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Current Affairs Quiz of October

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the trade growth of the globe forecasted by World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the year 2019 ?

a)

2.6%

b)

1.6%

c)

2.2%

d)

1.2%

2.

Name the Indian Magazine whose Vice Chairperson, Kallie Puri was honoured with 2019 “India’s Most Powerful Women in Media” award at famed Confluence Excellence Awards at the British Parliament in London, United Kingdom ?

a)

India Today

b)

Times Magazine

c)

VOGUE India

d)

Femina

3.

which among the following is the publicity wing of the central government

a)

central investigtion bureau(CBI)

b)

Press Information Bureau (PIB)

c)

Chief Informtion Bureau (CIB)

d)

Home Ministry

4.

Which bank has appointed S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao as its Managing Director(MD)and Chief Executive Officer ?

a)

SBI

b)

Punjab National Bank

c)

Canara Bank

d)

Yes Bank

5.

On which date, International Day Of Non-Violence is observed ?

a)

October 18

b)

October 5

c)

October 11

d)

October 2

6.

Who has been appointed as the Executive Director for India at International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?

a)

Surjit S Bhalla

b)

Urjit Patel

c)

Arjan Singh

d)

Vivek Patel

7.

Which armed force organization has received the President’s Colours Award, the highest military honour for an armed forces organization ?

a)

Army Education Corps

b)

Corps of Army Air Defence

c)

Indian Army Service Corps

d)

Indian Naval Defense Corps

8.

Where is the National Sports University is being constructed ?

a)

Guwahati ,Assam

b)

Cuttak ,Odisha

c)

Imphal, Manipur

d)

Panaji, Goa

9.

Who was awarded with the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award ?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

Sadruddin Aga Khan

c)

Poul Hartling

d)

Azizbek Ashurov

10.

Name the Managing Director (MD) and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tata Communications, who was appointed on October 3, 2019 ?

a)

Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan

b)

Srinath Narasimhan

c)

Rajesh Sharma

d)

Renuka Ramnath

11.

Which has became the first state in India to launch the ‘Policy on Pneumoconiosis Detection, Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation’ ?

a)

Madhya Pradesh

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Chattisgarh

d)

Punjab

12.

What is the Gross domestic product (GDP) growth of India for the year 2019-20 as per Reserve Bank of India(RBI) ?

a)

6.0%

b)

5.3%

c)

6.1%

d)

5.9%

13.

Name the award that presented to honour an senior citizens and institutions for their services towards the cause of the elderly persons as a commemoration of ‘International Day of older Persons’ ?

a)

Vayoshreshtha Samman

b)

Kabir Puraskar Award

c)

Jeevan Raksha Padak

d)

Parakram Padak

14.

Name the portal launched by Union Ministers RK Singh and Shri Pralhad Joshi in New Delhi in bringing transparency as well as better coordination in coal supplies to power plants?

a)

DIGICOP

b)

PRAKASH

c)

NYAY BANDHU

d)

ROSHNI

15.

Where was the India’s first floating basketball court opened ?

a)

Mumbai, Maharashtra

b)

Chennai , Tamil Nadu

c)

Gandhinagar , Gujrat

d)

Newdelhi

16.

Who launched “Trans Fat Free” logo & a slogan ‘Chefs 4 Trans Fat Free’ of Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) during the 8th international chef's conference ?

a)

Ramesh Pokhriyal

b)

Piyush Goyal

c)

Smriti Irani

d)

Harsh Vardhan

17.

Name the organization, which has partnered with the National Health Authority(NHA) for strengthening the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat– Pratan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)?

a)

Facebook

b)

Microsoft

c)

Google

d)

Amazon

18.

Which city topped in the first International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD’s) Smart City Index 2019 globally ?

a)

Dubai

b)

Singapore

c)

Newyork City

d)

LA,USA

19.

Who was appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Limited (OIL) on October 2, 2019 ?

a)

P. Chandrasekaran

b)

Biswajit Roy

c)

Sushil Chandra Mishra

d)

Harish Madhav

20.

World Animal day is observed annually on ?

a)

October 4

b)

October 5

c)

October 7

d)

October 9

21.

What was the theme of the World Teacher’s Day or International Teachers Day 2019?

a)

“Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession”

b)

Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers”

c)

“Empowering Teacher’s”

d)

“The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher”

22.

