Current Affairs Questions & Answers - October quiz (Multiple choice question)

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1) Annual meetings of the WB Group and IMF were held between 9th and 11th October 2015 in _________.

a. Lima
b. New York
c. Delhi
d. London

ANSWER: Lima

2) Which former treasury chief of Britain died in October 2015 at the age of 88?

a. Henry Brooke
b. John Diamond
c. Joel Barnett
d. Geoffrey Howe

ANSWER: Geoffrey Howe

3) The 5th meeting of the India-Maldives Joint Commission was held on 11 October 2015 in ______.

a. Midu
b. Addu City
c. Gan
d. Male

ANSWER: Male

4) A biography on well known thinker and writer M. Vijayan has been released to mark his 8th death anniversary. Name its author.

a. M. J. Akbar
b. Praful Bidwai
c. K. Balakrishnan
d. Salman Rushdie

ANSWER: K. Balakrishnan

5) Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ____ birth anniversary was celebrated by Google with a doodle on October 13th.

a. 65th
b. 66th
c. 67th
d. 68th

ANSWER: 67th

6) Which eminent Punjabi writer has announced on 13th October 2015 that she will be returning her Padma Shri to protest against rising communal tension in India?

a. Hardeep Kumar Tiwana
b. Amrita Pritam
c. Balwant Gargi
d. Dalip Kumar Tiwana

ANSWER: Dalip Kumar Tiwana

7) Which renowned Malayalam filmmaker on 12th October 2015 was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award for 2014?

a. M. Padmakumar
b. N. N. Pisharody
c. I. V. Sasi
d. Priyadarshan

ANSWER: I. V. Sasi

8) Who won the China Open Men’s Singles title on 11th October 2015 by defeating Rafael Nadel?

a. Andy Murray
b. Roger Federer
c. Novak Djokovic
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Novak Djokovic

9) NHRC is celebrating its 22nd Foundation day on ______ 2015.

a. 11th October
b. 12th October
c. 13th October
d. 14th October

ANSWER: 12th October

10) Veteran Communist leader K. P. Sharma Oli was on 12th October sworn in as Nepal’s ___ PM.

a. 36th
b. 38th
c. 37th
d. 39th

ANSWER: 38th