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Monthly Current Affairs MCQs of August 2021

Q.1 Name the Attorney General for India, who has been reappointed to the post for one year till June 2022?

a. Prashant Bhushan

b. KK Venugopal

c. Mukul Rohatgi

d. Sharad Arvind Bobde

Q.2 What is the rank of India in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021? 

a. 11 

b. 20 

c. 34 

d. 49 

Q.3 Which country has topped the Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) in which India ranked 10th?

a. Estonia

b. UK

c. Saudi Arabia

d. US

Q.4 Who has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Rotary Club of Madras?

a. Kiran Bedi

b. Vinod Rai

c. Sundar Pichai

d. Indra Nooyi

Q.5 Which state has introduced a programme to transform foundational learning with World Bank aid?

a. Telangana

b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Kerala 

d. Karnataka

Q.6 Which bank has launched its flagship Business Mentoring Program ‘MSME Prerana’?

a. Indian Bank

b. IDBI Bank

c. Bank of Maharashtra

d. Bank of Baroda

Q.7 Who is the first woman cricketer to get four-year banned by NADA?

a. Shafali Verma

b. Punam Raut

c. Anshula Rao

d. Priya Punia

Q.8 Who has authored the book titled “Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux”?

a. Mirza Waheed

b. Rehman Rahi

c. Khemlata Wakhlu

d. Feroz Rather

Q.9 Where is the HQ of Indian Bank?

a. NewDelhi

b. Lucknow

c. Chennai

d. Mumbai

Q.10 When is National Doctors’ Day celebrated in India?

a. July 1

b. June 29

c. June 30

d. July 2

Q.11 Who has taken charge as the Director General of All India Radio?

a. Anupam Rai

b. Mukesh Shastri

c. Venudhar Reddy

d. Gopal Iyer

Q.12 According to the data by the RBI, credit growth to the industrial sector remained in the negative territory during which year?

a. 2018-19

b. 2019-20

c. 2021-22

d. 2020-21

Q.13 In June 2021, the government launched a special drive to enroll more farmers under which scheme?

a. PMKVY

b. PMKSY

c. PKVY

d. PMFBY

Q.14 Where is the satellite launched company Arianespace based?

a. Russia

b. UK

c. Italy

d. France

Q.15 Who has become the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics?

a. Shikha Tandon

b. Shivani Kataria

c. Maana Patel

d. Bhakti Sharma

Q.16 Name the CEO of NITI Aayog who has got another one-year extension?

a. Amitabh Kant 

b. Rajiv Kumar 

c. Tarun Bajaj 

d. N. K. Singh 

Q.17 The Government of India has instituted the highest civilian award in the field of contribution to the unity and integrity of India in which name?

a. B. R. Ambedkar

b. Mahatma Gandhi

c. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

d. Subhas Chandra Bose

Q.18 What is the new maximum temperature that has been recorded in Antarctica?

a. 13 degrees Celsius

b. 17 degrees Celsius

c. 18.3 degrees Celsius

d. 15 degrees Celsius

Q.19 What is the name of India’s 1 indigenous drone defence dome developed by Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics?

a. Akashdome

b. Nagpash

c. Indira Rakshak

d. Indrajaal

Q.20 The government has merged the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) with which ministry?

a. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

b. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

c. Ministry of Finance

d. Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Q.21 Which country has launched the Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) meteorological satellite from its SLS-2 launch site?

a. China

b. Japan

c. Russia

d. France

Q.22 Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh who passed away in July 2021 had been the CM of Himachal Pradesh for how many times?

a. 6

b. 8

c. 3

d. 5

Q.23 Who is the head of the committee formed to curb the digital monopolies in the country by the Union commerce ministry? 

a. RS Sharma

b. Vinit Sachdeva

c. KL Pal

d. Suresh Jain

Q.24 Where did the Indian Army inaugurated a war memorial on the occasion of the birthday of Captain Gurjinder Singh Suri, who died during the operation “Birsa Munda” in 1999?

a. Gulmarg

b. Srinagar

c. Pahalgam

d. Manali

Q.25 After which bollywood actress has the Indian Army named one of its firing ranges in Kashmir?

a. Tapsee Pannu

b. Priyanka Chopra

c. Kareena Kapoor

d. Vidya Balan

Q.26 Which Indian has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award for Economics by Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany?

a. Tapan Mitra

b. Ravi Kanbur

c. Amartya Sen

d. Kaushik Basu

Q.27 Who is set to become the second Indian-born woman to fly to space after Kalpana Chawla?

a. Sirisha Bandla

b. Sunita Williams

c. Shawna Pandya

d. None of the above

Q.28 Which ministry has launched the NIPUN Bharat?

