1. Abhishek Verma is associated with which of the following sport?
a) Chess
b) Golf
c) Archery
d) Roller Skating
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Answer c) Archery. Abhishek Verma gave India a perfect Independence Day gift by winning the gold medal in the Archery World Cup Stage 3. He defeated Esmaeil Ebadi of Iran 148-145.
2. Who is the present Union Food Processing Minister?
a) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
b) JP Nadda
c) Nejma Heptullah
d) Vani Srinivasan
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Answer a) Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that all the 42 mega food parks approved by GOI will become operational by 2019. She also added that it will yield a potential investment of about Rs 14,000 crore.
3. Which state government has declared a ban on usage of plastic in the state for the first time?
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Assam
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Answer b) Gujarat. The main aim of this ban is to protect the environment, cattle health and also to maintain cleanliness.
4. The Finance Ministry has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on Potassium Carbonate imports
a) China and Taiwan
b) Russia and China
c) South Korea and Taiwan
d) China and South Korea
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Answer c) South Korea and Taiwan.
5. Saina Nehwal loses to Carolina Marin in the finals. She is from
a) Italy
b) France
c) Spain
d) Germany
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Answer c) Spain. Saina Nehwal lost to world number one Carolina Marin in the final of the World Badminton Championship in Jakarta.
6. Who was conferred with Gujar Mal Modi Award recently?
a) Prof. Mustansir Barma
b) Prof. Amartya Sen
c) Prof. Salman Hussain
d) Prof. KN Gopalakrishnan
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Answer a) Prof. Mustansir Barma. The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari addresses Prof. Mustansir Barma with the prestigious “Gujar Mal Modi Award for his commendable contribution in the field of Science and Technology”.
7. Housing.com has acquired _________ for Rs 13 crore.
a) HomeBuy360
b) HomeBuy24/7
c) HomeBuy365
d) HomeBuy101
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Answer a) HomeBuy360. Housing.com has acquired HomeBuy360, a Bengaluru-based customer relationship management software company, for Rs 13 crore. This is the third acquisition by Housing.com, which counts SoftBank as its investor.
8. India and ________ joins to fight against fake currency.
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Bangladesh
d) Myanmar
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Answer c) Bangladesh. The security agencies of India and Bangladesh have signed an MoU in tackling the menace of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN). These notes are also being used for funding human and drug trafficking and other nefarious activities in that country.
9. Accessible India is associated with
a) Tourism
b) Natural Resources
c) Physically disabled persons
d) Net Neutrality
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Answer c) Physically disabled persons. The Government of India will soon launch Accessible India to make the country disabled-friendly. The government is working to introduce set-top boxes that will make TV programmes more useful for the visually impaired.
10. Julian Bond, who passes away recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Musician
c) Actor
d) Civil Rights Activist
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Answer d) Civil Rights Activist. Julian Bond, a famous civil rights activist of United States and a former Chairman of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has died at the age of 75 due to prolonged illness.
11. The annual Ulchi Freedom exercise is the military drill between United States and ________.
a) Japan
b) Germany
c) South Korea
d) China
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Answer c) South Korea. Tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops kicked off a large-scale military drill simulating an all-out attack by North Korea, which has condemned the joint drill as a “declaration of war.” The annual Ulchi Freedom exercise is largely computer-simulated, but still involves 50,000 Korean and 3,000 US soldiers.
12. In the Joint Sea 2015 (II), _________ and ________ are going to conduct Naval Drills in the sea of Japan.
a) Russia and India
b) China and Vietnam
c) Russia and China
d) Japan and India
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Answer c) Russia and China. Russia and China are going to conduct International naval drills in the Sea of Japan from August 20-28. The exercise will take place in the Sea of Japan and off the coast of Russia’s Primorsky territory – approximately 250 miles away from Japan.
13. Who is Jason Kenney?
a) Italy’s Defence Minister
b) Mexico’s Finance Minister
c) Canada’s Defence Minister
d) UK’s Home Minister
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Answer c) Canada’s Defence Minister. India and Canada are jointly working to finalise a bilateral foreign investment agreement to accelerate investments. Jason Kenney, Canada’s minister of national defence and minister for multiculturalism, said the foreign investment protection and promotion agreement will benefit both countries.
14. Anirban Lahiri is associated with
a) Archery
b) Golf
c) Chess
d) Badminton
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Answer b) Golf. India’s star golfer Anirban Lahiri created history by finishing tied for fifth at the PGA Championship. It is the first time an Indian golfer has finished in the top-five of one of golf’s four Majors.
15. Amul has planned to invest Rs 600 crore in a greenfield cheese plant in ________ , Gujarat.
a) Surat
b) Baroda
c) Palanpur
d) Rajkot
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Answer c) Palanpur. Amul, India’s top Dairy Products brand, plans to invest Rs 600 crore in a greenfield cheese plant in Palanpur, Gujarat. On completion this plant will help to triple the cheese output
16. Who won the Montreal Masters 2015 (Men’s Singles)?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Andy Murray
d) Roger Federer
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Answer c) Andy Murray. British’s Andy Murray has defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-3 and won the Rogers Cup in Montreal. The British number one’s victory in three hours earned him a fourth title of the year.
17. SBI’s new mobile wallet is
a) SBI DUDE
b) SBI BUDDY
c) SBI PAL
d) SBI MATE
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Answer b) SBI BUDDY. Banking giant, State Bank of India is all set to launch its mobile wallet – SBI Buddy, which will be accessible to SBI customers as well as other subscribers.
18. __________ has signed an agreement with French-based Lafarge Group’s two Indian units for Rs 5000 crore.
a) Thomson Reuters
b) Reliance Groups
c) Adani Groups
d) Birla Corporation
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Answer d) Birla Corporation
19. Hero Cycles has acquired Avocet Sports recently. It is based in
a) Germany
b) United States
c) United Kingdom
d) Italy
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Answer c) United Kingdom
20. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is the current President of
a) Iran
b) Syria
c) Iraq
d) Egypt
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Answer d) Egypt. Egypt has approved stringent new counter-terrorism laws to fight the menace of growing jihadist insurgency in the country.
