Current Affairs Questions PDF Current Affairs Q&A October 2015 Veteran director, writer and producer John Guillermin passed away recently He belonged to? A USA B Britain C Germany D Singapore Who has resigned from the post of Executive Director of IDFC bank and taken over as MD and CEO of the same bank? A Siddharth Malik B Ankit Singhania C Rajiv Mall D Suresh Saxena Which country’s flag has been hoisted at the United Nations without being that country as the member of UN which is never done before for a non – member state? A Vatican City B Taiwan C Palestine D Kosovo Which state government has decided to allot 2,720 acres of land to DRDO for DRDO’s missile testing project? A Andhra Pradesh B Tamil Nadu C Maharashtra D Karnataka The United States Department of Treasury (DoT) has included India in its list of 34 countries with which it would share information under FATCA regulations to curb black money and tax evasion issues What is FATCA A Foreign Account Total Compliance Act B Foreign Account Tax Compliant Act C Fixed Account Tax Compliance Act D Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Who has won the best CEO award (private sector) at the fifth edition of Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA), 2015 held in Mumbai? A Samit Ghosh B CP Gurnani C Shikha Sharma D Chanda Kochar Former cricketer Lindsay Kline passed away recently He belonged to A West Indies B South Africa C Australia D Zimbabwe Which state government has launched an e-FIR Web Portal www.citizenportalop.gov.in to enable general public to register their complaints with police by sitting at home with just click of a mouse? 1|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF A Kerala B Odisha C Maharashtra D Chhattisgarh As per RBI, in October 2015 which public sector bank is named as the worst performer in public sector banks with highest number of non-performing assets (NPAs) recorded against it? A Union Bank of India B UCO Bank C Indian Bank D United Bank 10 Which of the following is not one of the recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine as announced on October 5? A Satoshi Omura B Merin D’Souza C Youyou TU D William C Campbell 11 World Habitat Day is observed on which of the following date this year? A August 20 B September 20 C October D October 12 Name the “Zubaan” movie director who has been honoured with Rising Director Asia Star award at the 20th Busan International Film Festival for his debut film as director A Suresh Gupta B Pawan Kumar C Sooraj Singh D Mozez Singh 13 Arthur McDonald is one of the winners of Nobel Prize in physics for his work on neutrinos He belongs to? A Japan B Russia C Canada D Italy 14 Name the author of book titled “Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar” A Suresh Gupta B Pawan Kumar C Sooraj Singh D Santosh Singh 15 Swedish Henning Georg Mankell passed away recently He was a A writer B lyricist C stage actor D painter 16 According to the fifth edition of the ‘Bloomberg Markets Most Influential’ list of the world’s top 50 people, along with PM Narendra Modi, which Indian is the one to be a part of this list? A Preeti Bundela 2|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF B Satya Nadella C Ruchir Sharma D Shikha Sharma 17 The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize went to which country’s National Dialogue Quartet for its contribution to democracy in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution 2011? A Saudi Arabia B Yemen C Tunisia D Norway 18 Ravindra Jain passed away recently He was a veteran A music director B painter C film director D none of these 19 Who has been awarded with the 5th Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award? A Anupam Kher B Javed Akhtar C AR Rahman D Amitabh Bachchan 20 When is International Day of the Girl Child observed? A November 24 B August 12 C October 11 D September 13 21 Which state has launched Mission Abaas to provide affordable houses to urban poor? A Odisha B Maharashtra C Kerala D Telangana 22 Recently union cabinet has decided to launch the National Minimum Wage Act which will be mandatory to be implemented by all state governments The current minimum wage base is A Rs 160 B Rs 180 C Rs 200 D Rs 220 23 Which state has banned a non-steroid drug “Ketoprofen” in some areas to save the endangered vulture population? A Andhra Pradesh B Tamil Nadu C Maharashtra D Odisha 24 Which of the following banks has