th February 2016
National Organic Farming Research Institute will be set up by Union
Government in - Sikkim
Where did the 12th South Asian Games inaugurated - Guwahati
Name the NASA Astronaut who has passed away - Edgar Mitchell
7th-8th February 2016
President of which country declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the
country - Zimbabwe
Who has inaugurated Rise of Digital India Exhibition in Colombo - Sushma
Swaraj
Sudhir Tailang passed away, he was a noted - Cartoonist
Name of the leg spinner of Pakistan who was suspended by ICC for doping
offence - Yasir Shah
Paradip Oil Refinery in Odisha was inaugurated by - Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Name of project which was launched to improve HIV interventions among
PWID in North-Eastern states - Project Sunrise
Which country became first to ban supermarket food waste - France
Who was appointed as President of International Grown Diamond
Association - Vishal Mehta
9th February 2016
Which noted Urdu poet has passed away - Nida Fazli
Which New Zealand cricketer has retired from One-Day Internationals Brendon Barrie McCullum
Name the Former Nepal Prime Minister who has passed away - Sushil
Koirala
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Who has won the gold in squash individual at the South Asian Games Joshna Chinappa
Which storm has lashed parts of Britain - Storm Imogen
Who has won Chappell-Hadlee Trophy - New Zealand cricket team
Who has been appointed as President of South Asian Wrestling Federation Brij Bhushan Singh
UNESCO Medals conferred for contributions to development of
nanoscience and nanotechnologies
Who has won India Handloom tag - Chettinad cotton saree
Who has been appointed as Executive Vice Chairman of TERI - Rajendra K
Pachauri
Where did the new species of Hydroid Polyps emitting green fluorescence
discovered - Red Sea
Prime Minister Shram Awards 2014 announced
10th February 2016
Who has been appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court - Justice
Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Where did the 9th Indo-Nepal Combined Battalion level Military Training
Exercise Surya Kiran started - Uttarakhand
Which country has approved Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 - Pakistan
Which state has proposed to develop INS Viraat as Tourism Center - Andhra
Pradesh
Where did the Worlds largest concentrated solar plant opened - Morocco
Who has became fastest cricketer to make 10 ODI centuries - Quinton de
Kock of South Africa
US Supreme Court stalled - Obamas Clean Power Plan
11th February 2016
Which animal has been notified as Vermin for a year by MoEF - Wild Boar
Which country's National Assembly has voted for stripping of nationality for
terrorists - France
Where did the Marine Museum inaugrated - Marine Aquarium and
Regional Centre in Digha
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Name the Veteran director who has passed away - Aurobindo Mukherjee
Who has revealed Vision Assam 2030 - Assam CM Tarun Gogoi
Between whom an agreement on Cyber Defense Cooperation was inked NATO & EU
HeyBiz tied up with - Su-Kam Power
Which island will get electricity from Independence Day 2016 - Elephanta
Island
Who has been named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2015 - Adele
Who has took charge of Director of United Nations Information Centre in
Buenos Aires - Tamar Hahn of Israel

12th February 2016


Which two countries have signed nine agreements including renewable
energy and finance - India & UAE
Who has acquired US-based HealthPlan Services - Wipro
Name the Soviet football legend who has passed away - Anatoli Ilyin
Which book has been launched by Amar Chitra Katha - Book titled A
Kingdom for his Love
Which Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer passed away - Leslie Bassett
Which country has named women ministers for happiness, tolerance - UAE
Name the Four Indian-Americans elected to National Academy of
Engineering of USA - Anil K Jain, Arati Prabhakar, Ganesh C Thakur and K R
Sridhar
13th February 2016
Who has been appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research
- Vilas Tonapi
Which umpire has been banned by BCCI - Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf
Name the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi who has visited India - Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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14th February 2016


In Madhya Pradesh where was first Mega Food Park inaugurated - Panwa
World Radio Day was observed on - 13th February 2016
Make in India week event stage went up in flames, where this unfortunate
thing happened - Girgaum Chowpatty Mumbai
Who was appointed as new Secretary Of DIPP - Ramesh Abhishek

