INTERNATIONAL
1) What is the political party of Ranil Singhe, who is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka? Ans:- United Nations Party
2) Name the Islamic State militant group deputy chief who killed by the US air strike on August 22 in Northen Iraq? Ans:- Fadil Ahmad al-Hayali
3) Name the Hakkani Hetwork Chief, whose name is included in the list of terrorism by America? Ans:- Abdul Haziz Hakkani (Pakistan)
4) Which country and Pakistan signed deal worth 1.6 billion US dollars to implement China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project? Ans:- China
5) Which country recently imposes anti-terror law that punishes ‘false’ reporting of attacks? Ans:- Egypt
6) Which country and China begin joint military ecercise in sea of Japan? Ans:- Russia
INDIA & WORLD
1) Who are the two persons from India are in the top 20 places in forbe's list of Technology field? Ans:- Ajim Premji, wipro Chairman & Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies
2) Government of India approves MoU between India and which country to establish PACEsetter Fund? Ans:- America
3) Which is the first institute to get natural heritage recognition by UNESCO as currently there are 9 C2C institutes related to cultural heritage? Ans:- Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun
4) Indian government aprroves pact with which country to curb black money ? Ans:- Seychelles
NATIONAL
1) What is the new policy introduced by central government in view of Raksha Bandhan? Ans:- Suraksha Bandhan
2) What is the tele medicine program launched by the central government along with Appollo Hospitals on 25 August 2015? Ans:- SEHAT - Social Endeavour for Health And Telemedicine
3) Which commission of India recommended for amending the constitution for right to basic care of children under six years? Ans:- The Law Commission of India
4) Which scheme was launched by the Union Government on 10 August 2015 an initiative to bring students closer to nature? Ans:- School Nursery Yojana
5) Which banana variety from Thrissur district of Kerala has been accorded Geographical Indication (GI) status by the Chennai based Central GI registry? Ans:- Chengalikodan
STATES
1) What is the only company from India which is in the 7th place in Fortune’s ‘Change the World’ List ? Ans:- Jain Irrigation Systems of Maharashtra
2) Which district in India has highest number of e-toilets in its schools? Ans:- Nellore
3) Which of the following states is going to become the first state in the country to launch ‘agrosolar policy’? Ans:- Gujarat
4) Which state HC stays implementation of compulsory voting Act in local polls? Ans:- Gujarat
CONFERENCES
1) In the second summit of forun for India pacific Islands co-operation (FIPIC), which topic is discussed ? Ans:- Environmental changes
2) What is the theme of Golobal call to Action Summit 2015 held on New Delhi ? Ans:- Ending preventable child and material deaths
AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Which famous Urdu Author has been chosen for the first Jnangarima Manad Alankaran Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith? Ans:- Shamim Hanfi
2) Who are the two persons selected for keerthi chakra, the gallentay award? Ans:- Lt. Colnel Sanjenbam and Subedar Rajesh Kumar
3) Who was the Jharkhand additional SP and CRPF officer won the police Medal for Gallentry (PMG) for the seventh time? Ans:- Prakash Ranjan Mishra
4) Name the person selected for Arjuna award in the field of weight lifting? Ans:- Satish Kumar
SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who is the Chess Player from Andhra Pradesh won the Gold Medal in under - 18 Asia Youth Chess Championship? Ans:- N. Krishna Teja
2) Who is first in the world's highest paid Athlet's list of forbe's Magazine? Ans:- Flyod Mayweather (Boxer)
3) Who ranks second in the forbe's women's list of world's highest paid Athlets? Ans:- Serena Williams
4) Who won the title of world Badminton Championship held on 16th August, 2015 in Jakarta? Ans:- Carolina Marin (Spain)
5) Who has been elected as the new president of world Athletics Federation on 19 August, 2015? Ans:- Sebastian Coe
ECONOMY
1) With the devaluation of Yuan in the market the Indian rupee lost howmuch value against us dollar? Ans:- 64.78 per cent (nearly 2 year low)
2) Who was the new chief of IDBI Bank? Ans:- Kishore Karat Piraji
3) According which act RBI relaxed Branch Authorisation Policy to allow banks to merge or close branches in urban areas? Ans:- Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
4) RBI grants approval to how many applicatants to set up payment banks? Ans:- 11
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) What is the newly discovered planet by NASA's kepler mission? Ans:- Kepler - 453 b
2) At which of the following places has India’s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) been commissioned? Ans:- Kochi
3) Asia’s biggest telescope Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) was inaugurated at which of the following places recently? Ans:- Udaipur , India
4) Recently, which of the following Companies has commercially launched the high-speed 4G services across 296 towns across India? Ans:- Bharti Airtel
5) Recently NASA spacecraft finds neon gas on which planet? Ans:- Moon
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Name the new CEO of Google, who is from India? Ans:- Sunder Pichai
2) Who was appointed as the new Election Commissioner on 13th August 2015 by the government? Ans:- OM Prakash Rawat
3) Name the newly appointed CEO of Association of Mutual funds of India (AMFI) on 17 August, 2015? Ans:- CVR Rajendran
4) Who was elected as President of Gymnastics Federation of India? Ans:- Sudhakar Shetty
B) RESIGNS
1) Name the Greek Prime Minister who resigned and called for early election on 20 August, 2015? Ans:- Alexis Tsipras
C) DEATHS
1) Name the retired colnel who participated in World War II, passed away on 4 August 2015? Ans:- Colnel Harwant Singh
D) VISITORS
1) Who is the Mozambique president visited India on 5 August 2015 ? Ans:- Filipe Nyusi
2) Narendra Modi visited which great mosque in Abudhabi during his visit to UAE ? Ans:- Sheikh Sayed Grand Mosque
E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Name the CEO of Snapchat who is the World’s Wealthiest Youngster under 25? Ans:- Evan Spiegel
2) Name the world’s oldest person who is in Guiness records recently ? Ans:- Yasutaro Koide (Japan)
3) Which Senior actor and director has been selected as new chairman of Bharat Oscar Jury on 24 August, 2015? Ans:- Amol Plakar
4) Which global satellite was proposed to be named after Abdul Kalam? Ans:- GlobalSat for DRR
5) Who was appointed as a Maharashtra ambassador for the “Save the Tiger” campaign and promote tiger tourism? Ans:- Amitabh Bachchan
PLACES IN NEWS
1) Who is the first person to upload a picture of Taj Moments in Twitter? Ans:- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
2) The "Arabica" Coffee of Vishaka agency won which award on 25 August 2015? Ans:- "International Fine cup of coffee"
3) Which of the following airports became the world’s first airport to operate on solar power? Ans:- Cochin International Airport
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of FIPIC ? Ans:- Forum for India Pacific Islands Co operation
2) What is the full form of AMFI ? Ans:- Association of Mutual Funds of India
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the Classic Gujarati Novel, that is translated into English after 128 years? Ans:- Saraswathichandra
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Union Government constitutes 3-member panel to assess situation in FTII. Who is head of this panel? Ans:- SM Khan
DAYS & DATES
1) Which day is celebrated on August 15 ? Ans:- Indian Independence Day 2) International Lefthanders Day is observed on which date ? Ans:- August 13 3) Women's Equality Day is observed on which date ? Ans:- August 26