Current Affairs Quiz: July

1. Who among the following took charge as the fourth Deputy Governor of the Reserve
Bank of India?

a) Dr. DV Dongre

b) Rakesh Maria

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Subhash Sheoratan Mundra

2. Who among the following took over as the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee
(COSC)?

a) Captain Bikram Batra

b) General Bikram Singh

c) General Vikram Singh

d) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha

3. Who among the following took over as Chief of Army Staff?

a) Dr. DV Dongre

b) Rakesh Maria

c) Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag

d) Guocheng Zhang
 4. Who among the following was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of
Maharashtra?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Shahrukh Khan

c) Salman Khan

d) Sachin Tendulkar

5. BJP leader Kaptan Singh Solanki was appointed as the Governor of which state?

a) Haryana

b) Rajasthan

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh

6. Who is new Comptroller & Auditor General of India?

a) Shashi Kant Sharma

b) Ravi Kant Sharma

c) Rishi Kant Sharma

d) Shashi Kant Verma

7. Who has been sworn in as Governor of West Bengal?

a) Dr. DV Dongre

b) Rakesh Maria

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

 8. Who has been sworn in as 27th Governor of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow?

a) Dr. DV Dongre

b) Rakesh Maria

c) Ram Naik

d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

9. Who among the following was appointed as Chairman of Indian Council of Historical
Research (ICHR)?

a) Yellapragada Sudharshan Rao

b) Yellapragada Sudharshan Rai

c) Yellapragada Siddharth Rao

d) Yellapragada Siddharth Rai

10. Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag, new Chief of Army Staff has become the
.......... Army Chief.

a) 26

b) 27

c) 28

d) 29

11. Subhash Sheoratan Mundra is replacing.................................. as the Deputy Governor

of the Reserve Bank of India?

a) KC Chakrabarty

b) Rakesh Maria

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Guocheng Zhang
 12. Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag, new Chief of Army Staff succeded whom among the
following?

a) Captain Bikram Batra

b) General Bikram Singh

c) General Vikram Singh

d) Colonel Guocheng Zhang

13. Who among the following took charge as Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)?

a) B Ashok

b) Rakesh Maria

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Guocheng Zhang

14. Balramji Dass Tandon was sworn in as Governor of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Chhattisgarh

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh
 15. Om Prakash Kohli was sworn in as Governor of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Chhattisgarh

c) West Bengal

d) Gujarat

16. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharyawas was sworn in as Governor of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Chhattisgarh

c) West Bengal

d) Nagaland

17. Emma Watson, the...........actress was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN
Women.
a) British

b) Chinese

c) South Korean

d) American

18. Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Rohington F
Nariman were appointed as judges of ...........
a) Lucknow High Court

b) Allahabad High Court

c) Supreme Court

d) Delhi High Court

 19. Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Rajasthan

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh

20. Who among the following assumed office as Member of the United Nations Board of
Auditors?
a) Shashi Kant Sharma

b) Ravi Kant Sharma

c) Rishi Kant Sharma

d) Shashi Kant Verma

21. Who among the following has been appointed as Special Public Prosecutor for trial in
coal blocks allocation scam?

a) Shashi Kant Sharma

b) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

c) R S Cheema

d) Shashi Kant Verma

22. Who among the following was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Reliance Infrastructure? M S Mehta

a) Shashi Kant Sharma

b) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

c) R S Cheema

d) M S Mehta
a) Nepal
 b) Bhutan

c) Bangladesh

d) Myanmar

23. Recently external Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited a neighbouring country and
cochaired the meeting. Name the country.

a) Nepal

b) Bhutan

c) Bangladesh

d) Myanmar

24. The.................President Jim Yong Kim had recently arrived India on his threeday
visit.

a) IMF

b) UNICEF

c) United Nations

d) World Bank

25. The BRICS Summit was held in which country recently?

a) Russia

b) Brazil

c) India

d) China

26. The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in 2015 in which country?
a) Russia

b) South Africa
 c) India

d) China

27. Deputy National Security Adviser...................has resigned recently.

a) Dr. DV Dongre

b) Nehchal Sandhu

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

28. The Prime Minister of which country has resigned from Verkhovna Rada after his
governing coalition collapsed?

a) Russia

b) Brazil

c) Ukraine

d) China

29. The........ BRICS Summit was held in Brazil recently.

a) 6

b) 7

c) 8

d) 9

30. Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn in as ............Governor of West Bengal.

