Top and Important Questions, Current Affairs, MCQ, October Full Month

Top and Important Questions

 

Full Month- October

Which union minister has inaugurated the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Srinagar?

A.      Narendra Mod

B.      Amit Shah

C.      J M. Scindia

D.      Piyush Goyal

Minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has inaugurated the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Srinagar of Jammu & Kashmir.

 

 

Which state/UT  has inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city with 100 intake capacity?

A.      Assam

B.      Manipur

C.      Tripura

D.      Nagaland

Tripura chief minister Manik Saha has inaugurated the first English medium general degree college of the state in the city with 100 intake capacity.

 

 

 

 

 

Which state Wildlife Board has approved a new reserve for tigers named called Durgavati Tiger Reserve?

A.      Rajasthan

B.      Madhya Pradesh

C.      Jammu & Kashmir

D.      Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board has approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR). It has been done because one-fourth of PTR will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa Rivers.

 

 

Which country is hosting the Global Youth Climate Summit?

A.      India

B.      Oman

C.      Singapore

D.      Bangladesh

Youth from 70 countries is participate in a Global Youth Climate Summit inaugurates in Khulna, Bangladesh.

 

PM Modi has launched Mission Schools of Excellence at which of the following state?

A.      Rajasthan

B.      jammu & Kashmir

C.      Uttar Pradesh

D.      Gujarat

PM  Narendra Modi has launched Mission Schools of Excellence at Trimandir, Gujarat. He also inaugurated projects worth ₹4,260 crores.

 

 

Global Dignity Day is observed every year on which day?

A.      1st Monday of October
B.      2nd Sunday of October
C.      3rd Wednesday of October
D.      4th Saturday of October
Global Dignity Day is observed every year on the 3rd Wednesday of October. Global Dignity Day is an initiative to educate and inspire young people and help them to understand their self-worth and goals.
 
 
 
1.    Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated Asia’s largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga, Sangrur, Punjab.
 
2.    Rajeev Chandrasekhar Union MoS for Electronics & Information Technology,  has flagged off the first SemiconIndia Future Design roadshow in Gujarat.
 
3.    UIDAI (The Unique Identification Authority of India) has topped among all govt depts for resolving public grievances in the rankings report published by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances for Sept 2022.
 
4.    Google signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support and accelerate the Government of Assam’s mission to promote digital growth and development in the State.
 
5.    World osteoporosis day is a global healthcare event observed every year on 20 October. The day is observed to promote the early diagnosis of osteoporosis, its treatment and preventive tips for strong bones.
 
6.    21 October has been observed as National Police Commemoration Day in honour of the martyrs. The sacrifices of ten CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty.
 
7.    Former Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO).
 
8.    Road Transport and Highways Secretary Aramane Giridhar will be new defence secretary, after the retirement of Ajay Kumar on October 31.
 
9.    The theme of Statistics Day, 2022 is “Data for Sustainable Development”.
 
10.                      Karnataka Bank has launched a Term Deposit Scheme “KBL Centenary Deposit Scheme” with a higher rate of interest.
 
11.                      World Statistics Day 2022 is celebrated annually on October 20th to recognize the importance of statistics in our daily lives.
 
12.                      Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio became the largest landline service provider in the country for the first time, in August. With 7.35 million landline connections as on August 31, Reliance Jio beat state-owned telecom operator and hitherto market leader BSNL’s 7.13 million connections, according to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
 
13.                      Tazuni, a fun, football-loving penguin is unveiled as the Official Mascot of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.
 
14.                      Haryana has been ranked the best-governed state in the Public Affairs Index Report 2022 prepared by the Bengaluru-based think tank Public Affairs Center (PAC).
 
15.                      Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a new scheme ‘LIC Dhan Varsha.’ This is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan that offers a combination of protection and savings.
 
16.                      PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi.
 
17.                      The World Bank has appointed a neutral expert and a chairman of the Court of Arbitration regarding the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power plants, in view of disagreements between India and Pakistan over the 1960 Indus Water Treaty. Sean Murphy has been appointed as Chairman of the Court of Arbitration.
 
18.                      Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as Chairman of Yubi (formerly CredAvenue). He is a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service, of the Gujarat cadre.
 
19.                      India will host the 90th General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) from 18 to 21 October in New Delhi.
 
