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 Which airlinehas become the first ever flight to
flown over the Pacific Ocean fromDelhi to San
Fransico (SFO), instead of the Atlantic,making the
record of operating the worlds longest nonstop
flight.
a)Air India
b)Vistara
c)Spicejet
d)Indigo
Junko Tabei recently passed away, she was related
to which field?
a)Mountaineering
b)Skiing
c)Chess
d)Politics
 The Andhra Pradesh government has signed a
FinTech Cooperation agreement with the Monetary
Authority of which country to promote innovation
financial services
a)Switzerland
b)Singapore
c)Maldives
d)Myanmar
The National Solidarity Day is observed on which
day in India?
a)October 19
b)October 20
c)October 21
d)October 22
D V Sadananda Gowda The Minister for Statistics and
Programme Implementation, D.V. Sadananda Gowda
has launched the International Household Survey
Network (IHSN) Toolkit and also launched the new
Website of the Ministry in which city ?
a)New Delhi
b)Bengaluru
c)Mumbai
d)Bhutan
The World Polio Day is observed globally by WHO
on which date?
a)October 20
b)October 22
c)October 23
d)October 24
C. Vidyasagar Rao, the Governor of Maharashtra,
has inaugurated the 19th World Congress of
International Association of Educators for World
Peace (IAEWP) on October 24 in which city ?
a)Mumbai
b)Pune
c)Nashik
d)Nagpur
The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) raising day
is celebrated on which day?
a)October 22
b)October 23
c)October 24
d)October 25
What is the official mascot of FIFA 2018 football
World Cup?
a)Lava the tortoise
b)Bunnie the duck
c)Tom the tiger
d)Zabivaka the wolf
 CentralGovernment 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.
a)Biotech-KISAN
b)Agrotech scheme
c)Anndata bachao scheme
d)More crop per drop

Which state government 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.
a)Haryana
b)Uttar Pradesh
c)Punjab
d)Bihar

Which of the following state government will sign a
Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF to
procure 40,000 doses of Human Pappiloma Virus
vaccine?
a)Punjab
b)Uttar Pradesh
c)Bihar
d)Madhya Pardesh
Which author has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize
for his book, The Sellout?
a)Svetlana Alexandrovich
b)Timothy Dalton
c)Paul Beatty
d)Salman Rushdie
 4th Joint edition of joint military Exercise,
'MITRA SHAKTI 2016, INDIA and which other
country doing it ?
a)China
b)Japan
c)Maldives
d)Sri Lanka
 Name the Indian actress who was honored
recently at the second annual InStyle Awards in
Los Angeles
a)Deepika Padukone
b)Priyanka Chopra
c)Manisha Koirala
d)Aishwarya Rai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched URJA
GANGA scheme in which city ?
a)Varanasi
b)Lucknow
c)Patna
d)Allahabad
India will provide LED bulbs and other energy
efficient equipment worth nearly 1.34 crore
rupees to which country as a grant?
a)Maldives
b)Nepal
c)Panama
d)Vanuatu
What is India's rank in the WEFs Global Gender
Gap Report 2016?
a)105
b)87
c)86
d)11
Which country's PM John Key arrived visited India
on three-day long state visit on October 26?
a)Australia
b)French Guinea
c)Japan
d)New Zealand

Which country won the 2016 RoboCup Challenge?
a)USA
b)UK
c)India
d)Japan
Carlos Alberto recently passed away ,
he was related to which field ?
a)Sports
b)Literature
c)Politics
d)Artist

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.
a)Barley
b)Maize
c)Jute
d)Rice

Who is the CFO of Flipkart company who resigned
on October 26 ?
a)Heena Sandooja
b) Sanjay Baweja
c)Ankit Raheja
d)Pankaj Saluja

What is Indias rank in World Banks Ease of doing
business ?
a)130
b)190
c)187
d)189
Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
a)Stanson Jason
b)Lebron James
c)Tim Duncan
d)Jason McCracken
When is United Nations Day celebrated across the
globe ? The day marks as the anniversary of the
entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945
a)October 23
b)October 24
c)October 25
d)October 26
Which ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy
on May 12, 1987 and was given a grand send-off
from the port in Kochi after over five decades of
its service to the Navy
a)INS Vikrant
b)INS Viraat
c)INS Saksham
d)INS Termugli

