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CURRENT AFFAIRS - AUGUST 2022 MCQs

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Question 21. National Mountain Climbing Day is being celebrated on which date?
  1.    August 01
  2.    July 31
  3.    July 30
  4.    August 02
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> August 01

On August 01 every year, National Mountain Climbing Day is celebrated.


Question 22. Who replaced China Yang Huiyan as the richest woman in Asia?
  1.    Falguni Nayar
  2.    Nilima Motaparti
  3.    Nadar Malhotra
  4.    Savitri Jindal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Savitri Jindal

Savitri Jindal of India has unseated China's Yang Huiyan as Asia's richest woman.


Question 23. World Wide Web Day is being celebrated on which date?
  1.    July 30
  2.    July 31
  3.    August 01
  4.    August 02
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> August 01

World Wide Web Day is celebrated on the 1st of August every year.


Question 24. India signed a deal to support the palm oil business with which country?
  1.    Vietnam
  2.    Singapore
  3.    Malaysia
  4.    Philippines
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Malaysia

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council and the Indian Vegetable Oil Producers' Association (IVPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).


Question 25. Which bank imposed restrictions on 3 urban cooperative banks?
  1.    State Bank of India
  2.    HDFC Bank
  3.    Bank of Baroda
  4.    Reserve Bank of India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Reserve Bank of India

The Reserve Bank has imposed several restrictions, including on the withdrawal of funds, on three cooperative banks in view of their deteriorating financial condition.


Question 26. Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary, where a new damselfly species has been spotted, is in which state?
  1.    Maharashtra
  2.    Kerala
  3.    Tamil Nadu
  4.    Karnataka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kerala

Entomologists from the Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS) have identified the species, Anamalai Reed-tail from the Western Ghats in the Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary in Thrissur, Kerala.


Question 27. Which company announced a long-term partnership with IOA?
  1.    Bigbasket
  2.    Reliance Industries
  3.    Flipkart
  4.    Croma
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Reliance Industries

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) announced a long-term partnership with Indian Olympic Association (IOA).


Question 28. HDFC is to fully acquire venture capital arm HVCL by buying shares from which bank?
  1.    Axis Bank
  2.    ICICI Bank
  3.    SBI
  4.    RBI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> SBI

According to HDFC Bank, it will acquire its venture capital subsidiary HVCL by buying out the State Bank of India's 19.5 percent stake in the company.


Question 29. How much foreign exchange did ISRO earn through satellite launch?
  1.    437
  2.    279
  3.    613
  4.    129
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 279

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), through its commercial arms, has earned 279 million dollars in foreign exchange by launching satellites for global clients.


Question 30. Which state held the most number of sittings of the State Assembly in 2021?
  1.    Odisha
  2.    Kerala
  3.    Karnataka
  4.    Tamil Nadu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kerala

Kerala Assembly holds 61 sittings in 2021, the highest in the country.


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