1000+ Current Affairs August 2017 MCQ for NDA [Solved]

1. Where was the Junior Shotgun World Cup 2017 held?
A. Belgium
B. Italy
C. Turkey
D. Qatar
Answer : B

2. The National Company Law Tribunal has approved the merger of Telenor with -------
A. Idea
B. Airtel
C. Vodafone
D. MTNL
Answer : B

3. Which former RBI governor has authored the book "I Do What I Do" ?
A. Duvvuri Subbarao
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Manmohan Singh
D. Amitav Ghosh
Answer : B

4. Which day is observed as International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition?
A. 8/24/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 8/23/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 8/22/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 8/25/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : B

5. The CCEA has approved the proposal of DIPAM for strategic disinvestment. What does "DIPAM" stands for?
A. Department of Investment and Proper Asset Management
B. Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
C. Department of Investment and Property Asset Management
D. Department of Investment and Private Asset Management
Answer : B

6. Who was sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India?
A. Justice Dipak Misra
B. Justice J Chalameswar
C. Justice Ranjan Gagoi
D. Justice Madan Lokur
Answer : A

7. Which online portal has been launched by Maharashtra Government to ease the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT)?
A. MahaDBT
B. MahaSuvidha
C. MahaPAHAL
D. MahaSeva
Answer : A

8. National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved how many projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of about Rs 2,033 crore?
A. Ten projects
B. Fifteen projects
C. Twenty projects
D. Twenty five projects
Answer : A

9. On 15th August 2017 India celebrated ------------ Independence Day.
A. 70th
B. 72nd
C. 69th
D. 71st
Answer : D

10. Which state government has launched a new awareness drive "Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra" ?
A. West Bengal
B. Bihar
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand
Answer : C

11. Wayne Rooney announced his retirement. He played which sport?
A. Cricket
B. Hockey
C. Football
D. Athletics
Answer : C

12. Sitaram Panchal, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?
A. Journalism
B. Politics
C. Film Industry
D. Sports
Answer : C

13. Customers of which public sector bank will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs 5,000 in a non-base branch even if it is located in the same city?
A. State Bank of India
B. Bank of Baroda
C. Indian Bank
D. Punjab National Bank
Answer : D

14. Which satellite has been jointly launched by France' s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and Israel' s space agency for monitoring the effects of climate change on vegetation?
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn
Answer : B

15. SoftBank has announced to invest $2.5 billion in __________.
A. Snapdeal
B. Flipkart
C. CaratLane
D. Myntra
Answer : B

16. Which Bangalore-based start-up has been recently acquired by messaging app Hike?
A. Novo
B. Cosmo
C. SupraNex
D. Creo
Answer : D

17. ________ and International Vaccine Institute on August 21, 2017 signed an agreement to collaborate on vaccine research and development.
A. ICMR
B. DMRC
C. NTI
D. AIIMS
Answer : A

18. Which currency notes are going to be released by the Reserve Bank of India recently?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. 1000
Answer : A

19. Where was India's first 'Videsh Bhawan' inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj?
A. Bengaluru
B. New Delhi
C. Mumbai
D. Ahmedabad
Answer : C

20. Usain Bolt has been stunned as he finished third in the 100 meters final of World Athletics Championship held at ______.
A. France
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. London
Answer : D

21. Who dedicates to nation 11 completed highway projects in Rajasthan?
A. Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi
B. Shri Arun Jaitley
C. Shri Naresh Iyer
D. Shri Prakash Javadekar
Answer : A

22. A nearly 500m (1,640ft) bridge for hikers billed as the longest hanging pedestrian bridge in the world has opened near which town of Switzerland?
A. Basel
B. Zermatt
C. Bern
D. Geneva
Answer : B

23. Who has been awarded with the Global Agriculture Leadership Award by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA)?
A. Devendra Fadnavis
B. N Chandrababu Naidu
C. K Chandrasekhar Rao
D. Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Answer : C

24. Who was appointed as the CEO of Rajya Sabha TV?
A. Gurdeep Singh Sappal
B. A. Surya Prakash
C. Mohanlal Joshi
D. Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Answer : D

25. Name the Indian-origin boy who has been crowned as UK' s 'Child Genius' in a popular television quiz competition?
A. Sahil Vashisht
B. Veer Khandelwal
C. Ankul Narang
D. Rahul Doshi
Answer : D

26. Which country has launched its climate-smart snow leopard landscape management plan?
A. Nepal
B. India
C. China
D. Pakistan
Answer : A