a. Health Ministry

b. Education Ministry

c. Culture Ministry

d. Finance Ministry

Q.29 The Government has extended the retirement age of the LIC chairman up to how many years?

a. 56

b. 68

c. 62

d. 50

Q.30 The Project BOLD has been launched from which state in India?

a. Rajasthan

b. Gujarat

c. Haryana

d. Madhya Pradesh

Q.31 Who is the new Health Minister of India?

a. Ashwini Vaishnaw

b. Kiren Rijiju

c. Mansukh Mandaviya

d. G Kishan Reddy

Q.32 Army Chief MM Naravane is scheduled to inaugurate a war memorial for Indian soldiers in which nation?

a. Italy

b. Spain

c. Portugal 

d. Israel

Q.33 Which insurance company has launched the Saral Pension Plan?

a. Oriental Insurance Company

b. United India Insurance Company

c. Life Insurance Corporation

d. National Insurance Corporation

Q.34 The sale, storage and use of drones has been banned in which Indian cities?

a. New Delhi

b. Srinagar

c. Shimla

d. Lucknow

Q.35 Who has been roped in as the new CEO of Amazon Inc. to replace Jeff Bezos?

a. Lauren Sanchez

b. Adam Selipsky

c. Andy Jassy

d. Dan Jewett

Q.36 Who is the winner of the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix?

a. Charles Leclerc

b. Lewis Hamilton

c. Max Verstappen

d. Valtteri Bottas

Q.37 Zaila Avant-garde who has won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee hails from which country?

a. USA

b. Gambia

c. Australia

d. Poland

Q.38 In which state is India’s first maritime arbitration centre going to be set up?

a. Kerala

b. Gujarat

c. Tamil Nadu

d. Uttar Pradesh

Q.39 School Education department of which state/UT topped the country under the NISHTHA programme?

a. Karnataka

b. Odisha

c. Jammu & Kashmir

d. Chandigarh

Q.40 Stefan Lofven has been reappointed as the prime minister of which country?

a. Ethiopia

b. Sweden

c. Denmark

d. Turkey

Q.41 Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary has been named as the fourth Tiger Reserve in which among the following states?

a. Gujarat

b. Rajasthan

c. Madhya Pradesh

d. Maharashtra

Q.42 Who has been named as the brand ambassador of Khadi Prakritik Paint?

a. Smriti Irani

b. Nitin Gadkari

c. Narendra Modi

d. Amit Shah

Q.43 E-Medha portal, AMAR portal and SHAI portal have been launched by which ministry?

a. Ministry of Education

b. Ministry of Sports

c. Ministry of Agriculture

d. Ministry of Ayush

Q.44 Which scheme launched by the KVIC to create bamboo-based green patches of land in arid and semi-arid zones?

a. BOLD

b. BHIM

c BEAT

d. BHARAT

Q.45 India’s First Ever Private Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facility Plant Has Been Inaugurated In Which City? 

a. Nagpur 

b. Dehradun 

c. Pune 

d. Ahmedabad 

Q.46 Name the winner of the 2021 Wimbledon women’s single title in Tennis? 

a. Sofia Kenin 

b. Simona Halep 

c. Ashleigh Barty 

d. Karolina Pliskova 

Q.47 Vinay Prakash is the Grievance Officer for India, for which social media platform? 

a. WhatsApp 

b. Twitter 

c. Facebook 

d. Instagram 

Q.48 Who is the author of the book “The Pregnancy Bible”? 

a. Kareena Kapoor 

b. Neena Gupta 

c. Diya Mirza 

d. Indra Nooyi 

Q.49 When is the World Population Day 

observed?

a. May 20 

b. July 11 

c. August 14 

d. November 7 

Q.50 In which state is the “Tiroda Thermal Power Plant” located? 

a. Odisha 

b. Maharashtra 

c. Kerala 

d. West Bengal 

Q.51 When is Malala Day observed?

a. July 12th

b. July 13th

c. July 14th

d. July 15th

Q.52 Which nation won Euro Cup 2020 for the first time since 1968?

a. England

b. Switzerland

c. Italy

d. Spain

Q.53 Which nation has become the second country to adopt India’s BHIM-UPI?

a. Malaysia

b. Maldives

c. Mauritius

d. Bhutan

Q.54 Which state will host the 2021 Khelo India Youth Games? 

a. Bihar 

b. Haryana 

c. Madhya Pradesh 

d. Sikkim 

Q.55 Who has been honoured with Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS) Literary Award 2021?

a. Ranjitsinh Disale 

b. Ravi Gaikwad 

c. K K Shailaja 

d. N N Pillai 

Q.56 Who received the Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Award at the UEFA EURO 2020? 

