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 Men's 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 India's 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 Women's 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 women's 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 India's 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
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