20.                      VK Saxena, Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) ,  has approved the proposal of setting up 4 Zila Sainik Boards in Delhi. The proposal was sent by the Delhi government in May this year and is aimed at the welfare of about 77,000 Ex-Servicemen (ESM), widows of ESM, and their families.
 
21.                      India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index in which it fares worse than all countries in South Asia barring war-torn Afghanistan.
 
22.                      Amit Shah has launched an MBBS course in Hindi for the first time in the country in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
 
23.                      Droupadi Murmu has appointed Dr Justice DY Chandrachud as the new Chief Justice of India. He will succeed the present Chief Justice of India Justice Uday Umesh Lalit.
 
24.                      A diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service Apoorva Srivastava has been appointed as India's Ambassador to the Slovak Republic.
 
25.                      Naveen Patnaik CM of Odhisha, has released a book titled 'Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha's Lessons in Governance'.
 
26.                      Goa will host 9th World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo from 8-11 December 2022.
 
27.                      World Food Day is observed every year on 16 October. To raise awareness about the global hunger crisis and to spread the message that food is a fundamental and basic human right.
 
28.                      October 15 is marked as Global Handwashing Day, with the aim of increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. This year's theme, “Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene”, calls on all of society to work together to scale up hand hygiene.
 
29.                      President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated 'PARAM KAMRUPA' Supercomputer facility and a high-power active and passive component laboratory of SAMEER at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
 
30.                      World champion from Norway Magnus Carlsen sealed the overall Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title for the second year running — this time with an event to spare — after storming into the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid.
 
31.                      The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the 2023 Asian Cup football tournament will be held in Qatar.
 
32.                      Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated IInvenTiv – the first-ever all-IITs Research and Development (R&D) Showcase at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi.
 
33.                      Govt of India has appointed Bharati Das, an officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service of the 1988 batch, as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
 
34.                      The Executive Chair of Hyderabad-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Dr. Prashant Garg has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI).
 
35.                      Government has approved the construction of an iconic cable stayed-cum-suspension bridge across the Krishna River connecting Telangana & Andhra Pradesh.
 
36.                      International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on October 17 globally. It is a day to raise awareness about the global issue of poverty and how it is a violation of human rights and of human dignity.
 
37.                      The Indian women's team won the Women's Asia Cup 2022 title after defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final held at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh.
 
38.                      Dr Adarsh ​​Swaika, a joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Kuwait.
 
39.                      Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala will conduct Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at Marakkar Watermanship Training Center in Kerala.
 
40.                      The International Cricket Council has entered into a partnership with UNICEF to empower women and girls and promote inclusion and gender equality through cricket.
 
41.                      Times Higher Education Rankings 2023 has been announced. This year, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has secured the top place among Indian universities.
 
42.                      The city of Hyderabad has bagged the prestigious 'World Green City Award 2022' beating Paris, Bogota, Mexico City, Montreal, and Fortaleza in Brazil.
 
43.                      Senior IFS officer Partha Satpathy has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
44.                      Narendra Modi has inaugurated the fourth Vande Bharat Express train in Una district of Himachal Pradesh.
 
45.                      Adani Airport Holdings has again rejigged its top management, naming Ericsson veteran Arun Bansal as its chief executive officer.
 
46.                      Globally, the University of Oxford continued to retain the top spot for the seventh consecutive year, while the University of Cambridge jumped to joint third from joint fifth last year.
 
47.                      PM Modi flagged off the inaugural run of the new Vande Bharat Express from Amb Andaura, Una to New Delhi, it will be the fourth Vande Bharat train to be introduced in the country.
 
48.                      October 15 is celebrated as the International Day of Rural Women across the world. The day focuses to promote gender quality and highlight the important role played by women in rural areas.
 
49.                      October 15 is celebrated as World Students' Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, a celebrated Aerospace scientist and former President of India.
 
50.                      Services Sports Control Board, Kerala's Sajan Prakash and Karnataka's Hashika Ramchandra walked away with the top honours.
 
51.                      Actor Tom Cruise will soon become the first actor to shoot in space. He has partnered with director Doug Liman on a project that calls for him to perform a spacewalk.
 
52.                      Tamil Nadu has notified the country's first Kadavur slender loris sanctuary covering 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts of the state.
 
