1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of FSSAI?
a) Abhishek Gautham
b) Mrunalini Chatterjee
c) Ashish Bahuguna
d) Santhosh Twivedi
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Answer c) Ashish Bahuguna. Ashish Bahuguna, former agriculture secretary, has been appointed as the chairman of FSSAI or Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The tenure of the chairman is for three years.
2. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of TRAI?
a) RS Sharma
b) RK Mishra
c) KV Reddy
d) MN Singh
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Answer a) RS Sharma. IT secretary RS Sharma has been appointed the Chairman of TRAI or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The appointments committee of the Cabinet approved Sharma’s appointment for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
3. Which of the following book is not penned by former President APJ Abdul Kalam Sir?
a) Mission India
b) The Luminous Sparks
c) Indomitable Spirit
d) Inspiring Minds
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Answer d) Inspiring Minds.
4. Which country won the CONCACAF Gold cup for the seventh time by defeating Jamaica 3-1?
a) Spain
b) USA
c) Mexico
d) None of the above
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Answer c) Mexico. Mexico has won the CONCACAF Gold cup for the seventh time by defeating Jamaica 3-1. Guardado had his fourth goal of the knockout rounds, and Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta also scored goals.
5. Parameswaran Hariharan, who passed away recently, was a/an
a) Economist
b) Journalist
c) Historian
d) Physicist
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Answer d) Physicist. Eminent physicist Dr.Parameswaran Hariharan has died on 26 July, 2015 in Berkeley, California at the age of 89. Dr. Hariharan was the son of Prof. H. Parameswaran (H. P. Waran) of Presidency College and the son-in-law of Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer. He was born on December 24, 1926.
6. Tianhe-2 is the Super Computer of
a) Russia
b) Japan
c) China
d) North Korea
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Answer c) China
7. Who has been appointed as the Secretary of DSIR?
a) K Krishnan
b) N Shanmugha Sundaram
c) K Vijayaraghavan
d) S Mukundhan
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Answer c) K Vijayaraghavan. GOI has appointed renowned Scientist K Vijayaraghavan as the Secretary of DSIR or Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Vijayraghavan is presently Secretary, Department of Biotechnology. He will hold the additional charge for three months beyond July 31, 2015 or until the appointment of a regular incumbent.
8. The Bhartiya Krishi Bima Yojana is associated with
a) Poverty Eradication
b) Child Education
c) Insurance to Farmers
d) Rural Road Development
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Answer c) Insurance to Farmers. The GOI is planning to unveil an exclusive all-in-one insurance product for farmers. To be known as the Unified Package Insurance Scheme (Bhartiya Krishi Bima Yojana), the policy would flaunt nine features with mandatory crop insurance.
9. Santasilan Kadirgamar, an eminent Historian, who passed away recently, belongs to
a) India
b) Myanmar
c) Bhutan
d) Sri Lanka
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Answer d) Sri Lanka. Veteran Sri Lankan historian Santasilan Kadirgamar passed away in Colombo after a brief illness. He was 81.
10. The TEVA Pharmaceuticals is an _________ based company.
a) USA
b) UK
c) Australia
d) Israel
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Answer d) Israel. Israel’s largest drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical agreed to buy generic drugs business of Allergan Plc (US based company) for USD 40.5 billion. This is the largest acquisition done by any company in Israel’s history.
11. Who took charge as Chairperson of Delhi Commisson for Women?
a) Swetha Ramanarayanan
b) Pavithra Ravishankar
c) Swati Maliwal
d) Ranjani Singh
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Answer c) Swati Maliwal. Swati Maliwal took charge as the Chairperson of Delhi Commisson for Women (DCW), along with three other members. Her appointment was approved by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung. Maliwal, an RTI activist, succeeded Barkha Singh.
12. GOI’s Project Insight is associated with?
a) Underground Operation wrt drug dealers
b) Eradicating Century old laws
c) Tax Evasion
d) Modernize the Air Force of India
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Answer c) Tax Evasion. Insight is the Finance Ministry’s flagship project, aimed at widening the tax base by catching tax evaders using technology. The ministry has floated a tender worth over Rs 150 crore to buy data analytics software and the infrastructure that goes along with it.
13. Who has been announced as the Brand Ambassador of Renault India?
a) Aamir Khan
b) Hirthik Roshan
c) Ranbir Kapoor
d) Shahid Kapoor
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Answer c) Ranbir Kapoor. Automobile manufacturer Renault India has roped in actor Ranbir Kapoor as its brand ambassador.
14. Which carmaker has overtook Toyota as the world’s largest by sales in the first half of the year?
a) Mitsubishi
b) Ford
c) Chevrolet
d) Volkswagen
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Answer d) Volkswagen.
15. Suniti Solomon, who passed away recently, was a
a) Journalist
b) Musician
c) Researcher
d) Historian
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Answer c) Researcher. Groundbreaking HIV researcher Dr Suniti Solomon, the first to bring to the world the prevalence of the infection in India in 1986 and one who successfully led research into the treatment of the deadly virus, passed away at the age of 76 due to cancer.
16. Which Indian state is all set to become Country’s First Digital State?
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Goa
d) Kerala
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Answer d) Kerala. Kerala government is moving ahead with plans to declare the state as the first digital one in the country.
17. Cyprus and _____ have agreed to strengthen ties on energy and security.
a) Turkey
b) Iran
c) Jordan
d) Israel
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Answer d) Israel. Israel and Cyprus agreed to expand their cooperation on energy issues, including the use of pipelines and electricity grids to link to European markets, as both countries develop natural gas fields off their coasts.
18. Clive Rice, a cricketer, who passed away recently, was from
a) Australia
b) South Africa
c) New Zealand
d) Zimbabwe
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Answer b) South Africa. Clive Rice, South Africa’s first post-apartheid international cricket captain and a formidable player who never got the opportunity to showcase his talent in tests, died at the age of 66, due to cancer.
