Ans: Lewis Hamilton
2. Who became the first person to jump from 25,000 feet without a parachute or wing suit?
Ans: Luke Aikins
3. Name the Indo-Thailand joint military exercise held recently.
Ans: Maitree
4. Which Indians won the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award?
Ans: Bezwada Wilson and TM Krishna
5. Who were recently inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame?
Ans: Muttiah Muralitharan, Karen Rolton, Arthur Morris and George Lohmann
6. Who heads the seven member expert committee constituted by the union government for exploring alternatives to pellet guns as nonlethal weapons?
Ans: TVSN Prasad
7. World Hepatitis Day was observed on:
Ans: July 28
8. India signed an agreement to buy four Poseidon-81 military aircraft from which US company?
Ans: Boeing
9. International Tiger Day was observed on:
Ans: July 29
World Day against Trafficking in Persons was observed on July 30
10. Lacchu Maharaj, who passed away recently, was associated with which musical instrument?
Ans: Tabla
11. Which eminent Bengali writer and Jnanpith winner passed away recently?
Ans: Mahasweta Devi
12. The first BRICS Employment Working Group meeting was held in which Indian city?
Ans: Hyderabad
13. The union cabinet has given approval for increasing the limit of foreign investment on stock exchanges from 5% to _____.
Ans: 15%
14. Which central government organisation has been ranked the 12th best Government Institute in the world, according to 2016 report of the Scimago Institutions Rankings?
Ans: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
15. The Permanent Court of Arbitration '(PCA) tribunal in The Hague has ruled against which central government agency, in the case with Devas Corporation over sharing of spectrum on satellites?
Ans: Antrix Corporation
16. The Government of India has approved 'Himayat'-, a skill development initiative programme for the youth of which state?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
17. Which South American country was recently declared measles free?
Ans: Brazil
18. Where was the BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue held?
Ans: Patna
19. Which Indian shot putter failed in the dope test conducted by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA)?
Ans: Inderjeet Singh
20. Where were the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held?
Ans: Chengdu, China
21. What is the name of the mascot of the 64th Nehru Trophy Boat Race, a cub elephant on a canoe?
Ans: Kunjan
22. Who is the new president of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi?
Ans: Vaisakhan
23. Who is the new chairperson of the Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy?
Ans: KPAC Lalitha
· Bina Paul has been appointed Vice Chairman of the Kerala Chalachitra Academy.
24. Name the new chairman of the Kerala Folklore Academy.
Ans: C.J. Kuttappan
25. Which Indian has been included in the panel of referees for the Under-17 Women's World Cup Football?
Ans: Uvena Fernandes
