Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains 2017: 7th Jan 2018

Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With IBPS Clerk Mains round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis for IBPS Clerk so that you can do well in the exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.

Q1. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the fifth meeting of the India-Indonesia Joint Commission with her Indonesian counterpart _____________.
(a) Retno Marsudi
(b) Abdurrahman Wahid
(c) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
(d) Umar Wirahadikusumah
(e) Try Sutrisno

Q2. Defence Ministry has cleared contracts worth __________ for Navy and Army which includes the procurement of P-8I Training Solution and Low-Intensity Conflict Electronic Warfare System (LICEWS).
(a) Rs3,520 crore
(b) Rs2,420 crore
(c) Rs4,230 crore
(d) Rs3,400 crore
(e) Rs4,200 crore

Q3. In which of the following city, the Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018 started recently?
(a) Thimpu
(b) Gangtok
(c) Kathmandu
(d) Shimla
(e) Dispur

Q4. Name the country that has become the first country in the world to legalise equal pay between men and women.
(a) Switzerland
(b) Denmark
(c) Sweden
(d) Iceland
(e) Finland

Q5. The World Book Fair with the focus on environmental issues started in _______________.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Dispur
(c) Jaipur
(d) Gangtok
(e) New Delhi

Q6. Name the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) who has been named the best central bank governor in Asia-Pacific for 2018 by UK-based magazine, the Banker.
(a) S Rajagopal
(b) K.V.Krishnamurthy
(c) Ravi Menon
(d) J.N.Saxena
(e) R. Srinivasan

Q7. Telangana Industrial Health Clinic Ltd (TIHCL) has recently got RBI clearance to register and function as a/an_______________.
(a) Commercial Bank
(b) Insurance Company
(c) Payment Bank
(d) NBFC
(e) Re-insurer

Q8. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had recently unveiled the official emblem of the state government. The logo highlights the Ashoka emblem with the theme of __________ at the centre.
(a) Natuna Bangla
(b) Biswa Bangla
(c) Unnayana Bangla
(d) Unnat Bangla
(e) None of the given options is true

Q9. With which of the following lender Paytm Payments Bank has partnered to introduce a facility to create a fixed deposit (FD)?
(a) Induslnd Bank
(b) Karur Vyasya Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) IDFC Bank
(e) Karnataka Bank

Q10. Which of the following country has been ranked by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as the world’s most gender-equal country?
(a) Sweden
(b) Denmark
(c) Switzerland
(d) Iceland
(e) Thailand

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