Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

Answer. GC Murmu

Q2. Which state’s villages have been recognised by UNESO for Tsunami readiness?

Answer. Odisha

Q3. Which institute has signed an agreement with Gavi, the vaccine alliance to accelerate manufacture and delivery of 100 million doses of COVID Vaccine?

Answer. SII

Q4. Which among the following parties won just one seat in Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections 2020?

Answer. UNP

Q5. Who launched the first National Handloom Day?

Answer. Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Q6. Who organized Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education?

Answer. Ministry of Education & UGC

Q7. When was the Swadeshi Movement launched?

Answer. 1905

Q8. Which country has witnessed a massive blast that occurred by explosives stored at a port?

Answer. Lebanon

Q9. Which Indian bank is set to launch an Artificial-Intelligence powered multilingual voice bot 'AXAA'?

Answer. Axis Bank

Q10. Over 44 lakh tonnes of food grains were taken by the States and UTs under which scheme?

Answer. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana 2

Q11. Which technology company launched a new file-sharing feature ‘Nearby Share’? 

Answer. Google

Q12. The first anniversary of the creation of which Union Territory/ies was observed on August 5?

Answer. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

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