Current Affairs Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017: 05th August 2017

Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains 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. WalMart India has appointed _____________ as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President.
(a) Manohar Mittal
(b) Sudev Bansal
(c) Sameer Srivastava
(d) Devendra Chawla
(e) Shruti Bhanwala

Q2. Which of the following herbal products manufacturing company has recently collaborated with Google and Facebook, for the first time for Online Advertisement Push?
(a) Dabur
(b) Himalaya Ltd.
(c) Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.
(d) Surya Herbal Ltd.
(e) Bliss Ayurveda

Q3. Name the Private lender which has recently raised interest rates on savings bank account for large balance above Rs 1 crore to 5%?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) Karnataka Bank
(d) Kotak Mahendra Bank
(e) Karur Vysya Bank

Q4. In which of the following state Aadi Perukku Festival was celebrated recently?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Odisha
(d) Kerala
(e) Andhra Pradesh

Q5. For which of the following city, Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) for setting up a regional centre of the global rice research institute IRRI to develop high- yielding rice varieties?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Bengaluru
(e) New Delhi

Q6. A new representative body USISPF is being set up to enhance business relations between India and US. What does ‘F’ stands for in USISPF?
(a) Factory
(b) Function
(c) Frame
(d) Fund
(e) Forum

Q7. Which of the following state government has initiated the process of inducting Indian women team cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur as a DSP in the state police?
(a) Haryana Government
(b) Rajasthan Government
(c) Uttar Pradesh Government
(d) Punjab Government
(e) Odisha Government

Q8. NCLT has recently approved the proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and Telenor India. What does ‘T’ stands for in NCTL?
(a) Technology
(b) Tribunal
(c) Terminal
(d) Technical
(e) Telecom

Q9. Name the Senior bureaucrat who was recently appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
(a) Mohammad Mustafa
(b) Amit Kulkarni
(c) Asraf Parvez
(d) Raja Mehta
(e) Sandeep Kumar

Q10. Mahabaleshwara M.S is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of ____________.
(a) Dena Bank
(b) UCO Bank
(c) Karnataka Bank
(d) IDFC Bank
(e) Kotak Mahendra Bank

Q11. In which of the following city Government has launched the 2nd AGRI-UDAAN program that will mentor start-ups and help them connect with potential investors?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) New Delhi
(c) Chennai
(d) Varanasi
(e) Kolkata

Q12. A bill to enable exit of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from NABARD and increase authorized capital of the development institution to _______________ was passed recently by the Lok Sabha.
(a) Rs 20,000 crore
(b) Rs 15,000 crore
(c) Rs 40,000 crore
(d) Rs 25,000 crore
(e) Rs 30,000 crore

Q13. Which of the following scheme IRCTC has recently launched for Tatkal tickets?
(a) Book Now Tatkal
(b) Tatkal on Demand
(c) Payment on Demand
(d) Book Now, Pay Later
(e) None of the given option is true

Q14. Who is the present Chairman of Mumbai-headquartered NABARD?
(a) Ajay Tyagi
(b) Kshatrapati Shivaji
(c) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
(d) Yaduvendra Mathur
(e) Geetha Muralidha

Q15. The Head Office of SIDBI is in _____________.
(a) Chennai
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Lucknow
(e) Jaipur