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1. India bagged how many gold medals in the 20th Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow?

Answer: 15

2. Who won gold in the men’s badminton singles in the Commonwealth Games?

Answer: Paruppalli Kashyap

3. Who is appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor?

Answer: Arvind Gupta

4. Name the Foreign Office Minister of Britain who resigned from the Government in protest against Britain’s policy on Gaza?

Answer: Sayeeda Warsi

5. Justice Manjula Chellur has recently been appointed as the Chief Justice of which high court?

Answer: Kolkata

6. Which eminent cartoonist, who created the character ‘Chacha Chaudhary’, passed away on 5th August?

Answer: Pran Kumar Sharma

7. Who won gold medal in men’s discus throw in the Commonwealth Games?

Answer: Vikas Gowda

8. Which public sector company was recently accorded Navaratna status?

Answer: Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR)

9. Name the non-governmental organization from Pakistan which won the Magsaysay Award 2014?

Answer: The Citizen Foundation.

10. Who created record of the fastest serve in women’s tennis?

Answer: Sabine Lisicki (Germany)

11. The hundred years of the outbreak of the World War I was observed on:

Answer: August 4

12. Who received this year’s Copley Medal, given by the Royal Society of London?

Answer: Alec Jeffreys

13. International Day of Friendship was observed on:

Answer: July 30

14. Government of India has raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector to …………… percent?

Answer: 49

15. Who has recently been removed from the post of the Governor of Mizoram?

Answer: Kamala Beniwal

16. Egypt has started the work of a new canal alongside which 145 year old artificial waterway?

Answer: Suez Canal

17. What is the brand name of the new airline launched as a joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines?

Answer: Vistara

18. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Iraq?

Answer: Haider Al Abadi

19. Andhra Pradesh has decided to make which city as its ad hoc capital?

Answer: Vijayawada

20. Which Indian origin mathematician was awarded the Fields Medal 2014?

Answer: Manjul Bhargava

21. Which German footballer, who holds a record of 16 World Cup Goals, has recently announced his retirement?

Answer: Miroslav Klose

22. Name the three persons who received the outstanding parliamentarian awards recently?

Answer: Arun Jaitley (2010), Karan Singh (2011), Sharad Yadav (2012)

23. World Elephant Day was observed on:

Answer: August 12

24. Which Oscar winning actor and comedian passed away recently?

Answer: Robin Williams

25. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Expenditure Management Commission?

Answer: Bimal Jalan

26. Which Indian state will host the 2015 Para Gliding World Cup Tour?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

27. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was observed on:

Answer: August 9

28. International Youth Day was observed on:

Answer: August 12

29. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the first direct presidential election in which country?

Answer: Turkey

30. Name the first spacecraft to orbit a comet?

Answer: Rosetta

31. Name the state in which marine researchers have recently found the first jellyfish lake in the country?

Answer: Gujarat

32. Daroji Eeramma, who passed away recently, was an exponent of which art form of storytelling?

Answer: Burra Katha

33. Name the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

Answer: K.V Chowdhary

34. Which disease has been declared by the WHO as a Global Health Emergency?

Answer: Ebola

35. Who wrote Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan, a book on the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife?

Answer: Daman Singh, she is the daughter of Manmohan Singh

36. Which Italian cyclist won the 101st edition of Tour de France?

Answer: Vincenzo Nibali

37. Name the experimental biopharmaceutical drug presently used to treat persons stricken with Ebola virus?

Answer: ZMapp

38. Name the yoga guru and Padma Vibhushan (2014) recipient who passed away recently?

Answer: B K S Iyengar

39. Which activist from Manipur who has been on hunger strike for 14 years, was freed following court order?

Answer: Irom Sharmila Chanu

40. Name the US journalist who was captured and killed by the ISIS?

Answer: James Foley

41. Which squash legend of Pakistan who won seven British Open titles from 1951 to 1958, passed away on 18, August?

Answer: Hashim Khan

42. World Humanitarian Day was observed on:

Answer: August 19

43. Which teenager from Netherlands is set to become the youngest Formula One driver in the world?

Answer: Max Verstappen, 16 years

44. Name the Indian journalist who wrote the book Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job?

Answer: Faraz Ahmad

45. Who won the Pataudi Trophy test series?

Answer: England

46. Name the insurance scheme relaunched by the Government of India that will provide monthly pensions to citizens aged 60 years and above?

Answer: Varishta Pension Bhima Yojana

47. Who has been awarded with Asok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award recently?

Answer: Major Mukund Vardarajan (Posthumous)

48. Name the new chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

Answer: Rajni Razdan

49. Name the combined military exercise held between India and Nepal in Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand recently?

