6 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2022-23 in Parliament on February 1, 2022 - her fourth budget - with total expenditure of about Rs 39.45 lakh crore and a fiscal deficit target of 6.4% of GDP. The Economic Survey 2021-22 had been tabled a day earlier.
The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing from February 4 to 20. India's entire contingent was one athlete - alpine skier Arif Khan of Jammu and Kashmir, the flag bearer - who finished 45th in giant slalom, India's best-ever result in the event. India kept officials away from the ceremonies after a soldier from the India-China border clashes was named a torchbearer.
Legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar died in Mumbai on February 6, 2022 at the age of 92 after a career spanning eight decades in over 36 Indian languages. Honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989) and the Bharat Ratna (2001), she was only the second singer to receive India's highest civilian award.
Rahul Bajaj, chairman of the Bajaj Group and one of India's best-known industrialists, died on February 12, 2022 at the age of 83.
ISRO's PSLV-C52, the 54th PSLV flight, lifted off from Sriharikota on February 14, 2022, placing the radar imaging satellite EOS-04 (RISAT-1A) into orbit along with the INSPIREsat student satellite and the INS-2TD technology demonstrator.
Two noted singers died on February 15, 2022: composer-singer Bappi Lahiri, the face of Indian disco music, at 69, and veteran Bengali playback legend Sandhya Mukhopadhyay at 90.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
Suggested time 2 min · wrong answers go to your mistake notebook automatically.