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INTERNATIONAL

1) Recently, which country has decided to replace its official language with Urdu?
Ans:- Pakistan

2) Which country navy agreed to attend an International Fleet Review for the first time in 2016?
Ans:- Chinese Navy

3) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the member countries of _____?
Ans:- ASEAN

4) Which country’s prime minister launched a five year plan to defeat Islamic extremism?
Ans:- United Kingdom

5) In which country the political parties have agreed to remove the word “Secularism” from their new constitution?
Ans:- Nepal

6) Which country became the first-ever developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Ans:- Greece

7) Which country has received 336 million dollars fund from the United States for its on going role in combating a Taliban insurgency?
Ans:- Pakistan

8) Which country has become the 162nd member of WTO?
Ans:- Kazakhstan

9) Gadhimai Festival is related to which Asian country?
Ans:- Nepal

INDIA & WORLD

1) India signed a historic uranium deal with Kazakhstan on 6 July 2015. Under the deal, India will receive how much uranium from Kazakhstan?
Ans:- 5,000 metric tonnes

2) Which project is considered as a gateway for India to expand trade and investment links with Central Asia and Eurasia?
Ans:- International North-South Transport Corridor

3) Which country has signed a customs and liberalize business visas agreement with India to boost trade between them?
Ans:- Russia

4) Khanjar 2015, is a joint special exercise held between India and which country?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan

5) What is India’s rank in Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings?
Ans:- Third

6) As per the ‘World Population Prospects : The 2015 Revision’ launched at the UN Headquarters in New York on 29 July 2015, within how many years the population of India is expected to surpass that of China?
Ans:- 7 years

NATIONAL

1) According to the Socio Economic & Caste Census released by the govt., how many households in percentage terms are living in the rural areas?
Ans:- 73%

2) What is the new National Floor Level Minimum Wage w.e.f 1 July 2015?
Ans:- 160

3) As on July 2015, what is India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR)?
Ans:- 2.6

4) Government has decided to constitute an expert committee to comprehensively examine various issues like age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of ____ exam?
Ans:- Civil Services

5) Name the city become the first city to start online police verification for passport?
Ans:- Bengaluru

STATES

1) India and World Bank on 16 July 2015 signed Financing Agreement for which project?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project

2) The recently celebrated Godavari Maha Pushkaram occurs in the cycle of __?
Ans:- 144 years

3) As per the latest report, which state has largest number of manual scavengers?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

4) Which state of India recorded highest domestic tourist footfalls in 2014?
Ans:- Tamilnadu

5) How many Indian states have achieved the literacy rate of 80%?
Ans:- 14 States

6) As per Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, which state has highest number of households with a mobile phone?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

7) ____ becomes first Indian state to make voting compulsory in local body polls?
Ans:- Gujarat

8) World’s largest religious congregation Simhastha Kumbh Mela has recently begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of which state?
Ans:- Maharashtra

CONFERENCES

1) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) 2015 was held on 9-10 July 2015 in—?
Ans:- Ufa, Russia

2) Which country will chair the 2016-BRICS summit?
Ans:- India

AWARDS & HONOURS

1) Name of Indian biologist who was elected to Royal Society?
Ans:- Kamal Bawa

2) Which film won the best original screenplay in a Foreign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival, 2015?
Ans:- Buddha In A Traffic Jam

3) Which state tourism board has bagged this year Pacific Asia Travel Association award for its Muziris Heritage Project in the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category?
Ans:- Kerala Tourism

4) Name of the Telugu cartoonist who won Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014 Award?
Ans:- Pamarthy Shankar

5) Winner of Best Documentary Producer award at Madrid International Film Festival?
Ans:- Benoy Behl

6) Name the NGO, which has been conferred with the Future Leadership Award recently?
Ans:- Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra

7) Name the winners of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize?
Ans:- Helena Ndume and Jorge Sampaio

SPORTS & GAMES

1) Who became the first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea on 8 July 2015?
Ans:- Inderjit Singh

2) Which Indian woman cricketer made history on 6 July 2015 by becoming the first Indian and second in women’s ODI history to complete 5000 runs?
Ans:- Mithali Raj

3) Who became the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships on 12 July 2015?
Ans:- Sunil Nagal

4) The 14th Special Olympics Games (Summer) were inaugurated on 25 July 2015 in which city?
Ans:- Los Angeles (United States)

