Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is the second set of Non-Financial Current Affairs Questions for the upcoming BMSB PO and RBI Grade B 2016. These are based on the Current Affairs from August, 2016 first week. The topics include, news related to India & its states, world news, appointments, days, awards & honors etc.
1. Who was recently appointed chairman of the Press Advisory Committee for 2016-17?
1) Sumitra Mahajan
2) D.P. Kamat
3) Amitabh Sinha
4) Neeraj Bajpai
5) Sangita Tewari
2. Which of the following states recently rescued 1051 children in first phase of Operation Muskan-2?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Rajasthan
4) Odisha
5) Assam
3. India’s first tiger repository will come up in _____________.
1) West Bengal
2) Uttarakhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Kerala
4. Which of the following state government in August, 2016 launched 'Operation Vishwas' to instillconfidence and sense of security among women?
1) Jharkhand
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Delhi
4) Haryana
5) Rajasthan
5. Australia won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship by defeating________.
1) New Zealand
2) South Africa
3) Canada
4) United States of America
5) Germany
6. Katie Ledecky is associated with which sports?
1) javelin throw
2) swimming
3) gymnastics
4) rowing
5) table tennis
7. Judoka Silva who won the first gold for host country Brazil, is associated with which sports?
1) swimming
2) weight lifting
3) judo
4) pole vault
5) water polo
8. The Government of India launched Swachh Survekshan-2017 to assess ______ cities.
1) 550
2) 250
3) 400
4) 600
5) 500
9. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on ________.
1) 8 August
2) 9 August
3) 10 August
4) 7 August
5) 11 August
10. Nita Ambani was elected by IOC members at the ______ Session of the world body in Rio de Janeiro.
1) 129th
2) 123rd
3) 122nd
4) 126th
5) 132nd
11. Which of the followings sports was NOT added to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
1) Softball
2) Climbing Sports
3) Skateboard
4) Surfing
5) All of them were added
12. PM Narendra Modi launched Mission Bhagiratha in _____________.
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Odisha
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan
13. Which of the following state government recently launched “Baristha Bunakar Sahayata Yojana”?
1) Telangana
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) West Bengal
5) Bihar
14. 2nd National Handloom Day was observed on 7th August. The main function was held in which state?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Delhi
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Chennai
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