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February 2016 GK - 2

February 2016 Week - 2

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away in February 2016, was the ____ General-Secretary of the United Nations.

  1. third
  2. fourth
  3. fifth
  4. sixth
  5. seventh
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country launched the ASTRO-H satellite?

  1. Australia
  2. North Korea
  3. China
  4. Japan
  5. Russia
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following countries was the first phase of the world’s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant launched in February, 2016?

  1. Morocco
  2. Algeria
  3. Libya
  4. Chad
  5. Sudan
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where was the ‘Make in India Week’ held in February, 2016?

  1. Bengaluru
  2. Hyderabad
  3. Chennai
  4. Mumbai
  5. Delhi
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was conferred with the world’s first Sanskrit Award?

  1. R. Vasudevan Potti
  2. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
  3. Ravisankara Menon
  4. Narasimha Moorthy
  5. S. Radha
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, who died in February 2016, was associated with

  1. singing
  2. tabla
  3. shehnai
  4. sarod
  5. santoor
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian state became the first ever state to e-auction limestone blocks?

  1. Jharkhand
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Gujarat
  5. Karnataka
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In February 2016, which of the following oil companies of UAE agreed to store crude oil in India’s maiden Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPRs) storage?

  1. Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations
  2. Crescent Petroleum
  3. Dragon Oil
  4. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
  5. Emirates National Oil Company
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For which of the following purposes did West Bengal launch the Utkarsh Bangla scheme in February 2016?

  1. To stop child labour
  2. To train school dropouts
  3. To promote green energy
  4. To promote women entrepreneurship
  5. To promote organic farming
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In February 2016, U. K. Sinha was given an extension of one year as chairman of

  1. CCI
  2. IACS
  3. IRDA
  4. SEBI
  5. NRDC
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was awarded France’s highest civilian award the 'Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur' in February, 2016?

  1. Shah Rukh Khan
  2. Yashwant Sinha
  3. Amitabh Bachchan
  4. Manish Arora
  5. Zubin Mehta
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cities has been ranked first in terms of cleanliness among the 73 cities surveyed in Swachh Sarvekshan 2016?

  1. Chandigarh
  2. Gangtok
  3. Mysore
  4. Delhi
  5. Surat
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The National Capital Goods Policy 2016, unveiled by the Union Government in February 2016, aims to increase share of domestic capital goods production in terms of demand from ____ to 80% in order to make India a net exporter of capital goods.

  1. 60%
  2. 65%
  3. 55%
  4. 50%
  5. 58%
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 1972, Arunachal Pradesh became a Union Territory. When was it granted statehood?

  1. 7th February, 1983
  2. 13th February, 1985
  3. 20th February, 1987
  4. 23rd February, 1990
  5. 28th February, 1991
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in February 2016?

  1. Ashok Chawla
  2. B. V. Sreekantan
  3. Ajay Mathur
  4. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
  5. Deepak Parekh
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