Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Oct 10, 2015

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1) For which operation has the RPF won an award at the National Conference of Anti Human Trafficking held in Delhi on 7th October 2015?

a. Operation Himmat
b. Operation Smile
c. Operation Rahat
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Operation Smile

2) Government of India has signed two loan agreements with which country for financing projects under Green Energy Corridor Programme?

a. Australia
b. UK
c. Germany
d. Russia

ANSWER: Germany

3) Who has won the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup on 5th October 2015?

a. Peter Svilder
b. Sergey Karjakin
c. Anand Vishwanathan
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Sergey Karjakin

4) Which Indian literary figure(s) have returned their Sahitya Akademi award to protest against the punishment for dissenters in India, including rationalists like late Govind Pansare?

a. Nayantara Sehgal
b. Ashok Vajpayi
c. Uday Prakash
d. All of the above

ANSWER: All of the above

5) The Clintons’ War on Women has been authored by which writer (s)?

a. Roger Stone
b. Robert Morrow
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Both a and b

6) Raif Badawi has won the PEN Pinter Prize with which British Poet on 6th October 2015?

a. James Fenton
b. Paul Farley
c. Maurice Riordan
d. None of the above

ANSWER: James Fenton

7) Which of the following scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on 7th October 2015?

a. Tomas Lindahl
b. Paul Modrich
c. Aziz Sancar
d. All of the above

ANSWER: All of the above

8) Nokia has announced the selection of which executives as heads of the Mobile Networks, Fixed Networks, Applications & Analytics and IP/Optical Networks?

a. Samih Elhage, Federico Guillen, Bhaskar Gorti and Basil Alwan
b. Ramzi Haidamus, Rajeev Suri, Timo Ihamoutila and Ashish Choudhury
c. Samih Elhage, Rajeev Suri, Bhaskar Gorti and Basil Alwan
d. Federico Gullen, Ashish Choudhury, Bhaskar Gorti and Basil Alwan

ANSWER: Samih Elhage, Federico Guillen, Bhaskar Gorti and Basil Alwan

9) Which climate change expert was elected as the new IPCC chairman succeeding RK Pachauri?

a. Chris Field
b. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
c. Thomas Stocker
d. Hoesung Lee

ANSWER: Hoesung Lee

10) On 7th October 2015, the Government of India approved the formation of which Group A service of technical cadre of MSDE?

a. Indian Skill Development Service
b. Indian Skill Deployment Services
c. Indian Skill Formation Services
d. Indian Skill Administration Services

ANSWER: Indian Skill Development Service