Current Affairs August 2023

Read Monthly Current Affairs, Latest Current Affairs from 1st August 2023 to 31st  August 2023 (Current Affairs August 2023) for UPSC, IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC, Railway, UPPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, TNPSC, MPSC, KPSC and other competition exams. 

Q 1. Which state had the highest crime rate against scheduled caste groups in the year 2021?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Bihar

Q 2. Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court?

A) Satish Chandra Rawat
B) Devendra Kumar Upadhyay
C) Vinay Kumar Singh
D) Dheeraj Singh Thakur

Q 3. Who won the gold medal in the 50m pistol event of ISSF Junior Shooting World Championship?

A) Vijay Kumar
B) Saurabh Chowdhary
C) Kamaljit
D) Rituraj Singh

Q 4. When is Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated every year in India?

A) 23rd July
B) 24th July
C) 27th July
D) 26th July

Q 5. The ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh Abhiyan’ campaign is an initiative of which ministry?

A) Ministry of Rural Development
B) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
C) Ministry of Agriculture
D) Ministry Home Affaires

Q 6. With whom has ‘India AI’ signed an MoU to promote emerging technologies?

A) Google
B) Meta
C) Microsoft
D) IBM

Q 7. In which African country has the army removed the president from office in a coup?

A) Uganda
B) Mauritania
C) Niger
D) Mali

Q 8. In which state the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship 2023 is being organized?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh

Q 9. When is world Hepatitis Day observed annually?

A) 28th July
B) 27th July
C) 29th July
D) 30th July

Q 10. Kerala Startup Mission has tied up with whom to promote fintech startups?

A) Niti Aayog
B) IFSC
C) Softbank
D) ADB

Q 11. In which city will the world’s largest museum ‘Yuge Yugeen Bharat’ be built?

A) Mumbai
B) Jaipur
C) New Delhi
D) Banaras

Q 12. Which country has banned sex change and transgender marriage?

A) China
B) India
C) USA
D) Russia

Q 13. Which country holds the world record for the fastest 100 in test cricket?

A) India
B) Australia
C) England
D) Pakistan

Q 14. The Central government has approved the decision to set up how many new Greenfield airports?

A) 16
B) 21
C) 25
D) 12

Q 15. National cooperative consumer federation of India has tied up with which e-commerce startup?

A) Blinkit
B) Country Delights
C) Magicpin
D) Flipkart

Q 16. Which is the first Indian city to be a part of world cities culture forum?

A) New Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Pune
D) Bengaluru

Q 17. What is the annual estimated growth rate of tiger population in India?

A) 6.1%
B) 5.8%
C) 6.0%
D) 7.0%

Q 18. Which India-American has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US Finance Agency?

A) Soumya Swaminathan
B) Nisha Biswal
C) Geeta Gopinath
D) Preeti Tandon

Q 19. International Tiger Day is observed annually on which day?

A) 28th July
B) 30th July
C) 29th July
D) 31st July

Q 20. In which country is recently discussed Maitri Super Thermal Power Project Located?

A) Nepal
B) Bhutan
C) Myanmar
D) Bangladesh

Q 21. Which Indian Railway Station has recently been awarded the Asia Pacific Culture Heritage Award by UNESCO?

A) Byculla Railway Station
B) Shimla Railway Station
C) Dhargiling Railway Station
D) Nilgiris Railway Station

Q 22. Who has been awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023?

A) Niharika Singh
B) Shankari Chandran
C) Shashi Tharoor
D) Mithali Raghvendra

Q 23. Who will be given the first ‘Udyog Ratna’ award by the Maharashtra Government?

A) Gautam Adani
B) Mukesh Ambani
C) Ratan Tata
D) Azim Premji

Q 24. Where is the ‘Parkachik Glacier’ Located?

A) Sikkim
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttrakhand
D) Ladakh

Q 25. Where will be Yuvamukulam The Spirit of Youth Festival 2023 organized?

