Current Affairs for SBI PO Mains 2017

Q1. India’s first and longest ropeway to connect Mumbai with the famous Island in the Arabian Sea is planned to be constructed by the Mumbai Port Trust. What is name of that Island?
Answer: Elephanta Island

Q2. The Indian Navy has begun a joint maritime exercise with the French Navy at the Mediterranean Sea to further deepen combat coordination between the two navies. The Joint exercise is named as ____________.
Answer: VARUNA


Q3. The White House has recently named a retired Marine major general ______________ as the new Director of the Secret Service.
Answer: Randolph Ailes


Q4. The World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated globally on __________.
Answer: April 26


Q5. Private sector lender Yes Bank announced the alliance with which e-commerce company under which the bank will offer conditionally approved loans to the latter’s existing customers?
Answer: Paisabazaar.com


Q6. ESAF Small Finance Bank has launched a social deposit scheme called _____________ in Thrissur, Kerala.
Answer: Hrudaya Deposit scheme


Q7. Name the mobile manufacturing company that has recently partnered with Airtel and BSNL to set up 5G internet speed in India to introduce a fast internet ecosystem in the country.
Answer: Nokia


Q8. Carme Chacon, the first female defense minister of which country has passed away recently.
Answer: Spain


Q9. Name the person who has recently become the youngest noble prize winner to address Canadian parliament.
Answer: Malala Yousafzai


Q10. The first rail freight service ‘British goods’ has started recently from the UK to which country?
Answer: China


Q11. Which kick-started its ambitious ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojana’ under which subsidised meals that will be available at Rs 5 per plate to people, especially the economically disadvantaged sections of society?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh


Q12. India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart recently bought eBay’s India business, and closing a $1.4 billion fund-raising round from Tencent, eBay and Microsoft. Name the Chief Executive Officer of Flipkart.
Answer: Kalyan Krishnamurthy


Q13. The 12th edition Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2017 has begun in __________.
Answer: Mizoram


Q14. The Agriculture Ministry joined hands with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to geo-tag agricultural assets for their real-time monitoring and effective utilization. NRSC is a wing of ____________.
Answer: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)


Q15. Saraswat Bank is the largest lender in the co-operative space in India. What is the Motto of Saraswat Bank?
Answer: Service to the common man