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Current Affairs Questions (based on The Hindu) for IBPS RRB Mains 2016

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Q1. The European Union (EU) has signed a deal with Cuba on political dialogue and cooperation, with Cuba being the only Latin American country to lack such an agreement earlier. What is the currency of Cuba?
(a) Peso
(b) Rand
(c) Pound
(d) Euro
(e) Kyat

Q2. Which of the following organisation has signed an agreement with a consortium of six companies to deliver India’s first industry-built satellite by late 2017 recently?
(a) FICCI
(b) RBI
(c) NASA
(d) ISRO
(e) DRDO
Q3. Name the Indian actress, who has been appointed as the UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador to promote child rights at the UNICEF 70th anniversary event?
(a) Sonam Kapoor
(b) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(c) Sonakshi Sinha
(d) Kareena Kapoor
(e) Priyanka Chopra
Q4. India has outshone Russia, France, Japan and Saudi Arabia in the defence budget and has become world’s fourth largest defence spender. Which among the following countries has largest defence spender in the world?
(a) Japan
(b) Australia
(c) USA
(d) China
(e) UK
Q5. Name the player, Who have won the 2016 ITF players of the year?
(a) Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova
(b) Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber
(c) Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer
(d) Novak Dokovic and Stan Wawrinka
(e) None of the above
Q6. Who has been appointed as the New Industry Director of Facebook?
(a) Veena Mankar
(b) C B Bhave
(c) Rajendra Kumar
(d) Cyrus Mistry
(e) Pulkit Trivedi
Q7. Antonio Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister, was sworn in as the ______ United Nation Secretary-General after succeeding Ban Ki-moon as the chief of the 71-year old world body. 
(a) 03rd
(b) 14th
(c) 22nd
(d) 09th
(e) 11st
Q8. Kerala’s Chief Minister __________  has inaugurated the third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) at an inaugural event in Parade Ground, Fort Kochi.
(a) N Chandrababu Naidu
(b) K Chandrashekar Rao
(c) Pinarayi Vijayan
(d) Siddaramaiah
(e) O Panneerselvam
Q9. Which among the following Indian Leader has been listed in the Global Thinkers of 2016 List compiled by the Foreign Policy magazine? 
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Arun Jaitley
(d) Suresh Prabhu
(e) Manohar Parrikar

Q10. Who has won the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 2016 Most Improved Player of the Year award at the Players’ in Dubai?
(a) PV Sindhu
(b) Saina Nehwal
(c) Krishnaraj Srinath
(d) Jwala Gutta
(e) Ashwini Ponnappa
Q11. Which bank has tied-up with grocery delivery startup Grofers to deliver up to Rs2,000 cash to customers when they order grocery worth minimum Rs1,000 online recently?
(a) Yes Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) State Bank of India
(e) IDFC Bank
Q12. India has signed a Grant Agreement of how much amount with International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for Additional Financing for Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs Project- Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency?
(a) USD 17.20 million
(b) USD 05.19 million
(c) USD 30.21 million
(d) USD 50.30 million
(e) USD 100.00 million
Q13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes. Mr Modi ranks 09th on the list of 74 topped by Russian President ______________ for a fourth straight year. 
(a) Xi Jinping
(b) Angela Merkel
(c) Vladimir Putin
(d) Barack Obama
(e) Donald Trump
Q14. Which of the following country will contribute $500,000 to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the year 2016-17?
(a) France
(b) Japan
(c) USA
(d) India
(e) China
Q15. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has trimmed its 2016 growth estimate for India to how much percent from 7.4 percent due to weak investment, agricultural slowdown and the government’s recent demonetization recently?
(a) 6.7 per cent
(b) 6.9 per cent
(c) 7.3 per cent
(d) 7.1 per cent
(e) 7.0 per cent
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