A) New Delhi
B) Chennai
C) Hyderabad
D) Coimbatore

Q 26. Recently, cricketer Stuart Broad announced his retirement, he belongs to which country?

A) Australia
B) England
C) Scotland
D) New Zealand

Q 27. Super Critical Thermal Power Plant, Korba belongs to which State?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Odisha

Q-28. Which organization has recently launched ‘Jaldost Airboat’?

A) National Aerospace Laboratories
B) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
C) DRDO
D) Garuda Aerospace

Q-29. ‘Naya Savera Yojana’ has been launched by which union ministry?

A) Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Minority Affairs
C) Ministry of Education
D) Ministry of Rural Development

Q-30. Who has become India’s number 1 chess player?

A) Viswanathan Anand
B) R. Praggnananda
C) Gukesh D
D) Pantala Harikrishna

Q-31. Who jointly launched the ‘Study in India Portal’?

A) Rajnath Singh and Dharmendra Pradhan
B) Rajnath Singh and S. Jaishankar
C) Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan
D) S. Jaishankar and Dharmendra Pradhan

Q-32. Which Indian cricketer has announced his retirement recently?

A) Manoj Tiwary
B) Rishabh Pant
C) Umesh Yadav
D) Dinesh Karthik

Q-33. Who has launched the mobile application ‘Rajmargyatra’?

A) C-DAC
B) NHAI
C) NIC
D) Niti AAyog

Q-34. Which portal has been launched to monitor child care institutions across the country?

A) Kavach Portal
B) Raksha Portal
C) Masi Portal
D) Bal Surkhsha Portal

Q-35. Recently, which leader’s Lok Sabha membership has been restored by the Lok Sabha Secretariat?

A) Varun Gandhi
B) Chirag Paswan
C) Dimple Yadav
D) Rahul Gandhi

Q-36. Which Indian became the youngest world champion in archery?

A) Aditi Swamy
B) Deepika Kumari
C) Neha Bisht
D) Shreya Sinha

Q-37. When National Handloom Day is celebrated every year?

A) 6th Aug
B) 7th Aug
C) 8th Aug
D) 5th Aug

Q-38. How many railway stations across the country will be modernized under the ‘Amrit Bharat Station’ scheme?

A) 108
B) 600
C) 508
D) 700

Q-39. Folk and Tribal Performing Arts Festival “Utkarsh” and International Literature Festival “Unmesh” are being organized in which state?

A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Madhya Pradesh

Q-40. Which state’s Chedibutta saree was given GI tag recently?

A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra

Q-41. Amrit Vriksha Andolan is related to which state?

A) Manipur
B) Assam
C) Meghalaya
D) Sikkim

Q-42. Which state has approved the country’s first hydrogen fuel industry?

A) Bihar
B) Gujarat
C) Jharkhand
D) Haryana

Q-43. Vikram Sports Award and Eklavya Sports Award are related to which state?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Jharkhand
D) Madhya Pradesh

Q-44. Who won the Deodhar Trophy 2023 title?

A) South Zone
B) North Zone
C) West Zone
D) Central Zone

Q-45. Who is the present Cabinet Secretary of India?

A) Nitin Ghai
B) Rajiv Gauba
C) Rajeev Chandrashekhar
D) Shaktikant Das

Q-46. Who has written the book “How Prime Ministers Decide”?

A) Manoj Kumar
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Neerja Choudhury
D) Rahul Kumar

Q-47. Oil India Limited (OIL) is which category company?

A) Navratna
B) Miniratna
C) Goldratna
D) Maharatna

Q-48. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)?

A) Sanjay Kumar Agarwal
B) Sunil Gupta
C) Jayant Sisodia
D) Malti Rai

Q-49. Recently Guru Gorakhnath Board has been established by which state government?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Bihar
D) Haryana

Q-50. Which state government has started a scheme called ‘Shubhayatra’?

A) Punjab
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Karnataka

Q-51. When was project Elephant launched?

