Current Affairs Questions (based on The Hindu) for IDBI PO 2017

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Q1. Who among the following won the men’s singles title at the 2017 Australian Open?

(a) Rafael Nadal

(b) Stan Wawrinka

(c) Roger Federer

(d) Andy Murray

(e) Novak Djokovic

Q2. Name the City, in which India’s first sports museum has opened to the public?

(a) Nagpur

(b) Jaipur

(c) Chennai

(d) New Delhi

(e) Kolkata

Q3. Who has been appointed as the Karnataka Lokayukta, recently?

(a) P Vishwanath Shetty

(b) Vajubhai R Vala

(c) Keshri Nath Bhagat

(d) Shailesh Tripathi

(e) None of the given options is true

Q4. Switzerland’s Roger Federer has become the second player in tennis history after ____________ to crossing $100 million (over Rs680 crore) in tournament earnings after winning the Australian Open.

(a) Serena Williams

(b) Rafael Nadal

(c) Stan Wawrinka

(d) Novak Djokovic

(e) Andy Murray

Q5. Who has appointed as interim MD and CEO of the India Post Payment Bank (IPPB), recently? 

(a) Uttam Dhillon

(b) AP Singh

(c) Dr Vijay Bhatkar

(d) N Chandrasekaran

(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. India Post has become the third entity to receive a final license to start payments bank in India. The other two are-

(a) Paytm and Bharti Airtel

(b) Bharti Airtel and Vodafone M-Pesa

(c) Vodafone M-Pesa and Paytm

(d) RIL and Aditya Birla Nuvo

(e) Aditya Birla Nuvo and Fino Paytech

Q7. The nation pays homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 69th death anniversary on 30th January 2017. He was assassinated on-

(a) 30th January 1947

(b) 30th January 1948

(c) 30th January 1949

(d) 30th January 1950

(e) 30th January 1946

Q8. Which among the following states has signed an MoU with Gokaldas Experts for setting up four apparel manufacturing units?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) West Bengal

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

(e) Assam

Q9. Iris Mittenaere has crowned Miss Universe 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Iris Mittenaere belong to which country?

(a) Germany

(b) Australia

(c) USA

(d) France

(e) Canada

Q10. Who has won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold after beating Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska in the final? 

(a) Saina Nehwal

(b) Ashwini Ponnappa

(c) Jwala Gutta

(d) Aparna Popat

(e) P V Sindhu

Q11. The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Jairam Gadkari has inaugurated a 3-lane Brahmaputra Bridge at Saraighat in…………..

(a) New Delhi

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Kolkata

(d) Guwahati

(e) None of the given options is true

Q12. Who has been appointed as the BCCI Chief by Supreme Court, recently?

(a) Vinod Rai

(b) Anurag Thakur

(c) Saurav Ganguly

(d) NV Natarajan

(e) None of the given options is true

Q13. Name the person, who starred in The Elephant Man and Harry Potter has passed away at his residence in Norfolk, London?

(a) H S Mahadeva Prasad

(b) Eugene Cernan

(c) Mary Tyler Moore

(d) Alexander Kadakin

(e) Sir John Hurt

Q14. Who has won the Kolkata Marathon as amateur runners from north Bengal and Northeast India dominated the first edition?

(a) Sushant Ray

(b) Biswanath Pal

(c) Abul Hossain

(d) Paritosh Roy

(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. Future Generali India Insurance Company Ltd (FGIL) has entered into a corporate agency tie-up for its products with which bank?

(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(b) Bank of Maharashtra

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Punjab National Bank

(e) ICICI Bank