Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - October, 2017

11. What is the theme of the 2017 India Water Week (IWW)?
[A] Water for Inclusive Growth
[B] Water and Energy for Inclusive Growth
[C] Water and Society
[D] Water for all: Striving together

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12. Which Indian sportsperson has clinched the World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship-2017?
[A] Arantxa Sanchis
[B] Keerthana Pandian
[C] Anupama Ramachandran
[D] Anuja Thakur

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13. Who has won the 2017 men singles title at the Bulgarian International Future Series Badminton tournament?
[A] RMV Gurusaidutt
[B] Muhammed Ali Kurt
[C] Ramkumar Ramanathan
[D] Sumit Nagal

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14. The Melkote Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (MTWS) is located in which state?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Kerala
[D] Odisha

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15. Who has been chosen for the 2017 Vayalar Ramavarma Literacy award?
[A] Subhash Chandran
[B] U. K. Kumaran
[C] T D Ramakrishna
[D] K. R. Meera

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16. Which IIT institute has signed a MoU with Samsung for digital academy?
[A] IIT-Bombay
[B] IIT-Madras
[C] IIT-Kharagpur
[D] IIT-Indore

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17. The 5th edition of India Water Week (IWW-2017) has launched in which city?
[A] Lucknow
[B] New Delhi
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Kolkata

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18. What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY18 by the World Bank (WB) in its South Asia Economic Focus (Fall 2017) report?
[A] 7.2%
[B] 7.1%
[C] 7.0%
[D] 7.2%

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19. What is the India’s GDP forecast for FY18 by IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report?
[A] 7.0%
[B] 6.7%
[C] 7.1%
[D] 6.5%

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20. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)?
[A] Anupam Kher
[B] Ragini Sharma
[C] Jagdish Bhagwati
[D] Rishi Kapoor

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