Current Affairs (with explanation): February 2022

1. When is National Commission for Women  Delhi

foundation day celebrated?
 31 January 11. Who has been appointed as the Chief of the
Defence Intelligence Agency?
2. Who has won the record 21st Grand Slam  GAV Reddy
title?
 Rafael Nadal, Spain 12. H. E. Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the
PM of which country?
3. Who has written the book ‘Fearless  Portugal
Governance’?
 Kiran Bedi 13. When is World Wetlands Day celebrated?
 2 February
4. Who has made it mandatory to install a fire
alarm in long-distance passenger buses? 14. Which country has become the largest
 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways producer of steel in the world?
 China
5. Who has become the brand ambassador of
Games 24x7’s ‘RummyCircle’? 15. Where will India’s first Geological Park be
 Hrithik Roshan built recently?
 Lamheta, Jabalpur, MP
6. Who has won the title of Women’s Asia Cup
2022? 16. Which bank has tied up with Tata Power for
 China beating South Korea. financing solar projects?
 SBI
7. Xiomara Castro has been sworn in as the first
female President of which country? 17. India and which country have jointly created a
 Honduras $150 million fund to support startups?
 UAE
8. Who has won the World Games Athlete of the
Year Award 2021? 18. Which portal will be launched for skill
 PR Sreejesh development?
 DESH Stack e-portal
9. Which Ministry has started home delivery of
medicines under the health scheme? 19. Where has the Torgya Festival 2022 been
 Ministry of Defence celebrated?
 Arunachal Pradesh
10. Who has overtaken Bengaluru as the startup
capital of India?

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20. Where will the first station of the country’s  Chennai Super Kings
first bullet train become?
 Surat 33. When is World Neglected Tropical Diseases
Day 2022 observed?
21. Which state’s Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary has  30 January
been listed as Ramsar site?
 Gujarat 34. When is Anti-untouchability Day observed?
 30 January
22. Which cricket team will become the first team
35. Which country delivers initial batch of 70,000
in the world to play 1000th ODI?
AK 203 rifles to Indian Armed Forces?
 India
 Russia
23. Who has been nominated for Laureus World
36. When is UPI safety and Awareness Week is
Sports Award?
observed by NPCI?
 Neeraj Chopra
 1-7 February
24. According to the recently released report,
37. Who conducts the flight tests of Rafale-M
which has become the world’s most valuable
fighter jets?
insurance brand?
 Indian Navy
 Ping An Insurance, China
38. India and Nepal signs MoU to construct
25. Where will the world’s first hydrogen-
bridge over which river?
powered flying boat be launched?
 Mahakali river
 UAE (Dubai)
39. Which country signs cooperation agreement
26. Justice Umar Bandial has become the new
with SKAO?
chief justice of which country?
 India
 Pakistan
40. With which bank has the Ministry of Culture
27. When is World Cancer Day celebrated?
signed an agreement for the development of
 4 February
‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design’?
 SBI
28. Which state government has announced to
start open-air classroom ‘Paray Shikshalaya’?
41. Which country has topped as India’s trade
 West Bengal
partner in 2021?
29. Who has been selected as the best state  USA
tableau in the Republic Day Parade 2022?
 Uttar Pradesh 42. When is the 100th birth anniversary of ‘Pandit
30. Who has become the new chairman of UGC? Bhimsen Joshi’ celebrated?
 M Jagdesh Kumar  4 February
43. Which country has announced a diplomatic
31. GSI has approved India’s first Geo Park in boycott of the opening and closing ceremony
which state? of Winter Olympics?
 Madhya Pradesh  India

32. Which team becomes India’s 1st Unicorn 44. Who has got the charge of Controller General
sports enterprise? of Accounts, Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance?

