Current Affairs -2017 August - 01 to 10 (Chapter-03)

41. Which online portal has been launched by Maharashtra Government to ease the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT)?

MahaDBT

42. Which city hosted the 2nd AGRI-UDAAN programme, launched by the Government of India?

New Delhi

43. Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Iran?

Hassan Rouhani

44. On August 2, 2017, Lok Sabha passed two bills for implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in:

Jammu & Kashmir

45. Name the head of panel set up by the government to study issues related to data protection in the country.

B N Srikrishna

46. Which Indian shuttler has won the men’s singles Lagos International 2017?

Rahul Yadav Chittaboina

47. On August 1, 2017, with which country, did India sign an agreement on transfer of sentenced persons?

Somalia

48. Rajya Sabha Elections in which state will see None Of The Above (NOTA) option available for the first time in the country?

Gujarat

49. Which state government has launched “Apni Gaddi Apna Rojgar” scheme for jobless youth?

Punjab

50. On 1st and 2nd August 2017, Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended BRICS Trade Ministers meeting in:

Shanghai, China

51.  Scientists have developed a technique to edit embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes heart disease in families. Name the technique.

CRISPR

52. Who has won the 2017 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix tournament?

Sebastian Vettel

53. Sanjaya Baru has been appointed as the Secretary General of:

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

54. Marian Diamond known for studies of Einstein’s brain, passes away recently. She hailed from which country?

United States

55. Which city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics?

Paris

56. On August 2, 2017, Peter O’Neill has been reappointed as Prime Minister of:

Papua New Guinea

57. Renowned scientist Pushpa Mitra Bhargava passes away at the age of 89. He was hailed from which state of India?

Rajasthan

58. Which portal has been launched by Union Government to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce and strengthen the agriculture-oriented Indian economy?

e-RaKAM

59. Which football Club honoured Former Indian Hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay with ‘Bharat Gaurav’?

East Bengal Football Club
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