5) American Floyd Mayweather Jr. was stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in May 2015. Why?
Ans:- For failing to comply with a WBO rule

6) Which country won the CONCACAF Gold cup for the seventh time by defeating Jamaica 3-1?
Ans:- Mexico

7) Name the Cricket player, who become the fourth Sri Lankan Player to score 10000 ODI runs?
Ans:- Tilakaratne Dilshan

ECONOMY

1) Global rating agency Fitch recently made a forecast of the expected growth for India in 2015. By how many percentage points will India grow in 2015, according to Fitch?
Ans:- 7.8%

2) Airbus and which Indian company have signed a MoU to form a joint venture to produce helicopters in India?
Ans:- Mahindra

3) Which insurance company has launched the country’s first digitised policy in India?
Ans:- India First Life Insurance

4) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 July 2015 permitted ____with Core Banking Solution (CBS) to issue ATM cards/ATM-cum-debit cards in tie with a sponsor banks?
Ans:- Cooperative Banks

5) According to a list by Fortune Magazine, how many Indian companies are among the world’s 500 largest companies?
Ans:- 7

6) Which country has become World’s Largest Potato producer?
Ans:- China

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) NASA’s New Horizons on 14 July 2015 made closest approach to which planet?
Ans:- Pluto

2) By what percentage has Japan pledged to cut down the emission of the Greenhouse Gases by 2030?
Ans:- 26%

3) Name of the rocket which was launched on 22 July 2015 towards ISS with three astronauts?
Ans:- Soyuz rocket

4) Tianhe-2 is the Super Computer of —?
Ans:- China

PERSONS IN NEWS

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who was appointed as Vice-Chief of Indian Army on 13 July 2015?
Ans:- Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai

2) Who has been appointed as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Ans:- Maurice Obstfeld

3) Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)?
Ans:- Ajay Mathur

B) RESIGNS

1) Who recently resigned from the post of CEO and CFO of Leading rose exporter Karuturi Global Group?
Ans:- Shireesh Jain

2) Who resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of Toshiba on 21 July 2015?
Ans:- Hisao Tanaka

C) DEATHS

1) MS Viswanathan has passed away on 14 July 2015 in Chennai.He was a —?
Ans:- Music composer

2) Former Union Minister and 6 time Lok Sabha member Bijoy Krishna Handique has passed away recently. He was from —?
Ans:- Assam

3) Clive Rice, a cricketer, who passed away recently, was from —?
Ans:- South Africa

4) Name the Cartoonist who gave life to the cartoon character Archie, who died on 20 July 2015?
Ans:- Tom Moore

D) VISITORS

1) In which country did PM Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on 12 July 2015?
Ans:- Kyrgyzstan

2) Who inaugurated a Traditional Medicine and Yoga Centre in Ashgabat on 12 July 2015?
Ans:- PM Narendra Modi

E) MISCELLANEOUS

1) Name the world’s first female twins to successfully clim\b Mount Everest?
Ans:- Tashi & Nungshi Malik

2) Which movie poster breaks Guinness World Record recently?
Ans:- Baahubali

3) Name the new operating system launched by the Microsoft on 29 July 2015?
Ans:- Windows 10

PLACES IN NEWS

1) Name of India’s longest road tunnel which will open in 2016?
Ans:- Patnitop Tunnel

2) Which town of Punjab’s Gurdaspur district came to news on 27 July 2015 with the incident of a huge terrorist attack taking place here resulting in the death of 7 persons?
Ans:- Dinanagar

3) Who is the author of the book ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’ shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015?
Ans:- Anuradha Roy

ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS

1) What is the full form of ‘MUDRA’?
Ans:- Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency

2) What is the full form of ‘FATCA’?
Ans:- Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

BOOKS IN NEWS

1) President Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of the book ‘Uniki’ on 3 July 2015. ‘Uniki’ is the book written by?
Ans:- Vidyasagar Rao

2) The book “Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity” penned by ——?
Ans:- Raisur Rahman

COMMITTEES IN NEWS

1) Which committee was constituted to examine drug approval procedure?
Ans:- V M Katoch committee

2) Who has been appointed as the chairman of the expert committee constituted by NITI Aayog to address issues related to job creation?
Ans:- Tarun Khanna

DAYS & DATES

1) On which date ‘World Population Day’ is celebrated?
Ans:- July 11

2) When is World UFO Day?
Ans:- July 2

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