Current Affairs Based on “The Hindu” for SBI Exam and NABARD Exam

1. 7th Asian Youth Championship was held in which of the following place recently?
a) India
b) Afghanistan
c) China
d) Kazakhstan
e) Sri Lanka


2. Who has won the Presidential elections, following the withdrawal of his opponents in Philippines?
a) Donald H McGannon
b) Rodrigo Duterte
c) Jacob Zuma
d) Prayut Chan-o-cha
e) None of the above

3. Name the BCCI’s president who has resigned recently?
a) Jagmohan Dalmiya
b) Anurag Thakur
c) Rajiv Shukla
d) Sharad Pawar
e) Shashank Manohar

4. The Government is estimated to have saved over how much by cash transfers for payments to beneficiaries under various welfare schemes in the last two years?
a) 27,000 crore
b) 38,500 crore
c) 5,500 crore
d) 25,000 crore
e) None of the above

5. Which of following company has acquired Salosa, an on-demand in-home beauty services provider?
a) Snapdeal
b) Paytm
c) Quikr
d) Flipkart
e) Reliance

6. Name the bank which has launched ‘cash back’ campaign for its VISA debit cardholders recently?
a) Karnataka Bank
b) Nainital Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Axis Bank
e) ICICI Bank

7. The first round of consultation between …….. and India on New Delhi’s case filed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the significant increase in visa fee for non-immigrant workers in the country is scheduled in Geneva this week.
a) UAE
b) UK
c) USA
d) Russia
e) France

8. The Reserve Bank Of India will shortly issue which denomination bank notes with ‘ R’ as insert letter?
a) 500
b) 100
c) 50
d) 1000
e) None of the above

9. Which of the following state government relaxes Labour Laws, that will benefit The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)?
a) Gujarat
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Maharashtra
d) Odisha
e) Punjab

10. Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti launched nine projects for rural sanitation initiatives under Namami Gange Programme for the conservation of river Ganga in?
a) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
b) Darbhanga, Bihar
c) Jalandhar, Punjab
d) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
e) Sahibganj, Jharkhand