Current Affairs Mega Quiz: 7 October 2018

Current Affairs

1. Which state was awarded as the best state under the Swachh Survekshan

Grameen Awards 2018?
a) Telangana
b) Haryana
c) Karnataka
d) Gujarat


Answer :

1. (b) Haryana
Haryana was ranked as the best State, while Satara District of Maharashtra was
ranked as the best district as per the ranking undertaken by Swachh Survekshan
Grameen 2018. Uttar Pradesh was rewarded for maximum citizens’ participation.
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2. Who won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize?

a) Nadia Murad
b) George P Smith
c) Oprah Winfrey
d) Sir Gregory P Winter


Answer :

2. (a) Nadia Murad
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on October 5, 2018 awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of
sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”.

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3. India recently signed a USD 5.43 billion deal to procure the S-400 Triumf

missile system from which country?
a) USA
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) South Korea


Answer :

3. (c) Russia
India and Russia on October 5, 2018 signed a USD 5.43 billion deal for India to
procure the S-400 Triumf missile system from Russia. The deal was signed
following the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit between Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin and other delegates.

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4. In its fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19, the RBI

fixed the Repo Rate at what percent?
a) 7.5 percent
b) 5.5 percent
c) 6.0 percent
d) 6.5 percent


Answer :

4. (d) 6.5 percent
The Reserve Bank of India, in an unexpected move, decided to hold the repo rate
at 6.5 percent. The MPC voted 5:1 and RBI committee shifted to ‘calibrated
tightening stance’.

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5. Chanda Kochhar has quit her position as the CEO and MD of this bank with

immediate effect.
a) ICCI
b) PNB
c) Axis
d) HDFC


Answer :

5. (a) ICCI
The ICCI Bank CEO and MD, Chanda Kochhar quit her position with immediate
effect on October 4, 2018. The announcement came after her plea for early
retirement was accepted by the bank. Sandeep Bakhshi, who was appointed as the
bank’s COO in June 2018, has been named to succeed Kochhar as the bank’s new
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

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6. International Court of Justice has ordered the United States to ease its

sanctions on which nation?
a) China
b) Iran
c) Canada
d) Russia


Answer :

6. (b) Iran
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered the US to ease sanctions
it re-imposed on Iran after abandoning a nuclear deal in May. The Court ruled
that the US had to remove “any impediments” to the export of humanitarian
goods, including food, medicine and aviation safety equipment.

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7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Assembly of the

International Solar Alliance in which city?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Kanpur
d) Noida


Answer :

7. (b) New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2018 inaugurated the first Assembly
of the International Solar Alliance at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in the presence
of the United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

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8. Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, Sir Gregory P. Winter won the 2018 Nobel

Prize in which field?
a) Medicine
b) Physics
c) Chemistry
d) Literature


Answer :

8. (c) Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on October 3, 2018 awarded the 2018 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry with one half to Frances H. Arnold “for the directed
evolution of enzymes” and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir
Gregory P. Winter “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”.

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9. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped off

which honour?
a) Canadian citizenship
b) US Green Card
c) Nobel Peace Prize
d) Myanmar leadership


Answer :

9. (a) Canadian citizenship
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped off the
honorary Canadian citizenship over her refusal to call out atrocities by her
nation’s military against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

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10. Who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo
b) Michael W. Young and Michael Rosbash
c) Jeffrey C. Hall and Yoshinori Ohsumi
d) Tu Youyou and Satoshi Omura


Answer :

10. (a) James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet on October 1, 2018 awarded the 2018
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku
Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune
regulation”.

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11. The Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth year celebrations were launched on October2, 2018, marking the beginning of the final year of the Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM). When was the mission launched?
a) 2013
b) 2014
c) 2015
d) 2016


Answer :

11. (b) 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) on
October 2, 2014 with an aim to build a Clean and Open Defecation Free (ODF)
India by October 2, 2019 as a befitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th
birth anniversary.

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12. Which two countries have reached a deal to replace NAFTA?
a) US and Canada
b) Canada and Mexico
c) UK and US
d) Russia and China


Answer :

12. (a) US and Canada
The United States and Canada reached a deal on September 30, 2018 to salvage
NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, beating a midnight deadline with
agreements to substantially boost American access to Canada’s dairy market and
protect Canada from possible US auto tariffs.

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13. World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on _________.
(a) 2nd October
(b) 25th September
(c) 5th September
(d) 5th October
(e) 10th October


Answer :

13.Ans.(d)
World Teachers’ Day is celebrated globally on 5th October.x`

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14. The theme for this year’s World Teachers’ Day is _______.
(a) Protecting Our Heritage and Fostering Creativity with teaching
(b) The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher
(c) My right to education and a qualified teacher
(d) Learning to Live Together
(e) Teaching to Learn Together


Answer :

14.Ans.(b)
The theme for this year’s WTD is “The right to education means the right to a
qualified teacher,” has been chosen to remind the global community that the
right to education cannot be achieved without the right to trained and
qualified teachers.

