Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Exams 2017

It is time to pace up your preparation for IBPS exams. These current affair questions will also help you in preparing for IBPS PO, IBPS RRB PO and Clerk recruitment examination.

Q1. Name the Indian-origin actor who will be felicitated with the Asia Society 2017 Asia Game Changers Award in New York.

Answer: Dev Patel

Q2. The Legislative Assembly of which state has recently passed a bill which reclassifies coconut as a `tree’, ensuring legal protection for it?

Answer: Goa

Q3. Name the Bollywood Celebrity who has been signed in as a brand ambassador by a health and wellness startup Cure.fit in a deal worth Rs 100 crore.

Answer: Hritik Roshan

Q4. The Nagasaki Day is observed across the world on _____________.

Answer: 9 August

Q5. Name the e-commerce company that has launched ‘Budding Star Program’, an exclusive program aimed at its employees to help them achieve their dreams by providing them financial assistance and paid leave.

Answer: Flipkart

Q6. Online entertainment platform Netflix has recently acquired Millarworld. Millarworld is a ________________.

Answer: Comic Book Company

Q7. India has recently ratified the 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and became the 80th country to do so. Kyoto Protocol is related to ______________.

Answer: Climate

Q8. Name the Bollywood actor who was famous for his role in Peepli Live who passed away recently.

Answer: Sitaram Panchal

Q9. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has recently attended the 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting. The meeting was held in _______________.

Answer: Kathmandu

Q10. According to the survey, almost all rural households in Kerala and Haryana had access to a toilet. The survey was released by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and was carried out by the Quality Council of India (QCI). Who is the Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation?

Answer: Narendra Singh Tomar

Q11. Which state has recently become the first state to implement coal utilization between Power Units? 

Answer: Gujarat

Q12. Oxford University Press (OUP) has recently launched online dictionaries in which language/languages as part of its special focus on Indian languages?

Answer: Tamil and Gujarati

Q13. Telangana Chief Minister has recently initiated a Rs. 2,000-crore project to modernize the Sriram Sagar project. This project is built on which River?

Answer: Godavari River

Q14. Flipkart has recently announced an investment, the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund from SoftBank Vision Fund. Who is the present CEO of Flipkart?

Answer: Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Q15. The country’s largest commodity exchange, MCX Ltd has received capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) approval to launch options trading in gold. What does ‘C’ stand for in MCX? 

Answer: Commodity

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