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Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs

1. Which state to host the 36th edition of National Games of India in 2018?

[A] Goa [B] Assam [C] Kerala [D] Jharkhand Correct

2. Which Indian entrepreneur has won the prestigious International Business Person of the

Year award in London for innovative IT solutions?

[A] Birendra Sasmal

[B] Uday Lanje

[C] Madhira Srinivasu

[D] Ranjan Kumar

3. The United Nations‟ (UN) International Day of Non-Violence is observed on which date?

[A] October 4

[B] October 1

[C] October 2

[D] October 3

4. Which country to host the 6th edition of World Government Summit (WGS)?

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[A] Israel [B] United States [C] India [D] UAE

5. Who of the following has/have won the in Physiology or Medicine 2017?

[A] Jeffrey C. Hall

[B]

[C] Michael W. Young

[D] All of the above

6. Which state government has launched a state-wide campaign against child marriage and dowry on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi‟s birth anniversary?

[A] Odisha [B] Bihar [C] Uttar Pradesh [D] Rajasthan

7. The 8th Conference of Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians to be held in which country?

[A] China [B] India [C] Sri Lanka [D] Nepal Correct

8. Which committee has drafted the 3rd National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) for 2017-

2031?

[A] Krishna Murthy committee

[B] JC Kala committee

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[C] Prabhakar Reddy committee

[D] K C Patan committee

9. Who of the following have won the 2017?

[A] Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and

[B] and Paul L. Modrich

[C] Brian K. Kobilka and Robert J. Lefkowitz

[D] , and Richard Henderson

10. Which union minister has launched SECURE Himalaya project in association with

UNDP?

[A] Narendra Modi [B] Harsh Vardhan

[C] Rajnath Singh [D] Nitin Gadkari

11. Which state government has launched „Mathru Poorna‟ scheme for pregnant women?

[A] Karnataka [B] Tamil Nadu [C] Odisha

[D] Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: A [Karnataka

12. Who of the following has won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017?

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[A] Svetlana Alexievich [B] Mo Yan

[C] Patrick Modiano [D]

13. The 2017 World Animal Day (WAD) is observed on which date?

[A] October 5 [B] October 3 [C] October 4

[D] October 6

14. Which high-level committee has been constituted by the Union government for propermanagement of water resources in the NE region?

[A] Rajiv Kumar committee

[B] Jagdish Mukhi committee

[C] Ram Das committee

[D] B D Mishra committee

15. Who has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu?

[A] Ganga Prasad[B] Indira Banerjee

[C] Banwarilal Purohit [D] Girija Vaidyanathan

16. Which city is hosting the first ever ASEAN-India Music Festival?

[A] Lucknow [B] New Delhi [C] Guwahati [D] Chennai

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17. Which state government has launched a mass marriage scheme „Mukhyamantri Samoohik

Vivaah Yojana‟ for BPL families?

[A] Assam [B] Madhya Pradesh [C] Rajasthan

[D] Uttar Pradesh

18. The 2017 has been awarded to International Campaign to Abolish

Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Where is the headquarters of ICAN?

[A] London [B] New York [C] Warsaw [D] Geneva

19. Who has been appointed by the Supreme Court (SC) as amicus curiae on plea seeking re- probe of Mahatma Gandhi assassination?

[A] J S Khehar [B] Arun Kumar Mishra

[C] Ranjan Gogoi [D] Amrender Sharan

20. Who has won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2017?

[A] George F. Loewenstein

[B] Colin F Camerer

[C] Stewart C. Myers

[D] Richard H. Thaler

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21. Who has won the 2017 China Open Tennis tournament?

[A] Roger Federer [B] Nick Kyrgios [C] Rafael Nadal [D] Novak Djokovic

22. Which state has become the India‟s first state to incorporate skill development programme in higher education?

[A] Himachal Pradesh [B] Chattisgarh [C] Punjab

[D] Rajasthan

23. Who has been bestowed with the 2017 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management? [A] Meera Thakur [B] Bindeshwar

Pathak

[C] K C Gupta [D] M N Ramakrishna

24. Which parliamentary committee on External Affairs has been formed to examine India-

China relations?

