Current Affairs August 2017 - Online Quiz



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Q 1 - The Direct Tax collections up to July, 2017 in the Current Financial Year 2017-18 stands at _____?

A - Rs. 1.99 lakh crore

B - Rs. 2 lakh crore

C - Rs. 1.90 lakh crore

D - Rs. 1.40 lakh crore

Answer : C

Q 2 - Uttar Pradesh to be fully open defecation free by_____?

A - 2018

B - 2020

C - 2019

D - 2021

Answer : A

Q 3 - Dev Patel honored with Asia Society Game Changers Award. He is a/ an _____________?

A - Environmentalist

B - Actor

C - Doctor

D - Businessman

Answer : B

Q 4 - NABI is the first Agri-Food and Nutritional based Biotechnology Institute, which has been set up by the Dept. of Biotechnology in ____?

A - Punjab

B - Haryana

C - Uttar Pradesh

D - Karnataka

Answer : A

Q 5 - In order to promote cruise tourism in India, a special event, The dawn of cruise tourism in India was inaugurated in ____?

A - Delhi

B - Mumbai

C - Goa

D - Munnar, Kerela

Answer : B

Q 6 - Aadhaar number will be now required for the purpose of establishing the identity of the deceased for death registration from __________?

A - 2nd October

B - 1st October

C - 1st January 2018

D - 1st November

Answer : B

Q 7 - Government revises the base year of All-India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) from 2004-05 to _____?

A - 2012-13

B - 2011-12

C - 2009-10

D - 2013-14

Answer : B

Q 8 - Government launched the 2nd AGRI-UDAAN program in_______?

A - New Delhi

B - Rajasthan

C - Punjab

D - Haryana

Answer : A

Q 9 - Which of the following states received highest number of Police Medal for Meritorious Service with 75 personnel?

A - Goa

B - Sikkim

C - Uttar Pradesh

D - Madhya Pradesh

Answer : C

Q 10 - ___________was appointed as Executive Director, World Bank?

A - M G Radhakrishnan

B - Adoor Gopalakrishnan

C - Subhash Garg

D - S. Aparna

Answer : D

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