August First Week Part : 1

Q1.The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened in which country? Switzerland The World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge 'Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge' has opened in Swiss Alpine resort of Zermatt Matterhorn in south Switzerland.

Q2.Where is 7th edition of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Artists Camp and Exhibition inaugurated recently ? Kathmandu

 Nepal’s Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation ‘Jitendra Narayan Devhas’ has inaugurated the 7th edition of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Artists Camp and Exhibition of Paintings at Kathmandu, Nepal.  SAARC member countries (except Afghanistan) taking part in the camp.  Afghanistan.Bangladesh.Bhutan..Maldives.Nepal.Pakistan..

Q3.Who has launched the third cleanliness survey ‘Swachh Survekshan- 2018’ ? Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs ‘Narendra Singh Tomar’ has launched ‘Swachh Survekshan-2018’ in New .

 Babul Supriyo released a song ‘Swachhata Ki Jyot Jagi Hai’ as the anthem for the survey.

This song conceived by Mr. Supriyo has been scripted by renowned lyricist Prasoon Joshi and Shankar Ehsaan Loy provided the music.

Q4.Which Indian has become the Asia’s second richest man, according to latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI)? Mukesh Ambani

Q5.Which Indian shuttler has won the men’s singles Lagos International 2017? Rahul Yadav Chittaboina

 Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav clinched the men's singles and  men's doubles pair of and B Sumeeth Reddy clinched the men's doubles title at Lagos International challenge in .

Q6.Which city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics? Paris

 Los Angeles reached an agreement with the leaders of the International Olympic Committee on plans to host the 2028 Summer Games.  Los Angeles formally announced its bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics after agreeing on a deal that paves the way for Paris to host in 2024.  The 2020 Summer Olympics will be hosted by Tokyo, Japan.

Q7.Shiva Thapa belongs to which sports ? Boxing

 Indian boxers clinched five gold, two Silver, and one bronze medal at Czech Boxing Tournament.

1. World Championships bronze-medallist ‘Shiva Thapa’ (60 kg), former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist ‘Manoj Kumar’ (69 kg), Amit Phangal (52 kg), Gaurav Bidhuri (56 kg) and Satish Kumar (+91 kg) category claimed gold medals after winning their respective summit clashes. 2. Silver medals: Kavinder Bisht (52 kg) and Manish Panwar (81 kg). 3. Bronze medals: Sumit Sangwan (91 kg).

Q8.______has entered into a pact with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to enable its customers to avail banking services at HPCL’s 14,000 fuel stations ? Airtel Payments Bank

 Airtel Payments Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to give the further boost to digital payments in the country and to add to customer convenience.

All Airtel Payments Bank customers would be able to access a range of convenient banking services at these fuel stations like opening new accounts, make cash deposits and withdrawals facility, and transfer money.

Q9.PM Narendra Modi recently announced a package of Rs 2,350 cr for mitigating the impact of floods on short-and long-term basis for North-Eastern states Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a package of Rs2,350 crore for all North-East states for mitigating the impact of floods on short and long-term basis. the Prime Minister has announced a Rs100 crore corpus for setting up a research project to study the Brahmaputra and its role in creating devastating flood. Out of the Rs 2350 crore announced by the PM, Rs 1200 crore will be given by the Union.  The Seven Sister States are the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura in northeastern India.

Q10.The union Government has approved the establishment of Post Graduate Institutes for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy at ______Haryana

 The union Govt. has approved the establishment of Post Graduate Institutes for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy at Nagmangla in Karnataka and Jhajjar in Haryana.  An autonomous Research body, Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) is working under the Ministry of AYUSH as the apex body for Research and Education in the field of Yoga and Naturopathy.

Q11.Women and Child Development Ministry has launched a contest for designing a logo for the 'Women of India Festival' to be held at ______Delhi The Women and Child Development Ministry has launched a contest for designing a logo for the 'Women of India Festival' to be held at ‘Dilli Haat’ in October 2017.

