Current Affairs Quiz based on "The Hindu" (Latest October)

1) International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said which category of athletes to represent would be allowed to compete at the 2016 Rio Games?
Answer. Top refugee athletes with no home country

2) Which state CM met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi to ask for a relaxation of the loan caps set by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act?

Answer. Telangana

3) Name the Telangana’s flagship programmes for the development of irrigation and drinking water supply?
Answer. Mission Kakatiya and Jalaharam

4) Name the Top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander who was mastermind behind several high-profile attacks in the State of J&K, killed in a surgical operation in south Kashmir's Kulgam district.
Answer. Abu Qasim

5) Who is appointed as the Secretary in Ministry of Steel as part of a top-level bureaucratic re-shuffle?
Answer. Aruna Sundarajan

6) The former is ranked fourth while the latter is ranked 10th

Who is the 10th most admired personality globally, as per a new survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF) that has ranked late South African President Nelson Mandela on the top?
Answer. Narendra Modi

7) Who is ranked fourth most admired leader, according to a survey as per a new survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF)?
Answer. M.K.Gandhi

8) Who become the Nepal’s first female President?
Answer. Bidhya Devi Bhandari

9) Who is the World Bank’s Chief Economist, who said that it is possible for India to break into the top 100 rankings in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business listing within one year?
Answer. Kaushik Basu

10) Which company acquired four per cent equity stake in Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) from Bessemer Venture Partners for Rs.81 crore?
Answer. TVS Capital

11) Which central bank has raised $1,500 million international sovereign bonds, marking the country’s largest offering in the international bond market since 2007?
Answer. The Central bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) 

12) What is the rank of RIL & ONGC in the 2015 edition of the benchmark Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings?
Answer. RIL: 14
ONGC: 17
Note:  It is topped by Exxon Mobil