been selected in Dow Jones Sustainability Indices becoming the only domestic bank to get into the index? A Kotak Mahindra Bank B Yes Bank C Axis Bank D ICICI 3|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF 25 Name the winner of Man Booker Prize 2015? Marlon James John McFarlane Jes Staley Antony Jenkins 26 Name the novel for which Jamaican author, Marlon James has won Man Booker Prize 2015? A A Little Life B The Fisherman C A Spool of Blue Thread D A Brief History of Seven Killings 27 Omid Kordestani appointed as Twitter’s executive chairman was the executive of A Microsoft B Apple C Google D Facebook 28 India and inked agreement for technical bilateral cooperation and investment promotion in the area of new and renewable energy A Kazakhstan B Mozambique C Seychelles D Lithuania 29 Malabar exercise is a trio naval exercise among A India, Japan, USA B India, China, USA C India, Japan, China D India, USA, Russia 30 A bus service has been started in east India which goes via Dhaka, Bangladesh The extreme cities of this bus service are A Agartala-Guwahati B Agartala-Kolkata C Guwahati-Kolkata D Dispur-Kolkatta 31 In addition to LPG and PDS schemes, which scheme(s) have been added for which Aadhaar cards can be used, as approved by the Supreme Court? A welfare schemes of MGNREGA B pension schemes C provident fund schemes D All of the above 32 The special train named ‘Science Express Climate Action Special’ to create awareness among various sections of the society has been flagged off from A Rameshwaram Railway Station B Jaisalmer Railway Station C Jaipur Railway Station D Delhi’s Safderjung Railway Station 33 Which day is observed as World Food day? A July 22 B October 28 C October 16 A B C D 4|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 D November 22 A communication satellite “APSTAR-9” has been launched by A Russia B France C China D Japan Pranab Mukherjee is the first Indian president to visit which of the following country(s)? A Palestine, Israel B Palestine, Jordan C Jordan, Israel D All of these To which of the following companies a contract of years has been given for the sponsorship of Indian Premier League(IPL)? A DLF B Samsung C PepsiCo D Vivo Indian short film “An Old Dog’s Diary” which has won award at London Film Festival is been directed by A Santosh Sivan and Gitanjli Rao B Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel C Shumona Goel and Santosh Sivan D Shai Heredia and Gitanjli Rao USA and have signed an agreement for the cleanup and removal of land contaminated with radioactivity from U.S hydrogen bombs? A France B Japan C Spain D Germany Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Canada? A Joe Clark B Pierre Trudeau C Justin Trudeau D Stephen Harper Recently, the government of India has made which card compulsory to register for new business? A PAN Card B Aadhaar Card C Ration Card D All of these Syed Zahoor Qasim passed away recently He was a renowned A psychologist B neurologist C biologist D ophthalmologist The book “Dreaming Big – My Journey to Connect India” is autobiography of A Narayan Tiwari B Sam Pitroda 5|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF C Gangaram Mehta D Suhas Malik 43 With which of the following India has signed an agreement on Maritime Transport? A Oman B Kazakhstan C Egypt D Indonesia 44 India has signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in Criminal Matters with which of the following? A Czech Republic B Bolivia C Hungary D Maldives 45 As announced by Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai, which date will be observed as “car free day” across Delhi from next year? A May 16 B July 26 C October 22 D September 22 46 Finance ministry has appointed Shaktikanta Das to the board of Reserve Bank of India He is A Finance Secretary B Economic Affairs Secretary C Principal Secretary to PMO D Cabinet Secretary 47 Robert Mugabe has been awarded 2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China He is A President of Zimbabwe B President of Kazakhstan C President of Myanmar D President of Portugal 48 Where is the India’s first Paragliding World Cup held? A Jammu and Kashmir B Himachal Pradesh C Arunachal Pradesh D Goa 49 When is World Polio Day observed? A October 24 B September 24 C August 14 D September 28 50 Where is the South Asian games going to held from February to 16 in 2016? A Gangtok and Dispur B Guwahati and Shillong C Guwahati and Tripura D Itanagar and Dispur 51 Which of the following is set to launch Department of Veterans Affairs (DOVA)? 