Current Affairs August 2017 1000+ MCQ with answer for SSC CGL

1. 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

2. Which day is observed as Sadbhavana Diwas?
A. 8/19/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 8/20/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 8/18/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 8/17/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : B

3. Which Indian pair has won gold in the skeet mixed team event at the 7th Asian Championship Shotgun?
A. Ankur Mittal and Shreyasi Singh
B. Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmmi Rathore
C. Kynan Chenai and Shreyasi Singh
D. Maheshwari Chauhan and Mairaj Ahmad Khan
Answer : B

4. 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

5. Health and wellness startup Cure.fit has roped in which Bollywood actor as its Brand Ambassador?
A. Salman Khan
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Ranbir Kapoor
D. Ranveer Singh
Answer : B

6. Who has been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uber?
A. Dara Khosrowshahi
B. Travis Kalanick
C. Garrett Camp
D. None of these
Answer : A

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. National Payments Corporation of India has appointed Dilip Asbe as its _______.
A. Chief Executive Officer
B. Chief Operating Officer
C. Chief Technology Officer
D. Chief Revenue Officer
Answer : A

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

10. 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

11. National Company Law Tribunal has approved the merger of Reliance Communications with _______.
A. Idea
B. Telenor
C. Aircel
D. Airtel
Answer : C

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

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

14. The new bilateral Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between India and which country came into force?
A. Bhutan
B. Nepal
C. Bangladesh
D. Sri Lanka
Answer : A

15. Infusion Nurses Society will launch India's first online course on Infusion Therapy for nurses, under which it aims to train over _____ nurses in the vital medical procedure.
A. 1000
B. 2000
C. 3000
D. 4000
Answer : C

16. 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

17. Which state power discoms has become the India' s first state-owned discoms to accept payments through Bharat QR?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Chattisgarh
C. Rajasthan
D. Odisha
Answer : A

18. 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

19. 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

20. Which country launches First Cyber Court in e-commerce Hub?
A. China
B. North Korea
C. South Africa
D. Australia
Answer : A

21. 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

22. 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

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

24. Which state government has announced that it would be spending around Rs 1 lakh Cr on development works with special emphasis on education and road connectivity over the next five years?
A. Tripura
B. Telangana
C. Jharkhand
D. Jammu and Kashmir
Answer : D

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

26. 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

27. 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

28. Whom did Floyd Mayweather beat to win boxing superfight?
A. Conor McGregor
B. Augie Sanchez
C. Genaro Hernández
D. Justin Juuko
Answer : A

29. Which country Imposes World's Toughest Law Against Plastic Bags recently?
A. Kenya
B. India
C. Iraq
D. Pakistan
Answer : A

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

31. Which public sector bank has recently introduced a biometric attendance register in the place of the existing system of signing attendance in the attendance register?
A. Punjab National Bank
B. Bank of Baroda
C. Indian Bank
D. Bank of India
Answer : A

32. Usain Bolt who retired on August 14, 2017 is from which country?
A. Grenada
B. Trinidad and Tobago
C. Bahamas
D. Jamaica
Answer : D

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

34. 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

35. 8th meeting of the Regional Technical Group of Confidence Building Measure on Trade, Commerce & Investment Opportunities under the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process was held on August 7, 2017, in:
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Bengaluru
D. Jaipur
Answer : A

36. 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

37. Name the Indian professional boxer outslugged his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title.
A. Shiva Thapa
B. Jitender Kumar
C. Akhil Kumar
D. Vijender Singh
Answer : D

38. 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

39. 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

40. Who has become the second Indian female footballer to win the Arjuna Award?
A. Ngangom Bala Devi
B. Nongm Ratanbala Devi
C. Okram Roshini Devi
D. Oinam Bembem Devi
Answer : D

41. 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

42. 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

43. A team of astronomers discovered that the Sun's core rotates 4 times faster than the solar surface. The discovery was made using which telescope?
A. SOHO
B. ADAHELI
C. GREGOR
D. TRACE
Answer : A

44. Which country will be building a stadium resembling an Arabian skull cap for the 2022 World Cup?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. UAE
C. Egypt
D. Qatar
Answer : D

45. ________ 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

46. 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

47. Which right is declared as the Fundamental Right recently by the Supreme Court?
A. Right to Privacy
B. Right to Speech
C. Right to Education
D. Right against exploitation
Answer : A

48. Who of the following was crowned as the 2017 Miss TransQueen India?
A. Loiloi
B. Ragasiya.K
C. Nitasha Biswas
D. Laeticia Raveena
Answer : C

49. Supreme Court has struck down the practice of Triple Talaq in Muslim Community by saying that the practice violates certain articles of Indian Constitution. Which of the two articles were being violated?
A. Article 14 and 16
B. Article 16 and 20
C. Article 14 and 21
D. Article 19 and 22
Answer : C

50. The Aurora Solar Energy Project is being constructed in which country?
A. Egypt
B. Australia
C. Oman
D. Brazil
Answer : B