1. The first BRICS film festival was held in which Indian
city?
Ans: New Delhi
2. As per the Guinness Book of World Records, which has been
declared as the world's largest river island?
Ans: Majuli
3. Who was sworn in as the new president of Brazil?
Ans: Michel Temer
4. As per the proposal sent by the state government to the
union government, what will be the new name of West Bengal in English?
Ans: Bengal.
It will be Bangal in Hindi and
Bangla in Bengali.
5. Name the 100 year old athlete who won gold medal in 100
meters at the American Masters Games?
Ans: Man Kaur
6. Who was sworn in as the acting governor of Tamil Nadu?
Ans: C. Vidyasagar Rao
7. What is India's rank in the World Bank's 2016 Logistics
Performance Index?
Ans: 35
8. The annual socio-religious festival Solung was held in
which north eastern state?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh
9. Who heads the committee, constituted by the Central
government, to study silt in the river Ganga in Bihar?
Ans: A.K. Sinha
10. Where was the BRICS Convention on Tourism held?
Ans: Khajuraho
11. The Defence Ministry launched an international design
competition for selection designs to build _____ and ____ in New Delhi.
Ans: National War Memorial and War Museum.
12. Who was recently appointed as UN Women's Goodwill
Ambassador in India?
Ans: Aishwarya Dhanush
13. The CRPF has decided to appoint which Indian Olympic
medalist as its brand ambassador?
Ans: P.V. Sindhu
14. Which Indian's London Olympics bronze medal has been
upgraded to silver medal?
Ans: Yogeshwar Dutt
15. International Day of the Victims observed on:
Ans: August 30
16. International Day of Charity was observed on:
Ans: September 5
17. Who won the 2016 Italian Grand Prix Formula One race?
Ans: Nico Rosberg
18. Name the Indian conservationist who was voted IUCN's
Heritage Hero.
Ans: Bibhuti Lahkar
19. Name the new project launched by the Government of
Kerala to build houses for homeless and landless families.
Ans: Project LIFE (Livelihood, Inclusion and Financial
Empowerment)
20. Name the campaign launched by the Kerala Government for
the overall development and management tourist destinations?
Ans: Green Carpet
Michel
Temer was sworn in after the former president Dilma Roussef had
been removed from office for illegally manipulating the national budget.
Bibhuti
Lahkai Assam based ecologist and conservation activist, is the
only Asian so far to win the 'Heritage Heroes Award' by the International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
He has been working to save the
grasslands, flora and fauna of Manas National Park area for the past two
decades Lahkar is presently engaged as Manas Landscape Administrator for
Aaranyak, NGO working for biodiversity conservation in north east India.
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