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INDEX
❖ Sports News ❖ Important

❖ Defense News Appointments

❖ Budget Special ❖ Ranks and Reports

❖ National News ❖ Schemes

❖ International News ❖ Economics

❖ Science and ❖ Books

Technology ❖ Deaths

❖ Brand Ambassador ❖ Other Main News

❖ Awards ❖ Practice Questions

❖ Important Days

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thrilling contest at Wijk aan Zee in the

Sports News
Netherlands last night .
✓ With this win, R Praggnanandhaa has
➢ Thomas Cook India appointed as Special
become the first Indian since Viswanathan
Partner for National Games 2025
Anand in 2006 to win the coveted title.

➢ Sunita Williams breaks spacewalking

record

✓
✓ Omnichannel travel firm Thomas Cook
(India) has partnered with the central
government to provide accommodation,
catering and transportation services for
✓
the National Games of India 2025 to be ✓ Sunita Williams set a new record by a
held in Uttarakhand. female astronaut doing a total of 62 hours
✓ The National Games of India 2025 is a and 6 minutes of spacewalking in space,
multi-sport celebration, with top athletes breaking the previous record of Peggy
from across the country coming together Whitson.
to participate in 32 sports disciplines and 4 ✓ Williams and Butch Wilmore conducted a
demonstration events during January 28 spacewalk of 5 hours, 26 minutes on
to February 14, 2025. January 30, 2025, to repair radio
communications hardware and collect
➢ R. Praggnanandhaa wins Tata Steel Chess samples .
Masters 2025 ✓ Williams, 59, is fourth on NASA's all-time
spacewalking list.

➢ Bindyarani Devi wins gold medal at

National Games

✓
✓ In chess, Indian Grandmaster R.
Praggnanandhaa clinched the coveted
Tata Steel Masters 2025 title by defeating
reigning world champion D. Gukesh in a
✓

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✓ S. Bindyarani Devi set a national record in ✓ Shraachi Radh Bengal Tigers defeated
the snatch and won the gold medal in the Hyderabad Hurricanes 4-3 at the jam-
women's 55 kg category at the National packed Birsa Munda International Hockey
Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha to win the
Games .
sixth title of the Men's Hockey India League
✓ The Commonwealth Games silver
2024-25.
medallist lifted 88 kg in her final attempt to ✓ This was the first title win of the Bengal
break the national record to take the lead Tigers, for which they received a prize of Rs
in one go. 3 crore. Runners-up Hyderabad Storm won
Rs 2 crore as prize money .
➢ Government approves participation of
88-member Indian contingent in Asian
Winter Games 2025
➢ Uttar Pradesh won gold in men's kabaddi
at the 38th National Games

✓
✓ The government has approved the ✓
✓ In the men's kabaddi final of the 38th
participation of the Indian contingent in
National Games held at the Yogsthali
the 9th Asian Winter Games 2025 to be Sports Complex at Roshanabad Stadium in
held in Harbin, China from February 7 to Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh defeated
14. Chandigarh to win the gold medal.
✓ Participation of the 88-member Indian ✓ The team, led by Arjun Deshwal, made a
contingent, which includes 59 athletes comeback after trailing 12-18 in the first
and 29 team officials. half .

➢ Shraachi Radh Bengal Tigers win Men's ➢ 38th National Games: Neeraj Kumar wins
Hockey India League 2024-25 title gold medal in shooting

✓
✓

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✓ Neeraj Kumar (Sewa) won the gold medal ✓ Sarita defeated Singapore's Noor Syeda
in the 50m rifle 3 positions (men) event at Aleem 143-142 to win the gold medal in the
the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand . Women's Compound Open in Bangkok.
✓ Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Madhya ✓ Adil Mohammed defeated Hong Kong's
Pradesh) won the silver medal, while Man Tae Yung 120-116 to clinch the bronze
Swapnil Suresh Kusale (Maharashtra) won medal in the men's W1 category.
the bronze medal. ✓ India's Jyoti missed out on a bronze medal
✓ Haryana's Suruchi and Pramod won the at the Women's Compound Open, losing
gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed 135-136 to Singapore's Teodora Audi
team, while Rajasthan (silver) and Ayudia Farrelly .
Maharashtra (bronze) won bronze medals.
➢ Varun Chakravarthy became the second
➢ Lovlina Borgohain won the gold medal in oldest cricketer to make his ODI debut for
the women's 75kg category at the 38th India
National Games

✓
✓ ✓ The Indian team handed over their first ODI
✓ Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain won the cap to mystery spinner Varun
gold medal in the women's 75kg category. Chakravarthy in the second match of the
✓ Lovlina Borgohain defeated Chandigarh's three-match series.
✓ Varun received the cap from Ravindra
Pranshu Rathore 5-0 .
Jadeja after his brilliant performance in the
✓ Shiva Thapa won the silver medal in the
T20 series against England, where he took
men's 63.5kg category at the ongoing 38th
14 wickets in 5 matches.
National Games.

➢ India shine in Para-Archery Asia Cup ➢ Meghalaya to host 39th edition of

National Games

✓
✓

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✓ Meghalaya will host the 39th edition of the

National Games in February/March 2027.
✓ As the host state of the next edition,
Meghalaya will be handed over the IOA
flag during the closing ceremony of the
ongoing 38th Games in Uttarakhand.
✓ Past and Upcoming Host States
✓ 39th Edition (2027): Meghalaya ✓
✓ 38th edition (2024): Uttarakhand (Main ✓ India's most successful snooker player
venue: Dehradun, held in 7 cities) Pankaj Advani has once again won the
✓ 37th edition (2023): Goa (Held in 5 cities) National Snooker Championship, which is
the 36th national and 10th men's snooker
title of his career.
➢ Olympic Esports Games 2027 to be held in
✓ Advani, playing for ONGC, defeated Brijesh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Damani in the final.

➢ ICC announces prize money for 2025

Champions Trophy

✓
✓ The first Olympic eSports Games will be ✓
✓ The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2027.
announced the prize money for the 2025
✓ The International Olympic Committee
Champions Trophy that begins in Pakistan
(IOC) announced the event, which is part
from February 19.
of a 12-year agreement with Saudi Arabia .
✓ The total prize money of this edition has
✓ The IOC is partnering with the Saudi
increased by 53 percent from the 2017
Olympic and Paralympic Committee
edition to US $ 4.5 million.
(SOPC) to conduct the Games.
✓ The winners will receive USD 2.24 million,
while the runners-up will receive USD 1.12
➢ Pankaj Advani wins National Snooker million. The losing semifinalists will receive
Championship title $560,000.

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➢ Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo became the first ✓ Rohit achieved this position in 261 innings
and he is only behind Virat Kohli, who
man to run a half-marathon in under 57
achieved this feat in 222 innings.
minutes

➢ 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Table Tennis

Tournament begins in China

✓
✓ Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo has made history
in the half-marathon. He has become the
first person to complete the race in under
✓
57 minutes.
✓ The 34th edition of the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup
✓ In Barcelona, Kiplimo finished the race in Table Tennis Tournament began in
56 minutes, 42 seconds. The 24-year-old Shenzhen, China.
Kiplimo set this record in the World ✓ The Indian men's team is led by world
Athletics Gold Label race. number 42 Sharath Kamal, a five-time
Olympian and reigning Commonwealth
✓ He broke the old record of 57:30 set by
Games singles champion.
Ethiopia's Yomif Kjelcha in October. Kiplimo
✓ The team also includes world number 60
beat the record by 48 seconds, the
biggest improvement ever. Manav Thakkar and world number 70
Harmeet Desai.

➢ Rohit Sharma became the second fastest

player to score 11,000 runs in ODIs ➢ Virat Kohli becomes fastest player to
score 14,000 ODI runs

✓
✓ Rohit Sharma became the second-fastest
player to score 11,000 runs in One Day ✓
Internationals (ODIs). ✓ Virat Kohli has created history as he
✓ He achieved the feat during India's became the fastest batsman to score
opening match against Bangladesh in the
14,000 runs during the ICC Champions
ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Trophy against Pakistan in Dubai.

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✓ Kohli is now only the third batsman to ✓ More than 16,000 athletes participated in
score 14,000 runs in ODI cricket after the 35 sports disciplines, winning a total of 448
great Indian Sachin Tendulkar and Sri gold, 448 silver and 594 bronze medals.
Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara.
➢ Indian women's football team secured
➢ Services win 71st Senior National Kabaddi third place in the 2nd Pink Ladies Cup
Championship 2025

✓
✓ Services defeated Railways to clinch the ✓
title in the 71st Senior National Men's ✓ The Indian senior women's football team,
Kabaddi Championship at the Jawaharlal popularly known as the Blue Tigress, ended
Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack.
their campaign in the second Pink Ladies
✓ Services' path to victory included a
Cup by losing 3-0 to the South Korean
resounding semi-final win over Punjab 43-
35, while Railways sealed their place in the team. The Indian team finished third in the
final with a stunning 42-34 win over Uttar Pink Ladies Cup.
Pradesh.

➢ The 38th National Games 2025 concluded Defense News

with a grand ceremony in Uttarakhand
➢ India-Maldives joint military exercise
'Ekuverin' concludes

✓
✓ The closing ceremony of the 38th National
Games was held at the International Sports
Stadium in Golapar, Haldwani in the
presence of Union Home Minister Amit ✓
Shah and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh ✓ The 13th edition of the joint military exercise
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Maldives National Defence Force took ➢ USA Navy successfully test-fires laser
place in the archipelagic nation. weapon 'Helios'
✓ In 2023, it was held in Chaubattia,
Uttarakhand from June 11 to 24.
✓ Ekuverin means 'friend' in the Divehi
language.

➢ Joint military exercise 'Cyclone' between

India and Egypt

✓
✓ The US Navy has successfully tested a laser
weapon called High-Energy Laser with
Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance
(Helios) system from one of its warships.
✓ Published in the annual report of the US
Center for Countermeasures, an incredible
✓
✓ The joint military exercise between India photo of a drone firing a laser is going viral
and Egypt "Cyclone 2025" took place on on the internet.
February 10, 2025, at the Mahajan Field
Firing Range in Rajasthan.
✓ This is the third edition of the 14-day ➢ The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force
exercise and aims to focus on sharing conducted a joint military exercise
professional skills in challenging desert 'Winged Raider'
environments.
➢ Govt signs contracts worth over Rs 10,000
crore for Pinaka rocket systems

✓
✓ The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force

✓ jointly conducted a massive training

✓ The government signed contracts worth exercise called EX Winged Raiders at the
over Rs 10,000 crore with defence entities
Eastern Theatre.
for procurement of Aria Danel Munition
✓ The exercise, aimed at enhancing inter-
Type-1 and high-explosive rockets for the
service synergy with focus on special air
Pinaka multiple launch rocket system .
✓ This will increase the firepower of the operations.
Indian Army. ✓ The joint military exercise is part of the
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inter-operability for setting up of through joint urban warfare and counter-

Integrated Theatre Commands in the terrorism exercises conducted under the
country. UN mandate.
✓ The exercise focused on special air
operations and was conducted at the
Indian Army's Eastern Theatre. ➢ First conference for women peacekeepers
in New Delhi
➢ HAL renames HJT-36 jet trainer to
'YASHUS' after major upgrade

✓
✓ A conference on 'Women in Peacekeeping:
A Global South Perspective' was held in
✓
✓ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has New Delhi.
officially named its flagship jet trainer ✓ The conference is being organised by the
aircraft, Hindustan Jet trainer HJT-36 as Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration
'Yashas'.
with the Ministry of Defence and the United
✓ Extensive modifications have been made
Nations Peacekeeping Centre.
with an aim to enhance its performance
✓ The conference is attended by female
and operational efficiency.
peacekeepers from 35 military-
➢ India and Japan will hold the sixth edition
contributing countries of the global south.
of joint military exercise 'Dharma
Guardian'
➢ India, Bangladesh agree to set up new
hotline between border forces

✓
✓ The Indian Army will conduct the 6th
edition of exercise Dharma Guardian with
✓
Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) ✓ India and Bangladesh have decided to
at Mount Fuji, Japan from February 25 to
establish a new communication link
March 9.
between the deputy commanders of their
✓ The main aim of this exercise is to improve
respective border-guarding forces and
interoperability between the two armies

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identified around 99 new patches for ➢ India-Japan joint military exercise,

fencing their shared border . Dharma Guardian began at Japan's
✓ The decisions were finalised during the eastern Fuji training area
biennial Director General-level talks
between the Border Security Force (BSF)
and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB),
which concluded here.
✓ About Bangladesh
✓ Capital- Dhaka
✓ Currency- Taka
✓
✓ President– Mohammad Shahabuddin
✓ The sixth edition of the Indo-Japan joint
Chuppu
military exercise, Dharma Guardian
✓ Head of Interim Government- Mohammad
recently began at the East Fuji Training
Yunus
Area in Japan.
✓ This year's exercise marks a significant
➢ Exercise 'Sagar Kavach' concluded off expansion, with the Army's participation
West Bengal coast reaching the company's strength for the
first time since its inception.
✓ The exercise, which will continue till March
9, reflects the deepening of defence ties
between the two countries.

