Current Affairs for SBI PO 2017

Q1. Name the country, in which the 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit,2017 was held. 
Answer: Pakistan

Q2. Defence Minister presented the Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and Citation for the best Service Hospital in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2016 to INHS Asvini, recently. The hospital is located in __________.
Answer: Mumbai


Q3. Who has been appointed as the secretary general of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), recently?
Answer: Amjad Hussain B Sial


Q4. In its effort to make Namami Gange program a mass movement with the involvement of more and more voluntary organizations, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) have signed an MoU with ________, in New Delhi.
Answer: Rotary India


Q5. With an aim to free India from cataract by 2022, the government has recently approved a fund of _______ to treat over 700 lakh such patients in the next five years.
Answer: Rs 756 crore


Q6. The West Bengal government has recently given an official status to which language in the state which has been listed as an endangered language by the UNESCO?
Answer: Kurukh


Q7. As per recent declaration of the RBI, bank branches that refuse to exchange soiled notes from people will have to pay a penalty of ____________.
Answer: Rs 10,000


Q8. Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has signed an agreement with Millicom International Cellular to combine their operations in which countries?
Answer: Ghana


Q9. Name the operation/s, recently coordinated by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests nationwide.
Answer: Operation Thunder Bird  Operation Save Kurma


Q10. Name the Indian state that has recently approved proposal to rename two of its Airports.
Answer: Andhra Pradesh


Q11. Name the Taxi aggregator, that has signed an MoU with Madhya Pradesh government in aim to provide training, skill development, and empowerment to taxi Drivers across the state.
Answer: Uber


Q12. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti inaugurated a national conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan in New Delhi, recently. Ministry of Water Resources and River Development had launched Jal Kranti Abhiyan in ________.
Answer: 2015


Q13. Name the festival, celebrated by the tribal people of the Indian state Madhya Pradesh, recently.
Answer: Bhagoria


Q14. Rabi Ray passed away, recently. He was ___________.
Answer: Former Lok Sabha Speaker


Q15. Name the Indo-Oman Joint Army Exercise that was started recently (March 2017) in the Dhauladhar Ranges at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.
Answer: AL NAGAH-II

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