Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Oct 26, 2015

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1) Libyan parliament refused to sign a peace deal backed by which world body?

a. ICJ
b. UN
c. Amnesty International
d. None of the above

ANSWER: UN

2) Which famous veteran filmmaker died at the age of 77 on 20th October 2015?

a. Vidhu Vinod Chopra
b. Sanjay Bhansali
c. GP Sippy
d. KSL Swamy

ANSWER: KSL Swamy

3) World Statistics Day was observed on 20th October 2015 with which theme?

a. Better Day, Better Lives
b. Better Data, Better Lives
c. Smarter Data, Smarter Lives
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Better Data, Better Lives

4) WHO released which report on 19th October 2015?

a. Global status report on road safety 2015
b. International report on road safety 2015
c. Report on car safety 2015
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Global status report on road safety 2015

5) Which UN Body released report entitled Gender and Education for All (EFA) 2000-2015 Achievements and Challenges in October 2015?

a. UNESCO
b. UNCTAD
c. UNICEF
d. WHO

ANSWER: UNESCO

6) Freshdesk has roped in which former LinkedIn executive as its COO on 20th October 2015?

a. Deep Nishar
b. Nishant Rao
c. Pranay Rao
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Nishant Rao

7) E-commerce major, Snapdeal, has announced the appointment of which telecom executive as its CFO?

a. Arup Vikal
b. Anup Vikal
c. Kaizad Herjee
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Anup Vikal

8) Scientists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago — ____ million years earlier than previous research suggested.

a. 200
b. 300
c. 400
d. 500

ANSWER: 300

9) Which Liberal party leader was elected as PM of Canada?

a. Stephen Harper
b. Justin Trudeau
c. Joe Clark
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Justin Trudeau

10) Meru Cabs has announced a partnership with which global mobile app?

a. eCab
b. QuickCab
c. FastCab
d. None of the above

ANSWER: eCab

11) HCL Technologies will acquire which commercial vehicles major’s external IT business for USD 1.38 million ?

a. Ford
b. Volvo
c. Daimler-Chrysler
d. Mercedes Benz

ANSWER: Volvo

12) Which search engine major will acquire a minority stake in AI firm Mobvoi?

a. Yahoo
b. Google
c. Bing
d. AOL

ANSWER: Google

13) Employment in how many sectors rose by INR 5.21 lakh in the last fiscal 2014-2015, as per Labour Bureau’s “25th Quarterly Report on Changes in Employment”?

a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

ANSWER: 8

14) Government has amended rules to reduce ______________ disputes in a positive signal to investors on 20th October 2015.

a. Transfer Pricing
b. Alternate Pricing
c. Minimum Pricing
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Transfer Pricing