Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 18 October 2014

1) Who was appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser of India for a period of 3 years on 16 October 2014?
(A) Dr Arvind Subramanian
(B) Dr Rangarajan
(C) Bimal Jalan
(D) Dr Raghuram Rajan

2) World Food Day 2014 was celebrated across the globe on?
(A) October 15
(B) October 14
(C) October 16
(C) October 12

3) Which state govt. recently allowed 33% reservation for women in all state government jobs?
(A) Kerala
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) West Bengal

4) Richard Flanagan who won the 'Man Booker Prize' 2014 is from which country?
(A) UK
(B) France
(C) USA
(D) Australia

5) Who among the following won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics?
(A) Jean Tirole
(B) Robert J. Shiller
(C) Eugene F. Fama
(D) Lars Peter Hansen

6) What was India's position in the 2014 Global Hunger Index?
(A) 15th
(B) 55th
(C) 105th
(D) None of these

7) Who was recently dropped as Congress spokesperson?
(A) Digvijay Singh
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Kapil Sibal
(D) Ahmad Patel

8) Who was recently named Most Valuable Player of India's Asian Games campaign?
(A) Jitu Rai
(B) Yogeshwar Dutt
(C) Mary Kom
(D) Seema Punia

9) 'KP' is the autobiography (released recently) of which Engalnd player?
(A) Kevin-Pietersen
(B) Kraig White
(C) Paul Kollingwood
(D) Alaistar Cook

10)  International Day of the Girl Child is observed across the world on?
(A) 11 October
(B) 17 October
(C) 1 October
(D) 15 October

Answers
1) Ans. (A) Dr Arvind Subramanian
2) Ans. (C) October 16
3) Ans. (B) Gujarat
4) Ans. (D) Australia
5) Ans. (A) Jean Tirole
6) Ans. (B) 55th
7) Ans. (B) Shashi Tharoor
8) Ans. (C) Mary Kom
9) Ans. (A) Kevin-Pietersen
10) Ans. (A) 11 October

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