1st August

1. Name the city which has been declared as the best city for the students.
London
2. Malcolm Nash passed away. He was?
Cricketer
3. Venue of Worldskills International Competition?
Russia

4. Name the Payments bank which will be converting to Small Finance Bank
soon.
Indian post Payments Bank

5. Which parliamentary house will be paperless from the next session?

Lok Sabha

6. India became the ____ largest investor in Africa.

5th

7. Venue of the International Astronautical Congress ( IAC )?

Washington

8. The UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements will provide a

positive signal to foreign investors about India's commitment to adhere to
international practices on ADR. What does ADR stands for?
Alternative Dispute Resolution

9. Capital of Gambia
Banjul

10. 1st IAF pilot to complete wing-suit skydive jump?

Tarun Choudhari
11. Ombudsman for the Indian Federation of Sports Gaming ( Online
Fantasy Sports )
A.K. Sikri
12. Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee?
Ruhan Rajput
13. Which news channel has been awarded the Champions of Empathy
Award for spreading the awareness about hepatits?
DD News
14. 1st player to reach 1000 runs and 100 wickets in T20s ( either gender ).
Ellyse Perry ( Aussie Woman )

2nd August
1. Ramon Magsasay Award 2019
Ravish Kumar

2. Indian Army has launched an E-car to combat pollution in partnership with

EESL. EESL stands for
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd.

3. KABIL is being set up to ensure a consistent supply of critical and strategic

minerals to Indian domestic market. What does KABIL stands for?
Khanij Bidesh India Ltd

4. In between which 2 cities be the world's 1st ultra-fast hyperloop project be

launched?
Mumbai-Pune

5. Recently RBI has allowed which foreign bank to operate regular banking
services in India?
Bank of China

6. Name the state which launched the campaign, Save Green, Stay Clean.
West Bengal

7. In how many states was recently ONOR ( One Nation, One Ration Card )
launched?
4

8. Where will the BIS ( Bureau of Indian Standards ) be setting up Pashmina

Testing Center?
Leh
9. Capital of Guinea
Conakry

10. Capital of Benin

Porto Novo

11. The National Medical Commission Bill, 2019 seeks to repeal the
Indian Medical Counsel Act___
1956

12. India's rank in the global GDP Rankings 2018?

7

13. Recently which country banned face-covering clothing?

Netherlands

14. The Dept. of Revenue, Ministry of Finance is conducting India's 1st

national TRS. What does TRS stands for?
Time Release Study

15. Controller General of Accounts ( CGA )

G.P. Gupta

16. Name the state which launched “ Ghar Ghar Dastak, Ghar Ghar
Pustak “ scheme.
Delhi

3rd August
1. Name the 1st Indian Bank to link up with China's Payment System
( CNAPS )
SBI Shanghai Branch

2. 1st Indian Airline to fly over North Pole

Air India
3. Which country's scientists announced 3-d heart Printing?
USA

4. Devada Kanakala passed away. He was?

Actor

5. CEO of Mindtree Ltd ?

Debashish Chatterjee

6. Capital and Currency of Cyprus?

Nicosia & Eruo

7. Indian Parliament has passed AERA ( Airports Economic Regulatory

Authority of India ) Bill. Threshold of annual passengers traffic for major
airports has been increased form 15 lac passengers to _______.
35 Lac

8. Name the British-Indian crowned as Miss England.

Bhasha Mukherjee

9. IAAF World Race Walking Cup Venue?

Russia

10. CMD of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd ( BCCL )

PM Prasad

11. The World Breast Feeding day is observed from 1st to 7th of which
month ?
August
12. IMF Chief
K.G. ( Kristalina Georgieva )

13. World Customs Organization Headquarter?

Brussels, Belgium

14. 1st Indian state to adopt a digital finger-print and iris scanning systems
to aid police investigations?
Maharashtra
 4th August- 5th August
1. Chairman of Estimates Committee?
Girish Bapat

2. Indian Woman Influence Awardee?

PP Jain ( Priya Priyadarshini Jain )

3. Venue of the 5th Dharma-Dhamma Conference?

Rajgir ( Bihar )

