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OCT SHEET 2 + OCT NOTES (7 – 12) + NOTES (JAN 29)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Recently, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as Interim President of _______.

a)

Zambia

b)

Gambia

c)

Turkey

d)

Guinea

2.

Which of the following will be the first medical institute in India to have pathogen reduction technology?

a)

AFMC

b)

King George‘s Medical University

c)

AIIMS, Delhi

d)

JIPMER

3.

Name the first woman cricketer who has achieved the double of 5,000 runs and 300 wickets in international cricket.

a)

Alysse Healey

b)

Ellyse Perry

c)

Bill Mooney

d)

Mithali Raj

4.

Recently, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the _______, share the 2021 Nobel prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature.

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Switzerland

c)

Norway

d)

United States of America

5.

Recently, Edayur Chilli and Kuttiattoor Mango became the latest to receive the Geographical Indication status from_______.

a)

Karnataka

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Lakshadweep

d)

Kerala

6.

Recently, Japan‘s Parliament elected former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida as the Prime Minister. He is the _______ Prime Minister in the country‘s political history.

a)

50th

b)

75th

c)

100th

d)

120th

7.

Which of the following Indian states will be hosting the 56th National Cross Country Championship in January next year?

a)

Tripura

b)

Nagaland

c)

Meghalaya

d)

Assam

8.

Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for work that helps understand complex physical systems such as _______.

a)

Earth‘s changing climate

b)

Earth‘s global warming

c)

Earth‘s rotation on its own axis

d)

Earth‘s revolution around the sun

9.

Which of the following countries Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sworn in for a second five-year term running a country in the grip of a nearly year-long war?

a)

Eritrea

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Yemen

d)

Turkey

10.

Which of the following banks becomes 1st scheduled private sector bank to collect direct, indirect taxes?

a)

Yes Bank

b)

RBL bank

c)

HDFC Bank

d)

Kotak Mahindra Bank

11.

Recently, Hockey India withdraws from 2022 _______, cites Covid concerns.

a)

Birmingham CWG

b)

Gold Coast CWG

c)

Berlin CWG

d)

London CWG

12.

Which of the following banks has become the first Indian private sector bank to arrange a term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) linked trade financing deal, joining a select group of banks and financial institutions globally who have executed similar transactions?

a)

IDFC First Bank

b)

Kotak Mahindra Bank

c)

Bandhan Bank

d)

Axis Bank

13.

Recently, geographical indication (GI) tag has been awarded to _______ indigenous products from Uttarakhand.

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Six

d)

Seven

14.

For the second year running the _______ has been ranked first in the world for Computer Science in the Times Higher Education 2022 World University Rankings.

a)

University of Oxford

b)

University of Cambridge

c)

University of California

d)

University of Philadelphia

15.

In a historic move, the _______ has endorsed the first anti-malarial vaccine.

a)

NITI Aayog

b)

World Health Organization (WHO)

c)

Union Finance Ministry

d)

Union Corporate Affairs

16.

Who among the following won the 2021 Nobel Prize in literature?

a)

Alex Tudor

b)

Max Buchman

c)

Abdulrazak Gurnah

d)

Frank Luthar

17.

Who has been appointed as chairman of the panel on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice?

a)

Kaushik Basu

b)

Sushil Kumar Modi

c)

Ravi Shankar Prasad

d)

Prakash Javadekar

18.

According to South Asia Economic Focus, India‘s economy, South Asia‘s largest, is expected to grow by _______ percent in the fiscal year 2021-22.

a)

4.2

b)

5.5

c)

6.7

d)

8.3

19.

Recently, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric carmaker plans to move its headquarters from Silicon Valley‘s Palo Alto, California to ___ where it is building a massive car and battery manufacturing complex.

a)

Austin

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Boston

d)

New York

20.

India‘s _______ will be producing part of the world‘s only malaria vaccine that has been developed by Pharma major GSK, and was recently approved by WHO (World Health Organisation).

a)

Bharat Biotech

b)

Sun Pharma

c)

Indian Biotech

d)

Ranbaxy

21.

Which of the following ministries has approved continuation of Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme with a total outlay of 160 crore rupees?

a)

Ministry of Textiles

b)

Ministry of Arts & Handicrafts

c)

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

d)

Ministry of Home Affairs

22.

Recently, who was appointed chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports?

a)

Harish Dwivedi

b)

Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe

c)

Achyut Ranjan

d)

Rajeev Chandrashekhar

23.

Who has won the best screenplay award for his Marathi-language feature The Disciple‘ at the 15th Asian Film Awards?

a)

Deepak Mohapatra

b)

Amit Misra

c)

Chatainya Tamhane

d)

Balajeet Vibhuti

24.

