Events of February 2011

Events of February 2011

Question	Answer
1)The new chairman of the National Commission of Minorities	Wajahat Habibullah
2)The Karmapa monastery which was in news recently is in	Himachal Pradesh
3)The 6th meeting of Environment Ministers of the four BASIC countries was held in New Delhi. The four BASIC countries are	Brazil, South Africa, India and China
4)The country which elected its first ever woman President Ms Dilma Rousseff who assumed office in Jan 2011	Brazil
5)The state in which Mobile Number Portability was launched as a pilot project before it was finally launched at the national level	Haryana
6)The US space shuttle which has been launched on its final mission, the shuttle will be retired after return from the mission	Discovery
7)The bank which has become a signatory investor to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global initiative for sustainable development	State Bank of India
8)The 11 year old girl who secured her Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title after winning a silver medal in under-12 girls category at World Youth Chess championship in Greece recently	Ivana Furtado
9)The G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was recently held in	Paris
10)The film 7 Khoon Maaf directed by Vishal Bhardwaj is based on a short story by this famous writer	Ruskin Bond
11)The second National Institute of Design is to come up at (The first is at Ahmedabad)	Jorhat, Assam
12)Pakistani Sufi singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager were held by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence for allegedly possessing undeclared foreign currency at Delhi Airport. The Act under the provisions of which they have been charged is	FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act)
13)The Consortium which has been launched by Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh to save Asia's vultures from extinction	SAVE (Save Asia's Vultures from Extinction
14)The Canadian rock singer who performed at the opening ceremony of World Cup Cricket 2011 held at Dhaka	Bryan Adams
15)The painkiller drug which has been banned by Himachal Pradesh(the drug is banned in several countries and in India, a decision to ban its use for children has been taken by the health ministry recently	Nimesulide
16)The country with which India has recently signed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)	Japan
17)The sportsperson who has been awarded NDTV Sportsperson of the year	Leander Paes
18)New mosquito repellants called Maxo Military and Maxo Safe and & Soft Wipes, have been developed by this organisation	DRDO
19)The award which has been instituted in memory of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and whose first recepient is Lata Mangeshkar	Swarbhaskar
20)The person who has been awarded the 23rd Moortidevi Award (2009) by the Jnanpith Trust	Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri.
21)The anti-inflammatory drug administered to animals, which is posing a threat to vultures feeding on the carcases on such animals	Diclofenac
22)The place at which the Third Asian Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is being held, India being represented by Ms Meira Kumar, Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Colombo
23)The International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT) which was dedicated to the nation recently is located at	Vallarpadam, Kerala
24)The place at which a new Indian Institute of Management is coming up	Tiruchirapalli
25)The Russian equivalent of American Global Positioning System (GPS)	GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
26)The state which has introduced Online Answering Information System (OAIS) in its Legislative Assembly	Rajasthan
27)National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, the portal which is world's most viewed higher education site is a joint venture of	IITs and Indian Institute of Science
28)Antrix Corporation was in news for controversial deal with Devas Multimedia over alloting of shares S-band spectrum on ISRO satellites GSAT-6 and GSAT-6A. Antrix Corporation the commercial of arm of this government organisation	ISRO
29)Facebook founder who was in news for being stalked by a person of Indian origin	Mark Zuckerberg
30)The city in which Aero India 2011 is being held	Bengaluru
31)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) of India has joined hands to develop state-of-the-art Concentrated Solar Power projects in India with	Abengoa, Spain
32)Sebi has made it mandatory for non-retail investors to apply for shares in public and rights offers through ASBA facility. This facility allows for debiting of money from investor's account only after share allotment. What does ASBA stand for	Application Supported by Blocked Amounts
33)The Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya has developed 31 varieties of hybrid Maize seeds. One variety which yields 95.47 quintals per hectare is the highest yielder. It is known as	Dekalb Double
34)The 17th Commonwealth Law Conference with the theme 'Emerging Economies – Rule of Law: Challenges and Opportunities' is being held at	Hyderabad
35)A special stamp printed on 'Khadi' is being brought out by the Postal Dept on	Mahatma Gandhi
36)The World Philatelic Exhibition held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 12 to 18 Feb 2011 is called	INDIPEX 2011
37)The person who said that the 'political-bureaucratic-judicial system' in India was in a 'cancer-like' situation and needed 'chemotherapy' to treat it	APJ Abdul Kalam
38)The newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal	Jhalanath Khanal
39)The place where World Telugu Conference is being held	Berhampur, Orissa
40)The California based university which was in news for having duped hundreds of Indian students	Tri Valley University
41)The slogan for World Wetlands Day 2011 is 'Forests for Water and Wetlands'. The World Wetlands Day is celebrated on	Feb 2
42)The yesteryears black and white film starring Devanand, Nanda and Sadhana which has recently been released in colour	Hum Dono
43)'De Ghuma Ke', the Cricket World Cup 2011 theme song, composed by Shankar-Ehsan-Loy has been written by	Manoj Yadav
44)The newspaper founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, which is celebrating 100 years of its foundation this year	Hitavada
45)The actor, producer who has been chosen to be a part of international jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 2011	Aamir Khan
46)The Pune campus of this private sector company will be provided security Central Industrial Security Force	Infosys
47)Surajkund, the venue of annual crafts fair where Andhra Pradesh has been made the theme state is located in this state	Haryana