Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2023

1. Which city hosted the ‘National Conference on ‘Moving Mental Health Beyond Institutions’?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Pune
[C] New Delhi
[D] Mysuru

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2. Which leader initiated the motion of no-confidence against the Union Government, which was accepted by the Lok Sabha Speaker?
[A] Pradyut Bordoloi
[B] Gaurav Gogoi
[C] Abdul Khaleque
[D] Jyotsna Mahant

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3. How many deaths were recorded due to manual scavenging in the last five years in India?
[A] 25
[B] 15
[C] 10
[D] 0

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4. Which country’s population decreased by around 800,000 individuals in 2022 when compared to previous year?
[A] China
[B] Japan
[C] Indonesia
[D] India

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5. The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill proposes which personality as the ‘Visitor’ to all the IIMs?
[A] Prime Minister
[B] President
[C] Vice President
[D] Union Education Minister

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6. Which instrument has captured the infrared image Herbig-Haro 46/47 stars?
[A] Rover of Chandrayaan 3
[B] James Webb Space Telescope
[C] Hubble Space Telescope
[D] Chandra X Ray Observation Telescope

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7. What is the expansion of ‘CDMDF’ which was launched by the Union Finance Minister recently?
[A] Corporate Debt Market Development Fund
[B] Company Debt Market Development Fund
[C] Client Debt Market Development Fund
[D] Corporate Dual Market Development Fund

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8. Which country has unveiled its first nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades?
[A] India
[B] China
[C] Ukraine
[D] USA

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9. Which institution introduced the ‘AI/ML-based Finger Minutiae Record – Finger Image Record (FMR-FIR)’?
[A] RBI
[B] UIDAI
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] Ministry of Finance

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10. ‘FALCON Shield-2023’ is a military exercise participated by which countries?
[A] India and USA
[B] China and UAE
[C] China and Russia
[D] India and UAE

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