Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2018

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1. Sanya Richards-Ross, who will be event ambassador for the Airtel Delhi half marathon, is from which country?

[A] Germany
[B] United States
[C] France
[D] Italy

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2. 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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3. What is the India’s GDP growth forecast for 2018, according to UNCTAD’s latest report “Trade and Development Report”?

[A] 6.7%
[B] 7.2%
[C] 7.0%
[D] 7.4%

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4. 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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5. Which state government has recently launched its own food security scheme to cover the poor people who left out of the National Food Security Act (NFSA)?

[A] Odisha
[B] Assam
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Goa

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6. Which of the following women physicists has won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics?

[A] Lisa Randall
[B] Lisa Randall
[C] Donna Strickland
[D] Gabriela Gonzalez

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7. 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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8. Which of the following has been declared the “cleanest religious place” in India at Safaigiri Summit and Awards 2018?

[A] Jagannath Temple, Puri
[B] Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, J&K
[C] Kashi Vishvanath Temple, Varanasi
[D] Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

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9. What is the India’s rank in Visa’s 2018 Government e-Payment Adoption Ranking (GEAR)?

[A] 35th
[B] 28th
[C] 19th
[D] 15th

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10. Which Indian personality has been appointed the Chairman of the Working Committee (WoCo) and Director on the Board of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)?

[A] Rajnish Kumar
[B] M K Sharma
[C] Girish Chaturvedi
[D] Vikram Limaye

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