Current Affairs -2017 August - 11 to 20 (Chapter-01)

1. Who is the author of the book “I am HIV positive, so what”?

Jayanta Kalita

2. Which city India’s first calf born to surrogate cow recently ?

Pune

3. Arundhati Roy's latest work of fiction, ---------------, has made it to the longlist of this year's Man Booker Prize.

"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness"

4. Who is appointed as the Russia’s New Ambassador to India ?

Nikolay Kudashev

5. Who has been selected for the prestigious Agriculture Leadership Award-2017?

K Chandrashekhar Rao

6. The National Conference on “Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Changing Paradigm” was held in which city?

Mumbai

7. Which country launches First Cyber Court in e-commerce Hub ?

China

8. Who has been crowned as the UK’s ‘Child Genius’ in a popular television quiz competition?

Rahul Doshi

9.  Which terror outfit in Aug 2017 has been declared as foreign terrorist organisation by US?

Hizbul Mujhahideen

10. Which city’s police department has inducted five Harley-Davidson Street 750s into its fleet?

Kolkata Police

11. The United Nations (UN) has launched which global campaign for 2017 World Humanitarian Day (WHD)?

#NotATarget

12. Which Union Minister to inaugurate Orient Craft Textile facility in Jharkhand recently ?

Smriti Irani

13. Pakistani Nobel Prize winner MalalaYousafzai to study at

Oxford University

14. Which ministry is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from 16th to 31st August, 2017?

Ministry of Railways

15. On August 17, 2017, India’s Defense acquisition council (DAC) gave the green light to a proposal to buy six Apache AH64E attack helicopters for the army from:

USA

16. Which country to host the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2017

India

17. Who launches Digital Wallet Powered by MobiKwik recently ?

BSNL

18. Who has been appointed as the chief of Sri Lanka’s naval forces to head the Navy?

Travis Sinniah

19.  A live twitter wall was launched by Rajnath Singh on the eve of Independence day for promoting which portal for defence personnel?

Bharat Ke Veer

20. On August 17, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Young Entrepreneurs at the “Champions of Change” initiative organised by:
NITI Aayog 
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