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15. Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman was on a three-day visit to Astana. Itis the capital city of ________.
(a) Uzbekistan
(b) Mongolia
(c) Kyrgyzstan
(d) Taiwan
(e) Kazakhstan


Answer :

15.Ans.(e)
Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman was on a three-day visit to Astana,
Kazakhstan at the invitation of Minister of Defence of the Republic of
Kazakhstan Mr. Nurlan Yermekbayev.

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16. The 36th National Games will be held in _______.
(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Goa
(e) Haryana


Answer :

16.Ans.(d)
The 36th National Games in Goa will be held from March 30 to April 14 next
year.

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17. A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start

at_______.
(a) Lucknow
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Pune
(d) Bengaluru
(e) Guwahati


Answer :

17.Ans.(a)
A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

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18. Theme for Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 is__________.
(a) Building Knowledge Societies
(b) Science for a Sustainable Future
(c) Preventing Scientific Extremism
(d) Science for Transformation
(e) None of the above option is true


Answer :

18.Ans.(d)
A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 will start in
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. President Ramnath Kovind will formally inaugurate the
festival. IISF-2018 with its focal theme “Science for Transformation” will have
23 special events.

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19. Recently joint exercise ‘Sahyog HOP TAC-2018’, took place at___________-.
(a) Jakarta
(b) Kochi
(c) Chennai
(d) Hanoi
(e) Kuala Lumpur


Answer :

19.Ans.(c)
Recently joint exercise ‘Sahyog HOP TAC-2018’, took place at Chennai.

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20. Recently joint exercise ‘Sahyog HOP TAC-2018’ took place. It was a joint

exercise between Coast guards of India and _______.
(a) Malaysia
(b) Vietnam
(c) Indonesia
(d) Singapore
(e) Japan


Answer :

20.Ans.(b)
A Vietnam Coast Guard ship, on its maiden visit to Chennai, undertook joint
exercises with the Indian Coast Guard ‘Sahyog HOP TAC-2018’, off the city coast
aimed at strengthening the working level relationship between them.

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21. India Chem 2018, the 10th Biennial International Exhibition & Conferencerecently began in_________.
(a) Panaji
(b) New Delhi
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Kochi
(e) Mumbai


Answer :

21.Ans.(e)
India Chem 2018, the 10th Biennial International Exhibition & Conference began
in Mumbai. The largest event of Chemicals and Petrochemical Industry in India
is a two-day event.

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22. India’s overall ranking on the government’s adoption of e-payments has

moved up to ______ in 2018.
(a) 8th
(b) 22th
(c) 32th
(d) 28th
(e) 14th


Answer :

22.Ans.(d)
According to an international survey, India’s overall ranking on the
government’s adoption of e-payments has moved up to in 2018, from 36th in 2011.

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23. Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the honoraryCanadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations. He/shebelongs to which of the following country?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Taiwan
(c) Vietnam
(d) China
(e) Indonesia


Answer :

23.Ans.(a)
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the
honorary Canadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations
against the Rohingya people.

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24. Who among the following won 2018 Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Juan Manuel Santos and Sonam Wangchuk
(b) Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
(c) Denis Mukwege and Tawakkol Karman
(d) Nadia Murad and Malala
(e) Juan Manuel Santos and Nadia Murad


Answer :

24.Ans.(b)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual
violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”.

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25. Which of the following species of mango, recently got a Geographical

Indication (GI) tag?
(a) Badami
(b) Dasheri
(c) Alphonso
(d) Neelam
(e) Mulgoba


Answer :

25.Ans.(c)
Alphonso Mango from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and other adjoining areas in
Maharashtra, gets a Geographical Indication (GI) Tag.

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26. The government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $110 million loan to finance the upgrade of 2,800 kilometers all-weather rural roads in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Headquarters of ADB is in_________.
(a) Jakarta
(b) Manila
(c) Vienna
(d) Tokyo
(e) Beijing


Answer :

26.Ans.(b)
Headquarters of ADB is in Manila, Philippines.

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27. India and Russia signed the S-400 air defence system deal. The amount

sanctioned under the deal is_______.
(a) $1 billion
(b) $500 million
(c) $2 billion
(d) $50 million
(e) $5 billion


Answer :

27.Ans.(e)
India and Russia signed the $5 billion S-400 air defence system deal during the
annual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian
President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House.

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