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Current Affairs Questions Based on The Hindu
Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Mains so that you can do well in the exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.
Q1. Name the country that has recently signed the Paris Agreement on climate change, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries holing out to sign this global climate pact.
(a) Puerto Rico
(b) Costa Rica
(c) Nicaragua
(d) Bahamas
(e) Panama
Q2. Name the lender with which the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of India has signed an MoU to provide easy access to finance for SMEs and merchant exporters of the council.
(a) Allahabad Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Syndicate Bank
(d) IDBI Bank
(e) Bank of Baroda
Q3. The Reserve Bank of India has recently constituted a 10-member ‘High-Level Task Force on Public Credit Registry (PCR) for India’. The committee will be headed by ______________.
(a) Sachidanand Tiwari
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Kirti Kumar
(d) Khushwant Sahu
(e) Y M Deosthalee
Q4. The Union Cabinet has approved the biggest ever highway project to develop and expand approximately 83,000 km of roads at an investment of Rs 6.9 lakh crore by 2022. The project includes the new _____________ highway program connecting border areas.
(a) Vishwajeet
(b) Bharat Darshan
(c) Saundarya
(d) Bharatmala
(e) None of the given options is true
Q5. What is the amount of budget that the Indian government has recently announced for over 2 years for the recapitalization of public sector banks?
(a) Rs 2.11 lakh crore
(b) Rs 3.24 lakh crore
(c) Rs 4.23 lakh crore
(d) Rs 3.21 lakh crore
(e) Rs 5.14 lakh crore
Q6. The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India signed a $300 million loan to continue a series of fiscal reforms in the State of ____________ to improve the quality of public service delivery.
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) West Bengal
(d) Assam
(e) Goa
Q7. Name the Indian Shooter Pair who had combined to give India their first gold medal of the International Shooting Sports Federation? (ISSF) World Cup Final in New Delhi in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
(a) Apurvi Chandela and Jitu Rai
(b) Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu
(c) Varsha Varman and Devi Singh
(d) Heena Sidhu and Chain Singh
(e) None of the given options is true
Q8. The 30th edition of CORPAT and 3rd Bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy has begun recently. CORPAT Stands for ______________.
(a) Controlled Patrolling
(b) Communicated Patrolling
(c) Coordinated Patrol
(d) Coordinated Protocol
(e) Controlled Patrol
Q9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is all set to make LEI compulsory for companies having aggregate fund-based and non-fund based exposure over Rs 5 crore. What does LEI stand for?
(a) Legal Entity Identifier
(b) Legal Eminent Identity
(c) Legal Eminent Income
(d) Legal Entity Identity
(e) Legal Effective Identity
Q10. Name the state that has emerged as the top state in terms of digital initiatives undertaken, with a maximum score of 100.1 on the performance index.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Chhattisgarh
Q11. Reliance Communication had received the final approval on its merger with _____________ from the Department of Telecommunication (DoT).
(a) Aircel
(b) Sistema
(c) Idea
(d) Steper
(e) ShopClue
Q12. Name the former India men’s national team head coach has joined NBA India as Head of Basketball Operations.
(a) Jim Boeheim
(b) Bobby Knight
(c) Scott Fleming
(d) John Wooden
(e) Bob Huggins
Q13. On which of the following lender the Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2 crore for contravention of regulatory restrictions pertaining to loans and advances?
(a) IDBI Bank
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c) Dena Bank
(d) Dhan Laxmi Bank
(e) IDFC Bank
Q14. Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi has passed away recently. She was from which Gharana?
(a) Benaras Gharana
(b) Gwalior Gharana
(c) Agra Gharana
(d) Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana
(e) Patiala Gharana
Q15. The LEI is a global reference number that uniquely identifies every legal entity that is party to a financial transaction, in any jurisdiction. It is a unique ___________ alphanumeric code that is assigned to a legal entity.
(a) 10 Digit
(b) 22 Digit
(c) 18 Digit
(d) 15 Digit
(e) 20 Digit
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