Current affairs of August, 2015 : '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1. Finance Ministry has nominated ...... in the RBI board ? Ans- Ajay Tyagi Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs 2. Who became the 206th member of the Olympics ? Ans- South Sudan 3. Which company was named as Asia Fab 50‟s “brightest star” Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list ? Ans- HDFC Bank 4. National Handloom Day will be celebrated on .........? Ans- 7th August 5. Who will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics ? Ans- Beijing 6. India‟s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) was commissioned at which place? Ans- Kochi, Kerala 7. What is the name of Indo-UK Bilateral Air Exercise ? Ans- Indradhanush 8. Who took charge as Director (Onshore) at ONGC ? Ans- Ved Prakash Mahawar 9. Who is going to acquire broking firm Sharekhan ? Ans- French global financial services group Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) Paribas 10. The government of India has signed a USD 300 million loan pact to support the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) with which Bank ? Ans- Asian Development Bank 11. Which country is world‟s biggest consumer of edible oils? Ans- India 12. Which company has acquired financial solutions firm YTS Solutions ? Ans- Bharti Airtel 13. Which company has bagged Tourism Ministry's "Incredible India" advertising campaign ? Ans- Global advertising agency McCann 14. Who was appointed as Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ? Ans- Rajan S Katoch 15. Who was chosen for the Uttar Pradesh's highest literary award Bharat Bharti for the year 2014 ? Ans- Hindi literature Kashinath Singh 16. International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recently recognised new sports as an Olympic sport. what is the name of that sports ? Ans- "Frisbee‟ 17. Who has won bronze medal in women‟s vault event at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships held in Hiroshima, Japan ? Ans- Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar 18. Who won the prestigious Victorian Open squash competition ? Ans- Joshna Chinappa 19. Who will host second edition meeting of Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) ? Ans- India on 21 August 2015 in Jaipur, Rajasthan 20. Who was formally conferred Associate Membership status by European Organisation for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN) ? Ans- Pakistan 21. World Archery Championship held at which place ? Ans- Copenhagen, Denmark 22. Who is the chairman of HSBC India ? Ans- Naina Lal Kidwai 23. Who became the first Indian Golfer to win a Gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles? Ans- Master Ranveer Singh Saini (14 year old) 24. To commemorate the International Day of Yoga, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced to issue coins of which denominations? Ans- Rs. 10 25. Who won the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015 ? Ans- Mathematician Doctor Amalendu Krishna 26. Which State government increased the retirement age for group 'A' category medical officers from 58 to 60 years ? Ans- Maharashtra government 27. Asia‟s biggest telescope was inaugurated at which place ? Ans- Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) at the Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan 28. Which State launched Scheme Thari Pension, Thare Pass project to directly transfer pension into the bank accounts of beneficiaries ? Ans- Haryana Government 29. Who has been chosen for Election Commission's Zonal award under the Best Electoral Practices Award-2014 ? Ans- Former Jalore Electoral Officer (EO) Rajan Vishal 30. Who was awarded with Poland's Solidarity Prize 2015 ? Ans- Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of slain Russian politician Boris Nemtsov 31. According to recent FIFA Ranking, which team topped the tally? Ans- Argentina (India static at 156th in FIFA rankings) 32. Which banks have launched "Dhanchayat‟, an educational film to raise awareness on the dangers of borrowing money from unorganised sources? Ans- HDFC Bank 33. Which Health Insurance companies had launched “Dengue Care”, first health insurance policy to cover dengue related expenses? Ans- Apollo Munich Health Insurance 34. Which ministry has recently launched the "SAMANVAY‟ portal? Ans- Ministry of Rural Development 35. Who was appointed as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives ? Ans- Indian-American Atul Keshap 36. Which Insurance company has launched Smart Humsafar ? Ans- SBI Life Insurance 37.Who was appointed as the governor of Himachal Pradesh ? Ans- Acharya Dev Vrat 38. Who was appointed as the governor of Bihar ? Ans- Ram Nath Kovind 39. BHEL commissioned 500 MW unit of Super Thermal Power Station at which place ? Ans- Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station at Vindhyanagar in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh 40. Tendong Lho Rum Faat, annual festival celebrated at which Place ? Ans- Sikkim (Lepcha tribe of Sikkim was celebrated with traditional devotion and fanfare) 41.Who was appointed as the chairperson of Accenture India ? Ans- Rekha M Menon 42. Which state government in India has instituted youth award in name of Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam? Ans- Tamil Nadu 43. What is the government equity in the proposed Rs. 20,000 crore National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)? Ans- 49% 44. 