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. Chairperson of which of the following public lender has been ranked 26th among the world’s 50 greatest leaders, according to Fortune Magazine?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) SBI
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Allahabad Bank
Q2. The External Affairs Ministry and the department of posts has recently announced the opening of a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. First POPSK was launched in __________.
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) Mysore
(e) Mangalore
Q3. The 105th session of Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be hosted by Osmania University, Hyderabad in January, 2018. The theme of the 105th session of Indian Science Congress is _________.
(a) Science and Technology – Reaching the Unreached
(b) Science and Technology – Beyond the Dreams
(c) Science and Technology – Exploring the ways
(d) Science and Technology – Believe and Succeed
(e) None of the given themes are true
Q4. Name the country that has recently (26th March) celebrated its 46th Independence Day.
(a) Myanmar
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Pakistan
Q5. Name the world champion who has recently won the Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari.
(a) Michael Schumacher
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Nico Rosberg
(d) Justin Wilson
(e) Sebastian Vettel
Q6. Name the country that has become the third largest aviation market in terms of domestic passenger traffic.
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) Indonesia
(d) India
(e) Ghana
Q7. World Theatre Day is observed globally on ________.
(a) 21 March
(b) 26 July
(c) 27 March
(d) 24 July
(e) 23 April
Q8. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has recently approved winding up of CREDA HPCL Biofuel Ltd (CHBL) and Indian Oil – Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) Biofuels Limited (ICBL). CCEA is chaired by ____________.
(a) Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi
(b) Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Mr. Anant Geete
(c) Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh
(d) External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj
(e) None of the given options are true
Q9. Name the lender that has recently launched the ‘MoneyPlant RuPay International Platinum Debit Card’ to provide more privileges to its premium and HNI (high net worth individual) customers.
(a) SBI
(b) Karnataka Bank
(c) Andhra Bank
(d) IDFC Bank
(e) Cooperative bank
Q10. A first-ever India conference on ‘Make in India’ was held in ____________ for bringing together various constituencies that have an interest in doing business in India and discussing the latest developments.
(a) Mexico
(b) Washington D. C.
(c) New York
(d) Houston
(e) Paris
Q11. RHFL has signed an agreement with National Housing Bank (NHB) for implementation of credit-linked subsidy scheme for the middle-income group. What does ‘H’ stands for in RHFL?
(a) Home
(b) Housing
(c) House
(d) Hotel
(e) None of the given options are true
Q12. State-run Pawan Hans has joined hands with public sector chopper maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to train helicopter pilots. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of HAL?
(a) S. Radhakrishnan
(b) Ashok Kumar Ahlawat
(c) T. Suvarna Raju
(d) Rupesh Goyal
(e) Amol Bhattacharya
Q13. Name the woman who became the first woman combat officer to be commissioned in the 51-year history of the Border Security Forces (BSF) of India.
(a) Divyanka Pandey
(b) Tanushree Pareek
(c) Suchitra Mahajan
(d) Asha Parrikh
(e) Babita Mukherjee
Q14. American financial magazine Barron’s has listed the HDFC Bank Managing Director’s name on 23rd position in the list of world’s 30 best CEOs. His name is ___________.
(a) M K Sharma
(b) Shikha Singh
(c) Aditya Puri
(d) Sanjeev Misra
(e) Ashwani Kumar
Q15. Headquarter of Karnataka bank is in _____________.
(a) Mangalore
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Mysore
(d) Yehlanka
(e) None of the above options are true
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