Current Affairs -2016 October (Chapter-23)

Current Affairs -2016 October
(Chapter-23)

326.What is the theme of 2016 World Food Day (WFD)?

Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too

327.Which player defeated his Chinese contender in straight rounds and bagged the gold medal in the 52 Kg category in Wushu?

Yengkhom Jason

328.Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company and its partners on 15th Oct 2016 acquired India’s second biggest private oil firm. Which corporate group does the unit belong to?

Essar

329.Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD)?

Amandeep Singh Gill

330.  India has decided to eliminate production of a potent greenhouse gas with Global Warming Potential of 14800 by 2030. Name it.

HCF-23

331.India has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with which country in the field of water management?

Hungary

332.What is the name of cyclone battered wide areas of the country’s main island of Luzon in Philippines?

Typhoon Sarika

333.Which state government started the ‘Farm Tourism scheme, under which registered farm owners can host tourists under holiday packages?

Haryana

334.Which city has become the first Indian city to be officially declared as one of the venues for hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup?

Kochi

335.Milan city council has honoured which human rights leader on 20th Oct 2016?

Dalai Lama

336.The first-ever global conference to strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement in India has started in which city?

New Delhi

337.Indian football team on 20th October acquired their best ever FIFA ranking in over six years. It is currently at which position?

137

338.Which Mumbai based photographer has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer Award, 2016 by the BBC and Natural History Museum in London?

Nayan Khanolkar

339.The BRICS Bank or the New Development Bank will ramp up lending to $2.5 billion in 2017. The present chairman of NDB is

KV Kamath

340.What is the position of Mumbai among 15 global cities in terms of total wealth which was released by the New World Wealth?

14th

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