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 Sonali Singh  SBI

45. Who has written the book ‘Golden Boy Neeraj 57. Who has won the U-19 Cricket World Cup
Chopra’? 2022 title?
 Navdeep Singh Gill (Sport author)  India
46. Recently, the foundation stone of the new
Border Haat has been laid on the border of 58. Which star footballer of India has scored the
India and which country? most goals in the history of Indian Super
 Bangladesh League?
 Sunil Chhetri
47. Who has been made its brand ambassador by
Bata India? 59. At what age has the legendary singer Lata
 Disha Patani Mangeshkar passed away?
 92
48. Where has the lowest unemployment rate been
recorded in January 2022? 60. Which player has won the first gold of Winter
 Telangana Olympics 2022?
 Therese Johaug, Norway
49. Who has been appointed as the new director
of NCERT?
61. India’s most powerful computer Param
 Dinesh Prasad Saklani
Pravega has been established in which
national institute?
50. Who become the new Chairperson of IBBI?
 IISc Bengaluru
 Ravi Mittal
62. Which country’s foreign minister has recently
51. Who started India’s first Project of mixing
come on an official visit to India?
hydrogen into the natural gas system?
 Sri Lanka
 GAIL at Indore, MP
63. What name have scientists given to a
52. Who surpasses Intel as World’s top
mountain three times bigger than the
semiconductor company in 2021?
Himalayas found?
 Samsung
 Super Mountains
53. IOC approves inclusion of which sports in
64. Who has been appointed as the brand
2028 Summer Olympics Games?
ambassador of Uttarakhand?
 Surfing, Skateboarding and Sport
 Akshay Kumar
Climbing
 It will be organised in Los Angeles, USA.
65. Who has been appointed as the first woman
vice-chancellor of JNU?
54. Who has topped the Army Day parade?
 SantishreeDhulipudi Pandit
 Assam Regiment
66. Which country has become the first country to
55. Which country is associated with the
have a DNA vaccine against Covid-19?
Aboriginal flag which was in news?
 India
 Australia
67. Which country will buy 420 broad gauge
56. Which bank has got all the approvals for
railway wagons from India?
setting up a bad bank?
 Bangladesh

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79. Who has been appointed as the chairman of

68. Recently ADB has given a record $4.6 billion the Staff Selection Commission?
loan to which country in 2021?  S Kishore
 India
80. Praveen Kumar Sobti has passed away
69. Where has Sourav Ganguly laid the recently, who was he?
foundation stone of the world’s third-largest  Actor
cricket stadium?
 Jaipur 81. Who has become the brand ambassador of the
digital healthcare platform MediBuddy?
70. When is ‘Safer Internet Day’ celebrated?
 Amitabh Bachchan
 8 February
82. Who has been appointed as the new President
71. Who has become the new Director of ‘Vikram
of Pfizer India?
Sarabhai Space Centre’?
 Pradip Shah
 Dr Unnikrshnan Nair
83. Which has become the first UT to be
72. Which state govt has announced Lata
integrated with National Single window
Mangeshkar Award?
system (NSWS)?
 Madhya Pradesh
 Jammu and Kashmir
73. Who has launched the nationwide ‘AAHT
84. When is World Pulse Day celebrated?
Operation’ to curb human trafficking?
 10 February
 RPF
74. According to the recently released Forbes 85. The name of which tunnel passing through a
report, who has become the richest person in height of 10044 feet above sea level has been
Asia? entered in the Guinness Book of Records?
 Gautam Adani  Atal Tunnel Rohtang
75. Who has topped in the recently released India 86. Who has become the Secretary of the
Press Freedom Report 2021? Department of Financial Services, Ministry of
 Jammu and Kashmir Finance?
 Sanjay Malhotra
76. Who is going to become the next chairman of
Shipping Corporation of India? 87. Where has the Tibetan government-in-exile
 B K Tyagi inaugurated the new Tibet Museum?
 Dharamshala, HP
77. Which is declared as India’s 1st other effective
area-based conservation measures (OECM) 88. Which has been declared as the world’s most
site by IUCN? congested city in 2021?
 Aravalli Biodiversity Park  Istanbul
78. Who has been appointed as Agriculture 89. What has been the official name of the IPL
Secretary by the Appointments Committee of team Ahmedabad?
the Cabinet?  Gujarat Titans
 Manoj Ahuja
90. What is India’s position in export of Millets?
 5th