✓ Budget Special
✓ A two-day coastal security exercise 'Sagar
Kavach' was coordinated by the Indian ➢ Under the new tax regime, there will be
Coast Guard in West Bengal. zero income tax on annual income up to ₹
✓ The exercise included fake hijackings, 12 lakh.
smuggling attempts, IED threats and
attacks on important assets.
✓ The joint operation involved the Coast
Guard, Navy, Police, CISF, BSF and Customs,
thereby enhancing coastal security
coordination.

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✓ Budget 2025 has declared zero tax on farmers, which aims to improve
annual income up to Rs 12 lakh under agricultural productivity, crop
Section 87A under the new tax regime. diversification and irrigation infrastructure.
✓ The scheme promotes rural development
✓ Earlier, this exemption was available on
and reduction in migration.
income up to Rs 7 lakh, which has now
✓ Additional initiatives include Makhana
been increased to Rs 12 lakh. Board in Bihar and a new urea plant in
Assam.

➢ Under the budget initiative, the Makhana

Board was set up to promote the ➢ Budget 2025-26: Fiscal deficit pegged at
4.4% of GDP for FY26
cultivation of Makhana in Bihar

✓ ✓
✓ Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ✓ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has
presented the budget for the eighth time, pegged the fiscal deficit, the gap between
expenditure and income, at 4.4 per cent of
in this budget she has given a big gift to
the gross domestic product (GDP) for the
the farmers of Bihar.
financial year 2025-26.
✓ A dedicated Makhana Board will be formed ✓ The fiscal deficit target has been set at 4.4
to financially empower the farmers of per cent of GDP, lower than 4.8 per cent in
Bihar, which contributes 80% of India's total last year's revised estimates, as the
Makhana production. government goes ahead with fiscal
consolidation plans.
➢ Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhanya Krishi
Yojana will benefit 1.7 crore farmers ➢ Union Budget 2025-26: Railway
allocation remains unchanged at ₹2.65
lakh crore

✓
✓ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
announced the Pradhan Mantri Dhan
Dhanya Krishi Yojana to benefit 1.7 crore ✓

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✓ The budget allocation for Indian Railways ➢ Union Budget 2025-26 announces Gyan
for FY 2025-26 is ₹2.65 lakh crore, which is
Bharatam Mission
the same as the previous year's allocation.
✓ There has been a cut in allocation for
customer amenities and investment in
public sector units and joint ventures in the
railways.
✓ The capital expenditure of the Railways is
₹2.52 lakh crore, with a total allocation of
₹2.65 lakh crore, which includes Public ✓
✓ The Union Budget 2025-26 announced the
Private Partnership investment.
Gyan Bharatam Mission, under which one
crore manuscripts will be conserved and
➢ Union Budget 2025-26: Rs 600 crore documented.
allocated for Samudrayaan ✓ It is a special mission for surveying,
documenting and conserving the
manuscript heritage of India lying with
educational institutions, museums,
libraries and private collectors.

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✓
Giving a boost to India's ambitious Deep
✓
➢ Madhya Pradesh becomes the state with
Ocean Mission, Union Finance Minister
the highest number of vultures in the
Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated Rs 600
country
crore for the Samudrayaan project, under
which scientists will be sent into the depths
of the ocean in specially designed
submersibles to explore the ocean floor,
including the country's continental shelf
and exclusive economic zone.
✓ The Ministry of Earth Sciences, which is ✓
leading the mission, received an allocation ✓ The forest department recently conducted

of Rs 3,649.8 crore in the budget, against a state-level census of vultures, and the

Rs 3,064.8 crore allocated in the current number has increased to 12,981.

financial year.

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✓ In Madhya Pradesh, vultures were counted

in 16 circles, 64 divisions and 9 protected
areas of the state forest department .
✓ The number of vultures in Madhya Pradesh
is increasing continuously.
✓ In the 2019 census, the number of vultures
was 8 thousand 397, which increased to 10
thousand 845 in the year 2024 .
✓
✓ In the year 2016, the census of vultures was
✓ Rekha Gupta took oath as the Chief
started in the state.
Minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan.
✓ A total of 7 species of vultures are found in
✓ She became the fourth woman Chief
the state . Out of these, 4 species are local
Minister of Delhi and the only woman Chief
and 3 species are migratory.
Minister of BJP in India.
✓ The Delhi cabinet ministers are Parvesh
➢ Election Commission of India launches Verma, Kapil Mishra, Ashish Sood,
"Chandrayaan to Election Tak" initiative Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravindra Indraj and
to boost voters' enthusiasm Pankaj Kumar Singh.
✓ Prime Minister Modi and senior BJP leaders
attended the ceremony and congratulated
the new ministers.

➢ Assam's largest tribal community, the

✓ Mising tribe, celebrated the Ali Ai Ligang
✓ The Election Commission of India (ECI) has festival
launched the "Chandrayaan to Elections"
initiative to boost the enthusiasm of voters
in West Delhi during the ongoing assembly
elections.
✓ The innovative campaign is aimed at
engaging voters by leveraging the
excitement about India's space ✓
achievements, especially the successful ✓ The largest tribal community of Assam,
Chandrayaan mission. the Mising tribe, recently celebrated the Ali
Ai Ligang festival.
The Mising people are an indigenous tribe
➢ Rekha Gupta takes oath as Delhi Chief
✓
of northeast India. They are part of the Tani
Minister

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people, who speak Tibeto-Burman names such as Manekshaw House and

languages. Shivaji Gate, reflecting efforts to remove
✓ They live in parts of Assam and Arunachal colonial remains.
Pradesh in India and Tibet in China.

➢ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

➢ In Assam, 'Kazi Nemu' was recognized as inaugurates Asia's largest Aero India
the state fruit of which state? show in Bengaluru

✓
✓ ✓ Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
✓ Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora
inaugurated Asia's largest 15th Aero India
announced that 'Kaji Nemu' has been
show in Bengaluru.
recognised as the state fruit of Assam.
✓ The five-day event, themed 'Runway to a
✓ It is a fruit of the lemon variety. Kazi Nemu
Billion Opportunities', will showcase India's
has already got the GI tag.
defence capabilities and indigenous
✓ In the last two years, this fruit has been
innovations.
exported to many countries including the
Middle East.
➢ World's largest Jhumur Mahotsav held in
Assam
➢ Fort William renamed as Vijay Durg in
Indianisation effort

✓
✓ On February 24, 2025, ahead of the
✓
Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment Summit,
✓ Fort William, the Eastern Army
the world's largest Jhumur dance, also
headquarters in Kolkata, has been
known as Jhumor was held in Assam.
renamed Vijay Durg, along with other

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✓ With over 7,500 dancers, the event aims to ➢ The Rajasthan government has renamed
create a Guinness World Record and Prime the 132-year-old Foy Sagar lake in Ajmer
Minister Narendra Modi also attended it. as Varun Sagar
✓ The summit is a platform to showcase
Assam's rich traditions to a global
audience and attract investors.
✓ About Assam
✓ Formation – 26 January 1950
✓ Capital – Dispur
✓ Chief Minister – Himanta Biswa Sarma
✓
✓ Governor – Gulab Chand Kataria ✓ The Rajasthan government has renamed
the 132-year-old Foy Sagar lake in Ajmer

➢ Khajuraho Dance Festival sets Guinness as Varun Sagar, after the British engineer
who built the lake.
World Record with 24-hour dance
✓ Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev
Devnani said the name change signifies an
attempt to remove symbols of slavery and
promote national pride.

➢ Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0 took place in

Uttar Pradesh

✓
✓ A record number of 139 artists danced
continuously for 24 hours, 9 minutes and
26 seconds at the 51st Khajuraho Dance
Festival in Madhya Pradesh .
✓
✓ Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav ✓ The third edition of Kashi Tamil
inaugurated the programme by Sangamam, an initiative to promote
highlighting the spiritual essence of cultural and intellectual ties between Tamil
classical dance forms like Kathak, Nadu and Kashi, took place in Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh.
Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam
✓ Union Education Minister Dharmendra
and Odissi.
Pradhan, Union Minister of State for
✓ The Guinness Book of World Records team Information and Broadcasting Dr. L.
recognized this feat as a world record. Murugan and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the
prestigious cultural event.

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✓ Niger has become the first African country

International News to eliminate onchocerciasis (river

blindness), which has been recognised by
the World Health Organization (WHO).
➢ The 9th Asian Winter Games were held in
✓ Onchocerciasis is a parasitic disease
Harbin
spread by black flies, mainly affecting
rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa,
Yemen, and parts of Latin America.

➢ BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025 held in

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

✓
✓ The 9th edition of the Asian Winter Games
(AWG) 2025 took place in Harbin, capital of
Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
✓ Chinese President Xi Jinping officially
announced the opening of the Games in
✓
the presence of International Olympic
✓ The Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of
Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach
Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of
and other distinguished guests. The
Games took place until February 14. India, has organized the BIMSTEC Youth
✓ A record 34 countries and territories have Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 7 to
participated in these Games . A total of 88 11 February 2025.
members of the Indian contingent, ✓ Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
including 59 athletes and 29 team officials, formally inaugurated the event on 8
will participate in the event.
February 2025.

➢ Niger becomes first African country to

➢ Trump signs executive order banning
eliminate onchocerciasis
transgender athletes in women's sports

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✓ President Donald Trump has signed an ✓ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the
executive order aimed at prohibiting chief guest at the Mauritius National Day
transgender women and girls from celebrations.
competing in women's sports.
✓ Mauritius' National Day celebrations will be
✓ Trump signed the executive order titled
held on March 12.
"Keeping Men Away from Women's and
Girls' Sports" on National Sports Day, a ✓ Mauritius celebrates its National Day on
symbolic gesture of its intent. March 12 every year, which marks its
independence from British rule in 1968.
➢ New Consulate General of India in France ✓ The day also marks the transformation of
inaugurated the Republic of Mauritius into a
Commonwealth in 1992.

Science & Technology

✓ ➢ Indian Space Research Organisation

✓ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French launches latest edition of FEAST 2025 at
President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated
IIT Hyderabad
the new Consulate General of India in
Marseille, France on 12 February 2025.
✓ It is being seen as a significant step in
Indo-French ties which will strengthen
cultural, economic and people-to-people
ties.
✓ The embassy will provide services to the
Indian expatriate community settled in
southern France. ✓
✓ The Indian Space Research Organisation
➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the has launched the latest version of its Finite
chief guest at Mauritius' National Day Element Analysis of Structures (FEAST)
celebrations software, FEAST 2025, at the 8th National
Finite Element Developers/FEAST User
Conference (NAFED08) held at IIT
Hyderabad.
✓ The event was organised in collaboration
with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.

