October - 2015 GK - 2

Current affairs quiz covering major events from October 2015, including Nobel Prize announcements, political leadership changes, and international developments

11 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following countries is not a member of the V20 Group launched by Finance Ministers of 20 nations in October 2015?

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Maldives
  3. India
  4. Madagascar
  5. Costa Rica
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following took oath as the 38th Prime Minister of Nepal?

  1. K. P. Sharma Oli
  2. Ram Baran Yadav
  3. Sushil Koirala
  4. Bidhya Devi Bhandari
  5. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was elected President of Fiji in October 2015?

  1. Epeli Nailatikau
  2. George Konrote
  3. Frank Bainimarama
  4. Mahendra Chaudhry
  5. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In October 2015, who among the following was appointed CEO of Telenor (earlier known as Uninor)?

  1. Rajiv Sethi
  2. Sharad Mehrotra
  3. Albern Murty
  4. Petter Furberg
  5. Vivek Sood
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following banks launched 'Money2World', a fully online outward remittance service?

  1. HDFC
  2. SBI
  3. ICICI
  4. Axis Bank
  5. Yes Bank
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics was won by

  1. Angus Deaton
  2. Jean Tirole
  3. Lars Peter Hansen
  4. Eugene Fama
  5. Robert J. Shiller
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The government of which state launched Mission Abbas to provide affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections?

  1. Gujarat
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Goa
  4. Odisha
  5. Haryana
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following succeeded Anjuly Chib Duggal on the SEBI board?

  1. Raje Kumar
  2. Tapan Ray
  3. Anand Sinha
  4. Prakash Chandra
  5. Naved Masood
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature?

  1. Patrick Modiano
  2. Svetlana Alexievich
  3. Alice Munro
  4. Mo Yan
  5. Tomas Tranströmer
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Executive Council of the National Mission for a Green India in October 2015 approved the Perspective Plans and Annual Plan of Operations submitted by

  1. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Odisha
  2. Rajasthan, Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka
  3. Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
  4. Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand and Kerala
  5. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize?

  1. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
  2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  3. Kailash Satyarthi
  4. Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
  5. European Union