GK_AUG_2015_PART_6:

1. Which is the first monument in world to have Twitter account?
Ans: Taj Mahal.

2. Which public sector bank launched IndPay mobile app through which its Customers can do transactions like enquiries, getting mini statements and transferring funds to any account?
Ans: Indian Bank.

3. Central Government has revised the National Solar Mission target of Grid Connected Solar Power projects from 20,000 MW by 2022 to ?
Ans: 1,00,000 MW by 2022.

4. Which bank launched the first Contactless Debit, Credit and Multi-Currency Forex Card in association with VISA payWave which enables withdrawal of 15 currencies via Multi-Currency Forex facility.?
Ans: Axis bank.

5. Who gave the slogan ‘Satyamev Jayathe’?
Ans: Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.

6. Who was conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna — the country’s highest sporting honour ?
Ans: Tennis star Sania Mirza.
7. Who won the Badminton World Championships in Jakarta recently?
Ans: Carolina Marin of Spain.

8. Who won the India’s first ever silver medal at the Badminton World Championships which was held in Jakarta ?
Ans: Saina Nehwal .

9. Who has been appointed as United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador?
Ans: Novak Djokovic, the world number one men’s singles tennis player.

10. India has inked as many as 22 agreements with which of its neighbor country , including on curbing human trafficking, smuggling of fake currency and setting up an Indian Economic Zone, to boost bilateral ties?
Ans: Bangladesh.

11. FICN stands for ?
Ans: fake Indian currency notes.

12. Which is the first state in the country to achieve total Digital state status?
Ans: Kerala.

13. Which state government has announced to launch an innovative programme in the name of Dr Kalam to enable the youth translate their innovative ideas into sucessful business ventures?
Ans: Kerala.

14. On 15th aug 2015, PM modi renamed Ministry of Agriculture as?
Ans: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.

15. Which company acquired Bengaluru-based HomeBuy360?
Ans: Locon Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the compnay which operates real estate listing portalHousing.com.

16. Which Indian state has recently banned the use of plastic in the state?
Ans: Gujarat. Chief minister Anandiben Patel

17. Union Government has decided to set up a BBB to monitor key performance indicators of two dozen public sector banks (PSBs). What is BBB?
Ans: Bank Board Bureau.

18. Abhishek Verma is related with which sports?
Ans: Archery .

19. Who won the gold medal at the World Archery Championships in Poland?
Ans: Abhishek Verma.

20. Which is the World’s largest cycle manufacturer by volume?
Ans: Hero cycles.

21. Which Indian manufacturing company acquired majority stake in UK-based Avocet Sports and marked it’s entry into high-end bicycle market in Europe?
Ans: Hero Cycles.

22. International lefthanders Day is observed on ?
Ans: 13th Aug.

23. Women’s day in Tunisia is observed on?
Ans: 13th August.

24. CCEA stands for?
Ans: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

25. How much amount has been approved by Union government as the soft loan scheme for the current sugar season and save standing kharif agriculture and horticulture crops from weak monsoon and better equipped with challenges posed by delayed and aberrant monsoon to farmers?
Ans: 6000 crore rupees.

26. Union Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and which neighbor country for construction of petroleum products pipeline?
Ans: Nepal. ( from Raxaul (Bihar) in India to Amlekhgunj in Nepal).

27. BEE stands for?
Ans: Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

28. Who has been elected as Chairman of the prestigious Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) ?
Ans: Jethabhai Patel.

29. Who is the new and 27th Governor of the Himachal Pradesh ?
Ans: Acharya Dev Vrat.

30. Who is the Prime Minister of Libya who announced his resignation during a live telecast after fraught peace talks between the country’s rival factions restarted?
Ans: Abdullah al-Thani.

31. NTCA stands for?
Ans: National Tiger Conservation Authority.
32. ‘Uninor’ is a subsidiary of Norway’s which telecom company ?
Ans: Telenor.

33. CPEC stands for?
Ans: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.

34. According to Govt.’s ‘Housing for All’ scheme, has set the target to provide houses to how many families belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS) in urban areas by 2022?
Ans: two crore families.

35. Which city is popularly known as Mushroom City of India?
Ans: Solan, Himachal Pradesh.

36. Tag line of “Indian Bank” is ?
Ans: your own bank.

37. Which state legislature has passed Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015 in order to reign in the rising incidents of witch hunting cases across the state?
Ans: Assam.

38. India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which country on technical cooperation in railway sector?
Ans: Slovak Republic.

39. Which famous event was accorded with the status of Adventure Sport through a Government Resolution recently?
Ans: Maharashtra’s famous Dahi Handi (Govinda).

40. Who is the Boxing Coach of India?
Ans: Swatantra Raj Singh.

41. Nihar Amin is related with which sports?
Ans: Swimming.

42. Harbans Singh is related with which sports?
Ans: Athletics.

43. Who is appointed as the president of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)?
Ans: Sudhakar Shetty.

44. M M(Malleshappa Madivalappa) Kalburgi who was shot recently and following which he died, is a famous?
Ans: Kannada scholar and Sahitya Akademi award winner.

45. According to US think tanks report which country could become the third largest nuclear stock pile within the next five to ten years, behind only the United States and Russia .?
Ans: Pakistan.

46. Who gave the slogan ‘Vande Mataram’ ?
Ans: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

47. Internet was formally launched in India on which date for Indian Public?
Ans: On August 15, 1995, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) formally launched the Internet for the Indian public.

48. According to Govt, how many people have given up LPG subsidy(till 15th Aug 2015)?
Ans: 20 lakh.

49. How many bank accounts have been opened accounts under Jan Dhan Yojna(15th Aug 2015)?
Ans: 17 crore .

50. Union Govt. has set how many days deadline for every village in India to get electricity as emphasizes his commitment towards combating poverty?
Ans: 1000 days.

51. CURRENT President of Ecuador is?
Ans: Rafael Correa.

52. Which country declared a state of emergency over increasing activity in the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito?
Ans: Ecuador.