Dear Readers,
Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With SBI PO Prelims round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis so that you can do well in Mains exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.
Q1. Sports Ministry has approved the appointment of two top foreign athletics coaches, one each in race walking and 400m race keeping in mind 2020 Olympics. 2020 summer Olympics will be held in ______.
(a) Beijing, China
(b) Tokyo, Japan
(c) Muscat, Oman
(d) Pyeongchang, South Korea
Q2. National Film Awards were announced recently for year 2016, Akshay Kumar won the Best Actor award for Rustam. It was _______ edition of National Film Awards.
(a) 56th
(b) 45th
(c) 55th
(d) 64th
(e) 68th
Q3. Name the lender that has announced that its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will also be available on Chillr, a multi-bank mobile payments app.
(a) Axis Bank
(b) South India Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) SBI
Q4. Name the Noble Prize winner who has been recently appointed as the United Nations Messenger of Peace by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
(a) Bob Dylan
(b) William C. Campbell
(c) Kailash Satyarthi
(d) Peter W. Higgs
(e) Malala Yousafzai
Q5. Name the public sector bank that has embarked upon an ambitious project of upgrading the bandwidth at all its branches to 2 Mbps in partnership with BSNL.
(a) South Indian Bank
(b) Canara Bank
(c) SBI
(d) UCO Bank
(e) IDFC Bank
Q6. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organization for all retail payment systems in the country, has disbursed ________ prize money to about 18 lakh winners under the NITI Aayog’s Lucky Draw schemes for consumers and merchants.
(a) Rs 245 crore
(b) Rs 230 crore
(c) Rs 225 crore
(d) Rs 220 crore
(e) Rs 215 crore
Q7. India has ranked ______ globally in total 136 countries in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report 2017 by World Economic Forum.
(a) 35th
(b) 45th
(c) 25th
(d) 40th
(e) 48th
Q8. Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar won a gold medal in the 49- kilogram category at the Thailand International Tournament. What is the capital of Thailand?
(a) Muscat
(b) Pattaya
(c) Bangkok
(d) Chiang Rai
(e) Chiang Mai
Q9. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements in strategic sectors like defence and civil nuclear cooperation during Bangladesh Prime Minister visit to India. Who is the President of Bangladesh?
(a) Sheikh Hasina
(b) Abdul Hamid
(c) Zillur Rahman
(d) Shahabuddin Ahmad
(e) Hussain Muhammad
Q10. In which of the following Indian cities the National Basketball Association (NBA) has recently announced the setting up of its first basketball school?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kanpur
(d) Chennai
(e) Mumbai
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