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Current Affairs Questions for Bank of Baroda PO: 18th April 2017

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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. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco. Koradi super-critical thermal power project is situated in ____________.
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Rajasthan

Q2. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won his sixth Asian Billiards title and seventh overall Asian championship. The final of the Asian Billiards Championship was held in ____________. 
(a) New Delhi
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Nagpur
(e) Kolkata

Q3.  An eminent personality Mr. Girish Chandra Saxena has passed away recently. He was ________.
(a) Former Chief Minister
(b) Writer
(c) Former Governor
(d) Poet
(e) Classical Singer

Q4. Emma Morano, the oldest person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died recently at the age of 117. She was from which country?
(a) Italy
(b) Russia
(c) USA
(d) France
(e) Spain

Q5. Name the player who has won the title match of Men’s singles at Singapore Open Badminton, recently. 
(a) Kidambi Srikanth
(b) Sai Praneeth
(c) Kamal Narayana
(d) Rohan Bopanna
(e) P V Sindhu

Q6. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has recently launched the education based portal and mobile app in New Delhi. What is the name of that app?
(a) PUSHA
(b) VIDYA
(c) SAGAR
(d) RUSA
(e) GANGA

Q7. Nepalese President arrived in India on a five-day visit, the first foreign trip after assuming the office in October 2015, following the promulgation of the new Constitution in Nepal. Who is the President of Nepal?
(a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(b) P V Rao
(c) Bidya Devi Bhandari
(d) Kamakhya Rani
(e) None of the given options are true

Q8. The Finance Ministry has recently permitted the Labour Ministry to go ahead with ______ rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2016-17.
(a) 8.50%
(b) 8.75%
(c) 7.95%
(d) 9.25%
(e) 8.65%

Q9. In the recently released, the second Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Asia list 2017 name the Olympic Medalist who made it into the list in ‘pioneer women’ category.
(a) Deepa Karmakar
(b) P V Sindhu
(c) Saina Nehwal
(d) Sakshi Malik
(e) Deepa Malik

Q10. The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture was given recently to ____________.
(a) P R Rao
(b) R R Hanchinal
(c) Swapnil Saha
(d) Raman Raghav
(e) Pushpalata Tiwari

Q11. Name the city that has been handed over to the private firm to have India’s first privately run railway station.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) Bhopal
(d) Surat
(e) Jhansi

Q12. Name the Actor who was honoured with a tribute at 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) in the USA.
(a) Shah Rukh Khan
(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Amir Khan
(e) Hrithik Roshan

Q13. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched the web applications to check corruption and keep track of government activities. The app is named as ____________.
(a) PRATIBIMB
(b) SAYA
(c) PARCHHAI
(d) DARPAN
(e) LEHRE

Q14. Name the state that has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Assam
(e) Tripura

Q15. Name the Indian environmental engineer who has won 2017 prestigious ‘Cartier Women’s Initiative Award’ for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting small farmers against droughts and flash floods.
(a) Deepa Singh
(b) Trupti Jain
(c) Neha Sharma
(d) Konkana Gupta
(e) Vimala Shankar
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