Current Affairs Based on "The Hindu" for SBI/IBPS Exams |

Q1. In which of the following states, all the primary and upper primary schools are now connected with electricity?

a) Kerala

b) Bihar

c) Gujarat

d) Assam

e) Odisha

Q2. How many public sector banks out of 27 posted losses in the last financial year (2015-2016)?

a) 20

b) 11

c) 08

d) 14

e) 17

Q3. Name the Telugu actor and comedian, who passed away recently at the age of 63?

a) Jayaprakash Reddy

b) Raghu Babu

c) M S Narayana

d) Brahmanandam

e) Ali

Q4. The Joint Committee of Parliament on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill submitted its report to the Lok Sabha recommending significant changes in the proposed legislation including harmonising it with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code for payment to secured creditors. The Committee is headed by………?

a) Babu Sivaprakasam

b) Bhupendra Yadav

c) Mallikarjun Kharge

d) A K Antony

e) None of the above

Q5. India Test Cricket team captain Virat Kohli has become the first Indian captain to score a double century outside India. He scored 200 runs against which of the following countries?

a) West Indies

b) New Zealand

c) South Africa

d) Australia

e) England

Q6. Which Bank has organised a coin exchange mela during the ‘Rath Yatra’ festival at the RBI financial literacy camp in in Puri, Odisha?

a) Axis Bank

b) State Bank of India

c) IDBI Bank

d) Bandhan Bank

e) ICICI Bank Ltd

Q7. Online marketplace __________ has announced its partnership with e-ticketing platform BookMyShow and extended its service offerings.

a) Paytm

b) Flipkart

c) Amazon

d) Snapdeal

e) Jabong

Q8. Which of the following Banks has done agreement with Reliance Jio Money for one-click payment service recently?

a) State Bank of India

b) IDFC Bank

c) Federal Bank

d) Bandhan Bank

e) ICICI Bank

Q9. Which of the following private sector Banks has initiated a programme to provide solar lights in the non-electrified houses of students in rural areas?

a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

b) Karnataka Bank

c) Bandhan Bank

d) Axis Bank

e) ICICI Bank

Q10. In which of the following Indian cities, a conference titled ‘Made in Afghanistan’ was recently held to promote Afghan products and boost trade relations between both nations?

a) New Delhi

b) Chennai

c) Kolkata

d) Mumbai

e) Hyderabad