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UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY-NOV 2016 TO JULY 2017 TNPSC Gr II (A) CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS (ENGLISH) NOVEMBER 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Assam 1. Which of the following states have topped the 2016 8. “Sampriti-2016” a joint military training exercise all-India State/Union Territory-wise Ease of Doing will be conducted between India and which country? Business rankings? [A]Myanmar [B]Bangladesh [A]Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [C]Italy [D]Venezuela [B]Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh [C]Bihar and Jharkhand 9. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of [D]Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan Swachh Rail Mission of Indian Railway? [A]Nitin Patil [B]Bindeshwar Pathak 2. Which state government has observed November 1 [C]Varsha Sharma [D]Nishant as „No Tobacco Day‟? [A]Punjab 10. Which state will be the first Indian state to launch [B]Kerala cyber police stations in all districts? [C]Odisha [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Assam [D]Haryana [C]Maharashtra [D]Odisha 3. Which state has topped the NITI Aayog‟s 2016 11. Which country will host the 7th session of Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Conference of Parties (COP7) on tobacco control? Reforms Index? [A]India [B]United States [A]Gujarat [C]France [D]Nepal [B]Rajasthan [C]Jharkhand 12. “Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan” [D]Maharashtra scheme has been launched by which union minister in New Delhi? 4. “Surya Kiran-X” the Indo-Nepal Joint Military [A]Maneka Gandhi Exercise has started in which city? [B]M. Venkaiah Naidu [A]Saljhandi, Nepal [C]Narendra Modi [B]Kutch, Gujarat [D]Jagat Prakash Nadda [C]Jaisalmer, Rajasthan [D]Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand 13. The Bhitarkanika National Park is located in which state of India? 5. Kylie Verzosa, who has been crowned Miss [A]Assam [B]Odisha International 2016, is belonged to which country? [C]Tripura [D]Arunachal Pradesh [A]Nicaragua [B]Philippines 14. The 7th edition of Asian Ministerial Conference on [C]Argentina Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) has [D]Venezuela started in which city? [A]Agartala [B]Pune 6. Which of the following states have become Open [C]Guwahati [D]New Delhi Defecation Free (ODF) states in India? [A]Kerala, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh 15. Which Indian lawyer has been elected to United [B]Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim Nation‟s International Law Commission? [C]Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tripura [A]Geeta Madhavan [B]Zia Mody [D]Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Assam [C]Nirmala Joshi [D]Aniruddha Rajput 7. “Parippida Mission” has been launched by which 16. The book “An Era of Darkness: The British state government to ensure housing for all? Empire in India” has been authored by whom? [A]Kerala [B]Karnataka [A]Amrish Tripathi [B]Hamid Ansari Unique IAS Academy, 1st Street, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-0422-4204182, 9884267599. Admission Open – UPSC (IAS /IPS), TNPSC Gr I, Gr II, VAO, Gr IV Exams Page 1 UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY-NOV 2016 TO JULY 2017 TNPSC Gr II (A) CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS (ENGLISH) [C]Shashi Tharoor [D]Romesh Dutt [C]Uttar Pradesh [D]Assam 17. Which country will host the 2016 International Energy Forum – International Gas Union 26. India‟s first-ever Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) (IEFIGU)Ministerial Forum? driven bus has been launched in which state? [A]India [B]Qatar [A]Kerala [B]Assam [C]Iran [D]Israel [C]Tamil Nadu [D]Karnataka 18. The first-ever International Agro-biodiversity 27. The 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Congress (IAC) has started in which of the following (APEC) will be hosted by which country? cities? [A]India [B]Peru [A]New York [B]Berlin [C]China [D]Philippines [C]Kathmandu [D]New Delhi 28. The Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana has been 19. Which country‟s hockey team has won the 2016 launched by Union Government for what purpose? Women‟s Asian Champions Trophy? [A] Entrepreneurship [B] Women Education [A]China [B]India [C] Sports [D] SC/ST Education [C]Japan [D]Malaysia 29. The 2016 BRICS Communication Ministers 20. The 7th session of Conference of Parties (COP7) meeting has started in which city of India? on tobacco control has started in which state of [A]Chennai [B]New Delhi India? [C]Bengaluru [D]Kochi [A]Uttar Pradesh [B]Haryana [C]Rajasthan [D]Odisha 30. The World Science Day for Peace and Development (WSDPD) is observed on which date? 21. Which country is hosting the Conference of Parties [A]November 11 [B]November 12 (COP22) of the UN Framework Conventionon Climate [C]November 10 [D]November 13 Change (UNFCCC)? [A]India [B] Morocco 31. The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed [C]Nepal [D]Palestine on which date in India? [A]November 9 [B]November 15 22. