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17 AUGUST 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs

Total Questions : 20 | Page 1 of 2 pages
Question 1. World Prediabetes Day is to be celebrated on which date?
  1.    August 14
  2.    August 25
  3.    August 12
  4.    August 15
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> August 14

To spread awareness about Prediabetes and flatten the curve of diabetes, renowned experts & doctors in the field of Endocrinology & Diabetology will come together to mark a first-time global event on August 14 as World Prediabetes Day.


Question 2. Gerd Muller, who has passed away, belongs to which game?
  1.    Football
  2.    Cricket
  3.    Hockey
  4.    Badminton
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Football

Former West Germany forward and the Bayern Munich football legend, Gerd Muller has passed away.


Question 3. Which state is to tag 'Garuda' with GPS trackers to screen their motion as part of efforts to conserve them?
  1.    Bihar
  2.    Jharkhand
  3.    Odisha
  4.    Kerala
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bihar

Bihar has decided to tag the greater adjutant storks domestically recognised as 'Garuda' with GPS trackers to screen their motion as part of efforts to conserve them.


Question 4. Puducherry celebrated its De Jure Transfer Day on which date?
  1.    August 15
  2.    August 16
  3.    August 17
  4.    August 14
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> August 16

Puducherry celebrated its De Jure Transfer day on August 16, 2021.


Question 5. The legislative assembly of which state has presented a separate budget for Agriculture?
  1.    Telangana
  2.    Ladakh
  3.    Tamil Nadu
  4.    Gujarat
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly presented a separate budget for Agriculture for the first time in the history of the assembly


Question 6. India will be energy independent country by which year?
  1.    2030
  2.    2045
  3.    2050
  4.    2047
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2047

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the target of becoming an 'energy independent country by the year 2047, the year when India will celebrate the 100th year of Independence.


Question 7. Bhindawas, which has been recently added to Indian Ramsar Sites is in which state?
  1.    Rajasthan
  2.    Haryana
  3.    Punjab
  4.    Madhya Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Haryana

Four more wetlands from India have been added to the list of Ramsar sites, giving it the status of 'Wetland of International Importance'. Two of these sites are in Haryana named Sultanpur and Bhindawas while the other two are in Gujarat.


Question 8. The second phase of the Nadu-Nedu initiative has been launched in which state?
  1.    Kerala
  2.    Andhra Pradesh
  3.    Karnataka
  4.    Tamil Nadu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on 16th August launched the second phase of the Nadu-Nedu initiative at ZP High School in P Gannavaram Mandal in East Godavari district, with a budget of Rs 4,500 crore to remodel 16,000 government schools across Andhra Pradesh.


Question 9. The rice distributed under various government schemes including PDS and Mid-day meals in schools will be fortified by which year?
  1.    2030
  2.    2022
  3.    2024
  4.    2025
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2024

In his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2021, PM Modi announced that the rice distributed under various government schemes including PDS and Mid-day meals in schools will be fortified by 2024.


Question 10. Which one of the following organisations has created a new advisory group named SAGO?
  1.    DRDO
  2.    IMF
  3.    ICMR
  4.    WHO
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) has created a new advisory group named, The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens, or SAGO.


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