Current Affairs Questions-Answers for February 2012–One-liners

Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with the crisp one-liner question-answer for February 2012 designed to further your preparation process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Services and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questions-answers for thorough and detailed study.

•    Noted Hindi writer on 13 February 2012 was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman for his poetry collection Aam Ke Patte published in 2004- Professor Ramdarash Mishra

•    This Indian state government on 13 February 2012 announced medical benefits, financial support & higher compensation packages for various other categories of workers covered by the Industrial Workers Act– Delhi Government

•    This Indian state government suspended the scheme of distribution of social benefits under Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)– Haryana Government

•    The railways safety review committee, headed by a former Atomic Energy Commission chairman submitted its report to the Union government on 17 February 2012- Anil Kakodkar

•    International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries inaugurated by the Union Minister for Shipping- G K Vasan

•    New York Times’ foreign correspondent and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner died in eastern Syria on 16 February 2012- Anthony Shadid

•    As a part of this campaign Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched a major State-wide de-worming campaign- Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna (CNSY)

•    RBI panel on priority sector lending proposed increment in the target (priority sector) for foreign banks to this per cent of net bank credit from the current level of 32 per cent- 40%

•    Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on 23 February 2012 inaugurated the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) here–Marol, Mumbai

•    Indian hockey team on 26 February 2012 defeated this country 8-1 to enter London Olympics–France

•    This Indian soccer legend popularly known as Sailen Manna, died in Kolkata on 27 February 2012- Sailendra Nath Manna

•    1977 batch IAS officer and additional chief secretary (finance) on 28 February 2012 was named the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan- CK Mathew

•    Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the upgradation of Railway Infrastructure for introduction of multi-modal transport system (Phase - II) in the twin cities– Hyderabad & Secunderabad

•    The Bollywood actor received a Green Globe Award for his efforts toward a greener future at the fourth edition of the Panasonic Green Globe Foundation Awards– Abhishek Bachhan

•    This veteran environmental filmmaker was on 3 February 2012 honoured with the prestigious V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2012- Mike Pandey

•    India lost to this country2-1 in the final of the SDAT-WSF Under-21 Squash World Cup on 5 February 2012- Egypt

•     The state to contribute more than 50 percent of India’s total tea production in 2011- Assam

•    The observation satellite launched by Iran- navid satellite

•    India signed  13th TIEA with the country-Guernsey 

•    Hungarian mission inked deal  with the company to ease visas- VFS Global

•    India, Japan and China entered into a pact  which is known as- Shade

•    India and USA signed a MoU with India on-Labour and Employment Issues

•    The fifth edition of the world future energy summit was held in UAE capital- Abu Dhabi

•    India’s NTPC signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board to set up a joint venture 1320 MW thermal power plant at- Rampal

•    The country became the 157th Country to adopt the CTBT( Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty)- Indonesia

•    Al- Queda’s Chief in Pakistan, was killed in US drone attack-Badar Mansoor

•    The 12th India-EU summit was held in- New Delhi

•    Yingluck Shinawatra who visited India on 24-26 January 2012 is the Prime Minister of- Thailand

•    NDSAP which is approved by Union cabinet of India stands for- National Data Sharing and Accessibility

•     A two-day International Conference on cooperatives for social and economic change took place in the city-Bhopal

•    The biggest coordinated mock drills were carried out in the city-New Delhi 

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