27. Which ministry has issued norms for Central offices to retrofit energy efficient appliances?
A. Power
B. Finance
C. Information and Broadcasting
D. Urban Development
Answer : B

28. Indian student Dacharla Panduranga Rohith develops Nano Missile for Indian Army, he hails from which state?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Telangana
D. Karnataka
Answer : A

29. Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran" (DAMON), a special programme to prevent the spread of malaria will be launched by which state' s government?
A. West bengal
B. Haryana
C. Odisha
D. Telangana
Answer : C

30. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India for 3 Months?
A. Rajiv Bansal
B. Ashwani Lohia
C. Vinod Hejmadi
D. None of these
Answer : A

31. Which bank appoints Committee to Link Home Loan Rates to Repo Rate?
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. Dena Bank
C. Federal Bank
D. State bank of India
Answer : A

32. The law and Judiciary Department has issued an order for the setting up of first three of the total 24 fast track courts for Maharashtra in which of its two cities?
A. Mumbai & Thane
B. Mumbai & Pune
C. Nagpur & Pune
D. Navi Mumbai & Ahmednagar
Answer : A

33. Name the Indian shuttler who has won the men' s singles title of Bulgaria Open International Series title?
A. Vimal Kumar
B. Chetan Anand
C. Lakshya Sen
D. Syed Modi
Answer : C

34. Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd. has signed an agreement with which exchange for agriculture related price information?
A. National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
B. Multi Commodity Exchange
C. National Spot Exchange
D. Forward Markets Commission
Answer : B

35. Which Indian sportsperson has been appointed as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for physical activity in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR)?
A. Mary Kom
B. Milkha Singh
C. Pullela Gopichand
D. Abhinav Bindra
Answer : B

36. An all-women team of researchers from which IIT has developed a new drug delivery platform using nanoparticles?
A. IIT Roorke
B. IIT Bangalore
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Madras
Answer : C

37. Where is the first regional centre of the New Development Bank being opened?
A. New Delhi
B. Johannesburg
C. Moscow
D. Brasilia
Answer : B

38. India' s first museum on the Partition of the Indian Sub-continent will open in which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Odisha
C. Punjab
D. Assam
Answer : C

39. Who has topped the Fortune' s annual list of 40 young and influential people in the field of business inspiring others with their work?
A. Leo Varadkar
B. Shinzo Abe
C. Emmanuel Macron
D. Geraldine Buckingham
Answer : C

40. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan?
A. Rajesh Kumar Sachdeva
B. Manoj Mittal
C. Ajay Bisaria
D. Prabhat Kumar
Answer : D

41. The International Day of the victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed on which date?
A. 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 8/26/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 8/31/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : A

42. Who tops the Forbes Asai's Richest Man List 2017?
A. Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi
B. Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani
C. Tencent Chairman Ma Huateng
D. Alibaba Group' s Jack Ma
Answer : D

43. Who has been appointment as the new chief of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?
A. Shyam Benegal
B. Prasoon Joshi
C. Naresh Chandra Lal
D. Vivek Agnihotri
Answer : B

44. Name the Hollywood Actress who has topped the Forbes magazines World' s Highest-Paid Actresses 2017 list?
A. Emma Stone
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Melissa McCarthy
D. Emma Watson
Answer : A

45. To whom did PV Sindhu lost in the final of World Badminton Championship to settle for Silver medal?
A. Carolina Marin of Spain
B. Nozomi Okuhara of Japan
C. Li Xuerui of China
D. Tai Tzu Ying of China
Answer : B

46. Central Government has launched 'Swachh Survekshan-2018' to rank cities and towns of India. How many cities and towns will be covered under this survey?
A. 2041
B. 3041
C. 4041
D. 5041
Answer : C

47. Which organisation announced the Women Transforming India Awards 2017?
A. Ministry of Women and Child Development
B. NITI Aayog
C. UN Women
D. None of these
Answer : B

48. Who has been roped as Brand Ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh?
A. Akshay Kumar
B. Shah Rukh Khan
C. Salman Khan
D. Abhishek Bachchan
Answer : A

49. Which ministry sets up Task Force on Artificial Intelligence recently?
A. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
B. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
D. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Answer : C

50. India's first private missile production facility, KRAS was unveiled in Hyderabad. The unit is a joint venture of two companies. While one company is India's Kalyani Group, the other one belongs to which nation?
A. Japan
B. Germany
C. Israel
D. Russia
Answer : C