Current Affairs August 2017 MCQ Solved Paper for NEET

1. 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

2. Which bank has appointed P R Seshadri as MD & CEO?
A. State Bank of India
B. Union Bank
C. Karur Vysya Bank
D. Andhra Bank
Answer : C

3. Jerry Lewis, the famous comedian passed away. He hailed from which country?
A. United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. United States
D. France
Answer : C

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

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

6. 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

7. Scientists have developed a technique to edit embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes heart disease in families. Name the technique.
A. CRISPR
B. Angioplasty
C. CABG
D. None of the above
Answer : A

8. 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

9. Which scheme was renamed by the Union Cabinet recently?
A. Atal Pension yojana
B. SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters)
C. Sukanya Smriti Account
D. National Social Assistance Scheme
Answer : B

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

11. Usain Bolt has been stunned as he finished third in the 100 meters final of World Athletics Championship held at ______.
A. France
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. London
Answer : D

12. Which state government is going to launch 'streets with cycle track' to encourage the use of bicycle?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Karnataka
Answer : B

13. 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

14. 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

15. Under 'Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH)' initiative, NITI Aayog has selected which three states to improve healthcare delivery and key outcomes within those States?
A. Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka
B. Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka
D. Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, and Karnataka
Answer : A

16. 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

17. 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

18. Where was an atomic fuel reserve established by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
A. India
B. Uzbekistan
C. Azerbaijan
D. Kazakhstan
Answer : D

19. Customers of which public sector bank will have to pay charges for depositing cash above Rs 5,000 in a non-base branch even if it is located in the same city?
A. State Bank of India
B. Bank of Baroda
C. Indian Bank
D. Punjab National Bank
Answer : D

20. Which company launches the 'Project Brainwave' for Real-Time AI?
A. Samsung
B. Vodafone
C. Apple
D. Microsoft
Answer : D

21. 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

22. 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

23. Who was banned for five matches for pushing the referee?
A. Lionel Messi
B. Cristiano Ronaldo
C. Neymar
D. Eden Hazard
Answer : B

24. 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

25. Which State government has launched the cloud seeding operation, 'Project Varshadhari'?
A. Maharashtra
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Jharkhand
Answer : C

26. 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

27. India and the United States of America will co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in November 2017 in which of the following cities?
A. Mumbai
B. Chennai
C. New Delhi
D. Hyderabad
Answer : D

28. 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

29. 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

30. Santosh Mohan Dev who dies at the age of 83 is a?
A. Politician
B. Cricketer
C. Singer
D. Actor
Answer : A

31. National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved how many projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of about Rs 2,033 crore?
A. Ten projects
B. Fifteen projects
C. Twenty projects
D. Twenty five projects
Answer : A

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

33. Who among the following has topped the Forbes' list of highest paid female athletes of 2017?
A. Angelique Kerber
B. Serena Williams
C. Ronda Rousey
D. Venus Williams
Answer : B

34. Who is going to be the new Managing Director & CEO of IFCI Ltd, a government company?
A. Megha Patil
B. Sankara Rao
C. Vipin Rawat
D. Swapnil Shah
Answer : B

35. 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

36. 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

37. Which day is observed as the World humanitarian Day across the world?
A. 8/19/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 6/15/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 4/18/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : A

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

39. 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

40. Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has launched a new video of the National Anthem in sign language, featuring disabled and partially disabled children. Who among the following has directed this video?
A. Govind Nihalani
B. Karan Johar
C. Anurag Basu
D. Imtiaz Ali
Answer : A

41. MyFASTag, a consumer App through which consumers can purchase or recharge FASTags has been launched by
A. Government of India
B. National Payments Corporation of India
C. National Highways Authority of India
D. None of these
Answer : C

42. 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

43. Who among the following veteran journalist has bagged the first Kesari Media Award?
A. T J S George
B. N K Ragahavan
C. G V Gupta
D. Sharmila Parihar
Answer : A

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. Who was appointed as Russia's Ambassador to India?
A. Caroline Wozniacki
B. Simona Halep
C. Madison Keys
D. Nikolay Kudashev
Answer : D

48. Where was the Junior Shotgun World Cup 2017 held?
A. Belgium
B. Italy
C. Turkey
D. Qatar
Answer : B

49. 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

50. 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