Current Affairs 18 October

Current Affairs 18 October

1. The 6th Interregional Ministerial Meeting of RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ) was held in

• Singapore
• India
• Nepal
• None of these

Singapore

In this meeting, all partner countries agreed to finalize trading deal by the end of this year Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,

the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the six Asia-Pacific states with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements (Australia, China, India, Japan, South

Korea and New Zealand).

2. Foreign Service Institute of India sign MoUs with Centre for Foreign Relation of which country ?

• Nepal
• South Africa
• Myanmar
• Tanzania

India and Tanzania on Tuesday signed two MoUs in presence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Tanzanian Foreign Minister Dr. Augustine Mahiga The MoUs are between Foreign Service Institute of India and Centre for Foreign Relation, Tanzania and National Research Development Corporation and Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Corporation

3. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to launch which programme ?

• Saubhagya
• Tarraki
• Prakriti
• Shanti

The main objective of Prakriti programme is to provide platform for school children to learn practical skills towards sustainable use of resources.

4. The Union Government launched which national campaign on the occasion of World Food Day (16 October) to sensitise people about eating safe food and be healthy ?

• Swachh Bharat Yatra
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Swasth Bharat Yatra
• Swasth Bharat Abhiyan

. In this rally, about 7,500 cyclists are expected to participate in over 18,000 km travelling across six tracks through almost every state and UT over 100 days to propagate a powerful message ‘Eat Right India’.

5. Which  short   film   is   choosen   as   Best   short   film(National)   in   4th  International  Film  Festival  of  Shimla  “IFFS  2018”  concluded   in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh? 

• “The Fog” by Ali Shoorvarzi, Hoseyn Mahroughi
• “Sinjar” by Sandeep Pampally
• “Anahut” (Marathi) by Umesh Bagade
• “Plucked” (Kannad) by Tejus Yakhob       

“Anahut” (Marathi) by Umesh Bagade

6. Man Booker Prize 2018 is given to which for what?

• Paul Beatty for The sellout
• George Saunders for Lincoln in the Bardo
• Anna Burns for Milkman
• Eleanor Catton for The Luminaries

Milkman is a novel written by Anna Burns .It won the Man Booker Prize 2018 for Fiction.

7. Maha dayi River, recently in news for dispute between two States of India falls into:

• Arabian Sea
• Bay of Bengal
• Krishna river
• Mahanadi river

Arabian Sea

The dispute is between Goa and Karnataka.

8. If a paste of rice or wheat flour is left overnight in the kitchen, its volume increases significantly because of:

• The aromatic air of the kitchen
• Bacterial growth
• Swelling of starch particles in the flour due to absorption of water and air
• The release of carbon dioxide due to the activity of yeast

9. It is not advisable to sleep under a tree at night because of the

• Release of less oxygen
• Release of more oxygen
• Release of carbon dioxide
• Release of carbon monoxide

Release of carbon dioxide