Important Current Affairs Questions 1. Who equaled the world record of eight golds at the 2013 World Athletics Championships? Answer: Usain Bolt 2. The Chinese Navy hospital ship which paid a week-long goodwill visit to Bangladesh recently? Answer: Peace Ark 3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society? Answer: Ratan Thiyam 4. In which state did the Saharsha-Patna Rajyarani Express run over pilgrims killing 37 people? Answer: Bihar 5. Where in India was the statue of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug unveiled recently? Answer: New Delhi 6. Whose new book, `My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions has been released recently? Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam 7. World Photography Day was celebrated on: Answer: August 19 8. The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution of the United States have recently announced the discovery of a new mammal named ………….? Answer: Olinguito 9. Who has been selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013? Answer: Harshwanti Bisht 10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the CRPF? Answer: Dilip Trivedi 11. Who won the Mens singles in the Rogers Cup 2013, held in Montreal, Canada? Answer: Rafael Nadal 12. In which state is the Election Commission planning to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) system for the first time in the country? Answer: Nagaland 13. Who has been appointed as Indias new Ambassador and the Permanent Representative on the U.N Conference on Disarmament? Answer: Dr. Bala Venkatesh Varma 14. Which Indian squash player won gold in the Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China? Answer: Kush Kumar 15. The Indian who won bronze medal in the 96 kg freestyle category at the recently held World junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria? Answer: Satywart Kadian 16. Which International Tennis player from France, who also won the Wimbledon Womens Singles title 2013, has announced her retirement from the game? Answer: Marion Bartoli 17. India has won 83 medals at the 2013 World Police & Fire Games held at ………….? Answer: Belfast 18. What does RGGVY stand for? Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. The programme is aimed at providing electricity to all rural households. The Government of India has recently decided to continue the programme. 19. The new mobile app devised by German scientists that helps locate lost items? Answer: Find My Stuff 20. The Indian Newspaper Society has approved the proposal to hike the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in print media from 26 percent to ………….. percent? Answer: 49 21. Who won the womens singles in the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament? Answer: Victoria Azarenka. 22. Who is the Chairman of the newly constituted committee by the Central Government, to assess the status of Scheduled tribes? Answer: Virginius Xaxa 23. The renowned Indian cricket coach and Dronacharya awardee who passed away on 16th August? Answer: Desh Prem Azad 24. A Street in which foreign country has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Indias 67th Independence Day? Answer: Canada. 25. Which space telescope built by NASA has stopped its mission of `searching for habitable planets after its pointing system broke down? Answer: Kepler telescope 26. Nouri-Al-Maliki, the prime minister of …………. recently visited India? Answer: Iraq 27. Which countrys Vice President, Mohammad Karim Khalili was on an official visit to India? Answer: Afghanistan 28. Which Indian state has recently enacted anti-superstition law? Answer: Maharashtra 29. Who became the first woman to take over as Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL? Answer: Nishi Vasudeva 30. The airstrip in Ladakh, reopened by the Indian Air Force? Answer: Daulat Beg Oldi 31. Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013? Answer: Sebastian Vettel 32. Which Indian classical singer and music director from Odisha passed away on 25 August? Answer: Raghunath Panigrahi 33. Which Indian won the Winston-Salem open tennis doubles title along with his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor? Answer: Leander Paes 34. The Indian Navys submarine that sank at the navel dockyard in Mumbai after fire on board on August 14? Answer: INS Sindhurakshak 35. Who won this years Childrens Peace prize, instituted by the Dutch based Kids Rights Foundation? Answer: Malala Yousafzai 36. Which countrys army general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, has been appointed as the Military Advisor for United Nations Peace Keeping operations? Answer: Pakistan 37. …………… was observed as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition? Answer: August 23 38. On which day was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings famous `I have a dream speech celebrated? Answer: August 28 39. In which country did many people including children die in attacks using chemical warfare? Answer: Syria. .
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