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

1. 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

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

3. 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

4. Name the country who's Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment will lead a major mission to India to deepen collaboration in the fields of agribusiness and food, higher education among others in August 2017.
A. Britain
B. Brazil
C. Russia
D. Australia
Answer : D

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Indian Railways has announced a cash on delivery scheme under the -----------
A. Ladies
B. Tatkal
C. Main
D. Physically Handicapped
Answer : B

9. Who was honoured with Asia Society Game Changers Award 2017?
A. Amitabh Bachchan
B. AR Rehman
C. Anil Kapoor
D. Dev Patel
Answer : D

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

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

15. Former Union Minister Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as Vice President of India. With this he became ------------ in person vice president of India
A. 11th
B. 12th
C. 13th
D. 14th
Answer : C

16. 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

17. 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

18. Who got the 2016 Saraswati Samman recently?
A. Mahabaleshwar Sail
B. A.A. Manavalan
C. Govind Mishra
D. Veerappa Moily
Answer : A

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Which club won the 2017 Nehru Trophy Boat Race?
A. Kumarakam Vembanad Boat Club
B. Navajeevan boat club
C. Kollam Jesus Boat Club
D. Thuruthippuram Boat Club
Answer : D

23. Who resigned in the Railway Board Council recently?
A. Ashok Mittal
B. Suresh Kumar
C. Rajesh Kumar
D. Vijay Prakash
Answer : A

24. 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

25. 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

26. Which of the following has not won the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2017?
A. Premlata Agrawal
B. Ved Prakash Sharma
C. Harbhajan Singh
D. Ashok Abbey
Answer : C

27. Tony de Brum, the well-known climate awareness activist has passed away. He hailed from which country?
A. Tonga
B. Tuvalu
C. Vanuatu
D. Marshall Islands
Answer : D

28. 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

29. Which Senior BJP leader became a member of the parliament for the first time after being sworn into the Rajya Sabha on 25 August 2017?
A. Smriti Irani
B. Amit Shah
C. Manohar Lal Khattar
D. N. Biren Singh
Answer : B

30. Who has will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?
A. Rajiv Kumar
B. Vinod Paul
C. Ritesh Gupta
D. S L Shivappa
Answer : A

31. 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

32. 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

33. For Which country Union Government imposes anti-dumping duty on sodium nitrate imports recently?
A. China
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. Sri Lanka
Answer : A

34. 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

35. ________ 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

36. 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

37. Who is appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Cyprus?
A. Dr. V. K. Vijayan
B. Dr. Ramesh Kumar
C. Dr. Narayana Moorthy
D. Dr. R. K. Raghavan
Answer : D

38. Which among the following has become India's second 100% computer literate village?
A. Akodara
B. Chamravattom
C. Nungthaang Tampak
D. Barsimaluguri
Answer : C

39. 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

40. Which country to host the steering committee of the proposed TAPI Gas pipeline?
A. Turkmenistan
B. Afghanistan
C. Pakistan
D. India
Answer : D

41. 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

42. Which Asian country has formally launched its first overseas naval facility in Djibouti, an East African nation?
A. China
B. South Korea
C. North Korea
D. Japan
Answer : A

43. Who among the following has won a Bronze medal at 7th Asian Shotgun Championship, being held at Astana, Kazakhstan?
A. Kynan Chenai
B. Zoravar Singh Sandhu
C. Birendeep Sodhi
D. Gagan Goswami
Answer : A

44. 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

45. How many crores Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced GST earnings cross target in maiden month?
A. Rs 92,283 crore
B. Rs 50,000 crores
C. Rs 45,000 crores
D. Rs 39,000 crores
Answer : A

46. Who won Belgian Grand Prix recently?
A. Lewis Hamilton
B. Kimi Raikkonen
C. Valtteri Bottas
D. Daniel Ricciardo
Answer : A

47. 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

48. Which bank on August 9, 2017 launched instant credit cards?
A. Axis
B. ICICI
C. HDFC
D. KVB
Answer : B

49. Aadi Perukku is celebrated in which state of India?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Telangana
D. Karnataka
Answer : A

50. 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