Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2017

1. 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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2. The Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is located in which state?
[A] Odisha
[B] West Bengal
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Assam

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3. 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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4. Who of the following have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017?
[A] Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa
[B] Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich
[C] Brian K. Kobilka and Robert J. Lefkowitz
[D] Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson

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5. Who has become the first Indian to hold deputy director general post at World Health Organisation (WHO)?
[A] Ritu Karidhal
[B] Soumya Swaminathan
[C] Minal Sampath
[D] Anuradha TK

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6. What is the current repo rate, according to recently released 4th bi-monthly monetary policy review statement for the year 2017-18?
[A] 6%
[B] 6.25%
[C] 5.75%
[D] 5.5%

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7. Who is leading the Indian delegation at the 8th Conference of Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians?
[A] Maneka Gandhi
[B] Sumitra Mahajan
[C] Sushma Swaraj
[D] Arun Jaietly

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8. Which high-level committee has been constituted by the Union government for proper management of water resources in the NE region?
[A] Rajiv Kumar committee
[B] Jagdish Mukhi committee
[C] Ram Das committee
[D] B D Mishra committee

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9. What is the theme of 2017 World Teachers’ Day (WTD)?
[A] Valuing teachers, improving their status
[B] A call for teachers
[C] Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers
[D] Value teachers & empower teaching

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10. Purushottam Lal Kaushik, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?
[A] Journalism
[B] Film Industry
[C] Politics
[D] Photography

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