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 Burkina Faso
91. Who launched India’s 1st Para-Badminton
Academy in Lucknow, UP? 103. Recently India and which country have signed
 Gaurav Khanna an agreement to promote tourism?
 Australia
92. Who has been appointed as the new PM of
104. Who has started the ‘Jiva Program’ to
Peru?
promote natural farming?
 Anibal Torres Vasquez
 NABARD
93. India’s first Biomass-based hydrogen plant
105. Who hosted the ‘One Ocean Summit 2022’ to
comes up in which state?
preserve the oceans?
 Madhya Pradesh
 France
94. When is the ‘International Day of Women and
Girls in Science’ celebrated? 106. India will help which country to launch its
 11 February own version of Aadhaar?
 Sri Lanka
95. Which country has been affected the most by
cyclone Batsirai? 107. What is India’s rank in Ease of Starting
 Madagascar Business?
 4th
96. Who has written the book ‘Atal Bihari
Vajpayee’? 108. Who become the brand ambassador of Krishi
 Sagarika Ghose Network?
 Pankaj Tripathy
97. RBI has increased the limit of e-RUPI
vouchers from 10 thousand to how much? 109. Recently Luc Montagnier passed away, who
 100000 was he?
 French Virologist
98. When will the 45th International Kolkata Book
Fair start? 110. When is World Unani Day 2022 observed?
 28 February  11 February

99. How many years has N Chandrasekaran’s 111. India to replace Diesel with renewable energy
tenure as the chairman of Tata Sons been in Agriculture by which year?
extended?  2024
 5 years
112. Which become the first country to permit
100. Where has the world’s largest igloo café Drones in Civilian Airspace?
opened?  Israel
 Jammu and Kashmir
113. When is National Productivity Day 2022
101. Who has topped the recently released EIU’s observed?
Democracy Index 2021?  12 February
 Norway
114. When is Darwin Day 2022 observed?
 12 February
102. Paul Henry Sandaogo Damiba has been
declared as the President of?

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115. When is the ‘International Epilepsy Day’ 127. Recently with which country has the Jammu
celebrated? and Kashmir govt has signed an agreement to
 14 February improve the sheep rearing sector?
 New Zealand
116. Who has become the Khadi brand ambassador
of Bihar? 128. Who has been appointed as the new MD and
 Manoj Tiwari CEO of Air India?
 IlkerAyci
117. Who has become a 100% plastic waste neutral
company in India? 129. Who has been given charge of CBSE
 Dabur chairman?
 Vineet Joshi
118. Frank Walter Steinmeier has been re-elected
as the president of which country? 130. Which state has topped in Saubhagya Yojana:
 Germany Solar Electrification Scheme?
 Rajasthan
119. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has
gone on a three-day visit to which country? 131. Recently the PM of which country has
 Philippines & Australia implemented the Emergency Act for the first
time?
120. Which state’s Central Jail has got its own FM  Canada
radio Channel?
 Madhya Pradesh 132. Where will the Indian Railways set up the
county’s largest wrestling academy?
121. Who has become the new president of ICAI?  Delhi
 Debashis Mitra
133. Which country has changed its name recently?
122. How many companies of Chinese origin have
 Turkey
been banned by Government of India?
 54
134. Who has been made its brand ambassador by
the gaming app A23?
123. When is ‘World Radio Day’ celebrated?
 Shah Rukh Khan
 13 February
135. The GOI has reduced the agricultural cess on
124. Who has released the Reimagining Healthcare
crude palm oil to what percent?
in India report?
 05%
 NITI Aayog
136. Which country is hosting the World
125. According to the NCRB, which state has the
Sustainable Development Summit?
highest number of murders under witch
 India
hunting?
 Jharkhand
137. When is National Women’s Day 2022
observed?
126. Who has become the new chairman of the
 13 February
Table Tennis Federation of India?
 Gita Mittal 138. Which govt recently bans import of drones
with exceptions for R & D, Defence and
security purposes?