a) 21

b) 22

c) 23

d) 24
 31. Ram Naik was sworn in as..........Governor of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow.
a) 26

b) 27

c) 28

d) 29

32. The Prime Minister of Ukraine................... has resigned from the Parliament of
Ukraine.

a) Arseniy Yatsenyuk

b) Arseniy Yingluck

c) AroshaYatsenyuk

d) AroshaYingluck

33. Who was the former governor of Uttar Pradesh?

a) Ram Naik

b) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

c) BL Joshi

d) Ashwani Kumar

34. Who was the former governor of West Bengal?

a) Ram Naik

b) MK Narayanan

c) BL Joshi

d) Ashwani Kumar
 35. Who was the former governor of Nagaland?

a) Ram Naik

b) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

c) BL Joshi

d) Ashwani Kumar

36. Who was the former governor of Goa?

a) Bharat Vir Wanchoo

b) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

c) BL Joshi

d) Ashwani Kumar

37. Who was the former governor of Chhattisgarh?

a) Dr. DV Dongre

b) Shekhar Dutt

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

38. Which former governor had been probed by CBI regarding 3600crore rupees VVIP
chopper from AngloItalian firm Augusta Westland?

a) Maharashtra

b) Rajasthan

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh
 39. Who among the following famous rock guitarist of Alice Cooper died recently?

a) Dick Wagner

b) Jimi Hendrix

c) David Gilmour

d) Jimmy Page

40. Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn in as 22nd Governor of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Rajasthan

c) West Bengal

d) Madhya Pradesh

41. Ram Naik was sworn in as 27th Governor of which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Rajasthan

c) West Bengal

d) Uttar Pradesh

42. Emma Watson, the...............was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN

Women.
a) Social Worker

b) Politician

c) Singer

d) Actress

43. The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim had recently arrived which city of India on
his threeday visit.
a) New Delhi

b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai

d) Hyderabad

44. The.6th BRICS Summit was held in which city of Brazil recently?

a) Brazillia

b) Rio-De- Jenero

c) Fortaleza

d) Charlotte

45. Recently an eminent Hindi litterateur died. Name him.

a) Madhukar Singh

b) Nehchal Sandhu

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

46. Sushilarani Patel died. She is known as a famous Indian.......

a) Sports person

b) Artist

c) Classical singer

d) Actor

47. Recently Sundaram Sankaran died. Who was he?

a) Sports person

b) Artist

c) Classical singer

d) Journalist
48. Recently........... actor James Garner died.

a) British

b) Chinese

c) South Korean

d) American

49. Recently Nadine Gordimer, the South African Nobel Prize winning
.................died.
a) Social Worker

b) Politician

c) Author

d) Actor

50. Recently Giriraj Kishore, a senior ..................died.

a) Social Worker

b) Leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)

c) Author

d) Actor

51. Name deceased Zohra Sehgal's biography which was released on her 100th birthday?

a) Zohra Sehgal:Silly

b) Zohra Sehgal:Beauty

c) Zohra Sehgal: Fatty

d) Zohra Sehgal:Lovely

52. Eduard Shevardnadze, the former President of................died.

a) Georgia

b) Russia
 c) Italy

d) Myanmar

53. Legendary Argentine-Spanish footballer and coach...............died recently.

a) James Garner

b) Alfredo Di Stefano

c) Eduard Shevardnadze

d) Jimmy Page

54. The eminent scholar of the Indian Constitution died. Name him.

a) James Garner

b) Alfredo Di Stefano

c) Eduard Shevardnadze

d) Granville Austin

55. Former Haitian president..................died.

a) Leslie Francois Manigat

b) Alfredo Di Stefano

c) Eduard Shevardnadze

d) Granville Austin

56. Recently................Chief Subrata Roy was allowed to negotiate the sale his properties
with prospective buyers.

a) Sahara

b) Airtel

c) Aircel

d) Reliance
 57. Who among the following became the first Indian American dean of the Berkeley
Law School, University of California?

