Monthly Current Affairs August 2023

Monthly Current Affairs August 2023

1. Where was the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023 held?
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   Noida, Uttar Pradesh
2. Which railway station has been honored with UNESCO’s Asia Pacific Cultural Heritage Award recently ?
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   ‘Byculla Railway Station’, Mumbai
3. Which organisation releases the World Economic Outlook?
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   International Monetary Fund(IMF)
4. Who was conferred with the 41st Lokmanya Tilak Award 2023?
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   Narendra Modi
5. Which India city is hosting the 7th Asian men’s Hockey championship?
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   Chennai
6. What is the theme of the World Breastfeeding Week 2023?
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   “Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a Difference for working parents”
7. Who has been appointed captain of the Indian men’s football team for the 19th Asian Games?
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   Sunil Chhetri
8. Who is dhatri which was in the news recently ?
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   she is the 9th cheetah to die in Kuno national park
9. Where was the G20 Women Empowerment Summit held?
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   Gandhinagar, Gujarat
10. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia?
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    Ahmed Hachani

11. In the month of August 2023, with which country India signed an agreement on trade in agricultural commodities?
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    Moldova
12. Which state government has announced that it will set up a National center for excellence in the state?
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    Assam
13. Who is the Union Cabinet Secretary ?
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    Rajiv Gauba
14. Where was the National Festival of Folk and Tribal Expressions of India “Utkarsh” held ?
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    Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
15. Durand Cup is related to which sport ?
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    Football
16. Who inaugurated the Utkarsh festival in Bhopal ?
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    President Draupadi Murmu
17. Which company has launched the first floating store on dal lake in Kashmir ?
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    Amazon
18. Which is the 11th Municipal Corporation of Rajasthan ?
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    Alwar Municipal Corporation
19. What is the currency of Ethiopia?
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    Birr
20. Where was the World Archery Championships 2023 held?
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    Berlin, Germany

21. Which central public sector enterprise was recently upgraded to Navratna status ?
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    ONGC Videsh Limited
22. Which central public sector enterprise has become the 13th Maharatna ?
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    Oil India Limited
23. The union ministry of coal has directed the public sector coal enterprise to set up to achieve 7,231 MW of renewable energy by –?
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    2027
24. Where is the National Maritime National Heritage being set up in India ?
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    Lothal, Gujarat
25. Where was the 9th edition of Malabar River festival held ?
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    Kozhikode, Kerala
26. Which team won the 9th Deodhar cricket Trophy 2023?
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    South Zone
27. Who won the first individual gold medal for India in the World Archery Championship ?
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    Aditi Gopichand Swami
28. Where was the Southern region Regional Rural Banks meeting held recently ?
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    Chennai, Tamil Nadu
29. Which state has achieved the highest placement of skilled workers under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana ?
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    Madhya Pradesh
30. Which state has recently launched the free power scheme “Gruha Jyoti”Yojana?
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    Karnataka

31. The Digital Health Incentive scheme has been extended by the National Health Authority till–?
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    31st December 2023
32. Who chaired the recently held 38th meeting of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language?
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    Amit Shah
33. Who represented India at the international conference organised by Saudi Arabia at Jeddah on Russia-Ukraine war?
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    National Security Advisor Ajit Doval
34. Who is Ajay Bhalla ?
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    Union Home Secretary
35. Who has launched the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies – Sahara Refund Portal ?
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    Amit Shah
36. In which state is the Ekana Cricket stadium ?
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    Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
37. Which country is objecting to an agreement signed between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to develop the Dorra/Arash Gas field, claiming it is a disputed area?
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    Iran
38. World ‘s first liquid nano urea plant at Kalol,Gujarat has been set up by –?
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    Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited(IFFCO)
39. Which type of missile is Aakash?
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    Short range Surface to Air missile
40. Sangai is an annual festival organised in which state of India ?
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    Manipur

41. How many districts are there in Rajasthan ?
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    50
42. Mongla port is located in which country ?
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    Bangladesh
43. HS Prannoy belongs to which sport ?
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    Badminton
44. What is the corpus of the recently launched Capital Market Market Development Fund ?
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    Rs 3000 crore
45. Who launched the e portal ‘ ‘Bhartiya Vastra evam Shilpa Kosh – A Repository of Textiles & Crafts’?
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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi
46. What is the name of North India’s first river rejuvenation project launched in Jammu and Kashmir?
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    Devika
47. How many UNESCO World Heritage sites are there in India ?
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    40
48. When is National Handloom Day observed?
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    7 August
49. How much assistance has been provided by the government of India to Sri Lanka for its digital identity project?
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    Rs 45 crore
50. Who inaugurated the Library Festival 2023 held in New Delhi ?
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    President Draupadi Murmu