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➢ Musk's AI startup unveils Grok-3 chatbot ➢ Shikhar Dhawan appointed brand

ambassador of ICC Championship Trophy
2025

✓
✓ Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI
has introduced the latest version of its ✓
chatbot, Grok-3, as it seeks to compete ✓ The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
with Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, Microsoft- been appointed as the brand ambassador
backed OpenAI and Alphabet's Google. of the Champions Trophy 2025. Left-
handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan has
been named one of the four ambassadors
➢ Blue Origin's 10th crewed flight sends 6 for the event.
tourists into space ✓ The other three ambassadors for the event
are former Australia all-rounder Shane
Watson, New Zealand fast bowler Tim
Southee and former Champions Trophy
winning captain Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Books
✓
✓ Blue Origin's NS-30 mission launched six
➢ Amit Shah releases book "Indian
space tourists, including Indian-origin
Renaissance: Modi Decade"
Tushar Mehta, on February 25.
✓ The Perfect 10 mission marked the 10th
manned flight of the reusable New
Shepard spacecraft.
✓ The suborbital flight lasted 10 minutes, the
booster landed in Texas and the capsule
returned safely three minutes later. ✓
✓ Union Home Minister and Cooperation
Minister Amit Shah released the book

Brand ambassador "Indian Renaissance: Modi Dusse" in New

Delhi.

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✓ Shri Amit Shah said that the last 10 years of book titled The New Icon: Savarkar and the
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's tenure Facts.
have marked the end of an era and the ✓ This book critically examines the life and
beginning of a new era. legacy of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
✓ He emphasized that whenever India's
history is rewritten, even the staunchest
critics of Modi ji will accept these 10 years
Awards/Prize
in golden letters.

➢ Who honored Chaman Arora with Sahitya

➢ Amit Shah releases 'Indian Renaissance: Akademi Award 2024 in Dogri
The Modi Decade'

✓
✓
✓ The book 'Indian Renaissance: The Modi
✓ Chaman Arora has been posthumously
Decade', edited by Dr. Aishwarya Pandit,
awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024
was released by Amit Shah at NDMC
in Dogri for his book "Ik Hor Ashwatthama".
Convention Centre in New Delhi.
✓ The recognition was announced on
✓ This anthology, consisting of essays by 27
February 4, 2025, and is part of the
eminent authors, explores India's
prestigious Sahitya Akademi Awards that
transformation from 2014 to 2024.
honour significant contributions to Indian
✓
literature in various languages.
➢ The book "The New Icon: Savarkar and the
Facts" written by Arun Shourie
➢ Indian-American musician, Chandrika
Tandon honoured with the Grammy
Award 2025 for her album "Triveni"

✓
✓ Arun Shourie, a highly respected Indian
intellectual, has written a powerful new ✓

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✓ Indian-American musician, Chandrika ✓ Sachin Tendulkar will be honoured with the

Tandon was recently awarded the BCCI's CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
Grammy Award 2025 for her album Award at the annual function.
"Triveni". ✓ He is a recipient of Bharat Ratna, Padma
✓ The award was presented to him in the Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Maharashtra
Best New Age Album category. Bhushan, Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award.
✓
➢ Bhagyashree Patil awarded Vishalakshi ➢ Three doctors were awarded the National
Award 2025 Dhanvantari Ayurveda Award

✓ ✓
✓ Dr. Bhagyashree Patil, Pro-Vice-Chancellor ✓ The Ministry of AYUSH conferred the
of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, was honoured National Dhanvantari Ayurveda Award to
with the Vishalakshi Award 2025 for her three eminent physicians for their
transformative contribution to education .
exceptional contribution to traditional
✓ The award was presented by President
Indian medicine.
Droupadi Murmu at the International
Women's Conference 2025 organised by ✓ Award Winners: Vaidya Tara Chand
the Art of Living . Sharma, Vaidya Maya Ram
✓ Dr. Patil's work in the fields of education, ✓ Uniyal and Vaidya Sameer Govind
healthcare, and philanthropy has had a Jamadagni were given a citation, a statue
positive impact on the lives of countless of Lord Dhanvantari and Rs 5 lakh each.
people.
✓

➢ Sachin Tendulkar to be honoured with

BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award
Important Days

➢ February 1 – Indian Coast Guard Day

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✓ Indian Coast Guard Day is observed on ✓ World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed
February 1 every year. India is celebrating by the United Nations General Assembly
the 49th Indian Coast Guard Day this year. (UNGA) from February 1-7, and serves as a
✓ It is a day to celebrate the institution that global initiative to promote mutual
protects India's beaches and enforces law understanding, interfaith dialogue, and
in the country's maritime zones. cooperation among different religious
✓ The Indian Coast Guard Day was declared
communities.
by the Indian Parliament on August 18,
✓ It was launched in February 2011 to
1978.
✓ The Indian Coast Guard was formed on promote harmony among people of
February 1, 1977, to prevent smuggling of different faiths at a time when interfaith
goods by sea, hampering India's domestic conflict is affecting lives and livelihoods
economy. around the world.
✓ Theme 2025 – Uniting for Peace
➢ World Cancer Day is observed every year
on 4 February.
➢ February 11 - World Unani Day

✓
✓ World Cancer Day is observed annually on ✓
February 4 and in 2025 it falls on a ✓ World Unani Day is celebrated every year
Tuesday. on February 11 to commemorate the birth
✓ The day aims to raise awareness about anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, who was
cancer prevention, detection, and a prominent Unani physician and social
treatment globally.
reformer.
✓ Theme 2025 - Innovations in Unani
➢ February 1-7 – World Interfaith Harmony Medicine for Integrated Health Solutions -
Week Way Forward

➢ International Day to Prevent Violent

Extremism & Birth Anniversary of Sant
Guru Ravidas: 12 February
✓ International Day to Prevent Violent
Extremism
✓

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✓ He promoted the worship of the formless

God (Nirguna) and emphasized self-
knowledge.
✓ He founded the Ravidassia religion.

➢ February 13 - World Radio Day

✓
✓ February 12 is observed as the
International Day for the Prevention of
Violent Extremism Counter-Terrorism, as
designated by the United Nations General
Assembly through resolution 77/243.
✓ The day, first observed in 2016, promotes
✓
action against violent extremism following
✓ World Radio Day is celebrated every year
the action plan presented by UN
on 13 February.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
✓ Objective - To raise awareness of the
✓ Guru Ravidas Jayanti
importance of radio in maintaining
freedom of expression, cultural diversity
and access to information.
✓ Theme 2025 - Radio and Climate Change
✓ It was proclaimed by UNESCO in 2011 and
adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly in 2012 to recognise radio's role
in promoting dialogue, peace and cultural
✓ diversity.
✓ Guru Ravidas Jayanti is the birthday of
Guru Ravidas celebrated on the full moon
➢ February 13 – National Women's Day
day (Magh Purnima) in the month of
Magha. This year, Sant Ravidas Jayanti will
be celebrated on February 12, 2025 .
✓ Sant Guru Ravidas is also known as Raidas.
He was an Indian mystic poet-saint who
contributed during the 15th to 16th
centuries AD.
✓
✓ He was a prominent figure in the North
✓ National Women's Day in India is
Indian Bhakti movement.
celebrated annually on February 13 to
commemorate the birth anniversary of

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Sarojini Naidu, who was a renowned ➢ World Day of Social Justice: 20 February
political leader, poet and champion of
women's rights.
✓ Sarojini Naidu, known as the "Nightingale of
India", was born on this day in 1879.
✓ The day recognises the diverse struggles
and dreams of women, promoting gender
equality and leadership.
✓ In 1930, Naidu became the fourth president
of the All India Women's Conference
✓
(AIWC). ✓ The theme for 2025 is 'Empowering
✓ She was a strong supporter of women's Inclusion: Bridging the Social Justice Gap'.
right to vote, which was later incorporated ✓ The UNGA announced on November 26,
in the Constitution of India. 2007 that since 2009 it has been
celebrating the breaking down of social

➢ Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram barriers based on age, class, gender, race

Statehood Day: 20 February and disability.

✓ Its foundations were laid at the 1995
Copenhagen Summit, where leaders
adopted the Copenhagen Declaration and
the Programme of Action for Global
Development.

➢ International Mother Language Day: 21

February
✓
✓ Arunachal Pradesh, formerly known as the
North East Frontier Agency, became a
Union Territory in 1972 and attained full
statehood on February 20, 1987, under the
53rd Amendment of the Constitution of
India.
✓ Mizoram was earlier known as Lushai Hills
district of Assam, before that it was ✓
declared a Union Territory in 1972. ✓ The 25th anniversary marks efforts to
✓ It also got statehood along with Arunachal preserve linguistic diversity, cultural
Pradesh. heritage, and promote multilingual
education for inclusive societies.

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✓ First proclaimed by UNESCO and later ✓ The BDR Rebellion, also known as the
adopted by the United Nations, the day Pilkhana Tragedy or Pilkhana Massacre,
supports language preservation and the was an uprising that took place in Dhaka
Sustainable Development Goals. on February 25–26, 2009.
✓ The notification states that this day will be

➢ Central Excise Day celebrated in India on celebrated as Category C Day.

24 February
➢ Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's death
anniversary: 26 February

✓
✓ Central Excise Day is celebrated in India on
24 February every year .
✓ The objective is to recognise the ✓
contribution of the Central Excise ✓ Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 –
Department and make taxpayers aware of 26 February 1966) was an Indian
the tax system. revolutionary, freedom fighter, thinker,
✓ The day is observed on the anniversary of social reformer, historian, poet, eloquent
the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944. orator and visionary politician.
✓ Veer Savarkar founded the Abhinav Bharat

➢ Bangladesh declares February 25 as

Society in 1904 to achieve independence
through armed resistance .
military martyrdom day
✓ He reinterpreted the revolt of 1857 as a
unified struggle for independence and
popularised the concept of Hindutva.
✓ Savarkar promoted social reforms,
including opposition to untouchability and
advocating Hindi as the national language.
✓ Savarkar's poem gets first motivational
✓ song award
✓ The government has officially declared
✓ Freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar
February 25 as National Martyrs Forces
Savarkar's poem 'Anadi Me, Anant Me' will
Day, marking the tragic revolt of the
receive the first Chhatrapati Sambhaji
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in 2009.
Maharaj Rajya Prerna Geet Award.

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✓ The Maharashtra government instituted ✓ National Science Day is celebrated every

this award to honour the legacy of year on February 28 to commemorate the
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. birth anniversary of physicist C.V.
✓ The award carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh
Narasimha Rao. It is celebrated to
and a memento.
commemorate the discovery of the Raman
✓ This is the first year of the award and it will
be given every year. Effect by Dr. Raman in 1928.
✓ Since 1986, this day is celebrated across

➢ World Protein Day is observed on India to recognize scientific achievements

February 27 every year and encourage scientific awareness
among students and the public.
✓ The theme of National Science Day 2025 is
'Empowering Indian Youth for Global
Leadership in Science and Innovation for a
Developed India'.

✓
✓ World Protein Day is celebrated every year
to raise awareness among people about
Important Appointments
the importance of protein in nutrition.
✓ World Protein Day was initiated by the US ➢ Shaktikanta Das appointed as 'Principal
Soybean Export Council. Secretary-2' to PM Modi
✓ India celebrates National Protein Day on
February 27.
✓ It is celebrated to raise awareness about
the importance of macronutrients and the
consequences of its deficiency.
✓ India celebrated this day for the first time
in 2020 with a national level public health
✓
initiative "Right to Protein".
✓ Former Reserve Bank of India Governor
Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as
➢ February 28 – National Science Day Principal Secretary-II to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
✓ Shaktikanta Das, who was the Governor of
RBI for six years, stepped down in
December last year.
✓ Sanjay Malhotra takes charge as the 26th
Governor of the apex bank.