4. Which country successfully tested Arrow-3 missile which is meant to

intercept ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere?
Israel

5. Name the doctor who has been facilitated with the Pride of the Nation
Award.
Dr Vinayak S Hiremath

6. Who will be heading the panel on mob lynching?

Amit Shah

7. Governor of Nagaland.
R.N. Ravi

8. Name the e-commerce company which launched the Samarth initiative to

bring weavers, artisans, and makers of handicrafts to its platform.
Flipkart

9. Name the company that acquired BlueTalon whose s/w can prevent people
from accessing certain high-value data that companies keep.
Microsoft

10. India's rank as per the sub-national Water Stress Index.

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11. Where have scientists uncovered the remains of the smallest fossil
monkey?
Peru

12. Venue of the largest education brainstorm, ScooNews Global

Educators Fest?
Udaipur

13. British Open Winner – Women ( Golf )

Hinako Shibuno

14. Name the player who has achieved the feat of hitting the most no. of
T20 Sixes.
Rohit Sharma

15. Name the Indian who has most runs in T20 career.
Virat Kohli

16. The next round of recording biometric and family-tree details of

Indian citizens under the National Population Register ( NPR ) will be
conducted in which year?
2020

17. Elephant population in India as per Census 2017?

29,964

18. Kanti Bhatt passed away. He was?

Journalist

19. CEO of HSBC Bank?

Noel Quinn

20. Hungarian Grand Prix Winner

Lewis Hamilton

21. Anant Setalvad passed away. He was?

Cricket Commentator

22. Pictures of earth were taken by ___ camera of Chandrayaan-II

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23. As per the Indian State of Forest Report 2017, there has been an
increase of ___ kms of forest cover as compared to 2015 Report.
6,778

24. Recently, ___ has quit as the auditor of the cash-strapped DHFL.
Deloitte

25. Where was the 10th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation meet held?

Bangkok

26. Chairperson of DRDO?

G. Satheesh Reddy

27. 1st Indian doubles pair to win Super 500 Title ( Badminton )
Satwiksairaj & Chirag

28. Name the 1st person to cross English Channel on the jet-powered
hoverboard.
Franky Zapata

6th August-7th August

1. Captain of Indian team for Davis Cup to be held in Islamabad?
Mahesh Bhupathi

2. Where was International Army Scout Masters held?

Jaisalmer

3. Which city got its 1st 3-d traffic signal named Intelights devised by students
of Chandigarh University?
Mohali

4. The Supreme Court Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha increased the no.
of judges in Supreme Court from existing 30 to ___.
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5. Australian-Super and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan will invest ______ in
the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund ( NIIF ) .
1 Billion $

6. Govt has approved the project to link Kosi and Mechi rivers in which state ?
Bihar

7. RBI lowered its repo rate by an unconventional 35 basis points to ____.

5.4%

8. Name the 1st woman to win the mixed annual 4000 km cycling Trans-
continental race in France.
Fiono Kolbinger

9. Venue of the 22nd National Conference on e-Governance.

Shillong, Meghalaya

10. National Handloom Day

7th August

11. Malaria killed 1800 people in Burandi in 2019. What is the capital and
currency of Burandi?
Capital :- Gitega Currency :- Burundian Franc

12. India has increased its annual assistance to the UN Palestine Refugee
Agency from USD 1.25 million to __________
USD 5 Million

13. CM of Nagaland?
Neiphiu Rio ( NR )

14. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme was launched in _____

2015

15. SEBI approved Singapore Stock Exchange and National Stock

Exchange to jointly operate in ________
Gandhinagar
16. Parliament has passed the Consumer Protection Bill 2019 which will
replace the Consumer Protection Act ___
1986

17. 3rd Bi-monthly policy of RBI

• Repo Rate :- 5.4%
• Reverse Repo Rate:-5.15%
• MSF :- 5.65%
• Bank Rate:-5.65%
• Real GDP Growth:- 6.9%

18. Toni Morrison passed away. She was?

Author

19. Hiroshima Day

6th August

20. With which University did National Institute of Ocean Technology

( NIOT ) partnered up to harness electricity from ocean waves.
IIT Madras

21. Name the female athlete that topped the list of best paid female-
athletes.
Serena Williams

22. Harley Race passed away. He was?

Wrestler

23. Name the country which recently unveiled a new transgender

policy which will allow them to play cricket at highest levels.
Australia
 8th August
1. 1st Indian Batsman to register 2 T20 half centuries before turning 22.
Rishabh Pant

