Persons in News Current Affairs Quiz - October 2016

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1. __________ Minister Rajnath Singh visited Bahrain ?

Home
Finance
Road, Transport and Highways
External Affairs
None of These


2. A new frog species that resembles Graceful tree frog (Litoria Gracilenta), discovered in ___________‚„s Queensland ?

UK
Russia
Australia
USA
None of These


3. Arnab Goswami resigned as Editor-in-Chief of _________ ?

India TV
NDTV
BBC
Times Now
None of These


4. __________'s Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Nasrul Hamid visited India. ?

Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Nepal
Afghanistan
Bangladesh


5. Bengaluru's Kieren Dsouza became first Indian to complete Spartathlon, described as the world‚„s toughest race. She completed 246.6 km distance in 33 hours, one minute and 38 seconds. Spartathlon is an annual run between Athens and Sparta in __________, with a reported success rate of 50%. ?

Russia
USA
Greece
UK
None of These


6. _________ noted Footballer Carlos Alberto passed away. ?

Brazilian
Russian
Portugese
Spanish
None of These


7. ___________ Olymic Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill retired from athletics. ?

Russian
British
American
Polish
None of These


8. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Oslo (__________) for mini Ministerial gathering of Trade Ministers. ?

Norway
USA
UK
Russia
None of These


9. Finance Minister ________ visited USA and Canada ?

Arun Jaitley
Nitin Gadkari
Home
Road, Transport and Highways
None of These


10. First Woman Chief Minister of _________, Shashikala Kakodkar passed away ?

Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra
Goa
None of These


11. ____________'s Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt visited India ?

USA
Russia
Spain
Germany
None of These


12. Government will commemorate birth centenary of social activist and former RSS leader ____________ from October 11, 2016 to October 11, 2017. ?

Mohan Bhagwat
Nanaji Deshmukh
K. B. Hedgewar
Laxman Vaman Paranjpe
None of These


13. Indian Air Force Chief _________ Visited Russia ?

Bikram Singh
Sunil Lanba
D K Jain
Dalbir Singh Suhaag
Arup Raha


14. Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari visited ____________ (Central Europe) and Algeria ( North Africa). India and ___________ signed two MoUs, including one on water management. India and Algeria will form a multi-billion dollar joint venture for establishing a fertilizer plant in Algeria ?

Hungary
Austria
Czech Republic
Croatia
None of These


15. Indian mountaineer _________ scaled world‚„s 6th highest mountain Cho Oyu (8188 metres), at China Tibet border. Arjun has climbed five of the 14 highest mountains in the world that tower over 8000 metres ?

Geeta Phogat
Bachendri Pal
Arunima Sinha
Arjun Vajpai
None of These


16. India‚„s largest conglomerate Tata Sons removed ________________ as Chairman. Board replaced him with his predecessor Ratan Tata as interim chairman for four months. Mistry had shortest tenure as Chairman so far at the group. ?

Ishaat Hussain
N Chandrasekaran
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
Shiv Nadar
None of These


17. _________ Prince Mikasa (uncle of Emperor Akihito) passed away. He was oldest imperial family member in world. ?

Chinese
Japanese
Vietnamese
Cambodian
None of These


18. Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, Last king of ________ passed away ?

Uganda
Rwanda
Uruguay
Paraguay
None of These


19. King of _________, Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away after 70 years reign ?

Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
None of These


20. Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences _________ visited USA for White House Arctic Science Ministerial meeting ?

Harsh Vardhan
Nityin Gadkari
Rajnath Singh
Sushma Swaraj
None of These

 

21. _____________ government declared 90 year old Lalbiakthanga Pachuau as oldest working journalist in India ?

Mizoram
Manipur
Nagaland
Assam
None of These


22. _________ Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu visited India ?

Serbian
Nigerian
Danish
Polish
None of These


23. Nobel prizewinning _________ Actor Dario Fo passed away ?

Russian
Polish
Swiss
Italian
None of These


24. Noted ________ boxer Aaron Pryorpassed away ?

Danish
Russian
Swiss
British
American


25. Noted ____________ Mountaineer Junko Tabei passed away. She was first woman to climb world‚„s highest peak - Mount Everest ?

Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Swiss
None of These


26. Recenly passed away local actors - Raj Begum (________ singer), Heisnam Kanhailal (Manipuri theatre legend), Mehar Mittal (Punjabi Actor)?

Kashmiri
Manipuri
Assamese
Punjabi
None of These


27. Noted _____ Social Activist (Particularly Anti - Vietnam War Activist), Tom Hayden Passed Away ?

Russian
USA
Denmark
Poland
None of These


28. Noted writer and litterateur from _______, Dayanand Anant passed away. ?

Himachal Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Manipur
None of These


29. Prime Minister of New Zealand, ______________ visited India. India and New Zealand signed three agreements in the areas of double taxation avoidance (DTAA), sports and food security ?

Malcolm Turnbull
Vladimir Putin
Lars Lokke Rasmussen
Angela Merkel
John Key


30. Prime Minister of __________, Lee Hsien Loong visited India ?

Vietnam
China
Singapore
Japan
None of These


31. Rishi Jaitly resigned as ____________'s India head ?

Facebook
Google
Microsoft
Twitter
None of These


32. ______ Defence Minister Sergey Shoiguv visited India f0r 16th Intergovernmental Commission Meet on Military-Technical Cooperation ?

Serbian
Russian
American
Swiss
None of These


33. _________ Gandhian Activist Mewa Ramgobin passed away ?

South African
Cambodian
Bangladeshi
Russian
None of These


34. ________ Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India ?

Mauritius
Vietnam
Russian
American
Sri Lankan


35. ____________, Chief of Indian Navy visited Myanmar. ?

Bikram Singh
Sunil Lanba
Arup Raha
Ranbir Singh
None of These




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