October 22, 2017 - Current Affairs Quiz - Current Affairs MCQ

Answer 4. Hyderabad
Explanation The 20th International Children’s Film Festival (ICFFI) is to be held in Hyderabad between 8 and 14 November 2017. The International Children’s Film Festival (ICFFI) festival is also called ‘The Golden Elephant’. It is being organised by Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI). It will be hosted by the Telangana government jointly with CFSI and the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Answer 1. Maruti Suzuki
Explanation According to the latest data by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Maruti Suzuki India has emerged as the largest passenger cars exporter from India for the April –September 2017 period. As per the latest data by SIAM, Maruti exported 57300 units of passenger cars in the first half of the ongoing fiscal, which marks a 6% growth as compared to 54008 units exported in the same period of previous fiscal year.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) lost its position of No. 1 exporter of passenger vehicles as it shipped only 44,585 units in April –September 2017 period.

Answer 5. Kakha Kaladze
Explanation Georgia announced that, former AC Milan football star Kakha Kaladze had been elected as the mayor of its capital Tbilisi.
Georgia’s election administration said that, Kakha Kaladze won 51% of the vote in municipal election of its capital Tbilisi. Hence, Kaladze has been made as the mayor of Tbilisi. Kakha Kaladze is 39 years old. He has played for AC Milan football team between 2001 and 2010. He has played for Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Tbilisi teams and has also captained Georgia’s national team.

Answer 2. Virat Kohli
Explanation During the one day international (ODI) match between India and New Zealand at Wankhede stadium, Mumbai, Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer after 200 ODIs. During his innings in this match against New Zealand, Virat’s total runs scored in ODIs reached 8888 mark and thereby overtook South Africa captain AB de Villiers, who has 8621 runs after 200 ODIs. In this match, Virat also accomplished another feat of becoming the second batsman (after AB de Villiers) to score a hundred in his 200th ODI.
8888 runs scored by Virat include 31 centuries and 45 fifties.

Answer 5. Indian Youth team
Explanation India’s junior women boxers won eight medals, including four gold, in the third Youth International Championships Balkan Open 2017 at Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Indian junior women boxers have won 4 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals in the third Youth International Championships Balkan Open 2017. Also, the Indian youth team was honoured as the best team in the championship.

Answer 4. 22nd October
Explanation On 22nd October 2017, International Stuttering Awareness Day was observed all over the world.
The theme for International Stuttering Awareness Day 2017 is ‘A World That Understands Stuttering’. Since 1998, every year on October 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day is celebrated. This day is intended to raise public awareness of the millions of people (one percent of the world’s population), who have the speech disorder of stuttering, also known as stammering. The International Stuttering Association has been conducting online conference since 2013.This year’s online conference was conducted from 1st October to 22nd October 2017.

Answer 1. Malaysia
Explanation India beat Malaysia by 2-1 in the finals and won the Asia Cup hockey championship for the third time, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. India has won the 2017 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup. India’s previous Hockey Asia Cup titles were won in 2003 at Kuala Lumpur and 2007 at Chennai. At the finals against Malaysia India scored goals through Ramandeep Singh (third minute) and Lalit Upadhyay (29th). Malaysia fought back and scored a goal in the 50th minute through Shahril Saabah.

Answer 1. Marc Marquez
Explanation Marc Márquez Alentà who was born on 17 February 1993 is a Spanish Grand Prixmotorcycle road racer and three-time MotoGP world champion. Márquez races for Honda’s factory teamsince his MotoGP debut in 2013. Nicknamed the “Ant of Cervera” He is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after Mike Hailwood, Phil Readand Valentino Rossi. Marquez is a five-time World Champion (1 each in the 125cc and Moto2 classes, plus 3 in MotoGP), and was the youngest rider ever to be crowned king of the premier class.

Answer 3. Lewis Hamilton
Explanation Lewis Hamilton won the 2017 United States Grand Prix at Austin, Texas, United States. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton started from 72nd pole position. He finished in the 1st position in the race. This is his ninth win in 2017 and fifth win in Texas and the 62nd win of his career. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel came 2nd in the race.

Answer 4. 26
Explanation On October 23, 2017, 26 major American companies headed by Aircraft Manufacturer Boeing interacted with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adtiyanath to explore investment opportunities in the state. This interaction has been given the tagline ‘US in UP’. The delegation comprising representative from 26 US firms visited Uttar Pradesh under the aegis of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). USISPF focuses on creating strong strategic partnership between the US and India and promotes bilateral trade.

