IAS - All You Need to Know: 100 MCQs - OCTOBER 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. “Himansh” India’s remote and high altitude research station has recently opened in which state of India?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Jammu & Kashmir

(D) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

2. Which short film has won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival?

(A) Chembuku Moodindi

(B) Murga

(D) Nahna Doot

Answer: Murga

3. Which committee has submitted its report on existence of Saraswati River to the Union Government?

(A) M L Malaya committee

(B) Bhagya Shree committee

(D) K S Valdiya committee

Answer: K S Valdiya committee

4. The World’s first-ever “Bionic Olympics” has started in which country?

(A) Malaysia

(B) Indonesia

(D) Switzerland

Answer: Switzerland

5. Which sea has been declared as world’s largest marine protected area?

(A) Caspian Sea

(B) Black Sea

(D) Dead Sea

Answer: Ross Sea

6. The book “Jinnah Often Came To Our House” has been authored by whom?

(A) Niranjan Kumar

(B) Chitra Divakaruni

(D) Amish tripathi

Answer: Kiran Doshi

7. The Kaushalya SETU initiative has been launched by which state government for students?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Odisha

Answer: Maharashtra

8. Which Italian city has recently honoured the Dalai Lama with an honorary Citizenship award?

(A) Rome

(B) Florence

(D) Milan

Answer: Milan

9. The book “Family Life” has been authored by which author?

(A) Shantanu Guha

(B) Akhil Sharma

(D) Mrinal Jain

Answer: Akhil Sharma

10. Who has been honoured with the 2015 Moortidevi award?

(A) Shanti Prasad Sahu

(B) Kolakaluri Enoch

(D) C Radhakrishnan

Answer: Kolakaluri Enoch

11. Which of the following will be the official mascot of FIFA 2018 World Cup?

(A) Zakumi

(B) Willie

(D) Gauchito

Answer: Zabivaka

12. Which of the following personalities has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016?

(A) Martti Ahtisaari

(B) Juan Manuel Santos

(D) Shirin Ebadi

Answer: Juan Manuel Santos

13. Which state chief minister of India has been honoured with the 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership Award?

(A) Okram Ibobi Singh

(B) T R Zeliang

(D) Naveen Patnaik

Answer: Pawan Chamling

14. Which state has topped list of endemic flowering plant in India, as per the recently released publication of Botanical Survey of India titled “Endemic Vascular Plants of India”?

(A) Kerala

(B) Tamil Nadu

(D) Maharashtra

Answer: Tamil Nadu

15. What is the theme of first National Ayurveda Day observed on 28 October?

(A) Ayurveda: Cure and Protect Our Lives

(B) Live happily with Ayurveda

(D) Mission Madhumeha through Ayurveda

Answer: Ayurveda for Prevention and Control of Diabetes

16. Who will be the chief guest for the 2017 Republic Day of India?

(A) Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

(B) Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

(D) Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Answer: Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

17. Which judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) has submitted its report to Ministry of Defence?

(A) H Devraj committee

(B) Ramanujam committee

(D) L Narasimha Reddy committee

Answer: L Narasimha Reddy committee

18. Raj Begum, who recently passed away, was the legendary singer of which state?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Telangana

(D) Jammu & Kashmir

Answer: Jammu & Kashmir

19. Which currency has officially joined elite Club of International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserve currencies?

(A) Dinar

(B) Ruble

(D) Rupee

Answer: Yuan

20. Which technological giant has launched its first Cybersecurity Engagement Center in India?

(A) Infosys

(B) Wipro

(D) Microsoft

Answer: Microsoft

21. The 2nd joint tactical exercise “Sino-India Cooperation 2016” has been held in which city?

(A) Jaisalmer

(B) Ladakh

(D) Udaipur

Answer: Ladakh

22. Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of the United Nations?

(A) Anibal Silva

(B) Vitaly Antonio

(D) Matthew Rycroft

Answer: Antonio Guterres

23. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament?

