Current Affairs Quiz – October 6 2015

In Current Affairs Quiz
October 6, 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
1. Which Country its first typhoon detecting rocket’?
a) India
b) China
c) Russia
d) Germany

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Answer b) China

2. Which country is at top among Asian countries for immigrant scientists and engineers in US?
a) India
b) Sri lanka
c) Germany
d) Pakistan

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Answer a) India

3.Who has been awarded The Nobel prize in physics?
a) Satoshi Ōmura
b)William C cambell
c) Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald
d) To Youyou

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Answer c) Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald

4. Swedish crime writer passes away. Name the person.
a) Eva Bergman
b) Henning Mankell
c) Jo Nesbø
d) Krister Henriksson

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Answer b) Henning Mankell.

5.Who is the new CEO of Twitter?
a) Jack Dorsey
b) Biz Stone
c) Dick Costolo
d) Evan Williams

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Answer a) Jack Dorsey

6. An indigenously built Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel joined Indian Navy. Name the Vessel.
a) INS Sahas
b) INS Arihant
c) INS Astradharini
d) None of the option

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Answer c) INS Astradharini.

7.The Next Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conference is to be held at ______
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Lucknow
d) Bhopal

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Answer b) New Delhi

8. Odisha launched _________ to launch police complaints
a) Complaint Portal
b) Safety portal
c) Citizen Portal
d) Quick Access

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Answer c) Citizen Portal.

9. What is Keytruda?
a) NATO’s Military Exercise
b) Newly Discoevred Particle
c) Anti-cancer drug
d) New Planet

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Answer c) Anti-cancer drug. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug Keytruda to treat the most common form of lung cancer.

10. GOI and KFW Sign Loan Agreements to implement Green Energy Projects in which of the following two states?
a) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
b) Himachal pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

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Answer b) Himachal pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. These are Euro 125 Millions worth projects.

11. The Health Ministry aims to achieve full immunisation of more than 90 per cent children by
a) 2018
b) 2020
c) 2022
d) 2024

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Answer b) 2020. GOI launched second phase of Mission Indradhanush, an ambitious immunisation programme focusing on 352 districts.

13. The World Habitat Day is observed on
a) October 4
b) October 5
c) October 6
d) October 7

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Answer b) October 5. Public Spaces for All is the theme of this year’s World Habitat Day.

14. The third edition of Indo-German Inter-governmental Consultations was held in
a) Jaipur
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata

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Answer c) New Delhi.

15. DBT Partners with _______ to reach Microscope easily to the Indian students.
a) Mahesh Lab
b) Prakash Lab
c) Suresh Lab
d) Ganesh Lab

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Answer b) Prakash Lab. DBT – Department of Biotechnology.

16. Amo Doli is a program launched by _______ government.
a) Odisha
b) West Bengal
c) Chattissgarh
d) Madhya Pradesh

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Answer a) Odisha.

17. Rayagada District is in
a) Maharashtra
b) Telangana
c) Odisha
d) Andhra Pradesh

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Answer c) Odisha. Amo doli programme launched by Odisha government in naxal-affected Rayagada district.

18. President Pranab Mukherjee is going to visit which of the following three countries?
a) Israel, Egypt, and Jordan
b) Iran, Jordan, and Palestine
c) Israel, Palestine, and Jordan
d) Jordan, Iraq, and Venezuela

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Answer c) Israel, Palestine, and Jordan