july

Question 1

The 42nd session of World
Heritage Committee
(WHC) meeting of United
Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
held in Manama,
Bahrain has inscribed
four cultural sites on the
World Heritage List.

Answer 1

These
four cultural sites are
Victorian Gothic and
Art Deco Ensemble of
Mumbai (India),
Sassanid
Archaeological
Landscape of Fars
region (Iran), Hidden
Christian Sites in
Nagasaki Region
(Japan) and Sansa,
Buddhist Mountain
Monasteries in Korea.

Question 2

Madhya Pradesh
Government has conferred
prestigious National
Kalidas Samman on
noted artist

Answer 2

Anjolie Ela
Menon for her
contribution to visual arts

Question 3

indigenous fighter aircraft
Tejas of No 45
Squadron (The Flying
Daggers) of Indian Air
Force (IAF) has formally
commenced operations
from Sulur Air Force
station in Tamil Nadu

Answer 3

The Uttarakhand High
Court has declared entire
animal kingdom i.e. all
animals, including avian
and aquatic species as
legal entities with
rights, duties and
liabilities of living
person.

Question 4

The Union Cabinet
approved proposal of
renaming Agartala
Airport in Tripura as

Answer 4

‘Maharaja Bir Bikram
Manikya Kishore
Airport, Agartala.

Question 5

The Law Commission of
India (LCI) in its report
“Legal Framework:
Gambling and Sports
Betting including Cricket in
India”, has recommended
that gambling and
betting on sports be
allowed as regulated
activities.

Answer 5

The Law
commission is led by
former Supreme Court
Justice B.S. Chauhan.

Question 6

On 4th July 2018,
the 242nd America
Independence Day was
celebrated in the United
States.

Answer 6

Justice AK Goel as new
Chairperson of National
Green Tribunal (NGT).

Question 7

South Korean technology
giant Samsung
inaugurated the world’s
largest mobile
manufacturing unit in

Answer 7

noida up

Question 8

Pravasi Bharatiya

Divas

Answer 8

Varanasi in January 9,Role of Indian
Diaspora in building a
New India’

Question 9

July 12 is celebrated
as International Malala
Day as on July 12,2013,
Malala Yousafzai’s 16th
birthday, she spoke at
the UN to call for
worldwide access to
education.

Answer 9

.The 17th World Sanskrit
Conference was
inaugurated by Human
Resource Development
Minister Shri Prakash
Javadekar at Vancouver,
Canada from 9th July to
13th July, 2018