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➢ Rajesh Nirwan appointed as Director ➢ Citibank appoints K Balasubramanian as

General in BCAS India head

✓
✓ The Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal ✓
✓ Citibank appointed K Balasubramanian as
of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to appoint
India Subcontinent Deputy Cluster and
senior IPS officer of the Ministry of Civil
Banking Head, replacing Ashu Khulla.
Aviation Rajesh Nirwan as Director General
✓ Balasubramanian will report to Amol
of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
Gupte, head of Asia South and head of
(BCAS).
banking. Ashu Khullar will take over as co-
✓ Rajesh Nirwan, a 1992 batch Indian Police
head of global asset managers (GAM)
Service (IPS) officer of Rajasthan cadre,
along with Anthony Diamandakis.
brings with him vast experience and
expertise in his new role.
➢ Vivek Joshi takes over as Election
Commissioner
➢ Mrityunzai Srikantan appointed as
Deputy Secretary in the Department of
Expenditure

✓
✓ Former Haryana Chief Secretary Vivek
Joshi, a 1989 batch IAS officer, took over as
✓
✓ Recently, Mrityunzai Srikantan was Election Commissioner at the age of 58.
appointed as Deputy Secretary in the ✓ His term will be till February 18, 2031,
Department of Expenditure. according to election laws .
✓ He is a 2013 batch Indian Revenue Service ✓ An IIT-Roorkee alumnus, Joshi has served
(IRS) officer specialising in Customs and in key roles including Registrar General and
Indirect Taxes (C&IT) and his appointment Census Commissioner.
is for a period of four years.

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➢ Wipro appoints Amit Kumar as Managing ✓ Headquarters – Mumbai

Partner and Global Head of Consulting ✓ Chairman – Tuhin Kanta Pandey (replaces
Madhabi Puri Buch)
✓ Establishment of SEBI – Uday Kotak
Committee

➢ Charanjit Singh Nanda elected as ICAI

President for 2025-26 term

✓
✓ Amit Kumar has been appointed as
Managing Partner and Global Head of
Wipro Consulting.
✓ He will lead Wipro's AI-driven growth and
help clients drive business and technology
transformations.
✓
✓ Amit has over 24 years of experience in ✓ The world's largest accounting body the
various industries such as high-tech, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
energy, automotive, and retail. (ICAI) has got a new president in the form
of Charanjit Singh Nanda for the term
➢ Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey 2025-26.
appointed as new chairman of SEBI ✓ Nanda, who was till now the vice-president
of ICAI, was elected as the 73rd president
at the Central Council meeting in New
Delhi.

➢ Maimun Alam (IRS) appointed as Director

in Ministry of Steel

✓
✓ Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey has
been appointed as the new chairman of
the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) for a three-year term.
✓ About Securities and Exchange Board of
✓
India (SEBI)
✓ Establishment – 12 April 1988
✓ Act – 1992

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✓ Maimun Alam (IRS, 2007 batch) was

appointed as Director in the Ministry of
Steel under the Central Staffing Scheme. Rankings & Reports
✓ The Department of Revenue has
recommended him for central deputation. ➢ Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2024:
They will serve for five years or until further India Ranked 96th
orders.
✓ Specialisation in tax administration and
policymaking is expected to boost
strategic initiatives in the steel sector.

➢ Kash Patel sworn in as 9th FBI director

✓
✓ The CPI 2024 released by Transparency
International ranked 180 countries, with
Denmark being among the least corrupt
and South Sudan, Somalia, Venezuela, and
Syria among the most corrupt countries.
✓ ✓ The global average CPI score is 43, with
✓ Indian-origin Kash Patel was sworn in as
the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of India ranked 96th with a score of 38, down
Investigation (FBI), taking an oath on the from 39 in 2023.
holy Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita. ✓ India's ranking has fallen from 93rd in 2023
✓ Kash Patel is not the first Indian-American to 96th position in 2024.
to take the oath of office on Gita. Earlier, ✓ First: Denmark
Congress member Suhas Subramaniam
✓ Second: Finland
had also taken oath on the Gita.
✓ Third: Singapore
✓ About the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI)
✓ The FBI was founded on July 26, 1908, by ➢ Reliance, TCS among Hurun's top 10 most
United States Attorney General Charles
valued companies in India
Bonaparte, when Theodore Roosevelt was
president.
✓ The FBI is the investigative arm of the U.S.
Department of Justice.
✓ It is the main law enforcement agency of
the U.S. government and collects
intelligence about threats to U.S. national
security.
✓ Headquarters – Washington D.C. ✓

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✓ According to the 2024 Burgundy Private ✓ According to a report, India ranks third
Hurun India 500 list, Reliance Industries, globally in the USGBC's LEED Green Building
TCS, and HDFC Bank are among the top 10 Certification during 2024.
most valuable companies in India. ✓ India has retained its 3rd position in the
✓ The list, compiled by Axis Bank's banking US Green Building Council's (USGBC)
arm Burgundy Pvt Ltd and Hurun India, said annual list of top 10 countries and regions
the combined value of India's top 500 for LEED (Leadership in Energy and
companies is $3.8 trillion, which is more
Environmental Design) in 2024.
than India's own GDP and the combined
gross domestic product (GDP) of the UAE,
Indonesia and Spain. ➢ Mukesh Ambani tops list of Asia's 20
✓ Top 10 Companies in Hurun India 500 List richest families
Rank Company Name
1 Reliance Industries
Tata Consultancy
2
Services (TCS)
3 HDFC Bank
4 Bharti Airtel
5 ICICI Bank
✓
6 Infosys ✓ Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh
7 ITC Ambani has topped the Bloomberg list of
8 Larsen & Toubro Asia' s 20 richest families.
9 HCL Technologies ✓ Ambani, who took over the reins of
National Stock Exchange Reliance Industries in 2002 after the death
10
(NSE) of his father Dhirubhai Ambani, has
expanded the Mumbai-based group into a

➢ India ranks 3rd globally for LEED Green global powerhouse with interests in oil

Building Certification in 2024 refining, technology, retail, financial

services and green energy.

Schemes

➢ Madhya Pradesh government approves

Drone Promotion and Use Policy 2025
✓

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✓ Major programmes like "Nirbhaya Kadhi" in

Ganjam, "Mo Gelha Jiya" (My Beloved
Daughter), "Kalpana Avision" in Dhenkanal,
"Swarna Kalika" in Keonjhar and
"Veerangana Yojana" in Deogarh district
have been designed to empower
adolescent girls.
✓
✓ These initiatives are focused on preventing
✓ The Drone Promotion and Use Policy 2025
child marriage, combating sex selection
has been formulated to promote drone
and female foeticide, promoting higher
manufacturing, assembly and
education and building self-esteem and
maintenance in the state.
self-confidence through martial arts and
✓ The policy includes several incentives for
self-defence.
the drone sector. Under the scheme,
entrepreneurs setting up drone-
manufacturing units in the state will be
provided capital subsidy of up to 40 per ➢ Witness Protection Scheme launched in
cent (maximum Rs 30 crore). Haryana
✓ Customized incentives will be given to
units investing more than Rs 50 crore.

➢ Odisha govt launches several initiatives

to empower girls 'Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao'
✓
✓ Haryana has launched witness protection
scheme for cases involving death penalty,
life imprisonment or punishment of seven
years or more.
✓ The witnesses have been categorised into
three threat levels, including security
measures such as identity change, transfer
✓
and in-camera trial.
✓ The Odisha government has launched
✓ A district-level witness protection cell
several initiatives under the 'Beti Bachao
headed by police officers will oversee the
Beti Padhao' scheme, which aims to
implementation.
address the alarming gender imbalance
and declining child sex ratio in India.

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➢ Odisha State Government Launches employees who do not comply with the

'Swayam' Scheme directive.

✓ About Maharashtra
✓ Capital - Mumbai
✓ Chief Minister - Devendra Fadnavis (3rd
time)
✓ Deputy Chief Ministers - Eknath Sindhe and
Ajit Pawar
✓ Governor – C. P. Radhakrishnan
✓
✓ The Odisha state government has decided ✓ Assembly Speaker - Rahul Narvekar

to provide interest-free loans of up to Rs 1 ✓ Assembly seats - 288

lakh to the youth of the state under the

new government scheme 'Swayam'. ➢ India's first White Tiger breeding centre
✓ The entire expenditure under this scheme approved in Madhya Pradesh
will be borne by the state government.
Under this scheme, the youth of the state
between 18-35 years will be eligible.
✓ Under this, Rs 672 crore will be spent in 2
years.

➢ Maharashtra makes Marathi mandatory ✓

for all official communication ✓ India's first white tiger breeding centre has
been officially approved by the Central Zoo
Authority (CZA) and will be set up in the
Govindgarh area of Rewa district of
Madhya Pradesh.
✓ The objective of this important initiative is
to conserve and breed white tigers, a rare
species of Bengal tiger.
✓
✓ The Maharashtra government has made it
mandatory for all officials in government
and semi-government offices to speak
Economics
only in Marathi.
✓ The Planning Department has issued a ➢ CBDT introduces self-help tool to respond
notification warning that disciplinary instantly about Income Tax Bill 2025

action will be taken against those

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✓
✓ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon
✓
✓ The Income Tax Department has issue Rs 50 denomination banknotes
introduced an online self-help tool to assist bearing the signature of Governor Sanjay
taxpayers in understanding the proposed Malhotra.
changes in the Income Tax Bill 2025. ✓ Malhotra will replace Shaktikanta Das in
✓ The tool, available on the official website of December 2024, who stepped down after
the Income Tax Department, allows the completion of his extended term.
taxpayers to compare the provisions of the ✓ The design of these notes is similar in all
new bill with the provisions of the Income respects to Rs 50 banknotes in Mahatma
Tax Act, 1961. Gandhi (new) series. All the Rs 50
banknotes issued by the Reserve Bank in
the past will continue to be legal tender.
➢ RBI cuts repo rate to 6.25%
➢ India's GDP growth to slow to 6.4% in 2025:
Moody's Analytics

✓
✓ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on
February 7 cut the repo rate by 25 basis
points (0.25%) to 6.25%. This will make ✓
home, auto and personal loans cheaper ✓ According to Moody's Analytics, India's
and provide relief in EMIs. growth rate is projected to slow from 6.6%
✓ If inflation remains under control, further in 2024 to 6.4% in 2025 due to new US tariffs
cuts are possible, which may make and weak global demand impacting
borrowing cheaper. exports.
✓ The report highlights the widespread

➢ RBI to issue Rs 50 banknotes bearing the

slowdown in the Asia-Pacific region, with
China's GDP growth also declining.
signature of new Governor Malhotra

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➢ Veteran Telugu actress C Krishnaveni

Death passes away

➢ Renowned sculptor Latika Katt passes

away

✓
✓ Veteran Telugu actress and producer C
Krishnaveni passed away at the age of

✓ 102.
✓ Latika Katt, one of India's most prolific and ✓ Krishnaveni was born on December 24,
renowned sculptors, passed away at the 1924 at Pangadi in West Godavari district of
age of 76. Andhra Pradesh. She started her journey as
a drama artist before venturing into films,
✓ In his five-decade career, he worked with
she made her debut as a child artist in Sati
various mediums including terracotta,
Anasuya (1936).
paper-mâché, stone, and bronze and
earned numerous national and
➢ Odissi dancer Mayadhar Raut passes
international awards for his contributions away at 92
to art.

➢ Former Chief Election Commissioner

Navin Chawla passes away

✓
✓ Renowned Odissi dancer Mayadhar Raut
passed away at the age of 92.
✓ Guruji was born on July 6, 1930 in
Kantapanahara village of Cuttack district.
✓
✓ Mayadhar Raut was honoured with several
✓ Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
awards such as Padma Shri (2010),
Navin Chawla, who was recommended to
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1985),
be removed from the Election Commission
Sahitya Kala Parishad Award (1984) and
in 2009 over allegations of bias, passed
Odissi Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
away at the age of 79.
(1977).

