Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2023

1. The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 aims to expand the scope of the Forest (Conservation) Act enacted in which year?
[A] 1972
[B] 1980
[C] 1992
[D] 2002

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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 institution approved the Guidelines for Institutional Development Plan (IDP) for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] UGC
[C] AICTE
[D] CBSE

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4. Which state is set to launch ‘Shubhayatra’ scheme to provide financial support to overseas emigrants from the State?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Kerala
[C] Karnataka
[D] Punjab

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5. Which country has executed a 45-year-old woman over charges of trafficking heroin?
[A] China
[B] Singapore
[C] Bangladesh
[D] North Korea

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6. Which Union Ministry is associated with the ‘Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC)’?
[A] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
[B] Ministry of MSME
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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7. Which country has introduced ‘TechEquity’ digital inclusion platform?
[A] UK
[B] USA
[C] India
[D] Japan

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8. Which institution has developed a Point-Of-Care Testing (POCT) prototype to detect the UTI-causing bacteria?
[A] IIT Madras
[B] IIT Guwahati
[C] NIV
[D] AIIMS

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9. Which Asian country recorded a 27% rise in tiger population since 2015?
[A] India
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Bhutan
[D] Nepal

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10. As per a recent study, ‘ human-induced climate change has caused a substantial change in the color of?
[A] Earth’s Trees
[B] Earth’s Oceans
[C] Earth’s Moon
[D] Earth’s Soil

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