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Match Pointl International Literacy Day – 8 Sepl The state which will host the Global Agro meet in Nov –
Keralal The new governor of Manipur – Krishan Kant Paull The Chief Minister of Manipur – Okram Ibobi Singhl Doordarshan was established on – 15 Sep 1959l World adult (people aged 15 and above) average literacy rate
– 84 per centl Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards are presented by –
Bureau of Indian Standardl The state with the highest proportion of hired workers as
per the 6th Economic Census Report 2013 – ArunachalPradesh
l The JNU professor awarded with the 8th Special BookAward of China – Priyadarsi Mukherji
l India’s first coral garden will come up in – Mithapur,Gujarat
l Winner of the men’s singles title of the Indonesian MastersGrand Prix Gold – HS Prannoy
l The autobiography of Naseeruddin Shah – And Then OneDay
l The person who will lead US-led global coalition againstISIS militants – John Allen
l World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) – 10 Sepl Winner of the men’s doubles title at the 2014 US Open –
Mike Bryan and Bob Bryanl India’s ranking in the Creative Productivity Index, released
by the ADB and EIU – 14thl Hindi Diwas – 14 Sepl The state govt which has imposed Re 1 cess on cigarette
packet and liquor bottle – Delhil The country with highest rate of child marriages –
Bangladeshl The growth rate of Indian economy in 2014 as per the
UNCTAD Trade and Development report 2015 – 5.6%l The new upper age limit for MDs and CEOs in private
sector banks – 70 yearsl The doctor whose family will receive Friendship award from
Chinese President Xi Jinping – Dwarkanath Kotnisl The special promotion scheme to promote women scientists
– KIRANl The person appointed as Executive Director in World Bank
– Subhash Chandra Gargl The year by which Phase-V of UIDAI project entails to
generate 100 cr Aadhar numbers – 2015l The PSUs in which the CCEA has cleared stake dilution –
CIL, ONGC and NHPCl The disinvestment target of the govt for the current fiscal
year – ` 43,425 cr
l The eminent Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer who diedrecently – Firoza Begum
l The nuclear power plant in India that made second highestoperating record in the world – Rawatbhata
l The high-definition Earth observation satellite launchedrecently by China – Gaofen-2
l The sole authority to mint coins of all denominations inIndia – Govt of India
l The relief operation carried out in Jammu & Kashmir recently– Operation ‘Megh Rahat’
l The bank which launched ‘Cardless Cash Withdrawalfacility’ at ATMs recently – ICICI
l The National Security Adviser of India who visited Chinarecently – Ajit Doval
l The country with which India has signed an MoU forcooperation in Ayurveda and Unani – Bangladesh
l The winner of the men’s singles title of the 2014 US Open– Marin Cilic
l The date declared by the Uttarakhand govt as HimalayaDiwas – 9 Sep
l The Pakistani bowler recently suspended by ICC for illegalaction – Saeed Ajmal
l The group with which India signed FTA in services andinvestment recently – ASEAN
l Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with – Hockeyl The state where a Central Tribal University will be set up –
Chhattisgarhl The new United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights – Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Husseinl The legendary Hollywood comedian who died recently –
Joan Riversl The movie which bagged the Lion of the Future award at
2014 Venice Film Fest – Courtl The Indian scientist who won the 2014 Midori Prize in
Biodiversity – Kamaljit S Bawal The new UN envoy for Syria – Staffan de Mistural The winner of the women’s singles title of the 2014 US
Open – Serena Williamsl The present king of Bahrain – Hamad bin Isa al Khalifal The new Prime Minister of Turkey – Ahmet Davutoglul The Indian weightlifter who won gold medal for the third
time at the IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships– Sudhakar Jayant
l The winner of the mixed doubles title of the 2014 US Open– Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares
l The country with which India inked a significant civil nuclearagreement recently – Australia
l The country which has topped the Global CompetitivenessReport 2014-15 – Switzerland
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l The chairman of the committee set up to examine the un-claimed amount in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes –HR Khan
l The new proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh – Vijayawadal As per the RBI, the due amount over which penal measures
are applicable to a loan defaulter – ` 25 lakhl The surveillance ship commissioned into the Navy recently
– INS Sumitral India’s position among the flower growing countries in the
world – Secondv The largest flower-growing country in the world – Chinal The firm which has become India’s largest private power
producer – Adani Powerl India’s position in the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-
15 – 71stl The committee that has recommended complete ban on dance
bars in Maharashtra – Justice Dharmadhikari Committeel The firm recently declared a wilful defaulter by the United
Bank of India (UBI) – Kingfisher Airlinesl The place where the two-day summit of NATO heads of
states was organised recently – Walesl The former Chief Justice sworn in as the new governor of
Kerala – P Sathasivaml The captain of the women’s hockey team of India for 2014
Asiad– Ritu Ranil The new Chief Justice of India (CJI) – HL Dattul The 800-years-old university that restarted at Rajgir in Bihar
recently – Nalanda Universityl The oldest surviving Test cricketer who passed away at 103
recently – Norman Gordonl The autobiography of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar –
Playing It My Wayl The former Attorney General of India who passed away
recently – Goolam E Vahanvatil The city where the 9th Annual Meeting of Women Speakers
of Parliament was held recently – Geneva, Switzerlandl The city where the National Cancer Institute will come up
– Jhajjar, Haryanal The country that agreed to work with India to develop a
treatment for Sickle Cell Anaemia – Japanl The winner of the women’s World Badminton
Championships title – Carolina Marinl The newly appointed first chairwoman of BBC Trust –
Rona Fairhead
l The denomination of which the highest number of counterfeitnotes were detected in FY14 – ` 500
l The new chairman of Parliament’s Public AccountsCommittee (PAC) – KV Thomas
l The city where the world’s first Natural World HeritageCentre is comming up – Dehradun
l The Committee that has recommended market-linked pricingfor domestic natural gas – Vijay Kelkar
l The Indian shuttler who won a bronze medal at the WorldBadminton Championship recently – PV Sindhu
l The noted historian who passed away recently – BipanChandra
l The Japanese city on whose model Varanasi will bedeveloped – Kyoto
l The growth rate of the GDP during Apr-Jun quarter, thehighest in the last 10 quarters – 5.7 per cent
l National Sports Day (the birthday of hockey legend DhyanChand) – 29 Aug
l The firm with which the govt scrapped ` 6k cr tender forpurchase of light helicopters – Agusta Westland
l The new President of Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdoganl The new ambassador of Interpol’s ‘Turn Back Crime’
campaign – Shah Rukh Khanl The country where an active volcano Tavurvur erupted
recently – Papua New Guineal The real-estate firm whom the SC ordered to deposit ` 630
cr fine slapped on it by the CCI – DLFl The state which made it mandatory to wear helmet for
women – Delhil The rate of interest EPFO will pay on provident fund
deposits for 2014-15 – 8.75 per centl India’s new domain which will be in Devanagari script –
.Bharatl The minimum price that sugarcane farmers are legally
guaranteed by the govt – Fair and Remuneration Price(FRP)
l The e-retailer with which the Textiles Ministry has signedMoU for marketing handloom products – Flipkart
l Thailand’s army chief who became the country’s primeminister recently – Prayuth Chan-ocha
l The country with which India conducted their maiden aerialexercise Avia Indra-2014 recently – Russia
l The state which announced a liquor policy to make the stateliquor-free in a decade – Kerala