Current Affairs Quiz For BOB/IBPS Exams |

Q1. Amazon Web Services has launched its first data centre at which place in India. The data centre is part of its $5-billion investment in the country?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Bengaluru

(d) Chennai

(e) Mumbai

Q2. The Union government has appointed __________ as the Chief Executive Officer of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd.

(a) Sujoy Bose

(b) Ashok Lavasa

(d) Gaurav Shah

(e) None of the above

Q3. Which of the following state government has launched a new scheme Kalinga Siksha Sathi Yojana with an aim to provide education loan at 1 % interest to students for pursuing higher studies recently?

(a) Bihar

(b) Jharkhand

(d) Odisha

(e) Rajasthan

Q4. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has cleared the appointment ___________ as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Vishwanathan will succeed HR Khan whose term ends this week.

(a) Arvind Subramanian

(b) Ratan P Watal

(d) LC Goyal

(e) None of the above

Q5. Name the Indian social entrepreneur who has been named among 10 “champions and pioneers” by United Nation chief Ban Ki-moon under the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative that calls on companies to align with universal principles of human rights, environment and anti-corruption.

(a) Zubaida Bai

(b) Malala Yousafzai

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Q6. Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football. He played for which country?

(a) Russia

(b) USA

(d) Brazil

(e) Chile

Q7. Which of the following state government has declared that all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and storm etc will be treated as state disaster?

(a) Odisha

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Gujarat

Q8._____________ transformation into a global R&D hub is epitomised by the strides the country is making in attracting R&D investments in the electronics and IT segment, beating the likes of US and Germany.

(a) China

(b) Russia

(d) France

(e) None of the above

Q9. Majuli is to become India’s first river island district by August this year. At present the island is a sub-division under Jorhat district in which of the following state?

(a) Assam

(b) West Bengal

(d) Bihar

(e) Jharkhand

Q10. The ______________ got the Cabinet approval, paving the way for auction of 100 prospective mineral blocks and boosting the country’s mining potential.

(a) Aadhaar Bill

(b) The National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP)

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Q11. Minister of Human Resource and Development Smriti Irani is launching the teacher education portal ___________ for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) in New Delhi on 30th June 2016.

(a) Prashikshak

(b) Shikshak

(d) Masterjee

(e) None of the above

Q12. Central government announced an overall increase of 23.5 per cent for over one crore government employees and pensioners in line with the Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations, which left most services dissatisfied. The hikes will come with the August paychecks and be paid with effect from ………….?

(a) September 1, 2016

(b) January 1, 2016

(d) April 1, 2016

(e) June 1, 2017

Q13. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approval of road projects in which of the following two states recently and this project will help improve the infrastructure and connectivity in these states?

(a) Bihar and West Bengal

(b) Jharkhand and Haryana

(d) Rajasthan and Gujarat

(e) Odisha and Punjab

Q14. Washington DC-based the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cleared the payment of how much for Pakistan recently?

(a) $501 million

(b) $4501 million

(d) $2501 million

(e) $1501 million

Q15. An Australia-based construction giant has cracked a deal worth $169.5 million with Indian company to build a retail and hospitality development project in which place?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Pune

(d) Kolkata

(e) Hyderabad