(A) Ambuj Sharma

(B) Amandeep Singh Gill

(D) T Venkataraman

Answer: Amandeep Singh Gill

24. India’s First Medical Park will be set up at which of the following states?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Tamil Nadu

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: Tamil Nadu

25. The book “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” has been authored by whom?

(A) Arundhati Roy

(B) Vikram Seth

(D) Aravind Adiga

Answer: Arundhati Roy

26. The National Seismic Programme has been launched in which state of India?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Sikkim

(D) Odisha

Answer: Odisha

27. What is the theme of 2016 World Food Day?

(A) Social protection and Agriculture

(B) Feeding the world, caring for the earth

(D) Family Farming: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty

Answer: Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too

28. Which Indian-origin personality has won 2016 Google Science Fair?

(A) Advay Ramesh

(B) Pulak Kulshrestha

(D) Pramath Jain

Answer: Kiara Nirghin

29. “Mitra Shakti 2016” the joint military exercise has been started between India and which country?

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Sri Lanka

(D) Myanmar

Answer: Sri Lanka

30. What is the theme of 2016 International Day for Disaster Reduction?

(A) My City is Getting Ready!

(B) Live to Tell

(D) Resilience is for Life

Answer: Live to Tell

31. Who has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize?

(A) Sam Lipsyte

(B) Amanda Foreman

(D) Marlon James

Answer: Paul Beatty

32. The first ‘Made in India’ electric bus has been launched by which Indian company?

(A) Tata Motors

(B) Mahindra & Mahindra

(D) Fiat India Automobiles Limited

Answer: Ashok Leyland

33. “Shenzhou-11” a manned spacecraft has been successfully launched by which country?

(A) North Korea

(B) Japan

(D) China

Answer: China

34. Who has been crowned as the Mr. Asia 2016?

(A) Ryan Zhu

(B) Senthil Kumaran

(D) Manjeet Thakran

Answer: G. Balakrishna

35. “Lalima Abhiyan” will be launched by which state government to make state free from anaemia?

(A) Odisha

(B) Assam

(D) Kerala

Answer: Madhya Pradesh

36. What is the theme of the 2016 United Nations Day?

(A) Freedom First

(B) Goals for Peace

(D) Freedom & Peace for humanity

Answer: Freedom First

37. Which Indian sportsperson has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission?

(A) Devendra Jhajharia

(B) Saina Nehwal

(D) Sakshi Malik

Answer: Saina Nehwal

38. Doordarshan has signed MoU with which institute for transmission of Gyan Darshan channels?

(A) IIT Bombay

(B) Amity University

(D) IIM Ahmedabad

Answer: IGNOU

39. Kristalina Georgieva, who has been appointed chief executive of the World Bank, is belonged to which country?

(A) Israel

(B) Germany

(D) Bulgaria

Answer: Bulgaria

40. The book “Half Lion: How P V Narasimha Rao Transformed India” has been authored by whom?

(A) R B Gaur

(B) Sajid Khan

(D) Ashok Chawla

Answer: Vinay Sitapati

41. Which of the following personalities have won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics?

(A) Eugene Fama and Robert Shiller

(B) Angus Deaton and Jean Tirole

(D) Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom

Answer: Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom

42. Junko Tabei, who recently passed away, was the well-known mountaineer of which country?

(A) Japan

(B) China

(D) Malaysia

Answer: Japan

43. What is the India’s rank in the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Index for 2016?

(A) 55th

(B) 87th

(D) 105th

Answer: 87th

44. The 2017 ‘Indian Science Congress’ will be held in which of the following states?

(A) Odisha

(B) Karnataka

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

45. Who has been named for 2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement?

(A) Vinod Tawde

(B) Mohammad Safi

(D) Prabhakar Jog

Answer: Uttam Singh

46. “Biotech-KISAN scheme” has been launched to empower small and women farmers. What does “KISAN” stands for?

(A) Krishi Innovation Scientific Application Network

(B) Krishi Innovation Skill Application Network

(D) Krishi Innovation Sector Application Network

Answer: Krishi Innovation Science Application Network

47. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Press Trust of India?

(A) Viveck Goenka

(B) Riyadh Mathew

(D) Hormusji N Cama

Answer: Riyadh Mathew

48. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has collaborated with which social networking site to register young voters?

