Dear Readers,
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.
Q1. Union Health Secretary C.K. Mishra has recently launched a kit that will provide information on adolescent related issues such as puberty and mental health, among others. What is the name of that kit?
(a) Sahara Kits
(b) Saathiya Resource Kits
(c) Mamta Resource Kits
(d) Madad Kit
(e) Umeed Resource Kit
Q2. Astronomers of NASA have discovered seven Earth-like Exoplanets, recently. Name of this Exoplanet system is _____________.
(a) TRAPPIST-1
(b) UX TAURI A
(c) PSR B-1620
(d) MOA-192 B
(e) GOLDILOCKS
Q3. The WTO’s trade facilitation agreement, which seeks to ease customs norms, came into effect with its two-third members ratifying the pact, recently. Director-General of WTO is ________________ and its Headquarter is in _________________, respectively.
(a) Karl Brauner, New York
(b) Yonov Frederick Agah, Brussels
(c) Roberto Azevêdo, Geneva
(d) David Shark, Paris
(e) Yi Xiaozhun, Washington DC
Q4. In the recent list of ICC women’s’ ranking India’s one day captain Mithali Raj and batter Harmanpreet Kaur were placed on 2nd and 10th positions, respectively. Name the First Rank holder in the list.
(a) Amy Satterthwaite
(b) Suzie Bates
(c) Ellyse Perry
(d) Meg Lanning
(e) Katherine Brunt
Q5. The country’s largest telecom services provider, Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has recently acquired a telecom service provider company. What is the name of that company?
(a) MTS India
(b) Telenor India
(c) Tata DoCoMo
(d) RCom
(e) None of the given options are true
Q6. The Karnataka bank was the winner in ‘Best financial inclusion initiatives (small bank)’ category in ‘IBA-Banking Technology’ awards held recently. The IBA- Banking Technology award was held in _____________.
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Chennai
(d) Bangalore
(e) Hyderabad
Q7. Cabinet has recently approved MoU between India and ______________ for promotion and development of cooperation in civil aviation security in India.
(a) China
(b) Russia
(c) Australia
(d) France
(e) Sri Lanka
Q8. The Third National Biodiversity Congress (NBC) 2017 was held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, recently. What was the theme of NBC, 2017?
(a) Preserve Biodiversity for sustainable Development
(b) Grow with Biodiversity Sustainably
(c) Biodiversity is our future asset
(d) Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
(e) None of the above themes are correct
Q9. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu unveiled a new Express train for common man Equipped with cushioned seats, aluminium composite panels, and LED lights, with specially designed colorful coaches, recently. Name of that Express train is ___________.
(a) Tejas Express
(b) Antyodaya Express
(c) Uday Express
(d) Humsafar Express
(e) None of the given options are true
Q10. _______________ based non-banking finance company Microfinance institution Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd. has launched an instant loan approval at a village near Bassi in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, recently.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Gandhinagar
(e) Patna
Q11. Name the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jasper Infotech-owned digital payments platform FreeCharge who has recently resigned from his post.
(a) Govind Rajan
(b) N Krishnamurthy
(c) Gopal Nath Chitra
(d) Binny Bansal
(e) P L Saxena
Q12. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) announced that India will be hosting the Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019 during the meeting held in New Delhi, recently. Who is the President of NRAI?
(a) Roop Kumar Singh
(b) Amrinder Chauhan
(c) Jeet Singh
(d) Abhinav Bindra
(e) Raninder Singh
Q13. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the IoT Acceleration Consortium (ITAC) to collaborate to address digital technology shifts, recently. ITAC is ______________ based company.
(a) Australia
(b) France
(c) China
(d) Japan
(e) The USA
Q14. Name the Person who has been appointed as the chairman of TATA Group’s Indian Hotels, recently.
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) N Chandrashekaran
(c) Rajesh Gopinathan
(d) V Ramakrishnan
(e) Binni Rawal
Q15. Cabinet approved signing of Air Services Agreement between India and Greece, recently. What is the currency of Greece?
(a) Grecian Pound
(b) Dollar
(c) Euro
(d) Dinar
(e) None of the given options are true
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