August Current Affairs MCQ UPSC PSC PSU IBPS Bank SSC Exams

1 What is Article 370, according to the Indian Constitution?

A   The Union Judiciary

B    The State Governments

C    Special Status to Jammu & Kashmir

D    The Union and its Territory

C

2 Regarding what issue has the Karnataka government not pursued with the Center for a proposal that is made by the earlier government?

A Growing Water Scarcity

B A Separate State Flag

C Status of Separate Religion

D Biodiversity Loss

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B

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3 Who won the Poland Open Wrestling Tournament in Warsaw for the 3^rd consecutive gold in women’s 53kg category?

A Babita Kumari

B Pang Qianyu

C Vinesh Phogat

D Pei Xingru

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C

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4 What was the recent Bill that was passed by the Lok Sabha by a Voice Vote?

A Triple Talaq Bill

B Article 370

C Surrogacy Bill

D The Code on Wages

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C

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5 Ayushmann Khuranna, Vicky Kaushal, Keerthy Suresh are the winners of which Awards?

A Discover Film Awards

B 64^th National Film Awards

C 78^th Golden Globe Awards

D 66^th National Film Awards

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D

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6 Who discovered the electromagnetic induction on August 29^th in 1831?

A Joseph Henry

B James Clerk Maxwell

C Michael Faraday

D James R Wait

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C

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7 A human chain unfurled formation of a 15 km long tricolour in Chhattisgarh has made to which records?

A Limca Book of Records

B  India Book of Records

C Guinness Book of Records

D Champions Book of World Records

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D

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8 Which Saint’s and a social reformer, life and teachings were dedicated as the World’s first Museum?

A Martin Luther

B Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

C John Keble

D William Laud

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B

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9 What was developed by the IIT-H researchers using eggshells?

A Hair Implant Material

B Dental Implant Material

C Bone Implant Material

D Hip Implant Material

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C

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10 A Geographical Indication (GI) Tag was awarded to which product in Tamil Nadu??

A Tirur Betel Leaf

B Mizo Puanchei

C Palani Panchamirtham

D Rasagolla

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C

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11 Who is appointed as the consecutive 2^nd Indian Head Coach of the Indian’s Senior Cricket Team?

A Ravi Shastry

B Kapil Dev

C Anil Kumble

D Sanjay Bangar

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A

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12 Which day is celebrated as the Kargil Vijay Diwas every year?

A 15^th January

B 8^th October

C 4^TH December

D 26^th July

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D

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13 What is the UKIERI Mobility Programmed about?

A Allow UK students to visit India for Higher Studies

B Allow Indian students to visit UK for Higher Studies

C It is a UK- India Tech Partnership

D It is a go global expansion programme to boost the Indian start ups

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A

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14 The IIT Kharagpur team develops an App for the elderly people named as?

A iBP Blood Pressure

B PillBoxie

C Care4u

D Senior Phone

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C

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15 Which country is the first one to use World’s first Biometric Seafarer Identity Document?

A China

B Russia

C USA

D India

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D

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16 The National Sports Day is observed every year to mark the birth anniversary of which legendary hockey player?

A Udham Singh

B Dhanraj Pillai

C Major Dhyan Chand

D Balbir Singh Sr.

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C

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17 The DEET app launched by the Telangana state acts as a platform for what?

A Storing the Government recognized IDs of each Individual

B To get the Information related to Traffic Issues

C To improve the Employment Ecosystem of the state

D To register complaints regarding the urban and rural issues in the state

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C

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18 Which App has won the Tech Prize in the US?

A Maitri App

B DEET App

C Janaushadi Sugam App

D Care4U App

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A

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19 Who is the first female flight commander of the Indian Air Force?

A Divya Ajith Kumar

B Shaliza Dhami

C Mitali Madhumita

D Minty Agarwal

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B

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20 Feroz Khan Kotla Stadium is to be renamed in the name of which former minister?

A Sushma Swaraj

B Atal Bihari Vajpayee

C Arun Jaitley

D Jaswant Singh

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C

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21 Who has won the World Archery Youth Championship in Madrid 2019?

A Vanessa Landi

B Ankita Bhakat

C Dhivya Dhayal

D Komalika Bari

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D

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22 Which day is observed globally as the Woman’s Equality Day?

A March 8^TH

B January 21^st

C February 6^th

D August 26^th

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D

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23 Which country is the world’s largest emitter of Sulfur dioxide according to the NASA study?

A India

B China

C Russia

D Mexico

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A

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24 Which states have started its first Virtual Court?

A Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

B Karnataka and Tamilnadu

C Punjab and Haryana

D Orissa and West Bengal

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C

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25 The A.P.J Abdul Kalam Award was given to whom?

A Poonam Yadav

B Bajrang Punia

C Pranab Mukherjee

D ISRO Chairman K Sivan

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D

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