IMNEX is a joint exercise between india and ?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Maldives

c)

Mauritius

d)

Madagascar

23.

To which country, India has granted USD 30 million for Irrigation development in Tomabum to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production ?

a)

Somaliland

b)

Comoros

c)

Djibouti

d)

Sierra Leone

24.

Identify the exercise between Air force of India and Oman ?

a)

central bridge -5

b)

western bridge 5

c)

southern bridge 5

d)

eastern bridge 5

25.

Who is the new DG of NSG ?

a)

Anup Kumar Singh

b)

Atul Kumar Singh

c)

Arup Kumar Singh

d)

Rajesh Kumar Singh

26.

in which city is the head quarters of interpole located in france ?

a)

claisis

b)

Nantes

c)

Lyon

d)

veraisills

27.

Which city topped among the Indian city as per the New World Wealth(NWW) report titled “Wealthiest city worldwide 2019” ?

a)

Bangalore, Karnataka

b)

New Delhi, Delhi

c)

Mumbai, Maharashtra

d)

Hyderabad, Telangana

28.

Which country hosted the 4Th ASEAN Indian business submit ?

a)

Manila

b)

Jakarta

c)

Singapore

d)

Bangkok

29.

What is the rank of India in global hunger index 2019 ?

a)

92

b)

82

c)

102

d)

72

30.

Who received the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel “The Testament” along with Bernardine Everisto ?

a)

Margaret Atwood

b)

Elisabeth Moss

c)

George Orwell

d)

Alice Munro

31.

Whose birth anniversary is celebrated as World Student’s Day on October 15, 2019?

a)

Swami Vivekananda

b)

Vallabhbhai Patel

c)

APJ, Abdul Kalam

d)

B. R. Ambedkar

32.

countries are elected to serve on the UNHRC for a term of how many years ?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

3

d)

2

33.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch and who embarked on the first all women spacewalk ?

a)

Kelly slater

b)

Jessica meir

c)

ennis Dalton

d)

simone Williams

34.

Name the first Ethiopian, who was felicitated with Nobel Peace Prize 2019 ?

a)

Isaias Afwerki

b)

Meles Zenawi

c)

None of these

d)

Abiy Ahmed Ali

35.

name the CM who was named the business reformer of the year by the economic times ?

a)

Devender Fandavis

b)

ML Khatter

c)

Arvind Kejriwal

d)

Ashok ghelot

36.

Who is the author of the book titled “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need” ?

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Mark zukerberg

c)

Jeff Bezos

d)

Elon Musk

37.

Bernardine Evaristo and who are the recipients of the 2019 booker prize ?

a)

Muriel spark

b)

Patrick white

c)

Abhijeet banerjee

d)

margaret atwood

38.

On which date, World Obesity Day is observed annually ?

a)

October 9

b)

October 10

c)

October 11

d)

October 13

39.

who won the golden shoe for being the top scorer in the European leagues with 36 goals ?

a)

harry kane

b)

Luka modric

c)

Lionel messi

d)

kylian mbappe

40.

who has launched the digital payment campaign team cashless India ?

a)

American express

b)

VISA

c)

Mastercard

d)

paytm

41.

Disabled people and people over what age can cast their vote through postal ballot ?

a)

60

b)

70

c)

80

d)

100

42.

what is the name of the test launched by CBSE AND NCERT to help the children in 9th and 10th grade to make right career choices ?

a)

TAMANNA

b)

MEHNAT

c)

KOSHISH

d)

CHAHAT

43.

Which country topped in the Brand Finance Nation Brands 2019 as per the report released by Brand Finance ?

a)

United States of America (USA)

b)

United Kingdom (UK)

c)

China

d)

South Korea

44.

WHO WAS APPOINTED AS THE GOVERNOR of MIZORAM ?

a)

NS RAJIV SWAMI

b)

MS VIJAY KRISHNAN

c)

PS CHARI

d)

PS PILLAI

45.

WHO IS APPOINTED AS THE NEW GOVERNOR OF GOA ?

a)

SATYA PAL MALIK

b)

JITENDRA GOSWAMI

c)

DINESHWAR SHARMA

d)

GIRISH CHANDRA MURMU

46.

WHO IS APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIIRMAN OF SSC ?

a)

JAI RAJ SINHA

b)

SURAJ SINHA

c)

BRAJ RAJ SHARMA

d)

RAKESH ASTHANA

47.