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference will be held at which place ? Ans- Islamabad, Pakistan ( India decided to boycott ) 45. Which city has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings ? Ans- Mysore in Karnataka 46. Who won Ashes 2015 ? Ans- England by beating Australia 47. Which country retains as the World.s Largest Exporter of Beef? Ans- India 48. Who was awarded with the Germany's highest civilian honour Cross of Order of the Merit ? Ans- Raghavendra Gadagkar 49. Who was conferred with PATWA 2015 award ? Ans- Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) Award 50. Kayyara Kinhanna Rai died recently. Who is he ? Ans- Eminent Kannada poet and freedom fighter 51. Which cricketer of Australia announced his retirement recently? Ans- Australia captain Michael Clarke 52. Who has topped the People Talking About That (PTAT) ranking for Facebook pages under government category ? Ans- Indian Army's Facebook page 53. World Bio-Fuel Day was observed on ........? Ans- 10 August 54. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed on which date ? Ans- 9 August 2015 55. Who will the the new ceo of google ? Ans- Sundar Pichai 56.Which city became first Indian city to join World Tourism Cities Federation Council ? Ans- Kochi 57. What is the name of the Scheme for educational and livelihood needs of minority communities in general and muslims ? Ans- Nai Manzil 58. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has fully commissioned e first indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant at which place ? Ans- Chavara in Kerala 59. India‟s largest private sector lender Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank has launched „ICICI Bank Saral-Rural Housing Loan‟ Scheme for........? Ans- Weaker sections of society 60. International Youth Day is observed on____ ? Ans- 12 August 61. Who has been appointed as the 27th Governor of Himachal Pradesh? Ans- Acharya Dev Vrat 62. Alphabet Inc is the parental company of which company which launched recently? Ans- Google 63. Who has been accredited by Green Climate Fund (GCF) as national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India? Ans- NABARD 64. Who is the head of selection committee for Arjuna Awards 2015 ? Ans- Justice VK Bali 65. Who was appointed as Election Commissioner of India? Ans- Om Prakash Rawat 66. Which was Scheme acknowledged by Guinness Book of World Records as largest cash transfer program? Ans- Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (PAHAL) scheme 67. Which Bank launched the First Multi-Currency Contactless Card service in India? Ans- Axis Bank 68. Name the founder of Hero Cycle Limited, who passed away recently _____ Ans- Om Prakash Munjal 69. India, signed MoU for technical cooperation in Railway Sector with which country? Ans- Slovak Republic 70. Which company has launched its video chat application Live text in India ? Ans- Yahoo 71. Prime Minister of Libya who resigned recently? Ans- Abdullah al-Thani 72. Sania Mirza became second Tennis player won for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Who is the first one ? Ans- Leander Paes 73. Who has been appointed as the Maharashtra‟s Tiger Ambassador? Ans-Amitabh Bachchan & Sachin Tendulkar 74. Who has been appointed as the new social ambassador of Coke in India? Ans- Sourav Ganguly 75. Badminton World Championship 2015 is hedl at which place? Ans- Indonesia 76. Who has been appointed on the board of markets regulator SEBI? Ans- Arun P Sathe 77. Central Government has launched a new scheme called “Soft Loan Scheme” for whom ? Ans- Sugar Mills 78. Who has been appointed as new Chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation? Ans- Jethabhai Patel 79. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new campaign on Independence Day. What is name of campaign? Ans- Start-up India; Stand up India‟ to encourage entrepreneurship among the youth of India 80. Who is the new test captain of Australia ? Ans- Steve Smith 81. Who was awarded as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award? Ans- Sania Mirza 82. Union Government has launched a seven pronged plan to revamp functioning of public sector banks (PSBs). What is the name of programme? Ans- Indradhanush Mission 83. Who wons gold medal in Archery World Cup? Ans-Abhishek Verma 84. Which state becoming first state in the country declared totally digital? Ans- Kerala Government 85. Which state government has recently banned on the use of plastic in the state? Ans- Gujarat (For the first time ban on the use of plastic in the State. 