Dear Readers,
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. Which one of the following companies has agreed to buy Opel brand from General Motors in a deal valuing the business at $2.3 billion, recently?
(a) Volkswagen
(b) PSA Group
(c) BMW
(d) TATA Motors
(e) Maruti Suzuki
Q2. Name the bank that has recently launched three technology services named FASTag, UPI and BBPS.
(a) SBI
(b) Kotak Mahindra
(c) Karur Vysya Bank
(d) City Bank
(e) IDBI Bank
Q3. ‘BCCI Annual Awards for 2015-16’ was held recently in ___________.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) New Delhi
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Mumbai
(e) Chandigarh
Q4. Name the country that has recently signed an agreement with India to amend the existing Agreement and Protocol for an avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion in New Delhi.
(a) Indonesia
(b) Belgium
(c) Oman
(d) Uganda
(e) Austria
Q5. The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2017) was held in New Delhi, recently (March 2017). It was ___________ edition of ICEGOV.
(a) 16th
(b) 8th
(c) 6th
(d) 10th
(e) 12th
Q6. Which of the following state has launched 24*7 helpline number 181 to assist women in distress on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8th March 2017)?
(a) Assam
(b) Odisha
(c) Manipur
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Jharkhand
Q7. In ‘BCCI Annual Awards for 2015-16’, who won the Best Umpire in Domestic cricket award?
(a) Vipul Sharma
(b) Nadeem Ghauri
(c) Amiesh Saheba
(d) Sunil Banerjee
(e) Nitin Menon
Q8. Name the state that has recently launched a housing scheme estimated at Rs 1,580 crore.
(a) Kerala
(b) Assam
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Gujarat
Q9. Name the ballistic missile that was recently launched by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
(a) Hormuz 2
(b) Nagah 3
(c) Bomani 3
(d) Narou 4
(e) Wahadu 1
Q10. Parliament recently approved a bill granting women working in the organized sector paid maternity leave of ___________ weeks up from 12 weeks now.
(a) 23
(b) 26
(c) 24
(d) 18
(e) 22
Q11. Name the Eminent writer, who has been honored with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel ‘Hawthan’, recently.
(a) Milind Bhattacharya
(b) Swaroop Vishkarma
(c) Roop Nath Joshi
(d) Mahabaleshwar Sail
(e) T Padmanabhan
Q12. Indian Public Sector Undertaking Company National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has commissioned 45 MW solar capacity at Bhadla, recently. Bhadla solar Plant is located in __________.
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Haryana
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Rajasthan
Q13. Name the Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) that was commissioned recently in Indian Navy at Karwar, Karnataka.
(a) INS Viraat
(b) INS Arihant
(c) INS Tillanchang
(d) INS Vishal
(e) INS Vikramaditya
Q14. The banking system of which one of the following countries is now the biggest in the world, according to the Financial Times?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Australia
(d) France
(e) USA
Q15. Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, who passed away recently, was a popular ________ folk singer.
(a) Gujarati
(b) Bengali
(c) Asami
(d) Punjabi
(e) None of the given options are true
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