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Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO: 08th April 2017

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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.

Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO: 08th April 2017 |_2.1
Q1. The Reserve Bank of India has released the first Bi-monthly monetary policy of the new financial year (2017-18). The Reverse Repo Rate (RRR) under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been hiked to ___________ from 5.75%.
(a) 6.25%
(b) 6.15%
(c) 6.10%
(d) 6.00%
(e) 5.95%

Q2. The FMCG industry has emerged as the highest paying industry in India with an average annual cost to company (CTC) of Rs. 11.3 lakh according to Randstad survey, 2017. What does ‘C’ stands for in FMCG?
(a) Customer
(b) Costume
(c) Consumer
(d) Custom
(e) Conference

Q3. World Health Day is celebrated on _____________ every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization.
(a) 17 April
(b) 7 April
(c) 17 March
(d) 27 March
(e) 10 April

Q4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to slash clearance time for which one of the following nation-wide payment system in an attempt to enhance the efficiency of the electronic payment system and add to customer convenience?
(a) National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)
(b) Real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS)
(c) Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
(d) Airpay
(e) CCAvenue

Q5. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate a three-day National Children’s Film Festival in which of the following Indian States?
(a) Telangana
(b) Karnataka
(c) Bihar
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Maharashtra

Q6. India has signed a mega defense deals worth over 2 billion dollars for advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to further tighten the bilateral strategic partnership with which one of the following countries?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Israel
(c) Oman
(d) Russia
(e) France

Q7. P V Sindhu has recently jumped three places to achieve a career-best world number two ranking in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. Name the President of BWF.
(a) San Ki Baan
(b) TakehikoNakao
(c) Poul-Erik Hoyer
(d) Matthew Prior
(e) MackeyAraos

Q8. Sports Ministry of India has recently appointed Australian Dave Smith as the coach for _________.
(a) 400 Meter Relay
(b) 100 Meter Sprint
(c) Shot put
(d) Athletics
(e) Race walking

Q9. The theme of 2017 World Health Day is _____________.
(a) Towards a Healthier World
(b) Cancer: A long term Fight
(c) A Step Ahead Healthier World
(d) Depression: Let’s Talk
(e) None of the given themes are true

Q10. The Reserve Bank of India has released the first Bi-monthly monetary policy of the new financial year (2017-18). The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate is 6.50% now. What was the previous MSF rate?
(a) 6.25%
(b) 6.75%
(c) 6.00%
(d) 5.75%
(e) 6.85%

Q11. In the recently announced 64th National Film Awards, who has been declared as the Best Actor?
(a) Salman Khan
(b) Amitabh Bacchan
(c) Amir Khan
(d) Akshay Kumar
(e) Shahrukh Khan

Q12. Ratnakar Bank limited (RBL) Bank announced the opening of its Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) Banking Unit (IBU) at GIFT City. GIFT City is situated in which of the following Indian states?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Punjab
(e) New Delhi

Q13. The amount invested in KisanVikasPatra (KVP) would get doubled in ______ months.
(a) 110
(b) 113
(c) 116
(d) 115
(e) 100

Q14. Name the person who has taken over as Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy, recently.
(a) Ashok Sehgal
(b) RamanujanRao
(c) P V Narasimhan
(d) K V Prabhakaran
(e) BhimarayaMetri

Q15. In the 64th National Film Awards which one of the following film was declared as the Best Hindi Film for 2016?
(a) Dangal
(b) Neerja
(c) BajrangiBhaijan
(d) Pink
(e) Rustam

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