Current Affairs October 2018,Current GK Question and Answer

Current Affairs October 2018,Current GK Question and Answer 

Question No (1) Who took charge as the chief executive officer of PepsiCo?
Answer: Ramon Laguarta.

Question No (2) Who has been appointed the chairman of the working committee and director for WFE (World Federation of Exchanges)?
Answer: Vikram Limaye.

Question No (3) What was the theme of the 4th edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF-2018)?
Answer: Science for Transformation.

Question No (4) Who won the 2018 ISSA Good Practice Award?
Answer: ESIC (Employees’ State Insurance Corporation).

Question No (5) The Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) of Indian Region was held in which city?
Answer: Guwahati.

Question No (6) US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies unveiled the first full-scale transportation capsule. What is the name of this transportation capsule?
Answer: Quintero One.

Question No (7) Walmart retailer company plans to invest Rs.180 crore in India for what?
Answer: To improve farmers livelihood.

Question No (8) Where was the second IORA Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting held?
Answer: New Delhi.

Question No (9) Who has been elected as the President of Iraq?
Answer: Barham Salih.

Question No (10) Who inaugurated the 2018 National Khadi Festival in Mumbai?
Answer: Giriraj Singh (Union Minister for Micro Small & Medium Enterprises).

Question No (11) When the International Translation Day 2018 was observed?
Answer: September 30th.

Question No (12) FTC-2000G, China’s indigenously built new multi-role combat aircraft is developed by which company?
Answer: Aviation Industry Corp of China.

Question No (13) Name the joint Multi-National Maritime Exercise between the Indian, Brazilian and South Africa?
Answer: IBSAMAR.

Question No (14) According to UNCTAD’s latest report ‘Trade and Development Report’ what is India’s GDP growth forecast for 2018?
Answer: 7.0%.

Question No (15) Mile Jedinak announced his retirement from international football. He belongs to which country?
Answer: Australian player.

Question No (16) Who has been elected as the new President of Hockey India (HI)?
Answer: Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad.

Question No (17) Name the person elected as the president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2018-19?
Answer: Jayant Mammen Mathew.

Question No (18) India’s tallest National flag (319.5 feet Flag Pole) from the average city elevation has been installed at where?
Answer: Guwahati.

Question No (19) Name the Rio Paralympic gold medalist selected for the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the 3rd Paralympic Asian games 2018?
Answer: Mariyappan Thangavelu.

Question No (20) What is the Name of 2018 joint exercise between India and Vietnam?
Answer: Sahyog-Hop Tac 2018.

Question No (21) In which city of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia will invest a new oil refinery?
Answer: Gwadar.

Question No (22) In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s “Government E-Payments Adoption Ranking” what is the position of India?
Answer: 28 positions.

Question No (23) Where the 31st All India Railways Chess tournament 2018 has started?
Answer: Tiruchirappalli.

Question No (24) Who was appointed as India’s Ambassador to Spain?
Answer: IFS officer Sanjay Verma.

Question No (25) Which non-profit organization unveils the Centre of Excellence for IoT in Haryana?
Answer: NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies).

Question No (26) Madan Bhimarao Lokur took charge as the Executive Chairman of the NALSA. Write the full-form?
Answer: National Legal Services Authority of India.

Question No (27) Name the batsman became the ‘fastest batsman’ after Donald Bradman to reach 24 Test centuries?
Answer: Virat Kohli.

Question No (28) What is the growth rate of India for 2019 as per the latest report of IMF (International Monetary Fund)?
Answer: 7.4%.

Question No (29) Flipkart join hands with whom to offer insurance for smartphones?
Answer: Bajaj Allianz.

Question No (30) Name the city in India gets 1st Comprehensive City-Level Flood Forecasting And Warning System?
Answer: Kolkata.

Question No (31) Name the state of India launched the State’s own food security scheme?
Answer: Odisha. Scheme benefiting 25 lakh people.

Question No (32) Name the state team won the 24th Senior Women’s National football championships?
Answer: Manipur.

Question No (33) What was the theme of International Translation Day 2018?
Answer: Translation: promoting cultural heritage in changing times.

Question No (34) Name the organization launched the first Global Guidelines on Sanitation and Health?
Answer: World Health Organization.

Question No (35) Name the person has been taken charge as the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority of India?
Answer: Madan Bhimarao Lokur.

Question No (36) Name the Indian state was declared as the 23rd state to become Open Defecation Free?
Answer: Manipur.

Question No (37) Girls Title in IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championships won by whom?
Answer: Keerthana Pandian.

Question No (38) Who attends India-West Africa Conclave in Nigeria?
Answer: Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution “C R Chaudhary”.

Question No (39) ‘Midday Young Achiever Icons Award 2018’ bagged by whom?
Answer: Ruhan Rajput.

Question No (40) Name the person appointed as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Answer: Gita Gopinath.

Question No (41) Name the bank has slashed the daily withdrawal limit on its classic debit card from Rs 40,000 to Rs 20,000 from Oct 31st, 2018?
Answer: State Bank of India.

Question No (42) World Animal Day was celebrated on which date?
Answer: 4th October.

Question No (43) Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) give its Bengaluru airport T2 project to which construction company?
Answer: L&T Construction.

Question No (44) Pankaj Sharma appointed as the ambassador and India’s permanent representative to?
Answer: United Nations Conference on Disarmament (UNCD).

Question No (45) Which country successfully testfired ‘Ghauri ballistic missile’?
Answer: Pakistan.

Question No (46) Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court?
Answer: Justice Surya Kant.

Question No (47) Where the ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestham scheme’ was launched?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh.

Question No (48) Artificial Intelligence service provider ‘AuthMe ID Services’ acquired by whom?
Answer: Bharti Airtel.

Question No (49) Which country’s passport is most powerful in the world according to Henley Passport Index website?
Answer: Japan.

Question No (50) Reserve Bank of India slaps a penalty of Rs 5 crore to which bank for non-compliance of its directives?
Answer: Karur Vysya Bank.