Answer 2. Sushma Swaraj
Explanation Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on an official visit to Bangladesh on 22nd and 23rd October 2017.This visit of Ms. Swaraj was on invitation by Bangladeshi counterpart, AH Mahmood Ali. Ms. Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the fourth Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali in Dhaka. On October 23, 2017, Ms. Sushma Swaraj opened the new chancery complex of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka. Swaraj had lit the ceremonial lamp to mark the opening of this complex

Answer 1. Vadodara
Explanation PM laid foundation stone for the capacity expansion of the Mundra-Delhi petroleum product pipeline, and a greenfield marketing terminal project of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), at Vadodara. He also laid the foundation stones of an integrated transport hub, regional water supply schemes, housing projects, and a flyover.

Answer 4. Gujarat Maritime Board
Explanation Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the ‘roll-on-roll-off’ (ro-ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat.
Chief Minister Mr.Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Mr.Nitin Patel were also present during the launch. Mr.Modi said that, this is the first of its kind project not only in India but also in South-East Asia. Gujarat Maritime Board has executed the ro-ro project. This project has been carried out with funds of Rs.615 crore.

Answer 5.All the above
Explanation 400 out of the 13,000-odd industrial training institutes (ITIs) have been being de-affiliated by the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The 400 ITIs have been de-affiliated on basis of quality inspection which revealed that these institutes did not have requisite infrastructure and trainers for imparting vocational training to students. ITIs play an instrumental role in administering Government’s vocational training programmes.

Answer 3. Jayant Rikhye
Explanation The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) appointed Jayant Rikhye as the Chief Executive Officer for India operations.
He will take charge as CEO on 1st December 2017. He will succeed Stuart Milne, who held the CEO position for five years. Jayant Rikhye joined the HSBC in 1989. He is currently the head of international markets, Asia Pacific. Rikhye has worked across various divisions in HSBC, including corporate banking in Taiwan, institutional fund services in Hong Kong and head of securities services for the Middle East and North Africa, based in the United Arab Emirates.

Answer 4. 1&2
Explanation Robert Mugabe has been criticized for corruption and abuse of power. Since early 2000s, European Union and United States have imposed sanctions on Robert Mugabe and his allies for human rights abuses and for causing the erosion of democratic institutions. On October 22, 2017, World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that it has withdrawn the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the goodwill ambassador for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa.

Answer 1. Scholar
Explanation Badrikashram Jyotirpeeth Shankaracharya Swami Madhavashram ji Maharaj passed away in Chandigarh.
Shankaracharya Madhavashram Maharaj passed away in Chandigarh. He was staying in Chandigarh after suffering a paralytic attack about two years ago. He was 76 years old. He was a Sanskrit scholar. His body was brought to Uttarakhand on 21st October 2017 and was given a ceremonious burial (bhoo- samadhi) at an ashram in Rishikesh.

Answer 2. One horned Rhino
Explanation Pobitora is mainly famous for its great Indian One-horned rhinoceros. Besides rhinoceros, the other animals are leopard, wild boar, Barking deer, wild buffalo etc. Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is also home to more than 2000 migratory birds and various reptiles. It is also an Important Bird Area. In Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, there are now around 93 rhinos, a ten per cent increase over the last six years. These 93 rhinos are surviving on merely 16 square kilometre area of the park.

Answer 2. Gujarat
Explanation Government-owned Kandla Port Trust has received environment clearance for setting up a smart industrial port city in Kutch, Gujarat As per the proposal, smart industrial port cities will be set up at two separate sites in Gandhidham city, (in Kutch district of Gujarat). These industrial port cities would house about 35,700 residential flats, schools and parks, and would generate jobs for more than 60,000 people.

Answer 1. Gujarat
Explanation Gujarat State Government had proposed to build the Hirasar Greenfield Airport, as the existing airport in Rajkot is small and the earlier plan to extend the current runway could not be carried out as it involved high land cost. Hirasar Greenfield Airport Project will be developed by Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Ltd (GSAICL). Estimated project cost is over Rs 1400 crore

Answer 5. Poet Gangadhar Meher
Explanation The Bijepur lift irrigation project was approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The Bijepur lift irrigation project is named after renowned poet Gangadhar Meher. The project is estimated for Rs.1246 crore. It will be completed by March 2018. Water will be drawn from Hirakud dam through Baragarh main canal into Barihapalli secondary storage structure. From secondary structure, water will be delivered to the command area.