a) Sujit Choudhry

b) Nehchal Sandhu

c) Kinshar Himalaya Rao

d) Keshari Nath Tripathi

58. Which country has named a mountain after eminent Indian-American scientist
Akhouri Sinha?

a) Australia

b) Russia

c) UK

d) US

59. Recently the former President of France................ was charged with corruption.

a) Francois Hollande

b) Nicolas Sarkozy

c) Nicolas Sparx

d) Nicolas Suaan

60. Recently Dick Wagner died. Who was he?

a) Social Worker

b) Politician

c) Guitarist

d) Actor

61. Recently an eminent Indian classical singer died. Name her.

a) Madhumita Singh
 b) Nehchal Sandhu

c) Kinshar Rao

d) Sushilarani Patel

62. Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit was held in.............., Australia.

a) Melbourne

b) Brisbane

c) Sydney

d) Perth

63. Which edition of IndiaBrazilSouth Africa (IBSA) summit will be held in New
Delhi?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 8

64. President of.....................Ernest Bai Koroma declared a public health emergency to

curb the deadly Ebola outbreak.

a) Liberia

b) Sierra Leone

c) Guinea

d) Maldives

65. As per UN World Urbanisation Prospects report which city was ranked at first
position as populous cities in 2014?

a) Tokyo

b) Delhi

c) Shanghai
 d) Mumbai

66. As per UN World Urbanisation Prospects report which city was ranked at second
position as populous cities in 2014?

a) Sao Paulo

b) Delhi

c) Shanghai

d) Mumbai

67. As per UN World Urbanisation Prospects report, presently..... percent of the Worlds
population lives in urban areas.

a) 52

b) 53

c) 54

d) 55

68. As per India State of Forest Report 2013 report, total forest and tree cover of the
country is........percent of the geographical area of India.

a) 21.01

b) 22.01

c) 23.01

d) 24.01

69. According to India State of Forest Report 2013 report which state had highest forest
cover?

a) Mizoram

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Kerala
 70. Recently Dick Wagner, the famous rock guitarist died. He worked with which rock
band?

a) The Beatles

b) Pink Floyd

c) Metallica

d) Alice Cooper

71. Recently Madhukar Singh died. Who was he?

a) Social Worker

b) Politician

c) Litterateur

d) Actor

72. Recently James Garner died. Who was he?

a) Social Worker

b) Politician

c) Litterateur

d) Actor.

73. Nadine Gordimer, the.................Nobel Prize winning author, died.

a) British

b) South African..

c) South Korean

d) American

74. Late Zohra Sehgal acted in which of these movies?

a) Desi Kalakaar
b) Dabangg

c) Ready

d) Veer-Zaara.

75. Recently the former President of Georgia died. Name him.

a) James Garner

b) Jimi Hendrix

c) Eduard Shevardnadze

d) Jimmy Page

76. Legendary Alfredo Di Stefano of................Football Club died recently.

a) FC Barcelona

b) Liverpool FC

c) Manchester United

d) Real Madrid.

77. Sujit Choudhry became the......IndianAmerican dean of the Berkeley Law School.

a) First.

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

78. The US has named a mountain in.............after eminent Indian-American scientist.

a) Arctica

b) Antarctica

c) France

d) Russia
 79. 7th IndiaBrazilSouth Africa (IBSA) summit will be held in which country?

a) India

b) Brazil

c) South Africa

d) America

80. President of Sierra Leone ..................declared a public health emergency to curb the
deadly Ebola outbreak.

a) Ernest Kara

b) Ernest Bai Koroma..

c) Eagle Bai Koroma

d) Ernst Buy Kala

81. According to India State of Forest Report 2013, Mizoram had highest forest cover
with..........percent?

a) 90.38.

b) 91.38

c) 92.38

d) 93.38

82. Recently heavy downpour caused landslide in Malin Village of Ambegaon Taluka
which is nearby..........

a) Mumbai.

b) Pune

c) Kolkata

d) Delhi

83. Which edition of BRICS Summit will be held in Russia in 2015?

a) 5
 b) 6

c) 7

d) 8

84. Recently 46 Indian Nurses and 137 others were rescued from Jihadist militants from
which country?

a) Iran

b) Iraq

c) Afghanistan

d) Pakistan

85. International Tiger Day was recently observed on.............2014 worldwide.

a) 27 July

b) 28 July

c) 29 July.

