Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2018

1. Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, who is the official winner of the 2018 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, is from which country?
[A] Egypt
[B] South Sudan
[C] Spain
[D] Brazil

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2. Which city has launched India’s first Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System (FFEWS)?
[A] Chennai
[B] Kochi
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Kolkata

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3. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of which cancer therapy?
[A] Chemotherapy
[B] Radiation
[C] Surgery
[D] Immunotherapy

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4. India’s first AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy is to be set up in which city?
[A] Jaipur
[B] Thiruvananthapuram
[C] Baroda
[D] Guwahati

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5. Who has been appointed the first-ever female major general in the 47 years history of Bangladesh?
[A] Nasreen Jahan
[B] Selina Hossain
[C] Monica Ali
[D] Susane Giti

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6. Which Indian origin personality has been named as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
[A] Sashi Cheliah
[B] Shand Panesa
[C] Gita Gopinath
[D] Guruswamy Jayraman

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7. The nationwide Action Research Project of Gram Panchayat development scheme has been launched from which city?
[A] Agra
[B] New Delhi
[C] Jaipur
[D] Gwalior

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8. India’s tallest National flag from the average city elevation has recently installed in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Guwahati
[C] Gandhi Nagar
[D] Kolkata

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9. India signed $240 million loan pact with ADB for safe drinking water in which of the following districts of West Bengal?
[A] North 24 Parganas
[B] Bankura
[C] Purba Medinipur
[D] All of the above

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10. Which of the following women scientists has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
[A] Christiane Volhard
[B] Ada Yonath
[C] Frances H. Arnold
[D] Carol W. Greider

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