Hi friends, here is the Top Current Affairs Quiz: 16 & 17 August 2021. Top Questions from different fields viz. Sports, Science & Technology, Awards and Honours, National Affairs etc. have been covered. This MCQ Quiz will be useful for SSC, UPSC, Bank Exams and State PSC Exams.
News Headlines of the day
- Reserve Bank of India introduced the financial inclusion index.
- Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister of Malaysia resigned.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”.
- Legendary football player of Germany Gerd Muller passed away.
Top Current Affairs Quiz: 16 & 17 August 2021
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1. Which Union Ministry is set to launch Vriksharopan Abhiyan – 2021 on August 19, 2021 as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav?
(A) Civil Aviation Ministry
(B) Coal Ministry
(C) Broadcasting Ministry
(D) Railway Ministry
2. Which among the following has introduced the financial inclusion index on August 17, 2021 to capture the extent of financial inclusion in India?
(A) Ministry of Finance
(B) NITI Ayog
(C) Reserve Bank of India
(D) Department of Economic Affairs
3. Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister of which country resigned on August 16, 2021 following the months of political turmoil in the country?
(A) Singapore
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Malaysia
4. Union Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) has announced a new category of visa for which country on August 17, 2021 dubbed as “e-Emergency X-Misc Visa”?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Syria
(C) Pakistan
(D) Myanmmar
5. Which Indian state recently announced that it will provide smart health cards under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana?
(A) Odisha
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Bihar
(D) Telangana
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 100 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti initiative on August 15, 2021. What is the aim of the scheme?
(A) To abolish all manual railway crossings in the country
(B) To inaugurate 1000 new schools by 2024
(C) To create employment opportunities for youth in India
(D) To abolish manual scavenging in the coutry
7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on August 15, highlighted India’s target to become ‘energy independent’ by which year?
(A) 2024
(B) 2030
(C) 2050
(D) 2047
8. Legislative assembly of which state recently presented a separate budget for Agriculture for the first time in the history of the assembly?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Bihar
(D) Telangana
9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced that which day of August will be observed as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”?
(A) August 18
(B) August 16
(C) August 15
(D) August 14
10. Indian women’s hockey team player Vandana Katariya has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of Department of Women Empowerment and Child Development of which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Bihar
(D) Jharkhand
11. Reserve Bank of India has recently cancelled the license of Raigad based Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited in which state?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Kerala
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
12. All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) at which city has become the first hospital of India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises?
(A) Bhubaneshwar
(B) Chennai
(C) Pune
(D) New Delhi
13. Who among the following has recently become the 69th Grandmaster of India in Chess?
(A) Arun Raghav
(B) Vandana Kaul
(C) Harshit Raja
(D) Umesh Raveendran
14. India’s first Drone Forensic Lab and Research Center has recently come up in state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Uttar Pradesh
15. Gerd Muller who recently passed away was a legendary football player of which country?
(A) Germany
(B) Spain
(C) Argentina
(D) Brazil
16. Mohla Manpur, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Shakti, Manendragarh are the newly formed districts of which state?
(A) Assam
(B) Sikkim
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) West Bengal
Answers
1. (B) Coal Ministry
2. (C) Reserve Bank of India
3. (D) Malaysia
4. (A) Afghanistan
5. (A) Odisha
6. (C) To create employment opportunities for youth in India
7. (D) 2047
8. (B) Tamil Nadu
9. (C) August 15
10. (B) Uttarakhand
11. (A) Maharashtra
12. (D) New Delhi
13. (C) Harshit Raja
14. (B) Kerala
15. (A) Germany
16. (C) Chhattisgarh