Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk and Canara Bank PO: 15th December 2018

Dear Aspirants,

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Most of the questions in GA appear from Current Affairs section. So it becomes important for you all to cover this particular section with sincerity and seriousness. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Knowledge of current news also helps you deal with the PI (Personal Interview) more efficiently so you do not give a mumble jumble answer to the interviewee’s simple questions. Here is a quiz on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge.

Q1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India signed a $60 Million Loan Agreement in New Delhi to continue financing riverbank protection works, renovation of flood embankments in critically flood-prone areas in _______________.

Q2. National energy conservation day is celebrated every year across India on _______________.

Q3. Name the International body that has announced that global debt has reached an all-time high of 184 trillion US dollars with the United States, China and Japan accounting for more than half of it.

Q4. The government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by _____________ to vet the recommendations of a high-level panel on stressed power projects.

Q5. Yes Bank Ltd has named one of its Independent Directors ____________ as the bank’s part-time non-executive independent chairman.

Q6. In which of the following country, the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has been started?

Q7. As per the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) report, FDI inflows to South and South-West Asia decreased by __________ in 2017.

Q8. Eight parliamentarians were honoured recently by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu for their contribution in strengthening parliamentary democracy. The Best debut woman parliamentarian (Lok Sabha) award was given to ___________.

Q9. The 39th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit was held recently in which of the following Gulf cities?

Q10. Name the Producer-director who has been appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

Q11. India and Saudi Arabia have recently signed the bilateral annual Haj 2019 agreement at Jeddah. Who is the present Union Minister for Minority Affairs of India?

Q12. The 18th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) was held recently in ________.

Q13. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, announced setting up of a National Medical Devices Promotion Council under which of the following Department/Ministry?

Q14. Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has partnered with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the USA, to become a member of ____________.

Q15. As per the recent announcement, who among the following will be the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

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