Current Affairs

Current Affairs August 2013

QUIZ 1
1.

Rural Development Ministry on 6 July 2013 approved 4130 crore rupees for the construction of 5700 km of
rural roads in the state of ?

2.

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board approved seven Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) proposals for
investment in Indian companies in the field of ..sector.

3.

Nasscom has appointed ,the former Secretary Department of Telecommunications (DoT), as its
president.

4.

As per the UN report the overall poverty in India has declined by % between 1994 - 2010?

5.

Union Government of India has announced to launch Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Surakhsa Yojna (MGPSY), a
pension scheme for blue-collar Indian workers in the countries.

6.

Padamshree Madhubani painting artist died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani .

7.

Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance on food security on 5 July 2013 which seeks to give legal rights to
what % of the Indian population for subsidised grains?

8.

Adli Mansour has been sworn in as interim president of Egypt till the next elections takes place. He
succeeded ,who was removed after a military coup.

9.

Who is the president of crisis hit nation of Syria?

10. India and Vietnam have set up a six member joint committee to outline a plan for collaboration in the
field of ICT. ICT stands for what?
11. World soccer body FIFA has again barred from holding any friendly football matches due to soaring
violence in that country.

12. Douglas Engelbart, the U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the has died .
13. ..Has become the first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates
Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013 ?
14. Annashree scheme, which targets to provide food security to the vulnerable section of society is a project
of the government of ?
15. Culture Ministry of India has entrusted ASI with the restoration of the Kedarnath Temple. ASI is ?
16. Foreign institutional investors (FII) in the Month June 2013 jumped out of the debt market, withdrawing
5.6 billion dollars from Indian Stock markets and and routed their money to the strengthening market of
Leading to widening of CAD and the decline of the value of rupee.
17. HP is declared as the first Smoke-free state of the country. The state achieved 85.42 percent compliance
with the relevant parameters of COTPA 2003. COPTA stands for what?
18. The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee made a declaration to send Sochi 2014 Winter
Olympics Torch into the space in November 2013. Sochi is a city in ?
19. Ahlam Salem Mubarak Al Mana won Annual World Trophy of IOC. She received the trophy for her work
sending first team of women from her country ..to Olympics.
20. has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
21. Telecom Commission of India has approved enhancement of FDI cap on telecom sector from % to
100%, which will attract new investments and help in controlling CAD.
22. India including several other countries on has turned down the asylum request of
23. the vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University has been appointed as the 20th Lt Governor
of Delhi.
24. Suresh Kalmadi lost the Asian Athletics Association's President election to Qatar's ?
25. Sujata Singh (envoy to Germany) is designated to be the next Foreign Secretary of India . She will succeed
to the office.

26. ,took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).
27. India successfully launched its 1st dedicated navigation satellite using PSLV.
28. Trip Advisor's 2013 Travellers Choice Attractions Awards ranked India's among the top three
landmarks in the world.
29. Arogya Vani, a health information help line has been launched by the state govt. of ?
30. Brazil won the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil against in the final match. Brazil won 3-0 against FIFA
World Cup holders.
31. Croatia became the th member of the European Union.?
32. Anil Goswami, a Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer took over as the Union Home Secretary ,
succeeding ?
33. P. Sathasivam is appointed as the next CJI after justifying the Collegiums System of appointment of
Judges. He will succeed the
34. ISRO's scientists will establish navigation satellite system for India like GPS of America. GPS is??
35. India awarded the opportunity to host World T20 inand its 4th 50-over World Cup in ?
36. INS Trikand was commissioned into the Indian Navy in June 2013 at Kaliningrad, Russia. INS is ?
37. India and .decided to develop the signature Bangalore-Mumbai Economic Corridor project.
38. Indian Government has banned the testing of Cosmetic product on and thus became the first
country in South Asia to end such tests.
39. Government took a decision to set-up new airports in tier-II & III cities across India.
40. The CCEA approved the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Paddy (Common) to be rupees per
quintal and of Paddy (Grade A) at rupees per quintal.

Answers:

1. Bihar 2. Pharmaceutical 3. R. Chandrasekhar 4. 16 per cent 5. Gulf 6. Mahasundari Devi

7.67% 8. Mohamed Morsi 9. Bashar Al Assad 10. information and communications technology 11. Iraq 12.

computer mouse 13. Vandana Gandhi 14. New Delhi 15. Archaelogical survey of India. 16. US 17. Cigarette
and Other Tobacco Product Act, 2003 18.Russia 19. Qatar 20. Sunil Soni 21.74% 22. Edward Snowden, who
leaked the secret data to wikileaks 23. Najeeb Jung 24. Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad 25.Ranjan Mathai 26. Anil
Chait 27. IRNSS-1A 28. Taj Mahal 29. Karnatka 30. Spain 31. 28 32. Raj Kumar Singh 33. Altamas Kabir 34.
Global Positioning System 35. 2016, 2013 36. Indian Naval Ship 37. United Kingdom 38. Animals 39. 51 40.
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