LIC AAO - Current Affairs August 2017 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

1. 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

2. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has launched Android Skill Development programme with which tech giant?
A. Microsoft
B. Google
C. Facebook
D. Wipro
Answer : B

3. 2017 IAAF World Championships was held from 4th to 13th August 2017 in:
A. Beijing, China
B. Moscow, Russia
C. Vienna, Austria
D. London, UK
Answer : D

4. 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

5. Who among the following has topped this year' s Forbes ranking of the highest paid author?
A. Dan Brown
B. J K Rowling
C. Stephen King
D. John Grisham
Answer : B

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

7. 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

8. SEBI has launched online registration for custodians of __________.
A. Derivatives
B. Equities
C. Commodities
D. Securities
Answer : D

9. Which currency notes are going to be released by the Reserve Bank of India recently?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. 1000
Answer : A

10. To whom the Union Minister Arun Jaitley hands over LRSAM?
A. Indian Army
B. Indian Navy
C. Indian Air Force
D. Indian Police Force
Answer : B

11. Which among the following Indian company has become the third most funded private company globally?
A. Paytm
B. Flipkart
C. FreeCharge
D. Infibeam
Answer : B

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. 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

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

18. 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

19. On the global retirement index of 43 countries, India has ranked:
A. 23rd
B. 28th
C. 33rd
D. 43rd
Answer : D

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

21. 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

22. Who among the following has been appointed as Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)?
A. Victor Fernandes
B. Vincent Lewis
C. Naresh Agarwal
D. David Rasquinha
Answer : D

23. Which hockey player's birth anniversary is celebrated on 29 August as National Sports Day?
A. Mandeep Singh
B. Dhyan Chand
C. Dhanraj Pillay
D. Mohammed Shahid
Answer : B

24. 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

25. 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

26. Central government has declared which state as a disturbed area under the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for one more month?
A. Assam
B. Nagaland
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Sikkim
Answer : A

27. 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

28. Recently, a team of scientists discovered two new species of earthworms in which state?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Maharashtra
D. Uttarakhand
Answer : B

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

30. 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

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

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

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

34. 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

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

36. Who among the following African-American author has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 for her work 'The Obelisk Gate' ?
A. Laura Haley
B. Jamie Rice
C. Amy Winters
D. Nora Jemisin
Answer : D

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

38. 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

39. 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

40. Which country won the U-15 SAFF Football Championship recently?
A. Nepal
B. China
C. India
D. Pakistan
Answer : C

41. 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

42. 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

43. Which online portal has been launched by Maharashtra Government to ease the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT)?
A. MahaDBT
B. MahaSuvidha
C. MahaPAHAL
D. MahaSeva
Answer : A

44. 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

45. Name the British Sci-fi writer who died aged 92 in August 2017?
A. Martin Landau
B. Brian Aldiss
C. Lain Banks
D. Douglas Adams
Answer : B

46. Which country appoints First Tamil Navy Chief After Four Decades?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Russia
C. Australia
D. Africa
Answer : A

47. 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

48. Union Government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas, LPG prices by how much?
A. Rs 5
B. Rs 10
C. Rs 4
D. Rs 8
Answer : C

49. Who was appointed as the new Air Oficer-in-Charge Administration of Indian Air Force?
A. Air Marshal R.K. Sharma
B. Air Marshal P H Roy
C. Air Marshal Anil Khosla
D. Air Marshal Hemanat Narayan Bhagwat
Answer : D

50. Which Bank has launched an Aadhaar-based integrated outward forex remittance solution for both customers and non-customers?
A. Kotak Mahindra Bank
B. Yes Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. ICICI
Answer : A