Current Affairs for IBPS Clerk Exam 2016

Q1. South Indian Bank has received Reserve Bank of India approval to open a representative office in Dubai. Where is the headquartered of South Indian Bank?
Answer: Thrissur, Kerala

Q2. Name the Indian businessman who  has been ranked 36th in the US magazine Fortune’s top 50 business persons list for 2016?
Answer: Aditya Puri


Q3.  Which bank’s Karnataka, AP-Telangana (KAT) Zone organised an online Light up a Smile Campaign to bring smiles on the faces of more than 150 children residing at the SOS Children Village at Bengaluru.
Answer: Bank of Baroda


Q4. Which Bank has launched a loan product to support and promote start-ups at its 98th Foundation Day recently?
Answer: Union Bank of India


Q5. Times Internet, the digital arm of The Times of India group appointed former Twitter India head _________ as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Times Global Partners.
Answer: Rishi Jaitly


Q6. World Toilet Day is being observed on 19 November every year with an aim to motivate millions across the world on issues of sanitation. The theme for 2016 World Toilet Day is……………?
Answer: Toilets and Jobs


Q7. Who has been re-elected to the US House of Representatives for a 3rd consecutive term in a close election?
Answer: Ami Bera


Q8. Recently, India and which country has signed a new double tax avoidance pact under which capital gains tax will be levied on sale of shares on investments made after April 1, 2017, bringing the island nation at par with Mauritius in terms of tax treatment.
Answer: Cyprus


Q9. Name the player, who has became the first bowler ever to complete 50 wickets in two consecutive calendar years?
Answer: Ravichandran Ashwin


Q10. United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November _________ each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. 
Answer: November 20th


Q11. The SBM Group has appointed Siby Sebastian as Chief Executive for its India operations. The SBM bank is based in
Answer: Mauritius


Q12. Which space agencie has successfully launched highly advanced geostationary weather satellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R)?
Answer: NASA


Q13. India has become an Associate Member State of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) which is located in
Answer: Geneva


Q14. Gaganjeet Bhullar has won the $300,000 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open for the second time in his career. Gaganjeet Bhullar is associated to which sport?
Answer: Golf


Q15. Who has been named Australia’s first female High Court chief justice ending 113 years of men leading the nation’s highest court?
Answer: Susan Kiefel