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(TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs,

was inaugurated by the Hon'ble President
Other Important News of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Major
Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi
➢ Maharashtra to set up country's first today.
Artificial Intelligence University ✓ The key features of Aadi Mahotsav 2025
are:
✓ 600+ tribal artisans from 30+ States and
Union Territories.
✓ Captivating tribal dance performance by
500 artists.
✓ 25 tribal food stalls offering indigenous
cuisine of different regions.
✓
✓ Maharashtra will set up the country's first ➢ Conservationist Purnima Devi Burman has
Artificial Intelligence (AI) university and a been named in Time's Women of the Year
task force has been formed for planning list
and implementation of the project.
✓ The task force comprises experts from
academia, industry and government. The
task force will be headed by the Principal
Secretary, Department of Information
Technology.
✓ The university will promote research and
development in AI and related areas and
will be a centre of excellence, encouraging ✓
collaboration between industry, academia ✓ Renowned biologist and wildlife
and government. conservationist Purnima Devi Burman has
been included in Time magazine's list of
➢ President of India inaugurates Aadi the best women of the year 2025.
Mahotsava-2025 ✓ Berman has been selected as a
conservationist for saving one of the world's
most endangered storks.
✓ The 45-year-old conservationist is the only
Indian woman to feature in this year's list,
which honours "exceptional leaders"
working towards a better, more equal
✓ world, along with 12 other global honours.
✓ Aadi Mahotsav-2025, a flagship initiative of
the Tribal Co-operative Marketing
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6. Which company is developing India's first

Practice Questions
'Drone City' in Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Adani Aerospace
1. Which major tax reform was introduced in the (b) Garuda Aerospace
Union Budget 2025 with respect to income tax (c) Reliance Aerospace
slabs? (d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(a) Increase in tax rates for higher income 7. Who released the book "Indian Renaissance:
group Modi Decade" in New Delhi?
(b) Zero income tax on annual income up to ₹ (a) PM Modi
12 lakh under the new tax regime (b) Amit Shah
(c) Introduction of property tax (c) President Droupadi Murmu
(d) More discounts for senior citizens (d) Rahul Gandhi
2. Which board was set up to promote the 8. Latika Katt passed away recently at the age of
cultivation of Makhana in Bihar under the 76. Latika Katt is remembered for her
budget initiative? contribution to which art form?
(a) Agricultural Development Board (a) Literature (b) Sculpture
(b) Makhana Board (c) Dance (d) Music
(c) Bihar Crop Improvement Board 9. Who inaugurated the 10th Sci-Fi Science Film
(d) Fisheries and Aquaculture Board Festival of India?
3. Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana (a) Narendra Modi
will benefit 1.7 crore farmers (b) Amit Shah
(a) 1.3 crore (b) 1.5 crore (c) Manohar Parrikar
(c) 1.7 crore (d) 2.3 crore (d) Pramod Sawant
4. Which travel firm has partnered with the 10. Who is the chairman of the three-member
Central Government for accommodation, judicial committee constituted by the Uttar
catering and transportation services for the Pradesh government to probe the
National Games of India 2025? Mahakumbh stampede?
(a) MakeMyTrip (a) Justice (Retd.) Harsh Kumar
(b) Travel (b) Justice (Retd.) D.K. Singh
(c) Thomas Cook (India) (c) Justice (Retd.) V. K. Gupta
(d) Cleartrip (d) Justice (Retd.) Rajesh Verma
5. What is the maximum percentage increase in 11. What is the total budget allocation for Indian
health insurance premium per year without Railways for FY 2025-26?
prior approval for policyholders aged 60 years (a) ₹ 2.52 lakh crore
and above? (b) ₹2.45 lakh crore
(a) 5% (b) 8% (c) ₹2.65 lakh crore
(c) 10% (d) 12% (d) ₹2.09 lakh crore

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12. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Award was instituted in honour of which
the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by legendary cricketer?
the Government of India for Power Distribution (a) Kapil Dev
Utilities? (b) Col. C.K. Nayudu
(a) Raj Kumar Singh (c) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Piyush Goyal (d) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
(c) Shripad Yesso Naik 18. Indian Coast Guard Day is observed annually
(d) Nitin Gadkari on 1 February. In which year was the Indian
13. Who has been appointed as the Director Coast Guard officially formed?
General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (a) 1975 (b) 1976
(BCAS)? (c) 1977 (d) 1978
(a) Rakesh Asthana 19. Who won the Tata Steel Masters 2025 title by
(b) Rajesh Nirwan defeating R. Praggnanandhaa?
(c) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal (a) Magnus Carlsen
(d) Arvind Kumar (b) Levon Aronian
14. Which became the first Indian company to (c) D. Gukesh
develop pipes for hydrogen transport? (d) Viswanathan Anand
(a) Reliance Industries 20. Which female astronaut set a new record by
(b) Tata Steel doing a total of 62 hours and 6 minutes of
(c) JSW Steel spacewalking in space?
(d) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) (a) Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan
15. What is the name of the application launched (b) Sunita Williams
by the Ministry of Railways, which is a one- (c) Nancy J. Kurri
stop solution that provides a number of (d) Sally Ride
public-facing services? 21. When is World Cancer Day observed annually?
(a) RailConnect (b) RailGuru (a) 2 February (b) 3 February
(c) SwaRail (d) TrainTracker (c) 4 February (d) 5 February
16. According to the Economic Survey, real GDP 22. How many athletes are included in the Indian
growth in 2026 is estimated to be between contingent for the 2025 Asian Winter Games?
which of the following ranges? (a) 59 athletes (b) 50 athletes
(a) 5.5% to 6.0% (b) 6.0% to 6.5% (c) 65 Athletes (d) 75 athletes
(c) 6.3% to 6.8% (d) 5.0% to 5.5% 23. Niger has become the first African country to
17. Legendary former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar have curtailed onchocerciasis by the World
was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Health Organization (WHO). What is another
Award at the BCCI's annual function in name for onchocerciasis?
Mumbai. The BCCI Lifetime Achievement (a) Sleeping sickness (b) River blindness
(c) Yellow fever (d) Dengue fever

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24. S. Bindyarani Devi set a national record in 32. The Maharashtra government has made it
snatch and won which medal in the women's mandatory for all officials in government and
55 kg category at the National Games? semi-government offices to speak which
(a) gold (b) silver language?
(c) bell-metal (d) None of these. (a) Hindi (b) Marathi
25. What is the fiscal deficit target for India in the (c) English (d) Gujarati
Union Budget 2025-26? 33. India's first White Tiger Breeding Centre has
(a) 5.2% of GDP (b) 4.8% of GDP recently been approved in which state?
(c) 4.4% of GDP (d) 4.2% of GDP (a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh
26. How much has been allocated for the (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan
Samudrayaan project under India's Deep 34. What is the main objective of 'Gyan Bharatam
Ocean Mission in Budget 2025? Mission'?
(a) ₹500 crore (b) ₹ 600 crore (a) Promotion of digital education in India
(c) ₹700 crore (d) ₹550 crore (b) Conservation and documentation of one
27. Which edition of the 'Ekuverin' military crore manuscripts
exercise is being held in February 2025? (c) Establishment of a new university
(a) 10th (b) 11th (d) Restoration of ancient temples
(c) 12th (d) 13th 35. The "From Chandrayaan to Elections" initiative
28. Which team won the 6th Men's Hockey India has been launched by?
League 2024-25 title? (a) ISRO
(a) Odisha Warriors (b) Hyderabad Storms (b) Election Commission of India
(c) Bengal Tigers (d) Surma Hockey Club (c) NITI Aayog
29. Navin Chawla passed away recently at the (d) National Space Research Centre
age of 79. Who was Navin Chawla? 36. Recently which new visa category has been
(a) Former RBI Governor launched by the Government of India for
(b) Former Chief Election Commissioner foreign nationals?
(c) Former Home Minister (a) 'Visa-on-arrival'
(d) Former Chief Justice of India (b) 'Bharat Darshan' visa
30. Which state of India will set up the first (c) 'Pride of India' visa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) university? (d) 'AYUSH' Visa
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra 37. Who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi
(a) Karnataka (d) Gujarat Award 2024 in Dogri recently?
31. When is World Interfaith Harmony Week (a) Chaman Arora (b) Rajendra Yadav
observed? (c) Abhinav Mukund (d) Rajan Anand
(a) February 2 – 7 (b) February 1 – 7 38. Who was recently inducted into the Australian
(c) February 1 – 8 (d) February 2 – 8 Cricket Hall of Fame?
(a) Michael Bevan (b) PatCummins

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(c) David Warner (d) Virat Kohli 46. Amit Shah has released a book titled 'Indian
39. Which Indian-American musician was Renaissance: The Modi Decade'.
recently awarded the Grammy Award 2025? (a) M Nagesh Kumar
(a) Chandrika Tandon (b) Priti Patel (b) Dr. Aishwarya Pandit
(c) Anwar Ali (d) Ajay Bajaj (c) Tim Walker
40. Which initiative has been launched by the (d) Dr. R. Balasubramanian
Government of India recently to improve the 47. How much fund has been allocated for
Haj pilgrimage experience? 'Nuclear Power Mission' in Budget 2025?
(a) Haj Sahayata Portal (a) ₹20,000 Crore (b) ₹15,000 Crore
(b) Haj Suvidha App (c) ₹30,000 Crore (d) ₹25,000 Crore
(c) Pilgrim Assistance App 48. The government will launch a revamped
(d) Haj Connect Service version of its regional connectivity scheme,
41. The Indian Army has renamed Eastern UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik). How many
Command's headquarters Fort William as Fort new destinations will the UDAN scheme add in
William. the next 10 years?
(a) 'India' fort (b) 'unconquerable' fort (a) 100 (b) 120
(c) 'fearlessne' fort (d) 'conquest' fort (c) 150 (d) 200
42. Which men's Kabaddi team won the title in the 49. President Donald Trump withdrew the US from
38th National Games? which United Nations organization through an
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh executive order in February 2025?
(c) Chandigarh (d) unequal (a) UNESCO (b) UNICEF
43. Which medal has been won by Neeraj Kumar (c) UNHRC (d) UNDP
in the 38th National Games ? 50. Which country has become the first country to
(a) gold (b) silver introduce legislation against AI devices used
(c) bell-metal (d) None of these. to create sexual images of children?
44. Where did the Indian Space Research (a) United States (b) Canada
Organisation launch the latest edition of (c) United Kingdom (d) Australia
FEAST 2025? 51. Recently RBI has cut the repo rate to how
(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Hyderabad much?
(c) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (a) 6.00% (b) 6.25%
(d) ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru (c) 6.50% (d) 6.75%
45. Who has been sworn in as the new Prime 52. Two-time Grand Slam champion and former
Minister of Belgium? world No. 1 Simona Halep has retired from
(a) Charles Michel tennis. In which year did Simona Halep win her
(b) Alexandre de Creu first Grand Slam title?
(c) Bart de Weaver (a) 2017 (b) 2016
(d) Elio di Rupo (c) 2019 (d) 2018

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53. In February 2025, who has been appointed as (a) Greater Noida (b) Lucknow
the India Sub-Cluster and Banking Head of (c) Kanpur (d) Ahmedabad
Citibank? 59. Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases rise in
(a) Amol Gupte Maharashtra. Which statement is correct
(b) Ashu Khullar about Guillain Barren syndrome?
(c) Anthony Diamandakis 1. It is a rare neurological disorder in which the
(d) K. Balasubramanian body's immune system attacks the peripheral
54. India's Zepto has become the world's second- nervous system.
most downloaded mobile app in the food and 2. The main symptoms of GBS include sudden
beverage category in 2024. What was the weakness in the arm or leg, paralysis, and
most downloaded mobile app in the food and difficulty walking.
beverage category in 2024? Choose the correct code:
(a) Swiggy (b) Zomato (a) only 1 (b) only 2
(c) Dunzo (d) McDonald's (c) 1 and 2 (d) None of these.
55. Where has the Bochasanwasi Akshar 60. Which Australian player has announced his
Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) retirement from ODI cricket?
inaugurated the largest Hindu temple in South (a) Cameron Green (b) Travis Head
Africa? (c) Pat Cummins (d) Marcus Stoinis
(a) Cape Town (b) Durban 61. Which state's Chief Minister has resigned
(c) Johannesburg (d) Pretoria ahead of the no-confidence motion?
56. The Uttar Pradesh government approved the (a) Nagpur (b) Manipur
new excise policy for 2025-26. Which of the (c) Jharkhand (d) Kerala
following statements is correct about it? 62. Maimun Alam (IRS) has been appointed as
1. All liquor shops in the state will be managed Director in which ministry?
through e-lottery system. (a) Ministry of Industry
2. "Composite shops" are one of the main (b) National Disaster Management Authority
features of this policy, where beer, wine and (c) Ministry of Jal Shakti
wine will be sold from the same counter. (d) Ministry of Steel
Choose the correct code: 63. The government will develop how many
(a) only 1 (b) only 2 centres to train 'good drivers' and reduce
(c) 1 and 2 (d) None of these. accidents?
57. The government signed a contract worth more (a) 1,200 (b) 1,400
than that for the Pinaka rocket system. (c) 1,600 (d) 1,800
(a) 20,000 crore (b) 30,000 crore 64. The Madhya Pradesh government approved
(c) 5,000 crore (d) 10,000 crore the Drone Promotion and Utility Policy 2025 .
58. The NSDC International Academy has been Which of the following statements is correct
inaugurated in _____. about it?

