Monthly Current Affairs August 2023

Monthly Current Affairs August 2023

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  1. Which is the largest card processing company in the world?
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    VISA
  2. Which is the second largest card processing company in the world ?
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    Mastercard
  3. Which is India’s first payment bank?
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    Airtel Payment Bank
  4. When was Airtel Payment Bank launched?
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    January 2017
  5. What is the tagline of Airtel Payment Bank?
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    Banking is Now at your Fingertip
  6. Who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of Airtel Payment Bank?
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    Anubrat Biswas
  7. Where is the headquarters of Airtel Payment Bank?
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    New Delhi
  8. When was the first minor irrigation census conducted in India?
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    1986-87
  9. Which ministry conducts the minor irrigation census in India?
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    Union ministry of Jal Shakti
  10. Which state has the maximum minor irrigation scheme as per the 6th minor irrigation census?
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    Uttar Pradesh
  1. How many minor irrigation schemes were owned by womens as per the 6th minor irrigation scheme ?
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    18.1%
  2. With which reference year the 6th minor irrigation census was conducted?
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    2017-18
  3. Which state has decided to implement a biometric system to make nutrition distribution under the Supplementary Nutrition Scheme at Anganwadi and mini Anganwadi centres operated under child development projects of the state?
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    Uttar Pradesh
  4. Which city secured first rank in Cleanliness Air Survey 2023?
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    Indore
  5. Who releases the Cleanliness Air Survey 2023?
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    Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
  6. When was the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) constituted?
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    in September, 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,1974.
  7. What is “PRANA”?
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    Portal for Regulation of Air-pollution in Non-Attainment Cities is a portal for monitoring the implementation of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
  8. At which place India’s first ever hotel art fair ,Artrix organised?
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    at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in New Delhi.
  9. Who has been appointed as the first woman diplomat as charge d’affaires to Pakistan?
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    Geetika Srivastava
  10. Who was the last ambassador of India to Pakistan?
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    Ajay Biasaria
  1. After Independence, who was appointed as the first High Commissioner of India to Pakistan?
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    Sri Prakasa
  2. Which is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh?
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    Dhaka
  3. Where was the fifth Annual Defence Dialogue conducted between India and Bangladesh?
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    Dhaka
  4. At which place researchers have made a discovery of the 3,000 years old tomb of an elite religious leader, dubbed the “Priest of Pacopampa”?
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    Northern Peru
  5. Peru Current is also known as _______
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    Humboldt Current
  6. Which lake is the largest freshwater lake in South America?
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    Lake Titicaca
  7. Which countries co-hosted the 16th Asia Cup?
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    Pakistan and Sri Lanka
  8. Which country is participating for the first time in the men’s Asia Cricket Cup?
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    Nepal
  9. Which country co-hosted the 16th Men’s Asia Cricket Cup 2023 along with Pakistan?
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    Sri Lanka
  10. When was the Men’s Asia Cup held in T20 format for the first time?
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    2016, Bangladesh
  1. How many times has India won the Men’s Asia Cricket Cup?
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    Seven times
  2. Where is the headquarters of the ACC (Asian Cricket Council)?
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    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  3. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Damian O’Connor held bilateral meetings in New Delhi in August 2023. Damian O’Connor belongs to which country?
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    Damien O’Connor, New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Development
  4. With whom Goa Shipyard Limited has signed a MoU for cooperation in ship design and construction in the area of capacity building?
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    Kenya Shipyard Limited
  5. With which country India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the civil aviation field in the month of August 2023?
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    New Zealand
  6. Who from India signed the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in civil aviation with New Zealand in the month of August 2023?
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    Rajiv Bansal, Secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation
  7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed appointment letters to how many newly recruited candidates in August 2023?
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    Distributed appointment letters to more than 51,000 candidates.
  8. Which company has launched the world’s first vehicle which runs on 100% ethanol fuel?
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    Toyota Kirloskar, Toyota’s Innova HyCross
  9. Who launched the world’s first BS-6 (Stage II) ‘electrified flex fuel vehicle’ compliant vehicle developed by Toyota Kirloskar Motor?
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    Nitin Gadkari
  10. Toyota Motor Corporation belongs to which country?
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    Japan
  1. India has set a target of 20 per cent ethanol blending with petrol by the year of ——?
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    2025-26
  2. When was the School Health and Wellness Programme (SHWP) launched in India?
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    February 2020
  3. Who has launched the Let’s Move Forward Comic?
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    Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
  4. On which occasion ‘National Sports Day’ is celebrated every year?
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    Celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.
  5. Which is the highest Khel Ratna award given every year in India?
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    Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
  6. When is National Sports Day celebrated in India?
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    29 August
  7. What is the theme of National Sports Day 2023?
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    “Sports as an enabler for an inclusive and fit society”
  8. When did National Sports Day in India start?
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    In 2012 as a tribute to Dhyan Chand
  9. Who was known as ‘The Wizard’ or ‘The Magician’ of Hockey?
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    Major Dhyan Chand
  10. Which Indian state celebrates the Onam festival?
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    Kerala
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