d) 30 July

86. World Hepatitis Day was recently observed on 28.....

a) June

b) July..

c) August

d) May

87. Recently Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated across nationwide on 26 July 2014. It
was the................anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.

a) 13

b) 14

c) 15.
d) 16

88. World Population Day was observed worldwide on............July.

a) 11..

b) 14

c) 15

d) 16

89. Investing in Young People is the theme of World..................Day 2014.

a) Forest

b) Hepatitis

c) Tobacco

d) Population

90. Recently a veteran Journalist died. Name him/ her.

a) Madhumita Singh

b) Nehchal Sandhu

c) PV Rao

d) Sundaram Sankaran

91. Recently an American actor died. Name him/ her.

a) James Garner.

b) Jimi Hendrix

c) David Gilmour

d) Jimmy Page

92. Recently a senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader died. Name him/
her.
a) Madhumita Singh
 b) Giriraj Kishore

c) PV Rao

d) Sundaram Sankaran

93. Name the mountain that has been named by the US after eminent Indian-American
scientist.

a) Mount Verma

b) Mount Sharma

c) Mount Sinha

d) Mount Shukla

94. 7th BRICS Summit will be held in which Russian city in 2015?
a) Roofa

b) Ufa..

c) Unnaz

d) Nei Ha

95. National Doctors Day was recently observed on...........July.

a) 1.

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

96. Indian Air Force received its sixth C17 Globemaster..............aircraft.

a) I

b) II

c) III..
 d) IV

97. India's first indigenous antisubmarine warship INS...........was handed over to the
Indian Navy.

a) Damorta

b) Chamorta

c) Kamorta..

d) Samorta

98. Indian army successfully testfired an advanced version of the 290km

range.................supersonic cruise

a) Prithvi

b) Agni-I

c) Agni-IV

d) BrahMos.

99. Union government will appoint..................Committee to review the gas pricing

formula.

a) C Rangrajan.

b) Suresh Prabhu

c) Justice Pandey

d) Kumar Shyam

100. Recently a South African Nobel Prizewinning author, died. Name him.

a) James Garner

b) Nadine Gordimer.

c) David Gilmour

d) Jimmy Page
 101. International...............Day was observed on 29 July 2014.

a) Forest

b) Tiger.

c) Tobacco

d) Tree

102. World .....................Day was recently observed on 28 July.

a) Forest

b) Hepatitis.

c) Tobacco

d) AIDS

103. On 11 July, World......................Day was observed worldwide.

a) Forest

b) Hepatitis

c) Tobacco

d) Population.

104. The Union Civil Aviation Ministry constituted an InterMinisterial Group to

examine the maximum potential of the.................system.

a) AKASH

b) GAGAN.

c) TARANG

d) PRAVAH

105. One Life is Not Enough: An Autobiography has been written by which among the
following?

a) Kunwar Natwar Singh.

 b) Kunwar Natraj Singh

c) Kumar Natwar Singh

d) Kumar Natraj Singh

106. The Lives of Others has been written by which among the following personalities?

a) Neel Nitin Mukesh

b) Neel Mukherjee..

c) Nil Bhattacharya

d) Neel Ghosh

107. The Vijay Mallya Story has been written by which among the following?

a) A Giriprakash

b) K Giriprakash..

c) S Giriprakash

d) H Giriprakash

108. Who among the following noted filmmaker of India was selected for 22nd Rajiv
Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?

a) Fazal Ali

b) Gulzar

c) Muzaffar Ali

d) Javed Ali

109. The Indian Contingent won how many medals in recently held International Physics
Olympiad?

a) Three

b) Four

c) Five
 d) Six

110. Recently Giriraj Kishore, the senior.................leader died.

a) BJP

b) VHP..

c) BSP

d) Congress

111. The US has named a................. in Antarctica after eminent Indian-American scientist
Akhouri Sinha.

a) River

b) Mountain.

