Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains 2017: 6th Jan 2018

Q1. India has excluded which of the following country from the list of SAARC member countries with which it will be connecting its state-of-the-art National Knowledge Network (NKN)?
(a) Bhutan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Pakistan
(e) Nepal

Q2. The world’s biggest cleanliness survey ‘Swachh Sarvekshan Survey 2018’ was launched in India by PM Narendra Modi. Name the city that had emerged as the cleanest city in the survey of 2017.
(a) Bhubaneswar
(b) Indore
(c) Vadodara
(d) Gandhinagar
(e) Bengaluru

Q3. Name the state that will host the third edition of the Science Film Festival of India in January 2018.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Goa
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Kerala

Q4. The country’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education has registered an increase from 24.5% in 2015-16 to _____________ in 2016-17, according to the All India Higher Education Survey (AIHES).
(a) 27.2%
(b) 25.2%
(c) 30.2%
(d) 24.9%
(e) 26.5%

Q5. Who is the present Governor of Meghalaya?
(a) Jagdish Mukhi
(b) Satya Pal Malik
(c) Om Prakash Kohli
(d) Ganga Prasad
(e) Vajubhai Vala

Q6. The Reserve Bank of India has recently introduced Rs10 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. The new denomination has the motif of ____________ on the reverse.
(a) Sun Temple, Konark
(b) Somnath temple, Gujarat
(c) Jagannath Temple, Puri
(d) Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur
(e) Lotus Temple, Delhi

Q7. According to the new data of the government’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Indian economy will expand by _____________ in 2017-18.
(a) 6.7%
(b) 6.9%
(c) 6.5%
(d) 7.1%
(e) 6.6%

Q8. The country’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education has registered an increase from 2015-16 to 2016-17. Which of the following state has the highest GER in the country?
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Goa
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) West Bengal

Q9. Which of the following state has signed the Host City Contract with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for hosting the 39th National Games in 2022?
(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Meghalaya
(e) Kerala

Q10. SAARC stands for _________________________.
(a) South Asian Authority for Regional Cooperation
(b) South Asian Association for Re-habitation Cooperation
(c) South Asian Authority for Re-habitation Cooperation
(d) None of the given options is true
(e) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation