Current Affairs Oct 2016/Part 9

Somen Singh

Name the first ever flight to flown over the Pacific Ocean from Delhi to San Fransico (SFO), instead of the Atlantic,making the record of operating the world’s longest nonstop flight. 
- Air India 

The First woman to reach the summit of Mt. everest -  Junko Tabei 
The National Solidarity Day is observed on which day in India? - 20 October  
The World Polio Day is observed globally by WHO on - 24 october

D V Sadananda Gowda The Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation, has launched the International Household Survey Network (IHSN) Toolkit and also the new Website of the Ministry in which city ?
- New Delhi 

What is the official mascot of FIFA 2018 football World Cup? -   Zabivaka the wolf (Moscow)

Central Government has launched which scheme to empower farmers, Under the scheme, fellowship will be given to women farmers for training and education in the farm practice. 
-  Biotech-KISAN  Scheme 

Haryana will observe the next year as “Garib Kalyan Varsh” in which emphasis would be laid on welfare of poor people and generating maximum employment opportunities for the youth.  


 Punjab signed Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF to procure 40,000 doses of Human Pappiloma Virus vaccine.

Which author has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his book, “The Sellout”? 
- Paul Beatty 

4th Joint edition of joint military Exercise, 'MITRA SHAKTI 2016’, INDIA and which other country doing it ? - Sri Lanka 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “URJA GANGA” scheme in which city ? 
- Varanasi

India will provide LED bulbs and other energy efficient equipment worth nearly 1.34 crore rupees to Vanuatu ( Capital- Port Villa ) 

What is India's rank in the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016? - 87 

PM of New Zealand ? - John Key , Currency - Dollar  

 Which country won the 2016 Robo Cup Challenge? -   USA 

Commerce Ministry arm Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) has recommended anti-dumping duty of 5-20% on which product to protect its domestic industry. 
- Jute   

What is India’s rank in World Bank’s Ease of doing business ? 
- 130/189 

Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of International Hockey Federation (FIH)? -  Jason McCracken

Where is Sardar Patel Hospital & Heart Institute located?
-   Ankleshwar 

India has been ranked at which place among the 51 developing countries in female literacy as per New York-based International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity ?  
- 38 

Name the doctors who have been selected for the prestigious Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy Award for excellence in the field of medicine.
 a)    Randeep Guleria b)    Arvind Kumar c)  DS Rana d)    All of the above 

PM Modi launched which campaign to invite people to send letters and messages to the Indian armed forces on occasion of Diwali? 
a)    #Sandesh2Soldiers b)    #Talk2Soldiers c)    #Letters4Soldiers d)    #Voice4Soldiers 

What is the name of the 800 year old village that was electrified for the first time on october 23 using solar micro grids. The village is now powered by six DC Solar micro grids . 
- Itchu in Ladakh


 Which Indian Chess player won the Hoogeveen International chess tournament.
 a)    Abhijeet Gupta b)    Koneru Humpy c)  Harika Dronavalli d)    Kruttika Nadig 

When is the World Osteoporosis Day observed ? - 20 october 


 Which driver won the 2016 United States Formula1 Grand Prix? -   Lewis Hamilton 

Reliance Industries ,operator of the world’s biggest oil-refining complex,has forayed into cooking gas retailing, launching a 4-kg LPG cylinder on pilot basis . 

World Bank (WB) will give how much loan to India for construction of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) that extends from Ludhiana to Kolkata ?

 a)   $650 million b)    $750 million c)    $850 million d)    $950 million 

What will be sold by the government of India from its buffer stock through the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)so that prices can be reduced? 
a) Onion b)  Wheat c)   Toor-Daal d)     Chana 

The cyber security research and development fund of 1000 crore which will be used to counter cyber threat will be headed by whom? 
a)    NSA b)    CEC c)    MoF d)     RBI  

Which of the following countries has been chosen as chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC). 
a) USA b)    UK c)    Sri Lanka d)    India 

Name the driver who won the Mr Asia title 2016? 
a)    G Balakrishna b)    Santhosh Bhatt c)    Subraya Bhatt d)    Mahalinga Bhatt 

Which country recently won 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan? 
a)  South Korea b)    North Korea c)    India d)    Germany 
Runner Up- Spain 

Which Dam in Karnataka was chosen for the World Bank’s Award of Excellence for best utilisation of funds for renovation ?
a)    Mullaperiyar Dam 
b)    Aleppo Dam 
c)    Almatti dam 
d)    Tungabhadra Dam 

Jorge Batlle passed away recently, was president of which country ? -  Uruguay

 Which football player won the 2016 European Golden Boy Award? 
a)    Marcus Rashford 
b)    Marcos Asensio 
c)  Renato Sanches 
d)    Gianluigi Donnarumma  

Nitin Gadkari announced that the center is investing Rs 1 lakh crore to boost road, inland water transport in which state? - Assam