86. Which cricketer has recently set World record of taking maximum catches in a Test Match ? Ans- Ajinkya Rahane 87. Name the first Indian to reach the World Badminton Championship finals? Ans- Saina Nehwal 88. Who has won Arjuna Award 2015 for cricket ? Ans- Rohit Sharma 89. Who is the first recipient of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award, instituted by Government of Tamil Nadu in 2015? Ans- N. Valarmathi ISRO Scientist 90. What does „BBB‟ stands for in Banking ? Ans-Bank Board Bureau (BBB) 91. State Bank of India (SBI) launched a Mobile wallet application recently. What is the name of App? Ans- "SBI Buddy‟ 92. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)? Ans- Ajit Kumar Seth 93. Which Bank has launched locker facility named Smart Vault? Ans- ICICI Bank 94. Which State launched a flagship programme Grama Jyothi across the state? Ans- Telangana 95. Which State has topped in organ donation in the country? Ans- Tamil Nadu 96. Who has became the first Indian crew to won the „World of Dance‟ championship in Los Angeles, recently? Ans-Desi Hoppers (The group of seven young dancers led by Shantanu Maheshwari, Macedon Dmello and Nimit Kotian won tittle at Los Angeles 97. Name of the Books of President's wife Suvra Mukherjee who died recently? Ans- "Chokher Aloey‟,which is a personal account of her close interaction with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and "Chena Achenai Chin‟, a travelogue recounting her visit to China. 98. Who won the Rogers Cup Masters tournament in Montreal, Canada ? Ans- Andy Murray defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 99. India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to tackle the menace of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling with which country? Ans- Bangladesh 100. Who was bestowed with the 2015 Gujar Mal Modi Award recently? Ans- Prof. Mustansir Barma (Gujar Mal Modi Award for his commendable contribution in the field of Science and Technology.) 101. Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Air India ? Ans- Ashwani Lohani 102. Forward Markets Commission (FMC) will merge into.... ? Ans- SEBI 103. Government constituted a three member team to assess the situation over the student protest in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Who is the chairman of Committee? Ans- SM Khan 104. YouTube tied-up with Whistling Woods International to set up YouTube space at which place ? Ans- Mumbai 105. Who won the James Tait Black award 2015 for his debut novel In the Light of What We Know ? Ans- Bangladesh novelist Zia Haider Rahman 106. World Humanitarian Day observed with theme Inspiring the World's Humanity on which date ? Ans- 19 August 107. Who was conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015? Ans- Eminent Historian writer Babasaheb Purandare 108. Who has been elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ? Ans- Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe from United Kingdom 109. What is the name of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) maiden unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) product ? Ans- New Endowment Plus. 110. Who won their first-ever South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) under-16 title ? Ans- Bangladesh Under-16 team by beating India 111. Uber Cabs tied-up with which company to set up WiFi hotspots in each of its cabs ? Ans- Bharti Airtel 112. Union government has announced to sell 10 per cent stake in which company ? Ans- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) 113. Who was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ? Ans- Ranil Wickremesinghe 114. Prime Minister of Greek who announced his resignation recently? Ans- Alexis Tsipras 115. Book titled Mrs Funnybones : She's Just Like You and a Lot Like Me authored by.......? Ans- Twinkle Khanna 116. Who has become the first country in the world to receive funds from United Nations for its fast growing Solar Home Systems ? Ans- Bangladesh 117. Which airport has become the first airport in the world to fully operate on solar power ? Ans- Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) of Kerala 118. Which State has launched Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town Advancement (RISHTA) project, which is an efficient smart LED based street lighting project? Ans- Himachal Pradesh 119. 