A) 1973
B) 1999
C) 2011
D) 1992

Q-52. The book “Kargil: A traveler’s Tongue” has been written by?

A) Rishi Raj
B) Smita Sen
C) Naveen Sharma
D) Mohit Kumar

Q-53. According to the report to Refinitive Icon, which is the most valuable company in the world?

A) Tesla
B) Apple
C) Saudi Aramco
D) Microsoft

Q.54. Who has become the joint second fastest batsman to complete 100 sixes in T20 International cricket?

A) Suryakumar Yadav
B) Virat Kohli
C) Cameron Green
D) David Warner

Q.55. Which nationwide campaign has been started in honor of the martyred brave soldiers of the country?

A) ‘Desh ke Veer Jawan’
B) ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’
C) ‘Mera Bharat Mahan’
D) ‘Desh ke Veer Saput’

Q.56. In which state’s assembly, a resolution has been passed recently against the ‘Uniform Civil Code’?

A) West Bengal

B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala
D) Bihar

Q.57. Who has been sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court?

A) Deepak Kumar Mishra

B) Prem Prakash Sinha
C) Daya Shankar Pandey
D) Subhasis Talapatra

Q.58. At what rate has the Reserve Bank of India kept the Repo rate unchanged?

A) 6.50%
B) 5.75%
C) 6.00%
D) 6.75%

Q.59. What is the rank of India in Internet Resilience Index South Asia Region?

A) First
B) Sixth
C) Forth
D) Second

Q.60. Which bank has recently launched eco-friendly debit card?

A) Bandhan Bank
B) Paytm Payments Bank
C) Airtel Payments Bank
D) State Bank of India

Q.61. When is World Lion Day celebrated annually?

A) 9th Aug
B) 12th Aug
C) 11th Aug
D) 10th Aug

Q.62. Which state assembly has passed a resolution urging Center to change the name of the state?

A) Kerala
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Assam
D) Karnataka

Q.63. Reserve Bank of India has proposed to increase the payment limit for UPI Lite to how much?

A) 700
B) 500
C) 1000
D) 1500

Q.64. Who has been awarded the Tech Startup of the Year (AI) at the 13th Annual Entrepreneur India Awards?

A) Dream11
B) Garuda Aerospace
C) Jio Haptik
D) Cred

Q.65. Which country will host the 10-day Malabar War Exercise this year?

A) India
B) Japan
C) USA
D) Australia

Q.66. What is the name of the Indian mission sent by ISRO to study the sun?

A) Aditya-L-1
B) Aditya-1
C) Surya Mission
D) Bhaskar-1

Q.67. Which country won the title Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023?

A) Malaysia
B) India
C) Japan
D) South Korea

Q.68. From when till when the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign is being organized?

A) 10 to 15 August
B) 12 to 15 August
C) 13 to 15 August
D) 14 to 15 August

Q.69. With whom is the Ministry of AYUSH organizing the Global Summit on Traditional Medicine?

A) NITI AAyog
B) AIIMS
C) Ministry of Health
D) WHO

Q.70. What is the name of the country’s first autonomous underwater vehicle?

A) Nirakshi
B) Daksh
C) Vivek
D) Bharat

Q.71. Who will be awarded the diversity in Cinema award at the “Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2023”?

A) Alia Bhatt
B) Mrinal Thakur
C) Amitabh Bachchan
D) Priyanka Chopra

Q.72. Who has been awarded the Global Leader Award for Healthcare Expansion in Health Care Africa?

A) Mohit Sen
B) Vishakha Dutt
C) Jayesh Saini
D) Vihaan Parag

Q.73. Valmiki Tiger Reserve is Located in which state recently?

A) Goa
B) Jharkhand
C) Uttarakhand
D) Bihar

Q.74. Indira Gandhi smartphone Scheme is related to which State?

A) Rajasthan
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Karnataka

Q.75. Which district has been ranked first in the ‘Front Runner’ category of ‘Jal Jeevan Survey 2023’?

