Dear Aspirants,
Current Affairs Questions Based on The Hindu
Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With RBI Assistant and IBPS Clerk Mains round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis for IBPS Clerk and RBI Assistant 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 defending Asian champion who has won a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships at Altenberg, Germany.
(a) Gajendra Lihuru
(b) Maninder Bisla
(c) Shiva Keshavan
(d) S K Chowrasia
(e) Siddhartha Kumar
Q2. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has recently attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. The summit was held in _______________.
(a) The Netherlands
(b) Australia
(c) China
(d) Russia
(e) Germany
Q3. The 2018 Youth Olympics will be held in _____________.
(a) Beijing, China
(b) California, USA
(c) New Delhi, India
(d) Moscow, Russia
(e) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Q4. Which among the following country has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization under a category that represents nations?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) South Korea
(e) Pakistan
Q5. The 24-year-old model Jenny Kim has bagged the title of Miss Supranational 2017 at the gala event. She belongs to which country?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Korea
(c) China
(d) Japan
(e) Oman
Q6. Name the word that has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2017.
(a) Fake
(b) Voyage
(c) Facebook
(d) Populism
(e) Illusive
Q7. Name the person who became the first Indian-American to to Hold Press Gaggle.
(a) Gopi Chandra
(b) Ajay Duggal
(c) Pramod Kumar
(d) Mahesh Sehgal
(e) Raj Shah
Q8. Name the present and newly appointed president of Kenya.
(a) Uhuru Kenyatta
(b) Mwai Kibaki
(c) Daniel arap Moi
(d) Jomo Kenyatta
(e) Mobo Juvetta
Q9. Name the Veteran journalist who has been appointed the chairman of the Prasar Bharati board for a second consecutive term till February 8, 2020.
(a) Kamala Rani
(b) Praveen Singh
(c) A Surya Prakash
(d) Jagdish Parahar
(e) Anwar Raj
Q10. Indian archers produced an impressive performance, grabbed 9 medals at the Asian Championships. The championship was held in ______________.
(a) New Delhi, India
(b) Tokyo, Japan
(c) Kathmandu, Nepal
(d) Dhaka, Bangladesh
(e) Islamabad, Pakistan
Q11. Software Giant Infosys has recently announced the appointment of _______________ as its new CEO and Managing Director.
(a) Vishal Sikka
(b) Salil S. Parekh
(c) Nandan Nilekani
(d) Ashok Sinha
(e) Preeti Diggal
Q12. The International Day of Disabled Persons is observed globally on _________________.
(a) 3 December
(b) 5 December
(c) 7 December
(d) 12 December
(e) 14 December
Q13. Nation on 03rd December remembers Rajendra Prasad on his 133rd birthday. He was ____________________.
(a) India’s first Prime Minister
(b) India’s first President
(c) India’s Second President
(d) India’s second Prime Minister
(e) None of the given theme is true
Q14. What is the theme for International Day of Disabled Persons 2017?
(a) Disabled- are differently abled
(b) Development along with all the levels of Society
(c) Grow with differently abled
(d) Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all
(e) None of the given theme is true
Q15. What is the capital of Kenya?
(a) Suva
(b) Jakarta
(c) Maini
(d) Nairobi
(e) Shoga
Q16. The first phase of Chabahar port was recently inaugurated by ___________.
(a) Iranian President
(b) Bangladeshi PM
(c) Bangladeshi President
(d) Indian President
(e) Indonesian President
Q17. The Indian skipper Virat Kohli scaled yet another milestone when he scored his sixth double century, the highest as a captain. He overtook _____________.
(a) Ricky Ponting
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Sir Don Bradman
(d) Vivian Richards
(e) Brian Lara
Q18. Name the bank that has recently launched its RuPay Select and RuPay Platinum credit cards.
(a) Karur Vyasya Bank
(b) Corporation Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) IDFC Bank
Q19. Name the beauty queen who was adjudged First Runner’s Up in Miss Supranational 2017.
(a) Romania’s Bianca Tirsin
(b) Columbia’s Tica Martinez
(c) Albania’s Alessia Coku
(d) Australia’s Alecia MacCallum
(e) Brazil’s Thaina Lima
Q20. Who is the present Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Bank?
(a) Saurabh Taneja
(b) Ashok Mittal
(c) Malweyn Rego
(d) Mahesh Kumar Jain
(e) Jai Kumar Garg
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