15th World Athletics Championship is hosted at which place ? Ans- Beijing 120. Who is the author of the book- “Making India Awesome”? Ans- Chetan Bhagat 121. Who has been appointed as the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed? Ans- Amitabh Mattoo 122. What is the name of the NASA spacecraft which has found the presence of neon gas in Moon's atmosphere? Ans- LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) 123. Who is the first Indian Woman to play in English league football? Ans- Aditi Chauhan 124. National Senior Citizen Day is observed on ......? Ans- 21st August 2015 125. Which State Become first state in India to launch "Agro-Solar Policy‟ to encourage the farmers to tap the solar energy ? Ans- Gujarat 126. Who has won the prestigious 2015 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism ? Ans- Syria-based woman journalist Zaina Erhaim 127. Who won the 100 meter title at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics held at Beijing in China ? Ans- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt 128. Who has won the Cincinnati Masters Men‟s Singles title by defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia? Ans- Roger Federer of Switzerland 129. Who won STAR Sports ProKabaddi League's second season ? Ans- U Mumba by defeating Bengaluru Bulls 130. Which committee of RBI recommends conversion of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) with business size of 20,000 crore into regular banks ? Ans- R Gandhi committee 131. Where is headquater of Bandhan Bank ? Ans- Kolkata 132. Which committee recommended that Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) should not be imposed on FIIs retrospectively for the period preceding 1st April 2015 ? Ans- A P Shah committee 133. Who is first Indian to win Ladies British amateur stroke-play Championship ? Ans-Indian golfer Aditi Ashok 134. World's largest 750 Mega Watts(MW) solar power station will installed at which place ? Ans- Madhya Pradesh in Rewa district 135. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of India's Oscar jury ? Ans- Veteran actor and director Amol Palekar 136. Who was sworn-in as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra ? Ans- Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani 137. Who was appointed as the full-time federal judge of California court by President Barack Obama ? Ans- Indian-American Vince Chhabria 138. Flipkart has launched an in-app chat service called .....? Ans-Ping 139. Who was appointed as Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) ? Ans- Girish Sahni 140. Union Government launches which scheme to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals ? Ans- "Sehat‟ 141. Which Bank has Launched country's first "mortgage guarantee‟ backed home loans ? Ans- ICICI Bank 142. Who has been re-appointed as the MD & CEO of YES Bank? Ans- Rana Kapoor 143. Which Srilankan Cricketer has retired from the International Cricket recently? Ans- Kumar Sangakkara 144. Who was awarded Dhyan Chand award for Hockey ? Ans- Romeo James 145. Which women's safety app has been launched by Indian Railways, recently? Ans- R-Mitra 146. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie who became the first teenager to won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China belongs to which country ? Ans-Eritrea 147. Who was re-appointed Non-Executive Chairman of National payments Corporation of India (NPCI) ? Ans- Balachandran M 148. Who has been chosen for the inaugural Sunhak Peace Prize ? Ans- agricultural scientist Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta 149. Who become the first state to implement the NFSA(National Food Security Act) in entire north-eastern region ? Ans- Tripura 150. Which country will host the World‟s First International Controlled Bank of low-enriched Uranium? Ans-Kazakhstan 151. Call To Action Summit 2015 on ending preventable child and maternal deaths held at which place ? Ans- New Delhi 152. Who was named UEFA Best Player in Europe ? Ans- Lionel Messi 153. Who was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF ? Ans- Novak Djokovic 154. Who was elected as the president of the Association of Indian Statisticians and scorers of India (ACSSI)? Ans- Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar 155. Who was conferred with the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize ? Ans- Rajendra Singh- The Waterman of India 156. ISRO has successfully launched communication GSAT-6 satellite by using which rocket vehicle, recently? Ans- GSLV-D6 156. Union Government launches which scheme for online release of new LPG connections ? Ans- SAHAJ 157. The 6th Joint Military Training Exercise “Ekuverin-VI” will be held between which of the countries? Ans- India and Maldives 158. India recently lose case related with solar energy in WTO against which country ? Ans-USA 159. "Housing for All‟ scheme' launched by which Ministry? Ans-Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation 160. National Sports Day Celebrated on which Day? Ans- 29th August 161. Who was sworn in as first female Prime Minister of Greece? Ans- Vassiliki Thanou 162. India has gifted its former Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Varaha to which country ? Ans- Sri Lanka 163. Which Public Sector Bank has launched IndPay ? Ans- Indian Bank 164. Who was appointed as the Union Home secretary ? Ans-Rajiv Mehrishi 165. Which country has been officially declared as maternal and neonatal tetanus free country by World Health Organisation (WHO) ? Ans- India.
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