Persons in News Current Affairs Quiz - August 2016

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1. ‚ Liam Fox, ________'s Secretary of State for International Trade visited India ?

UK
USA
Russia
France
None of These


2. _________________, former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and Rajasthan passed Away. ?

Mohammad Shafi Quresh
‚ Kalikho Pul‚ 
A.R. Kidwai
Mahim Bora
None of These


3. __________ Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu visited India ?

Myanmar
Pakistan
Nepal
Bangladesh
None of These


4. Bimalendra Nidhi, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of ________ visited India.‚  ?

Thailand
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Nepal


5. Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of Defense Manohar Parrikar visited _______ ?

UK
Russia
USA
France
None of These


6. Delcy Rodriguez, Minister of External Affairs, and Eulogio del Pino, Minister of Petroleum of __________ visited India ?

Venezuela
Malaysia
Indonesia
USA
None of These


7. Deputy Minister of Industry & Trade of __________, Alexander Potapov visited India for 5th meeting of Joint Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation ?

USA
Russia
Liberia
Serbia
None of These


8. Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of _______ visited India ?

Russia
USA
UK
France
None of These


9. Former _____ Chief Minister (Congress) Kalikho Pul passed away. ?

Arunachal Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
None of These


10. Former Governor of _________ Mohammad Shafi Qureshi passed away. ?

Meghalaya
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
None of These


11. Francis Gurry, Director General of __________ visited India. He launched WIPO Innovation Index report 2016 ?

ADB
IMF
World Bank
World Intellectual Property organisation
None of These


12. India will deploy High tech Brahmos missiles in __________ along border with China, aid security Concerns ?

Sikkim
Arunachal pradesh
Assam
Maipur
None of These


13. Indias 100-year-old athlete Man Kaur won Gold at Masters Games (___________) in 100-meter dash by taking approx 90 seconds to cross finish line ?

Germany
France
Russia
UK
USA


14. Irom Chanu Sharmila (Also known as‚ Iron Lady of ____________ or‚ Mengoubi)‚ ended up her 16-year-long hunger strike for repealing of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) of 1958 from state ?

Manipur‚ 
Mizoram
Meghalaya
Nagaland
None of These


15. Leocadia I. Zak, Director os ________ Trade and Development Agency visited India.‚  ?

Germany
France
Russia
UK
None of These


16. Noted _____________ Children's Books author Joyce Carol Thomas, and journalist George E. Curry passed away ?

Russian
French
American
German
None of These


17. Noted _________ Writer Mahim Bora passed away. He received Sahitya Akademi award for his‚ Edhani Mahir Hanhi‚ in 2001. ?

Marathi
Assamese
Gujarati
Urdu
None of These


18. Noted ________ surfer Bernard Farrelly passed away. ?

British
Australian
American
Russian
None of These


19. Noted _______ Nobel-winning Chemistry scientist Ahmed Zewail passed away ?

Russian
Serbian
American
Egyptian
None of These


20. Noted ________ script writer T A Razzaq (58) passed away. ?

Malayalam
Tamil
Gujrati
Punjabi
None of These

 

21. Noted _________ actor and director Gobind Tej passed away ?

Odia
Punjabi
Gujrati
Bodo
None of These


22. Noted ______ Cricketer Hanif Mohammad passed away, Also known as Little Master in his nation ?

Bnagladeshi
Pakistani
Afghanistani
Sri Lankan
None of These


23. Noted ________ actress Jyothi Lakshmi and lyricist Na Muthukumar passed away ?

Urdu
Marathi
Telugu
Tamil
None of These


24. Noted ______ TKV Desikachar passed away ?

Sarangi Maestro
Sitar Maestro
Tabla Maestro
Scientist
Yoga Guru


25. Noted _________ Subrata Banerjee passed away. ?

Actor
Scientist
Cricket umpire
Astrolger
None of These


26.Noted painter, writer and art historian ________ passed away. ?

Dinanath Pathy
Na Muthukumar
Jyothi Lakshmi‚ 
TKV Desikachar
None of These


27. Noted ________ HH Pramukh Swami passed away ?

Astrologer
Spiritual guru
Musician
Scientist
None of These


28. Penny Pritzker, ________'s Secretary of Commerce visited India along with Secretary of State John Kerry ?

UK
Russia
USA
Spain
None of These


29. Priti Patel, ______ Secretary of State for International Development visited India. ?

France
Spain
Russia
USA
UK


30. Sellapan Ramanathan, Former President of _______ passed away. He was of Tamil Indian descent. ?

Canada
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
None of These


31. Six year old boy Om Swaroop Gowda from _________ set world record for covering longest distance by limbo skating under cars. He traveled 65.283 metres distance while holding his body just above ground and maintaining a splits position throughout. ?

Mizoram
Meghalaya
Kerala
Karnataka
None of These


32. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of _________ visited India.‚  ?

USA
Singapore
Thailand
Nepal
None of These


33. Union Minister of State for External Affairs ________ Visited Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). ?

V K Singh
R K Pujari
Nitin Gadkari
Rajnath Singh
None of These


34. United Nations General Assembly president Peter Thomson (________) visited India ?

Spain
Russia
Germany
Poland
Fiji


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