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54101. Name theUnion Government first portal for Online Selling of goods and Services byGovernment Departments?
Answer: e-marketplace
54102. Name theAmerican swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women"s 400metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics.
Answer: KatieLedecky
54103. WhichState government has introduced the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill 2016, whichproposes to declare ‘no alcohol consumption zones’?
Answer: Goa
54104. TheDaughter’s Day is being celebrated on which date to celebrate daughters, daughters-in-lawand granddaughters?
Answer: August 11th
54106. Whichcountry won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women"s Rugby Sevens Championship inRio de Janeiro?
Answer: Australia
54107. QuitIndia 2-from Swaraaj to Suraaj” initiative has been launched by which stategovernment to mark the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement?
Answer: Maharashtra
54109. Ministryof Environment Forest and Climate change run Wildlife Institute of India (WII)will establish repository on tigers, under its new Tiger Cell in which City?
Answer: Dehradun
54112. Whichcountry launched new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite calledGaofen-3?
Answer: China
54113. TheInternational Day of the World"s Indigenous Peoples was observed on 9 August2016 with the theme
Answer: IndigenousPeoples" Right to Education
54114. TheNational Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has recently signed pact with whichIIT to develop technology to construct maintenance free highways in India?
Answer: IIT-Kharagpur
54115. TheInternational Youth Day is being celebrated on which date annually todistinguish the efforts of the world’s youth and to promote way to engage them?
Answer: August 12th
54116. Irom Sharmila, the Iron Lady of Manipur, whoended her hunger strike in Imphal, Manipur started her hunger strike in
Answer: 36831
54117. UnionCabinet approved the amendments made to the Maternity Benefits Act that aims toraise maternity leave for women from 12 weeks to
Answer: 26 weeks
54118. Whichcountry will host the first-ever SAARC Young Parliamentarians Conference (YPC)?
Answer: Pakistan
54119. Whichcommittee was formed to restructure the Central Water Commission (CWC) and theCentral Ground Water Board (CGWB)?
Answer: Mihir Shah committee
54122. WhichIndian personality will be honoured at the United Nations on India’s 70thIndependence Day?
Answer: M. S.Subbulakshmi
54123. The"Early Childhood Care and Education" policy notified by Union Government aimsto achieve holistic development of children below which age?
Answer: Six Years
54124. India’sfirst repository on tigers will be set up in which of the following cities?
Answer: Dehradun
54125. WhichIndian company has become the first-ever Indian quasi-sovereign to issue aMasala bond on London Stock Exchange (LSE)?
Answer: NationalThermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
54126. WhichState Government approved 33 percent reservation to women in urban localbodies?
Answer: Nagaland
54127. Whichstate has become the first Indian state to ratify GST Constitution AmendmentBill?
Answer: Assam
54128. Theprogramme titled “Azadi 70- Yaad Karo Kurbani” will be started from which stateof India?
Answer: MadhyaPradesh
54129. Thesetwo South American countries agreed to reopen pedestrian border that was closedin 2015 to curb smuggling.
Answer: Venezuelaand Colombia
54130. Whichstate government has recently launched online service for consumers to applyfor low-tension service connections?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
54131. Whichcommittee will be set up by Union Government to review e-commerce rules?
Answer: Amitabh Kantcommittee
54132. Whichunion ministry has launched Twitter Sewa for addressing the complaints ofcommon man in the telecom and postal sectors?
Answer: Ministry ofCommunications
54134. WhichGovernment has lifted the Ban on the toddy (Palm wine) consumption and sellingin the state?
Answer: Bihar
54135. WhichState has initiated the process of recruiting transgender people as prisonwarden posts?.
Answer: Odisha
54137. TheReserve Bank of India (RBI) in August 2016 constituted which committee to lookat various facets of household finance in India?
Answer: arunRamadorai Committee on Household Finance
54138. Lok Sabhapasses National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research(Amendment) Bill, 2016 for setting up NIT in which state?
Answer: AndhraPradesh
54140. TheCabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a new formula tocalculate production subsidy for which sector/product?
Answer: Sugar
54141. Anti-corruptionIndex, the first of its kind in India will be launched by which of thefollowing state ?
Answer: Kerala
54142. What isthe name of the frozen nutritional dessert developed by CSIR- Central FoodTechnological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) Mysuru?
Answer: Nutrice
54143. Limboskater Om Swaroop Gowda has made the Guinness World Record for longest distancelimbo skating under the cars. He belongs to which state?
Answer: Karnataka
54146. Geologistshave found the first evidence for China"s Great Flood, a 4000-year-old disasterthat led to birth of the Xia dynasty and modern Chinese civilization. The floodoccurred on which river?
Answer: Yellow River
54147. Who willbe honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2016 Goa State FilmFestival?
Answer: N Chandra
54149. WhichState government has sought a 10-year extension of the North East IndustrialPromotion Policy (NEIPP) from the Centre?
Answer: Assam
54150. The book“Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata” has been authored by whom?
Answer: KarthikaNair
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