Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2017

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1. Which Indian entrepreneur has won the prestigious International Business Person of the Year award in London for innovative IT solutions?

[A] Birendra Sasmal
[B] Uday Lanje
[C] Madhira Srinivasu
[D] Ranjan Kumar

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2. The 2017 International Day of Older Persons is observed on which date?

[A] October 2
[B] October 1
[C] October 3
[D] October 4

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3. Who of the following has/have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017?

[A] Jeffrey C. Hall
[B] Michael Rosbash
[C] Michael W. Young
[D] All of the above

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4. The Port of Benghazi which is officially opened for the first time in 3 years, is situated in which African country?

[A] Egypt
[B] Sudan
[C] Libya
[D] Tunisia

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5. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed a Commission to examine the sub-categorisation of OBCs. Who will be chairperson of the commission?

[A] N K Rathore
[B] M S Jha
[C] JK Bajaj
[D] G Rohini

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6. For the first time, India and which neighboring state will conduct joint tiger census using a globally-recognised method?

[A] Myanmar
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Nepal
[D] Bangladesh

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7. Who of the following have won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2017?

[A] Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish
[B] John Kosterlitz and Duncan M. Haldane
[C] Takaaki Kajita, Barry Barish and Rainer Weiss
[D] David J. Wineland, John Kosterlitz and Rainer Weiss

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8. Where is the headquarters of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)?

[A] New Delhi
[B] Lucknow
[C] Gandhinagar
[D] Kochi

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9. Who of the following has won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017?

[A] Svetlana Alexievich
[B] Mo Yan
[C] Patrick Modiano
[D] Kazuo Ishiguro

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10. From where the Union Ministry of Tourism has started ‘Paryatan Parv’ to promote tourism across India?

[A] Delhi
[B] Pune
[C] Gandhi Nagar
[D] Kochi

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