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

1. 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

2. UNESCO has shown worry about that damage caused to which of the following heritage sites in India?
A. Elephanta Caves
B. Keoladeo National Park
C. Western Ghats
D. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Answer : D

3. 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

4. Who has launched the live twitter wall for promoting 'Bharat Ke Veer' portal on the eve of 71st Independence Day?
A. Rajnath Singh
B. Narendra Modi
C. Venkaiah Naidu
D. Ramnath Kovind
Answer : A

5. 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

6. 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

7. Vishal Sikkan has resigned as Managing Director and CEO of which software company?
A. Wipro
B. Mindtree
C. Infosys
D. HCL Technologies
Answer : C

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

9. 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

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

11. 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

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

13. Who has been appointed as Chief of Eastern Command?
A. Lt General Abhay Krishna
B. General Bipin Rawat
C. Lt General Cherish Mathson
D. None of the above
Answer : A

14. 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

15. 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

16. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India for 3 Months?
A. Rajiv Bansal
B. Ashwani Lohia
C. Vinod Hejmadi
D. None of these
Answer : A

17. 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

18. Name the supercentenarian who passed away on August 11, 2017.
A. Yisrael Kristal
B. Yasutaro Koide
C. Jack Lockett
D. Georg Olafsson
Answer : A

19. Which state government has launched "Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra" for unemployed youth?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Gujarat
C. Maharashtra
D. Rajasthan
Answer : C

20. Name the Hollywood Actress who has topped the Forbes magazines World' s Highest-Paid Actresses 2017 list?
A. Emma Stone
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Melissa McCarthy
D. Emma Watson
Answer : A

21. Facebook has launched Youtube competitor called:
A. Scene'
B. Watch'
C. Scren'
D. MyVideos'
Answer : B

22. Which football Club honoured Former Indian Hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay with 'Bharat Gaurav'?
A. Bharat FC
B. Eastern Railway FC
C. Navi Mumbai United
D. East Bengal Football Club
Answer : D

23. 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

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. According to RBI, Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank and Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank recorded net profit of more than Rs 150 crore during 2016-17. Currently, there are total how many RRBs in India?
A. 46
B. 34
C. 44
D. 56
Answer : D

26. 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

27. 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

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

29. 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

30. 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

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

32. Where was the fourth session of India-Tanzania Joint Trade Committee (JTC) held?
A. New Delhi
B. Ahmedabad
C. Mumbai
D. Dodoma
Answer : A

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

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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. Name the head of panel set up by the government to study issues related to data protection in the country.
A. M Vasudeva
B. B N Srikrishna
C. Balakrishnan
D. T V Prasad
Answer : B

40. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan commissioned which Indian Coast Guard ship in Goa?
A. Indian Coast Guard ship 'Shaurya'
B. Indian Coast Guard ship 'Suraj'
C. Indian Coast Guard ship 'Shoorvir'
D. Indian Coast Guard ship 'Sanjay'
Answer : A

41. What was the theme of 'World breastfeeding week 2017' celebrated from 1st to 7th August 2017?
A. Sustaining Breastfeeding Together
B. Creating Awareness about Breastfeeding Together
C. Creating Awareness about Breastfeeding through Social Media
D. Propagating Breastfeeding for New Born
Answer : A

42. 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

43. Which Mission will be launched for improving India's position in ocean research field?
A. Clean Ocean Mission
B. Deep Ocean Mission
C. Marine Research Mission
D. Samudri Shodh Abhiyaan
Answer : B

44. Punjab government has decided to appoint which cricketer as DSP with the state's police?
A. Mithali Raj
B. Veda Krishnamurthy
C. Smriti Mandhana
D. Harmanpreet Kaur
Answer : D

45. 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

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. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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