Where is Sardar Patel Hospital & Heart Institute
located? It was inaugurated by President Shri. Pranab
Mukherjee on October 23.
a)Ankleshwar
b)Bharuch
c)Bhavnagar
d)Jamnagar
 Which eminent Bollywood personality has been
selected for the prestigious Yash Bharti Samman
2016 by Uttar Pardesh government?
a)Om Puri
b)Amitabh Bacchan
c)Dilip Kumar
d)Naseeruddin Shah
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
a)38th
b)36th
c) 37th
d)35th
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
a)Itchu
b)Sampati
c)Kaza
d)Spiti
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 ?
a) 20 october
b)21 october
c)22 october
d)23 october
Which driver won the 2016 United States
Formula1 Grand Prix?
a)Daniel Ricciardo
b)Nico Rosberg
c)Lewis Hamilton
d)Felipe Massa
 Which company ,operator of the worlds biggest
oil-refining complex,has forayed into cooking gas
retailing, launching a 4-kg LPG cylinder on pilot
basis ?
a)Reliance Industries
b)IPCL
c)Essar Petroneft
d)Adani Petrochemicals
 Which company has set up a cybersecurity
engagement centre (CSEC) in New Delhi to work with
partners in identifying and responding to cyber
threats in India
a)Microsoft
b)Facebook
c)Twitter
d)Google
 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

Who was the chairman of TATA who was removed
recently?
a)Cyrus Mistry
b)JRD Tata
c)Ratan Tata
d)Dorabji Tata

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
which city became the fifth Indian city to be ratified
as a venue for next year's Under-17 football World
Cup
a)Kochi
b)Guwahati
c)Vasco
d)Murmagao

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
Womens World Cup?
a)South Korea
b)North Korea
c)India
d)Germany
Which of the following sports have been included
in the Tokyo Olympics and it is for the first time
that these sports have been included?
a)Karate
b)Surfing
c)Skatebording
d)All of the above
 Which former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
has been appointed as the chairperson of the
Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission.
a)Bilal Nazki
b)Makhtum Ahmad
c)Umar Sharif
d)Sarfullah Ansari

Which Dam in Karnataka was chosen for the World
Banks 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 ?
a)Uruguay
b)Paraguay
c)Colombia
d)Brazil
Mehar Mittal, who passed away recently, was
associated with which field?
a)Cinema
b)Sports
c)Politics
d)Science
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?
a)Assam
b)Sikkim
c)Mizoram
d)Arunachal Pardesh
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi
Raju launched which regional air connectivity
scheme in New Delhi
a)UDAN
b)VIMAAN
c)AAKASH
d)JATAYU

Which Regiment of Indian Army won a gold medal
in Cambrian Patrol exercise organized by the
British Army?
a)Rajputana Rifles
b)ITBP
c)Gorkha Rifles
d)Sikh regiment

A protein-enriched which crop variety has been
developed by the Indira Gandhi Krishi
Vishwavidyalaya ?
a)Wheat
b)rice
c)Maize
d)Tea

TRAI has recommended to put a penalty on Airtel,
Vodafone and Idea cellular of Rs. 3,050 crore
for denying interconnectivity to which company
a)Reliance Jio
b)Tata Indicom
c)BSNL
d)Aircel

