Q1. Name the city in which India Mobile Congress  was held recently ?

1. New Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Chennai
4. Hyderabad
5. None  of These

Q2. Name the Swedish paleogeneticist who sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal and discovered the previously unknown hominin Denisova, and who has  won the Nobel Medicine Prize recently ?

1. William G. Kaelin
2. Charles M. Rice
3. David Julius
4. Svante Paabo
5. None of These

Q3. Name the West African  countrywhich underwent its second military coup in less than nine months?

1. Mali
2. Niger
3. Burkina Faso
4. Somalia
5. None of These

Q4. Name  the Native American activist and actress who was booed in 1973 as she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando and who has died aged 75 recently ?

1. Nannie Helen Burroughs
2. SacheenLittlefeather
3. Aurelia Browder
4. Lillie Mae Bradford
5. None of These

Q5. Interpol was founded in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) with Headquartered in

1. Lyon, France NewYork ,US London , UK Berlin, Germany None of These

1. Lyon, France
2. NewYork ,US
3. London , UK
4. Berlin, Germany
5. None of These

Answers

1----------------------------1         New Delhi

2---------------------------4Svante Paabo

3---------------------------3 Burkina Faso

4----------------------------2 SacheenLittlefeather

5----------------------------1  Lyon, France

The government said on  Oct 2  that there is sufficient food grain stock available in the country and the prices of wheat, atta and rice are under control.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said the government regularly monitors the prices of essential commodities and takes corrective measures whenever required.

The government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for three months till December 2022 to ensure that the poor and needy do not face any hardships during the festival season.

The ministry said that wheat and rice reported a decrease in retail and wholesale prices and the prices of atta remained stable during last week.

The government said it had taken proactive steps to avoid any further price rise and export regulations were imposed in the case of wheat and rice.

Bihar agriculture minister Sudhakar Singh, whose outspokenness has been a cause of embarrassment for the Nitish Kumar government, has resigned from the post, according to his father and state RJD president Jagadanand Singh.

The RJD leader said that the agriculture minister, who had been "raising his voice in favour of farmers", decided to put in his papers so that "the rift does not deepen" ('taaki ladaai aage nahin badhe').

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Anish Dayal Singh have been appointed as the new director generals of the CRPF and CRPF respectively.

Thaosen, a 1988-batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently working as the director general (DG) of the border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and holding the additional charge of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DG post fell vacant on Friday after IPS officer Kuldiep Singh (1986-batch) retired.

Anish Dayal Singh, a 1988-batch officer (Manipur cadre), is currently serving as a special director in the Intelligence Bureau.

Thaosen's scheduled retirement is in November this year, while Singh will superannuate in December 2024.

Founder chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy and renowned expert on renewable energy Tulsi Tanti died due to cardiac arrest on the evening of October 1.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on  Oct 2 conveyed his condolences and heartfelt sympathies to US President Joe Biden over the loss of lives and devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian slammed into the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida as a major Category 4 hurricane earlier in the week before crossing the peninsula out over the Atlantic Ocean and then striking the US Southeast seacoast as a Category 1 hurricane.

The death toll in Florida from Hurricane Ian has risen to 47.

Over 170 people died at an Indonesian football stadium riot in which thousands of angry home fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas that triggered a stampede.

The tragedy on  Oct 1 night in the eastern city of Malang, which also left 180 injured, was one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters.

Arema FC supporters at the Kanjuruhan stadium stormed the pitch after their team lost 3-2 to the visiting team and bitter rivals, Persebaya Surabaya.

Police, who described the unrest as "riots", said they tried to force fans to return to the stands and fired tear gas after two officers were killed.

President Joko Widodo ordered an investigation into the tragedy, a safety review into all football matches and directed the country's football association to suspend all matches until "security improvements" were completed.

Indonesia is to host the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in May at six stadiums across the country. The Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang is not included in that list.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on  Oct 1 launched the 5G telephony services that promise to provide ultra high-speed internet on mobile phones, saying it marks the beginning of a new era and presents a sea of opportunities.

The Prime Minister launched 5G services in select cities at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022 conference. The services will progressively cover the entire country over the next couple of years.

The Prime Minister said his government's vision for 'Digital India' was founded on four pillars -- the cost of devices, digital connectivity, data cost and digital-first approach. This approach has led to mobile manufacturing units in India increasing from just two in 2014 to over 200 now, bringing down the cost of handsets.

Stating that India now has the world's lowest data charges, he said from Rs 300 per 1 GB of data in 2014, tariffs have come down to Rs 10 per GB. Going by the average consumption of 14 GB of data per month, the data cost has come down from Rs 4,200 to Rs 125-150, he said.

From zero exports, the country is now shipping phones worth crores of rupees. Also, digital payments have increased, he pointed out. Technology has truly now become democratised, he said.