1. The World’s oldest fragments of Koran has been found in
a) Surrey University
b) Birmingham University
c) Oxford University
d) Harvard University
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Answer b) Birmingham University. The world’s oldest Koran fragments have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
2. What is Agile Spirit 2015?
a) Famous marathon in USA
b) Military Drill
c) Germany’s New Developmental Policy
d) IMF’s plan to recover Greece from Debt crisis
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Answer b) Military Drill. Agile Spirit 2015 – the NATO’s military training has ended on July 22′ 2015 in Vaziani, Georgia. American, Bulgarian, Romanian, Lithuanian and Latvian military personnel were participated along with Georgia’ Battalion 42 in the military exercises.
3. The CCEA has extended the deadline for implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project to
a) December 2015
b) September 2016
c) March 2017
d) December 2017
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Answer c) March 2017
4. How many Indian states have achieved the literacy rate of 80%?
a) 12
b) 13
c) 14
d) 15
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Answer c) 14 States. HRD Minister Smriti Irani has announced that 14 Indian States and Union Territories (UTs) have achieved or exceeded the literacy rate of 80%. The 14 States and UTs are: Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, NCR of Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu.
5. Who will be conferred with the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ Lifetime Achivement Award at the House of Commons inside the British Parliament?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c) APJ Abdul Kalam
d) Major Dhyan Chand
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Answer d) Major Dhyan Chand. Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand will be conferred with the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ Lifetime Achivement Award by NRI orgainsation Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the House of Commons inside the British Parliament of July 25.
6. Tom Moore, who passed away recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Economist
c) Musician
d) Cartoonist
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Answer d) Cartoonist. Cartoonist Tom Moore, who brought to life the freckle-faced, red-haired character Archie Andrews, has died. He was 86.
7. Which Indian city is going to host the finals of Indian Super League?
a) Kolkata
b) Chennai
c) Tiruvananthapuram
d) Goa
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Answer d) Goa. Goa has now been handpicked by organizers of the ISL to host the final of the 2015 edition on December 20. Chennai will host the opening game between Chennaiyin FC and Atletico de Kolkata on October 3.
8. Indian Super League is associated with
a) Badminton
b) Kabbadi
c) Hockey
d) Football
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Answer d) Football
9. Who won the 42nd National Junior Aquatic Championship?
a) Pragna Reddy
b) Joshua Sam
c) Ansh Arora
d) Joy Mukherjee
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Answer c) Ansh Arora. Ansh Arora won a gold medal at the 42nd National Junior Aquatic Championship held in Pune from July 13-19.
10. Which movie poster breaks Guinness World Record recently?
a) Bajrangi Baijaan
b) Baahubali
c) Raees
d) Fan
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Answer b) Baahubali. Baahubali poster has entered the Guinness World Record for making the largest poster of more than 50,000 sq ft. Global United Media, the company that distributed Baahubali in Kerala, was behind the idea of creating the poster, which was designed by Mr Rajamouli himself.
11. Soyuz spacecraft with ______ astronauts was launched towards the International Space Station?
a) Four
b) Three
c) Two
d) Five
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Answer b) Three. Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts was launched towards the International Space Station after a two-month delay caused by a Russian rocket failure. The spacecraft blasted off on schedule from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in the barren Kazakh steppe. The three are cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan.
12. UNESCO has named which city as the World Book Capital for year 2017?
a) Kolkata
b) Paris
c) Berlin
d) Conakry
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Answer d) Conakry. UNESCO has named Conakry, the Capital city of the Republic of Guinea as the World Book Capital for year 2017. Conakry become the 17th city in the World to be designated as World Book Capital. At present, Incheon city of South Korea is World Book Capital for year 2015.
13. What is India’s rank in terms of Power Generation from Nuclear Source?
a) 10th
b) 11th
c) 12th
d) 13th
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Answer c) 12th. As per recently published data, India has been placed at 12th position among the 31 countries in the world in terms of power (electricity) generation from nuclear source.
14. Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, who passed away recently, was a
a) Comedian
b) Novelist
c) Football Player
d) Politician
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Answer b) Novelist. Acclaimed United States novelist Edgar Lawrence Doctorow passed away in New York due to lung cancer. He was 84. He was well known known for historical fiction.
15. Which city has emerged as the first nomination to be received by the Urban Development Ministry for a Smart City Mission?
a) Varanasi
b) Jaipur
c) Puducherry
d) Ahmedabad
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Answer c) Puducherry
16. National Broadcasting Day is observed on
a) July 22
b) July 23
c) July 24
d) July 25
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Answer b) July 23. Every year July 23 is observed as National Broadcasting day. On this day in 1927, Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) began organized radio broadcasting from Bombay station
17. Indian-American ___________ won Junior Title at US Powerlifting Championships 2015.
a) Pranav Mishra
b) Saravana Pandiyan
c) Ganesh Chakravarthy
d) Amitoj Chhabra
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Answer d) Amitoj Chhabra. Indian-American boy Amitoj Chhabra won the Junior Title at the US Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015, held in Las Vegas. He lifted a total of 1383 pounds to win the junior title. Chhabra squatted 485 pounds, bench pressed 325 and dead-lifted 573.
18. The book “R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music Khagesh” is penned by
a) Dev Burman
b) Pankaj Gupta
c) Suresh Gadkari
d) Arun Jaitely
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Answer a) Dev Burman.
19. Who is the author of the book “Ghosts of Calcutta”?
a) John Abraham
b) Joseph Fernandez
c) Sebastian Ortiz
d) Samuel Benosam
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Answer c) Sebastian Ortiz
