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August GK-12

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(1). Who has sworn as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

  • (a). Ashok Chawla
  • (b). Deepak Mohanthi
  • (c). Rakesh Setti
  • (d). Jagdish Mukhi
  • (e). Dinesh Agarwal
Answer : Jagdish Mukhi

Explanation:

(2). Who is the current governor of Assam?

  • (a). Ajit Singh
  • (b). Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
  • (c). Banwarilal Purohit
  • (d). Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
  • (e). Tathagata Roy
Answer : Banwarilal Purohit

Explanation:

(3). Justice Manjula Chellur was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the ________ High Court.

  • (a). Madras
  • (b). Bombay
  • (c). Delhi
  • (d). Meghalaya
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Bombay

Explanation:

(4). Which state is going to host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup?

  • (a). Maharashtra
  • (b). Gujarat
  • (c). Punjab
  • (d). Haryana
  • (e). Rajasthan
Answer : Gujarat

Explanation:

(5). Which of the following is not selected for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

  • (a). PV Sindhu
  • (b). Sakshi Malik
  • (c). Dipa Karmakar
  • (d). Virat Kohli
  • (e). Jitu Rai
Answer : Virat Kohli

Explanation:

(6). This year's Dronacharya Award has been conferred upon six coaches, which of the following is not one of them?

  • (a). Bishweshwar Nandi
  • (b). Raj Kumar Sharma
  • (c). Sagar Mal Dhaya
  • (d). S. Pradeep Kumar
  • (e). All are correct
Answer : All are correct

Explanation:

(7). Who will be conferred by Dhyan Chand Award 2015?

  • (a). Ms. Satti Geetha
  • (b). Sylvanus Dung Dung
  • (c). Rajendra Pralhad Shelke
  • (d). Only 1 and 2
  • (e). All of the above
Answer : All of the above

Explanation:

(8). Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2015-16 will be given to which of the following Institute?

  • (a). Punjabi University, Patiala
  • (b). NIT, Kurukshetra
  • (c). IIT, Delhi
  • (d). IISC Bangalore
  • (e). None of the above
Answer : Punjabi University, Patiala

Explanation:

(9). The government today launched Accessible E-Library 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' for Divyang under Prime Minister's Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan. Who among the following launched the e-library at a function in New Delhi?

  • (a). Ravi Shankar Prasad
  • (b). Prakash Javadekar
  • (c). Thawar Chand Gehlot
  • (d). All the three jointly
  • (e). None of these
Answer : All the three jointly

Explanation:

(10). President of India inaugurates CII-IIEST conference on “Enabling Make in India through Industry Academia Innovation Platform” in

  • (a). Kolkata, West Bengal
  • (b). Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  • (c). New Delhi
  • (d). Bangalore, Karnataka
  • (e). Hyderabad, Telangana
Answer : Kolkata, West Bengal

Explanation:

(11). India men's hockey team is ranked ______ in the latest FIH rankings.

  • (a). Tenth
  • (b). Fourth
  • (c). Sixth
  • (d). Seventh
  • (e). Ninth
Answer : Sixth

Explanation:

(12). Which country will not compete in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping?

  • (a). USA
  • (b). Greece
  • (c). Russia
  • (d). Kuwait
  • (e). Chile
Answer : Russia

Explanation:

(13). According to a report by New World Wealth, India was ranked _______ in the the top 10 wealthiest countries in the World.

  • (a). 7th
  • (b). 10th
  • (c). 9th
  • (d). 6th
  • (e). 5th
Answer : 7th

Explanation:

(14). Which company has acquired artificial intelligence startup Genee?

  • (a). Facebook
  • (b). Microsoft
  • (c). Oracle
  • (d). Adob
  • (e). IBM
Answer : Microsoft

Explanation:

(15). Which countries unmanned submersible has dived to a depth of 10,767 metres at the world's deepest ocean point?

  • (a). South Korea
  • (b). Canada
  • (c). UK
  • (d). Russia
  • (e). China
Answer : China

Explanation:

(16). Which countries Postal Service will issue a Diwali postage stamp?

  • (a). USA
  • (b). South Africa
  • (c). Germany
  • (d). Brazil
  • (e). Singapore
Answer : USA

Explanation:

(17). Odisha Cabinet has approved the Odisha Startup Policy 2016. It will deal with _____.

  • (a). Education
  • (b). Sports
  • (c). Agriculture
  • (d). Entrepreneurship
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Entrepreneurship

Explanation:

(18). Who won a double to clinch the title in the MRF Formula 1600 category and a ticket for the Mazda Road to Indy shootout as the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship?

  • (a). Mohan Kumar
  • (b). Vikash Anand
  • (c). Karthik Tharani
  • (d). Sharath Kamal
  • (e). None of the above
Answer : Vikash Anand

Explanation:

(19). Which payments technology and transaction processing company, has launched an Access Control Server, a secure authentication platform that supports 3-D Secure Protocol and enables Card issuers and acquiring banks to offer security to customers during online transactions?

  • (a). Tech Process
  • (b). Payvision
  • (c). Fiserve
  • (d). Financial Software and Systems
  • (e). CSI
Answer : Financial Software and Systems

Explanation:

(20). The world's largest indoor theme park is set to open in which country to lure back some of the tourists and residents who often flee abroad during the scorching desert summer?

  • (a). Saudi Arabia
  • (b). Dubai
  • (c). New York
  • (d). USA
  • (e). China
Answer : Dubai

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