1. BRICS Women Parliamentarian Forum was held in which Indian city?
Ans: Jaipur
2. Name the eminent Punjabi writer and Jnanpith winner who passed away recently.
Ans: Gurdial Singh
3. Name the former president of the FIFA who passed away recently.
Ans: Joao Havalange
4. Who is the new governor of Manipur?
Ans: Najma Heptulla
5. World Humanitarian Day was observed on:
Ans: August 19
6. Where was the first SAARC Youth Parliamentarians Conference held?
Ans: Islamabad
7. Name the world's largest aircraft which had its maiden flight recently.
Ans: Airlander 10
8. In which event did Sakshi Malik win bronze medal in Rio Olympics?
Ans: Women's Freestyle Wrestling 58 kg
9. Which Indian wrestler was banned from all competitive sporting events for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)?
Ans: Narsingh Yadav
10. Usain Bolt has so far won how many gold medals in Olympics?
Ans: Nine
11. Who is the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans: Urjit Patel
12. Which actor from South India has been selected by France for its prestigious honour, Chevalier de L'Ordre Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters)?
Ans: Kamal Hasan
13. Which country opened the world's longest and highest glass bridge?
Ans: China
14. The Indian prime minister and the Afghanistan president jointly inaugurated which renovated and restored palace in Kabul?
Ans: Stor Palace
15. V.P. Singh Badnore was sworn in as the Governor of which state?
Ans: Punjab
16. Which Indian-origin former president of Singapore passed away recently?
Ans: SR Nathan
17. Banwarilal Purohit is the new governor of which state?
Ans: Assam
18. Who recently received the 2015 Vyas Samman?
Ans: Sunita Jain
19. Which Indian recently received the Olympic Order Award?
Ans: N. Ramachandran
20. Who won the 2016 Olympic Gold in men's singles tennis?
Ans: Andy Murray (Britain)
21. Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk broke her own world record in which event, at the Rio Olympics?
Ans: Women's Hammer Throw
22. Which university was selected for Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy, the highest national sports award at the varsity level?
Ans: Punjab University
23. Who are the winners of the 2016 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award?
Ans: P.V. Sindhu (badminton), Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics), Jitu Rai (shooting) and Sakshi Malik (wrestling)
24. Kimia Alizadeh is the first woman from which country to get an Olympic medal?
Ans: Iran
She won bronze in the taekwondo.
25. Which country launched the world's first quantum communication satellite?
Ans: China
The name of the satellite is Micius.
GK Plus:-
Andy Murray beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the final, to become the first player to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals in men's singles. Japan's Kei Nishikori won the bronze medal.
Monica Puig(PuertO Rico) won gold in the women's singles, defeating Angelique Kerber (Germany). The bronze medal was clinched by Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic).
Dronacharya Awards 2016: Nagapuri Ramesh (athletics), Sagar Mal Dhayal (boxing), Raj Kumar Sharma (cricket), Bishweshwar Nandi (gymnastics), S. Pradeep Kumar (swimming, lifetime) and Mahabir Singh (wrestling, lifetime).
