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

Q1. Who has taken charge as the member of the ICC’s powerful Finance and Commercial Affairs committee?

(a) Shashank Manohar

(b) N Srinivasan

(d) Manoj Prabhakar

(e) Anurag Thakur

Q2. Prime Minster Narendra Modi has inaugurated three hydropower projects of 1,752 MW capacity in………….?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has present the national MSME awards to 225 industrialists at ________ in ________.

(a) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Panipat, Haryana

(d) Patna, Bihar

(e) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Q4. The World Bank has pledged to provide how much US Dollar aid to Bangladesh over the next three years to fight child malnutrition?

(a) 05 billion USD

(b) 01 billion USD

(d) 15 billion USD

(e) 20 billion USD

Q5. Name the Indian shuttler, who has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission.

(a) Saina Nehwal

(b) PV Sindhu

(d) Ashwini Ponnappa

(e) MC Mary Kom

Q6. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to organise the first ever ICC Women’s World T20 event in-

(a) 2017

(b) 2018

(d) 2020

(e) 2021

Q7. The Indian pharmaceutical major Cipla has signed a memorandum of agreement for the first biosimilars manufacturing facility to be set up at a cost of nearly USD 91 mn in which among the following countries?

(a) Brazil

(b) South Africa

(d) Kenya

(e) Sri Lanka

Q8. Which of the following automakers in India launched ‘Circuit’ Series first electric bus made in India recently?

(a) Tata Motors

(b) Mahindra & Mahindra

(d) Eicher Motors

(e) Ashok Leyland

Q9. The BRICS grouping recently agreed to set up which of the following in its efforts to challenge western hegemony?

(a) A Military Alliance

(b) BRICS Bank

(d) BRICS Free Trade Area

(e) None of the above

Q10. Who has been appointed India’s new Ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE)?

(a) Navdeep Singh

(b) Amandeep Singh Gill

(d) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

(e) Renu Pall

Q11. The Government of India has formally granted a license to which company to set up 3,500 petrol pumps in India?

(a) British Petroleum

(b) Gazprom Neft

(d) BHP Billiton Petroleum

(e) None of the above

Q12. Who has been appointed as Member Secretary of Law Commission of India recently?

(a) BS Chauhan

(b) Sanjay Singh

(d) Vinod Pradhan

(e) None of the above

Q13. Name the bollywood actress, who has been honoured with ET Panache’s Trendsetter Awards 2016?

(a) Priyanka Chopra

(b) Kareena Kapoor

(d) Aishwarya Rai

(e) Sonakshi Sinha

Q14. Which among the following countries has opened up the first sanctuary in Latin America for elephants previously in captivity, an idyllic retreat that could eventually house as many as 50 of the giant animals?

(a) Australia

(b) France

(d) Brazil

(e) Germany

Q15. Telecom gear maker____________ has bagged a multi-million-dollar 4G network technology deal from Bharti Airtel to deploy services in nine circles.

(a) Apple

(b) Sony

(d) Samsung

(e) Nokia