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

1. Where was Sports Talent Search Portal launched by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu?
A. Mumbai
B. Chennai
C. New Delhi
D. Kolkata
Answer : C

2. Which of the following will implement the Karnataka government' s 'Ksheera Bhagya' Scheme in Bengaluru, wherein school children would be provided a glass of milk each five days a week?
A. Amazon
B. Bharti Airtel
C. Flipkart
D. BSNL
Answer : A

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

5. Who took over as the Union Secretary of Home Affairs recently?
A. Shri Rajesh Sharma
B. Shri Vijay Sekhar
C. Shri Ram Kumar
D. Shri Rajiv Gauba
Answer : D

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. Which State has launched e-waste disposal process in its schools?
A. Telangana
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer : B

10. Who was appointed as Deputy Comptroller for Minority Affairs in New York?
A. Rikin Shah
B. Darshan Shukla
C. Dilip Chauhan
D. Richard Verma
Answer : C

11. In which year was the Kyoto Protocol adopted?
A. 1997
B. 1996
C. 1998
D. 1993
Answer : A

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

13. 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

14. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan?
A. Rajesh Kumar Sachdeva
B. Manoj Mittal
C. Ajay Bisaria
D. Prabhat Kumar
Answer : D

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. The World Bank allowed India to construct hydroelectric power plants on the --------- and ------------ rivers under the Indus Waters Treaty.
A. Doda and Dras
B. Poonch and Galwan
C. Ravi and Sind
D. Jhelum and Chenab
Answer : D

20. Ahmed Khan passed away recently at the age of 90. Who was he?
A. Journalist
B. Football Player
C. Carnatic Musician
D. Actor
Answer : B

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Where is the first regional centre of the New Development Bank being opened?
A. New Delhi
B. Johannesburg
C. Moscow
D. Brasilia
Answer : B

25. Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, former Union Minister was elected as the ______ Vice President, after he defeated the Opposition nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
A. 11th
B. 12th
C. 13th
D. 14th
Answer : C

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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Who was sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India?
A. Justice Dipak Misra
B. Justice J Chalameswar
C. Justice Ranjan Gagoi
D. Justice Madan Lokur
Answer : A

30. Which day is observed as Nagasaki Day?
A. 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM
B. 8/19/2017 12:00:00 AM
C. 8/6/2017 12:00:00 AM
D. 8/16/2017 12:00:00 AM
Answer : A

31. Which ministry has issued norms for Central offices to retrofit energy efficient appliances?
A. Power
B. Finance
C. Information and Broadcasting
D. Urban Development
Answer : B

32. 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

33. 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

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

35. 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

36. Which bank announced a software upgrade to create a single PoS machine which will accept payments through UPI, BharatQR, SMS Pay and the bank' s mobile wallet, in addition to the traditional mode of swiping cards?
A. SBI
B. ICICI
C. HDFC
D. IDFC
Answer : C

37. Who has been awarded with the Global Agriculture Leadership Award by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA)?
A. Devendra Fadnavis
B. N Chandrababu Naidu
C. K Chandrasekhar Rao
D. Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Answer : C

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

39. Which ties up with Symantec to fight cyber wars?
A. Idea
B. Vodafone
C. Bharati Airtel
D. Jio
Answer : C

40. 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

41. According to broadband testing app Ookla which country has trhe fastest mobile internet in the world?
A. Netherlands
B. Norway
C. Hungary
D. USA
Answer : B

42. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has signed an agreement with _______ to promote technical assistance and facilitate cross-border co-operation in the area of securities regulations.
A. Australian Securities an Investments Commission
B. Securities and Exchange Organization
C. China Securities Regulatory Commission
D. Financial Services Board
Answer : B

43. 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

44. 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

45. Name the veteran photographer who was described as the Henry Cartier-Bresson of India by B&W Magazine of India. He died on 16 August 2017.
A. S Paul
B. K. Narayanachari
C. Pranlal Patel
D. None of the above
Answer : A

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

47. 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

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

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

50. Airtel Payments Bank has signed an agreement with which oil and gas company?
A. ONGC
B. IOC
C. BP
D. HPCL
Answer : D