(A) Instagram

(B) Facebook

(D) YouTube

Answer: Facebook

49. Which of the following personalities have won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

(A) William Moerner, Eric Betzig and Stefan Hell

(B) Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard Feringa

(D) Paul Modrich, Tomas Lindahl and Aziz Sancar

Answer: Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard Feringa

50. Which state has highest life-expectancy in India for all ages, as per recently data released by the Registrar General of India?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Kerala

(D) Maharashtra

Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

51. Which Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) Car Nicobar Class vessel has recently commissioned into the Indian Navy?

(A) INS Tarmugli

(B) INS Kalpeni

(D) INS Tahiyu

Answer: INS Tahiyu

52. The 2nd Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2016 was held in which city of India?

(A) Ahmedabad

(B) Mumbai

(D) New Delhi

Answer: New Delhi

53. The National Solidarity Day is observed on which day in India?

(A) October 26

(B) October 22

(D) October 24

Answer: October 20

54. India’s first-ever convertible stadium is located in which of the following cities?

(A) Mumbai

(B) Ahmedabad

(D) Kolkata

Answer: Ahmedabad

55. What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Global Hunger Index?

(A) 97th

(B) 88th

(D) 65th

Answer: 97th

56. Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, who passed away recently, was the king of which country?

(A) Kenya

(B) Rwanda

(D) South Africa

Answer: Rwanda

57. “Shaurya Smarak” war memorial has been launched in which city of India?

(A) Jaipur

(B) Bhopal

(D) Mohali

Answer: Bhopal

58. Which state has been declared India’s second ‘Open Defecation Free (ODF)’ state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Assam

(D) Odisha

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

59. The powerful Typhoon Haima has recently hit which of the following countries?

(A) India

(B) Malaysia

(D) Philippines

Answer: Philippines

60. India’s first-ever international arbitration centre has set up in which city?

(A) Pune

(B) Mumbai

(D) Kochi

Answer: Mumbai

61. Who has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

(A) Shinya Yamanaka

(B) Youyou Tu

(D) Christian de Duve

Answer: Yoshinori Ohsumi

62. What is the India’s rank in the Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness & Investment (BCI) Survey?

(A) 28th

(B) 33rd

(D) 19th

Answer: 19th

63. The 2016 International Gita festival will be held in which state of India?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Haryana

(D) Rajasthan

Answer: Haryana

64. Who has been awarded with the first International Prize in Statistics?

(A) Ron Wasserstein

(B) William Johnson

(D) Susan Ellenberg

Answer: David Cox

65. Which committee has been constituted to assess ground situation at Cauvery basin?

(A) MN Rao committee

(B) KK Paul committee

(D) Raghuveer Bose committee

Answer: GS Jha committee

66. India’s first startup magazine “Cofounder” has been launched by whom?

(A) Adhish Verma and Arunraj Rajendran

(B) Kirti Gaur and Mukund Dheer

(D) Varhsa Sharma and Poorti Juneja

Answer: Adhish Verma and Arunraj Rajendran

67. Dario Fo, who passed away recently, was the Nobel prize winning playwright and actor of which country?

(A) France

(B) Italy

(D) United Kingdom

Answer: Italy

68. Which city has topped the 2016 Global Power City Index?

(A) Tokyo

(B) Rio de Janeiro

(D) Mumbai

Answer: London

69. The 2016 Nobel Literature Prize has been won by whom?

(A) Patrick Modiano

(B) William Faulkner

(D) John Steinbeck

Answer: Bob Dylan

70. The Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting 2016 has been held in which of the following cities?

(A) Geneva

(B) New Delhi

(D) Washington

Answer: Washington

71. What is the India’s rank in female literacy as per International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity?

(A) 51st

(B) 45th

(D) 23rd

Answer: 38

72. Which state has launched ‘Duck Boats’ to boost tourist footfall?

(A) Kerala

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Tamil Nadu

Answer: Goa

73. Mewa Ramgobin, who passed away recently, was well-known Gandhian activist of which country?

(A) Bhutan

(B) South Africa

(D) Bangladesh

Answer: South Africa

74. Which sportsperson has won the 2016 Ekalabya Award?

(A) Ajinkya Rahane

(B) PV Sindhu

(D) Srabani Nanda

Answer: Srabani Nanda

75. What is the India’s position at the 2016 Global Youth Development Index (YDI)?

(A) 112th

(B) 133rd

(D) 130th

Answer: 133rd

76. ‘Farm Tourism’ scheme has been started by which state government of India?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Punjab

