Current Affairs for SBI PO 2017

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As we all know SBI PO is here and we are ready with the 80 days plan in which we provide you daily quizzes on new pattern questions with different topics that will help you to go through this exam.

So, here we are with the Current affair question of January. Which will help you in SBI PO mains.

Q1. Prakash Utsav or Prakash Parv has been celebrated across the country on 05th January 2017. Name the city, which is the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru. 

Answer: Patna, Bihar

Q2. Nine-member government panel formed to make recommendations for bringing out a comprehensive National Sports Development Code across all disciplines. This committee headed by…………….?

Answer: Injeti Srinivas

Q3. Mobile commerce and payments company Paytm has got the final permission to open a payments bank by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Payments bank will initially be restricted to holding a maximum balance of how much amount per individual customer?

Answer: Rs 100,000 per individual customer

Q4. The Bank of India (BOI) has reduced its interest rates on retail loans, including home and vehicle loan recently. The bank earlier reduced its minimum lending rates or marginal cost of funds based lending rates (MCLR) by up to 90 basis points. Where is the headquarter of BOI?

Answer: Mumbai

Q5. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza won the 2017 Brisbane International women’s doubles title recently with her partner

Answer: Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Q6. Who has been named as the Coach of the Year at the FIFA Football Awards 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. 

Answer: Claudio Ranieri

Q7. Allaying fears of a slowdown following demonetization, the country’s industrial production grew __________ in November 2016, compared to a contraction of 3.4% in November of the year 2015.

Answer: 5.7%

Q8. Who has been appointed as Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA ) president, recently?

Answer: Ashish Shelar

Q9. In Which city Consulate General of India has announced a launch of the ‘Diplomats Cricket Championship Cup’ in association with the Skyline University College recently?

Answer: Dubai

Q10. Global unemployment is expected to rise by 3.4 million in 2017 despite a likely modest pick-up in economic growth at 3.4% in 2017 and 3.6% in 2018, against a six-year low of 3.1% in 2016, says a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Where is the headquarter of International Labour Organization (ILO)?

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

Q11. Gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva has retired from competition aged just 19, Kudryavtseva won 13 world championships from 2013 to 2015. She is belong to which country?

Answer: Russia

Q12. Which country has successfully sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission using an updated version of the low-cost Kuaizhou-1A rocket, amidst the Communist giant’s determined bid to expand its ambitious space programme?

Answer: China

Q13. Who has been appointed as the new director of West Indies cricket team? 

Answer: Jimmy Adams

Q14. To honour Swami Vivekananda, National Youth Day is celebrated every year on January 12. It is being organised since-

Answer: 1985

Q15. India has announced how much Line of Credit to Kenya for agricultural mechanisation after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta?

Answer: $100 million

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