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7th August - 13th August

Q. When is Bio-Fuel Day Observed?

(a) 8th August
(b) 9th August
(c) 10th August
(d) 11th August
(e) None of these
Q. TKV Desikachar, who passed away recently,
was related to which field?
(a) Yoga
(b) Film Industry
(c) Classical Dance
(d) Photography
(e) None of these
Q. Indias first repository on tigers will be set
up in which of the following cities?
(a) Ranthambore
(b) Panna
(c) Dehradun
(d) Kanpur
(e) None of these
Q. Who has been appointed as the new
Chairman of the Central Silk Board (CSB)?
(a) P Jyotimalini
(b) K M Hanumantharayappa
(c) M Shankarayappa
(d) N S Bissegowda
(e) None of these
Q. The book What Lies Between Us has been
authored by whom?
(a) Kishlay Bhattacharya (b) Govind Pansare
(c) Kartar Lalvani
(d) Nayomi Munaweera
(e) None of these
Q. The National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) has recently signed pact with which IIT
to develop technology to construct
maintenance free highways in India?
(a) IIT-Bombay
(b) IIT-Madras
(c) IIT-Kharagpur
(d) IIT-Indore
(e) None of these
Q. Which union ministry has launched a social
media campaign to mark Daughters Day on

August 11?
(a) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(e) None of these
Q. Which committee will be set up by Union
Government to review e-commerce rules?
(a) Sudarshan sen committee
(b) Shankar Acharya committee
(c) Amitabh Kant committee
(d) TSR Subramanian committee
(e) None of these
Q. Gaofen-3 an earth observation satellite
has been successfully launched by which
country?
(a) France
(b) United States
(c) United Kingdom
(d) China
(e) None of these
Q. Panchu Arunachalam, who passed away
recently, was related to which field?
(a) Film Industry
(b) Politics
(c) Sports
(d) Journalism
(e) None of these
Q. Which committee was formed to restructure
the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)?
(a) NK Singh committee
(b) Divakar Reddy committee
(c) Mihir Shah committee
(d) Neeraj Gupta committee
(e) None of these
Q. Kalikho Pul, who passed away recently, was
the former Chief Minister of which state of
India?

(a) Nagaland
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura
(e) None of these
Q. What is the theme of the 2016 International
Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples?
(a) Indigenous Peoples Right to Education
(b) Educational needs of indigenous peoples
(c) Ensuring indigenous peoples health and
well-being
(d) A Decade for Action and Dignity
(e) None of these
Q. The theme song 70 Saal Azadi Yaad Karo
Kurbani for Tiranga Yatra has been composed
by whom?
(a) Sonu Nigam
(b) Asha Bhosle
(c) Kesiraju Srinivas
(d) Lata Mangeshkar
(e) None of these
Q. Quit India 2-from Swaraaj to Suraaj
initiative has been launched by which state
government to mark the 75th anniversary of
Quit India Movement?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
(e) None of these
Q. The first National Conference of
Investigation Agencies will be held in which city
of India?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
(e) None of these
Q. Which Indian company has become the firstever Indian quasi-sovereign to issue a Masala
bond on London Stock Exchange (LSE)?
(a) Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC)
(b) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
(NPCIL)
(c) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
(NTPC)
(d) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

(e) None of these

Q. Which Indian personality will be honoured
at the United Nations on Indias 70th
Independence Day?
(a) S. G. Thakur Singh (b) M. S. Subbulakshmi
(c) Amrita Sher Gil
(d) Sayed Haider Raza
(e) None of these
Q. Which country will host the first-ever SAARC
Young Parliamentarians Conference (YPC)?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Nepal
(e) None of these
Q. Tomorrows India Global Summit will be
held in which of the following countries?
(a) India
(b) South Korea
(c) Vietnam
(d) Singapore
(e) None of these