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1. Customized incentives will be given to units (a) Israel (b) Britain

investing more than Rs 50 crore. (c) USA (d) Russia
2. Entrepreneurs setting up drone 71. India recently conducted the military exercise
manufacturing units in the state will be 'Cyclone' with which country?
provided capital subsidy of up to 40 percent (a) Sri Lanka (b) Vietnam
(maximum Rs 30 crore). (c) Singapore (d) Egypt
Choose the correct code: 72. Sarita is in Bangkok. Nur Syeda Aleem beats
(a) only 1 (b) only 2 Pur's Noor Syeda Aleem in Women's
(c) 1 and 2 (d) None of these. Compound Open which one Medal Won Have?
65. Who has won the gold medal in the women's (a) gold (b) silver
75 kg category in the 38th National Games? (c) bell-metal (d) no one
(a) Jamuna Boro 73. Trump has declared which day as 'US Gulf
(b) Kavita Chahal Day'?
(c) Lovlina Borgohain (a) 8 February (b) 9 February
(d) None of the above (c) 10 February (d) 11 February
66. What is the new name of Zomato's parent 74. Which state government has launched Maitri
company? 2.0 portal to make the investment process
(a) Infinity Ltd (b) Everlasting Ltd hassle-free and without administrative and
(c) Eternal Ltd (d) Zomato Group procedural delays?
67. What is the rank of India in the USGBC's LEED (a) Gujarat (b) Punjab
Green Building Certification list for 2024? (c) Haryana (d) Maharashtra
(a) first (b) second 75. The Department for Promotion of Industry and
(c) third (d) fourth Internal Trade has signed an agreement with
68. Which city is hosting the BIMSTEC Youth whom for logistics and infrastructure
Summit 2025 from 7th to 11th February 2025 in development?
Gandhinagar, Gujarat? (a) Word Bank (b) IMF
(ANew Delhi (bMumbai (c) Korea Transport Institute
(CGandhinagar (DVaranasi (d) IIT Delhi
69. In February 2025, which state government has 76. Real Madrid Marcelo has announced his
launched a series of initiatives under the 'Beti retirement at the age of 36. Which country has
Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme, which aims to Marcelo represented in international football?
address the alarming gender imbalance and (a) Argentina (b) Spain
declining child sex ratio in India? (c) Portugal (d) Brazil
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu 77. In February 2025, the President of the USA,
(c) Odisha (d) Andhra Pradesh Donald Trump , has signed an executive order
70. Who has recently tested the laser weapon aimed at restricting _____.
'Helios'? (a) College Scholarships for Women Athletes

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(b) Transgender women and girls competing in Bengaluru. What is the theme of the Aero India
women's sports Show 2025?
(c) Funding for women's sports (a) Innovations for Defence
(d) Women participating in men's sports (b) Runway for a billion opportunities
78. Where is the 9th edition of Asian Winter Games (c) Future of Aerospace
(AWG) 2025 being held? (d) Global Defence Partnership
(a) Beijing (b) Harbin 84. Which state government has entered into a
(c) Shanghai (d) Tokyo strategic partnership with AIIMS Delhi for
79. How much amount has been approved by the regular assistance?
Central Government for the Skill India (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh
programme from 2022-23 to 2025-26? (a) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
(a) Rs. 6,000 crore (b) Rs. 7,500 crore 85. Which state will host the world's largest
(c) Rs. 8,000 crore (d) Rs. 8,800 crore Jhumur dance on February 24, 2025?
80. Which city will host the First World Audio (a) West Bengal (b) Assam
Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES) from (c) Tripura (d) Manipur
May 1 to 4, 2025? 86. In which district of Jammu and Kashmir, the
(a) New Delhi (b) Bengaluru Pir Panjal Winter Festival has begun?
(c) Mumbai (d) Chennai (a) Baramulla (b) Srinagar
81. World Unani Day is celebrated every year on (c) Tail (d) Anantnag
February 11 to commemorate the birth 87. Who has become the second oldest cricketer
anniversary of Hakim Ajmal Khan, who was a to make ODI debut for India?
prominent Unani physician and social (a) Ravindra Jadeja
reformer. What is the theme of World Unani (b) Varun Chakravarthy
Day 2025? (c) Farokh Engineer
(a) Innovations in Unani Medicine for Integrated (d) Washington Sundar
Health Solutions 88. Which Tamil film has won the Network for the
(b) Traditional medicine practices Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award at
(c) Preventive care through Unani the International Film Festival of Rotterdam
(d) Holistic well-being through ancient wisdom (IFFR) 2025?
82. What is the name of the joint training exercise (a) Super Deluxe (b) Asuran
conducted by the Indian Army and the Indian (c) Bad Girl (d) Jai Bhim
Air Force in February 2025? 89. Who will replace Pekka Lundmark as CEO of
(a) Ex-Desert Strike (b) EX-Winged Raiders Nokia?
(c) Ex Mountain Eagle (d) Ex Iron Fist (a) Justin Trudeau (b) Justin Hotard
83. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has (c) Sundar Pichai (d) Satya Nadella
inaugurated Asia's largest Aero India show in 90. Who has won the singles title in the 2025
Mumbai Open tennis tournament?

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(a) Maiya Rajeswaran Revathi (d) Tamil Literature

(b) Mananchaya Sawangkau 98. Which amendment has been made in the
(c) Rebecca Marino Customs Act by the Finance Minister of India
(d) Jill Teckman Nirmala Sitharaman in February 2025?
91. When is the International Day against Violent (a) Reduction in import duty on rice
Extremism observed annually? (b) Introduction of HS code for GI-recognized
(a) 12 February (b) 13 February rice
(c) 14 February (d) 15 February (c) Increase in export duty on rice
92. Which state will host the 39th edition of the (d) Tax exemption for rice exports
National Games in 2027? 99. Who won the men's singles title of Chennai
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Assam Open 2025 recently ?
(c) Meghalaya (d) Manipur (a) Rohan Bopanna (b) Carrion Jacquet
93. Where will the Olympic Esports Games 2027 be (c) Elias Yamer (c) None of these
held? 100. What is the new name of the HJT-36 jet
(a) Tokyo (b) Ottawa training aircraft of Hindustan Aeronautics
(c) Riyadh (d) Berlin Limited (HAL)?
94. What is India's rank in the Corruption (a) Power (b) Sun
Perception Index (CPI) 2024? (c) Dhanush (d) Yashas
(a) 86th (b) 92nd 101. World Radio Day is celebrated every year on 13
(c) 96th (d) 102nd February. What is the theme of World Radio
95. The Comprehensive Devolution Index report Day 2025?
will be released on February 13, 2025 by whom? (a) Radio and Peace
(a) Narendra Singh Tomar (b) Radio for all
(b) Amit Shah (c) Radio and Climate Change
(c) Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel (d) Digital radio transformation
(d) Nitin Gadkari 102. SEBI has recently launched which new digital
96. Who recently won the National Snooker platform?
Championship title? (a) 'Mitra' (b) 'vigilant'
(a) Brijesh Damani (b) Pankaj Advani (c) 'capable' (d) 'interesting'
(c) Rahul Banerjee (c) None of these 103. Recently the name of Foy Sagar Lake has been
97. The third edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam changed, this lake is in which state?
will be held from February 15. What is the (a) unequal (b) Rajasthan
theme of the third edition of Kashi Tamil (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Hp
Sangamam? 104. In which country was the new consulate of
(a) Ancient Temples of Tamil Nadu India inaugurated recently?
(b) Bhakti Movement (a) France (b) Germany
(c) Sage Agasthiyar (c) Argentina (d) Brazil

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105. Where was the 2nd India-France AI Policy 111. Recently 'Kazi Nemu' has been recognized as
Roundtable held? the state fruit of which state?
(a) New Delhi (b) Bengaluru (a) unequal (b) the abode of clouds
(c) Paris (d) Mumbai (c) Nagaland (d) Arunachal Pradesh
106. Who chaired the meeting of the 112. India is going to set up a new naval base on
Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the which islands?
Ministry of Home Affairs on 'Cyber Security (a) Minicoy (b) Agatti
and Cyber Crime'? (c) A and b both (d) None of these
(a) Nityanand Rai (b) Narendra Modi 113. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon
(c) Amit Shah (d) Rajnath Singh issue _________ denomination banknotes
107. Which organization has recently launched a bearing the signature of Governor Sanjay
seven-year climate adaptation and resilience Malhotra.
project in Somalia? (a) Rs 10 (b) Rs 20
(a) World Food Programme (WFP) (c) Rs 50 (d) Rs 100
(b) United Nations Development Programme 114. National Women's Day is celebrated every
(UNDP) year on 13 February in India. Whose birth
(c) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) anniversary is celebrated on National
(d) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Women's Day in India?
108. Where was the 14th Asian Fisheries and (a) Indira Gandhi (b) Sarojini Naidu
Aquaculture Forum (14AFAF) held? (c) Rani Lakshmibai (d) Kalpana Chawla
(a) Kuala Lumpur (b) Mangalore 115. In February 2025, which two companies have
(c) Kochi (d) New Delhi signed MoU to develop future-ready maritime
109. Who has been elected as the President of the infrastructure?
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (a) ONGC and Indian Oil Corporation
(ICAI) for the year 2025-26? (b) BPCL and SCI
(a) Rakesh Sehgal (c) Reliance and Adani Ports
(b) Charunjot Singh Nanda (d) Indian Oil and GAIL
(c) Atul Kumar Gupta 116. Who has topped Bloomberg's list of Asia's 20
(d) Aniket Talati richest families?
110. Who among the following is not the (a) Adani Family (b) Ambani Family
ambassador of the ICC Championship Trophy (c) Kwok Family (d) The Lee Family
2025? 117. Which state government has recently
(a) Shikhar Dhawan launched the 'Swayam' scheme?
(b) Shane Watson (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan
(c) Tim Southee (c) Punjab (d) Odisha
(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 118. Who won the ICC Men's Player of the Month
award for the month of January?

