Current Affairs Weekly Updates August First Week (1st - 7th)

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Weekly Current Affairs
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Welcome to Mentor for Bank Exams. Here I am presenting Weekly Current Affairs GK questions August 1st Week based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS/SBI/PO/Clerk exam and all other Banking exams can use these questions. Kindly Make use of these!!!
1. Which state government recently decided to form separate cell for Primitive Tribes Group?
a) Bihar
b) Odisha
c) Jharkhand
d) Madhya Pradesh
 2. The Indo-Thailand Military Exercise Maitree concluded at which place?
a) Pattaya
b) Panaji
c) Krabi
d) Delhi
3. The third India Education fair recently kicked off at which place?
a) Tokyo
b) Beijing
c) Dhaka
d) Colombo
4. Which among the following banks has recently launched a new facility called “Green PIN”?
a) HDFC Bank
b) YES Bank
c) Indian Bank
d) Corporation Bank
5. Government of India will organise a “Make in India” conference in which city in December 2016?
a) New Delhi
b) Nagpur
c) Bangalore
d) Bhubaneswar
6. Which state government has decided to extend Madhu Babu Pension Scheme to 3 lakh more beneficiaries from August 15?
a) Odisha
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat
7. Who was reappointed as the Chairman of Railway Board?
a) AK Mital
b) Manas Ranjjan Devta
c) Lipsita Dash
d) Suraj Mishra
8. Which IT firm has developed SEBI’s first phase of new enterprise portal?
a) TCS
b) Infosys
c) Tech Mahindra
d) IBM
9. Oracle India joined hands with which bank to Foster Digital Skills Initiative?
a) PNB
b) SBI
c) Axis
d) HDFC
10. IRCTC’s app tie-up with which company for e-cash payments?
a) Mobiwik
b) Fast cash
c) Wintrip
d) Paytm
11. Which new scheme has been launched by SBI keeping eye on 7th pay commission’s salary hike?
a) SBI Privilege Home Loan
b) SBI Shaurya Home Loan
c) Both A and B
d) None of these
12. Which country will host Kabaddi World Cup 2016?
a) Afghanistan
b) India
c) Russia
d) New Zealand
13. Which state recently signed an MoU with Japan to develop food value chain?
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Andhra Pradesh
14. Which state has won All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project Award 2015?
a) West Bengal
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Kerala
15. Who was appointed as chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
a) Rahul Nanda
b) SB Pathak
c) RM Rao
d) Rani Singh Nair
16. Who will be the new President of Microsoft India?
a) Anant Maheshwari
b) Bhaskar Parmanik
c) Naresh Padhee
d) Sudarshan Jabaji
17. ICICI bank recently reduced its Marginal Cost Lending Rate by what percentage?
a) 0.05%
b) 0.01%
c) 0.10%
d) 0.50%
18. How many textail parks have been approved in Uttarakhand?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
19. Central government recently approved what amount for Ganga rejuvation Projects?
a) 200cr
b) 400cr
c) 800cr
d) 1600cr
20. Which state is going to recruit the transgenders as Jail Wardens?
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Odisha
21. Which country will host international summit on tobacco-control?
a) China
b) India
c) Afghanistan
d) Sri Lanka
22. Which state has become the first state in the country to approve sewage and waste water policy?
a) Odisha
b) Rajasthan
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Gujarat
23. 7th meeting of SAARC Immigration Authorities was held in which among the following cities?
a) New Delhi
b) Dhaka
c) Islamabad
d) Colombo
24. Who was awarded with the 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants?
a) Anitha Gopalan
b) Sadhna Samantray
c) Rahul Banerjee
d) AK Sinha
25. Scientists from which country have recently developed mechanism to recycle CO2 into usable fuel?
a) China
b) France
c) USA
d) Japan
26. Which city of India will host World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Ahemdabad
d) Chandigarh
27. Government decided to open how many Stores by the end of March 2017 Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana?
a) 1200
b) 1800
c) 3000
d) 4500
28. Who is the new chair-person for International Olympic Committee (IOC) athlete’s commission?
a) Pierre de Coubertin
b) Demetrius Ruggiero
c) Angela Ruggiero
d) Jacques Rogge
29. Who has been selected for the 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2016?
a) Sirish Kumar Mohanty
b) Ravi Agaral
c) Shubha Mudgal
d) None of these
30. Who has become the New Prime minister of Nepal?
a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
b) KP Oli
c) Girija Prasad Koirala
d) Sher Bhadur Deuba
31. Who has launched ne website “Sachet” to crub illegal collection of Deposits?
a) RBI
b) Finance Ministry
c) CBDT
d) SEBI
32. Government launched which facility that allows people to sign documents digitally from remote places?
a) eSignDesk
b) eKYCDesk
c) LegalDesk
d) Aadhar Desk
33. Ahemd Zeail, who passed away recently, was a Nobel Prize recipient for
a)  Mathematics
b) Chemistry
c) Physics
d) Phycology
34. Which country is the largest exporter of steel to India in Q1, 2016–2017?
a) China
b) Japan
c) South Korea
d) Malaysia
35. Which high court has quashed 10 percent reservation quota for the economically backward classes?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Andhra Pradesh
36. Who has become the first Indian woman member of IOC?
a) Nita Ambani
b) MC Marry Com
c) Smriti Irani
d) None of these
37. Who will be the new Chief Minister of Gujarat?
a) Vijay Rupani
b) Nitin Patel
c) Anandiben Patel
d) Saroj Pandey
38. The first meet of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 begun in which city?
a) Hyderabad
b) Bangalore
c) Guwahati
d) Chennai
39. Which bank recently launched group credit life insurance scheme?
a) Corporation Bank
b) Punjab National Bank
c) Union Bank of India
d) Central Bank of India
40. _____ is a brand license partner of Philips in India which launched LED T’s in partnership with Amazon India.
a) Sampark Semiconductor
b) GE Electronics
c) PE Electronics
d) CE Electronics
41. Which state recently opened 100 multi-purpose shelter houses for the people to use during floods and cyclones?
a) Assam
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Odisha
42. Government of India set the ambitious target to roll out of the Goods and Services Tax, (GST) from which date?
a) 1st December 2016
b) 1st January 2017
c) 1st March 2017
d) 1st April 2017
43. Which country recently launched the first satellite for mobile telecommunication?
a) Italy
b) China
c) Japan
d) France
44. Government fixed what percent of inflation target for next five years?
a) 4%
b) 5%
c) 6%
d) 7%
45. Ministry of Railways joined hands with which state government for focused mobilisation of critical rail projects?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Chattisgarh
d) Maharashtra
46. Government launche Swachh Survekshan 2017 for how many cities in the country?
a) 100
b) 250
c) 500
d) 750
47. Which city will host a Global Conference on Aluminium by Aluminium Association of India (AAI) in 2017?
a) Bhubaneswar
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Bangalore
48. Which article grants powers to state legislatures for making laws with respect to goods and services tax imposed?
a) 269A
b) 246A
c) 270A
d) 279A
49. Federal Aviation Administration has given a license to a private US company for launching a spacecraft and landing on the moon in 2017. What is it called?
a) Moon Exploration
b) Moon Trip
c) Moon Express
d) None of the above
50. Country’s first tiger cell will be formed under WII at which city?
a) Jaipur
b) Ranthambore
c) Dehradun
d) None of the above