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Current Affairs Questions for Bank of Baroda PO: 15th April 2017

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Q1. Name the port that has recently topped the list in the First-Ever Ranking of Ports on Sanitation Parameters in the exercise that was undertaken during the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’.

(a) Bunbury Port
(b) Fremantle Port
(c) Chittagong Port
(d) Haldia Port
(e) Mundra Port

Q2. Jharkhand Police has initiated __________ program, recently to enlighten children in Naxal-affected areas in the Palamau district of Jharkhand.
(a) Tuta Ek Tara
(b) Muskurahatey
(c) Tare Zameen Par
(d) Naadan Parindey
(e) None of the given options is true

Q3. Name the Public lender, which has joined hands with Department of Posts to promote Point of Sale (POS) machines for cashless transactions at post office counters.
(a) PNB
(b) UBI
(c) BOB
(d) SBI
(e) BOI

Q4. Name the Finance Bank that has recently launched a social deposit scheme called ‘Hrudaya Deposit scheme’ in Thrissur, Kerala.
(a) Karur Vysya Bank
(b) Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited
(c) ESAF Small Finance Bank
(d) Utkarsh Micro Finance Private Ltd
(e) Equitas Holdings P Limited

Q5. Name the State, which has been selected by the Union Ministry of Agriculture for the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for the commendable increase in food grains production, recently.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand
(e) Himachal Pradesh

Q6. Name the Country, which has signed an agreement recently with India for collaboration in the modification of Indian Railways for high-speed and semi-high speed rail.
(a) U.S.A
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) France
(e) Africa

Q7.  The ‘Adarana scheme’ was launched recently for the uplift and all-round development of people belonging to the Backward Classes in which of the following Indian states?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Uttar Prsdesh
(e) Haryana

Q8. Name the state which has recently launched a campaign named ‘Operation Durga’ to ensure safety towards women.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Haryana
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Jharkhand 

Q9. A book on Draupadi named ‘the Flaming Tresses of Draupadi’ was released recently by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Who is the author of this book?
(a) Yashwant Sinha
(b) L K Advani
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) M Veerappa Moily
(e) Murli Manohar Joshi

Q10. US-based tech giant Cisco launched its fifth global cyber range lab in __________ with an aim to train Indian firms and government agencies on real-world cyber-attacks.
(a) Gurugram
(b) Noida
(c) New Delhi
(d) Bengaluru
(e) Thrissur

Q11. Income tax department’s Central Processing Centre (CPC) in which of the following Indian cities has recently got a new unique pin code for taxpayers benefit.
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Vizag
(d) Chennai
(e) Kolkata

Q12. Name the person who recently took charge as Whole Time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi.
(a) Geetha Johri
(b) Bimla Kumari
(c) Mukulita Vijayawargiya
(d) Sangeetha Kriplani
(e) Leela Bansal

Q13. The World Bank has approved a loan of ___________ to India’s first inland water transport fairway National Waterway 1 (NW1) project on a 1,360 km stretch of the Ganga river.
(a) $750 Million
(b) $650 Million
(c) $500 Million
(d) $375 Million
(e) $400 Million

Q14. The Bank Boards Bureau (BBB) has recently evolved a GRAF for public sector banks to ensure that they have the ability to compete successfully with private sector banks, small finance and payments banks. What does ‘F’ stands for in GRAF?
(a) Finances
(b) Fiscal
(c) Fund
(d) Foreign
(e) Framework

Q15. Name the regulatory Body of India that has recently launched a web portal for insurers that will allow them to register and sell policies online.
(a) IRDAI
(b) SEBI
(c) RBI
(d) EPFO
(e) SIDBI


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