Under which act, government has formed Inter-Ministerial Co-ordination Committee (IMCC) headed by Mr Ajay Bhushan Pandey to check money laundering activities ?

a)

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)2005

b)

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2006

c)

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2003

d)

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002

48.

Dera Baba Nanak shrine is in which district in India's Punjab ?

a)

amristsar

b)

jalandhar

c)

ludhiana

d)

gurdaspur

49.

Where is the national academy of customs , indirect taxes and narcotics based ?

a)

Mumbai

b)

bengaluru

c)

Kolkata

d)

Chennai

50.

the third international day of what was celebrated in the Antananarivo on the October 24, 2019 ?

a)

chefs

b)

doctors

c)

engineers

d)

diplomats

51.

Which was the last country to join United nations in 2011 ?

a)

kosovo

b)

moldova

c)

east timor

d)

south sudan

52.

when was world development information day observed ?

a)

23

b)

24

c)

25

d)

26

53.

which ammunition has been procured by the Indian army from US for its Dhanush Howitzers ?

a)

Trident

b)

dagger

c)

harpoon

d)

excalibur

54.

The first Sainik school to admit girls is in which states ?

a)

Assam

b)

Mizoram

c)

sikkim

d)

mumbai

55.

SHINYUU Maitri 18 was the joint exercise organised by of India and japan ?

a)

Armies

b)

navies

c)

air forces

d)

coast guard

56.

Name the book authored in 2019 by the Nobel economics prize winner Abhijit Banerjee and Esther duflo ?

a)

poor economics - for good times

b)

poor economics - the Indian need

c)

poor economics - redefining poverty

d)

poor economics - rethinking poverty and the ways to end it

57.

The full form of Indo Dutch project LOTUS-HR is local treatment of urban sewage streams for healthy ?

a)

rinse

b)

reuse

c)

Rescue

d)

recycling

58.

what was the theme of the world standard day celebrated on October 14 2019 ?

a)

web standards create a global stage

b)

video standard create a global stage

c)

audio standard create a global stage

d)

industrial standard create a g global stage

59.

which of the following regarding the FAO is correct ?

  1. foundation year 1947
  2. HQ - Rome
  3. Director general - Jose Graziano da silva
a)

1 only

b)

2 and 3

c)

1, 2 and 3

d)

2 only

60.

which air line has become worlds first airline to use taxibot on A 320 aircraft ?

a)

Hawaiian airlines

b)

Nikko

c)

Japan airlines

d)

Air india

61.

Which Indian shuttler clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Bahrain international series of badminton ?

a)

Venkat prasad

b)

lakshya sen

c)

kidambi srikant

d)

priyanshu rajawat

62.

on which date 2019 edition of international day of rural women ?

a)

16

b)

15

c)

17

d)

19

63.

Alexevi Leonov who passed away was the legendary cosmonaut of which country ?

a)

india

b)

russia

c)

japan

d)

china

64.

who is the newly appointed president of the indian pharmaceutical alliance IPA ?

a)

Rajesh Jain

b)

venu srinivasan

c)

k Satish reddy

d)

VA rajkishore

65.

which Indian armed force has recently organised Sagam youth festival ?

a)

army

b)

navy

c)

air force

d)

cost guard

66.

who has been elected as the new president of Tunisia ?

a)

Mohamed ennaceur

b)

Youssef chehed

c)

nabil karoui

d)

kais saied

67.

what was the theme and on which date world food day is celebrated ?

a)

16 , food prices

b)

16, zero hunger world

c)

17 , zero hunger world

d)

17, food prices

68.

which IIT has inked pact with ExxonMobil to boost biofuel research ?

a)

Kanpur

b)

madras

c)

Bombay

d)

hyderabad

69.

which state decided to organize indian first training in KHON ramilala ?

a)

GUJRAT

b)

UTTAR PRADESH

c)

CHATTISGARH

d)

TAMIL NADU

70.

yashasvi Jaiswal who became the youngest cricketer to score 200 in ODI is from which city ?

a)

ranchi

b)

mumbai

c)

Nagpur

d)

Kanpur

71.

which state is celebrating shirui lily festlival ?

a)

arunachal pradesh

b)

Tripura

c)

mizoram

d)

manipur