•    Highest-ranked Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016
- Asian Paints

•    World's first self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in
- Singapore

•    South Indian city that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016
- Hyderabad

•    The player who won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is
- Cristiano Ronaldo

•    The famous painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is
- Dhirendranath Brahma

•    The scientist who was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 is
- G. Satheesh Reddy

•    He will chair the five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the shooters' Rio Games debacle
- Abhinav Bindra

•    The country that launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in districts bordering country and the Baltic States is
– Russia

•    To expand the state’s green cover, the state that fixed a target of planting over one crore saplings over an area of 15000 hectares in 2016 is
– Himachal Pradesh

•    The country that overtook India as the most common non-UK country of birth for people living in the UK is
– Poland

•    Former editor of Mathrubhumi magazine who died recently is
- K K Sreedharan Nair

•    State in which a Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently
- West Bengal

•    Company that topped the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016
- Tesla Motors

•    Highest-ranked Indian company in the Forbes list of The World's Most Innovative Companies 2016
- Asian Paints

•    World's first self-driving taxi service was in August 2016 launched in
- Singapore

•    South Indian city that inaugurated the first Children's Court in August 2016
- Hyderabad

•    The player who won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2015-16 is
- Cristiano Ronaldo

•    The famous golfer who was voted the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month for July 2016 is
- Thongchai Jaidee

•    The number of breeds of livestock and poultry recently been registered with the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources is
– Nine

•    The famous painter from the Bengal school of painting who passed away recently is
- Dhirendranath Brahma

•    The scientist who was recently conferred the first IEI-IEEE Award for engineering excellence 2015 is
- G. Satheesh Reddy

•    He will chair the five-member review committee that was constituted by NRAI to probe the shooters' Rio Games debacle
- Abhinav Bindra

•    State in which a Mega Food Park was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee recently
- West Bengal

•    Union Government launched ‘Sugamaya Pustakalaya’ online library to serve
– Persons with print disabilities

•    This city is hosting a 2-day SAARC Finance Ministers’ Conference
– Islamabad

•    He was appointed as the head of the task force by the Union Government to study the structure of organised Group A Central services
– T Jacob

•    This company acquired the cement business of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd
– Birla Corporation Limited

•    Indian-origin politician Sellapan Ramanathan died recently. He was the former president of
– Singapore

•    This State Government issued a draft notification for creation of 17 new districts
– Telangana

•    This Indian tennis player topped the WTA women’s doubles ranking
– Sania Mirza

•    Airport Authority of India in August 2016 signed a MOU with which state for successful launch of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the Union Government
- Maharashtra

•    International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is observed globally on
- 23 August

•    India is ranked at which place in The W10 report 2016 released by New World Wealth
- Seventh

•    State that launched the DNA Index System for DNA profiling of criminals in August 2016
- Andhra Pradesh

•    This country launched the KN-11 ballistic missile from a submarine in Sea of Japan
– North Korea

•    The country that will not compete at September’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping
– Russia

•    Telangana and Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start work on three barrages at
- Tummidi Hatti on Pranhita River, Medigadda on Godavari River and Chanaka-Korata on Painganga River

•    State government that made available online A2 milk of indigenous cows in North India through Vita Milk Plants on demand of general public is
- Haryana

•    V P Singh Badnore has been recently appointed the Governor of
- V P Singh Badnore

•    Banwarilal Purohit has been recently appointed the Governor of
- Assam

•    The journalist, considered the ‘dean of black press columnists’, who passed away recently is
- George E. Curry

•    The Belgian jazz musician, mostly known for harmonica playing, who died recently is
- Toots Thielemans

•    The scientist who has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of the Homi Bhabha National Institute is
- P D Gupta

•    The city that will host the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is
– Ahmedabad

•    Three states that ratified the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional amendment bill 2016 after Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand are
- Himachal Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Gujarat

•    The state that decided to engage retired teachers in government high schools under “Teacher on Call” scheme to meet the shortage of teaching faculty is
– Odisha

•    The state that proposed to create 17 new districts in the state is
– Telangana

•    BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) women parliamentarians’ forum on 21 August 2016 ended at Jaipur with the passage of
- the Jaipur Declaration

•    He was appointed as the 24th governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- Dr. Urjit R Patel

•    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today jointly tele-inaugurated the Stor Palace in Kabul that was renovated under a tripartite agreement between
- Aga Khan Development Network, Government of Afghanistan and the Union Government

•    The President of Indian Olympic Association was recently awarded the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement is
- N. Ramachandran

•    President Pranab Mukherjee launched Kolkata Akashvani Kendra’s Moitree Service in Bangla for listeners in
- Bangladesh

•    Indian-origin President of Singapore who died in August 2016 and was the sixth and longest-serving President of Singapore
- S R Nathan

•    Person sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in August 2016
- Jagdish Mukhi

•    India in August 2016 signed agreement with which country to foster conditions that will help create and improve workplace-based vocational training in India's industrial clusters
- Germany

•    Typhoon that made landfall near Tateyama City in Chiba Prefecture south of Tokyo, Japan is
- Mindulle

•    This country accounted for the highest share of tourist arrival in India
– Bangladesh

•    1000 MW Turga hydel project that was approved by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will be located in
– West Bengal

•    Former international umpire who passed away in August 2016
- Subrata Banerjee

•    The Odia actor and director who died in August 2016 and began his career with the movie Kedar Gouri in 1954
- Gobind Tej

•    Person appointed as India's Ambassador to Georgia in August 2016
- Yogeshwar Sangwan

•    Author awarded with the prestigious 25th Vyas Samman 2015
- Sunita Jain