Answer: Surya Kiran VII

50. What was the name of the world’s first smart phone, which turned 20 on August 16?

Answer: IBM Simon

51. Name the 6,800 tonne warship, constructed by the Mazagon Dockyards Limited, which was commissioned into the Indian Navy recently?

Answer: INS Kolkata

52. The Reserve Bank of India has proposed the creation of which post in the rank of a Deputy Governor in RBI?

Answer: Chief Operating Officer

53. Name the batsman and former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team who retired from test cricket recently?

Answer: Mahela Jayawardhane

54. Who won the men’s singles title in the Cincinnati Open Tennis?

Answer: Roger Federer.

55. Name the eminent Iranian poet and women’s rights activist, also called the ‘Lioness of Iran’, who passed away recently?

Answer: Simin Behbahani

56. Which neighbouring country celebrated their 95th independence day on 18, August this year?

Answer: Afghanistan

57. Which eminent Kannada writer and Jnanpith awardee passed away recently?

Answer: U.R Ananthamurthy

58. Name the new scheme launched by the Government of India to meet the irrigation needs of farmers?

Answer: Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana

59. Which Indian weightlifter clinched silver in the Men’s 77kg category in the Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China?

Answer: Ragala Venkat Rahul

60. Name the new chairman of Indian Bank’s Association?

Answer: T.M Bhasin

61. Which eminent film maker received the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014?

Answer: Muzaffar Ali

62. Who is the new chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)?

Answer: K.V Thomas

63. The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was observed on:

Answer: August 23

64. The Government of India has withheld the release of which Punjabi film, based on the assassination of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?

Answer: Kaum de Heere

65. Which company launched ‘Project INDRA’ (Innovative and New Development based on Responsible Analysis) aiming to produce the world’s low cost motorcycle?

Answer: Yamaha

66. Prayuth Chan-ocha is the new Prime Minister of which Asian country?

Answer: Thailand

67. Which country has given Edward Snowden a three year residence permit?

Answer: Russia

68. Which international chess player and World No. 1 in FIDE Women’s Rankings announced her retirement?

Answer: Judit Polgar

69. Name the Governor of Maharashtra who resigned recently after he had been transferred to Mizoram?

Answer: K. Sankaranarayanan

70. Ice Bucket Challenge was started to promote awareness and encourage donations to the research of which disease?

Answer: Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

71. Name the Governor of Kerala who resigned recently?

Answer: Sheila Dikshit

72. Name the anti-viral drug offered by Japan as treatment for Ebola?

Answer: Favipiravir

73. Which Indian state recently recognized transgender as third gender?

Answer: Bihar

74. Name the new chief of the Joint Intelligence Committee?

Answer: R.N Ravi

75. In which country was the world’s oldest metal object, a cone shaped copper awl (a tool for making holes), found recently?

Answer: Israel

76. Which Oscar winning British film director, known for the famous movie, Gandhi, passed away recently?

Answer: Richard Attenborough.

77. Name India’s first indigenously built stealth anti-submarine warship, commissioned recently?

Answer: INS Kamorta

78. India’s first coral garden to be set up in:

Answer: Gujarat

79. Who won US Open mixed doubles title 2014?

Answer: Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares

80. World Literacy Day observed across the world on:

Answer: September 8, 2014

81. Who was selected as the Executive Director of World Bank recently?

Answer: Subhash Chandra Garg, a 1983-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

82. Who won the Midori Prize 2014?

Answer: Indian scientist Kamal Bawa

83. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan was successfully inserted into Mars’ orbit on:

Answer: 24th September 2014

84. Who received the Sarawasti Samman 2013 for his book “Dhool Paudho Par”?

Answer: Hindi author Mr. Govind Mishra

85. Who is sworn in as 42nd Chief Justice of India recently?

Answer: Justice H.L.Dattu

86. Who won wrestling gold in Asian Games recently?

Answer: Yogeshwar Dutt

87. Who won discus Gold medal in Asiad 2014?

Answer: Seema Punia

88. World Tourism Day observed across the world on:

Answer: September 27, 2014

89. World Heart Day was observed across the world on:

Answer: September 29, 2014

90. Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand recently?

Answer: John Key

91. India successfully test fired nuclear capable Agni-I Missile on:

Answer: September 11

92. Nasa’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully enters Mars orbit on:

Answer: September 22

93. Who is sworn in as the new Governor of Kerala?

Answer: P. Sathasivam

94. China’s which e-commerce outfit has become the world’s biggest IPO?

Answer: Alibaba Group

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