Latest Current Affairs And GK Quiz For October 23, 2017

1. Which committee has been constituted to select the candidate for the post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Amitabh Chaudhry Committee
[B]A. Surya American Committee
[C]Kang Committee
[D]None Of The Above


2. Which South American country on Oct 20, 2017 passed a bill to legalize the medical uses of Marijuana?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]Peru
[B]Chile
[C]Argentina
[D]Brazil


3. Who among the following has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Switzerland?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Anil Wadhwa
[B]Reenat Sandhu
[C]Gaitari Issar Kumar
[D]Sibi George


4. Which State Government on October 20, 2017 restored the special Family Pension for widows of government employees killed by extremists?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Jammu And Kashmir
[B]Jharkhand
[C]Punjab
[D]Assam


5. The Central Government has asked each state to name the toilets in their rural household as "_____"?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]Prakshalit Ghar
[B]Izzat Ghar
[C]Sulabh Ghar
[D]Swacch Ghar


6. Who among the following on October 21, 2017 launched an excel-based offline tool for businesses to file initial GSTR-3B returns?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A]GST Network
[B]Clear Tax
[C]Finance Ministry
[D]Reserve Bank Of India


7. Astronauts of which apace agency have successfully completed a spacewalk to install a new camera system outside the International Space Station?
[Category: Science Current Affairs]
[A]China National Space Administration
[B]European Space Agency
[C]Roscosmos
[D]National Aeronautics & Space Administration


8. India and _____ have agreed to expedite development of the giant Rovuma gas discovery, which is planned to be converted into LNG for exports?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]Iran
[B]Russia
[C]Mozambique
[D]Kazakhstan


9. Worldskills Challenge 2017 was held in ________?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]Abu Dhabi
[B]Amman
[C]Beirut
[D]Doha


10. Akinwumi Adesina, who won the 2017 world Food Prize is from which country?
[Category: International Current Affairs]
[A]Rwanda
[B]Chad
[C]Algeria
[D]Nigeria