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1) Name the Earth-like exoplanet which was discovered by Kepler Mission? Kepler 452b

2) Name the worlds first malaria vaccine which was on 24 July 2015 got
approval from European Medicines Agency (EMA)? - RTS,S or Mosquirix

3) Name the capital of the Republic of Guinea, which was on 21 July 2015 named
as the World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO? Conakry

4) Which ground will host the final of the ICC World Twenty20 World Cup to be
held in India during 2016? - Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata.

5) Who was on 20 July 2015 appointed as Chairperson of Food Safety and

Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)? - Bhanu Pratap Sharma

6) Name the two-time Grand Slam winner and former number one tennis player
of France, who was on 18 July 2015 inducted into the International Tennis Hall of
Fame? - Amelie Mauresmo

7) Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on 25 July 2015 launched which scheme
from Patna? - Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)

8) Who was on 24 July 2015 chosen for the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015 in
the Academic Category? - Historian Ramachandra Guha

9) National Broadcasting Day was recently observed on? - 23 July 2015

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10) Name the Indian-American boy who on 11 July 2015 won the Junior Title at
the US Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015 that was held at
the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas? - Amitoj Chhabra

11) Who was on 20 July 2015 appointed as Chief Economist of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) with effect from 8 September 2015? - Maurice Obstfeld

12) Name the Kerala Tourism's Project which on 18 July 2015 bagged the 2015
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award in the Heritage & Culture
category? - Muziris Heritage Project (MHP)

13) Indias 1st indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic
rocket engine was recently tested from? - ISRO Propulsion Complex,
Mahendragiri

14) Name the indigenously designed and developed Visibility Measuring System
which was installed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi
recently? DRISHTI

15) Who was on 24 July 2015 appointed as the Director-General (DG) of The
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)? - Ajay Mathur
Note: TERI is a non-profit research institution that conducts research work in
the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.
16) Who were on 24 July 2015 awarded with the first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela Prize by the United Nations (UN)? - Helena Ndume of Namibia and
Jorge Sampaio of Portugal

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

18) Name the countrywide campaign, to create mass awareness and capacity
building for safe and hygienic food launched by Union government recently? Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan

19) Name the cartoonist working with the prominent Telugu Daily newspaper
Sakshi, who on 11 July 2015 won the Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014
Award for sketching Nelson Mandela? - Pamarthy Shankar

20) Nelson Mandela International Day was observed across the world on? - 18
July 2015

21) Name the noted Urdu fiction writer who died on 19 July 2015? - Dr Bisheshar
Pradeep

22) India was recently ranked ___th in terms of power generation from nuclear
source? - 12th

23) CCEA chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 July 2015 approved to
extend the deadline for implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking
network and Systems (CCTNS) project till? - March 2017

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24) Union Government on 20 July 2015 launched National Career Counselling
Portal under which ministry? - Union Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship

25) Who was on 21 July 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
the Flipkart-owned fashion store Myntra? - Ananth Narayanan

26) Which Indian firm on 23 July 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) with Augur Overseas Operation of Singapore to manufacture Aerostats
and Airships in India? - Reliance Unmanned Systems

27) Which 10-year old was on 22 July 2015 won the IJGA World Stars of Junior
Golf event in Las Vegas? - Shubham Jaglan

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