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(a) Ollie Pope (b) Shamar Joseph 125. Who is the author of the book titled "The New
(c) Josh Hazlewood (d) Jasprit Bumrah Icon: Savarkar and the Facts"?
119. United World Wrestling has recently revoked (a) Ramachandra Guha
the suspension of which country's wrestling (b) Arun Shourie
federation? (c) Nandan Nilekani
(a) India (b) Pakistan (d) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Malaysia 126. Who has been appointed as the captain of
120. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the
sign an agreement with whom for better 2025 IPL season?
disaster management? (a) Virat Kohli (b) Faf du Plessis
(a) IIT Roorkee (b) IIT Delhi (c) Rajat Patidar (d) Glenn Maxwell
(c) IIT Mumbai (d) IIT Varanasi 127. Who presided over the 12th All India Pension
121. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted a Court in New Delhi?
31-member select committee to examine the (a) Nirmala Sitharaman
new Income Tax Bill. Who is the head of the (b) Amit Shah
selection committee that scrutinizes the new (c) Dr. Jitendra Singh
Income Tax Bill? (d) Piyush Goyal
(a) Nirmala Sitharaman 128. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
(b) Piyush Goyal announced the prize money for the 2025
(c) Amit Shah Champions Trophy that begins in Pakistan
(d) Baijayant Panda from February 19. How much prize money will
122.Where is the 3rd edition of Kashi Tamil the winning team get in the 2025 ICC
Sangamam being held? Champions Trophy?
(a) Chennai (b) Madurai (a) 1.5 Million USD (b) 2.24 Million USD
(c) Varanasi (d) Coimbatore (c) 3.34 Million USD (d) 4.5 Million USD
123. Which Indian defence manufacturer has 129. Which company has won the Forward Faster
partnered with Saab for Electronic Warfare Sustainability Award 2025 in the Water
Laser Warning System-310 (LWS-310)? Resilience category?
(a) Bharat Electronics Limited (a) Tata Power (b) Adani Power
(b) Larsen & Toubro (c) NHPC Ltd. (d) NTPC Ltd.
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 130. The third season of the Women's Premier
(d) Tata Advanced Systems League (WPL) 2025 has begun, with five teams
124. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has competing in four Indian cities. Which two
partnered with which company for IT new cities have been added for WPL 2025?
transformation? (a) Kolkata and Chennai
(a) UPM (b) Nokia (b) Hyderabad and Pune
(c) Ericsson (d) Wärtsilä (c) Vadodara and Lucknow

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(d) Ahmedabad and Jaipur 138. Who inaugurated India's first "open-air art
131. Which company topped the 2024 Burgundy wall museum" at Mausam Bhawan, New
Private Hurun India 500 list? Delhi?
(a) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (a) Narendra Modi (b) Amit Shah
(b) HDFC Bank (c) Jitendra Singh (d) Rajnath Singh
(c) Reliance Industries 139. Jacob Kiplimo has made history in the run
(d) Infosys half-marathon. He has become the first
132. The Karuna Arogya Suraksha Vidhi (KASAP) person to complete the race in under 57
scheme, which was in news recently, is related minutes. Which country does Jacob Kiplimo
to which state? represent?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (a) Kenya (b) Ethiopia
(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh (c) Uganda (d) Tanzania
133. The Pradhan Mantri Yoga Awards 2025 is 140. Who has been appointed as the CEO of
being organized by which ministry? Standard Chartered India?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs (a) Aditya Puri
(b) Ministry of External Affairs (b) Shaktikanta Das
(c) Ministry of Ayush (c) Prabdev Singh
(d) Ministry of Panchayati Raj (d) Arundhati Bhattacharya
134. Who inaugurated the 'Aadi Mahotsav 2025' in 141. Which organisation signed MoU with IIIT
New Delhi? Dharwad for collaborative research and skill
(a) Draupadi Murmu (b) Narendra Modi development?
(c) Rajnath Singh (d) Amit Shah (a) DRDO
135. Reliance Jio has recently introduced Geotele (b) ISRO
OS. What is the primary purpose of Geotele OS? (a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
(a) Enhancing mobile phone security (d) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
(b) To provide an affordable Smart TV 142. The Centre has approved the continuation of
operating system the PM-ASHA scheme till which year?
(c) Launching a new range of Jio smartphones (a) 2023-24 (b) 2024-25
(d) Developing Jio's broadband services (c) 2025-26 (d) 2026-27
136. Who has won the BBC Sportswoman of the 143. Veteran Telugu actress and producer C
Year Award 2024? Krishnaveni passed away at the age of 102.
(a) Aditi Ashok (b) Avani Lekhara Which prestigious award did C. Krishnaveni
(c) Smriti Mandhana (d) Manu Bhaker receive in 2004?
137.What is the name of the latest AI chatbot (a) Nandi Award
introduced by Elon Musk's xAI (b) Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(a) Grok-1 (b) Grok-2 (c) Padma Shri
(c) Grok-3 (d) Grok-4 (d) Raghupathi Venkaiah Award

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144. Who has been appointed as MD & CEO of SBI (a) Narendra Modi
Cards? (b) Amit Shah
(a) Arundhati Bhattacharya (c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
(b) Salila Pandey (d) Nirmala Sitharaman
(c) Dinesh Kumar Khara 151. Consider the following statements regarding
(d) Rajnish Kumar the 38th National Games 2025:
145. Who has been appointed as Managing 1. The event concluded with a grand ceremony
Partner and Global Head of Wipro Consulting? in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
(a) Rajesh Gopinathan (b) Nandan Nilekani 2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief
(c) Amit Kumar (d) Parul Tyagi Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami attended the
146. On which river did Union Minister Sarbananda closing ceremony.
Sonowal recently inaugurate the Inland 3. Maharashtra secured the first position in the
Waterways Terminal? overall medal tally.
(a) Yamuna (b) Kaveri Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(c) The river Ganga or Gange (a) only 1 (b) only 2
(d) Brahmaputra (c) only 1 and 2 (d) only 2 and 3
147. Which company has introduced AI-powered 152. Who inaugurated the National Geospatial
platform Nugget to help businesses grow? Knowledge-Based Land Survey (MAP) of Urban
(a) Swiggy (b) Uber Eats Habitats?
(c) Zomato (d) Amazon (a) Narendra Modi
148. Where was India's first vertical bi-facial solar (b) Amit Shah
plant installed? (c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
(a) Rajiv Chowk Metro Station (d) Rajnath Singh
(b) Okhla Vihar Metro Station 153. Which edition of the Dharma Guardian
(c) Kashmere Gate Metro Station exercise between India and Japan Ground Self
(d) Central Secretariat Metro Station Defence Force (JGSDF) will be held at Mount
149. What is the name of Kerala government's Fuji from February 25 to March 9?
initiative to collect and dispose of expired and (a) 6th (b) 7th
unused medicines? (c) 8th (d) 9th
(a) Green Pharma Project 154. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has
(b) nPROUD launched "One Man Office" (OMO) service.
(c) Drug Disposal Mission What is the primary objective of LIC's "One
(d) Safe Medicine Initiative Man Office" (OMO) service?
150. Who inaugurated the 77th session of the (a) Providing free insurance to senior citizens
Executive Committee (EC-77) of the African- (b) Reducing insurance premiums for
Asian Rural Development Organization policyholders
(AARDO) in New Delhi? (c) Introducing new investment policies

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(d) Providing a digital ecosystem for LIC's sales (c) Ali Ai Ligang (d) Losar
team 163. Which country has recently joined OPEC+?
155. Where will the 'Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela' 2025 (a) Iran (b) Qatar
be held from February 22-24? (c) Brazil (d) Argentina
(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai 164. Who has recently been appointed as Deputy
(c) Hyderabad (d) New Delhi Secretary in the Department of Expenditure?
156. Which state's foundation day was/were (a) Raghav Chadha (b) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
celebrated on 20 February? (c) Vivek Arora (d) Mrityinjai Srikantan
(a) Mizoram 165. Where is the G-20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
(b) Uttarakhand being held?
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (a) New Delhi, India
(d) (a) & (c) both (b) Beijing, China
157. Who has been sworn in as the new CM of the (c) Johannesburg, South Africa
Union Territory of Delhi? (d) Washington, USA
(a) Parvesh Singh Verma (b) Rekha Gupta 166. ______ Khajuraho Dance Festival set a
(c) Manoj Tiwari (d) Ravi Kishan Guinness World Record with 24 hours of dance.
158. Who has recently taken over as the Election (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand
Commissioner of India? (c) Jharkhand (d) unequal
(a) Vivek Joshi (b) Rajiv Kumar 167. When is International Mother Language Day
(c) Nripendra Mishra (d) Abhay Chautala observed annually?
159. When is World Day of Social Justice (a) 20 February (b) 21 February
celebrated? (c) 22 February (d) 23 February
(a) 21 February (b) 20 February 168. Which country has recently assumed the
(c) 19 February (d) 18 February chairmanship of BOBP-IGO?
160. Who has recently been awarded the (a) Bangladesh (b) India
Vishalakshi Award 2025? (c) Maldives (d) Sri Lanka
(a) Dr. Sonia Nityananda 169. Who has become the second fastest player to
(b) Prof. Jai Prakash Saini score 11,000 runs in One Day Internationals?
(c) Prof. Hriday Shankar Singh (a) Virat Kohli (b) Rohit Sharma
(d) Dr. Bhagyashree Patil (c) Babar Azam (d) Steve Smith
161. SOUL Leadership Conclave will be inaugurated 170. The Government of India has extended the
by which of the following in Delhi? tenure of Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha
(ANarendra Modi (bRajnath Singh Nageswaran for how many years?
(CAmit Shah (DDraupadi Murmu (a) One year (b) two years
162. Which is the main festival of the Mising tribe, (c) Three years (d) 6 Month
which has been in the news recently? 171. Where has Google opened its newest and
(a) Bihu (b) Hornbill largest campus, Ananta?

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(a) Hyderabad (b) Gurugram (c) 3 Sal tree a timber tree (d) 4 Sal tree a
(c) Mumbai (d) Bengaluru timber tree
172. Which Indian defence shipbuilding company 179. Which state has become the state with the
has showcased its ships at NAVDEX 2025? highest number of vultures in the country?
(a) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Hindustan Shipyard Limited (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala
(c) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers 180. Where was the conference on 'Women in
Limited Peacekeeping: A Global South Perspective'
(d) Goa Shipyard Limited held?
173.Where was the 9th Asia Economic Dialogue (a) Chennai (b) Bhopal
held? (c) New Delhi (d) Jaipur
(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai 181. Who has won the Pune ATP Challenger 100
(c) Pune (d) Chennai men's doubles title?
174. The 34th edition of the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup (a) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
table tennis tournament began in Shenzhen, (b) Vijay Sundar Prashanth
China. Who is leading the Indian men's table (c) Both (a) & (b)
tennis team in the tournament? (d) None of these
(aManav Thakkar (b) Harmeet Desai 182. _____ has become the fastest batsman to
(cSoumyajit Ghosh (dSharath Kamal score 14,000 runs during the ICC Champions
175. According to Moody's Analytics, what is the Trophy against Pakistan in Dubai .
projected GDP growth rate of India for 2025? (a) Virat Kohli (b) Rohit Sharma
(a) 5.8% (b) 6.0% (c) Babar Azam (d) Steve Smith
(c) 6.2% (d) 6.4% 183. Services won the ____th Senior National
176. Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Kabaddi Championship.
______ has been appointed as 'Principal (a) 68th (b) 70th
Secretary-2' to Prime Minister Narendra Modi? (c) 71st (d) 73rd
(a) Urjit Patel (b) Shaktikanta Das 184. Bangladesh has officially declared ______
(c) Raghuram Rajan (d) D. Subbarao as National Martyrs Day on Sunday.
177. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief (a) 22 February (b) 23 February
guest at which country's National Day (c) 24 February (d) 25 February
celebrations? 185. Which state government has launched the
(a) Vietnam (b) Malaysia witness protection scheme?
(c) Mauritius (d) None of these. (a) haryana (b) Gujarat
178. NITI Aayog CEO Subramanian's term has (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra
been extended for how many years? 186. When is Central Excise Day celebrated?
(a) 1 Sal tree a timber tree (b) 2 Sal tree a (a) 20 February (b) 21 February
timber tree (c) 24 February (d) 25 February