6|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF Indian Army Sahitya Awards Academy Indian Airforce Ministry of Economic Affairs 52 Deepika Kumari has won the Silver medal in five years at the 2015 Archery World Cup Final She belongs to A Hissar B Ranchi C Lucknow D Raipur 53 Which country has passed a new law stating that the students trying to copy in examinations will face a jail term of up to seven years? A Denmark B Nepal C China D Azerbaijan 54 Name the authors of book “Indian family business mantras” A Peter Leach and Tatwamasi Dixit B Peter Leach and Roger Stone C Ben Bernanke and Robert Morrow D Anna Suvorova and Gina Rinehart 55 Indian origin Lord Gulam Noon passed away recently He was known as Britain’s A non-veg king B chicken king C curry king D masala king 56 According to World Bank’s 2016 rankings of Ease of Doing Business, what rank has been given to India? A 142 B 130 C 135 D 139 57 When is International Animation Day observed? A October 28 B September 27 C November 06 D October 22 58 Where did the BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) held in October 2015? A Brasilia, Brazil B Moscow, Russia C Beijing, China D Cape Town, South Africa 59 Under the Housing for All by 2022 launched by PM Narendra Modi, how much grant is given per house? A 1.5 Lakhs B Lakh C Lakhs D 2.5 Lakhs A B C D 7|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF 60 What rank has been given to Narendra Modi in the list of Top Admired Personalities as per World Economic Forum (WEF) survey? A 7th B 8th C 9th D 10th 61 Which state government has announced 33% quota for women in government jobs? A Arunachal Pradesh B Madhya Pradesh C Rajasthan D Kerala 62 Who has been elected as the first female president of Nepal? A Juhi Parmakar B Pooja Srivastva C Rama Kant Onsari D Bidhya Devi Bhandari 63 Who has been appointed as India’s representative in the Council of International Civil Aviation Organisation(United Nations body) for three years? A Nakul Srikant B Prashant Narain Sukul C Alok Shekhar D Rahul Kumar 64 After NASA, which country’s space agency is set to launch Manned Moon Mission by 2029? A Japan B Russia C India D France 65 Tommy Hilfiger Model Sam Sarpong has died recently He was also an actor belonging to A Sweden B The USA C Britain D France 66 As per United Nations Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2015, which is the most disaster-prone region of the world? A Asia pacific B Eastern Europe C Middle East D The Caribbean 67 Which of the following has allowed companies to issue rupee-denominated bonds abroad that will address both pricing and currency risks? A Central Government B RBI C Finance Ministry D Finance Secretary 68 Reserve bank of India has allowed Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to 8|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF subscribe to which of the following? A Atal Pension Yojana B Suraksha Bima Yojana C Jan Dhan Yojana D National Pension System 69 Name the China’s first lunar rover which has set records for the longest stay on Moon? A Yangu B Rutu C Yutu D Cahng’e 70 On October 31, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) is celebrated in the country on the birth anniversary of A Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel B BR Ambedkar C Lala Lajpat Rai D Mahatma Gandhi 71 Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced to end country’s one-child policy after how many years? A 30 years B 32 years C 33 years D 35 years 72 Facebook has partnered with which company to create 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India to drive digital penetration in the country? A Airtel B BSNL C MTNL D Huawei 73 When is World Cities Day and World Savings Day observed? A May 12 B August 24 C October 27 D October 31 74 Name the social activist who has been selected for a top US humanitarian award for his contribution to sanitation? A Sujoy Pillai B Bindeshwar Pathak C Pradeep Kumar Sinha D Kapil Shrivastava 75 Which of the following countries has partnered with Cinema Tourism Summit (CTS) 2015 to attract film tourism by showcasing the destination to Bollywood film producers? A Mauritius B Thailand C Singapore D Switzerland 76 Name the Punjabi singer who was found dead at his residence in Mumbai in October? A Arif Lohar 