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Current Affairs August 2022 Daily Quiz with Best MCQs for SSC, Banking / IBPS, UPSC, IAS, NTSE, CLAT, Railways, NDA, CDS, Judiciary, UPPSC, RPSC, GPSC, MPSC, MPPSC and other states civil services / government job recruitment examinations of India.

Current Affairs August 2022

Current Affairs August 2022 50 Questions & answers List

  1. Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme’ which was recently launched, is implemented by which Union Ministry?

    1. Union Ministry of Power
    2. Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food Distribution
    3. Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
    4. Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

      5. Ans. A

  2. Druk Wangyal Khang Zhang Chortens, is a memorial located in which country?

    1. Nepal
    2. Bhutan
    3. South Korea
    4. China

      5. Ans. B

  3. Which is the first Indian city to publish the transportation emissions data in collaboration with Google?

    1. Pune
    2. Chennai
    3. Aurangabad
    4. Guwahati

      5. Ans. C

  4. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda leader, was killed by which country’s air strike?

    1. China
    2. Russia
    3. USA
    4. Afghanistan

      5. Ans. C

  5. Suresh N Patel was appointed as the head of which institution recently?

    1. Central Bureau of Investigation
    2. Central Vigilance Commission
    3. Election Commission of India
    4. Supreme Court of India

      5. Ans. B

  6. In which state, world’s largest floating solar power plant is set to be built?

    1. Rajasthan
    2. Madhya Pradesh
    3. Gujarat
    4. Bihar

      5. Ans. B

  7. Which is the only Indian bank to be listed in the Fortune 500 list in 2022?

    1. ICICI Bank
    2. HDFC Bank
    3. State Bank of India
    4. Canara Bank

      5. Ans. C

  8. Which country has recently declared a water shortage, following an unusually dry summer?

    1. United Kingdom
    2. The Netherlands
    3. Namibia
    4. Ghana

      5. Ans. B

  9. Which state government has partnered with LinkedIn to boost employability skills of its students?

    1. Tamil Nadu
    2. Kerala
    3. Telangana
    4. Odisha

      5. Ans. B

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  10. Hiroshima Day is observed across the world in which month?

    1. July
    2. August
    3. September
    4. January

      5. Ans. B

  11. Who chairs the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog?

    1. NITI Aayog CEO
    2. President of India
    3. Prime Minister of India
    4. Union Finance Minister

      5. Ans. C

  12. Which Union Ministry launched the ‘Common Registration Facility’ (My Ration-My Right) portal?

    1. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
    2. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and public distribution
    3. Ministry of Rural Development
    4. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

      5. Ans. B

  13. What is the new name of the ‘New Delhi International Arbitration Centre’?

    1. Bharat International Arbitration Centre
    2. India International Arbitration Centre
    3. Pradhan Mantri Arbitration Centre
    4. Atmanirbhar Arbitration Centre

      5. Ans. B

  14. V Pranav, who was seen in the news, is associated with which sports?

    1. Shooting
    2. Chess
    3. Weight Lifting
    4. Athletics

      5. Ans. B

  15. Which is the venue of ‘International Telecommunication Union’s Regional Standardization Forum for Asia and Oceania region’?

    1. Mumbai
    2. New Delhi
    3. Mysuru
    4. Hyderabad

      5. Ans. B

  16. Which is the first global Big Tech Company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)?

    1. Google
    2. Microsoft
    3. Meta
    4. Apple

      5. Ans. B

  17. ONDC has signed MoU with which regulatory body for coordination of functions of institutions?

    1. NABARD
    2. SIDBI
    3. EXIM Bank
    4. NHB

      5. Ans. B

  18. Which institution launched ‘SPARK’, virtual space tech park?

    1. NITI Aayog
    2. DRDO
    3. ISRO
    4. BEL

      5. Ans. C

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  19. Which country’s President proposed a 3-men commission for global peace?

    1. Mexico
    2. France
    3. UK
    4. Canada

      5. Ans. A

  20. Which University has been ranked first in the ‘Nature Index 2022’ ranking?

    1. Delhi University
    2. University of Hyderabad
    3. Punjab University
    4. Madras University

      5. Ans. B

  21. Which is the location of the ‘12th edition of the Defence Expo’?

    1. Mysuru
    2. Gandhinagar
    3. Pune
    4. Vishakhapatnam

      5. Ans. B

  22. Which country won the gold medal in the open section of 44th Chess Olympiad?

    1. India
    2. Ukraine
    3. Uzbekistan
    4. Russia

      5. Ans. C

  23. As per the government data, what is the total amount that scheduled commercial banks wrote off in the last 5 years?

    1. Rs 1 lakh crore
    2. Rs 2 lakh crore
    3. Rs 5 lakh crore
    4. Rs 10 lakh crore

      5. Ans. D

  24. James Marape was sworn in as Prime Minister of which country?

    1. Papua New Guinea
    2. Singapore
    3. Malaysia
    4. Maldives

      5. Ans. A

  25. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is set to establish a solar project in which country?

