Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2023

1. Which Ministry is associated with the ‘Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar’?
[A] Union Culture Ministry
[B] Union Defence Ministry
[C] Union Science and Technology Ministry
[D] Union Rural Development Ministry

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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. Which state/UT released draft rules for implementation of ‘Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act’?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Jharkhand
[C] Bihar
[D] Assam

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4. 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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5. Which company is preparing to launch the world’s largest privately-owned satellite called JUPITER-3?
[A] Space X
[B] Virgin Galactic
[C] Blue Origin
[D] Boeing

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6. 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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7. Which institution has released guidelines for livestock telemedicine in India?
[A] AIIMS
[B] National Institution for Telemedicine
[C] NITI Aayog
[D] National Dairy Development Board

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8. ‘Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Mela’ pertains to which state?
[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Gujarat

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9. Which country grants stapled visas to Indian nationals from Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir?
[A] Myanmar
[B] China
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Afghanistan

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10. BARI Chinabadam-12, which was launched recently, is a new variety of which crop?
[A] Mango
[B] Ground-nut
[C] Paddy
[D] Cotton

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