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)? 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 1 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs [A] Israel [B] United States [C] India [D] UAE 5. Who of the following has/have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017? [A] Jeffrey C. Hall [B] Michael Rosbash [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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 2 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs [C] Prabhakar Reddy committee [D] K C Patan committee 9. Who of the following have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017? [A] Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa [B] Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich [C] Brian K. Kobilka and Robert J. Lefkowitz [D] Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank 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? 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 3 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs [A] Svetlana Alexievich [B] Mo Yan [C] Patrick Modiano [D] Kazuo Ishiguro 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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 4 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs 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 Nobel Peace Prize 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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 5 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs 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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 6 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs 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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 7 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs 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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 8 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs 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? 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 9 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs [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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 10 Unique IAS Academy – October 2017 Current Affairs [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 0422 4204182, 9884267599 1st Street, Gandhipuram Coimbatore Page 11 .