[A] Subhash Ramrao Bhamre committee

[B] Shashi Tharoor committee

[C] Sushma Swaraj committee

[D] Jual Oram committee

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25. The joint training exercise “Mitra Shakti 2017” has started between India and which country?

[A] Japan [B] South Korea

[C] Sri Lanka

[D] Myanmar

26.What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI)?

[A] 100th [B] 111th [C] 115th [D] 119th Correct

27.Which city is hosting the 3rd edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF-

2017)?

[A] Lucknow [B] New Delhi [C] Guwahati

[D] Chennai

28. Who has won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015 -16?

[A] Shyam Benegal [B] T M Krishna

[C] Javed Akhtar [D] P N Haksar

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29. The Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary (AWS) is located in which state? [A] Madhya

Pradesh

[B] Uttar Pradesh [C] Punjab [D] Chhattisgarh

30. Satish Chandra, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality of which field?

[A] Journalism [B] History [C] Sports [D] Law

31. The first-ever International tri services joint exercise “INDRA – 2017” will be conducted between India and which country?

[A] Russia [B] Japan [C] United States [D] South Korea

32.Who has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize?

[A] George Saunders [B] Zadie Smith

[C] Sebastian Barry [D] Colin Thubron

33.The 2017 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is observed on which date?

[A] October 18 [B] October 17 [C] October 16 [D] October 19

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34. Which e-commerce company has tied up with Union Ministry of Textile to promote handloom industry?

[A] Myntra [B] HomeShop18 [C] Amazon

[D] Indiatimes

35.Who has become the India‟s first-ever woman wrestler to sign for World Wrestling

Entertainment (WWE)?

[A] Geeta Phogat [B] Babita Kumari [C] Sakshi Malik [D] Kavita Devi

36.India‟s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities has come up in which city?

[A] New Delhi [B] Surat [C] Jaipur [D] Kochi

Correct Answer: A [New Delhi]

17.Who has been appointed as the Government of India (GoI) representative to hold sustained dialogu37on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)?

[A] Dineshwar Sharma [B] Syed Asif Ibrahim

[C] Rajiv Jain [D] K K Paul

38. Who has been named as the 2017 Best FIFA Men‟s Player?

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[A] Gianluigi Buffon [B] Cristiano Ronaldo

[C] Neymar [D] Lionel Messi

39. The 2017 World Polio Day (WPD) is observed on which date?

[A] October 23 [B] October 22 [C] October 25

[D] October 24

40.The Government of India (GoI) has constituted a Commission under which article of the

Constitution to examine sub-categorization of OBCs in the central list? [A] Article 341 [B]

Article 342 [C] Article 340

[D] Article 343

41. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed a Commission to examine the sub- categorisation of OBCs. Who will be chairperson of the commission? [A] N K Rathore [B] M

S Jha [C] JK Bajaj

[D] G Rohini

42. Which of the following union ministries have jointly launched a new scheme “SAATHI”?

[A] Ministries of Finance and Railways

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[B] Ministries of Power and Science & Technology

[C] Ministries of Minority Affairs and Human Resource Development

[D] Ministries of Power and Textiles

OCTOBER – 17 ANSWER KEY

QUE ANS QUE ANS 1 A 22 D 2 A 23 B 3 C 24 B 4 D 25 C 5 D 26 A 6 B 27 D 7 C 28 B 8 B 29 D 9 D 30 B 10 B 31 A 11 A 32 A 12 D 33 B 13 C 34 A 14 A 35 D 15 C 36 A 16 B 37 A 17 D 38 B 18 D 39 D 19 D 40 C 20 D 41 D 21 C 42 D

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