Current Affairs August 2013 General Knowledge Questions and Answers for preparing all Competitive Examinations. 1. Which Baltic nation has been given permission by the European Union for adopting Euro as its currency? Answer: Latvia. The country will replace its currency the lat, with the euro on 1 January 2014. 2. The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship? Answer: Abhijeet Gupta 3. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand? Answer: Hemant Soren 4. Who is selected for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013? Answer: Zubin Mehta 5. Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian’s Men’s Hockey Team? Answer: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik 6. Jeane Claude Juncker, who resigned recently, was the Prime Minister of …………….? Answer: Luxembourg 7. The Swiss made solar powered air craft which has been in the news for completing a successful trip across the United States? Answer: Solar Impulse 8. World Population Day was observed on ………….? Answer: July 11 9. The Typhoon that caused widespread damage in Taiwan and East China in July, was named …………? Answer: Soulik 10. The recently released book ‘An uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions’ is jointly written by ………. and ………… ? Answer: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze
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