15th February 2016


Name the Jnanpith Award-winning poet who has passed away - O N V
Kurup
69th British Academy Film Awards announced
Who has inaugurated Make in India Week in Mumbai - Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Who has won ICC U19 Cricket World Cup - West Indies
Infosys Prize 2015
Who has been appointed as Chairman of TERI - Ashok Chawla
Who has won 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - Sania Mirza & Martina
Hingis
Name the 7th India, Seychelles joint military exercise which began in
Seychelles - LAMITYE 2016
16th February 2016
Who has won the ATP Argentina Open - Dominic Thiem
Name the two sportsperson included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme Jauna Murmu & Ranjit Nayak
Which team has bagged gold at SAG - Indian women football team
Which team has won the three-match T-20 series - India
Which two countries have inked MoU on technical cooperation in rail
sector - India & Sweden
Tata Teleservices subsidiary mRUPEE tied-up with - IRCTC
Where did the 1st Mega Food Park of Jharkhand inaugurated Getalsud
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Who has launched Team Swachh clinics in partnership with BCCI - ICC
Cricket for Good & UNICEF
Who has won 2016 Grammy Award for Best Music Film - Indo-British Asif
Kapadia
17th February 2016
Name the former UN Secretary-General who has passed away - Boutros
Boutros-Ghali
Which missile has been successfully test-fired by India - Prithvi II missile
Which two states collaborated on technology and development - Haryana
and South Korean state of Chungcheongbuk
Where did the First Silk Road train arrived in - Tehran from China
Which city has been declared as the cleanest city in India - Mysuru
Who has been conferred with Knight of the Legion of Honour, Frances
highest honour - Fashion designer Manish Arora
Who has won 36th National Chess Team Championship - Indian Railways
58th Annual Grammy Awards announced
Which government launched Utkarsh Bangla Scheme for school-dropouts West Bengal government
2016 South Asian Games concluded
18th February 2016
Which two have inked MoU to set up thermal power plant - Jharkhand &
Adani Group
Which foundation has collaborated with Maharashtra Government for
water conservation - Paani Foundation
Trade Facilitation Agreement approved by - Union Cabinet
Name the initiative launched by Amazon for small businesses - Tatkal
initiative
Where will Apple set up Technology Development Centre - Hyderabad
Which state has announced Free Bus Pass Scheme for senior citizens - Tamil
Nadu
Which two companies have tied up for $11 billion Indian Armys FICV
Programme - Tata Motors & Bharat Forge
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Who has won Israel Prize for Religious Studies for Research on India - David
Shulman
19th February 2016
BHEL commissioned 270 MW unit of GVK power plant in - Punjab
Who has received Raksha Mantris Trophy for Best Service Hospital Eastern Command
Who has inked a new law imposing sanctions against North Korea - US
President Obama
Who has approved building of 82000 houses for poor in urban areas of 163
cities - Union Government
Scientists discovered five Jupiter-like Planets
Who has discovered discovered 2D Semiconducting Material made of Tin
Monoxide - Indian-origin Ashutosh Tiwari
20th February 2016
Name the astronomy satellite launched by Japan - ASTRO-H
Jharkhand State Budget 2016-17 presented
Name the person whose name is entered into Guinness Book of Records for
writing 3524 songs - Sameer Anjaan
Who has been named chairman of GST committee of state FMs - Amit
Mitra
Which team has won three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka - Indian
Women Cricket Team
21st-22nd February 2016
Who was sworned is as new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh - Kalikho
Pul
Who was elected as new President of Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera
India inked seven agreements including utilisation of Indian grant of 250
million US dollars with - Nepal
Who won 2016 Welsh Open - Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Which team won 2016 Hockey India League - Punjab Warriors


Rurban Mission in Chhattisgarh was launched by - PM Narendra Modi
High-thrust Cryogenic Engine CE-20 was successfully tested by - ISRO
Who scored fastest test century in 54 balls - Brendon McCullum ( New
Zealand )
Who was appointed as new Chief Justice of Orissa High Court - Justice
Vineet Saran
Aditya Birla Nuvo formed a joint venture for setting up Payments Bank with
- Idea Cellular
Who won Rio Open Title - Francesca Schiavone

