October 4, 2017 - Current Affairs Quiz - Current Affairs MCQ

Answer – 4. Switzerland
Explanation
Union Cabinet has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Railways, Government of India and the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Swiss Confederation on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector.

Answer – 3. Four
Explanation
Union Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in association with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched SECURE Himalaya project for conservation of biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem..The project is meant for specific landscapes in High Himalaya ecosystem spread across four states viz. Jammu and Kasmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim.It focuses on securing livelihoods of the people in these landscapes.

Answer – 5. Uttar Pradesh
Explanation
On October 3, 2017, Uttar Pradesh State Government launched a mass marriage scheme called ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’. Under the scheme, Uttar Pradesh social welfare department will conduct mass marriages.District magistrates of respective districts will authorise Urban local bodies like nagar panchayat, nagar palika and nagar nigam, kshetra panchayats, zila panchayats, government/semi-government organisations and NGOs to organise programmes in this regard.

Answer – 3. Sri Lanka
Explanation
On 4th to 6th October 2017, the 8th conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians (ASSP) is held at Hotel Hilton, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 8th Conference, organized by the Parliament of Sri Lanka, has brought together Speakers and Parliamentarians from the member countries of the SAARC. The conference was inaugurated by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.

Answer – 5. Dubai
Explanation
On 1st October 2017, The World Government Summit announced India as the guest country for its annual gathering on 11thto 13th February, 2018, in Dubai. Honorary guests from India will attend the World Government Summit 2017 to showcase India’s economic growth, valuable knowledge, skills, capabilities and unique culture.

Answer – 3. 6.00%
Explanation
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement for financial year 2017-18. This time the Policy Repo Rate has been kept unchanged and remains the same 6.00%.

Answer – 4. BBC
Explanation
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced the launch of news services in four more Indian languages — Gujarati Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu. With this announcement, BBC’s Delhi bureau will become its largest bureau outside the United Kingdom. It is to be noted that BBC News already broadcasts to 28 million people in English, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu.

Answer – 3.Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
Explanation
On 3rd October 2017, Manipal University’s Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) bagged the 1st place in ‘Most Clean Campus in South Western Region’ award and 3rd place in ‘Most Clean Campus 2017’ award, in Pune, Maharashtra. The awards were given by Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of AICTE, at a function on Gandhi Jayanti, in the College of Engineering, Pune. B H V. Pai, Joint Director and H S Bhat, Executive Manager received the awards on behalf of MIT.

Answer – 3.Dr. Sowmya Swaminathan
Explanation
Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed the Deputy Director General for Programmes (DDP) of World Health Organisation (WHO). This position is the highest post held by an Indian in the WHO. Dr Swaminathan is a pediatrician and has more than 30 years of experience in clinical care.She is a globally recognized researcher on tuberculosis and HIV.

Answer – 5. Tigo
Explanation
On 3rd October 2017, Bharti Airtel received Ghana’s National Communications Authority’s approval for the merger between Bharti Ghana (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana (Tigo), in Ghana.

Answer – 1. Capgemini
Explanation
WWF-India, in partnership with Capgemini, launched One Planet Academy, the first environment education portal for students and teachers in India.

Answer – 1. ‘Exploring New Worlds In Space’
Explanation
On 4th to 10th October 2017, World Space Week is observed all over the world. 4th to 10th October was declared as World Space Week in 1999. It was to mark two big events.First, on October 4th1957 Sputnik 1 was launched. It was the first human-made, Earth-orbiting satellite. Second, the signing of The Outer Space Treaty on October 10th 1967.

Answer – 2. Allahabad
Explanation
The Central Government has approved development of a Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad along with a River Biodiversity Park at Sangam (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati) under Namami Gange programme.

Answer – 4. Rajiv Kumar
Explanation
On 4th October 2017, the Government constituted a high-level committee for proper management of the water resources in the North Eastern Region (NER). The Committee has been formed under the Chairmanship of Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman of Niti Aayog.

Answer – 1. Cordon-and-Search-Operation
Explanation
On 4th October 2017, Government forces launched a major Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO), in Hajin town of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) was launched following specific inputs about the presence of militants in the Bandipora area.

Answer – 3. $ 4.5 billion
Explanation
On 4th October 2017, Bangladesh signed a $ 4.5 billion Line Of Credit (LoC) agreement with India, for its infrastructure and social sector development, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is the 3rd LoC agreement of India with Bangladesh. This LoC involves $ 4.5 billion dollar. Economic Relations Division Secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam signed the deal on behalf of Bangladesh and MD of the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) David Rasquinha signed for India.

Answer – 2. HDFC Standard Life Insurance
Explanation
HDFC Life Insurance Company launched Neo, a servicing bot for Twitter, to improve customer service. HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched Neo in partnership with Smart Connect Technologies. Neo uses Artificial Intelligence. Neo would answer policy related queries on Twitter. It will be available 24/7.

Answer – 5. Dehradun
Explanation
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) opened a branch in Dehradun on October 3, 2017. The branch was inaugurated by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.Earlier, all the banking related works of the Uttarakhand State Government were carried out through the Reserve Bank of India branch at Kanpur.

Answer – 1. MobiKwik
Explanation
Digital payments firm MobiKwik announced its partnership with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation – IRCTC Rail connect app, which will allow customers book railway tickets using Mobikwik’s payment gateway.

Answer – 3. Chemistry
Explanation
Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy which simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules. 9 million Swedish Krona ($1.1 million) prize money will be shared equally between the three scientists.

Answer – 2.Rajnish Kumar
Explanation
On 4th September 2017, the government appointed Rajnish Kumar as the new Chairman of SBI (State Bank of India). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Rajinish Kumar as SBI Chairman, for a period of 3 years from 7th October 2017.

Answer – 4. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Explanation
On 3rd October 2017, Deepak Kumar, Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), launched a new multilingual website and a Project Monitoring Information System (PMIS) Mobile App.

Answer – 2.Nine
Explanation
On 1st October 2017, nine countries were suspended from weightlifting for 1 year by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), in Budapest, Hungary. The 9 suspended countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. The suspended countries have been given a 1 year ban.

Answer – 3. Myanmar
Explanation
Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar on upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar.

Answer – 3. Minister of Human Resource Development
Explanation
On 4th October 2017, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry started a special training course for untrained teachers, designed by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), called Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed).

Answer – 2. France
Explanation
On 3rd October 2017, France’s lower house of parliament approved a new Anti-Terror Law, in Paris, France. The New Anti-Terror law was approved by 415 votes to 127, with 19 abstentions. By approving the new counter-terrorism law, several controversial measures under the state of emergency that has been in act for nearly two years have been made permanent.