Questions on Events of August 2013 1. Earth Overshoot Day, which marks the day b) Mumbai our resource consumption for a given year c) Goa exceeds the planet’s ability to replenish was d) Kochi observed for 2013 on 7. Who of the following has been conferred the a) August 20 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2013 ? b) August 19 a) Krishna Poonia c) August 29 b) Ronjan Sodhi d) August 5 c) Saina Nehwal 2. Who of the following was conferred the Rajiv d) MS Dhoni Gandhi Sadbhavna Award for the year 2013 ? 8. Which of the following is India’s first full- a) Zubin Mehta fledged military communications satellite which b) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was launched aboard Ariane 5 rocket from c) Zakir Hussain Kourou? d) Amjad Ali Khan a) GSAT-5 3. Match the sportspersons (Arjuna Awards b) GSAT-6 2013) with their sports. c) GSAT-7 Sportsperson Sport d) GSAT-8 1. Kavita Chahal A. Table Tennis 9. Which of the following teams won the Indian 2. Saba Anjum B. Boxing Badminton League’s inaugural title ? 3. Mouma Das C. Wrestling a) Awadhe Warriors 4. Neha Rathi D. Hockey b) Hyderabad Hotshots c) Delhi Smashers a) 1-B; 2-A; 3- D; 4-C d) Mumbai Masters b) 1-B; 2-D; 3- A; 4-C 10. Which of the following submarines sank c) 1- C; 2- A; 3- D; 4- B near Mumbai following a fire accident in August d) 1- C; 2- D; 3- A; 4-B 2013? 4. As per the new Companies Bill 2013, what a) INS Sindhurakshak percentage of profit is a company required to b) INS Arihant earmark for Corporate Social Responsibility ? c) INS Sindhughosh a) 2% d) INS Shalki b) 5% 11. As per the new Companies Bill 2013, what is c) 3% the amount of compensation payable to an d) 6% employee if the company shuts its operations? 5. Which of the following countries sent a a) Rs. 2 lakhs talking robot named Kirobo to the International b) 6 months’ salary Space Station in August 2013 ? c) Rs. 10 lakhs a) Japan d) 2 years’ salary b) China 12. Who of the following became the first c) France Indian woman to win a medal at the World d) Great Britain Badminton Championships in August 2013? 6. At which of the following ports was INS a) P.V. Sindhu Vikrant, (India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier b) Saina Nehwal built by Cochin Shipyards Ltd.) launched by the c) Jwala Gutta Defence Minister ? d) Ashwini Ponappa a) Visakhapatnam 13. Daulat Beg Oldie, the airstrip at which IAF’s 20. Consider the following with respect to the C-130J Hercules aircraft made a historic landing new Companies Bill 2013 is located in – a) One person can set up a company. a) Arunachal Pradesh b) The maximum number of directors in a b) Andaman Islands private company can be 20 c) Ladakh Which of the above is/are true? d) Gujarat a) 1 only 14. Upcoming Tuivai Hydro Electric Project is b) 2 only located in which of the following states ? c) Both 1 and 2 a) Arunachal Pradesh d) Neither 1 nor 2 b) Himachal Pradesh 21. Which of these universities recently c) Mizoram launched the International Edition of d) Uttarakhand Encyclopedia of Hinduism? 15. The HPCL refinery at which a fire accident a) Maastricht University killed over 20 people in August 2013 is located b) University of South Carolina in c) Oxford University a) Mangalore d) Cambridge University b) Visakhapatnam 22. Sudhakar Jayant, who was in news recently c) Tatipaka for having won the gold medal at a world d) Koyali championship is associated with - 16. In which of the following cities were the a) Judo IAAF World Athletics Championships 2013 held? b) Wrestling a) Seoul c) Weightlifting b) Belfast d) Archery c) Rio de janeiro 23. What is the name of the toll free helpline d) Moscow launched to provide information about welfare 17. Which of the following posts was held by programmes for minorities? Mr. Raghuram Rajan, prior to his appointment a) Ziyarat as the Governor of RBI? b) Tizarat a) Chief Economic Advisor c) Rehmat b) Chairperson, CBDT d) Khidmat c) Chairperson, SEBI 24. Which country topped the list of medalists d) Finance Secretary at the IAAF World Athletics Championships held 18. Which of the following is India’s first in Moscow in August 2013? indigenous nuclear powered submarine, the a) Jamaica nuclear reactor on which achieved criticality in b) Russia August 2013? c) U.S.A. a) INS Sindhurakshak d) Kenya b) INS Vikrant 25. Sugatha Kumari who has been awarded the c) INS Pradayak Saraswati Samman for the year 2012 is a d) INS Arihant renowned ________ poetess? 19. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won gold a)Malayalam medals in women’s 100m and 200m events at b)Tamil the World Athletics Championships belongs to c) Kannada a) Jamaica d) Telugu b) Russia 26. 8888 uprising, whose 25 th anniversary was c) U.S.A. observed on 08.08.2013 pertains to student d) Kenya uprising in which of the following countries? a) China 29. In which of the following events did Usain b)Vietnam Bolt NOT win a gold medal at the World c) Myanmar Athletics Championships at Moscow in August d) Brazil 2013? 27. Ratchanok Ithanon, who won the World a) 100 m Badminton Championships women’s singles b) 200 m title belongs to c) 4 x 100 m men’s relay a)Thailand d)4 x 400 m men’s relay b)South Korea 30. Match the sportspersons (Arjuna Awards c) China 2013) with their sports. d) Indonesia Sportsperson Sport 28. Of which of the following countries was 1. Gaganjeet Bhullar A. Billiards Robert Mugabe elected the President for 2. Dharmender Dalal B. Golf another 5 year term after having ruled the 3. Rupesh Shah C. Chess country for the past 33 years? 4. Abhijeet Gupta D. Wrestling a) Sudan b) Liberia a) 1-B; 2-A; 3- D; 4-C c) Kenya b) 1-B; 2-D; 3- A; 4-C d) Zimbabwe c) 1- C; 2- A; 3- D; 4- B d) 1- C; 2- D; 3- A; 4-B Answers 1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a ) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (b) .