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed [C]November 12 [D]November 14 on which date in India? [A]November 8 [B]November 7 32. “Lakshmi” India‟s first banking robot has been [C]November 5 [D]November 6 launched which bank? [A]State Bank of India [B]City Union Bank 23. The India-Bangladesh joint military exercise [C]ICICIC Bank [D]Axis Bank “SAMPRITI-2016” has started at which place? [A]Jaisalmer [B]Kutch 33. Which Indian firm has won the 2016 Golden [C]Jalpaiguri [D]Tangail Peacock Award for Corporate Governance? [A]Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) 24. Who will be conferred with the Rashtriya Kalidas [B]Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Samman for year 2016-17? [C]Food Corporation of India (FCI) [A]N. Rajam [B]Anupam Kher [D]GAIL (India) Limited [C]Raj Bisaria [D]Banshi Kaul 34. Who has been bestowed with the 2016 honorary 25. Which state government has launched “Lakshya Academy Award (or Oscar)? Bhagirathi” campaign to complete the irrigation [A]Jackie Chan [B]Tom Hanks projects? [C]Chris Tucker [D]Michelle Yeoh [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Chhattisgarh Unique IAS Academy, 1st Street, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-0422-4204182, 9884267599. Admission Open – UPSC (IAS /IPS), TNPSC Gr I, Gr II, VAO, Gr IV Exams Page 2 UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY-NOV 2016 TO JULY 2017 TNPSC Gr II (A) CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS (ENGLISH) 35. Which Indian city will host India-China Joint [C]Assam [D]Haryana Training Exercise “Hand-in-Hand 2016”? [A]Kochi [B]Pune 44. Indo-China joint military exercise “Hand-in-Hand [C]Bhubaneswar [D]Madurai 2016” has started in which state? 36. Which committee has been constituted by the [A]Rajasthan [B]Maharashtra Supreme Court (SC) to verify the availability of night [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Odisha shelters? 45. Which of the following has been named as the [A]H L Dattu committee world‟s fastest supercomputer, as per recently released [B]T S Thakur committee Top500 list of supercomputers? [C]S K Seth committee [A]Tianhe-2 [B]Sunway Taihulight [D]Kailash Gambhir committee [C]IBM Sequoia [D]Cori 37. Who is the head of a task force formed by the 46. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna -Gramin Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to re-calibrate all ATMs (PMAY-G) has been launched in which city for rural and cash dispensing machines with the new design of poor ? (Rs 500 and Rs 2000) notes? [A]Agra [B]Bhopal [A]H R Khan [B]N S Vishwanathan [C]New Delhi [D]Jaipur [C]S S Mundra [D]Shaktikanta Das 47. Who has been conferred the 2016 Mother Teresa 38. India has recently signed agreements with which Memorial International Award for Social Justice? country in the field of water resources management [A]Hishaam Hussain [B]Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain and agriculture? [C]Abinta Kabir [D]Tarishi Khan [A]Israel [B]Iran [C]Palestine [D]Australia 48. Who has won the 2016 women‟s singles China Open Badminton Super Series Premier? 39. India‟s first Cherry Blossom Festival has started in [A]Kirsty Gilmour [B]PV Sindhu which state? [C]Li Xuerui [D]Saina Nehwal [A]Arunachal Pradesh [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]Meghalaya [D]Himachal Pradesh 49. Where is the headquarters of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)? 40. The 2016 World Internet Conference has started in [A]Geneva [B]Berlin which country? [C]Washington [D]New York [A]Japan [B]China [C]India [D]South Korea 50. Which of the following is the India‟s longest expressway in the Indian road network? 41. Who has been honoured with the 2016 Raja Ram [A]Agra-Lucknow Expressway Mohan Roy Award for his outstanding contribution to [B]Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway journalism? [C]Allahabad Bypass Expressway [A]Arvind Kumar Singh [B]Renjith Jonh [D]Yamuna Expressway [C]S Nihal Singh [D]T P Dhanesh 51. What is the India‟s rank in the 2017 Climate 42. The United Nations‟ (UN) International Day for Change Performance Index (CCPI)? Tolerance is observed on which date? [A]56th [B]20th [A]November 16 [B]November 17 [C]37th [D]66th [C]November 15 [D]November 18 52. Which of the following has become the India‟s first assembly constituency? 43. Which state has become the first Indian state to [A]Dharamshala assembly constituency adopt resolution on demonetisation? [B]Palampur assembly constituency [A]Madhya Pradesh [B]Chhattisgarh [C]Rinchenpong assembly constituency Unique IAS Academy, 1st Street, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-0422-4204182, 9884267599. Admission Open – UPSC (IAS /IPS), TNPSC Gr I, Gr II, VAO, Gr IV Exams Page 3 UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY-NOV 2016 TO JULY 2017 TNPSC Gr II (A) CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS (ENGLISH) [D]Chujachen assembly constituency 61. The Constitution Day is celebrated on which date in India? [A]November 25 [B] November 24 53. India‟s first International Children‟s festival will [C]November 27 [D]November 26 be held in which city? 62. Fidel Castro, who passed away recently, was the [A]Mumbai [B]Pune revolutionary leader of which country [C]New Delhi [D]Guwahati [A]Cuba [B]Libya [C]Namibia [D]Ethiopia 54.