Current Affairs - October 2015 (Multiple choice questions)

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1) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is organising ___________ on October 15th 2015 to sensitive everyone about challenges confronting visually impaired persons.

a. World Sight Day
b. White Cane Day
c. Indian Sight Day
d. None of the above

ANSWER: White Cane Day

2) Which Indian Naval ship is currently in operational deployment and has entered the Sagami Bay in Japan on 14th October 2015?

a. INS Trikand
b. INS Sahyadri
c. INS Astradharini
d. None of the above

ANSWER: INS Sahyadri

3) Government on 14th October 2015 approved an agreement between India and which nation for technical bilateral cooperation and investment promotion in renewable energy?

a. Ethiopia
b. Liberia
c. Mozambique
d. Madagascar

ANSWER: Mozambique

4) Union Cabinet has approved an MoU between India and which country on 14th October 2015 for cooperation in MSMEs?

a. Taipei
b. China
c. Japan
d. Malaysia

ANSWER: Taipei

5) Outward FDI by Indian firms has halved to USD _____ billion in September 2015, according to RBI data.

a. 1.23
b. 1.25
c. 1.27
d. 1.24

ANSWER: 1.24

6) Maharashtra government has appointed whom as the Advocate General of the state on 14th October 2015?

a. S. V. Bokhare
b. Sunil Manohar
c. Shreehari Aney
d. Anil Singh

ANSWER: Shreehari Aney

7) Which female Indian bodybuilder became the first to win a medal at a continental level tournament in October ’15?

a. Shweta Rathore
b. Ashwini Waskar
c. Sibalika Saha
d. None of the above
e. Shweta Rathore

ANSWER: Shweta Rathore

8) Scientists at BSI have discovered a new species of banana known by which botanical name?

a. Musa Indandamanensis
b. Musa acuminata
c. Musa balbisiana
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Musa Indandamanensis

9) Who has been appointed CMD of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation?

a. Akhilesh Sharma
b. Alkesh Sharma
c. E. Sreedharan
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Alkesh Sharma

10) The ___ edition of the world’s largest handicrafts and gifts fair, IHGF Delhi Fair Autumn 2015 will be held from 14th to 18th October 2015.

a. 39th
b. 40th
c. 41st
d. 42nd

ANSWER: 40th