International Current Affairs Quiz - August 2015

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1. A secure line (Hotline) of communication launched between Indian PM Narendra Modi and ______ President Barack Obama ?

UK
USA
Spain
France
None of These


2. ______ became first country to receive funds from UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) for its growing solar home systems ?

Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
India
Pakistan
None of These


3. _____ and Pakistan signed 20 agreements worth 1.6 billion USD to implement ambitious Economic Corridor project. ?

USA
Russia
China
North Korea
None of These


4. _______ launched major expansion of Suez Canal as new waterway to boost traffic passing through canal by allowing bigger ships to pass smoothly. The expansion project had estimated cost of 8 billion USD ?

Syria
Libya
Iran
Egypt
None of These


5. Filipe Nyusi, President of _____ visited India and signed Memorandum of understanding for cooperation in New and Renewable Energy, maritime security and ocean economy ?

Philippines
Mozambique
Japan
Vietnam
None of These


6. Forbes recently released First ever 100 Richest People In Technology List has been topped by ____ ?

Larry Ellison
Mzrk Zuckerberg
Jeff Bezos
Larry Page
Bill Gates


7. Forbes world's 100 most innovative companies list has been topped by ______ ?

Google
Microsoft
Apple
Tesla Motors (USA)
None of These


8. Fortune's First Change the World List of 51 companies has been topped by ___ ?

Google
Apple
Vodafone and Safaricom
Microsoft
None of These


9. India and ____ signed Memorandum of Understanding to establish Pace Setter Fund to Promote Energy Access through Clean Energy ?

UK
USA
Spain
France
Russia


10. India approved agreements with _____ for revised Air Services Agreement (ASA) and exchange of taxes related information to curb black money. ?

Switzerland
USA
UK
Seychelles
None of These


11. India approved agreement with _____ for mutual legal and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters. ?

Oman
Kuwait
Qatar
Jordan
Iran


12.India signed Memorandum of Understanding with ____ for construction of a petroleum products pipeline to promote cooperation in oil and gas sector ?

Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Pakistan
None of These


13. Huge Explosions recently occured in Chemical Warehouse in Tianjin Port city of ________ ?

USA
China
UK
Russia
None of These


14. India and _______ signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation to tackle fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling ?

Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Vietnam
Bangladesh


15. India decided to boycott 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference to be held in ___ in September - October 2015 ?

Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Pakistan
None of These


16. India lost case against ______ at World Trade Organisation related to India's requirement of only domestic solar equipments for its Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission ?

USA
Russia
UK
Spain
None of These


17. India signed Agreement with _____ on judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters for service of summons, execution of judgements and arbitral awards. ?

Bangaldesh
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
None of These


18. India's Birla Corporation will acquire ___'s Lafarge Group's Jojobera unit (Jharhkand) and Sonadih (Chattisgarh) for Rs. 5000 crore. ?

Germany
USA
France
UK
Russia


19. World Climate Research Program (Geneva) signed an agreement with India's _______ for setting up an International Climate Variability and Predictability Monsoon Project Office (ICMPO). ?

Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Biological Sciences
National Institute of Biologicals
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Pune)
None of These


20. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ________ signed an agreement to create world's first internationally-controlled bank of low-enriched uranium to ensure fuel supplies IAEA Member nations and prevent nuclear proliferation ?

Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan

21. International Labour Organisation (ILO) and FICCI (______) signed MoU to train Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Global Programme ?

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Information
Federation of Industrial Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Economy and Industry
None of These


22. Kochi (________) became first Indian city to be a member of Beijing headquartered World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council and join its league of leading tourism cities across the world ?

Uttar Pradesh
Kerala
Gujarat
Rajasthan
None of These


23. India signed Memorandum of Understanding with _____ for Technical Cooperation in Railway Sector. ?

Czech Republic
Ukraine
Russia
Slovakia
USA


24. _____ has became first Asian country to be conferred the Associate Membership by European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). ?

India
China
Bangladesh
Japan
Pakistan


25. Prasar Bharti signed a memorandum of understanding with Digital Television of ______ for cooperation in broadcasting space ?

Japan
China
Russia
USA
UK


26. President Pranab Mukherjee Inaugurated International Conference on ¹Inclusive Museums' with Theme _______ . ?

Museums as Civic Spaces
Museums as Inherited Spaces
Museums as Sacred Spaces
Preserve Museum : Preserve Culture
None of These


27. Release of Bollywood movie Phantom has been banned in _____ ?

Bangladesh
Pakistan
Nepal
China
None of These


28. Social security pact between India and _____ came into force after two years of waiting ?

USA
UK
Canada
Russia
Germany


29. _____ will renovate one Hindu Temple (Rato Machindranath) and one Buddhist temple (Swayambhunath ) in Nepal that were destroyed in recent earthquake ?

India
Nepal
USA
Myanmar
Sri Lanka


30. Travel & Tourism Competitive Index 2015 by World Economic Forum has ranked Spain at top while India has improved to _____ rank in 2015 from 65th in 2013 ?

62nd
42nd
52nd
32nd
None of These


31. _____ agreed to set up a 75 Billion USD Infrastructure Investment Fund with India for investment in India in railways, ports, roads, airports and energy during Visit of Indian PM Narendra Modi to the country ?

Turkmenistan
Afghamistan
Kyrgyzstan
UAE
None of These


32. USA State Maryland will co-operate with India's ____ to explore possibilities of cooperation in bio-technology, life sciences and agriculture and cyber security. ?

Rajasthan
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh


33. USA's NASA signed contract of 490 million USD with ________'s space agency for carrying Its astronauts to International Space Station (ISS). ?

Russia
UK
Spain
Germany
Poland


34. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Chennai based MS Swaminathan Research Foundation will work for conservation of coastal resources in ______ to overcome sea level rise and water inundation ?

Kerala
Gujarat
Odisha
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh


35. ______'s International Trade Commission (USITC) extended anti-dumping duty on preserved mushrooms from Chile, China, India, and Indonesia for five years ?

UK
USA
Germany
Brazil
None of These


36. Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD)'s report on future of tropical deforestation said that without any proper forestration policies, _________ (289 million hectares) tropical forests (size equal to India) will be deforested by 2050 ?

14 %
24 %
8 %
34 %
30 %


37. Wealth-X report of Wealthiest People Under age 35 ranked ____ as wealthiest person under 35 with personal worth 41.6 billion USD. ?

Bill Gates
Evan Spiegel
Larry Ellison
Dustin Moskovitz
Mark Zuckerberg


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