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 Govt of India
148. Who will get the Northeast’s first motor
139. Which country recently signs a MoU with racing track?
World Food Programme to provide Wheat to  Mizoram
Afghanistan via Pakistan?
 India 149. Who has recently gone on a six-day visit to
Germany and France?
140. Which country recently unveils a surface-to-  S Jaishankar
surface missile ‘Khaibar-buster’?
 Iran 150. Who has been appointed as the first National
Maritime Security Coordinator of India?
141. Which organisation launches ‘Quit Tobacco  Vice Admiral (retd)G Ashok Kumar
App’ to help people end Tobacco
Consumption? 151. When is the 7th Soil Health Card Day
 WHO celebrated?
 19 February
142. Renowned Bengali singer Sandhya
Mukhopathyay passes away: 152. India will set up the first IIT outside India
 She passed away at the age of 90 due to under the latest trade deal in which country?
cardiac arrest in Kolkata.  UAE
 She was born on 4th October 1931 in
Kolkata. 153. Where has India’s first Biosafety Level-3
 She got National Film Award in the Best Containment Mobile Laboratory started?
Female playback singer category in 1970.  Nashik, Maharashtra
 She got Banga Bibhusan, the highest
civilian honour to be conferred in WB in 154. Who is the first player to score a triple century
2011. in Ranji Trophy?
 SakibulGani, Bihar
143. When is the 75th establishment of Delhi Police
been celebrated? 155. Who will host the 2023 session of the
 16 February International Olympic Committee?
 Mumbai, India
144. Adidas has tied up with whom to empower
women? 156. Which Ministry approved New India Literacy
 Manika Batra Programme (NILP), a new scheme of Adult
Education?
145. Where will South Asia’s largest Bio CNG  Ministry of Education
plant, GOBAR-DHAN be built?
 Madhya Pradesh 157. Which central bank has emerged as 2nd largest
buyer of Gold in 2021?
146. Which police has become the first in the  RBI
country to introduce smart card arms?
 Delhi Police 158. Which bank launches ‘Waste to Wealth
Creation’ programme in West Bengal?
147. Which will be the first foreign country to
 SIDBI
adopt India’s UPI system as a payment
platform? 159. Who is the author of the book ‘How to
 Nepal Prevent The Next Pandemic’?

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 Bill Gates  22 February

172. Which has become the first University in
160. Who virtually launched ‘Kishan Drone
India to get NBA accreditation?
Yatra’?
 Chandigarh University
 PM Narendra Modi
173. Who has won the most medals in the
161. Who inaugurates 1st Global Summit on
concluded Beijing Winter Olympics 2022?
‘Reimagining Museums in India’ in
 Norway
Hyderabad?
 G Kishan Reddy
174. India and which country have started the
162. When is World Social Justice Day celebrated? Eastern Bridge-6 air exercise?
 20 February  Oman

163. Who has become the first bank to enter the 175. Where has the Indian Railway is building the
metaverse? country’s first cable rail bridge?
 JP Morgan Bank  Jammu and Kashmir

164. How many districts have become ‘Har Ghar 176. Who has become the new president and CEO
Jal’ under the Jal Jeevan Mission? of Honda Cars India?
 100  Takuya Tsumura

165. Which country’s women has recently become 177. GOI signed USD 115 million loan agreement
the first woman in the world to be cured of for REWARD Project with which institution?
HIV?  World Bank
 USA
178. IAF recently showcased its ‘Made in India’
166. When is International Mother Language Day
flight in which Air Show?
celebrated?
 Singapore Air Show-2022
 21 February
179. Which state become the first state to launch
167. As per the recent Hurun India Wealth Report,
India’s first night navigation app for ferry
by what percentage has India’s millionaire
services?
household increased in 2021?
 Assam
 11%
180. Which country elected for Chairmanship of
168. Who has received the Best Film Award at the
International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)?
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival
 India
2022?
 Shershaah 181. Which country launched its first hydrogen-
powered train?
169. Who has received the award of India’s Most  Japan
Dependable Public Sector company?
 Coal India 182. Who has been appointed as its brand
ambassador by Thumbs up?
170. Who has been awarded the Hilal-e-Pakistan
 Shah Rukh Khan
Award for its efforts to eradicate polio?
 Bill Gates
171. When is World Thinking Day celebrated?

