Current Affairs and Gk -August 2013 part-1
Current Affairs and Gk -August 2013
Important current affairs and Gk questions of August month for IAS, RAS, SSC CGL, UPSC, BANK PO, UPSC,RPSC, Bank exams and all other exams.If you like the post kindly give rating.
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17. Recently (August, 2013), RBI has announced that it will sell government bonds worth ___ crore rupees every Monday to check volatility in the foreign exchange market. Fill the blank with correct option?
[A]10,000
[B]22,000
[C]15,000
[D]20,000
22,000
Reserve Bank of India has decided to sell Government Bonds worth 22000 crore rupees every Monday to check volatility in the forex market. The measure is a part of a continuing effort to arrest the slide in the rupee, which hit record intra-day low of Rs 61.80 against the dollars.
18. Which of the following states gives out “Bharat Bharti Samma” a prestigious literary award?
[A]Uttar Pradesh
[B]Assam
[C]West Bengal
[D]Jharkhand
Uttar Pradesh
Bharat Bharti Samman is the highest literary honour of the Uttar Pradesh State.
19. Recently (August, 2013), which one of the following countries has agreed to sell 145 state-of-the-art 155 mm towed Howitzers to India?
[A]Italy
[B]France
[C]United States
[D]Russia
United States
The United State has decided to sell 145 state-of-the-art 155mm towed Howitzers to India worth about %885 million to improve the security of an important partner for political stability, peace, and economic progress in South Asia.
20. . Who among the followings has become the first Indian woman player to clinch an individual medal at the World Badminton Championship?
[A]P V Sindhu
[B]Saina Nehwal
[C]Ashwini Ponnappa
[D]Jwala Gutta
P V Sindhu
P V Sindhu became the first Indian woman player to win an individual medal at the World Badminton Championship. By defeating former world No.1 Shixian Wang in straight games, Sindhu assured India a bronze medal at the Tianhe Indoor Stadium in Guangzhou, China. This is the only third time and the first in women’s singles that India will be bringing home a medal from the Worlds.
21. Daocheng Yading airport, which is slated to become world’s highest airport is located in which among the following countries?
[A]China
[B]Japan
[C]South Korea
[D]North Korea
China
The 4,441 meter high Daocheng Yading airport, being built in Garze, a predominantly Tibetan area of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, will become the world’s highest airport when put into the operation later this year. The airport, which aimed at boosting tourism in Garze, home to the famous monastery town of Kangding, will surpass the 4, 334 metre Bangda airport, located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, as the highest-altitude civilian airport.
22. In which of the following places of India, world’s first ever low temperature thermal desalination plant is operating?
[A]Panaji
[B]Lakshadweep
[C]Andaman and Nicobar
[D]Puduchery
Lakshadweep
Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO)-National Institute of Ocean Technology has indigenously designed, developed and demonstrated Low Temperature Thermal Desalination technology for conservation of sea water into potable water and three plants based on this technology are operating Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
23. With which of the following countries, India has not signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)?
[A]Japan
[B]Singapore
[C]South Korea
[D]Pakistan
Pakistan
India has not signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Pakistan.
24. By defeating which one of the following teams, India has won historic bronze medal at junior women hockey world cup in August 2013?
[A]Holland
[B]South Africa
[C]England
[D]Pakistan
England
Indian girls created history by winning country’s first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World cup as they pipped England 3-2 penalties.
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