16 OCT: .

Which committee has submitted its report on existence of Saraswati River

to the Union Government? KS Valdiya Committee
2) The first-ever BRICS U-17 football tournament has won by which country? Brazil
by defeating south Africa
3) . Neeraj Goyat is associated with which sports? Boxing
4) What is the theme of 2016 United Nations (UN) International Day of Rural
Women?
Climate is changing: Food and agriculture must too
5) The World Student Day (WSD) is observed on which date? 15th Oct bday of Mr. A
P J Adul Kalam
6) Shaurya Smarak war memorial has been launched in which city of India?
[B]Bhopal
7) Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2016 has been started in which of the following
cities? [A]New Delhi Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi on
October 15th to 23rd, 2016.
8) . Which Indian-origin scientist has won the International Association Of Food
Protection (IAFP) Young Scientist scholarship award? [B]Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad
9) The book Half of What I Say has been authored by whom? Anil Menon
14 OCT: 1)Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of the United
Nations?
Portugals ex-Prime Minister, Antonio Guterres has been officially appointed as the
9th UN secretary-general by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
2) The 2016 Women of India Festival has started in which of the following cities? [A]New Delhi 230 stalls
and about 372 participants. The list includes producers from Delhi, NCR and 23 states and Union
Territories
3) What is the theme of 2016 World Standards Day (WSD)? [C]Standards Build Trust 0n October 14 to
pay tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide that develop the voluntary
technical agreements that are
4) The National Seismic Programme (NSP) has been launched in which state of India? Odisha by
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan
5) . Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baluch, who passed away recently, was a football player of which country?
[A]Pakistan (finest strikers )
6) Who of the following has been selected for the Sri Maharshi Valimiki Jayanti Award for 2016-17?
[C]Veeranna
7) Who has been appointed as Whole-Time Member (WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of
ndia (SEBI)?G Mahalingam is Executive Director and former regional director of Reserve Bank of India
(RBI).
8) . Which former chief minister has been awarded by Ugandan government for his literary
work?]Ramesh Pokhriyal

9) . Which Indian personality has been awarded for Excellence in Technical Innovation by the
International Society of Automation (ISA)? [A]Satish Pathak
10) . Which Indian personality has been awarded for Excellence in Technical Innovation by the
International Society of Automation (ISA)? [A]Satish Pathak [B]Pankaj Ahuja [C]Naveen Jain [D]Milind
Sharma
13 OCT:

11) The first-ever BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit will be held in which state of
India? [A]Goa
12)The 2016 BRICS trade ministers has started in which city of India? [A]Udaipur
[B]Indore [C]New Delhi [D]Lucknow
13) . What is the theme of 2016 World Sight Day (WSD)? [C]Stronger Together(2nd
Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment)
14) What is the theme of 2016 International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR)?
[B]Live to Tell
15) . Where are the headquarters of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
[B]Geneva
16) Indian Railways has recently signed pact with which country for high-speed trains?]Germany
17) Dario Fo, who passed away recently, was the Nobel prize winning playwright and actor of which
country[B]Italy
18) . The book Jihad in My Saffron Garden has been authored by whom? [B]Roxy Arora
19) . The 2016 Nobel Literature Prize has been won by whom? [C]Bob Dylan
20) Who has been appointed as new DG of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)? [B]Ajay
Kumar Bhalla
21) . Bhumibol Adulyadej, who passed away recently, was the king of which country? [B]Thailand

12 OCT: The first BRICS Trade Fair and Exhibition has started in which city of India? [B]New Delhi
(theme-Building BRICS Innovation for Collaboration.)
2) The 2nd Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)-2016 will be held in which city of India? New Delhi
3) The book The Story of a New Name has been authored by whom? [C]Elena Ferrante
4) The first-ever World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) will be observed on which day? 5 oct
5) The first-ever World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) will be observed on which day? India
6. The 2016 SAARC Sufi festival will be held in which of the following countries? [A]India The event is
being organized by SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL)
7) Himansh Indias remote and high altitude research station has recently opened in which state of
India?]Himachal Pradesh
8) . What is the Indias rank in the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI)? [A]97th The Index is released by
the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
9) . Indias first-ever convertible stadium is located in which of the following cities? Ahemdabad 14 sports
can be played leaving Cricket
10) . The book The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad has been authored by which Bollywood icon?
Twinkle khanna
11) Andrzej Wajda, who passed away recently, was a famous film-director of which country? poland