2. Which country will be hosting the world's richest horse race?

Saudi Arabia

3. Charlie Chaplin 2019 Awardee?

Actor Steve Coogan

4. Pakistzan expelled India's ambassador ______________________.

Ajay Bisaria

5. Chairman of Power Grid Corporation of India.

K. Sreekant

6. Miss World Diversity Winner?

Naaz Joshi

7. Name the 2 Indian women boxers selected for World Boxing Championship.
Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain

8. President of Netherlands
JAB ( Jon Anthony Bruijn )

9. Recently J Om Prakash expired. He was?

Director ( Hrithik Roshan's Grandfather )

10. Recently which state of India and Netherlands extended the bilateral
agreement of cooperation in several fields by 5 years?
UP

11. Health ministry has set target to reduce HIV by which year?
2020

12. Pranab Mukherjee served as India's ____ President.

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13. Name the state which has launched Navodayam Scheme to complete
outreach programme for thousands of MSMEs in the state.
Andhra Pradesh
14. CEO of Mastercard
Ajay Banga

9th August
1. India's 1st underwater train will be launched in ________
Kolkata

2. Name the museum that set the record for most visited museum in the Indian
Sub-Continent in a single day.
Virasat e-Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib

3. International day of Indigenous People? Theme ?

9th August Theme:- Year of Indigenous languages

4. Which state topped the breastfeeding rankings?

Manipur

5. India and Bangladesh agreed to set up a Joint Technical Committee for

optimum utilization of Ganges Water as being received by Bangladesh under
the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty ,_____.
1996

6. Which country will host the Zimbabwe for a tri-nation 20-20 tournament
despite Zimbabwe being suspended by ICC.
Bangladesh

7. GOI has sanctioned ___________electric buses in 64 cities for intracity and

intercity operations under the 2nd phase of FAME India Scheme.
5595
8. Recently Shamnad Basheer passed away in an accident. He was awarded the
Infosys Science Foundation Prize in ____
2014

9. Which state launched a small savings scheme to stop people form

transacting with suspicious non-banking private financial institutions?
Odisha

10. The rotary club of Madaras East conferred the MS Swaminathan

Award for Environment Protection upon _______ in August
K.M. Quinn

11. Which bank tied up with Social Alpha to mentor enterprises that focus on
sectors such as inclusion, healthcare and environment?
DBS Bank

12. 66th National Film Awards were introduced by ________.

Rahul Rawail

13. Most film-friendly state winner?

Uttarakhand
 10th August
1. Name the airlines which introduced Discover India scheme.
Air India

2. Brand Ambassador for the Manipur CM;s Green Manipur Mission?

VE ( Valentina Elangbam )

3. Name the state which rolled out the Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samriddhi
Yojna under which Rs 6000/ year will be given to families with income less
than Rs 1.8 lac/ year.
Haryna

4. Which bank launched India;s 1st health Credit Card in partnership with
Practo Health Care?
RBL Bank

5. World Bio-fuel Day

10th August

6. Where was the 3rd International Electric Vehicle Conclave inaugurated?

Manesar, Gurugram

7. Where was the world's largest distribution of saplings held which was
recorded in Guinness Book of World Records?
Prayagraj ( Vraksharopan MahaKumbh )

8. Filmfare 2019 :-
1. Best Actress:- Keerthy Suresh
2. Best Feature Film:- Hellaro ( Gujarati )
3. Best Environmental Film:- The World's most famous tiger

9. In August , GOI has set a target of transporting nearly ____ % of cargo

through coastal shipping and inland waterways over the next 10 years.
25%

10. PM of Bhutan
 Dr Lotay Tshering
11. Minimum Compensation in Hit and Run cases
1. Death :- Rs 2,00,000
2. Grievous injury:-Rs 50,000

12. One Nation, One Ration Card will be rolled out in India on
1st June 2020

13. Chairman of KVIC ( Khadi Village Industry Commission )

VK Saxena