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Note: The Options marked with double Tick ( ✓✓ ) are the correct answer of the respective question . ✓✓

Current Affairs Questions: MCQ Type Q4. Ravi Kumar Dahiya has recently won which medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Below given is list of 20 +10 question of multiple- ? choice type. There are four options for each a. Gold Medal question out of which only one option is the b. Silver Medal ✓✓ correct answer. c. Bronze Medal The option marked with double tick ( ✓✓ ) is the d. Diamond Medal correct answer to the respective question. Q5. What is the name of India’s first Indigenous aircraft carrier ? CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS 1 TO 20 a. INS Vikrant ✓✓ Q1. World Bank has released a report on b. INS Vikram Aditya Remittances in 2020 . According to this c. INS Virat report , which one of the following d. INS Chakra countries has received the highest Q6. Which one of the following countries has remittances in 2020 ? received the UK’s 2020 Brunel Medal a. Russia Mangdechhu hydroelectric project for b. Israel excellence in civil engineering ? c. Iran a. India d. India ✓✓ b. Bhutan ✓✓ Q2. Who is the 26th Air Chief Air Marshal of c. Sri Lanka India ? d. Nepal a. Rakesh Kumar Singh Q7. Which is the first state in India to launch Bhadauriya ✓✓ the earthquake alert mobile application ? b. Arun Raha a. Assam c. Birender Singh Dhanoa b. Himachal Pradesh d. Fali Homi Major c. Sikkim Q3. TRIFED has celebrated its 34th d. Uttarakhand ✓✓ establishment day on which date ? Q8. Which is the fifth country to sign ISA a. 5 August Framework Agreement ? b. 6 August ✓✓ a. Russia c. 7 August b. Australia d. 8 August c. Nepal d. Germany ✓✓

4 © Copyright alljobs.co.in – Current Affairs AUGUST 2021 ------Q9. Which one of the following country has c. 15 % recently banned the sunscreens comprising d. 16 % of Chemical that damage coral from all of Q16. India’s first biobank for heart failure its marine national parks ? research has been inaugurated at which a. India institute ? b. Myanmar a. IIT Jammu c. Thailand ✓✓ b. IIT Delhi d. South Africa c. AIMS Delhi Q10. TRIFED was founded in which year ? d. Sh. Chitra Tirunal Institute ✓✓ a. 1988 Q17. Who is the new brand ambassador for b. 1989 MotoGP India ? c. 1987 ✓✓ a. Sachin Tendulkar d. 2001 b. John Abraham ✓✓ Q11. What is the name of the scheme whose c. Akshay Kumar continuation has been approved by the d. Rajnikant cabinet for school education from 1st April Q18. Which is the first Indian player to win a 2021 to 31st March 2026 ? medal in the IAAF Continental Cup ? a. Samagra Shiksha Scheme ✓✓ a. Mirabai Chanu b. Education Development b. Ravi Kumar Dahiya c. Bal shiksha scheme c. Arpinder Singh ✓✓ d. Sarv shiksha abhiyaan d. Sandeep Kumar Q12. “Pani Maah” campaign has been launched Q19. Who is the author of the book “ The in which state ? Earthspinner” ? a. Goa a. Anuradha Roy ✓✓ b. Jammu and Kashmir b. Salman Rushdie c. Ladakh ✓✓ c. Vikram Seth d. Sikkim d. R K Narayan Q13. Lovlina Borhohain (Indian Boxer, Assam) Q20. Which country has become a member of has recently won which medal in the the coalition for disaster resilient Tokyo Olympics 2020 ? infrastructure ? a. GOLD a. India b. SILVER b. Nepal c. BRONZE ✓✓ c. Australia d. DIAMOND d. Bangladesh ✓✓ Q14. Which state government has decided to make beggars job oriented by training

them ? a. Rajasthan ✓✓ b. Haryana

c. West Bengal d. Sikkim Q15. What is the percentage of GDP Growth

rate that has been estimated by RBI for financial year 2021 ? a. 9.5 % ✓✓

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2 Revision Questions CHAPTER

Note: The Options marked with double Tick ( ✓✓ ) are the correct answer.

REVISION QUESTIONS : MCQ TYPE Q6. For the month of August 2021 , which Asian Country is the President of the Q1. Ebrahim Raisi has become the new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) President of which country ? ? a. Iran ✓✓ a. Russia b. Israel b. France c. Afghanistan c. India ✓✓ d. Turkmenistan d. Nepal Q2. Which is the first Indian city that have Q7. Who has recently been re-appointed as the completed 100% Vaccination against Prime Minister of Armenia ? COVID-19 ? a. Nicol Pashinyan ✓✓ a. Bahadurgarh b. Robert Kocharyan b. Greater Noida c. Armen Sarksyan c. Gurugram d. Ilham Aliyev d. Bhubaneswar ✓✓ Q8. Power Grid Corporation of India has Q3. Which is the highest mountain of Bhutan commissioned ______? transmission line successfully in Ladakh. a. Gangkhar Punzum ✓✓ a. 10 km b. Kula Kangri b. 20 km c. Jomalhari c. 30 km d. Kanphu d. 40 km ✓✓ Q4. What is the name of the 25th Controller Q9. In which one of the following states, New General of Accounts ? central Sector for Industrial Development a. Shri Deepak Das ✓✓ will be launched ? b. Soma Roy Burman a. Kerala c. G.C. Murmu b. Madhya Pradesh d. Karim Khan c. Ladakh Q5. A country has recently finalised a Bill to d. Jammu and Kashmir ✓✓ award provisional provincial status to Q10. Which bank has signed an MoU with IIT strategically located Gilgit- Baltistan . Bombay for extending exclusive facility Which country is going to do so ? to start-ups and MSMEs ? a. India a. SBI b. China b. RBI c. Pakistan ✓✓ c. CBI d. Afghanistan d. Indian Bank ✓✓ 6 © Copyright alljobs.co.in – Current Affairs AUGUST 2021 ------Daily Current Affairs

3 Pocket List . CHAPTER

1. ISRO announced the launch of an Earth observation satellite “EOS-03” on 12th August.

2. Dr. Virendra Kumar has unveiled a portal and mobile application named as “PM-Daksh”.

3. 79th anniversary of Quit India Movement has been observed on 8 August .

4. Chhattisgarh is the first state to recognize Community Forest Resource Rights in an Urban

area.

5. United Arab Emirates and India has organized a navel exercise names as “Zayed Talwar 2021”.

6. USA Won the most number of medals (113 Medals) in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

7. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister launched the scheme “ Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvan”.

8. “Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama” is written by Navy veteran Manan Bhatt.

9. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has recently launched e-Nagar mobile application and portal.

10. First Orchid Conservation Center has been inaugurated by State government of Uttarakhand.