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Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With SBI PO Prelims round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on daily basis so that you can do well in Mains exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.
Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University?
(a) David Beasley
(b) Sima Kamil
(c) Vanaja Sarna
(d) Sunaina Singh
(e) George Yeo
Q2. Name the Indian forward player, who has named the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year for 2016.
(a) S V Sunil
(b) Arjun Halappa
(c) Sardara Singh
(d) P. R. Shreejesh
(e) Sandeep Singh
Q3. President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated the “Namami Brahmaputra” festival on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in 21 districts of-
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Tripura
(c) Assam
(d) West Bengal
(e) Arunachal Pradesh
Q4. Which among the following countries has become the first country in the world to ban metals mining nationwide?
(a) Panama
(b) El Salvador
(c) Guatemala
(d) Belize
(e) None of the given options is true
Q5. Name the American astronaut, who made history when she floated outside the International Space Station (ISS) and broke the record for the most spacewalks by a woman?
(a) Thomas Akers
(b) Aydyn Aimbetov
(c) Vladimir Aksyonov
(d) James Adamson
(e) Peggy Whitson
Q6. As per the government announcement the returns on small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificate (NSC) and Kisan Vikas Patra, has been lowered by 0.1 percent for the April-June (2017) quarter. Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments will yield 7.6% and mature in ________.
(a) 116 months
(b) 114 months
(c) 108 months
(d) 110 months
(e) 112 months
Q7. The Loan Agreement for New Development Bank (NDB) financing of ____________ for Development and Upgradation of Major District Roads Project in Madhya Pradesh was signed between Government of India and the New Development Bank (NDB).
(a) US$ 1000 Million
(b) US$ 750 Million
(c) US$ 500 Million
(d) US$ 350 Million
(e) US$ 100 Million
Q8. Parliament has passed the Mental Healthcare Bill, 2016, which provides healthcare and services to the people with mental illness and also decriminalizes suicide. Who is the present Union Health Minister of India?
(a) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
(b) Smriti Zubin Irani
(c) Jagat Prakash Nadda
(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(e) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Q9. Which among the following two banks have launched co-branded credit cards for the customers recently?
(a) PNB and South Indian Bank
(b) SBI and Karnataka Bank
(c) ICICI and Indian Overseas Bank
(d) Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda
(e) Indian Bank and Bandhan Bank
Q10. Who has appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)?
(a) Vanaja N. Sarna
(b) Swati Gupta
(c) Tanushree Pareek
(d) Upendra Tripathy
(e) T S Anantharaman
Q11. Which among the following countries has committed an ‘Official Development Assistance’ (ODA) of 371.345 billion yen (about Rs 21,590 crore) under 2016-2017 for various infrastructure projects, including the dedicated freight corridor in India?
(a) Malaysia
(b) Thailand
(c) South Korea
(d) Japan
(e) China
Q12. Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot of its own. The Mascot has been named as……………..?
(a) Bhoorsingh the Barasingha
(b) Shersingh the Sheraham
(c) Baghathakut the Bhaghwar
(d) Singham the Singhatam
(e) None of the given options is true
Q13. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has given the ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Najib Tun Razak is present Prime Minister of-
(a) Bhutan
(b) Nepal
(c) Malaysia
(d) Singapore
(e) Russia
Q14. Name the private sector bank, which has tied up with Wells Fargo (the third largest American bank by assets) to offer real-time remittances from the Indian diaspora to their relatives back home?
(a) HDFC Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) South Indian Bank
(e) Karnataka Bank
Q15. The Indian Army has entered into an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) to the objective of the agreement is to identify and enhance the critical technological areas that can be enhanced in the armed forces. Who is the present Chief of Army Staff?
(a) General Birender Singh Dhanoa
(b) General Sunil Lanba
(c) General Bikram Singh
(d) General Dalbir Singh
(e) General Bipin Rawat
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