Latest Current Affairs in August 2016

1. Who was sworn in as the prime minister of Australia?

Ans: Malcum Turnbull

2. Who is the new chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?

Ans: Guruprasad Mohapatra

3. Which country declared a three month state emergency after a failed military coup?

Ans: Turkey

4. Which has been declared India's first green rail corridor?

Ans: Rameswaram-Manamadurai Stretch

5. Which aircraft, entirely running on solar power, finished its mission of  circumnavigating the earth?

Ans: Solar Impulse 2

6. Which wrestler, who had been selected for the 2016 Rio Olympics, failed the dope test?

Ans: Narsingh Yadav

7. Where was India's fast water metro project launched?

Ans: Kochi

8. Who got the Sangita Kalanidhi Award recently?

Ans: A Kanyakumari

9. Who is the heads the Joint Parliamentary Committee for Land  Acquisition Bill?

Ans: Ganesh Singh

10. Where was the 2016 edition of the Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival held?

Ans: Guwahati

11. Name the solar powered drone built by Facebook, which completed its first test flight?

Ans: Aquila

12. Tomorrow land; the annual electronic music festival was held in which country?

Ans: Belgium

13. Who heads the committee constituted by the central government to prepare guidelines for the desiltation of river Ganga?

Ans: Madhav Chitale

14. Which Indian won gold in javelin throw the IAAF World Under-20 Athletic Championships held in Poland?

Ans: Neeraj Chopra

15. Which Indian artist and Padma Vibhushan awardee, popular for his abstract paintings, passed away recently?

Ans: Syed Haider Raza

16. What is India's rank in the Sustainable Development Goal Index 2016?

Ans: 110

17. Which former captain of the Indian hockey team passed away recently?

Ans: Mohammed Shahid

18. Who wrote the book; 'The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable'?

Ans: Amitav Ghosh

19. Which company signed a deal with Yahoo to buy its major internet business including Yahoo Mail, Messenger etc?

Ans: Verizon

20. Which country built the world's largest seaplane?

Ans: China

21. Who won the Indian Premier Futsal League?

Ans: Mumbai Fives. 

                        They defeated Kochi Fives in the final.

22. Who is the author of the recently released book, 'She Walks, She Leads'?

Ans: Gunjan Jain

23. Who set a world record for round-the-world flight in a hot air balloon?

Ans: Fedor Konyukhov

The Russian adventurer circumnavigated the globe solo in a hot air balloon in a time of just over 11 days.

24. Who is the new president of the Kerala State Sports Council?

Ans: TP Dasan

25. Name the three recently declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India.

Ans: Nalanda University, Capitol Complex in Chandigarh and Khangchendzonga National Park.

26. Who won the 2016 Mr.World title?

Ans: Rohit Khandelwal.

He is the first Indian to get this title.

27. Which SAARC country's prime minister resigned recently?

Ans: Nepal

K.P. Sharma Oli resigned' ahead of a no-confidence, vote in the Parliament.

28. How many Indian companies figured in the latest Fortune 500 list of companies in terms of revenue?

Ans: Seven.

Among Indian companies, state run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is ranked highest (161).

29. Which company acquired the on-line fashion portal, Jabong?

Ans: Myntra

Myntra is an online apparel selling company under Flipkart.

30. Name the awards recently won by the marketing initiatives of Kerala Tourism.

Ans: Pacific Asia Travel Association awards

The two gold gongs for 'Marketing. Media are in the categories, of 'Travel Advertisement Broadcast Media' and 'E-Newsletter', which were clinched by the 'Visit Kerala' television commercial campaign and the Kerala Tour ism E-Newsletter, respectively.