Current Affairs for SBI PO 2017

Q1. Name the joint military exercise that begun between India and Nepal, recently. 
Answer: Surya Kiran-XI


Q2. Name the first smart tribal model village, that was recently inaugurated in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Answer: Habbi

Q3. What is the Capital and Currency of Oman?
Answer: Muscat, Rial


Q4. Name the player, who has won his third consecutive Brasil Open title, 2017.
Answer: Pablo Cuevas


Q5. India has announced a policy  OALP  for conducting oil and gas exploration in India. In OALP, term ‘A’ stands for _____________.
Answer: Acreage


Q6. Shri Arvind Padmanabhan has died recently of cardiac arrest. He was famous ____________.
Answer: Journalist


Q7. Name the country, which has topped the Bribery Rate Index of Asia Pacific countries, recently.
Answer: India


Q8. Vice President Hamid Ansari was recently on a two-day visit to attend the 21-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit (March 2017).
Answer: Indonesia


Q9. Name the mega cultural festival of India that started in Egypt, recently.
Answer: India by the Nile


Q10. Which banks launched “Aadhaar Pay”, the country’s first Aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution recently following successful pilots across 16 states?
Answer: IDFC Bank


Q11. Which state has launched 24*7  helpline number 181 to assist women in distress on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8th March 2017).
Answer: Odisha


Q12. In ‘BCCI Annual Awards for 2015-16’ who won the Best Umpire in Domestic cricket award?
Answer: Nitin Menon


Q13. Name the state that has recently launched a housing scheme estimated at Rs 1,580 crore.
Answer: Tamil nadu


Q14. Name the ballistic missile that was recently launched by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Answer: Hormuz 2


Q15. Parliament recently approved a bill granting women working in the organized sector paid maternity leave of ___________ weeks up from 12 weeks now.
Answer: 26

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