CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2017 October 06-15 (Chapter-01)

1. Who has been chosen for the 2017 V T Kumaran Literacy award?

A K Abdul Hakkim

2. Who has been chosen for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award for 2016 in recognition of his rich contribution to the Malayalam Literature?

M K Sanu

3. Which country gifted Pakistan its first Metro Train?

China

4. The world’s largest combustion research centre has inaugurated in which IIT institute?

IIT Madras

5. Who has been elected as new Director-General of UNESCO?

Audrey Azoulay

6. Which bank launched an Android app named, ‘Union Sahyog’, as a part of its efforts to digitise customer-facing banking services?

Union Bank of India

7. Which country to host the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup – 2019?

UAE

8. The world's first "negative emissions" plant that turns carbon dioxide into carbonate rocks has begun operations in

Iceland

9. Which is the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin in exchange for citizenship?

Vanuatu

10. Who has become the 1st cricketer from Bangladesh to be inducted in MCC World Cricket Committee?

Shakib Al Hasan

11. Which city has topped The Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index 2017?

Tokyo

12. Which singer won 30th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2015 and 2016?

T M Krishna

13. What is the theme of 2017 International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR)?

Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement

14. Who became the first female referee to Officiate at U-17 World Cup?

Esther Staubli

15. Who has been awarded the ‘best performer’ subtitle at the ‘Little Miss World 2017’ pageant held in Greece?

Poorvi G B

16. Who will head the 2nd National Judicial Pay Commission (NJPC) to look into pay hike issue of lower court judges?

PV Reddi

17. Which state government approved reservations for persons with disabilities in government jobs and educational institutions?

Bihar

18. When is International Day of Rural Women celebrated?

October 15

19. Which parliamentary committee on External Affairs has been formed to examine India-China relations?

Shashi Tharoor committee

20. Who won the Bulgarian International Future Series badminton tournament?

RMV Gurusaidutt

21. Where did APPICON 2017, the 63rd Annual National Conference of Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, was held at ?

Puducherry

22. What is the theme of the 2017 International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC)?

Empower Girls: Before, during and after crises

23.  Who has been honoured with the National Awards for senior citizens by President Ramnath Kovind?

Gurbax Singh Sandhu

24. Mitra Shakti 2017, a joint exercise for military co-operation and interoperability between India and which neighbour country?

Srilanka

25. Who has been appointed the new Ambassador to Principality of Monaco?

V M Kwatra 
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