Q12.India and which country has signed a bilateral agreement for the transfer of sentenced persons recently. Somalia India and Somalia signed a bilateral agreement for the transfer of sentenced persons. The move is step forward in deepening humanitarian cooperation between the two nations. The agreement was signed between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Yusuf Garaad Omar. Capital: Mogadishu Currency: Somali shilling President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Q13.Which committee has been constituted by the SEBI on fair market conduct? T.K. Viswanathan committee

 Regulator SEBI has set up a committee on 'fair market conduct' which will suggest measures for improving surveillance of the markets and strengthen rules for trades.  The panel, under the chairmanship of former law secretary T K Viswanathan, would suggest measures for improvement in PIT (Prohibition of Insider Trading) norms, PFTUP (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) regulations and mainly related to 'trading plans' and handling of 'unpublished price sensitive information' during takeovers.

Q14.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has appointed committee that would study various issues relating to data protection in the country, the committee is headed by _____ B.N Srikrishna

Q15.city hosted the 2017 meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers? Shanghai The 7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers was held in Shanghai, . A six-member delegation led by Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. Mr. Zhong Shan, Minister of Commerce from China, presided over the meetings.

 BRICS countries include- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and .

Q16.Indian Army has developed which mobile app for soldiers to track promotions and postings? Humraaz app The Indian Army has developed a mobile application named 'Humraaz' through which serving soldiers can track details like postings and promotions. Through the app, soldiers can also view their monthly salary slips and the Form 16 and also download them.

Q17.The World Bank allowed India to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and ______rivers recently. The headquarters of the World Bank is situated in Chenab

 World Bank allowed India to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).

Pakistan opposes the construction of the Kishanganga (330 megawatts) and Ratle (850 megawatts) hydroelectric power plants being built by India in Jammu and Kashmir.

Q18.Which Indian sportsperson has been honored with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav”? Dhanraj Pillay

 Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay was honored by East Bengal football club on its foundation day with its highest award, Bharat Gaurav.  Former India international Subhash Bhowmick, a member of the 1970 bronze medal-winning national football team, and former national team coach Syed Naeemuddin were honored with lifetime achievement awards.

Q19.Facebook has acquired which an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that specialises in understanding text-based conversations ? Ozlo  To build out a more elaborate personal assistant for the Messenger users, Facebook has acquired an artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ozlo that specialises in understanding text-based conversations.  Mark Zuckerberg is the CEO of Facebook.

Q20.What does ‘RaKAM’ stands for? Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi

 The union government has launched a portal ‘e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi’ (e-RaKAM) to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce.  Union ministers Ram Vilas Paswan (Food and Consumer Affairs Minister) and Chaudhary Birender Singh (Steel) jointly launched the portal in .

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 It is a digital initiative bringing together the farmers, PSUs, civil supplies and buyers on a single platform to ease the selling and buying process of agricultural products.  e-RaKAM centres are being developed in a phased manner throughout the country to facilitate farmers for the online sale of their produce. The farmers will be paid through e-Payment directly into their bank accounts.

Q21.Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to which commodity exchange for provide agriculture related price information ? Multi Commodity Exchange

 Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) and Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide agriculture related price information.  This information would be available on their recently launched mobile application- ‘MyAgriGuru’, which is available for free on Google play store.

Q22.The 2nd Agri UDAAN, food & agribusiness accelerator program has launched from which city? New Delhi

 This 6-month program is a unique platform for scale up stage innovators, entrepreneurs and startups in the Food and Agribusiness sectors.  Radha Mohan Singh is the Union Agriculture Minister of India.

Q23.Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) for setting up a regional centre of the global rice research institute IRRI to develop high-yielding rice varieties in ___ ? Varanasi  The Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) for setting up a regional centre of the global rice research institute IRRI in Varanasi to develop high- yielding rice varieties.  IRRI's South Asia Regional Centre will be set up at the campus of National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC) in Varanasi.

Q24.National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) recently approved the proposed merger of Telenor India with which of the following firms? Bharti Airtel

Q25.The 2017 Aadi Perukku festival is celebrated in which Indian state? Tamil Nadu Aadi Perukku is celebrated for the birth of the Tamil month of Aadi. This is the beginning of all the festivals during the festival seasons.

Q26.Microsoft has tied up with which Indian state to use its AI-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems? Telangana

 Microsoft ties up with the state of Telangana to use its artificial intelligence-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems and prevent avoidable blindness.  MINE -Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare -is a global consortium of eye care providers, research and academic institutions that will apply artificial intelligence to help in eye care delivery.