President confers Distinguished Service Awards
1. President Draupadi Murmu presented how many Distinguished Service Awards to serving and retired personnel of the Armed Forces and the Indian Coast Guard?
78
94
80
51
right answer: 94
2. Where did G. Kishan Reddy inaugurate the Landslide Forecasting System, which will provide landslide-related information to citizens?
Munnar
Kolkata
nainital
Dehradun
right answer: Kolkata
3. Where is Lok Sanvardhan Parv being organised from July 16 to 31, which aims to showcase the schemes, programmes and achievements of the Ministry of Minority Affairs?
Jaipur
Mumbai
New Delhi
Chennai
right answer: New Delhi
new president of the European Union
4. Who among the following has become the President of the European Commission?
Jean-Claude Juncker
Jose Manuel Barroso
Ursula von der Leyen
Romano Prodi
right answer: Ursula von der Leyen
5. Recently 'Manas' helpline was launched. It is related to which of the following?
human trafficking
child marriage
Kidnapping of children
drugs
right answer: drugs
6. The second phase of the Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) initiative began in New Delhi. What is the aim of the KIRTI initiative?
Providing information related to sports
Discovery of sports talent from cities, rural, tribal and Himalayan areas
Organizing sports
Preparing youth for Olympics
right answer: To discover sporting talent from urban, rural, tribal and Himalayan areas.
Golfers in the spotlight
7. Vidhatri Urs's name is in the news these days. She is related to which sport?
Cricket
Basketball
Golf
Tennis
right answer: Golf
8. Where did Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu inaugurate the International Centre for Local Governance Audit (iCAL) in July?
Rajkot
Benares
Dehradun
Reva
right answer: Rajkot
9. India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri went on a two-day official visit to Bhutan in July. What is the capital of Bhutan?
Kathmandu
With pita
Thimpu
Dhaka
right answer: Thimpu
10. According to information recently released by WorldAtlas.com, how many of the world's five largest coal mines are in India?
4
2
1
3
right answer: 2
