1000+ Current Affairs August 2017 MCQ for UPSC IES [Solved]

1. Ruth Pfau, popularly known as Pakistan' s Mother Teresa has passed away. She hailed from which country?
A. Italy
B. United States
C. Germany
D. France
Answer : C

2. Who has been appointed as Pakistan' s High Commissioner to India?
A. Sohail Qureshi
B. Abdul Basit
C. Abdul Rehmat
D. Sohail Mahmood
Answer : D

3. 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

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

5. Which Indian Coast Guard Ship was decommissioned with full armed forces honours?
A. Samrat
B. Aryaman
C. Varuna
D. Sarathi
Answer : C

6. Who has been awarded the prestigious Himachal Pradesh Environment Leadership Award 2017 for excelling in the promotion of environmental conservation and sustainable development?
A. Madhu Chitkara
B. Radhika Menon
C. Bhavya Sethi
D. Kamini Singh
Answer : A

7. Which two companies have extended their partnership into Asia Pacific to enhance the consumer experience?
A. Mastercard and PayPal
B. Visa and PayPal
C. Mastercard and Paytm
D. Visa and Paytm
Answer : A

8. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Syndicate Bank?
A. Mr Melwyn Rego
B. Jayant Purushottam Gokhale
C. Vandana Kumari Jena
D. Ajay Vipin Nanavati
Answer : D

9. Which state government is planning to relocate tigers to the state of the sanctuaries?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. West Bengal
Answer : B

10. Who among the following has topped the Forbes' list of highest paid female athletes of 2017?
A. Angelique Kerber
B. Serena Williams
C. Ronda Rousey
D. Venus Williams
Answer : B

11. Which Indian Actor got 8th Position in the World's Highest-Paid Actors 2017 Forbes List?
A. Laksmi Menon
B. Vijay Kumar
C. Amitabh Bachaan
D. Shah Rukh Khan
Answer : D

12. 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

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

14. Sri Lankan selection panel of Cricket team was resigned, Who of the following was Chairman/ Head of the selection panel?
A. Kumar Sangakkara
B. Sanath Jayasurya
C. Mahela Jayawardene
D. Marvan Atapattu
Answer : B

15. Google has launched its new android operating system _____.
A. Ice cream
B. Oreo
C. Eclipse
D. Donut
Answer : B

16. The dawn of cruise tourism in India', a special event held to promote cruise tourism in the country was inaugurated in which city?
A. Kolkata
B. Bengaluru
C. Mumbai
D. Pune
Answer : C

17. Which of the following space agency has launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the International Space Station can communicate with Earth?
A. ISRO
B. NASA
C. SpaceX
D. Roscosmos
Answer : B

18. Which ties up with Symantec to fight cyber wars?
A. Idea
B. Vodafone
C. Bharati Airtel
D. Jio
Answer : C

19. 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

20. 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

21. Who was appointed as the new Air Oficer-in-Charge Administration of Indian Air Force?
A. Air Marshal R.K. Sharma
B. Air Marshal P H Roy
C. Air Marshal Anil Khosla
D. Air Marshal Hemanat Narayan Bhagwat
Answer : D

22. Which State Assembly passed Religious Freedom Bill, 2017 aimed to stop the forced conversions in the state?
A. Chhattisgarh State Assembly
B. Jharkhand State Assembly
C. Bihar State Assembly
D. Kerala State Assembly
Answer : B

23. Who was appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL)?
A. Emandi Sankara Rao
B. Santosh Sharma
C. Debasis Jana
D. Shekhar Gurera
Answer : B

24. 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

25. Name the mobile app that was developed by the Indian Army to enable serving soldiers to track details like postings, promotions and monthly slips as well as form 16?
A. Upkaran
B. Humraaz
C. Humvatan
D. On Duty
Answer : B

26. A high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale struck China recently. The epicenter of this quake was in?
A. Tangshan province
B. Chuetsu province
C. Sichuan province
D. Tianjin province
Answer : C

27. Who took over as the Union Secretary of Home Affairs recently?
A. Shri Rajesh Sharma
B. Shri Vijay Sekhar
C. Shri Ram Kumar
D. Shri Rajiv Gauba
Answer : D

28. 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

29. Which state former Chief Minister Rishang Keishing Passes Away recently?
A. Manipur
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer : A

30. 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

31. Which among the following Indian company has become the third most funded private company globally?
A. Paytm
B. Flipkart
C. FreeCharge
D. Infibeam
Answer : B

32. Which country has been declared the world' s most liveable city by The Economist' s Global Liveability Report-2017?
A. Melbourne
B. Sydney
C. London
D. Perth
Answer : A

33. 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

34. 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

35. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on an exoplanet, WASP-121b. The exoplanet is similar to which planet in our solar system?
A. Jupiter
B. Earth
C. Saturn
D. Mars
Answer : A

36. India and which country will start a two-by-two ministerial dialogue to enhance "peace and stability across the Indo-Pacific region" ?
A. Australia
B. Japan
C. USA
D. Indonesia
Answer : C

37. Under 'Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH)' initiative, NITI Aayog has selected which three states to improve healthcare delivery and key outcomes within those States?
A. Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka
B. Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka
D. Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, and Karnataka
Answer : A

38. Who among the following has become the youngest person to reach the summit of the 6,153 metres-high Mt Stok Kangri in Kashmir?
A. Koyal Sengupta
B. Shikha Pannu
C. Kaamya Karthikeyan
D. Isha Pandya
Answer : C

39. A research team led by Dr Pinaki Panigrahi has found Probiotic Bacteria that could protect newborns from a deadly infection at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. Name the infection.
A. Strep B
B. Pneumonia
C. Necrotising Fasciitis
D. Sepsis
Answer : D

40. The Ministry of Culture organized the Sankalp Se Siddhi Programme in _______ .
A. Coimbatore
B. Chennai
C. Salem
D. Madurai
Answer : A

41. 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

42. Who among the following beat Roger Federer by 6-3, 6-4 in the Rogers Cup final?
A. Stan Wawrinka
B. Alexander Zverev
C. Novak Djokovic
D. Rafael Nadal
Answer : B

43. 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

44. Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, former Union Minister was elected as the ______ Vice President, after he defeated the Opposition nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
A. 11th
B. 12th
C. 13th
D. 14th
Answer : C

45. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?
A. Kashish Patel
B. Bhavya Nanda
C. Mamta Suri
D. Reema Sen
Answer : C

46. For Which issue 10th India-European Union Counter meeting took place recently?
A. Trade
B. Terrorism
C. Agriculture
D. Medicines and Health Care
Answer : B

47. 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

48. Which scheme was renamed by the Union Cabinet recently?
A. Atal Pension yojana
B. SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters)
C. Sukanya Smriti Account
D. National Social Assistance Scheme
Answer : B

49. Which day is observed as National Handloom Day?
A. 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 8/17/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 8/18/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 8/7/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : D

50. The Reserve Bank of India has advised banks to make which linkage mandatory for availing short-term crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh in 2017-18
A. Aadhaar
B. Ration Card
C. Driving License
D. Voter ID
Answer : A