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This document contains 31 multiple choice questions about current events that occurred between August 10-31, 2013. The questions cover a range of topics including science, sports, politics, and international affairs from locations around the world such as India, China, Pakistan, Nepal, and Iran.

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iQue General Knowledge Current Affairs

Exercise 2 1. The first Britisher to perform a space walk, who retired from NASA in the second week of August 20132. Name of the largest blast furnace of India which was operationalised by SAIL on 10 August 20133. Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013 and capture her 54th WTA singles title4. Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different way5. Name the captain of the 18-member hockey squad of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 20136. Date on which International Lefthanders Day is celebrated across the world7. Name of the First Twitter Hotel opened in Spain by the Melia brand of hotels8. Name of the oldest Penguin who on 12 August 2013 turned 36 years old9. Body which proposed first season of the Indian Badminton League (IBL)10. Name of the host country of 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championships11. Name the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of modern rats recently unearthed in China12. Name of one of the most endangered bird species of the world that made a comeback in the US13. Place at which The Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) 2013, the biggest travel trade show of India started14. The former Prime Minister of Nepal who died on 15 August 2013 after battling with lung cancer15. Name the person who was termed as the Beast of Ukraine. He was the serial killer who recently died in prison16. Name of the US actress who passed away on 25 August 2013 at the age of 87 years and holds the record of most Tony awards win17. Indias under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013, after defeating18. Indian tennis player who lifted the womens doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with her partner Jie Zheng of China19. Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013 awarded to20. Name the tribal community of Sri Lanka that was felicitated on 9 August 2013 by Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of the World Indigenous Peoples Day-

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21. The eminent Indian classical singer and music director known as the vocalist of Jayadevas Gita Govind, who passed away in Bhubaneswar22. Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of23. Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting of the Year (2013) was won by24. Indian women's Recurve team defeated this team to win gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw, Poland25. Person who coined the term BRIC in 2001. He is the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs: 26. The soccer team to win UEFA Super Cup 2013 on 30 August 2013: 27. The person to be recommended as next ONGC chief by the Public Enterprises Selection Board: 28. The Joint Air force exercise to be held by China and Pakistan: 29. The 21st round of Boundary talks between Bhutan and China held in the city: 30. 5th India-China Strategic Dialogue held in the City: 31. The person to be sworn in as the new President of Iran:

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