23rd February 2016


Who has been appointed as Kuala Lumpur's Commissioner of Police Indian-origin Sikh officer Amar Singh
Who has won silver in Asian Indoor Athletics Championships - Long jumper
Prem Kumar
Who has inaugurated Exhibition on Coin and Currency of India - Union
Finance Minister
Which state has became sixth to join discom revival scheme UDAY - Bihar
Who has won 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy - Ukraine's FC Dnipro
Name the cyclone which thrashed Fiji - Tropical Cyclone Winston
E-Governance Vision 2020 of Election Commission of India
Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of MSEI - Udai Kumar
Who has been conferred with Knighthood by French Government Indian-origin playwright Ismail Mahomed

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24th February 2016


Which parliament has became first in world to run entirely on solar power Parliament of Pakistan
Which project has been approved by Assam Cabinet - Metro Rail
Who has been appointed as Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre KN Vyas
Who will be conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFP - Sagar
Sarhadi
Who has been selected as Chairperson of National Human Rights
Commission - Former CJI HL Dattu
Who has sworned in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC - Justice Dinesh
Maheshwari
Name the exercise started between India, South Africa, Brazil - IBSAMAR
18th Mercer Quality of Life survey released
25th February 2016
Which company has been ordered by the US court ordered to pay 72
million dollar for cancer death - Johnson & Johnson
RBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of - 26 NBFCs
Which state has announced to constitute two task forces for tribals,
Gorkhas - West Bengal Government
Who has sworn-in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court - Justice Subhro
Kamal Mukherjee
Who has approved proposal to establish Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and
SETU in NITI Aayog - Union Cabinet
Which act has been launched by Mizoram - National Food Security Act,
2013
Which film will be honoured with Remi Award - Tamil film Kanavu Variyam
Railway Budget 2016-17
Who has won Trans-Tasman Trophy of Cricket - Australia

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26th February 2016


Who has became the first non-navy officer to head Indian Coast Guard Rajendra Singh
How many no-selfie zones has been created by Mumbai Police - 16
Which list has been released by Forbes - 30 Under 30 Asia List
Who has won Green Bond Pioneer Award - YES Bank
Gay Civil Unions Bill approved by - Italy
Maharashtra government finalised PMC for - Shivaji memorial
Who has been appointed President and CEO of Honda Cars India - Yoichiro
Ueno
Who has been appointed UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador For Youth Bangladeshi cricketer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
Who has been conferred with Cross of the Order of Merit, Germanys
prestigious award - Goverdhan Mehta
Who has received Aryabhata Award 2013 - Ex-DRDO Chairman Dr Avinash
Chander
Who has been appointed CEO of Infosys Consulting Holding - Michael Pesch

27th February 2016

Which team has won Ranji Trophy for the 41st time - Mumbai
Which movie has been declared tax free in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh - 'Neerja'
Who has been selected for Dinanath Mangeshkar award - Ranveer Singh
Who has been elected as FIFA President - Gianni Infantino

28th February 2016


Who was appointed as first Chairman of Banks Board Bureau - Vinod Rai
Name of India's oldest first class cricketer who passed away - BK
Garudachar
Who inaugurated Kerala Tourism's Muziris Heritage Project - President
Pranab Mukherjee

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UltraTech of Aditya Birla bought which cement plant's - JP's cement plants
for Rs 16,500 cr

29th February 2016


Who has been elected as Chairperson of Governing Council of IFAD - Dinesh
Sharma
Who has won Dubai ATP Tennis title - Wawrinka
Which state has imposed ban on sale of Army Uniforms in the state Punjab
Who has approved Constitution of Banks of Board Bureau - Union
Government
Which day is observed on 28th February - National Science Day
Name the famous Tamil comedy actor who has passed away Kumarimuthu
Who has been elected as President of Kosovo - Hashim Thaci
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