9|Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF B Dev Dhillon C Labh Janjua D Dilshad Akhtar 77 At what estimated cost, Japan has offered to finance India’s first bullet train? A Rs 45,000 crores B Rs 50,000 crores C Rs 70,000 crores D Rs 90,000 crores 78 The Government has exempted the banking correspondents from service tax for account under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) for the A rural area branches B urban area branches C cooperative bank branches D both rural and urban area branches 79 As per latest record India’s poverty rate is lowest among countries having large number of poor population Who has announced this report? A International Monetary Fund B World Bank C United Nations D Asian Development Bank 80 Angus Stewart Deaton has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in the category? A Economics B Chemistry C Literature D Peace 81 Svetlana Alexievich, who has won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature belongs to A Belarus B Russia C Argentina D Norway 82 Which pair has clinched Wuhan open women’s doubles title? A Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova B Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis C Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu D Roberta Vinci and Simona Halep 83 Which of the following is been smashed by Typhoon Koppu which has affected the lives of more than 16,000 people? A Northern Philippines B Northern Palestine C Australia D Denmark 84 All India Football Federation has designated former India Football Team captain _ as the advisor for “overall issues of the game and the Federation” A Vijayan B Sunil Chhetri C Bhaichung Bhutia D None of these 10 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF 85 Income of trusts from yoga-related activities will now not be subject to service tax So they will not have to pay a service tax of A 10% B 12% C 14% D 16% 86 Which state government announced to open Sanskrit University for Schedule Castes (SCs) which will be named after Sanskrit poet Maharishi Valmiki? A Uttar Pradesh B Haryana C Bihar D Madhya Pradesh 87 Who has been elected as President of Guatemala? A Itzel Mayan B Otto Molina C Sandra Torres D Jimmy Morales 88 Which among the following is going to buy flash memory giant SanDisk (SNDK) for $19 billion? A Sony B Western Digital C Seagate D Toshiba 89 Expand INDC A Isolated Nationally Determined Collections B Isolated Nationally Determined Contributions C Intended National Determined Contributions D Intended Nationally Determined Contributions 90 BCCI has launched a special toss coin in commemoration of Gandhiji’s birth anniversary The heads side of coin features the image of A Mahatma Gandhi B Nelson Mandela C Both D None 91 Who has won the Entrepreneur for the Year Award at the fifth edition of Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA), 2015 held in Mumbai? A Uday Kotak B Samit Ghosh C Uday Shankar D Bhavish Aggarwal 92 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has given the world’s highest terrestrial centre labelled as “Extreme Altitude Research Centre” Where is the centre being inaugurated? A Ladakh B Mcleodganj C Patnitop D Solan 93 Who is going to become the BCCI president after former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away? 11 | P a g e Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Questions PDF Sharad Pawar Shashank Manohar Anurag Thakur Sourav Dasgupta 94 India has announced its INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) with reference to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) committing to reduce its emissions intensity by _ by 2030 A 33%-35% B 30%-33% C 35%-38% D 38%-41% 95 Which Indian actor has been appointed as New Zealand tourism ambassador and has become New Zealand’s first Indian ambassador from India? A Varun Dhawan B Sidharth Malhotra C Ranbir Kapoor D Shahid Kapoor 96 Which news channel group had been selected by PM Narendra Modi for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan which also launched the Safaigiri Summit and Awards 2015? A India Today B Aaj Tak C Zee News D ABP News 97 Which company inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company (GIFTCL) to develop Smart Mobility Solutions TecCity GIFT in Gujarat? A TCS B Siemen C IBM D Wipro 98 Where is the 8th Asian Air Gun Championship held in September 2015? 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