Latest Current Affairs And GK Quiz For October 19, 2017

1. Which State Government launched the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana Scheme for farmers?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Madhya Pradesh
[B]Punjab
[C]Rajasthan
[D]Gujarat


2. #IAMThatWoman campaign has been launched by which ministry?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Law & Justice
[B]Home
[C]Women & Child Development
[D]Information & Broadcasting


3. Indian peacekeepers in ______ were awarded the UN medal on October 17, 2017?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]Somalia
[B]Sudan
[C]Rwanda
[D]Burundi


4. Who won 3 Gold Medals at the Egypt junior & Cadet open Table Tennis championships?
[Category: Sports Current Affairs]
[A]Mallika Chopra
[B]Bhairavi Desai
[C]Selena Selvakumar
[D]Roopal Patel


5. George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel ____?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]The Sellout
[B]Lincoln In The Bardo
[C]The Sense Of An Ending
[D]None of the above


6. Scientists on October 16, 2017 have for the first time observed the collision of 2 ______ stars?
[Category: Science Current Affairs]
[A]Neutron
[B]X-Ray
[C]Stellar Blackhole
[D]Quasar


7. Name the Russian research institute which has created a watch which can survive nuclear blast?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]TRINITY
[B]TsNIIToch Mash
[C]TsAGI
[D]None of the above


8. Who on October 17, 2017 was appointed as MD & CEO of Voltas?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Rahul Aggarwal
[B]Anil George
[C]Sanjay Johri
[D]Pradeep Bakshi


9. Name the Indian-American attorney who has been honoured with the 3rd American Bazaar Philanthropy Award?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Mayne Madhvani
[B]Gopinash Pillai
[C]Ajay Raju
[D]Vijendra Ramadass


10. Which city is the most unsafe one for women, as per a report published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on October 16, 2017?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]Karachi
[B]Cairo
[C]London
[D]New Delhi