August 31 - Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Dear champions, Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz "August 31". Your total score and the points you scored will be displayed at the end of the Quiz or after the time out.

1. Singhraj Adana is related to which sport?

a) Shooting

b) Wrestling

c) Weightlifting

d) Athlete

e) Golf

2. Who clinched a Gold medal in the P1 – Womens 10m Air Pistol SH1 final here at Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo Olympics?

a) Rahi Sarnobat

b) Manu Bhaker

c) Avani Lekhara

d) Chinki Yadav

e) Apurvi Chandela

3. Sharad Kumar wins Bronze medal at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. He is related to which sport?

a) Javelin Throw

b) Long Jump

c) Shooting

d) Lawn Tennis

e) Table Tennis

4. South African Dale Steyn announced his retirement. He related to which Sport?

a) Hockey

b) Cricket

c) Football

d) Tennis

e) Badminton

5. Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) has tied up with IndusInd Bank to offer a gamut of finance schemes to its customers. Who is CEO of HCIL?

a) Bo Shin Seo

b) Atsushi Ogata

c) Kenichi Ayukawa

d) Gaku Nakanishi

e) Toshihiro Mibe

6. India’s third largest private sector bank has partnered with BharatPe to expand its merchant acquiring business. What is the name of the Bank?

a) SBI

b) Canara Bank

c) PNB

d) Bank of India

e) Axis Bank

7. Who is the CEO of Bharatpe?

a) Sameer Nigam

b) Vijay Sekhar Sharma

c) Ashneer Grover

d) Noopur Chaturvedi

e) Krishna Ella

8. The book Titled, “Be Water, My Friend: The True Teachings of Bruce Lee” is authored by Shanon Lee. She related to which field?

a) Journalist

b) Politician

c) Philanthropist

d) Marital Artist

e) Writer

9. Sanjay Arora takes charge as new DG of ITBP. He Succeeded by Whom?

a) Ajay Chadha

b) SS Deshwal

c) Subash Goswami

d) Krishna Chaudari

e) RK Pachnanda

10. Tech5 is winner of “PayAuth Challenge” for developing an alternative solution for authorizing UPI payments. This Challenge is organized by which company?

a) NPCI

b) CCI

c) CII

d) NTPC

e) TCS

11. IIT Roorkee and NDMA develop app that predicts natural disasters. What is the name of the App?

a) Zello PTT

b) EchoSoS

c) Emergency Plus

d) Bhookamp Alert

e) Paw Boost

12. Indian Navy frigate INS Tabar and which naval ship has carried out a maiden naval exercise off the Algerian coast?

a) ANS Kebir

b) ANS Kalaat Beni

c) ANS El Radii

d) ANS Adhafer

e) ANS Ezzadjer

13. Which edition of Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), an annual event organized by Russia?

a) 5th

b) 7th

c) 6th

d) 4th

e) 10th

14. Who is the Chairman of Visionum Group?

a) Karanvir Singh

b) Mukta Singh Parihar

c) Vishweshwar Hedge Kageri

d) Anand Mamani

e) Dharam Singh

15. Who launches “Laddu distribution scheme” for pregnant women’s under Poshan Abhiyan?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Mansukh L. Mandaviya

c) Harsh Vardhan

d) Amit Shah

e) Rajnath Singh

16. AYUSH Ministry has developed a yoga protocol that can integrate seamlessly with work routine and help professionals de-stress and refocus. Who is the Minister of AYUSH?

a) Shripad Yesso Naik

b) Rajesh Kotecha

c) Dinesh Setia

d) Narayan Rane

e) Sarbananda Sanowal

17. Which Ministry of Karnataka launched the Amrith Health Infrastructure Upgradation Program at the Survarna Vidhana Soudha?

a) Ministry of Home Affairs

b) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

c) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

d) Ministry of Education

e) Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj

18. Which state launched ‘Sahita’ helpline centre for Women and families who lost their lives in covid-19?

a) TN

b) Karnataka

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Telangana

e) Goa

19. Telangana state government partners with Marut drones to launch drone-based afforestation under ‘Hara Bahara’ campaign. How many districts in Telangana?

a) 33

b) 30

c) 28

d) 32

e) 34

20. The central government released how much amount as grant-in-aid to rural local bodies (RLBs) in 25 states?

a) Rs.12,000 Crore

b) Rs.13,385.70 Crore

c) Rs.11,499 Crore

d) Rs.15,573.30 Crore

e) Rs.11,500 Crore