(D) Haryana

Answer: Haryana

77. The World Polio Day is observed on which date?

(A) October 23

(B) October 24

(D) October 26

Answer: October 24

78. India’s first ‘Design Yatra’ has started in which state?

(A) Manipur

(B) West Bengal

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: Kerala

79. What is the theme of 2016 World Teachers’ Day?

(A) Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status

(B) Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies

(D) A Call for Teachers

Answer: Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status

80. Who has become brand ambassador of Kerala’s ‘Haritha Keralam’ project?

(A) Jency Anthony

(B) K J Yesudas

(D) Vijay Prakash

Answer: K J Yesudas

81. Which committee has been constituted to monitor bird flu situation?

(A) G N Bajpai committee

(B) Munialappa committee

(D) Anant Mashelkar committee

Answer: Munialappa committee

82. India’s first railway university will be set up in which city?

(A) Bengaluru

(B) Vadodara

(D) Kochi

Answer: Vadodara

83. Which Indian mountaineer has recently scaled the Mountain Cho Oyu?

(A) H P S Ahluwalia

(B) Mastan Babu Malli

(D) Jamling Tenzing Norgay

Answer: Arjun Vajpai

84. Which state has become the first Indian state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene?

(A) Assam

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Jharkhand

Answer: Jharkhand

85. What is the theme of 2016 National Unity Day of India?

(A) Growth and Unity of India

(B) Integration of India

(D) Peace: Soul purpose of India

Answer: Integration of India

86. Who has been appointed as the full-time member of 21st Law Commission of India?

(A) Abhay Bhardwaj

(B) A P Shah

(D) Abhay Bhardwaj

Answer: S Sivakumar

87. Which of the following personalities have won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics?

(A) David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz

(B) Serge Haroche and David J Wineland

(D) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P Schmidt and Adam Riess

Answer: David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz

88. Which bank has become the first Indian lender to execute banking transaction via blockchain technology?

(A) State Bank of India

(B) HDFC bank

(D) Axis bank

Answer: ICICI bank

89. The first-ever BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit will be held in which state of India?

(A) Goa

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Rajasthan

Answer: Goa

90. The book “Jihad in My Saffron Garden” has been authored by whom?

(A) Anurag Kashyap

(B) Roxy Arora

(D) Bandita Ghosh

Answer: Roxy Arora

91. Which city has become the first Indian city to be officially declared as one of the venues for hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup?

(A) Mohali

(B) Kochi

(D) Kolkata

Answer: Kochi

92. Which of the following personalities have been honoured with the 2016 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought?

(A) Jafar Panahi and Nasrin Sotoudeh

(B) Raif Badawi and Malala Yousafzai

(D) Hu Jia and Salih Mahmoud Osman

Answer: Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Basha

93. Which union ministry has signed MoU with Indian Railways for smart railway stations?

(A) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

(B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(D) Ministry of Urban Development

Answer: Ministry of Urban Development

94. Which committee has been constituted to examine causes of vacant seats in IITs, NITs?

(A) Pradeep Mathur committee

(B) Partha Pratim Chakraborty committee

(D) Pradipta Banerji committee

Answer: Partha Pratim Chakraborty committee

95. Who will be the first female President of Estonia?

(A) Mart Helme

(B) Kersti Kaljulaid

(D) Marina Kaljurand

Answer: Kersti Kaljulaid

96. The book “Andhere se ujale ki aur” has been authored by whom?

(A) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(B) Uma Bharati

(D) Sushma Swaraj

Answer: Arun Jaitley

97. What is the India’s rank in the World Bank’s Ease of doing business index for 2017?

(A) 130th

(B) 155th

(D) 88th

Answer: 130th

98. Mehar Mittal, who passed away recently, was the legendary actor of which language?

(A) Punjabi

(B) Tamil

(D) Odia

Answer: Punjabi

99. The powerful Typhoon Chaba is expected to hit which of the following countries?

(A) Japan

(B) New Zealand

(D) United Kingdom

Answer: Japan

100. Bhumibol Adulyadej, who passed away recently, was the king of which country?

(A) Malaysia

(B) Thailand

(D) Maldives

Answer: Thailand

IAS - All You Need to Know

20 January 2017

100 MCQs - OCTOBER 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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