GK & Current Affairs – August

1.The shortest war recorded in history between two sovereign powers was between__?

UK and France Denmark and UK UK and Zanzibar Italy and France

2.Who was the first Indian in independent India to have won a medal in an individual Olympic event ?

Dhyanchand K D Jadhav Prithipal Singh Harishchandra Birajdar

3.Who defined democracy as a “Government of the people, by the people and for the people”?

Abraham Lincoln Plato Aristotle Ruskin

4.Which of the following is the official language in Argentina?

Portuguese French Spanish Dutch

5.The dispute over Shatt-al-Arab region gave way to which of the following wars in modern world history?

Arab–Israeli conflict Iran-Iraq War Russo-Persian War Gulf War

Miscellaneous GKMiscellaneous GK

1.The Australia group was established to control the spread of which of the following?

Ballistic Missiles 

Nuclear Weapons 

Chemical and Biological Weapons

Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons

2.Which of the following is NOT related to the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Multifiber Agreement

General Agreement on Trade and Services 

Multilateral Agreement on Investment 

Agreement on Agriculture

3.The Berne convention was pioneer convention in the field of __?

protection of wildlife

protection of victims of wars 

protection of intellectual property rights

protection of human rights

4.India’s efforts to provide education to millions of Africans using internet technology will come under which of the following?

Track-I diplomacy 

Track-II diplomacy

Track-III diplomacy

Track-IV diplomacy

5.Bikini Day is observed in which of the following countries?

Japan United States Canada France

GK & Current Affairs – August

1.Which of the following is not a feature of the Eutrophic lakes?

They are generally occupied by blooms 

They have high plant nutrient flux 

They have low primary productivity 

They are dominated by blue green algae

2.The prime minister of India can not participate in voting on a No-confidence motion against his / her government if he / she __:

leads a coalition government 

has minority in Rajya Sabha

is a member of Rajya Sabha 

forbidden by speaker of Lok Sabha

3.How many presidents of India so far were elected unopposed?

1 2 3 4

4.Areas of which of the following current states did not come under control of Vijayanagar emperor Krishnadeva Raya?

Kerala Tamil Nadu Odisha Maharashtra

5.Which of the following monasteries is known as Galden Namgey Lhatse?

Hemis Monastery 

Tawang Monastery 

Bomdila Monastery 

Namdroling Monastery

General Awareness 2017

1.Which of the following canals is considered to be an important link between the developed countries and the developing countries?

Panama Canal Suez Canal Kiel Canal Grand Canal

2.Which of the following is NOT a petrochemical centre of India?

Koyali Jamnagar Mangalore Rourkela

3.Which of the following is a correct sequence of sea ports of India from “South to North”?

Cochin →Thiruvananthapuram→Calicut→Mangalore 

Calicut→ Thiruvananthapuram→ Cochin→ Mangalore 

Thiruvananthapuram→ Cochin→ Calicut→ Mangalore 

Thiruvananthapuram→ Calicut→ Mangalore→ Cochin

4.Myanmar does not share its international boundary with__?

Laos Thailand Vietnam India

5.Which of the following countries is not a part of Melanesia region in the pacific ocean?

Vanuatu Solomon Islands Fiji Kiribati

Civil Service Exam – General Studies 2018

1.Who is the chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?

Alok Prakash Mittal Manik S Das Anil Sahasrabudhe Krishna S Patil

2.The 2017 International Biodiesel Day (IBD) is celebrated on which date?

August 11 August 12 August 10 August 9

3.Which city to host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2017)?

New Delhi Mumbai Chennai Hyderabad

4.Who has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for javelin throw final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships (WAC)?

Anil Singh Davinder Singh Kang Devendra Jhajharia Neeraj Chopra

5.The Vansda National Park (VNP) is located in which state?

Maharashtra Gujarat Assam Rajasthan

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - UPSC

1.ISRO will launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) satellite “HySIS” to enable distinct identification of objects from space. What does “HySIS” stands for?

Hyperspectrum Imaging Satellite Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite Hyperspecialist Imaging Satellite Hyperspectacle Imaging Satellite

2.The Oxford University Press (OUP) has recently launched online dictionaries in which of the following Indian languages?

Tamil and Gujarati Assamese and Bangla Telugu and Marathi Gujarati and Telugu

3.M Venkaiah Naidu has been sworn-in as 13th Vice President of India. He hails from which state?

Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Karnataka

4.Who has been chosen for the first-ever Kesari Media Award?

Adoor Gopalakrishnan R S Babu M G Radhakrishnan T J S George

5.SEBI has recently allowed Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to launch gold options. The headquarters of MCX is located in which city?

Lucknow New Delhi Mumbai Pune

GK & Current Affairs – August

1.Who has won the 2017 Kenya Presidential election?

William Ruto Raifa Odinga Yoweri Museveni Uhuru Kenyatta

2.Maheshwari Chauhan is associated with which sports?

Shooting Cricket Boxing Chess

3.What is the theme of 2017 International Youth Day (IYD)?

Change Our World Youth and Mental Health Youth Building Peace Youth Civic Engagement

4.Which Indian sportsperson has been appointed as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for physical activity in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR)?

Mary Kom Milkha Singh Pullela Gopichand Abhinav Bindra

5.Who has been appointment as the new chief of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?

Shyam Benegal Prasoon Joshi Naresh Chandra Lal Vivek Agnihotri

General Knowledge Question Answer

1.Who has been appointed as the new independent director on the board of India Post Payment Banks (IPPB)?
M L Lodha R S Sodhi G S Bhatti P K Kumar

2.The novel “One Indian Girl” has been authored by whom?
Kiran Desai Jhumpa Lahiri Chetan Bhagat Amitav Ghosh

3.Who was the flag bearer from India at the closing ceremony in the 2016 Rio Olympics?
P V Sindhu Lalita Babar Sakshi Malik Leander Paes

4.Which state has become the first Indian state to draft its own internal security act?
Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Odisha Kerala

5.Who has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Punjab?
Najma Heptulla VP Singh Badnore Jagdish Mukhi Kaptan Singh Solanki

GK & Current Affairs – August , 2016

1. Who has been bestowed with the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award for 2016?
Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Antoine Griezmann Gareth Bale

2.“POCSO e-box” has been launched by which Union Ministry for protection of children from sexual offenses?
Ministry of Human Resource Development Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

3.The 2016 Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) has started in which of the following cities?
Kolkata Chennai Bengaluru Kochi

4.Who led Indian delegation at the 2016 SAARC Finance Ministers conference?
Sushma Swaraj Shaktikanta Das Amit Mitra Arun Jaitley

5.“Operation Euphrates Shield” has been launched by which country in Syria to end Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rule?
Jordon Israel Turkey Lebanon