Important Current Affairs for OCT 9th 2017

Current Affairs OCT 9th 2017

1 . Which state government of India has announced plans to drop seeds using helicopters for planting mangroves?

A). Maharashtra
B). Gujarath 
C). Andhrapradesh
D). Madhya Pradesh
👉 Answer : Option A

2 . India will grant free visa to __________ citizens wanting to visit the country.

A). Bhutan
B). China
C). Myanmar
D). Pakistan
👉 Answer : Option C

3 . Banks that fail to open Aadhaar enrollment centers in a stipulated 10% of branches till 30th September will be fined Rs___________ per uncovered branch every month

A). 5,000
B). 10,000
C). 18,000
D). 20,000
👉 Answer : Option D

4 . Who among the following has won the Men's Singles 2017 US Open (tennis)?

A). Roger Fedrer
B). Rafael Nadal
C). Stan Wawrinka
D). Andy Murray 

👉 Answer : Option B

5 . Who among the following has been elected as new PTI Chairman?

A). Palvai Govardhan Reddy
B). Ramasamy Chetty
C). Viveck Goenka
D). Riyad Mathew
👉 Answer : Option C

6 . Hotel aggregator Oyo has closed a ___________ round of funding.

A). $50 million
B). $100 million
C). $200 million
D). $250 million
👉 Answer : Option D

7 . Online travel firm MakeMyTrip has announced the resignation of president _____________

A). Ashish Kashyap
B). T S Vineeth Bhatt
C). N. Ravikiran
D). Sriram Kalyanaraman
👉 Answer : Option A

8 . India and ____________have agreed to collaborate closely in defence production, including on dual-use technologies.

A). Australia
B). UK
C). Japan
D). US
👉 Answer : Option C

9 . Which state government has signed an MoU with US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies?

A). Telengana
B). Andhra Pradesh
C). Karnataka
D). Madhya Pradesh
👉 Answer : Option B

10 . Who among the following has won the Women's Singles 2017 US Open?

A). CoCo Vandeweghe
B). Sloane Stephens
C). Karolina Pliskova
D). Kaia Kanepi
👉 Answer : Option B

11 . Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched UJALA scheme in __________

A). Malaysia
B). Uzbekistan
C). Denmark
D). Japan
👉 Answer : Option A

12 . A joint military training, Indo-____ Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2017 was conducted recently.

A). Russia
B). UK
C). Japan
D). US
👉 Answer : Option D

13 . The book of Former Foreign Secretary 'Book 'How India Sees the World' was recently launched

A). Shyam Saran
B). Ritwik Ghatak
C). Ardhendu Mukherjee
D). Ramananda Sengupta
👉 Answer : Option A

14 . Who among the following has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of NMDC Ltd.?

A). Vasant Narsimha
B). Swarup Kumar Parida
C). Naresh Chandra
D). N. Baijendra Kumar
👉 Answer : Option D

15 . Who among the following has assumed charge as Minister of State in Ministry of Mines?

A). R. S. Sharma
B). Rajiv Bansal
C). Ashwani Lohani
D). Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
👉 Answer : Option D

Imortant Current affairs for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs Oct 4th 2017

1 . India and __________have agreed to withdraw their troops from Doklam.

A). China
B). Nepal 
C). Myanmar
D). Pakistan
👉 Answer : Option A

2 . Two-day Indian Ocean conference was held in ___________

A). China
B). Sri Lanka
C). Russia
D). Brazil
👉 Answer : Option B

3 . P V Sindhu has won silver at World Badminton Championship 2017 by defeating _____________

A). Nozomi Okuhara
B). Huang Sui
C). Kim Dong-moon
D). Lin Ying
👉 Answer : Option A

4 . Who among the following has won the Belgian Grand Prix title?

A). Sebastian Vettel
B). Daniel Ricciardo
C). Lewis Hamilton
D). Valtteri Bottas
👉 Answer : Option C

5 . Justice Dipak Misra has sworn in as ___Chief Justice of India.

A). 42
B). 43
C). 44
D). 45
👉 Answer : Option D

6 . The 23rd BWF World Championship-2017 was held in _____________

A). Netherland
B). UK
C). Scotland
D). Russia
👉 Answer : Option C

7 . Who among the following has won the 23rd BWF World Campionship-2017 in Men's Singles?

A). Reuben Shiloh Defreita
B). James Nathan
C). Lin Dan
D). Viktor Axelsen
👉 Answer : Option D

8 . The Indian U-15 football team has defeated ________ to win the SAFF U-15 Championships.

A). Bangladesh
B). Bhutan
C). Afghanistan
D). Nepal
👉 Answer : Option D

9 . Who among the following were named the UEFA Players of the Year 2017?

A). Lionel Messi and Lieke Martens
B). Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens
C). Neymar and Lieke Martens
D). Manuel Neuer and Lieke Martens
👉 Answer : Option B

10 . _____________, best known for his work in the horror film genre died recently. Name him

A). Joe Bolognais
B). Jay Thomas
C). Tobe Hooper
D). John Avildsen
👉 Answer : Option C

11 . A member of India's gold winning football team at the first Asian Games in 1951 passed away recently. Name him.

A). Ahmed Khan
B). Sohail Mahmood
C). Khawaja Asif
D). Sartaj Aziz
👉 Answer : Option D

12 . Uber has chosen __________________ as its new CEO.

A). Meg Whitma
B). Jeff Immelt
C). Travis Kalanick
D). Dara Khosrowshahi
👉 Answer : Option D

13 . First edition of Rural Games Grameen Khel Mahostav will be held in______

A). Delhi
B). Mumbai
C). Chennai
D). Bangalore
👉 Answer : Option A

14 . The National Sports day was celebrated on ____________ every year to mark the birthday of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.

A). August 28
B). August 29
C). August 30
D). August 31
👉 Answer : Option B

15 . India and _________ has signed an agreement on technical cooperation under the Indo-German Energy Programme - Green Energy Corridors.

A). Netherlands
B). Hungary
C). Norway
D). Germany
👉 Answer : Option D