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October - 2015 GK - 2

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Number of Questions: 15
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In which year was the PEN Pinter Prize, comprising an annual literary award, launched?

  1. 2000

  2. 2002

  3. 2003

  4. 2009

  5. 2006


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is (4). 

Which of the following countries is not a member of the V20 Group launched by Finance Ministers of 20 nations in October 2015?

  1. Bangladesh

  2. Maldives

  3. India

  4. Madagascar

  5. Costa Rica


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is 3. 

World Post Day is observed annually on 9th October, commemorating the date for the establishment of Universal Postal Union (UPU) in

  1. 1874

  2. 1883

  3. 1896

  4. 1900

  5. 1904


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is 1. 

Who among the following took oath as the 38th Prime Minister of Nepal?

  1. K. P. Sharma Oli

  2. Ram Baran Yadav

  3. Sushil Koirala

  4. Bidhya Devi Bhandari

  5. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is 1. 

Who among the following was elected President of Fiji in October 2015?

  1. Epeli Nailatikau

  2. George Konrote

  3. Frank Bainimarama

  4. Mahendra Chaudhry

  5. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is 2. 

In which year was the first International Day of Girl Child observed?

  1. 2007

  2. 2008

  3. 2009

  4. 2011

  5. 2012


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Correct answer is 5. 

In October 2015, who among the following was appointed CEO of Telenor (earlier known as Uninor)?

  1. Rajiv Sethi

  2. Sharad Mehrotra

  3. Albern Murty

  4. Petter Furberg

  5. Vivek Sood


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is 2. 

Which of the following banks launched 'Money2World', a fully online outward remittance service?

  1. HDFC

  2. SBI

  3. ICICI

  4. Axis Bank

  5. Yes Bank


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is 3.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics was won by

  1. Angus Deaton

  2. Jean Tirole

  3. Lars Peter Hansen

  4. Eugene Fama

  5. Robert J. Shiller


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is 1. 

The government of which state launched Mission Abbas to provide affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections?

  1. Gujarat

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Goa

  4. Odisha

  5. Haryana


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is 4. 

Who among the following succeeded Anjuly Chib Duggal on the SEBI board?

  1. Raje Kumar

  2. Tapan Ray

  3. Anand Sinha

  4. Prakash Chandra

  5. Naved Masood


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is 2. 

On which of the following rivers is the Zam Hydropower Station built?

  1. The Songhua

  2. The Yangtze

  3. The Brahmaputra

  4. The Mekong

  5. The Yenisei


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is 3. 

Who among the following won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature?

  1. Patrick Modiano

  2. Svetlana Alexievich

  3. Alice Munro

  4. Mo Yan

  5. Tomas Tranströmer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is 2. 

National Executive Council of the National Mission for a Green India in October 2015 approved the Perspective Plans and Annual Plan of Operations submitted by

  1. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Odisha

  2. Rajasthan, Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka

  3. Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

  4. Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand and Kerala

  5. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is 4. 

Who won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize?

  1. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

  2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

  3. Kailash Satyarthi

  4. Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet

  5. European Union


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer is 4. 

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