Current Affairs Quiz for SBI clerk 2016 and NABARD

Dear BA'ians,

We present to you a current affairs quiz to keep you updated with the happenings around you with reference to the upcoming competitive exams, at the same time prepare you for them.This quiz will be provided to with detailed solution, to add to your knowledge base.















1. Which of the following Sri Lanka spinner has retired from 50-over and Twenty20 internationals in order to carry on playing test matches?
a) Lasith Malinga
b) Angelo Mathews
c) Tillakaratne Dilshan
d) Rangana Herath 
e) None of the above
 

2. Mathura based Strike 1 Corps is conducting a major battle exercise named as 'Shatrujeet' in the deserts of which state near to the border of India and Pakistan?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Punjab
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Rajasthan


3. Which PSBs will raise over 178 crore by issuing shares to Life obcInsurance Corporation on a preferential basis. The decision to issue over 2 crore shares to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was taken at the Bank's Extra-ordinary general meeting held on March 29, in a regulatory filing?
a) Oriental Bank of Commerce 
b) Punjab National Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Indian Overseas Bank
e) Bhartiya Mahila Bank


4. Which of the following country has won the 25th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup by defeating India in the final held in Ipoh, Malaysia?
a) Malaysia
b) Singapore
c) Australia
d) Britain
e) China

5. Nico Erik Rosberg associated to which sport?
a) Cricket
b) F1 Race
c) Football
d) Tennis
e) None of the above


6. Which company has acquired Videocon's spectrum in six circles for Rs 4,428 cr?
a) Bharti Airtel 
b) Idea
c) Reliance Communication 
d) MTS
e) Aircel


7. Where is the headquarter of LIC?
a) Kolkata
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Lucknow
e) Mumbai


8. As per RBI regulations governing NFC-based payments, people can pay up to a maximum of ________ for a single transaction.
a) Rs 1,000 
b) Rs 2,000
c) Rs 5,000 
d) Rs 10,000
e) Rs 25,000 


9. What is the tagline of Bhartiya Mahila Bank?
a) Making more possible
b) A Tradition of Trust
c) Empowering Women
d) Together We Can
e) Central To you Since 1911


10. India has emerged as the second biggest investor in London. The only country ahead of India is?
a) Singapore 
b) China
c) Japan 
d) South Korea
e) USA


11. India Aviation 2016, the country's biggest civil aviation show, begun recently in?
a) New Delhi 
b) Bengaluru
c) Chennai 
d) Hyderabad
e) Pune 


12. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) appointed Michelle Yeoh as its Goodwill Ambassador recently. She is a(n)?
a) tennis player 
b) shuttler
c) golfer 
d) actress
e) author 


13. Fazle Kabir has been appointed Governor of the central bank of?
a) Malaysia 
b) Indonesia
c) Pakistan 
d) Afghanistan
e) Bangladesh 


14. What is India’s ranking on the World Happiness Index 2016?
a) 76th 
b) 83rd
c) 92nd 
d) 105th
e) 118th 


15. Itanagar is the capital of the Indian state of which of the following North-East state?
a) Assam
b) Tripura
c) Meghalaya
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) None of the above