c) Road

d) Building

112. Recently 15th Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated across nationwide on.......July
2014.

a) 25

b) 26

c) 27

d) 28

113. Indian Naval Ship (INS)............. Warship was damaged in a mishap.

a) Katar

b) Kuthar

c) Kamrota

d) Kuhaar

114. The Indian Contingent won five medals in recently held International Physics
Olympiad.

a) 43

b) 44

c) 45

d) 46

115. The 45th International Physics Olympiad was held in which country?

a) Kazakhstan

b) Afghanistan

c) Pakistan

d) Bangladesh

116. Environmentalist and social activist..................... was awarded with the Gandhi
Peace prize for 2013.

a) Nandi Prasad Bhatt

b) Chandi Prasad Bhatt..

c) Sandeep Prasad Bhatt

d) Nandish Prasad Bhatt

117. Who among the following Indiaborn Americans were honoured on the eve of US
Independence Day?

a) Satya Nadella

b) Aasif Mandvi.

c) Beheruz Sethna

d) All of the above

118. Who among the following was recently conferred with top French civilian award
Knight of the Legion of Honour?

a) Aamir Khan
 b) Salman Khan

c) Shah Rukh Khan

d) Irfan Khan

119. Who among the following won the 2014 Liberty Medal given by the National
Constitution Centre in Philadelphia?

a) Malala Yousafzai

b) Nelson Mandela

c) Sachin Tendulkar

d) Barack Obama

120. Actress Zohra Sehgal was awarded to which of these highest civilian awards?

a) Param Veer

b) Padma Shri.

c) Bharat Ratna

d) All of the above

121. Naad BhedThe Mystery of Sound of Doordarshan will be featured in Limca Book
of Records for being the first ever national level reality show on which subject?

a) Rock Music

b) Classical Music.

c) Bollywood Music

d) Jazz Music

122. The.............edition of Ladakh International Film Festival was held in Leh, Jammu
and Kashmir recently.

a) First

b) Second
 c) Three.

d) Fourth

123. The annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra (Chariot Festival) is organised in which
Indian state?

a) Odisha

b) Jharkhand

c) West Bengal

d) Uttar Pradesh

124. Air Algerie plane Boeing MD83 went missing over in............on 24 July.

a) Malaysia

b) US

c) Africa

d) Dubai

125. ....................Airlines Boeing 777 plane, MH17, was shot down over wartorn
eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on 17 July.

a) Russian

b) Malaysian

c) African

d) American

126. PM Narendra Modi has recently launched a web portal................... to facilitate

citizen engagement in good governance.

a) MyGov.nic.in.

b) Gov.nic.in.

c) IndianGov.nic.in.
 d) IGov.nic.in.

127. The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development launched

a......................Competition for the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign.

a) Painting

b) Website Design

c) Book

d) Logo Design

128. President Pranab Mukherjee recently joined ..............with the handle

@RashtrapatiBhvn.

a) Instagram

b) Whatsapp

c) Facebook

d) Twitter..

129. President Pranab Mukherjee is the...........serving president of India to join Twitter.

a) First.

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

130. Veteran actor Zohra Sehgal died at the age of..........

a) 100

b) 101

c) 102

d) 103
 131. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed Rs..........
penalties on three entities which includes Thomas Cook.

a) 1 crore..

b) 2 crore

c) 3 crore

d) 4 crore

132. Which among the following country has invited India to participate in the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank?

a) Malaysia

b) Pakistan

c) Japan

d) China.

133. Indias Polar Satellite launched.............successfully put five foreign satellites into
orbit at the ISROs spaceport in Sriharikota.

a) Vehicle C20

b) Vehicle C21

c) Vehicle C22

d) Vehicle C23.

134. Which country for the first time agreed to allow Indian experts to conduct study
tours in Tibet to monitor the flows on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra?

a) Russia

b) US

c) China.
 d) Japan

135. The..................Commission of Inquiry probing the 2002 postGodhra riots has

recently received a twomonth extension beyond its expiry date.

a) Kalawati

b) Nanavati

c) Shah

d) Ghosh

136. Kaafiron ki Namaaz movie by debutant director Ram Ramesh Sharma

won................awards at the third Ladakh International Film Festival.

a) Three

b) Four

c) Five