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October 2010 Current Affairs

Current affairs questions for CSAT Civil Services exam preparation from October 2010

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the followings statement incorrect about Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, approved on October 20, 2010?

  1. A monetary scheme for pragnant women & lactating women.
  2. Each pragnant & lactating women will receive Rs. 4,000 in four instalments.
  3. The scheme will be fully funded by the Center.
  4. The beneficiaries will be given to pregnant women of 19 years and above.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country unvailed a five-year plan for developing renewable energy in the month of Oct'10?

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. South Korea
  4. Malaysia
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the position of India in Transparency International's latest Corruption Perceptions Index 2010?

  1. 69th
  2. 87th
  3. 96th
  4. 98th
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is the correctly matched, about National Voter's Day, the Election Commission of India has decided in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. National Voter's Day: 26th Nov
  2. National Voter's Day: 30th Dec
  3. National Voter's Day: 25th Jan
  4. National Voter's Day: 2nd Oct
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The following news (between Sep, 29 to Oct, 4) belongs to which country:

Dr. Manmohan Singh announced that India would provides Loans of Credit of US$ 500 million to support infrastructure projects, agriculture & energy. India has also extended a grant of US$ 4.5 million for capacity building of that Country's police force.

  1. Vietnam
  2. Kyrgyzstan
  3. Saudi Arabia
  4. Mozambique
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which number of meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation was held in New Delhi on Oct'10?

  1. 8th
  2. 9th
  3. 10th
  4. 11th
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who took over as the principal adviser to the Planning Commission in 2010?

  1. T.C.A. Ananth
  2. Pronab Sen
  3. D. Subbarao
  4. S. Y. Quraishi
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the period of China's twelfth five-year plan, recently in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. 2010-2014
  2. 2011-2015
  3. 2012-2016
  4. 2009-2013
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many person elected as members of Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar Dam in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which book won Man Booker Prize 2010, declared in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. The Little Mermaid
  2. The Ugly Ducking
  3. Parrot and Olivier in America
  4. The Finkler Question
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which day belongs to this theme (the theme of World Habitat Day for the year of 2010), Better City, Better Life?

  1. 12th January
  2. 5th September
  3. 4th October
  4. 5th June
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is UDFy-38135539, which is in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. The New Planet
  2. The Galaxy
  3. The Moon of Mars
  4. A comet
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the correct statement from the followings, all statement widely appeared in news in the month of Oct, 2010.

  1. The first land plant fossil is found in Brazil.
  2. Elephant has been declared the National Heritage animal in Mayanmar.
  3. India is the third country to set up Green Court, which is exclusively dedicated to environmental issue.
  4. Kiwidae & Hippolyte catagrapha are new species of Snake.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is mismatched, about the person news-maker in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Subra Suresh: Director, National Science Foundation
  2. Dilip Padgaonkar: Journalist
  3. Sajen Peter: Vice-Chairman, Rubber Board
  4. K. Shanmugam: Home Affairs Minister, Singapore
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is Shelley Nitschke, recently in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Tennis Player
  2. Cricket Player
  3. Badminton Player
  4. Squash Player
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On which day of Oct Month Paul the Octopus died, which was in news after predicting the matches of FIFA 2010?

  1. 24th October 2010
  2. 25th October 2010
  3. 26th October 2010
  4. 27th October 2010
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation) Technolory & Clinic, the news about it recently in the month of Oct, 2010?

i. Bourn Hall Clinic is UK.based.

ii. Bourn Hall Clinic founded by Nobel Prize winner.

iii. The first IVF Clinic will become functional in Delhi by the middle of 2011.

iv. Bourn Hall Clinic intends to set up a chain of 16 IVF centres in India.

  1. i & ii
  2. i, ii & iii
  3. ii, iii & iv
  4. i, ii, iii & iv
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not correctly mathced about ICC Awards 2010, presented in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Test Player of the Year: A.B. De Villers
  2. Umpire fo the Year: Aleem Dar
  3. Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand
  4. ICC Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who got second position in Australian Open Women Snooker Championship 2010, held in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Vidya Pillai
  2. Chitra Magimairaj
  3. Jessica Woods
  4. Remona Belmond
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following, the news hired in the month of Oct, 2010:

 
Events/Facts: State:
1. Integrated Textile Park i. Rajasthan
2. Nippon Project In India ii. Andhra Pradesh
3. Bahin Shanno Devi Panchyati Raj Award iii. Haryana
4. Sahadev Padhi Smruti Samman iv. Orissa
  1. 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i
  2. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv
  3. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv
  4. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-iii
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2010 for development and welfare of women and children, which was presented in October 2010?

  1. Lia Diskin
  2. Chunibhai Vaidya
  3. Shakuntala Choudhary
  4. Chewang Norphel
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is Megi, recently in news in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Floating Polar Station
  2. Super Typhoon
  3. World's fastest train
  4. Wolrd's fastest supercomputer
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct statement(s) from the following statements which were in news in the month of Oct, 2010.

i. Jurgen Melzer was the double partner of Leander Paes in Shanghai Masters 2010, held in the month of Oct, 2010.
ii. Caroline Wozniacki is tennis player from Russia, in news in the month of Oct, 2010.
iii. Steven Finn is from Newzealand, who won ICC Award 2010 as Emerginng Player, awarded in the month of Oct, 2010.
iv. Saurav Ghosal is a Table Tennis player in news in the month of Oct, 2010.

  1. Only i
  2. i & ii
  3. i, ii & iii
  4. i, ii & iv
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the followings, all person died in the month of Oct, 2010:

 
Person: Field:
1. Farooq A. Leghari i. Opera Legend
2. Dame J Sutherland ii. Politician
3. K. E. Eapen iii. Journalist
4. Prabhakar B. Pendharkar iv. Film Director & writer
  1. 1-iii, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iv
  2. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv
  3. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-iii
  4. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iii, 4-iv
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the Authors to theirs works, shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, in news in the month of Oct, 2010:

 
Author: Works:
1. Amit Choudhuri i. The Immigrant
2. Musharraf Ali Farooqui ii. Home Boy
3. H. M. Naqvi iii. The Story of a Widow
4. Manju Kapoor iv. The Immortals
  1. 1-i, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-iv
  2. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv
  3. 1-iv, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-i
  4. 1-iv, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-i
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