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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 which has recently banned face veils such as burkhas or niqabs across the country.
(a) France
(b) North Korea
(c) South Korea
(d) Austria
(e) Canada
Q2. With which of the following two countries India has recently opened two immigration check posts along their borders?
(a) Myanmar and Nepal
(b) Myanmar and Bangladesh
(c) Nepal and Bangladesh
(d) Bhutan and Bangladesh
(e) Myanmar and China
Q3. Name the 38-year-old Sikh lawyer who was elected the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major political party in the country.
(a) Gurmeet Singh
(b) Gurkeerat Mann
(c) Jagmeet Singh
(d) Surinder Chaddha
(e) Amit Gaba
Q4. The nation pays homage to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary on 02nd October. This was the ___________ anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
(a) 148th
(b) 150th
(c) 155th
(d) 136th
(e) 125th
Q5. Name the Ghana-based Indian entrepreneur who has bagged the International Business Person of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards in London.
(a) Arjun Kamath
(b) Rajeev Bansal
(c) Kamal Dahiya
(d) Birendra Sasmal
(e) Rupesh Samaddar
Q6. Which of the following country has recently celebrated the 68th National Day on 01st October?
(a) Japan
(b) Vietnam
(c) China
(d) Turkey
(e) Azerbaijan
Q7. The International Day of Non-Violence is celebrated across the world on ____________.
(a) 2 October
(b) 5 October
(c) 15 August
(d) 26 January
(e) 30 January
Q8. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was conferred jointly to the American trio of Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of ______________.
(a) Mechatronic Molecules
(b) Bio-Mechanics
(c) Tissue Building Structure
(d) Molecular Mechanisms
(e) None of the given options is true
Q9. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was recently conferred. It is the ______________ time the prize has been awarded.
(a) 115th
(b) 108th
(c) 110th
(d) 95th
(e) 134th
Q10. As per the recent reshuffle by the President of India, Brigadier (Retd) BD Mishra has been appointed as the Governor of _________________.
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
(e) Uttar Pradesh
Q11. The nation has recently paid homage to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary on 02nd October. He was the _______ Prime Minister of India.
(a) 1st
(b) 3rd
(c) 4th
(d) 5th
(e) 2nd
Q12. Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen is the present President of ______________.
(a) Australia
(b) Austria
(c) Canada
(d) France
(e) Turkey
Q13. What is the ranking of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) as per the latest edition of Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), London?
(a) 10th
(b) 12th
(c) 6th
(d) 9th
(e) 7th
Q14. Who is the present Minister of Steel of India?
(a) Jual Oram
(b) Narendra Singh Tomar
(c) Harsh Vardhan
(d) Chaudhary Birender Singh
(e) Dharmendra Pradhan
Q15. As per the recent reshuffle by the President of India, the former member of Bihar Legislative Council _____________ has been appointed the Governor of Meghalaya.
(a) ESL Narasimhan
(b) Ganga Prasad
(c) BD Mishra
(d) Devendra Kumar Joshi
(e) Ram Naik
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