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Current Affairs Questions For NIACL AO And IBPS Clerk Mains: 17th January 2019

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Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Main 2018-19:

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Most of the questions in GA appear from Current Affairs section. So it becomes important for you all to cover this particular section with sincerity and seriousness. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI (Personal Interview) more efficiently so you do not give a mumble jumble answer to the interviewee’s simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. Lenin Rajendran has passed away at 67. He was a renowned director and screenwriter of _______ film industry.
Kannada
Telugu
Tamil
Malayalam
Bengali
Solution:
Malayalam director and screenwriter Lenin Rajendran has passed away at 67. He was a five-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Awards.
Q2. Who has taken over as the chief coach for the country’s female boxers?
Yunfei Li
Mohammed Ali Qamar
Josie Gabuco
Pinki Rani
Devendro Singh
Solution:
Mohammed Ali Qamar, the man who won India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing, has taken over as the chief coach for the country’s female boxers. He has replaced veteran Shiv Singh.
Q3. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that __________ has been appointed as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Shashank Manohar
Dave Richardson
Haroon Lorgat
Anurag Thakur
Manu Sawhney
Solution:
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Manu Sawhney has been appointed as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Q4. Name the Indian football team head coach who has resigned from the post.
Stephen Constantine
Harendar Singh
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Bhaichung Bhutia
Stephen Craigman
Solution:
Indian football team head coach Stephen Constantine has stepped down after the team’s shock 0-1 defeat to Bahrain which led to its exit from the Asian Cup.
Q5. The theme of the ‘Global Aviation Summit 2019' is _________.
A Tradition for the Future
Flying for all
Tradition of Flying
Environment Friendly Flying
None of the above option is the right answer
Solution:
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the ‘Global Aviation Summit 2019' in Mumbai. The summit, with a theme ‘Flying for all-especially the next 6 Billion’, is being organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation in association with FICCI.
Q6. Who has become the 2nd youngest in the world and the youngest Grand Master in Indian?
R Praggnanandhaa
M Gunawanta
D Gopal
S Ganesh
D Gukesh
Solution:
Tamil Nadu lad D Gukesh became the 2nd youngest Grand Master in the world and the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at 12 years, 7 months and 17 days, erasing the mark set by his state-mate R Praggnanandhaa in June 2018.
Q7. Who among the following has won a Franco-German human rights award for his ‘exceptional contribution’ to the protection and promotion of human rights?
Nadia Murad
Aung San Suu Kyi
Xi Jinping
Yu Wensheng
Malala Yousafzai
Solution:
A detained Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has won a Franco-German human rights award for his ‘exceptional contribution’ to the protection and promotion of human rights.
Q8. The government has constituted a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate sector under the GST regime. This committee shall be headed by ____________.
Sushil Modi
Nitin Patel
Dinesh Arya
Manohar Parrikar
Nirmala Sitharaman
Solution:
The government has constituted a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate sector under the GST regime. Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat Nitin Patel is the convener of the GoM.
Q9. Ministry of Water resources and River development has organized 9th International Micro irrigation conference in ________.
Bhopal
Agra
Aurangabad
Nagpur
Dehradun
Solution:
In order to promote Micro irrigation amongst farmers, Ministry of Water resources and River development has organized 9th International Micro irrigation conference in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Q10. The 1st National Level Sports Meet for the students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) was held at ________.
Kovalam
Amritsar
Hyderabad
Bhubaneswar
Lucknow
Solution:
The 1st National Level Sports Meet for the students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) was inaugurated by Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs at G.M.C Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad.

               

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