Current Affairs Oct 2018 - Online Quiz



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Q 1 - UK-based charity Oxfam International's 'Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index' ranks India __________ among 157 countries.

A - 127

B - 137

C - 147

D - 117

Answer : C

Q 2 - __________ Won Bronze In Archery World Cup.

A - Deepika Kumari

B - Nutan Soni

C - Priyanka Rajdan

D - Sunaina Sharma

Answer : A

Q 3 - Who among the following has written the book The Paradoxical Prime Minister?

A - Shashi Tharoor

B - Yashvant Singh

C - JR Tolkien

D - Venkaiah Naidu

Answer : A

Q 4 - Clara Sosa won the Miss Grand International 2018 title at the 6th edition of the beauty pageant in Yangon, Myanmar; she is from ____________.

A - Venezuela

B - Paraguay

C - South Africa

D - Brazil

Answer : B

Q 5 - MJ Akbar, Minister of _______________, resigned from his post in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment made by about 20 women against him.

A - Commerce and Industry

B - State For External Affairs

C - Corporate Affairs

D - Culture

Answer : B

Q 6 - Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti Award will be awarded to _______ on the occasion of Valmiki Jayanti.

A - HD Deve Gowda

B - H. D. Kumaraswamy

C - Narasimha Rao

D - Manmohan Singh

Answer : A

Q 7 - The economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have been awarded the Economics Nobel Prize 2018 for their work on understanding how economies can grow sustainably; they are from ______________.

A - the United States

B - Canada and United States respectively

C - Germany and UK respectively

D - Japan and France respectively

Answer : A

Q 8 - ____________ has been appointed as the ambassador and Indias permanent representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.

A - Dilip Sharma

B - Pankaj Sharma

C - Amandeep Gill

D - Natwar Singh

Answer : B

Q 9 - Former IAS officer ________ was appointed as the first chief of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).

A - Rangachari Sridharan

B - Rangachari Krishnan

C - Anupam Choudhary

D - Vineet Nayyar

Answer : A

Q 10 - Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $150 million loan to finance regional connectivity projects in ______ and North Eastern states.

A - North Bengal

B - Sikkim

C - Jharkhand

D - Odisha

Answer : A

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