October 3, 2017 - Current Affairs Quiz - Current Affairs MCQ

Answer – 4. Pregnant Women
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, Karnataka Chief Minister Mr.Siddaramaiah launched ‘Mathru Poorna’ scheme, for nutritional wellness of pregnant and lactating women in rural areas, at Vidhan Soudha, in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Answer – 4. Dibrugarh
Explanation
On October 3, 2017, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the first ever Industrial Training Institute (ITI) exclusively for the Dibyangans (Differently Abled) at ITI Complex in Dibrugarh.

Answer – 2. Nepal
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, Nepal and India planned to conduct a joint head count of tigers in Nepal and areas in India adjoining Nepal using same technology. Use of same technology reduces the chance of counting the same tiger again. The counting starts from second week of November 2017.

Answer – 3. U.K
Explanation
Brenda Hale has been appointed as the first female president of the UK Supreme Court. Hale, 72, was born in Yorkshire who has been a consistent champion of judicial diversity.

Answer – 2. Russia
Explanation
In a bid to reinforce its leadership in the Arctic, Russia has launched world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker ship named Sibir (Siberia). It was launched into the water at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg.

Answer – 1. Australia
Explanation
Australia announced that it will establish a national space agency, as a part of long term plan to develop Australia’s domestic space industry, in Australia.

Answer – 4. 4th
Explanation
India was placed fourth while England deposed Australia from the top position in the women’s cricket team rankings for the first time following the annual rankings update, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced

Answer – 3. a writer
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, famous Marathi writer and journalist Hanumant Moreshwar Marathe passed away due to prolonged illness, in Pune, Maharashtra. HM Marathe was popularly known as ‘Ha Mo’. He was 77 years old.

Answer – 3. Team Europe
Explanation
Team Europe defeated Team World by 15-9 and won the first Laver Cup 2017, in Prague, Czech Republic.Laver Cup 2017 is the first edition of Laver Cup tennis tournament. Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men’s tennis tournament.It is a men’s tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world.Two teams namely Team Europe and Team World participated in the tournament.

Answer – 4. Odisha
Explanation
Odisha State Government is creating a 1.2 lakh acre land bank across the state which will be allocated for industrial use and purposes.

Answer – 2. Mr.Nitin Gadkari
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, The Minister of Road Transport & Highways Mr.Nitin Gadkari launched the countrywide Free Eye Check-up Campaign at Panjari Toll Plaza, Nagpur Bypass, Nagpur, in Maharashtra.

Answer – 2. Andhra Pradesh
Explanation
On October 3, 2017, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the development of an inland waterway in the Krishna River between Muktyala and Vijayawada in the Andhra Pradesh. Besides, he dedicated seven national highway projects in Andhra Pradesh to the nation and also laid the foundation stone for six new projects.

Answer – 5. Uttar Pradesh
Explanation
As per statistics released by the Union Home Ministry, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of active gun licences among all states and union territories of India. 12.77 lakh people in Uttar Pradesh are authorised to carry weapons.

Answer – 3. Wales
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled to mark his 148th birth anniversary, in Cardiff, Wales.

Answer – 5.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Explanation
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was awarded as the best department during ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ on 2nd October, 2017, on the 3rd anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission.

Answer – 5. G Rohini
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, President Ram Nath Kovind appointed a five member Commission under Delhi High Court’s former Chief Justice G Rohini to examine sub categorization of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Answer – 5. Breast cancer
Explanation
Researchers announced that, they have developed a new test ‘Oncotype DX’, that predicts the return of cancer, thus sparing breast cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy, in London.

Answer – 4. Hyundai
Explanation
Hyundai India has announced that it will be official transportation partner for the upcoming FIFA U17 World Cup Tournament which starts from October 6, 2017 in India.

Answer – 1. Isle of Man Chess Championship
Explanation
On 1st October 2017, Viswanathan Anand finished joint second at the Isle of Man Chess Championship, in Douglas, Isle of Man. Viswanathan Anand is a five-time world chess champion. The title was won by Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen, who secured 7.5 points.

Answer -5. New Delhi
Explanation
The 4-day Global Wildlife Programme( GWP) conference which begun on October 2, 2017, in New Delhi, will give India an opportunity to get familiar with best practices on the management of wildlife habitats and minimising human-wildlife conflict situations.

Answer – 1. Madhya Pradesh
Explanation
On 2nd October 2017, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr.Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a community toilet for third gender, in the Mangalwara area, Bhopal.

Answer – 3. Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement
Explanation
Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed MoUs with IIT Roorkee and Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad to support dam rehabilitation efforts of various implementing agencies and CWC.

Answer – 1. Sumitra Mahajan
Explanation
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan attended a special parliamentary session in Sri Lanka that is being convened to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Sri Lankan Parliament.

Answer – 4. Physics
Explanation
On October 3, 2017, US scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne won the 2017 Nobel Prize in the field of Physics for their pioneering role in the detection of gravitational waves at Stockholm, Sweden.