•    The country that topped the medal table at the 2016 Summer Olympics recently concluded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is - The United States


•    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

•    Name of the all-in-one virtual reality solution launched by Intel to create merged reality is - Alloy

•    A group of researchers discovered a new species of eel, Gymnothorax indicus, from - Bay of Bengal

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

•    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

•    Pink Bollworm pest that has been in news primarily affects – Cotton

•    He authored the book Life In Diplomacy - M K Rasgotra

•    Two parties that signed an indefinite ceasefire deal to facilitate peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies are - Philippine and Communist guerrillas

•    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



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