3August MCQ : Current Affairs Quiz 3 August 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the important Current Affairs MCQ of 3 August with full explanations. Where we will discuss the daily current affairs quiz’s questions and answers. So read all the important 3 August MCQs carefully.
Current Affairs Quiz / 3 August MCQ Current Affairs
3 August Current Affairs MCQ – Questions
1. Which of the following smart city is the first in India to get Google’s environmental insights data?
(a) Pune smart city
(b) Srinagar smart city
(c) Kochi smart city
(d) Aurangabad smart city
2. Nirmala Mishra has passed away recently. As a profession she was?
(a) Writer
(b) Politician
(c) Singer
(d) Journalist
3. Shushila Devi Likmabam won the silver medal for India in Commonwealth games 2022 in Judo under which category?
(a) 55 kg
(b) 67 kg
(c) 73 kg
(d) 48 Kg
4. Name the author of the book Lockdown Lyrics’ released by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
(a) Sonam Dixit
(b) Sanjukta Dash
(c) Diksha Rawat
(d) Sujata Sharma
5. Pacific Dragon ballistic missile defense exercise is a biennial drill held between three major countries. Which country is not a part of this exercise?
(a) the United States
(b) Japan
(c) South Korea
(d) the Philippines
6. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has launched the ‘Nilekani Centre at Al4Bharat’ to promote Indian language technology?
(a) IIT Hyderabad
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Madras
(d) IIT Kanpur
7. RBI has set the deadline for card tokenization to ________.
(a) 1 September 2022
(b) 1 October 2022
(c) 1 November 2022
(d) 1 December 202
8. Who has received the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist award for 2021?
(a) Alice Boner
(b) Prasanna Kumar
(c) Maurice Bloomfield
(d) Jeffrey Armstrong
9. The Government of India has a dedicated day to be observed as “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” every year in the country.
(a) July 31
(b) August 04
(c) August 02
(d) August 01
10. Satyendra Prakash has been appointed as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau. The Press Information Bureau was established in which year?
(a) 1895
(b) 1992
(c) 2000
(d) 1919
11. In West Bengal, the state government is creating 7 new districts. What will be the total number of districts in the state now?
(a) 30
(b) 26
(c) 37
(d) 21
12. Who has been appointed as the World Bank’s Country Director for India?
(a) Axel van Trotsenburg
(b) Auguste Tano Kouame
(c) Anshula Kant
(d) Shaolin Yang
13.1st August is dedicated to commemorate which day all over the world annually?
(a) World Organ Donation Day
(b) World Suicide Prevention Day
(c) World Diabetes Day
(d) World Lung Cancer Day
14. Government of India has formed a task force to look into the situation of monkeypox in the country. Who is the head of this task force?
(a) Aparna Dutt Sharma
(b) Randeep Guleria
(c) Vinod Kumar Paul
(d) Bharati Pravin Pawar
15. Fidel Valdez Ramos, who has passed away recently, was the former President of which country?
(a) the Philippines
(b) Vietnam
(c) Malaysia
(d) Cambodia
3 August MCQs – Answers
1. (d)
The Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation Limited (ASCDCL) Aurangabad has become the first in the country to witness the official release of the Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) data from Google.
2. (c)
Renowned Bengali singer Nirmala Mishra has passed away. She was 81. She sang various songs in Bengali, Odia, and Assamese films.
3. (d)
Sushila Devi Likmabam got a silver in the women’s judo 48kg final, giving India its seventh medal of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
4. (b)
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released a book titled Lockdown Lyrics’, a collection of poems written by Sanjukta Dash.
5. (d)
The biennial Pacific Dragon ballistic missile defense exercise between the military of South Korea, the United States, and Japan is being held, off the coast of Hawaii.
6. (c)
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched the ‘Nilekani Centre at Al4Bharat’ to promote Indian language technology.
7. (b)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released guidelines to ease the transition to new norms on card-on-file (CoF) tokenization and licensing of payment aggregators (PAs) in two separate notifications. RBI sets the deadline for card tokenization to October 1.
8. (d)
Canadian scholar, Jeffrey Armstrong has been awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist for 2021.
9. (d)
In India, “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” is celebrated across the nation on August 01 to celebrate the enactment of the law against Triple Talaq. The first Muslim Women’s Rights Day was observed in 2020.
10. (d)
It was in June 1919 that a small cell was created in the Home Department. It was rechristened the Central Bureau of Information under a full-fledged Director.
11. (a)
The West Bengal Government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has announced 7 new districts for the state. With the launch of the 7 new districts, the total number of districts in West Bengal has increased to 30. Earlier there were 23 districts in the state.
12. (b)
Auguste Tano Kouamé is the World Bank’s Country Director for India. He replaces Junaid Kamal Ahmad who recently completed a five-year term.
13. (d)
Every year, World Lung Cancer Day is observed on August 01 to raise awareness about the causes and treatment of lung cancer and highlight the issues of lack of sufficient research funding for the ailment.
14. (c)
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has constituted a special task force (STF) to monitor monkeypox cases in India. NITI Aayog member (health) VK Paul will be the head of the task force.
15. (a)
Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos has passed away due to the complications of COVID-19.. He was 94. Ramos served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998.
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