Current Affairs August 2017 1000+ MCQ with answer for RBI Grade B officer

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

2. Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat' campaign was launched with the objective of?
A. Providing a comprehensive and inclusive report card for children
B. Improving sanitation conditions across the country
C. Eradicating illiteracy
D. Cleaning the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country
Answer : A

3. Where is the India' s first university in the field of Holistic Education named Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University is inaugurated where?
A. Mumbai
B. Pune
C. Nagpur
D. Nanded
Answer : B

4. 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

5. 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

6. Who among the following resigned as president of the Nagaur District Association, marking an end to his presence in the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA)?
A. Abhijeet More
B. Rajeev Shukla
C. Lalit Modi
D. Raj Kundra
Answer : C

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Which bank receives scheduled bank status from Reserve Bank of India recently?
A. Equitas Small Finance Bank
B. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
C. Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank
D. Suryoday Small finance bank
Answer : B

12. Which country with India Agree to Disengage at Doklam?
A. Pakistan
B. China
C. Nepal
D. Sri Lanka
Answer : B

13. Who won the Gold of the men's doubles event at the Bulgaria Open Table Tennis in Panagyurishte?
A. Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan
B. G Sathiyan and Jin Ueda
C. Maharu Yoshimura and Soumyajit Ghosh
D. Jin Ueda and Yoshimura
Answer : D

14. Who was appointed as the first brand ambassador for Bridgestone India?
A. Pullela Gopichand
B. Saina Nehwal
C. PV Sindhu
D. Sachin Tendulkar
Answer : C

15. Recently, The Indian government has restricted import of gold, silver items from __________.
A. China
B. Kuwait
C. Saudi Arabia
D. South Korea
Answer : D

16. 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

17. India celebrated the 75th anniversary of which historic movement on 09th August 2017?
A. Non-cooperation movement
B. Civil Disobedience movement
C. Dandi March
D. Quit India movement
Answer : D

18. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the Railway Protection Force?
A. Sunil Rajput
B. Dharmendra Kumar
C. Mahendra Singh Rathore
D. Rajiv Ranjan Verma
Answer : B

19. 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

20. Which nationwide campaign has been launched by the Union Government to protect elephants?
A. Gaj Kesari Yatra
B. Gajanan Yatra
C. Gajraj Yatra
D. Gaj Yatra
Answer : D

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

22. According to a survey undertaken by the Quality Council of India (QCI) between May and June 2017, almost all rural households in which two states had access to a toilet and thus topped the sanitation survey?
A. Haryana and Kerala
B. Kerala and Assam
C. Telangana and Madhya Pradesh
D. Goa and Tamil Nadu
Answer : A

23. World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared which country as polio free?
A. Pakistan
B. Iran
C. Uganda
D. Somalia
Answer : D

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Recently, which two Asian countries signed three pacts to boost their ties in power and energy sectors?
A. China & Sri Lanka
B. China & Pakistan
C. Pakistan & Nepal
D. Nepal & China
Answer : D

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

36. 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

37. 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

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

39. 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

40. 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

41. The 2030 Water Resources Group (2030WRG) will help which state government raise $270 million from the Green Climate Fund?
A. Karnataka
B. Uttarakhand
C. Maharashtra
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer : C

42. 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

43. Who to be named as First to be named Men's Player of the Year for Three Times?
A. Cristiano Ronaldo
B. Lionel Messi
C. Gareth Bale
D. Thomas muller
Answer : A

44. 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

45. Which of the following ministry has launched a campaign named "Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali" urging people to celebrate a pollution-free Diwali?
A. Ministry of Science and Technology
B. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
C. Ministry of Women and Child Development
D. Ministry of Culture
Answer : B

46. Which state government has decided to end interview in all the non-gazetted posts of Group B, C and D categories?
A. Haryana
B. Maharashtra
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Manipur
Answer : C

47. Which company has announced the launch of Virtual Customer Service (VCS) model in India?
A. Apple
B. Alibaba
C. Walmart
D. Amazon
Answer : D

48. 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

49. What is the theme of 2017 International Youth Day (IYD)?
A. Change Our World
B. Youth and Mental Health
C. Youth Building Peace
D. Youth Civic Engagement
Answer : C

50. Who among the following has become the first female actor ever to hoist the Indian National Flag at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)?
A. Kangna Ranaut
B. Deepika Padukone
C. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
D. Priyanka Chopra
Answer : C