1000+ Current Affairs August 2017 Multiple Choice Question Answer [Solved]

1. Which company is launching a programme under which it will provide financial assistance to employees who wish to participate in national or international challenges in any field of interest?
A. ITC
B. Reliance Industries
C. Flipkart
D. Jubilant Foodworks
Answer : C

2. In which country Indian Navy band participates in International Military Music Festival?
A. Russia
B. Britain
C. USA
D. Japan
Answer : A

3. 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

4. Recently, a team of scientists discovered two new species of earthworms in which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Maharashtra
D. Uttarakhand
Answer : B

5. Name the first state in the country to implement coal utilization between power units.
A. Telangana
B. Odisha
C. Gujarat
D. Manipur
Answer : C

6. With which country, Qatar in August 2017 restored its diplomatic relations?
A. Israel
B. Iran
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Egypt
Answer : B

7. 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

8. Which state government has launched a grid-connected rooftop solar programme through net-metering system at the State Secretariat in capital city?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Gujarat
Answer : C

9. The government on August 15, 2017 imposed a fine of $____ million on Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners for producing less than the targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields in 2015-16.
A. 234
B. 224
C. 214
D. 264
Answer : D

10. 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

11. Which of the following has launched Mentor India Campaign, an initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs?
A. Ministry of Ayush
B. CCI
C. NITI Aayog
D. Human Resource Development Ministry
Answer : C

12. 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

13. Who among the following is the first person to receive the Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump?
A. James McCloughan
B. Nathan McElroy
C. Julius Callaghan
D. Peter Melenick
Answer : A

14. NABARD has conferred the 'best performance award' for 2016-17 to which regional rural bank?
A. Telangana Grameena Bank
B. Allahabad UP Gramin Bank
C. Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank
D. Madhyanchal Gramin Bank
Answer : C

15. 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

16. Which Bank has offered a 2-tier interest rate for savings account?
A. Corporation Bank
B. Indian Bank
C. Bank of Maharashtra
D. Dena Bank
Answer : B

17. Who has launched a digital police portal under CCTNS project, which aims to create a national database of crimes & criminals?
A. Ram Nath Kovind
B. Arun Jaitley
C. Rajnath Singh
D. Narendra Modi
Answer : C

18. Which city hosted the 2nd AGRI-UDAAN programme, launched by the Government of India?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Bangalore
D. Hyderabad
Answer : A

19. Which of the following will implement the Karnataka government' s 'Ksheera Bhagya' Scheme in Bengaluru, wherein school children would be provided a glass of milk each five days a week?
A. Amazon
B. Bharti Airtel
C. Flipkart
D. BSNL
Answer : A

20. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has launched Android Skill Development programme with which tech giant?
A. Microsoft
B. Google
C. Facebook
D. Wipro
Answer : B

21. 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

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

23. 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

24. How many medals did India win at the 6th Golden Glove women's Boxing Tournament at Vojvodina, Serbia?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
Answer : A

25. Name the state government that has decided to give compulsory retirement to the non-performing head masters, teachers and education department officials above the age of 50 years.
A. Delhi
B. Bihar
C. Punjab
D. Rajasthan
Answer : B

26. Who launched the host city logo for Kochi, one of the venues of FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017?
A. Shri Vijay Sekar
B. Shri Narayana Swamy
C. Shri Ram Narayan
D. Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
Answer : D

27. 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

28. With which city Police Department the skill development program YUVA is associated?
A. Delhi Police
B. Ahmedabad
C. Mumbai
D. Bengaluru
Answer : A

29. What is the colour of the new Rs. 200 note?
A. Red
B. Green
C. Blue
D. Yellow
Answer : D

30. 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

31. India and which country have jointly submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) calling for the elimination of the most trade-distorting form of farm subsidies, known as Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS)?
A. China
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. Russia
Answer : A

32. Which three Indian firms have featured in Forbes' list of the world' s 100 most innovative companies?
A. Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Patanjali Ayurved
B. Patanjali Ayurved, Asian Paints and Bharti Airtel
C. Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Bharti Airtel
D. Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Infosys
Answer : C

33. Who among the following has been appointed as Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)?
A. Victor Fernandes
B. Vincent Lewis
C. Naresh Agarwal
D. David Rasquinha
Answer : D

34. A NASA rocket mission named ------ will form night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during two rocket flights between 29 August 2017 and 9 September 2017.
A. WINDY
B. WIND
C. VINDI
D. VINDE
Answer : A

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

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

37. Who on August 15, 2017 launched a website to honour gallantry award winners?
A. Arun Jaitley
B. Ramnath Kovind
C. Narendra Modi
D. Venkiah Naidu
Answer : C

38. 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

39. 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

40. The Indian government on August 15, 2017 asked Facebook and other social networking sites to remove content regarding the ____ Whale Challenge.
A. Red
B. White
C. Blue
D. Black
Answer : C

41. For the first time when was Los Angeles hosted Summer Olympics?
A. 1984
B. 1932
C. 1924
D. 1936
Answer : B

42. 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

43. Which company has announced that it has acquired Millarworld, a comic book company?
A. Facebook
B. Google
C. Apple
D. Netflix
Answer : D

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

45. 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

46. Who among the following has won a bronze medal at the ongoing seventh Asian Shotgun Championship in Kazakhstan, handing India its first women' s skeet individual medal at a top international competition?
A. Geeta Siddhu
B. Kritika Malhotra
C. Minal Deshmukh
D. Maheshwari Chauhan
Answer : D

47. Who among the following has been named as Chairman of All India Football Federation (AIFF) Transfers Dispute Committee?
A. Souvik Sen
B. Indraneil Sengupta
C. Pankaj Das
D. Ushanath Banerjee
Answer : D

48. Marian Diamond known for studies of Einstein's brain, passes away recently. She hailed from which country?
A. Canada
B. Brazil
C. United States
D. Russia
Answer : C

49. 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

50. Who among the following African-American author has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 for her work 'The Obelisk Gate' ?
A. Laura Haley
B. Jamie Rice
C. Amy Winters
D. Nora Jemisin
Answer : D