Current Affairs -2017 August - 21 to 31 (Chapter-01)

1. The Kerala Government has relaxed the minimum distance limit of bars from schools and places of worship reduced to -------

50 metres

2. Who is leading the Indian delegation at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC 2017)?

Sushma Swaraj

3. Who was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award 2017?.

Sardar Singh

4. ISRO had launched navigation satellite IRNSS-1H into orbit, but the mission has failed. It was launch by which rocket vehicle?

PSLV C39

5. Which Country and India had Fourth Session of the Joint Trade Committee meeting was held in New Delhi on 29th Aug, 2017?

Tanzania

6. Which University was presented with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy for the year 2016-17?

Punjabi University

7. Which IIT institute has successfully developed an implantable bioartificial pancreas?

IIT Guwahati

8. Which electronic commerce entity has announced a partnership with the Akshaya Patra Foundation to implement the Karnataka government’s ‘Ksheera Bhagya’ Scheme in Bengaluru on 30th Aug 2017?

Amazon

9. Which organisation announced the Women Transforming India Awards 2017?

NITI Aayog

10. Who has become the 2nd Indian women and first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for the Mars Expedition happening in 2030?

Jasleen Kaur Josan

11. Which country is the leading BRICS nation in innovation competitiveness according to the BRICS Innovative Competitive Report 2017?

China

12. Name the boxer who in August 2017 became the only second Indian to enter semi-finals in the debut world championship at the World Boxing Championship.

Gaurav Bidhuri

13. The 2017 National Sports Day (NSD) is celebrated on which day in India?

August 29

14. Which Country have mutually agreed with India to jointly issue a set of two Commemorative Postage Stamps on the theme “Diwali“?

Canada

15. The Geographical Indications Registry recently granted Geographical Indication status to Gobindobhog rice. The rice belongs to which state?

West Bengal

16. Who will lead Indian delegation at the 2017 BRICS Summit?

Narendra Modi

17. Which district of West Bengal’s Gobindobhog rice gets geographical indication status on August 29 2017?

Burdwan

18. The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed on which date?

30 August

19. Who is the newly appointed chief of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?

Ashish Chauhan

20. Which bank receives scheduled bank status from RBI due to second scheduled to the RBI Act 1934?

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd

21. Where was India's first 'Videsh Bhawan' inaugurated?

 Mumbai

22. Who has won the 2017 women’s singles World Badminton championships (WBC)?

Nozomi Okuhara

23. Who presented the NITI Aayog’s Women Transforming India Awards 2017?

Smt Smriti Irani

24. North Korea recently test fired a ballistic missile over which nation?

 Japan

25. Who has won 2017 Formulae 1 Belgian Grand Prix tournament?
Lewis Hamilton 
<Next Page><01, 02, 03>

Current Affairs -2017- August
Current Affairs -2017- July
Current Affairs -2017- June
Current Affairs -2017- May 
Current Affairs -2017- April
Current Affairs -2017- March
Current Affairs -2017- February
Current Affairs -2017- January
Current Affairs -2016 -January to December
Current Affairs -2015 -January to December
Current Affairs - PDF
KERALA PSC EXAM PROGRAMME -2017

Related Links
1. CURRENT AFFAIRS ---> Click here
2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ---> Click here
3. IT, CYBER LAWS AND GENERAL ENGLISH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ---> Click here
4. GENERAL SCIENCE - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
5. FACTS ABOUT INDIA
6. FACTS ABOUT KERALA
7. FACTS ABOUT WORLD
8. GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS
9. FAMOUS PERSONALITIES - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
10. ARITHMETIC/MENTAL ABILITY---> Click here
11. PSC PREVIOUS / SOLVED QUESTION PAPERS ---> Click here
12. SSC/UPSC/RRB ==> EXAM -2016
13. 1000 Previous Questions and Answers  for PSC/SSC/BANK/UPSC Exams
14. G K QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN MALAYALAM