Friends..Here is the Important Current
Affairs Updates from third week of July 2015 (19 July 2015 to 25 July 2015).
This will be useful reference for all upcoming exams. You can download the free PDF from the link below. Also attempt our Current Affairs Online Quiz to brush up your knowledge.
1) Name the Earth-like exoplanet which was
discovered by Kepler Mission? - Kepler 452b
2) Name the world’s first malaria vaccine
which was on 24 July 2015 got approval from European Medicines Agency (EMA)? - RTS,S or
Mosquirix
3) Name the capital of the Republic of
Guinea, which was on 21 July 2015 named as the World Book Capital for 2017 by
UNESCO? – Conakry
4) Which ground will host the final of the
ICC World Twenty20 World Cup to be held in India during 2016? - Eden Gardens
ground in Kolkata.
5) Who was on 20 July 2015 appointed as
Chairperson of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)? - Bhanu Pratap Sharma
6) Name the two-time Grand Slam winner and
former number one tennis player of France, who was on 18 July 2015 inducted
into the International Tennis Hall of Fame? - Amelie Mauresmo
7) Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on 25
July 2015 launched which scheme from Patna? - Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana
(DDUGJY)
8) Who was on 24 July 2015 chosen for the
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015 in the Academic Category? - Historian
Ramachandra Guha
9) National Broadcasting Day was recently
observed on? -
23 July 2015
10) Name the Indian-American boy who on 11
July 2015 won the Junior Title at the US Powerlifting Association National
Championships 2015 that was held at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas? - Amitoj Chhabra
11) Who was on 20 July 2015 appointed as
Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with effect from 8
September 2015? - Maurice Obstfeld
12) Name the Kerala Tourism's Project which
on 18 July 2015 bagged the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award in
the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category? - Muziris Heritage Project (MHP)
13) India’s 1st indigenously designed and
developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine was recently tested from? - ISRO Propulsion
Complex, Mahendragiri
14) Name the indigenously designed and
developed Visibility Measuring System which was installed at the Indira Gandhi
International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi recently? – DRISHTI
15) Who was on 24 July 2015 appointed as
the Director-General (DG) of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)? - Ajay Mathur
Note: TERI is a non-profit research institution that conducts
research work in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.
16) Who were on 24 July 2015 awarded with
the first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by the United Nations (UN)? - Helena Ndume of
Namibia and Jorge Sampaio of Portugal
17) Name the Cartoonist who gave life to
the cartoon character Archie, who died on 20 July 2015? - Tom Moore
18) Name the countrywide campaign, to
create mass awareness and capacity building for safe and hygienic food launched
by Union government recently? - Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
19) Name the cartoonist working with the
prominent Telugu Daily newspaper Sakshi, who on 11 July 2015 won the Grand Prix
World Press Cartoon 2014 Award for sketching Nelson Mandela? - Pamarthy
Shankar
20) Nelson Mandela International Day was
observed across the world on? - 18 July 2015
21) Name the noted Urdu fiction writer who
died on 19 July 2015? - Dr Bisheshar Pradeep
22) India was recently ranked ___th in
terms of power generation from nuclear source? - 12th
23) CCEA chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on 21 July 2015 approved to extend the deadline for implementation of
Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project till? - March 2017
24) Union Government on 20 July 2015
launched National Career Counselling Portal under which ministry? - Union Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
25) Who was on 21 July 2015 appointed as
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Flipkart-owned fashion store Myntra? -
Ananth
Narayanan
26) Which Indian firm on 23 July 2015 signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Augur Overseas Operation of Singapore
to manufacture Aerostats and Airships in India? - Reliance Unmanned Systems
27) Which 10-year old was on 22 July 2015
won the IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event in Las Vegas? - Shubham Jaglan
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