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MARUTHI SCHOOL OF BANKING IMPORTANT GK (I V OF IV) - AUGUST (2017) 751. Which of the following has been launched from 754. Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Asia Index? Railway Board on 23rd August 2017? 1.S&P BSE Bharat 28 1. Ashok Mittal 2. Jai K umar Garg 2. S&P BSE Bharat 26 3. Rakesh Sharma 4. Ashwani Lohani 3. S&P BSE Bharat 24 5. Dinabandhu Mohapatra 4. S&P BSE Bharat 22 Ashwani Lohani was appointed as the new 5. S&P BSE Bharat 20 Chairman of Railway Board after Ashok Mittal Asia Index Private Ltd has announced the launch of tendered his resignation following recent train S&P BSE Bharat 22 Index. It has been launched to accidents on 23rd of Aug 2017.Lohani who holds a track the performance of state-run companies in degre e in Mechanical Engineering, currently is the which the central government has divested its stake. Chairman & Managing Director of Air India. The index, as benchmark for “Bharat 22” disin vestment program of the government.It 755. On 21 August 2017 Indian student who comprises of 22 select bluechip companies of develops Nano Missile for Indian Army belong to which16 are Central Public Sector Enterprises which university? (CPSE).S&P BSE Bharat 22 has been licensed to 1.Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore ICICI Prudential AMC for development of an 2.SRM University exchange traded fund (ETF) based on th e index. 3. Symbiosis International University, Pune 4. Nirma University, Ahmedabad 752. With whom Qatar Airways has entered into an 5. PES University, Bengaluru interline partnership? A student of Chennai’s SRM University, Dacharla 1. Hawaiian Airlines 2. Airline Vistara Panduranga Rohith developed a Nano Missile on 21 3. United Airlines 4. SkyWest Airlines August 2017 recognized by World Records of India. 5. Spirit Airlines The basic prototype of the missile was tested in the Airline Vistara and Persian Gulf carrier Qatar presence of Assistant Commissioner of Police Airways have entered into an i nterline partnership. Ramapuram in Chennai.The video was submitted to Under this partnership they will provide “through World Records of India for recognition in July check-in” facility to customers for seamless 2017.He developed the missile for the Indian Army travel.Qatar Airways currently operates to 13 cities and local police in fighting terrorism.The missile in India from its Doha hub, while the Tata -SIA run was developed for launch through a robot.This 1 cm joint venture airline Vistara opera tes to 19 domestic nano missile can fly by burning the red phosphorus, destinations. The partnership is effective from 22nd and hit the target of three metres distance. of August 2017. 756. Microsoft introduces ‘Project Brainwave’ deep 753. Name of the vaccine which India grants Pfizer learning platform for _ ___________. patent on pneumonia? 1.real-time AP 2. real -time AI 1. Pneumovax 3. real-time AK 4. real -time Ay 2. Synflorix 5. real-time AT 3. pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Microsoft has introduced “Project Brainwave” for 4. pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) Platform real-time AI.It is a deep learning 5. Prevnar 13 acceleration platform that will enable faster system India has granted US drug giant Pfizer a patent for processes with ultra-low latency.The ‘Project its Prevenar 13. It is a vaccine that helps prevent Brainwave’ uses the massive field -programmable cases of pneumonia, one of the leading causes of gate array (FPGA) infrastructure.The system is deaths of children under five years of age. The designed for real-time AI and can handle complex, company said the patent is valid in India until memory-intensive models such as Long Short Term 2026.Prevenar 13 helps prevent Memories (LSTM). pneumococcalpneumonia and infections caused by 13 strains of streptococcus pneumonia bacteria. 757.Nasikabatra chus Bhupathi, a new species of frog look like What kind of animal in Western ghats? 1 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K.Menon Road,Gandhipuram,Coimbatore -44.9600342223 1.Dog 2.Cat 3.Pig Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Committee has 4.Jackal 5.Wolf conducted the 24th chess annual event, which Indian scientists have discovered Nasikabatrachus consists of numerous FIDE register ed tournaments. Bhupathi, a new species of frogthat has a snout - It was conducting in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of shaped nose, just like a pig in Weste n the UAE from 13th to 23rd of August, 2017. Ghats.Nasikabatrachus Bhupathi species show GM Amin Bassem of Egypt is winner, Briton GM comparisons with the Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus Nigel Short was runner-up and GM Aryan Chopra Sahyadrensis) which was discovered in 2003 in from India finished third in Masters Tournament. Seychelles.It is soiled-dwelling species of purple frog. It inhabits the eastern slopes of the Western 761. 