Latest Current Affairs from 9 to 15 August 2023

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Q.1. 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.2. 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.3. 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.4. 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.5. 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.6. What is the rank of India in Internet Resilience Index South Asia Region?

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

Q.7. 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.8. When is World Lion Day celebrated annually?

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

Q.9. 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.10. 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.11. 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.12. Which country will host the 10-day Malabar War Exercise this year?

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

Q.13. 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.14. Which country won the title Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023?

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

Q.15. 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.16. 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.17. What is the name of the country’s first autonomous underwater vehicle?

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

Q.18. 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.19. 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.20. Valmiki Tiger Reserve is Located in which state recently?

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

Q.21. Indira Gandhi smartphone Scheme is related to which State?

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

Q.22. 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.23. Griha Lakshmi Yojana has been launched by which state recently?

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

Q.24. 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.25. Where will the world Athletics Championships be held?

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

Q.26. 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.27. 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) Suryakumar Yadav
2-Ans. B) ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’
3-Ans. C) Kerala
4-Ans. D) Subhasis Talapatra
5-Ans. A) 6.50%
6-Ans. B) Sixth
7-Ans. C) Airtel Payments Bank
8-Ans. D) 10th Aug
9-Ans. A) Kerala
10-Ans. B) 500
11-Ans. C) Jio Haptik
12-Ans. D) Australia
13-Ans. A) Aditya-L-1
14-Ans. B) India
15-Ans. C) 13 to 15 August
16-Ans. D) WHO
17-Ans. A) Nirakshi
18-Ans. B) Mrinal Thakur
19-Ans. C) Jayesh Saini
20-Ans. D) Bihar
21-Ans. A) Rajasthan
22-Ans. B) Srinagar
23-Ans. C) Telangana
24-Ans. D) Raman Sukumar
25-Ans. A) Budapest, Hungary
26-Ans. B) Project 17A
27-Ans. D) Germ Survey