United Nations General Assembly declared _______ as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls‘ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.

a)

October 1

b)

October 4

c)

October 9

d)

October 11

25.

Under which scheme Health Insurance will be done for Covid orphans?

a)

Ayushman Bharat scheme

b)

Anubhav Bharat scheme

c)

Adhyuman Bharat scheme

d)

Abhiman Bharat scheme

26.

Prime Minister of Japan

a)

Fumio Kishida

b)

Fauda Kishida

c)

Faida Kishida

d)

Faadi Kishida

27.

In which state Sabarmati river is located?

a)

Gujarat

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Andhra Pradesh

d)

Uttar Pradesh

28.

International Air Transport Association was formed in the year?

a)

1944

b)

1945

c)

1946

d)

1947

29.

HQ of International Air Transport Association-

a)

Montreal

b)

Quebec

c)

Moscow

d)

Oslo

30.

DG of International Air Transport Association-

a)

Willie Walsh

b)

Willie Wadd

c)

Willie Aee

d)

Willie Wsda

31.

Name the latest country as malaria free-

a)

El Salvador

b)

Cuba

c)

Denmark

d)

Chile

32.

HQ of Interpol-

a)

Lyons

b)

Paris

c)

Stockholm

d)

Geneva

33.

Jim Corbett National park was established in-

a)

1935

b)

1936

c)

1937

d)

1938

34.

Palk Bay scheme was launched in

a)

2015

b)

2016

c)

2017

d)

2018

35.

JIMEX exercise is between India and __________

a)

Japan

b)

Singapore

c)

China

d)

USA

36.

Largest monastery in India-

a)

Tawang

b)

Shimla

c)

Dharmashala

d)

Darjeeling

37.

In which case 9 judge constitutional bench has put a gap of 50% on quota?

a)

Indra Swahney

b)

Bandhua Mukti Morcha

c)

Keshwananda Bharati

d)

A.K. Gopalan

38.

CEO of Moody

a)

Rob Fauber

b)

Rob Fauchewe

c)

Rob Denm

d)

Rob Dad

39.

__________ is at the centre of controversy in Mumbai with the BJP claiming a Congress leader is planning to rename a playground in a Muslim dominated locality after the Mysore king

a)

Tipu Sultan

b)

Taida Sultan

c)

Taidna Sultan

d)

Sadi Sultan

40.

____________ was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century.

a)

Rani Abbakka Chowta

b)

Rani Daida Daid

c)

Rani Abadda Chaowe

d)

Rani Daid Daida

41.

First India-Central Asia Summit was recently hosted by Prime Minister of _______ and attended by the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

a)

India

b)

Kazakhstan

c)

Kyrgystan

d)

Tajikistan

42.

India, Iran and _________ had in September 2000 signed the INSTC agreement to build a corridor to provide the shortest multi-model transportation route linking the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran and St Petersburg.

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

Iraq

d)

Israel

43.

The European Union has launched a case against Beijing at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for targeting ________ over its stance on Taiwan.

a)

Lithuania

b)

Georgia

c)

Spain

d)

Sweden

44.

Recently, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its order directed Ministry of Home Affairs and ___________________ to submit action taken report within six weeks against alledged racial profiling and relocation of the Chakmas and Hajongs from the State.

a)

Arunachal Pradesh

b)

Andhra Pradesh

c)

Uttar Pradesh

d)

Bihar

45.

Recently, the officials of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) estimated that RRTS will reduce CO2 emissions by taking around 1.5 lakh private vehicles off the road. The corridor will start from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi, pass through Ghaziabad, and reach Modipuram in _________ (Uttar Pradesh).

a)

Meerut

b)

Bulandshehar

c)

Hapur

d)

Noida

46.

On the eve of the 73rd Republic Day, ___ personnel of the Indian Army were awarded the Shaurya Chakra, the third-highest peacetime Gallantry Award in the country, in recognition of their distinguished service.

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

47.

__________ has emerged as the top destination for exported Indian pomegranates over the last few years.

a)

Bangladesh

b)

China

c)

Bhutan

d)

Maldives

48.

Nationwide River Ranching Programme was recently launched in _______________.

a)

Uttar Pradesh

b)

Andhra Pradesh

c)

Odisha

d)

Madhya Pradesh

49.

_______ has announced the launch of ‘Lucy’ mission.

a)

NASA

b)

ESA

c)

JAXA

d)

ROCSOMOS

50.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in ______.

a)

1946

b)

1947

c)

1948

d)

1949