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Quiz from Current Affairs 17 October 2018 of A2Z – Click Here to Read Current Affairs of October 17, 2018
- Which organization announced its new Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India?
A)World Economic Forum
B)OECD
C)World Bank
D)UNESCO
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: The World Economic Forum announced its new Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India which would aim to bring together the government and business leaders to pilot emerging technology policies.
[/su_spoiler] - The government launched which campaign on the World Food Day under which a pan-India cycle rally is being organised to sensitise people about eating safe food and be healthy?
A)Swasth Bharat ,Sukh Bharat
B)Swasth Bharat Yatra
C)India healthy,sab healthy
D)Swasth Rahe,Khush rahe
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: The government launched a national campaign “Swasth Bharat Yatra” on the World Food Day under which a pan-India cycle rally is being organised to sensitise people about eating safe food and be healthy.
[/su_spoiler] - The Bharosa women’s centre for victims of violence was inaugurated in which state?
A)Odisha
B)Maharashtra
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Telangana
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option D
Explanation: Hyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar inaugurated the Bharosa Centre at the Kondapur Area Hospital in Telangana.
[/su_spoiler] - India’s highest tricolor flag measuring 20*30 feet was unfurled in which city?
A)Mumbai
B)Kolkata
C)Delhi
D)Pune
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: A big Indian tricolour measuring 20×30 feet and 350 feet above the ground was unfurled at the majestic Haj house in Mumbai by Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
[/su_spoiler] - Which Union Minister resigned recently due to facing of multiple charges of sexual harassment?
A)MJ Akbar
B)Arun Jaitley
C)Dharmendra Pradhan
D)Narendra Singh Tomar
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: MJ Akbar, who faces multiple charges of sexual harassment, resigned as Union Minister of state for external Affairs.
[/su_spoiler] - What is the rank of India on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index for 2018?
A)57th
B)58th
C)60th
D)59th
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: India has been ranked as the 58th most competitive economy on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index for 2018,which was topped by the US.
[/su_spoiler] - 12th Asia Europe Meeting summit 2018 will be held in which city?
A)New York
B)Beijing
C)Tokyo
D)Brussels
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option D
Explanation: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will be on a three-day visit to Belgium later this week to attend the 12th Asia Europe Meeting summit, the first multilateral dialogue that he will attend after taking office.
[/su_spoiler] - According to WHO report,which country topped the list in World’s most depressed country list 2018?
A)Pakistan
B)India
C)Australia
D)Belgium
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: According to a World Health Organization report,India is the World’s most depressed country, closely followed by China and the US. According to the 2015-16 National Mental Health Survey(NHMS),every 6th person in India needs mental health help of some sort.
[/su_spoiler] - What is the rank of India in data breaching globally according to a report by digital security firm Gemalto?
A)5th
B)3rd
C)2nd
D)1st
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: Data breach in India were the 2nd highest globally according to a report by digital security firm Gemalto.
[/su_spoiler] - Which country became the 2nd country after Uruguay to legalise possession and use of recreational cannabis?
A)UK
B)Canada
C)Mexico
D)USA
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: Canada has become the 2nd country after Uruguay to legalise possession and use of recreational cannabis.
[/su_spoiler] - Which country has set up a “Break Into India Strategy Committee”?
A)Sri Lanka
B)Australia
C)USA
D)UK
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: SriLanka has set up a committee to formulate a strategy to help Sri Lankan business invest more into the Indian market.
[/su_spoiler] - Which Indian player won first medal in athletics at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in the men’s 5000m race walk event?
A)Pratap singh
B)Suraj Panwar
C)H Gehlot
D)Sooraj Singh
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: Suraj Panwar won India’s first medal in athletics at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 after claiming the silver medal in the men’s 5000m race walk event.
[/su_spoiler] - Which actress was named as “face of Nokia phones” in India?
A)Deepika Padukone
B)Alia Bhatt
C)Disha Patani
D)Katrina kaif
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: HMD Global which designs and sells phones under the Nokia brand has appointed Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt as the “face of Nokia phones” in India.
[/su_spoiler] - Which author has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel “Milkman”?
A)Steven Colling
B)H Wiliam
C)Anna Burns
D)Harper Lee
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: Author Anna Burns has won the Man Booker Prize for her novel “Milkman”, becoming the first author from Northern Ireland to win the most prestigious English-language literary award.
[/su_spoiler] - Who has won the International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Active Society Commission’s Grant Award for his contribution to sports for development?
A)Suheil Singh
B)Binny Bansal
C)Rahul Tandon
D)Suheil F Tandon
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option D
Explanation: Social Entrepreneur Suheil F Tandon has won the International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Active Society Commission’s Grant Award for his contribution to sports for development.
[/su_spoiler] - Who is the author of “Beeg Ani Beegath”?
A)Vikram seth
B)Arundhati Roy
C)HM Pernal
D)Amitav Ghosh
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: Beeg Ani Beegath, a collection of short stories in Konkani authored by well-known Konkani writer, journalist and critic HM Pernal has bagged the prestigious Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani Best Konkani Book award for the year 2018.
[/su_spoiler] - The book “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” is based on which famous personality?
A)William Shakespeare
B)Stephen Hawking
C)William Faukner
D)JK Rowling
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: Stephen Hawking’s final work, which tackles issues from the existence of God to the potential for time travel, was launched by his children, who helped complete the book after the British astrophysics giant’s death.Hawking was forever being asked the same things and started work on “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” last year.
[/su_spoiler] - What is the theme of this year’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty?
A)Coming together to build an inclusive world
B)End poverty
C)Accelerating global actions for a world without poverty
D)Poverty and You
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: The UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since 1993.The theme is “accelerating global actions for a world without poverty.
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STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
- Where is the HQ of Nokia?
A)France
B)Belgium
C)Germany
D)Finland
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option D
[/su_spoiler] - What is the capital of Canada?
A)Kiev
B)London
C)Ottawa
D)Brussels
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
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