1. Where was India's first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUDHSS) launched?
Ans: Kochi
2. Name the Indians who were awarded the 2015 Magsaysay Award?
Ans: Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anush Gupta
3. Which Indian city hosts the meeting of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)?
Ans: Jaipur
4. Name the new Operating System launched by Microsoft.
Ans: Windows 10
5. The Government of Maharashtra decided to construct an 800 km long expressway between which two cities?
Ans: Mumbai and Nagpur
6. Name the portal, launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, to act as a database for mapped and compiled information on various gram panchayat activities through schemes undertaken by the Central and State Governments?
Ans: SAMANVAY
7. Which country has become the 206th member of the International Olympic Committee?
Ans: South Sudan
8. Which has recently been recognised by the International Olympic Committee as an Olympic sport?
Ans: Frisbee
9. Where in Kerala was the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) started?
Ans: Palakkad
10. Which Indian won the WSA Victorian Open squash title?
Ans: Joshna Chinnappa
11. Name the first Asian country to be granted Associate Membership in European Organisation for Nuclear Research?
Ans: Pakistan
12. The Indian women's team won which medal in the World Archery Championship?
Ans: Silver
Rajat Chauhan of India won silver, thereby becoming the first Indian to bag an individual medal in World Arthery Championships.
13. As per the agreement made between India and Bangladesh, how many Indian enclaves have been merged with Bangladesh?
Ans: 111
14. Name the new Secretary of Indian Railway Board?
Ans: Ganga Ram Agarwal
15. Name the joint mission by ISRO and NASA to develop a dual frequency synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite?
Ans: NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
16. The Government of India, on 3rd August 2015, signed a peace accord with which organisation in Nagaland?
Ans: National Socialist Council of Nagaland Isak-Muivah [NSCN (IM)]
17. International Day of Friendship was observed on:
Ans: 30th July
World Day against Drug Trafficking was also observed on July 30.
18. Name the cyclone which made a landfall in Bangladesh resulting in heavy rain in the country and also in the Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha?
Ans: Komen
19. Which Indian cricketer has recently been presented the Arjuna Award, as he was not present during the awards ceremony in 2014?
Ans: Ravichandran Aswin
20. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to issue _____ rupee coin to commemorate the International Day of Yoga.
Ans: 10
@ Frisbee, the sport of flying disc, was given recognition by the IOC, opening the way for it to try and join the Olympic Games in the future. The sport became popular inthe 1960s and 70s and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) now holds major championships in several events including Ultimate Frisbee, Beach Ultimate and field events.