    1. Egypt
    2. Kenya
    3. Cuba
    4. South Africa

      5. Ans. C

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  26. Department of Science & Technology recently approved a Start-up loan for commercialising which product?

    1. Mud Fridge
    2. Compostable plastic
    3. Salt Water Converter
    4. Prosthetic Limbs

      5. Ans. B

  27. Which city has the highest average level of fine PM 2.5 among the world’s most populated cities, as per HEI’s recent report?

    1. Dhaka
    2. Varanasi
    3. New Delhi
    4. Colombo

      5. Ans. C

  28. Which state launched ‘Vidya Rath-School on Wheels’ project?

    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Bihar
    3. Assam
    4. Arunachal Pradesh

      5. Ans. C

  29. Which major central bank announced that it would harmonise how banks offer crypto assets

    1. Reserve Bank of India
    2. European Central Bank
    3. US Federal Reserve
    4. Reserve Bank of Australia

      5. Ans. B

  30. Which state rolled out the country’s first online taxi service owned by a State government?

    1. Odisha
    2. Telangana
    3. Andhra Pradesh
    4. Kerala

      5. Ans. D

  31. The National Education Policy (NEP) was announced in which year?

    1. 2016
    2. 2018
    3. 2020
    4. 2021

      5. Ans. C

  32. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of NaBFID?

    1. Viral Acharya
    2. K V Kamath
    3. Urjit Patel
    4. Rajkiran Rai G

      5. Ans. D

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  33. How many cities have recently declared themselves as ‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar’ (as of August 2022)?

    1. 100
    2. 250
    3. 500
    4. 750

      5. Ans. C

  34. Which state launched a National ‘Mission to make India No 1’?

    1. Tamil Nadu
    2. New Delhi
    3. Gujarat
    4. Karnataka

      5. Ans. B

  35. Which state rolled out the country’s first online taxi service owned by a State government?

    1. Odisha
    2. Telangana
    3. Andhra Pradesh
    4. Kerala

      5. Ans. D

  36. What is meant by the term “Quiet quitting”, which was seen in the news recently?

    1. Doing the bare minimum expected at work
    2. Resigning to join better job
    3. Avoiding new responsibilities
    4. Overcoming failures in personal life

      5. Ans. A

  37. Which financial services company has appointed 4 Indian badminton stars as its ambassadors?

    1. Paypal
    2. Mastercard
    3. Visa
    4. American Express

      5. Ans. B

  38. Who is the author of the auto-biography titled ‘Madam Sir’?

    1. Manjari Jaruhar
    2. Kiran Bedi
    3. Kanchan Chaudhary
    4. R Sreelekha

      5. Ans. A

  39. Which company has developed India’s first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox disease?

    1. Biocon
    2. Bharat Biotech
    3. Transasia Bio-Medicals
    4. Serum Institute of India

      5. Ans. C

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  40. Which state has inaugurated Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advance Technology (R-CAT)?

    1. Chhattisgarh
    2. Rajasthan
    3. Sikkim
    4. Punjab

      5. Ans. B

  41. Agasthyamalai hills, which was seen in the news, is located in which state?

    1. Kerala
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Karnataka
    4. Telangana

      5. Ans.

  42. As per a recent study, which country is the fastest aging country in the European Union (EU)?

    1. Spain
    2. Portugal
    3. UK
    4. Italy

      5. Ans. B

  43. Which is the venue of ‘National Conference of Women Police’?

    1. New Delhi
    2. Lucknow
    3. Shimla
    4. Mysuru

      5. Ans. C

  44. India recently inaugurated the new Indian Embassy in which country (in August 2022)?

    1. Malta
    2. Paraguay
    3. Iran
    4. Venezuela

      5. Ans. B

  45. Which state/UT recently launched the ‘CM’s Micro Finance Scheme’?

    1. Assam
    2. Nagaland
    3. Arunachal Pradesh
    4. Sikkim

      5. Ans. B

  46. Which institution has developed a fermentation method to produce a sugar substitute called ‘Xylitol’?

    1. IISc Bengaluru
    2. IIT Guwahati
    3. IIT Madras
    4. NIT Warangal

      5. Ans. B

  47. India’s first 3D-printed post office is set to come up in which city?

    1. Chennai
    2. Bengaluru
    3. Hyderabad
    4. Cochin

      5. Ans. B

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  48. Which Union Ministry has published ‘Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022’?

    1. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
    2. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
    3. Ministry of External Affairs
    4. Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs

      5. Ans. A

  49. Which country celebrates the ‘Women’s Equality Day’ on August 26?

    1. India
    2. USA
    3. Australia
    4. Germany

      5. Ans. B

  50. India’s first shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution is set to be launched in which city?

    1. Chennai
    2. Mumbai
    3. New Delhi
    4. Bengaluru

      5. Ans. B

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