Current Affairs Quiz October Week 2

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ello Aspirants. Welcome to Online Current Affairs Quiz October 2014 week 2 in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating quiz covering important news in Current Affairs, which is common for all the IBPS exams and other competitive exams. We have included Some GK questions that are repeatedly asked in many bank exams !!!

1. SoftBank, Japanese internet and telecommunication group is going to invest $627 million in
   a) Flipkart
   b) Amazon
   c) e-Bay
   d) Snapdeal
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   d) Snapdeal 
   
   
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2. A national level skill development Academy was announced recently by Minority Affairs Minister Dr. Nejma Heptullah. The name of the Academy is
   a) Mahatma Gandhi National Academy for Skills
   b) Vallabhai Patel National Academy for Skills
   c) Bhagat Singh National Academy for Skills
   d) Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills
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   d) Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills 
   
   
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3. Recently United States eased the ban on lethal arms sale to
   a) Vietnam
   b) Bolivia
   c) Syria
   d) Iran
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   a) Vietnam 
   
   
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4. The fast drying Aral sea sandwiched between
   a) Russia and Mongolia
   b) Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
   c) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
   d) Sweden and Norway
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   c) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 
   
   
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5. The Panda Award is associated with
   a) Wildlife Photography
   b) Protecting Environment
   c) Preserving Biodiversity
   d) Conservation of Endangered Species
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   a) Wildlife Photography 
   
   
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6. World Mental Health Day is observed on
   a) October 11
   b) October 12
   c) October 14
   d) October 10
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   d) October 10 
   
   
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7. Who has been re-elected as the Brazilian President?
   a) Alan Eustace
   b) John Kerry
   c) Dilma Roussef
   d) Joachim Gauck
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   c) Dilma Roussef 
   
   
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8. The WTA doubles 2014 finals held at Singapore was won by
   a) Sania Mirza and Simona Halep
   b) Simona Halep and Cara Black
   c) Sania Mirza and Cara Black
   d) NOTA
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   c) Sania Mirza and Cara Black 
   
   
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9. The Waislitz Global Citizen Award 2014 was won by
   a) Lakshmi Mittal
   b) Anoop jain
   c) Sanjay Bansal
   d) Ratan Tata
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   b) Anoop jain 
   
   
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10. The government of Madhya Pradesh have organised Invest Madhya Pradesh – Global Investor Summit 2014 at
    a) Jabalpur
    b) Bhopal
    c) Gwalior
    d) Indore
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    d) Indore 
    
    
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11. The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was won by
    a) Isamu Akasaki
    b) Edward Snowden
    c) Kailash Satyarthi
    d) Malala Yousafzai
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    Answer

    c) Kailash Satyarthi & d) Malala Yousafzai 
    
    
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12. The World Polio Day was observed on
    a) October 26
    b) October 25
    c) October 24
    d) October 23
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    c) October 24 
    
    
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13. Who has been conferred with the Panda Award recently?
    a) Avinnash Ravindran
    b) Divya Nair
    c) Ashwika Kapur
    d) Soumya Menon
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    Answer

    c) Ashwika Kapur 
    
    
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14. GOI sets up a panel to draft national IPR policy. The Panel is headed by
    a) Narasimhan MK
    b) Karthikeyan
    c) Prabha Sridevan
    d) Baranidharan Sundar
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    c) Prabha Sridevan 
    
    
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15. The World Billiard Championship was won by
    a) Tiger Woods
    b) Gautam Bhatia
    c) Pankaj Advani
    d) Dhruva Kumar
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    c) Pankaj Advani 
    
    
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16. The name Hudhud refers to
    a) North wind
    b) Hoopoe bird
    c) Disaster
    d) Magic
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    b) Hoopoe bird 
    
    
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17. The Highest free-fall parachute jump has been performed by
    a) John Grisham
    b) David Hellen
    c) Peter Perkins
    d) Alan Eustace
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    d) Alan Eustace 
    
    
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18. The Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana is the scheme launched by the GOI aimed at the
    a) Rights of Minority People
    b) Removing the economic and social disparities in the country
    c) Welfare of the tribal people
    d) NOTA
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    c) Welfare of the tribal people 
    
    
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19. M3M satellite to be launched by ISRO is associated with
    a) Regional navigation
    b) Disaster management
    c) Maritime Monitoring
    d) Observation of Forest
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    c) Maritime Monitoring 
    
    
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20. The theme for World Mental Health Day 2014 is
    a) Living with Alzheimer’s
    b) Living with schizophrenia
    c) Stable Mind Stable Life
    d) Save People
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    b) Living with schizophrenia 
    
    
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