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1) Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2015? - Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
Note: It was awarded for its decisive contribution to the
building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of Jasmine
revolution of 2011. The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet comprised four key
organizations in Tunisian civil society. These are: The Tunisian General Labour Union, The
Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, The Tunisian Human
Rights League, The Tunisian Order of Lawyers.
2) Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman was on
8 October 2015 named as the Cultural Ambassador of which country? – Seychelles
3) Which bank on 8 October 2015 launched a
mobile payment service based on mVisa? - ICICI
Bank
Note: The service enables customers to make electronic payments
from their smartphones at traditional stores, e-commerce sites, deliveries made
at home, radio taxi and utility bills among others.
4) Who were on 7 October 2015 jointly
awarded with the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? - Tomas
Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
Note: They were awarded for having mapped how cells repair
damaged DNA and safeguard the genetic information at a molecular level.
5) Who were on 5 October 2015 awarded Nobel
Prize for Physiology or Medicine? - William
C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) and Youyou Tu (China)
Note: William C Campbell (Ireland) and Satoshi Omura (Japan) was
awarded for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections
caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Youyou Tu (China) for her
discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
6) Who was on 4 October 2015 was elected
President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? -Shashank Manohar
Note: He was elected unopposed during a special general meeting
called by the BCCI following the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
7) Who was on 8 October 2015 awarded with
the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature? - Svetlana
Alexievich
Note: Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian
investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer, writing in Russian.
8) Who was recently elected as the Head of
Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change? - Hoesung
Lee
Note: He succeeded RK Pachauri of India, who stepped down in
February 2015 after a female researcher accused him of sexual harassment.
9) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) on 7 October 2015 approved implementation of the World Bank assisted
National Watershed Management Project named? – Neeranchal
10) Name the German Chancellor who visited
India between 4 October and 6 October 2015? - Angela
Merkel
11) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)
Conference 2016 will be held at ___ from 8 January to 10 January 2016? - New Delhi
12) Indian Navy on 6 October 2015
commissioned the first indigenously-designed and built torpedo launch and
recovery vessel ___? - INS
Astradharani
13) Union Government on 5 October 2015
launched second phase of the immunisation programme, Mission Indradhanush,
focusing on ___ districts? – 352
14) Name the renowned music director and
lyricist who died on 9 October 2015 following a multiple-organ failure in
Mumbai? - Ravindra Jain
Note: His famous songs are Geet Gaata Chal, Chor Machaye Shor,
Chitchor, Nadiya ke Paar, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Do
Jasoos and Henna.
15) Who was on 8 October 2015 chosen for
the 2015 Hridaynath Mangeskar Award? - A
R Rehman
16) South Africa on 8 October 2015 won the
three-match T-20 International series against India 2-0. Who was named Player
of the series? - JP
Duminy
17) Air Force Day 2015 was recently
observed on? - 8
October 2015
18) Who was on 5 October 2015 appointed as
permanent CEO of Twitter? - Jack
Dorsey
19) Name the noted Telugu film producer who died of the old-age-related illness on 4
October 2015? - Edida
Nageswara Rao
20) Who was on 9 October 2015 appointed to
the Board of capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI)? - Tapan Ray
Note: Tapan Ray succeeded Anjuly Chib Duggal on the SEBI board.
21) World Egg Day was recently observed on?
- 9 October 2015
22) World Sight Day (WSD) was observed on 8
October 2015 with theme? - Eye
care for all
23) World Post Day was observed globally on
9 October 2015 with the theme? - Posts
claim their place in the changing communication landscape.
Note: The day is observed annually on the anniversary of the
establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss Capital,
Bern.
24) Which team on 4 October 2015 won the
Women’s European Volleyball Championship title? – Russia
25) Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on 7 October 2015 approved the setting up of three new
All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AllMS) under which scheme? - Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY)
26) Who recently resigned as CEO of iGate
Corporation? - Ashok
Vemuri
27) Union Cabinet on 7 October 2015
approved the construction of National War Memorial and a National War Museum
at? - New Delhi
28) Who were on 6 October 2015 jointly
awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino
oscillations? - Japan's
Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald
29) Name the renowned Carnatic flautist who
died on 9 October 2015? - Natesan
Ramani
30) British researchers on 2 October 2015
developed a new mobile app named ASCmeI.T that will help people with which
disease? – Autism
31) Who was on 10 October 2015 appointed as
the chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)? - Sekhar
Basu
Note: By virtue of this position, he will also occupy the office
of secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
32) Which organization on 6 October 2015
released the Global Financial Stability Report October 2015? - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
33) Union Cabinet on 7 October 2015
approved the payments of Productivity-Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to ___
days’ wages for railway employees for the financial year 2014-2015? - 78 wages
34) Which organization on 6 October 2015
released World Economic Outlook (WEO) October 2015? - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
35) Name the Indian Cyclist who recently
became first-ever Indian to win five medals at Taiwan Cup? - Deborah Herold
36) Who were on 6 October 2015 awarded with
the 2015 PEN Pinter Prize? - Saudi
blogger and activist Raif Badawi and British poet and critic James Fenton
37) Which state government on 9 October
2015 launched the Operation Valsalya project to trace, rescue and reunite the
missing children with their family? – Kerala
38) Which state government on 9 October
2015 launched e-Pragati project? - Andhra Pradesh
39) Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) on 3 October 2015 inaugurated an Extreme Altitude Research
Centre at? - Chang
La, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir
40) India’s e-commerce giant, Flipkart, on
4 October 2015 appointed ____ as the new Chief Finance Officer (CFO)? - Sriram Venkataraman
41) World Habitat Day was on 5 October 2015
observed across the world with the theme? - Public
Spaces for All
42) Who won the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup?
- Sergey Karjakin
43) Which country won 2015 FIBA Asian
Basketball Championship? – China
44) Sania Mirza and ____ on 3 October 2015
won the women's doubles title of Wuhan Tennis Open? - Martina Hingis
45) National Anti-Drug Addiction Day was
observed on? - 2
October 2015
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