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Current Affairs Questions: 17th Feb 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.
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Q1. The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee has
appointed five new judges to the Supreme Court of India, in a much-needed boost
to the judicial strength of the highest court, recently. Who among the
following is not one of them?
(a) Justice E. R. Rehman
(b) Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
(c) Justice Shantanagoudar Mohan
(d) Justice Navin Sinha
(e) Justice Deepak Gupta

Q2. Cabinet Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley  has recently approved merger of _________
subsidiary banks with State Bank of India.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) 7
Q3. More than one thousands delegates, including many
leading industrialists, both Indian and from other countries, took part in mega
event of 2 day Global Investor Summit. This summit was held in _____________.
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Madhya Pradesh
Q4. All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) of Delhi
has won the first prize and a cash reward for maintaining high standards of
sanitation and hygiene under the Government’s Kayakalp awards held, recently.
What was the cash pize of this award?
(a) Rs 1 crore
(b) Rs 2 crore
(c) Rs 4 crore
(d) Rs 5 crore
(e) None of the given options is true
Q5. The five-day ‘Ïndian Panorama Film Festival’ being organized
by the Directorate of Information and Publicity, in association with the
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Directorate of Film
Festivals(IFFI) has been started in ____________, recently.
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Port Blair
(c) New Delhi
(d) Daman and Diu
(e) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Q6. India is reviving a three-decade-old plan to build its
14 seated first passenger aircraft as the South Asian country struggles to join
an exclusive club of Asian nations that have advanced far ahead in creating
their own home-made jets. What is the name of this aircraft?
(a) Kiran
(b) Hans
(c) Saras
(d) Pawan
(e) Gatiman
Q7. Canara Bank recently has signed a memorandum of
understanding with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to operationalize
______________.
(a) SAKSHAM
(b) Sakshar Bharat
(c) Mid-day meal Scheme
(d) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(e) Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)
Q8. Which state government has recently signed Memorandum of
Understanding 12 textile units with different companies for setting up 12
apparel units in the State entailing investment of Rs. 963 crores in all,
recently, in CII partnership summit?
(a) Odisha
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Jharkhand
Q9. SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy Fortress
Investment Group LLC for about $3.3 billion, looking to add investment
expertise as it prepares to launch the world’s largest private equity fund.
SoftBank Group Corp is a famous ______________ based company.
(a) South Korea
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) Thailand
(e) North Korea
Q10. In a major turn of events in Tamil Nadu, Mr Edappadi K
Palaniswami has been invited to form the government by Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Who is the governor of Tamil Nadu?
(a) Pinnarai Vijayan
(b) Vidyasagar Rao
(c) P.V. Narsimhan
(d) B. S. Shekhawat
(e) Birender Saroha
Q11. Legendary American jazz singer ‘Al Jarreau’ passed away
in Los Angeles. He was ____________ years old.
(a) 76
(b) 72
(c) 71
(d) 70
(e) 74
Q12. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched its
first fully integrated capacity development centre, South Asia Training and
Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in ____________, recently.
(a) Bangalore
(b) Jharkhand
(c) New Delhi
(d) Chandigarh
(e) Mumbai
Q13. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee declared _______________
as 21st district of West Bengal. The new district is from Darjeeling.
(a) Kalimpong
(b) Matigara-Naxalbari
(c) Siliguri
(d) Phansidewa
(e) Kurseong
Q14. The total food grain production in the country has been
pegged at record 272 million tonns, recently. It is higher by 6.94 million tonns
than the previous record production of 265 million tonnes in 2013-14. It is a
noticeable success in the field of agriculture. Who is the union minister of
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare?
(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(b) Kalraj Mishra
(c) Ramvilas Paswan
(d) Arun Jetley
(e) Radha Mohan Singh
Q15. The 2017 ‘Cobra Gold Military Exercise’ kicked off at
the Sattahip Royal Thai Marine Corps Base in Chonburi Province, Thailand .Cobra
Gold 2017 is the ________________ edition of the multinational drill and is
co-organized by United States and Thailand.
(a) 34th
(b) 35th
(c) 36th
(d) 37th
(e) 38th

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