23rd August is celebrated as which day across Ghats.The f rog has been named after the Indian the world ? herpetologist S. Bhupathy, who died in 2014. 1. World Senior Citizen’s Day 2. IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous People 758. On August 20,2017 who won a bronze medal in 3. Anti Nuclear Day the double trap even for India in the International 4. World Photography Day Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup 5. International Day for the Remembrance of the Shotgun? Slave Trade and Its Abolition 1.Lakshay Sheoran 2. Manisha Keer The International Day for the Remembrance of the 3. Akash Saharan 4. Shapath Bharadwaj Slave Trade and Its Abolition was observed across 5. Raj chopra the world on 23rd August 2017.International Day International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Junior World Cup Shotgun 2017 Abolition was proclaimed by UNESCO Executive A total of 220 athletes from 33 countries will take Board through it s Resolution 29 C/40.The Day was part in the International Shooting Sport Federation first celebrated in a number of countries, (ISS F) Junior World Cup Shotgun event at Porpetto particularly in Haiti on 23 August 1998 and at in Italy. A 23-member Indian squad will take part in Goree in Senegal in 23 August 1999. the competition. i.On August 20,2017 Shapath Bharadwaj from india 762. Former CM Rishang Keishing passed away on won a bronze medal in the double trap event 22nd of Aug 2017.He was a former CM of which state? 759. Who combined to win a bronze in the mixed 1.Meghalaya 2.Nagaland 3.Sikkim team trap competition at the ISSF Junior Shotgun 4.Manipur 5.Tirpura World Cup? Rishang Keishing, the grand old man of Manipur, 1. Akash Saharan and Lakshay Sheoran who had also served as an MLA for seven terms and 2. Akash Saharan and Manisha Keer became chief minister of the state four times, passed 3. Shapath Bharadwaj and Lakshay Sheoran away at Imphal,. He was 97.He was a member of 4. Raj chopra and Akash Saharan the first Lok Sabha in 1952. 5. Lakshay Sheoran and Manisha Keer ii.He was born to Rungdi Keishing and Mungshing International Sh ooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Keishing of Bungpa Khunou village in Ukhrul Junior World Cup Shotgun 2017 A total of 220 district of Manipur on 25th October 1920. athletes from 33 countries will take part in the iv.While he first became a minister in 1975, he was International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) sworn in as chief minister of Manipur fo r the first Junior World Cup Shotgun event at Porpetto in time on 27th November 1980. Italy. Lakshay Sheoran and Manisha Kee r combined to win a bronze in the mixed team trap 763. Who was Tom Pritchard of New Zealand died competition at the ISSF Junior Shotgun World at age of 100? Cup.India’s Akash Saharan has completed sixth in 1. an actor 2. a cricketer 3. a writer the final round of the men’s trapevent at the ISSF 4. a Tennis player 5. a singer Junior Shotgun World Cup. Tom Pritchard the former fast bowler from New Zealand has died aged 100 on 22ndAugu st 2017.He 760. Which place did GM Aryan Chopr a from India hailed from New Zealand. Pritchard had played 200 finish in Masters Tournament at 24th Abu Dhabi first-class matches, picking 818 wickets.He was International Chess Festival 2017? considered to be one of the finest fast bowlers, 1.First 2.Second 3.Third precisely known for his right -arm 4.Fourth 5.Fifth outswingers.Pritchard was a genuinely fast right - 2 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K.Menon Road,Gandhipuram,Coimbatore -44.9600342223 arm bowler and a useful lower order right -handed The Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day is batsman who played in several matches for celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary Wellington before the Second World War. (August 20) of Rajiv Gandhi. 764. Brian Aldiss dies aged 92 was a famous author 769.Name the Chief Minister, who has been of ______________ . selected for the prestigious Agriculture Leadership 1.Detective fiction 2.comedy books Award-2017. 3.Science Fiction 4.Fantasy books 1. Trivendra Singh Rawat 2. Pinarayi Vijayan 5.Horror Fiction 3. Devendra Fadnavis 4. K Chandrashekhar Rao Brian Aldiss, the “grand old man” of science fiction 5. Manohar Lal Khattar has died at the age of 92. He was from United Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao Kingdom.Aldiss served in India and Burma with the has been selected for the prestigious Agriculture British Army during World War II.He later became Leadership Award-2017. The award will be a bookseller, publishing his first storie s in a trade presented on September 5 at Taj Palace Hotel in magazine.