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183. Recently made documentary, ‘Before I Die’  R Praggnanandhaa

got the award in Germany, where was its
made? 195. Where has the Indian Navy’s multilateral
 Haryana exercise Milan 2022 started?
 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
184. Who has become a full-time member of the
PM’s Economic Advisory Council? 196. Which state’s cabinet has approved the
 Sanjeev Sanyal country’s first e-waste eco-park to deal with e-
waste?
185. India and which country have signed the blue  Delhi
economy roadmap?
 France 197. Which country has certified the first plant-
based covid-19 vaccine?
186. Who has been named as the Director of the  Canada
Central Board of RBI?
 Sanjay Malhotra 198. Recently who has launched the
Ombudsperson app for Mahatma Gandhi
187. Which country’s Carlos Alcaraz has become NREGA?
the youngest ATP 500 winner?  Giriraj Singh
 Spain
199. Who has become the highest run-scorer in
T20I?
188. When is Central Excise Day celebrated?
 Rohit Sharma
 24 February
200. How many Parachute Battalions received
189. Recently Reliance Jio’s new subsea cable ‘Presidential Colours or Nishan’ award from
‘Bharat Asia Express’ will connect which chief of Army Staff Gen M MNaravne?
country?  4
 Maldives
201. When is 11th World Pangolin Day observed?
190. Who will start its first cyber security centre in  19 February
India? 202. Indian Railways create India’s First Railway
 IBM Solar Power Plant with whom?
 BHEL
191. Who has become the MD & CEO of IDBI 203. What is Moody’s GDP forecast for 2022 for
Bank? FY22 for India?
 Rakesh Sharma  9.3%

192. Which female cricketer has become the first 204. Where has the Museum of the Future opened?
female player to score 50 runs in 26 balls?  Dubai
 Richa Ghosh
205. Who has topped the International IP Index
193. Who has been appointed as its brand 2022?
ambassador by Dish TV?  USA
 Rishabh Pant
206. Which medal has MirabaiChanu won in
194. Who has become the youngest Indian to Singapore Weightlifting International?
defeat the world number 1 player Magnus  Gold
Carlsen in a chess tournament?

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207. Where will the 3rd India-Japan joint exercise

‘East Religion Guardian-2022’ be held? 218. Which female cricketer has become the first
 Belagavi (belgaum), Karnataka. female player to score 50 runs in 26 balls?
 Richa Ghosh
208. Who has become the first Indian to be
awarded the prestigious Boltzmann Medal? 219. Which state has surpassed Karnataka and
 Deepak Dhar become top state in overall installed
Renewable Capacity?
209. Indian Air Force will not participate in which  Tamil Nadu
country’s ‘Ex Cobra Warrior 22’ exercise?
 UK 220. Which Ministry has launched ‘Bhasha
Certificate Selfie’ campaign to promote
210. Recently who has released a signature tune for
multilingualism?
VandeBharatam?
 Ministry of Education
 Meenakshi Lekhi
221. India agreed to form Joint Hydro
211. Who has been appointed by the Central Govt
Development Committee with which country?
as the CEO of the new National e-governance
 Nepal
Division?
 Abhishek Singh 1995 batch IAS officer of
222. Special logo unveiled to mark what years of
Nagaland cadre
Diplomatic Relation of India and Belgium?
 75
212. When is National Protein Day celebrated?
 27 February
Important Days of February 2022:
213. Which operation has been started to expel 2 February- World Wetlands Day
Indians from Ukraine? 4 February- World Cancer Day
 Operation Ganga 8 February- Safer Internet Day
10 February- World Pulse Day
214. Who has started the National Polio 11 February- International Day of Women and Girls
Vaccination Campaign 2022? in Science
 Mansukh Mandaviya 11 February- World Unani Day
12 February- National Productivity Day
215. Which country has certified the first plant- 12 February- Darwin Day
based covid-19 vaccine? 13 February- World Radio Day
 Canada 13 February- National Women’s Day
14 February- International Epilepsy Day
216. Recently Reliance Jio’s new subsea cable 19 February- World Pangolin Day
‘Bharat Asia Express’ will connect which 20 February- World Social Justice Day
21 February- International Mother Language Day
country?
22 February- World Thinking Day
 Maldives
24 February- Central Excise Day
27 February- National Protein Day
217. Who will start its first cyber security centre in
27 February- World NGO Day
India?
28 February- National Science Day
 IBM
28 February- Rare Disease Day

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