a. Lionel Messi 

b. Neymar Jr. 

c. Cristiano Ronaldo 

d. Sunil Chhetri 

Q.57 In which state of India is the “Kitam Bird Sanctuary” situated ?  

a. Rajasthan 

b. Sikkim 

c. Madhya Pradesh 

d. Uttar Pradesh 

Q.58 The first case of “Bone Death” disease has been reported in which state?

a. Punjab

b. Bihar

c. Maharashtra

d. Gujarat

Q.59 What is the name of the autobiography of the veteran actor Dilip Kumar who has passed away?

a. Mohammed Yusuf Khan: The Autobiography of Dilip Kumar

b. Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow

c. Dilip Kumar: King Khan

d. Yusuf Khan: Long Walk of Life

Q.60 The GI certified Madurai Malli exported to USA & Dubai from which state?

a. Bihar

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Odisha

d. Karnataka

Q.61 The Indian Railways has set up India’s first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium ‘Aquatic Kingdom’ in which city?

a. Gujarat

b. Himachal Pradesh

c. Kerala

d. Bengaluru

Q.62 Which e-commerce company has abolished plastic packaging?

a. Myntra

b. Flipkart

c. Amazon

d. All of above

Q.63 Amazon Inc has launched its first Digital Kendra in India in which city?

a. Agra

b. Hyderabad

c. New Delhi

d. Surat

Q.64 Who has taken charge as Director General of All India Radio?

a. Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath

b. Vivek Ram Chaudhari

c. Pushkar Singh Dhami

d. N Venudhar Reddy

Q.65 According to Union Minister R K Singh India has to reduce its carbon intensity to 33 per cent by which year?

a. 2030

b. 2025

c. 2026

d. 2028

Q.66 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has signed a MoU with which company to enable map services in UMANG App?

a. Allmapdata

b. Geospatial Data

c. MapmyIndia

d. Ceinfo

Q.67 In which state is the ‘Asha Bonalu’ festival celebrated?

a. Telangana

b. Odisha

c. Bihar

d. Uttarakhand

Q.68 Which country’s navy delivered the first two of its MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) to Indian Navy?

a. Italy

b. France

c. Russia

d. USA

Q.69 Which railway station has been renamed as Banaras by the North eastern railways (NER)?

a. Pt. Deen Dayal railway station

b. Manduadih railway station

c. Moradabad railway station

d. Gonda railway station

Q.70 Who among the following will be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously?

a. Pritam Kotal

b. Shibaji Banerjee

c. Renedy Singh

d. Pronay Halder

Q.71 Danish Siddiqui, a photojournalist, who passed away had won which of the following prizes?

a. Abel Prize

b. Ramon Magsaysay Award

c Peabody Award

d. Pulitzer Prize

Q.72 India has signed a Rail Services Agreement with which nation?

a. Myanmar

b. Nepal

c. Bhutan

d. Bangladesh

Q.73 The Department of Public Enterprises has been shifted and brought under the purview of which Ministry?

a. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

b. Ministry of Finance

c. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

d. Ministry of Home Affairs

Q.74 With reference to Covid, what is ‘SwabSeq’, that was making news?

a. Global Alliance

b. Vaccine Candidate

c. Oral Medicine

d. Testing Platform

Q.75 Which team has won the 2021 Copa America title?

a. Brazil

b. Paraguay

c. Argentina

d. Chile

Q.76 Jagannath Rath Yatra is observed in which state?

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Kerala

c. Odisha

d. West Bengal

Q.77 India’s first cryptogamic garden has been set up in which city, featuring over 50 species of Cryptogam plants?

a. Nainital

b. Dehradun

c. Ladakh

d. Srinagar

Q.78 Which state plans to launch the Mathru Kavacham campaign to vaccinate pregnant women?

a. Kerala

b. Telangana

c. Andhra Pradesh

d. Karnataka

Q.79 Which country has emerged as the largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world in 2020?

a. India

b. China

c. Russia

d. Switzerland

Q.80 Which country announced that women can now register for the annual Haj pilgrimage without a male guardian (mahram)?

a. Saudi Arabia

b. Qatar

c. UAE

d. Iraq

Q.81 Which startup has acquired artificial intelligence (AI)-based risk analysis platform TERA Finlabs?

a. PayU

b. Instamojo

c. Cashfree

d. Razorpay

Q.82 Which country became the top trading partner of Gold in India in 2020-21?

a. USA

b. China

c. Switzerland

d. UAE

Q.83 Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2021?

a. Diana Hayden

b. Mira Kasari

c. Vaidehi Dongre

d. Arshi Lalani

Q.84 Where will the central government set up the Indian Institute of Heritage?

a. Chennai

b. Noida

c. Jaipur

d. Ahmedabad

Q.85 In which state is the Harela festival celebrated?

a. Madhya Pradesh

b. Haryana

c. Punjab

d. Uttarakhand

Q.86 The first human infection case of Monkey B Virus (BV) was reported in which nation?

a. South Korea

b. India

c. China 

d. Malaysia

Q.87 When is Nelson Mandela Day celebrated?

a. July 17th

b. July 18th

c. July 19th

d. July 20th

Q.88 Which city has become India’s 40th UNESCO world heritage site?

a. Dholavira

b. Ujjain

c. Thanjavur

d. Puri

Q.89 Which nation will host SCO Defence Ministers’ meet?

a. Afghanistan

b. Tajikistan

c. Uzbekistan

d. Turkmenistan

Q.90 India will take part in the 12th edition of a joint military exercise in Volgograd  with which country?

a. Japan

b. US

c. Australia

d. Russia

Q.91 Which state has launched a loan scheme for the infrastructure development of Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperatives (PACS)?

a. Karnataka

b. Gujarat

c. Kerala

d. Jammu Kashmir

Q.92 Which state became the first court in the country to formally start live streaming of proceedings?

a. Punjab

b. Gujarat

c. Haryana

d. Uttar Pradesh

Q.93 Sunseap Group’s floating solar farm will be located in which country?

a. Indonesia

b. Germany

c. Jakarta

d. USA

Q.94 Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple is in which state?

a. Bihar

b. Tamil Nadu

c. West Bengal

d. Telangana

Q.95 Who has been appointed the Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)?

a. Nasir Kamal

b. Avinash Sinha

c. Yogesh Kataria

d. Shubam Anand

Q.96 MyGov-Meri Sarkar’ portal has been launched in which state?

a. Assam

b. Haryana

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Madhya Pradesh

Q.97 Who was named Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year at Indian Sports Honour for 2019?

a. Shashi Kant

b. Pramod Bhagat

c. Deepa Malik

d. Anshu Malik

Q.98 Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on which date?

a. July 22

b. July 24

c. July 26

d. July 25

Q.99 Which port has become the first Green SEZ?

a. Kandla

b. Porbandar

c Goa

d. Kolkata

Q.100 Which country has become the 1st one in the world to get approval for the commercial production of genetically modified golden rice?

a. Indonesia

b. Malaysia

c. Philippines

d. Russia

Answers-

Q.1 b) 

Q.2 b) 

Q.3 d) 

Q.4 a) 

Q.5 b) 

Q.6 a) 

Q.7 c) 

Q.8 c) 

Q.9 c) 

Q.10 a) 

Q.11 c) 

Q.12 d) 

Q.13 d) 

Q.14 d) 

Q.15 c) 

Q.16 a) 

Q.17 c) 

Q.18 c) 

Q.19 d) 

Q.20 c) 

Q.21 a) 

Q.22 a) 

Q.23 a) 

Q.24 a) 

Q.25 d) 

Q.26 d) 

Q.27 a) 

Q.28 b) 

Q.29 c) 

Q.30 a) 

Q.31 c) 

Q.32 a) 

Q.33 c) 

Q.34 b) 

Q.35 c) 

Q.36 c) 

Q.37 a) 

Q.38 b) 

Q.39 c) 

Q.40 b) 

Q.41 b) 

Q.42 b) 

Q.43 d) 

Q.44 a) 

Q.45 a) 

Q.46 c) 

Q.47 b) 

Q.48 a) 

Q.49 b) 

Q.50 b) 

Q.51 a) 

Q.52 c) 

Q.53 d) 

Q.54 b) 

Q.55 d) 

Q.56 c) 

Q.57 b) 

Q.58 c) 

Q.59 b) 

Q.60 b) 

Q.61 d) 

Q.62 b) 

Q.63 d) 

Q.64 d) 

Q.65 a) 

Q.66 c) 

Q.67 a) 

Q.68 d) 

Q.69 b) 

Q.70 b) 

Q.71 d) 

Q.72 b) 

Q.73 b) 

Q.74 d) 

Q.75 c) 

Q.76 c) 

Q.77 b) 

Q.78 a) 

Q.79 b) 

Q.80 a) 

Q.81 d) 

Q.82 b) 

Q.83 c) 

Q.84 b) 

Q.85 d) 

Q.86 c) 

Q.87 b) 

Q.88 a) 

Q.89 b) 

Q.90 d) 

Q.91 c) 

Q.92 b) 

Q.93 a) 

Q.94 d) 

Q.95 a) 

Q.96 c) 

Q.97 b) 

Q.98 c) 

Q.99 a) 

Q.100 c)

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