Current Affairs Weekly Quiz: August 3rd Week

1. Which district in Kerala experienced the deadliest landslides in its history during July 2024?

2. Who became the first Indian woman in independent India to win multiple medals at a single Olympic Games?

3. What percentage of the world’s digital payments is accounted for by India?

4. The President of Bangladesh freed which former Prime Minister from house arrest following the dissolution of parliament on August 7, 2024?

5. How many countries can Indian passport holders enter visa-free?

6. Who scored both goals in India Team’s 2-1 victory over Spain at the Paris Olympics 2024?

7. Who has been appointed as the festival director of the 55th and 56th editions of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

8. RBI has not made any change in the repo rate for the ninth consecutive time, what is the repo rate?

9. Which Organization released the Global Employment Trends (GET) for Youth 2024 report highlighting 13% decrease in Unemployment rate?

10. In which state were the three new edible insect species discovered?

11. Where is the World’s highest tunnel, Shinkun La Tunnel being constructed?

12. What was the RBI's ranking among the top 100 of the world's largest central banks by total assets in 2024?

13. Which Indian Airport has recently received the Pollution Control Waste Recycling Excellence Award by the Greentech Foundation?

14. Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI)?

15. Which company recently got the Certificate of Registration from the RBI for NBFC investment and Credit Company?

16. Who has been declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election for his third term on 29 July 2024?

17. Which Institute partnered with DRDO to develop energy harvesting shoes with GPS tracking?

18. When is the Hiroshima Day annually observed across the globe to commemorate the atomic bombings?

19. Which country has recently joined United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea as its 18 th Member State?

20. Which license did the RBI grant to the following merchant payment companies, Amazon Pay (India), Billdesk?