A) Indore
B) Srinagar
C) Jaipur
D) Lucknow

Q.76. Griha Lakshmi Yojana has been launched by which state recently?

A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Telangana
D) Odisha

Q.77. Who has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

A) Soumya Tiwari
B) K. Suresh
C) Ramesh Porwal
D) Raman Sukumar

Q.78. Where will the world Athletics Championships be held?

A) Budapest, Hungary
B) Paris, France
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Geneva, Switzerland

Q.79. President Draupadi Murmu will launch the INS Vindhyagiri warship in Kolkata on August17, under which Project?

A) Project 15B
B) Project 17A
C) Project 75A
D) Project 17B

Q.80. Metagenema sequencing technology is used in which field?

A) Cancer Survey
B) Human DNA Survey
C) Carbon Dating
D) Germ Survey

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Answers:

1-Ans. A) Madhya Pradesh
2-Ans. B) Devendra Kumar Upadhyay
3-Ans. C) Kamaljit
4-Ans. D) 26th July
5-Ans. A) Ministry of Rural Development
6-Ans. B) Meta
7-Ans. C) Niger
8-Ans. D) Uttar Pradesh
9-Ans. A) 28th July
10-Ans. B) IFSC
11-Ans. C) New Delhi
12-Ans. D) Russia
13-Ans. A) India
14-Ans. B) 21
15-Ans. C) Magicpin
16-Ans. D) Bengaluru
17-Ans. A) 6.1%
18-Ans. B) Nisha Biswal
19-Ans. C) 29th July
20-Ans. D) Bangladesh
21-Ans. A) Byculla Railway Station
22-Ans. B) Shnkari Chandran
23-Ans. C) Ratan Tata
24-Ans. D) Ladakh
25-Ans. A) New Delhi
26-Ans. B) England
27-Ans. C) Chhattisgarh
28-Ans. A) National Aerospace Laboratories
29-Ans. B) Ministry of Minority Affairs
30-Ans. C) Gukesh D
31-Ans. D) S. Jaishankar and Dharmendra Pradhan
32-Ans. A) Manoj Tiwary
33-Ans. B) NHAI
34-Ans. C) Masi Portal
35-Ans. D) Rahul Gandhi
36-Ans. A) Aditi Swamy
37-Ans. B) 7th Aug
38-Ans. C) 508
39-Ans. D) Madhya Pradesh
40-Ans. A) Tamil Nadu
41-Ans. B) Assam
42-Ans. C) Jharkhand
43-Ans. D) Madhya Pradesh
44-Ans. A) South Zone
45-Ans. B) Rajeev Gauba
46-Ans. C) Neerja Choudhury
47-Ans. D) Maharatna
48-Ans. A) Sanjay Kumar Agarwal
49-Ans. B) Rajasthan
50-Ans. C) Kerala
51-Ans. D) 1992
52-Ans. A) Rishi Raj
53-Ans. B) Apple
54-Ans. A) Suryakumar Yadav
55-Ans. B) ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’
56-Ans. C) Kerala
57-Ans. D) Subhasis Talapatra
58-Ans. A) 6.50%
59-Ans. B) Sixth
60-Ans. C) Airtel Payments Bank
61-Ans. D) 10th Aug
62-Ans. A) Kerala
63-Ans. B) 500
64-Ans. C) Jio Haptik
65-Ans. D) Australia
66-Ans. A) Aditya-L-1
67-Ans. B) India
68-Ans. C) 13 to 15 August
69-Ans. D) WHO
70-Ans. A) Nirakshi
71-Ans. B) Mrinal Thakur
72-Ans. C) Jayesh Saini
73-Ans. D) Bihar
74-Ans. A) Rajasthan
75-Ans. B) Srinagar
76-Ans. C) Telangana
77-Ans. D) Raman Sukumar
78-Ans. A) Budapest, Hungary
79-Ans. B) Project 17A
80-Ans. D) Germ Survey