Current Affairs Questions for RBI Grade-B Phase-1 Exam: 14th June 2017

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Q1. Name the legendary poet and essayist who was recently conferred with the covetous Kalinga Literary Award for his work and contribution to literature at the fourth edition of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF).

(a) Jagmohan Das

(b) Ravi Kumar Karkat

(c) Sarala Das

(d) Haraprasad Das

(e) Upendra Bhanja

Q2. India’s Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to clinch the gold medal in mixed team __________ event of the ISSF World Cup.

(a) 20m Air Pistol

(b) 10m Air Pistol

(c) 20m Air Rifle

(d) 30m Air Rifle

(e) None of the given options is true

Q3. ISSF World Cup is running currently in which of the following country?

(a) Indonesia

(b) China

(c) Azerbaijan

(d) India

(e) Russia

Q4. Which of the following country has recently launched world’s largest floating solar farm?

(a) China

(b) USA

(c) Japan

(d) India

(e) Oman

Q5. Name the 12-year-old girl from Odisha who has created history by becoming the youngest girl to bag the “Little Miss Universe Internet 2017” in Georgia.

(a) Sunanda Lamba

(b) Sakshi Tomer

(c) Anita Somer

(d) Padmalaya Nanda

(e) Kavitha Sandhya

Q6. Name the F1 Racer who won the Canadian Grand Prix for the sixth time.

(a) Sebastian Vettel

(b) Lewis Hamilton

(c) Nico Rosberg

(d) Kimi Raikkonne

(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. Rafael Nadal has recently won his 10th French Open title in Paris, France. What is his latest ATP world ranking?

(a) Fifth

(b) Third

(c) Second

(d) Fourth

(e) First

Q8. The Forbes list of world’s highest-paid celebs is out. Name the person who has topped the list.

(a) Christiano Ronaldo

(b) Sean Combs

(c) Justin Beiber

(d) Virat Kohli

(e) J.K. Rowling

Q9. The World’s smallest and cheapest private jet was launched in the USA recently. What is the name of this Jet?

(a) Xpress Jet

(b) Vision Jet

(c) Chellest Jet

(d) High Jet

(e) Speedy Jet

Q10. The Reserve Bank of India has recently launched New Rs 500 note with inset letter _______.

(a) B

(b) C

(c) E

(d) A

(e) O

Q11. Which of the following Indian Celebrity/Celebrities have made entry to the recently released Forbes World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities List 2017?

1. Shahrukh Khan

2. Amitabh Bachchan

3. Akshay Kumar

4. Salman Khan

(a) Only 1

(b) Both 1 and 2

(c) Only 1 and 3

(d) Only 1, 3, and 4

(e) Only 1, 2, and 3

Q12. Legendary Telugu poet and writer C Narayana Reddy passed away. He was 85. He was honored with Padma Bhushan in which year by the Government of India?

(a) 1988

(b) 1983

(c) 1992

(d) 1994

(e) 1996

Q13. A model of water conservation adopted successfully by the authorities in Nalanda district of Bihar, has been selected for the national award for excellence in __________________.

(a) Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee program (MGNREGP)

(b) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

(c) Indira Aawas Yojna (IAY)

(d) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

(e) Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

Q14. Axis Bank was recently in News. Who is the current CEO of the Bank?

(a) Shikha Sharma

(b) Chanda Kocchar

(c) Rajive Kumar

(d) Sunil Suyal

(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. The RBI has recently issued the new note of Rs500. What is the Dimension of Rs 500 Note?

(a) 63mm x 150mm

(b) 66mm x 166mm

(c) 66mm x 150mm

(d) 61mm x 150mm

(e) 66mm x 160mm

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