August 26 - Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Dear champions, Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz "August 26". Your total score and the points you scored will be displayed at the end of the Quiz or after the time out.

1. When the Women’s Equality day is celebrated?

a) August 15

b) August 27

c) August 21

d) August 26

e) August 30

2. G.Sathiyan and Manika Batra wins the mixed doubles in WTT Contender. Where WTT contender held?

a) Budapest, Hungary

b) Prague, Czech Republic

c) Turin, Italy

d) Doha, Qatar

e) London, UK

3. Cricketer Ted Dexter passed away. He belongs to which country?

a) New Zealand

b) England

c) Zimbabwe

d) Bangladesh

e) South Africa

4. Agricultural scientist B V Nimbkar passed away. He belongs to which state?

a) Kerala

b) Maharashtra

c) Goa

d) West Bengal

e) Assam

5. According to Economist Intelligence Unit, Which city tops in the list of safest city in the world?

a) Copenhagen

b) Toronto

c) Singapore

d) Sydney

e) Tokyo

6. Which city has ranked third with most cameras installed per square miles, according to Forbes list?

a) Delhi, India

b) Mumbai, India

c) Chennai, India

d) London, UK

e) Toronto, Canada

7. Jana SFB will provide its digital infrastructure and payments services to HCBL Co-operative Bank and Mysore Merchants Co-operative Bank under the bank sponsorship program. Where is the Headquarter of HCBL Co-operative Bank?

a) Mumbai

b) Lucknow

c) Ahmedabad

d) Kolkata

e) Prayagraj

8. The RBI has imposed a penalty of how much amount on Delhi Nagrik Sehkari Bank Limited, New Delhi, for non-compliance with certain directions issued by the central bank?

a) Rs.15 Lakh

b) Rs.10 Lakh

c) Rs.2 Lakh

d) Rs.1 Lakh

e) Rs.8 Lakh

9. HDFC becomes first Indian Bank to exclusively list USD 1 Billion AT1 dollar bonds in IFSC. How many Alpha numeric codes are in IFSC?

a) 10

b) 11

c) 15

d) 13

e) 8

10. Standard Bank Selects TCS BaNCS™ Cloud for Digital Claims Transformation in Short Term Insurance. Where is the Headquarter of Standard Bank?

a) South Africa

b) USA

c) Japan

d) UK

e) China

11. Phonepe Gets Green Signal From RBI To Operate As An Account Aggregator. What is the Parent Company of Phonepe?

a) Flipkart

b) Google

c) Walmart

d) Mobikwik

e) Alibaba

12. RBI buys Government Securities worth how much amount under G-SAP 2.0?

a) Rs.25,000 Crore

b) Rs.50,000 Crore

c) Rs.30,000 Crore

d) Rs.70,000 Crore

e) Rs.45,000 Crore

13. SIDBI provided the first approval under SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF) to the Government of Tamil Nadu. Who is the CMD of SIDBI?

a) Sudatta Mandal

b) Mohammed Mustafa

c) Vinay Hadaeoo

d) Siva Subramanian Raman

e) GR. Chintala

14. The book titled “Creating Value in Health Care” is authored by whom?

a) Srinath Reddy

b) P. Rajeev

c) K. Elangovan

d) Amitabh Kant

e) Soha Ali Khan

15. Mansukh L. Mandaviya takes charge as Stop TB Partnership Board chairman. This Program is initiated by which organization?

a) WHO

b) FAO

c) MOHFW

d) UNICEF

e) UN

16. Who was appointed as director general of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD)?

a) Pankaj Kumar Singh

b) Lakshmanan Kumar Singh

c) Rakesh Astana

d) Balaji Srivastav

e) Sanjay Arora

17. Carol Furtado will appoint as Interim CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. He replaces due to resignation of whom?

a) Sarvjit Sharma

b) Nitin Chugh

c) Sanjay Agarwal

d) Rajeev Yadav

e) Paul Thomas

18. Who has become appointed as the Executive Director of RBI?

a) Harihar Mishra

b) Mridul saggar

c) Saurav Sinha

d) JK Dash

e) Ajay Kumar

19. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved a how many year extension for AS Rajeev, MD and CEO of Bank of Maharashtra?

a) 3 year

b) 1 year

c) 2 year

d) 9 month

e) 6 month

20. Which Company partners IIT Madras to enhance industry relevant skills?

a) IBM

b) Google

c) Facebook

d) Amazon

e) TCS