 What will be established by our agriculture
ministy in each of the districts in the country?
a)Krishi Vigyan Kendra
b)Soil health card
c)Farmer suicide helpline booth
d)More crop per drop
 The Environment Pollution Control Authority
(EPCA), a Supreme Court-appointed pollution
watchdog has launched a mobile app to curb
pollution. What is it called?
a)Hawa Badlo
b)Air-Pure
c)Fresh-Air
d)Air-Lung
 The Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai
(SJAM) will present which player with the Lifetime
Achievement award.
a)Nandu Natekar
b)Vinod Kamble
c)Sachin Tendulkar
d)Sunil Gavaskar
Which company will acquire Butler America Aerospace
for $85 million for strengthening its position in the
aerospace and defence engineering services space.
a)TCS
b)HCL
c)Infosys
d)Reliance defence
NABARD has sanctioned a loan of Rs.19702 crore to
National Water Development Agency for how many
irrigation projects under Long Term Irrigation Fund
(LTIF) ?
a)10
b)25
c)40
d)50
How mcuh amount can RBI penalize payments
systems and banks for operating without
permission?
a)5 lac 1 Crore
b)1 Crore 10 Crore
c)2 lac 2 Crore
d)5 lac 2 Crore
Which bank has raised Rs.500 crore via rupee-
denominated bonds called as Masala bonds?
a)Yes Bank
b)ICICI
c)HDFC
d)HSBC

India's which city has been named among top 15
cities globally in terms of total wealth held
According to New World Wealth
a)Chennai
b)Bengaluru
c)Delhi
d)Mumbai
5th Tawang festival recently was celebrated in which
state?
a)Assam
b)Nagalad
c)Mizoram
d)Arunachal Pradesh
Tilak Hazarika recently passed away, he belongs
to which field?
a)Journalism
b)Sports
c)Singing
d)Politics

Who won the European Golden Shoe award for
being the leading goal-scorer in Europes top
domestic leagues 2015-16?
a)Gareth Bale
b)Luis Suarez
c)Antoine Griezman
e)Cristiano Ronaldo
 The first ever three-day global conference to
strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement is being
held in which Indian city?
a)New Delhi
b)Bengaluru
c)Dispur
d)Guwahati
Who has recently been honored with the Milan
Honorary citizenship award ?
a)Dalai Lama
b)Malala Yousufzai
c)Angela Merkel
d)Xi Jinping
Who has been elected as the new President of the
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)?
a)Morinari Watanabe
b)Sylvia Joselu
c)Bom Anvier
d)Nicola Masu
The State Bank of India (SBI) declared which city
as its 5th zone in North-East India
a)Silchar
b)Dibrugarh
c)Guwahati
d)Majuli
The Police Commemoration Day is observed on
which date in India ?
a)18 October
b)19 October
c)20 October
d)21 October
Which country announced its exit from the
International Criminal Court (ICC)?
a)Kenya
b)Morocco
c)Libya
d)South Africa
When is World Statistics Day observed?
a)October 19
b)October 20
c)October 21
d)October 22
 Name the Fast Patrol Vessel(FPV)commissioned
by the Indian Coast Guard for surveillance, coastal
patrol & anti smuggling operations
a)ICGS Rani Gaidinliu
b)ICGS Rani Sisodia
c)ICGS Vikrant
d)ICGS Rani Laxmibai
Indian Railways has declared how many railway
stations as as Green Train Corridors, fitted with
bio-toilets?
a)2
b)3
c)4
d)5
 Who won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer
Award, 2016 by BBC and Natural History Museum
in London ?
a)Nayan Khanolkar
b)C Venkatramana
c)Sudesh Patnaik
d)Zeenat Qureshi

Who has launched ASPIRE, (fund.A Scheme for Promotion of
Innovation and Rural Entrepreneurship and agro industry)
a Rs 60 crore fund for supporting various venture capital
funds.
a)RBI
b)SIDBI
c)MUDRA Bank
d) IDBI

Who was appointed as the Commandant of the
Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala in Kerala?
a) S V Bhokare
b) K S Tripathi
c) Suchetan Pradhan
d) Prateek Lohia
Satyadev Katare recently passed away. He was
associated with which field?
a)Law
b)Cinema
c)Sports
d)Politics
Who is the author of the book The Sleepwalker's
Dream?
a)Chetan Bhagat
b)Dhrubajyoti Borah
c)Bhupen Hazarika
d)Joy Goswami
Who has authored the book Andhere Se Ujale Ki
Aur that was released in October 2016?
a)PM Modi
b)Arun Jaitley
c)Sushma Swaraj
d)Shatrughan Sinha
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