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187. PM Modi released the 19th installment of (b) Hotline between deputy commanders
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi from (c) Satellite-based surveillance system
which state? (d) Direct radio frequency communication
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar 195. Who has been appointed as the new MD &
(c) Hp (d) unequal CEO of Kotak Mahindra Prime?
188. Financial Literacy Week has been launched (a) Uday Kotak (b) Shahrukh Todiwala
by? (c) Vyomesh Kapasi (d) Deepak Parekh
(a) SBI (b) Rbi 196. Who was recently sworn in as the 9th
(c) NITI Aayog (d) SEBI Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
189. Where is the Global Investor Summit 2025 (FBI)?
being held in Madhya Pradesh? (a) Preet Bharara (b) Vivek Ramaswamy
(a) Indore (b) Jabalpur (c) Kash Patel (d) Ajay Banga
(c) Bhopal (d) Gwalior 197. Exercise 'Sagar Kavach' was held on
190. Who has won the Memory League World February 21-22, 2025 in which coastal state of
Championship by memorizing 80 points in India?
13.50 seconds? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu
(a) Rohan Bopanna (b) Vishwa Rajkumar (c) West Bengal (d) Maharashtra
(c) Anshika Mishra (d) Raghav Sharma 198. In which city was the Gopinath Bordoloi
191. Who has received the insignia of the Knight International Airport unveiled the design of its
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the new terminal building?
British Empire (KBE)? (a) Varanasi (b) Lucknow
(a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Ratan Tata (c) Guwahati (d) Bhopal
(c) Sunil Bharti Mittal (d) Gautam Adani 199. Where will the 12th Regional 3R and Circular
192. Who has been named in Time Magazine's Economy Forum be held?
2025 Women Protection List for her efforts? (a) Varanasi (b) to be filled
(a) Vandana Shiva (b) Medha Patkar (c) Shimla (d) Jaipur
(c) Arundhati Roy 200. Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited
(d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has recently signed an agreement with which
193. Microsoft has introduced its first quantum state government for a solar project?
chip – powered by a new state of matter. What (a) Hp (b) Madhya Pradesh
is the name of this quantum chip? (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh
(a) QuantumX (b) Azure Qubit 201. Which Union Minister inaugurated the two-
(c) HyperQ (d) Majorana 1 day Regional Dialogue on Social Justice?
194. Recently India and Bangladesh have agreed (a) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
to establish which new communication link (b) Jyotiraditya Scindia
between their border forces? (c) Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
(a) Encrypted Email System (d) Chirag Paswan

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202. The 72nd edition of the Miss World New Delhi. How many medals were awarded to
competition will be held in Telangana from Indian Coast Guard personnel?
May 7 to May 31. Who will represent India at the (a) 25 (b) 30

72nd Miss World competition? (c) 32 (d) 35

(a) Manushi Chhillar (b) Priyanka Chopra 210. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

(c) Nandini Gupta (d) Sushmita Sen inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0

203. Who has been given a one-year extension Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 in

as the Drugs Controller General of India which city of Assam?

(DCGI)? (a) Guwahati (b) Dibrugarh

(a) Randeep Guleria (c) Golaghat (d) Silchar

(b) Rajiv Singh Raghuvanshi 211. Mayadhar Raut, who passed away recently,

(c) Balram Bhargava was a famous dancer of which classical dance

(d) Vinod K. Paul form?

204. Who has become the first Indian to break the (a) Kathak (b) Bharatanatyam

13-minute barrier in the men's 5000m indoor (c) Odissi (d) Kuchipudi

race? 212.The Income Tax Department has introduced

(a) Gulveer Singh (b) Surendra Singh an online self-help tool to assist taxpayers in

(c) Neeraj Chopra (d) Hima Das understanding the proposed changes in the

205. Which city has recently become the 8th Income Tax Bill 2025. What is the main

public airport of Madhya Pradesh? objective of introducing the new Income Tax

(a) Satna (b) Datia Bill 2025?

(c) Sagar (d) Ujjain (a) Increasing tax rates

206. How many doctors were awarded the (b) Simplifying the complex Income Tax Act of

National Dhanvantari Ayurveda Award? 1961

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) Imposing new penalties for tax defaulters

(c) 5 (d) 7 (d) Promotion of digital transactions

207. How many tourists were sent to space by 213. Which organisation has signed a MoU with

Blue Origin's 10th crewed flight? Madhya Pradesh government for solar

(a) 6 (b) 11 project?

(c) 8 (d) 9 (a) NTPC Limited

208. When is Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's death (b) Indian Renewable Energy Development

anniversary celebrated? Agency (IREDA)

(a) 26 February (b) 27 February (c) Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited

(c) 28 February (d) 29 February (SECI)

209. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presented (d) Power Grid Corporation of India
gallantry, distinguished service and 214. Which regulatory body imposed a fine of Rs
meritorious service medals to Indian Coast 5.05 crore on the Clearing Corporation of
Guard personnel at an investiture ceremony in India (ICCL) in February 2025?

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(a) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (a) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(b) Securities and Exchange Board of India (b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International
(SEBI) Airport
(c) Insurance Regulatory and Development (c) Manohar International Airport
Authority of India (IRDAI) (d) Kempegowda International Airport
(d) Ministry of Finance 222. Which organisation has partnered with the
215. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Department for Promotion of Industry and
Unilever following the resignation of Hein Internal Trade (DPIIT) to support fintech
Schumacher? startups?
(a) Alan Jope (a) Paytm (b) Google Pay
(b) Fernando Fernandes (c) PhonePe (d) Amazon Pay
(c) Paul Polman 223. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of
(d) Bob Chapek Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation?
216. World Protein Day is observed every year on (a) Ratan Tata (b) Cyrus Mistry
____. (c) N Chandrasekaran (d) Mukesh Ambani
(a) 24 February (b) 25 February 224. TRIFED has recently signed MoU with which
(c) 26 February (d) 27 February organizations to promote tribal
217. India is organizing the exercise 'Dharma entrepreneurship ?
Guardian' with which country? (a) Food Corporation of India and ISRO
(a) South Korea (b) South Africa (b) NIFT and HPMC
(c) Singapore (d) Japan (c) NITI Aayog and State Bank of India
218. NITI Aayog constituted a committee for (d) NTPC and ONGC
changes in AIIMS, New Delhi. Who will be the 225. Which new missile was successfully tested
chairman of this committee? by DRDO and Indian Navy recently?
(a) Suman Berry (b) Ramesh Chand (a) BrahMos Air-Launched Missile
(c) Arvind Virmani (d) V. K. Paul (b) Prithvi-III
219. Which country announced the Green (c) Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR)
Transition Alliance India (GTAI) initiative? (d) Agni-V
(a) Norway (b) Italy 226. National Science Day is celebrated every
(c) France (d) Denmark year on February 28 to commemorate the
220. Where was the first International Conference discovery of the Raman effect by physicist CV
on Carbon Markets-Nature held? Raman in 1928. What is the theme of National
(a) Mumbai (b) Bengaluru Science Day 2025?
(c) New Delhi (d) Hyderabad (a) 'Science for Sustainable Development'
221.Which airport has become the first airport in (b) 'Empowering Indian Youth for Global
India to receive the "Best Safety Award Leadership in Science and Innovation for a
(Golden Trophy)"? Developed India'

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(c) 'Innovation for a Sustainable Future' (a) Supporting space exploration projects
(d) 'Science and Technology for National (b) Protecting biodiversity
Development' (c) Promotion of digital banking
227. Who has been appointed as the new (d) Financing climate change protests
chairman of the Securities and Exchange 232. Which country has recently launched the
Board of India (SEBI)? first phase of the Blue Visa system, which
(AAjay Tyagi (bRaghuram Rajan offers 10-year residency visas to international
(CTuhin Kanta Pandey (DSubhash Chandra citizens?
Garg (a) United States (b) Canada
228. What is the main objective of the Aadhaar (c) United Arab Emirates
Governance Portal launched by the Central (d) Australia
Government recently? 233. Who inaugurated the Flying Passenger Cafe
(a) Simplifying the Aadhaar enrolment process at Chennai International Airport in February
(b) Streamlining the approval process of 2025?
Aadhaar authentication requests (a) Jyotiraditya Scindia
(c) Providing new smart cards to Aadhaar card (b) K. Rammohan Naidu
holders (c) Narendra Modi
(d) Making Aadhaar linking mandatory (d) Piyush Goyal
229. Who inaugurated the 'One Nation-One Port' 234. The Rajasthan government has launched
initiative recently? Shiksha Sanjeevani Bima Yojana to provide
(a) Sarbananda Sonowal accident insurance to school children in the
(b) Shivraj Singh Chouhan state. Which company will be the insurance
(c) Jyotiraditya Scindia provider for Shiksha Sanjeevani Bima Yojana?
(d) Giriraj Singh (a) Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
230. What is the name of the biennial Hindi (b) ICICI Lombard
magazine to be released by Rajnath Singh in (c) New India Assurance
February 2025? (d) Zurich Kotak General Insurance
(aDefence India (bVeer Sena 235. Which team defeated India 3-0 in the
(cStrong India (dPower News second Pink Ladies Cup?
231. The Kelly Fund was launched at the 16th (a) Japan
Conference of Parties (COP16) of the United (b) South Korea
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (c) China
(CBD) in Rome. What is the purpose of the (d) United Arab Emirates
recently launched Cali Fund?

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ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 35. (b) 69. (c) 103.(b) 137.(c) 171.(d) 205.(b)
2. (b) 36. (d) 70. (c) 104.(a) 138.(c) 172.(d) 206.(b)
3. (c) 37. (a) 71. (d) 105.(c) 139.(c) 173.(c) 207.(a)
4. (c) 38. (a) 72. (a) 106.(c) 140.(c) 174.(d) 208.(a)
5. (c) 39. (a) 73. (b) 107.(c) 141.(c) 175.(d) 209.(c)
6. (b) 40. (b) 74. (d) 108.(d) 142.(c) 176.(b) 210.(a)
7. (b) 41. (d) 75. (c) 109.(b) 143.(d) 177.(c) 211.(c)
8. (b) 42. (a) 76. (d) 110.(d) 144.(b) 178.(a) 212.(b)
9. (d) 43. (a) 77. (b) 111.(a) 145.(c) 179.(b) 213.(c)
10. (a) 44. (b) 78. (b) 112.(c) 146.(d) 180.(c) 214.(b)
11. (c) 45. (c) 79. (d) 113.(c) 147.(c) 181.(c) 215.(b)
12. (c) 46. (b) 80. (c) 114.(b) 148.(b) 182.(a) 216.(d)
13. (b) 47. (a) 81. (a) 115.(b) 149.(b) 183.(c) 217.(d)
14. (b) 48. (b) 82. (b) 116.(b) 150.(c) 184.(d) 218.(d)
15. (c) 49. (c) 83. (b) 117.(d) 151.(a) 185.(a) 219.(d)
16. (c) 50. (c) 84. (b) 118.(b) 152.(c) 186.(c) 220.(c)
17. (b) 51. (b) 85. (b) 119.(a) 153.(a) 187.(b) 221.(c)
18. (a) 52. (d) 86. (c) 120.(a) 154.(d) 188.(b) 222.(a)
19. (c) 53. (d) 87. (b) 121.(d) 155.(d) 189.(c) 223.(c)
20. (b) 54. (d) 88. (c) 122.(c) 156.(d) 190.(b) 224.(d)
21. (c) 55. (c) 89. (b) 123.(c) 157.(b) 191.(c) 225.(c)
22. (a) 56. (c) 90. (d) 124.(a) 158.(a) 192.(c) 226.(b)
23. (b) 57. (d) 91. (a) 125.(b) 159.(b) 193.(d) 227.(c)
24. (a) 58. (a) 92. (c) 126.(c) 160.(d) 194.(b) 228.(b)
25. (c) 59. (c) 93. (c) 127.(c) 161.(a) 195.(b) 229.(a)
26. (b) 60. (d) 94. (c) 128.(b) 162.(c) 196.(c) 230.(c)
27. (d) 61. (b) 95. (c) 129.(d) 163.(c) 197.(c) 231.(b)
28. (c) 62. (d) 96. (b) 130.(c) 164.(d) 198.(c) 232.(c)
29. (b) 63. (c) 97. (c) 131.(c) 165.(c) 199.(d) 233.(b)
30. (b) 64. (c) 98. (b) 132.(c) 166.(a) 200.(b) 234.(d)
31. (b) 65. (c) 99. (b) 133.(c) 167.(b) 201.(c) 235.(b)
32. (b) 66. (c) 100.(d) 134.(a) 168.(b) 202.(c)
33. (b) 67. (c) 101.(c) 135.(b) 169.(b) 203.(b)
34. (b) 68. (c) 102.(a) 136.(d) 170.(b) 204.(a)

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