August Current Affairs ParII

1)Which country has unveiled its new Bullet Train,designed to travel of speed up to 500km/hr?
Ans:Japan

2)The Reserve Bank said that in principal approval for setting up of new banks will now be valid from ____ its earlier duration of 1 year?
Ans: 18 Months

3)To Curb Gold Import Indian Governement Has hiked Gold Import duty from 2% to___?
Ans 8 %

4)Who has been reelected as chairman of Indian Banks Association?
Ans K R Kamath

5)After the exit of Aruna Roy,Union Government  has appointed to whom in 12 Member Panel chaired by Sonia Gandhi?
Ans Virginius Xaxa

6)Recently Cognizant has been placed at which place in Forbes list of world's fastest growing IT companies?
Ans 12th

7)As per India FDI inflow 2012-13 which foreign country is the largest source of FDI?
Ans Mauritius

8)As per recent data which country emerged as a top importer of Arms in world?
Ans India

9)Which Indian Badminton Player Won his maiden Single's title at Thailand open grand Prix Gold in  Bangkok in June 2013?
Ans K Srikant

10)Which GLobal credit Rating agency has upgraded India's outlook to "Stable" from "Negative" and   affirmed India rating as "BBB-"
Ans Fitch
August Current Affairs ParI