August 06 - Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Dear champions, Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz "August 06". Your total score and the points you scored will be displayed at the end of the Quiz or after the time out.

1. Which edition of Hiroshima day is observed on August 6, 2021?

a) 75

b) 76

c) 70

d) 71

e) 72

2. When the International Owl day is observed?

a) August 2

b) August 5

c) August 1

d) August 4

e) August 6

3. Valentino Rossi is announced retirement of Moto GP. She belongs to which country?

a) Italy

b) Germany

c) USA

d) Finland

e) Sweden

4. Footballer SS ‘Babu’ Narayan passed away. He belongs to which state?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala

c) Karnataka

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Maharashtra

5. Which Country tops in finding the innovative solutions to fight Covid-19?

a) India

b) China

c) UK

d) USA

e) South Korea

6. What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries Ltd, according to Forbes Billionaires List 2021?

a) 7

b) 10

c) 11

d) 12

e) 15

7. RBI’s Kamath committee under the chairmanship of former ICICI CEO KV Kamath for recommendation of financial parameters to be considered for the one-time restructuring of loans impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. How many members in the Committee?

a) 10

b) 8

c) 15

d) 5

e) 12

8. The Swavalamban Challenge Fund and digital portal was launched by whom?

a) AK Gupta

b) PK Mishra

c) BB Swain

d) Tarun Shridhar

e) Raghavendra Rao

9. NFDB entered into an MoU with PNB to extend financial assistance through the Bank to the Fisheries sector. Who is the CEO of NFDB?

a) Suvarna Chandrappagiri

b) Dilip Asbe

c) SK Sharma

d) Ritesh Shukla

e) RK Agarwal

10. What is the name of the B2B travel tech platform launched by Sonu Sood?

a) Explorer

b) Travel Union

c) Clear Trip

d) Pick Your Trial

e) Scout my Trip

11. Tata Motors has joined hands with Common Service Centre Scheme CSC e-Governance Services India in order to expand sales of its commercial vehicles in the rural areas. Who is the MD and CEO of CSC?

a) Natarajan Chandrasekaran

b) Atul Kumar Goel

c) Kalyan Krishnamurthy

d) Dinesh Tyagi

e) Rajesh Kotechta

12. Akhilesh Mishra has been appointed as the country’s next High Commissioner to Ireland. He replaces by whom?

a) Sandeep Kumar

b) NJ Gangte

c) Manpreet Vohra

d) Gaitri Issar Kumar

e) Munu Mahawar

13. Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as president of Iran. Who is the Supreme Leader of Iran?

a) Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada

b) Arif Alvi

c) Ali Khamneni

d) Salman

e) Khalifa bin Zayed

14. Dhriti Banerjee has become the first woman to be appointed as director of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). Where is the Headquarter of ZSI?

a) Chennai

b) Kolkata

c) Hyderabad

d) Vizag

e) Pune

15. Who is the CEO of Mahindra & Mahindra?

a) Dinesh Paliwal

b) Rajiv Bajaj

c) Anand Mahindra

d) Pawan Munjal

e) Anish Shah

16. The first Deputy National Security Adviser level meeting was held virtually between India, Sri Lanka and Maldives. This meeting is chaired by whom?

a) General LHSC Silva

b) Major MM Navaranae

c) General Abdhulla Shamaal

d) Ahmed Didi

e) Dinesh Gunawardanae

17. Canada has joined the Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), an initiative was launched by India at UN Climate Action Summit, 2019. This Summit is held at which place?

a) Doha

b) Washington DC

c) London

d) New York

e) Delhi

18. The Finance Ministry has released Rs. 686 crore to how many states to provide grants to urban local bodies (ULBs)?

a) 3

b) 2

c) 5

d) 6

e) 4

19. Tamil Nadu launched the Tamil Archanai scheme at Kabaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai. Who is the Minister of Hindu Religious Endowments of Tamil Nadu?

a) PK Sekar Babu

b) KN Nehru

c) EV Velu

d) I Periyasamy

e) Ramachandran

20. Who announced that the Khel Ratna award will be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award?

a) Amit Shah

b) Rajnath Singh

c) Narendra Modi

d) Ashwini Vaishnaw

e) Ram Nath Govind