Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2017

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41. The Murlen National Park (MNP) is located in which state?

[A] Odisha
[B] Karnataka
[C] Mizoram
[D] Punjab

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42. Who has won the Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence-2016?

[A] Digambar Behera
[B] Sharat Kumar Pradhan
[C] Prasanta Mohapatra
[D] Bhishma Kumar Patel

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43. Jay Thomas, the noted comic actor passed away. He hailed from which country?

[A] Germany
[B] France
[C] United Kingdom
[D] United States

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44. The Chitwan National Park (CNP) is located in which country?

[A] India
[B] Bhutan
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Nepal

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45. Who has won the 2017 women’s singles World Badminton championships (WBC)?

[A] Yihan Wang
[B] Nozomi Okuhara
[C] Hsiao Huan Chen
[D] Xin Okuhara

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46. National Sports Day (NSD) is celebrated on which date in India?

[A] August 28
[B] August 29
[C] August 26
[D] August 27

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47. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched Startup Yatra programme from which city?

[A] Varanasi
[B] Allahabad
[C] Kanpur
[D] Lucknow

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48. Who is leading the Indian delegation at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC 2017)?

[A] Narendra Modi
[B] Ajit Doval
[C] Sushma Swaraj
[D] Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

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49. Who has taken charge as the new Union Home Secretary?

[A] Nripendra Misra
[B] Rajiv Gauba
[C] Ajit Sinha
[D] Rajiv Mehrishi

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50. Who has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cyprus?

[A] R.K. Raghavan
[B] PK Sinha
[C] Atul K Chatterjee
[D] B N Mitra

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