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Current Affairs for SBI PO 2017

January current affairs
Just a few days are left for SBI PO and NIACL Assistant Examination. It is time to pace up your preparation for SBI PO Prelims and NIACL Assistant Prelims 2017. These current affair questions will also help you in preparing for BOB PO and NICL AO 2017 recruitment examination.

So here we are with the current affair revision of March for SBI PO 2017.



Q1. Indian international cricketer Virat Kohli was named as the ‘Captain of the Year‘ at the 10th annual ‘ESPNcricinfo Awards’. Name the player, who won the ‘Debutant of the Year Award’. 
Answer: Mehedi Hasan Miraj

Q2. P. Shiv Shankar passed away recently after a prolonged illness. He was famous ______________.
Answer: Politician


Q3. Senior IAS officer Sumit Mullick was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. Mr. Mullick has succeeded __________.
Answer: Swadheen Kshatriya


Q4. In which Indian States/UTs, India’s first heliport has been inaugurated recently?
Answer: New Delhi


Q5. Jitu Rai won the gold medal in men’s event of the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation ) World Cup 2017, with a world record score of 230.1. In which category he won this medal?
Answer: 50 meter free pistol


Q6. The World Bank has recently announced an assistance programme of over $1 billion in the areas of urban transport and climate resilient agriculture to which Indian state?
Answer: Maharashtra


Q7. Reliance General Insurance (RGI), a part of Reliance Capital, had recently entered into a bancassurance tie-up with which Bank to offer its general insurance products to Bank’s customers?
Answer: Catholic Syrian Bank


Q8. Name the person who has been named as India’s next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from June 2017, recently.
Answer: J S Deepak


Q9. In which Indian State International Yoga Festival was held, recently?
Answer: Uttarakhand


Q10. India’s Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) has successfully tested an interceptor missile conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), recently. The missile was launched from ____________.
Answer: Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha


Q11. Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over three of its products namely Weapon Locating Radar (WLR), NBC Recce vehicle and NBC Drugs for induction into the Indian Army in a formal function. What is the name of Weapon Locating Radar (WLR)?
Answer: SWATHI


Q12. Name the person, who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of state-run telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), recently.
Answer: P K Purwar


Q13. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently signed a technology transfer agreement with which Indian Companies for manufacturing High Nitrogen Steel (HNS). 
Answer: Jindal Stainless Ltd.


Q14. The Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar has recently launched ‘Swachh Shakti Saptah’ to raise awareness on sanitation and cleanliness. ‘Swachh Shakti Saptah’ was launched in ________________.
Answer: Gurugram, Haryana


Q15. Government’s biotech innovation BIRAC Regional Entrepreneurship Centre was set up in Bengaluru, recently. What does ‘A’ stands for in BIRAC?
Answer: Assistance

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