51. Which state has recently organised the Rajiv Gandhi Rural and Urban Olympic Games-2023?
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    Rajasthan
52. Justice Subhasis Talapatra was sworn in as the 33rd Chief Justice of which High Court ?
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    Odisha High Court
53. How many medals was won by the Indian team at the recently concluded FISU World University Games 2023 ?
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    26 medals, including 11 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze
54. Where was the 31st FISU World University Games 2023 held ?
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    Chengdu, China.
55. Which country has offered a 5 year Schengen visa for Indian students ?
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    France
56. The construction of the Indian International Center for Buddhist Culture and Heritage has started in Lumbini. Where is Lumbini?
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    Nepal
57. Shoan Ganguly who won a silver medal in the recently concluded 7th Commonwealth youth games held in Trinidad and Tobago ,belongs to which sport ?
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    Swimming
58. Who will lead the Indian Athletics team at the 2023 World Athletics Championships to be held in Budapest, Hungary?
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    Neeraj Chopra
59. Shrikant Vaidya,who has been given a one year extension by the government of India is the chairman of which public sector company ?
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    Indian oil Corporation Limited
60. Where was the 5th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint Trade Sub-Commission held in the month of August ?
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    New Delhi

61. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs?
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    Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal
62. Together we Art,a special art exhibition dedicated to G-20 member countries is being held in which state ?
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    Patna, Bihar
63. When was the Nagar Van Yojana launched in India ?
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    2020
64. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer of Tesla company?
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    Vaibhav Taneja
65. What was the share of the MSME sector in the total merchandise exports of India during 2022-23 ?
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    43.6%
66. Who is the chairman of the Supreme Court appointed committee on Manipur ?
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    Justice Gita Mittal
67. India has recently started importing masoor dal from which country?
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    Russia
68. Which country’s navy participated in ‘Zayed Talwar’ 2023 Naval exercise held with the Indian navy ?
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    United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy
69. Merdeka Cup is associated with which sport?
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    Football
70. Siddique who died recently belonged to which field ?
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    Malayalam film producer-director and screenwriter

71. Which dal is being sold by the central government under the ‘Bharat Dal’ brand ?
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    Chana Dal
72. When was the Quit India movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi ?
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    9 August 1942
73. Which state government has set up the Guru Gorakhnath Board to identify the problems faced by the Jogi, Yogi and Nath castes in the state?
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    Rajasthan
74. Mushqbudji Rice,which has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently belongs to which state ?
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    Anantnag district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
75. Rajouri Chikri Wood Craft ,which has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently belongs to which state ?
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    Rajouri district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
76. Rajasthan government has recently set up a a state level language and literature academy for which language ?
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    Prakrit
77. Jal Jeevan Mission comes under which Ministry of Government of India ?
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    Jal Shakti Ministry
78. The National Dental Bill recently passed by the parliament will replace which act ?
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    Dentist Act 1948.
79. Which state’s legislative assembly has passed a resolution requesting the central government to change its name to Keralam ?
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    Kerala
80. Which company will set up 2800 MW pumped hydro storage projects in Maharashtra?
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    Tata Power

81. What is the theme of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples 2023 ?
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    ‘Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination’.
82. What was the theme of the World BiofuelDay 2023?
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    Biofuels for a Sustainable Future
83. Which Indian Naval ships are participating in the 27th Malabar Naval exercise being held off the coast of Sydney, Australia ?
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    INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata
84. When is World Lion Day observed ?
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    10 August
85. Which scheme has been launched by the government of India to improve the working condition of the sanitation workers?
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    National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE)
86. Which union ministry has asked the urban local bodies to use Bandicoot robot technology for cleaning of sewer tanks and manholes and eliminate manual scavenging?
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    Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
87. The transaction limit on UPI lite has been increased from Rs 200 to –?
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    Rs 500
88. Who is the owner of National Payment Corporation of India ?
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    It is owned by 65 banks.
89. Which institution has announced the launch of the SuSwagatam web portal for issuance of e-pass ?
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    Supreme Court of india
90. Who is the 50th Chief Justice of India ?
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    Justice Dr Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud

91. Hari Narike who died recently belonged to which field ?
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    Marathi writer
92. Bhupesh Baghel is the chief minister of which state ?
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    Chhattisgarh
93. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela signed an agreement also popularly called as Belem Declaration to promote sustainable development,and end deforestation in the Amazon river Basin . In which country is Belem ?
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    Brazil
94. Which forest is called the ‘Lung of the Earth ?
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    Amazon rainforest
95. Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reduced the timeline for listing of securities after the closure of the Public issue to ?
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    Three days
96. What is T in the capital market ?
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    Transaction date
97. Which is the only tribe of Rajasthan that has been included in the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group(PVTG)?
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    Saharia
98. Nathdwara Pichwai Craft, which has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently belongs to which state ?
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    Rajasthan
99. When International Youth Day is observed?
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    12 August
100. In India when National Youth Day is observed ?
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     12 January (This day is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda)

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