53.                      The Offshore Security Exercise, 'Prasthan' in the Offshore Development Area (ODA) off Kakinada was conducted by Eastern Naval Command.
 
54.                      Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid has been elected as President by Iraq's Parliament. Rashid won more than 160 votes against 99 for the incumbent Saleh.
 
55.                      Israel and Lebanon have agreed to resolve a decades-old dispute over the control of an eastern stretch of the Mediterranean Sea.
 
56.                      MP from Odisha Aparajita Sarangi has been elected as a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from Asia Pacific Group (APG) countries.
 
57.                      Cabinet has also approved 22,000 crore rupees as one time grant to Public Sector Undertakings, Oil Marketing Companies for losses in Domestic LPG.
 
 
58.                      Top Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been banned for three years by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for using the prohibited substance Stanozolol.
 
59.                      One97 Communications Limited, which owns the Paytm brand, has partnered with Jana Small Finance Bank to deploy card machines to further drive digitization among merchants across the country.
 
60.                      South Indian Bank has bagged a world record for staging and swinging the highest 101 Oonjals (Jhoolas), beautifully decorated- in Kochi.
 
61.                      The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed India’s economic growth forecast to 6.8% for FY22.
 
 
62.                      Minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has inaugurated the fourth Heli-India Summit 2022 in Srinagar.
 
63.                      October 13 is designated as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction with a focus on encouraging a global culture of risk awareness and catastrophe preparedness.
 
 
64.                      Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched Toyota’s first-of-its-kind pilot project on Flex Fuel-Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle (FFV-SHEV).
 
65.                      Alexia Putellas, a Spanish professional footballer, has won the Women's Ballon d'Or award or Ballon d'Or Féminin Award for the 2nd time.
 
66.                      Adani group-AAI operated Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has switched to green energy sources, fulfilling 95 percent of its requirement from hydro and wind and the rest 5 percent from solar power.
 
67.                      To provide irrigation facilities to farmers of Himachal Pradesh, the state government has started a new scheme named ‘HIMCAD’.
 
68.                      AI-driven financial wellness platform CASHe has partnered with Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide a ’travel now pay later’ (TNPL) payment option on its travel app IRCTC Rail Connect.
 
69.                      Union Minister Anurag Thakur has inaugurated a Water Sports Center in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. The center will be dedicated to training athletes in water sports like Rowing, Canoeing, and Kayaking.
 
70.                      According to a new law passed by the EU parliament, all new smartphones, tablets and cameras will have a single standard charger from late 2024.
 
71.                      A United Nations organization has committed to sharply cut carbon emissions from air travel by 2050 in response to growing pressure for airlines to reduce their pollution.
 
72.                      Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal attends the Listing Celebration of 400th company in BSE. BSE SME announced the listing of eight companies on its platform. This brings the total number of companies listed to 402, crossing a market capitalization of Rs 60,000 crore.
 
73.                      Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of Hinduja group and a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer,and researchers at the National Centre for Combustion Research and Development have joined hands for development and commercialisation of ‘swirl mesh lean direct injection system’ for developing hybrid electrical vehicles using turbine technology.
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74.                      The Sebi board has nine members, including the Chairperson. There are two government nominees and one RBI nominee (usually a Deputy Governor). Besides the four wholetime members Sebi there is also a public interest member forming a part of the Board.
 
75.                      Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit has written to the Union Government recommending the name of Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the second senior judge of the Supreme Court, as the next Chief Justice of India.
 
76.                      World Arthritis day is observed on 12 October every year and it is a global health awareness event that helps create awareness about rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
 
77.                      World Bank (WB) has extended an unconditional loan of $250 million to the Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation (SALT) project in appreciation of the path-breaking reforms implemented by the State government.
 
78.                      Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, a professional French footballer, has won the Men's Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball Award) 2022 and becomes the 5th Frenchman to win the prize.
 
79.                      Former India captain and Chennai Super Kings skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni inaugurated the Super Kings Academy at the MS Dhoni Global School in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.
 
80.                      Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched ‘Football for All’ in the state to take the culture of football to the grassroots.
 
81.                      Nomura has forecast India’s growth to sharply slow down to 5.2% in 2023-24 from 7% in the current fiscal due to the spillover effect of global slowdown.
 

82.                      PM Narendra Modi has addressed the United Nations World Geospatial International Congress in Hyderabad.

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