Current Affairs July-Aug 23

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Current Affairs July – August
1) Where was the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment held?
Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
2) Who recently became the first-ever Indian to win an individual World Title at the World Archery
Championships?
Answer: Aditi Swami
3) Who will lead the all-women panel formed to bring healing and relief to the violence-stricken region in
Manipur?
Answer: Justice Gita Mittal
4) What is the name of the domestically developed alternative to the Microsoft operating system that India's
Ministry of Defence has opted for?
Answer: Maya OS
5) Who is currently the richest woman in the world as of August 2023?

Answer: Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
6) What is the significance of Hiroshima Day, observed on August 6?

Answer: Observation of the first atomic bombing in history
7) On which day is Friendship Day celebrated?

Answer: First Sunday of August
8) Which country hosted the peace conference on the Ukraine conflict that National Security Adviser Ajit Doval
attended?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
9) Which statue holds the title of being the tallest statue in the world as of 2023?
Answer: Statue of Unity
10) Which country is the most populous in the world as of August 2023?
Answer: India
11) Who has recently become India's top-ranked chess player, surpassing Viswanathan Anand in the live world
rankings?
Answer: D. Gukesh
12) What triggered the historic deluge in Beijing, resulting in record-breaking rainfall?
Answer: Remnants of Typhoon Doksuri
13) What is the title of the new book written by Neerja Chowdhury?
Answer: c) How Prime Ministers Decide
14) Who has been appointed as the new Corporate Vice President of Microsoft India and South Asia, effective from
September 1, 2023?
Answer: Puneet Chandok
15) When is the Lokmanya Tilak National Award presented each year?
Answer: On Lokmanya Tilak's death anniversary
16) Which of the following uniform elements will no longer be worn by senior officers with flag ranks (Brigadier
and above) in the Indian Army?
Answer: Lanyards
17) What is the concept behind the "Har Ghar Tiranga" programme mentioned in the news?
Answer: Honouring the sacrifices made for the freedom of the country
18) Who is set to receive the first Maharashtra Udyog Ratna Award from the Maharashtra Government?
Answer: Ratan Tata
19) What is the name of Amazon India's last-mile delivery program that collaborates with local stores for efficient
delivery?
Answer: I Have Space
20) What is the name of the world's largest private communications satellite recently launched by SpaceX?
Answer: Jupiter 3
21) Which country has become the latest team to qualify for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup?
Answer: Papua New Guinea
22) Which railway station of the country recently received the 'UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award'?
Answer: Byculla, Maharashtra
23) Which place will become the 54th district of Madhya Pradesh?
Answer: Nagda
24) Who became the 1st female IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Tenzing Yangki
25) For the fifth consecutive year, which Public Sector Bank is ranked first in lending to state PSUs and
corporations?
Answer: Canara Bank
26) Kargil gets its first women police station in which state/UT?
Answer: Ladakh
27) In which city of Gujarat was the SemiconIndia 2023 exhibition inaugurated?
Answer Gandhinagar
28) Which country's parliament passed a bill to limit the powers of the judiciary amid mass protests?
Answer: Israel
29) In which country did the Indian team win a bronze medal for the first time in the 'Asian Surfing Championship'?
Answer: Maldives
30) Which actor is to be honoured with the Rising Global Superstar of Indian Cinema award?
Answer: Kartik Aaryan
31) When is Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated in India?

Answer: July 26
32) Which country launched the world's first methane-fueled space rocket?
Answer: China
33) Where is India Mobile Congress 2023 scheduled to be held?

Answer: Pragati Maidan
34) Which country officially became the 51st country to accede to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
35) Which country recently handed over 105 antiquities to India?

Answer: USA
36) Carlos Alcaraz, who won his first Wimbledon title, belongs to which country?
Answer: Spain
37) Which IIT will set up an offshore campus in Abu Dhabi?

Answer: IIT Delhi
38) How many members are there in the National Olympic Committee?
Answer: 45
39) In which city did the Indian Prime Minister attend the Bastille Day Parade as the Guest of Honour?
Answer: Paris
40) Who has become the second longest-serving chief minister of a state in India?
Answer: Naveen Patnaik
41) How many women parliamentarians did the Rajya Sabha Chairman nominate to the panel of vice-chairpersons?
Answer: 4
42) Shubhankar Sharma, who made headlines, belongs to which game?

Answer: Golf
43) The conservative Popular Party of which country has recently won elections?
Answer: Spain
44) India has banned the export of which cereal?

Answer: Non Basmati white rice
45) Which country unveiled the memorial named VC Yeshwant Ghadge Sundial Memorial at Montone, honouring
Indian troops' contribution during the Second World War?
Answer: Italy
46) To which country did India hand over the missile corvette INS Kirpan?
Answer: Vietnam
47) Which state will host the 69th edition of the Filmfare Awards in 2024?
Answer: Gujarat
48) Which actor has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the ICC World Cup 2023?
Answer: Shah Rukh Khan
49) Who became the 10th cricketer to make 500 international appearances?
Answer: Virat Kohli
50) Tayyip Erdogan, who has been making headlines, is the president of which country?
Answer: Turkey
51) How many medals did the Indian contingent win at the 25th Asian Athletics Championship 2023?
Answer: 27
52) In the grasslands of which state's Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) was the rare and globally endangered bird
species 'Jordon’s Babbler' spotted in the buffer zone?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
53) The dual elevated Eastern Cross Taxiways and the fourth runway were inaugurated at which city airport?
Answer: Delhi Airport
54) Who has been appointed as the head coach for the Asian Games?
Answer: VVS Laxman
55) The Victoria state of Australia has pulled out as the Commonwealth Games host for which year?
Answer: 2026

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The Baptist Convent Sr. Sec.

5) Who is currently the richest woman in the world as of August 2023?

6) What is the significance of Hiroshima Day, observed on August 6?

7) On which day is Friendship Day celebrated?

31) When is Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated in India?

33) Where is India Mobile Congress 2023 scheduled to be held?

35) Which country recently handed over 105 antiquities to India?

37) Which IIT will set up an offshore campus in Abu Dhabi?

42) Shubhankar Sharma, who made headlines, belongs to which game?

44) India has banned the export of which cereal?

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