8.

Name the player who become the youngest Indian to score a century
on Test debut.
A. Rashid Khan
B. Rishabh Pant
C. Prithvi Shaw
D. Nitish Rana

Answer: Option C
Prithvi Shaw has become the youngest Indian to score a century on Test
debut, achieving the feat aged 18 years and 329 days against Windies in
Rajkot, Gujarat. Shaw broke the 59-year-old record set by AA Baig (20
years and 126 days). Shaw is only the second Indian after Sachin
Tendulkar to score a Test ton before turning 19. Prithvi Shaw captained
India Under-19 to World Cup victory in February 2018.

9. Who won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recently?

A. Malala Yousafzai and Edward Snowden
B. Kim Jong-Un & Moon Jae-In
C. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
D. John McCain and Emmanuel Macron
Answer: Option C
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2018 Nobel
Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end
the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict". Denis
Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending the victims.
Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against
herself and others.

10. Ramon Laguarta took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of
this company.
A. McDonald
B. Tropicana Products
C. Nestle
D. PepsiCo

Answer: Option D
Ramon Laguarta took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of
PepsiCo. Ramon Laguarta succeeds India-born Indra Nooyi, who was the
CEO of PepsiCo for 12 years. Indra Nooyi will be chairman of PepsiCo till
early 2019. Ramon Laguarta has served as President of PepsiCo since
2017. He has also been elected to PepsiCo's Board of Directors with effect
from October 3, 2018.

11. Vikram Limaye has been appointed the chairman of the working
committee and director for which organisation?
A. TSX
B. NYSE
C. WFE
D. NASDAQ

Answer: Option C
The National Stock Exchange's (NSE) MD and CEO Vikram Limaye has
been appointed the chairman of the working committee and director on
the board by the international industry body-World Federation of
Exchanges (WFE). The decision was taken at the global body's 58th
general assembly and annual meeting that is currently underway in
Athens, Greece.

12. William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer clinched the 2018 Nobel
Prize in .
A. Chemistry
B. Physiology
C. Medicine
D. Economic Science

Answer: Option D
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel 2018 to William D. Nordhaus "for integrating climate change into
long-run macroeconomic analysis" and Paul M. Romer "for integrating
technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis".
13. Who has been appointed as the Chief Statistician of India (CSI)?
A. T A Vina
B. Nipun Singh
C. Pravin Srivastava
D. Malti Saxena

Answer: Option C
Pravin Srivastava, the 1983-batch Indian Statistical Service officer, has
been appointed as new Chief Statistician of India (CSI). This
appointment comes into effect from the date of his assuming charge of
the post till the date of his superannuation (August 31, 2020) or until
further orders, whichever is earlier. He has worked in the ministries of
statistics and health in various positions, and briefly in the Union Public
Service Commission, in his 35-year career. He was a secretary to the
Indian Statistical Commission, popularly known as the Rangarajan
Commission, which laid the foundation of the modern statistical system.
The National Statistical Commission was set up in 2005 on its
recommendations.

14. As per RBI's 4th bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, the

current repo rate for 2018-19 is;
A. 6.5%
B. 6.8%
C. 7.2%
D. 7.4%

Answer: Option A
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept all key policy rates
unchanged in its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy review, which is
recently announced on October 5, 2018. A six-member Monetary
Policy Committee (MPC), headed by Governor Urjit Patel, decided to
keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% and the reverse repo rate at
6.25%. Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to banks, while the
reverse repo is the rate at which RBI borrows money from banks.
Accordingly, the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank
Rate too were kept at 6.75%. On the growth front, RBI retained GDP
growth projection for 2018-19 at 7.4%.