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Current Affairs Questions Based on The Hindu
Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With RBI Assistant and IBPS Clerk Mains round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis for IBPS Clerk and RBI Assistant Mains so that you can do well in the exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.
Q1. The Asian Development Bank has announced to increase its annual funding to India from next year to accelerate inclusive economic transformation. Over a period of 5 years, India would get about _________________ from ADB.
(a) $20 billion
(b) $50 billion
(c) $30 billion
(d) $10 billion
(e) $40 billion
Q2. To whom was the 3rd Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) Distinguished Indologist Award was conferred on by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan?
(a) Adina Bar-Shalom
(b) Wendy Donige
(c) David Shulman
(d) Emeritus Heinrich
(e) Hiroshi Marui
Q3. Who has been named as India’s G20 Sherpa for the Development Track of the grouping
(a) Kusum Sharma
(b) Subhash C Garg
(c) Shaktikanta Das
(d) Ambrish Kumar Sharma
(e) Simanchala Das
Q4. In which city the first edition of International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research in Energy Efficiency (INSPIRE 2017) took place recently?
(a) Telangana
(b) Guwahati
(c) Indore
(d) Jaipur
(e) Chandigarh
Q5. India and Greece have recently signed a Memorundum of Understanding(MoU) in fields related to which of the following?
(I) Air Services
(II) New and Renewable Energy
(III) Defence Co operation
(IV) Medical Services
(a) Only (I)
(b) Only (II)&(III)
(c) Only (I)&(II)
(d) Only (I),(II)&(IV)
(e) All of the above
Q6. Which country is going to assist India in setting up a national crisis management centre in the country to handle disaster and other emergency situations?
(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) France
(d) South Korea
(e) Russia
Q7. FSSAI has issued detailed guidelines on recall of food products and stated that the purpose is to help food business operators (FBOs) frame a proper recall plan and implement them when the situation demands. Who is the CEO of FSSAI?
(a) Ashish Bahuguna
(b) Pawan Kumar Agarwal
(c) Shanta Kumar
(d) Atul Sobti
(e) LC Goyal
Q8. In the recently concluded 48th Edition of International Film Festival of India who was honoured with the prestigious ‘Indian film personality of the year’ Award?
(a) Waheeda Rehman
(b) Rajnikanth
(c) Sharmila Tagore
(d) SP Balasubramaniam
(e) Amitabh Bachchan
Q9. Five Russian competitors from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including two gold medallists, have been banned for life over anti-doping rule violations by International Olympic Committee (IOC).Where is the 2020 Summer Olympics going to be held?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Istanbul
(c) Paris
(d) Los Angeles
(e) Madrid
Q10. Jet Airways and _______________ announced a partnership to route more traffic through Europe and on to North America.
(a) Etihad Airways
(b) Air France-KLM
(c) Aeromexico
(d) Hainan Airlines
(e) Delta Airlines
Q11. The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley formally launched a new payments bank. Which one of the following is the fourth payment bank to be launched?
(a) Fino Payments Banks
(b) Airtel Payments Banks
(c) Paytm Payments Banks
(d) Indian Post Payments Bank
(e) Fintech Payments Bank
Q12. The largest dollar denominated bitcoin exchange ____________________ gave the latest price of Bitcoin as $10,052 in Asia bringing its rise for the year to date to more than 900 per cent.
(a) Bitmex
(b) Coinbase
(c) Gemini
(d) CoinCorner
(e) Cryptobuyer
Q13. The 48th IIFI 2017 saw the prestigious Golden Peacock award for Best Film being given to Robin Campillo’s French film ‘120 Beats Per Minute’. The film dealt with which issue?
(a) Drugs Trafficking
(b) Poaching
(c) Human Trafficking
(d) Child Molestation
(e) AIDS
Q14. Following inaction in handling the raging Rohingya refugee crisis and turning a blind eye to violence in the country who was stripped of the ‘Freedom of Oxford’ award?
(a) Hitin Kyaw
(b) U Thant
(c) Aung San Suu Kyi
(d) Thein Sein
(e) Saw Maung
Q15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inagurated the first phase of the __________________ Metro Rail project.
(a) Pune
(b) Indore
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bhopal
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