Current Affairs Based on "The Hindu" for BOB/IBPS Exams |

Q1. Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas supplied fuel tankers to ___________ via Bangladesh.

(a) Assam

(b) West Bengal

(d) Manipur

(e) Tripura

Q2. Government has issued fresh flexi-fund guidelines that will give more freedom to states in spending money under the CSS to meet local developmental requirements. CSS stands for?

(a) Centrally Sponsored Service

(b) Centrally Sponsored System

(d) Centrally Sponsored Schemes

(e) Clean Sponsored Schemes

Q3. Which among the following team has won the Durand Cup Football Title?

(a) Mohun Bagan

(b) Neroca FC

(d) Andhra Pradesh Police

(e) None of the above

Q4. Which country’s surgeons have successfully performed the world’s first robotic operation inside the eye, potentially revolutionising the way such conditions are treated. The procedure was carried out at John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford.

(a) Canada

(b) UK

(d) Germany

(e) France

Q5. Renowned Yog Guru and founder of Patanjali group Baba Ramdev has laid the foundation stone of his dream project Patanjali Mega Food and Herbal Park in Mihan area which is located at outskirts of ……………?

(a) Nagpur, Maharashtra

(b) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(e) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Q6. Who won his/her first US Open title and the 2nd Grand Slam trophy of her breakthrough season?

(a) K Pliskova

(b) S Halep

(d) Maria Sharapova

(e) Angelique Kerber

Q7. Which among the following states has bagged 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016 at the National Level gathering of important stake-holders in agriculture development at the Agriculture Leadership Summit in New Delhi?

(a) Haryana

(b) Kerala

(d) Odisha

(e) Punjab

Q8. Swimmer _________ from USA has been banned for 10-month following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Rio Olympics.

(a) Jazz Carlin

(b) Michael Phelps

(d) Katie Ledecky

(e) None of the above

Q9. Which cricketer has launched his autobiography ‘Six Machine, which contains extensive details about his life and career.

(a) Shahid Afridi

(b) Chris Gayle

(d) Virender Sehwag

(e) MS Dhoni

Q10. Which among the following countries has won its first-ever Paralympic gold medal after para weightlifter Le Van Cong lifted 183 kgs, to set a new world record at the event?

(a) Vietnam

(b) Laos

(d) South Sudan

(e) Yemen

Q11. Who has won the US Open men’s singles titles?

(a) Andy Murray

(b) Stanislas Wawrinka

(d) Roger Federer

(e) Novak Djokovic

Q12. Which among the following states government has notified the guidelines for transparent auction and scientific mining and hiked the penalty for offences under the mining act recently?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Assam

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Rajasthan

Q13. Which company has launched a special edition of its flagship scooter Access 125 priced up to Rs. 58,900 (ex-showroom Delhi) recently?

(a) Mahindra and Mahindra

(b) Tata Motors

(d) Toyota Motor Corporation

(e) None of the above

Q14. Himachal Pradesh government signed a preliminary Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with _________ government for developing a smart integrated township in Jathiadevi near Shimla airport.

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Malaysia

(d) Singapore

(e) Japan

Q15. Who is the present Prime Minister of Singapore?

(a) Truong Tan Sang

(b) Joko Widodo

(d) Haji Abdul Razak

(e) Lee Hsien Loong