Dear Aspirants,
Current Affairs Quiz Based on The Hindu: 13th Dec
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 country which is building the world’s biggest floating solar power plant.
(a) Canada
(b) Russia
(c) India
(d) China
(e) USA
Q2. The Indian National Congress announced that Rahul Gandhi has been elected as its new President. He is the ____________ President of Congress since Independence.
(a) 18th
(b) 16th
(c) 14th
(d) 12th
(e) 10th
Q3. The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has conferred ‘Yeraringan’ Award to ______________, in Chennai.
(a) Prof. Kamal Sarthak
(b) Prof. Aniket Bhattacharya
(c) Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
(d) Prof. Swanand Kirmani
(e) Prof. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri
Q4. As per the latest UN Report, Indian economy is likely to grow by __________ in 2018.
(a) 7.6 percent
(b) 7.5 percent
(c) 7.4 percent
(d) 7.3 percent
(e) 7.2 percent
Q5. Name the country that will have its first public cinemas in more than 35 years after the government announced the lifting of the ban on movie theaters.
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) UAE
(c) Azerbaijan
(d) Afghanistan
(e) Pakistan
Q6. Electronics and Information Technology Ministry has launched first NIC-CERT, a setup of National Informatics Centre to prevent and predict cyber attacks on government utilities. Who is the present Electronics and Information Technology Minister of India?
(a) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(c) D. V. Sadananda Gowda
(d) Uma Bharati
(e) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Q7. Name the Mountain which is Britain’s new highest mountain in Atlantic Territory after new satellite data revealed the peak was almost 400 metres taller than previously thought.
(a) Mount Jackson
(b) Mount Ben Nevis
(c) Mount Hope
(d) Mount Snowdon
(e) Mount Scafell Pike
Q8. Pistol aces Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu bagged a bronze each to continue India’s medal charge at the Asian Championship 10m Rifle/Pistol in Japan. This is the ________ edition of the championship.
(a) 6th
(b) 7th
(c) 9th
(d) 10th
(e) 12th
Q9. The government has recently fixed _____________ as the price of new series of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs).
(a) Rs 2,890 per gram
(b) Rs 2,900 per gram
(c) Rs 3,230 per gram
(d) Rs 3,340 per gram
(e) Rs 3,450 per gram
Q10. The Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley holds his 5th Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with the leading Economists in ____________.
(a) Guwahati
(b) New Delhi
(c) Pune
(d) Kolkata
(e) Lucknow
Q11. Name the young Indian shooter who has recently qualified for the Youth Olympics Games with a gold medal and a junior world record in 10m air pistol at the ongoing Asia Youth Olympics Games qualification tournament.
(a) Surendra Singh
(b) Shapath Bharadwaj
(c) Saurabh Chaudhary
(d) Anitya Gaurav
(e) Arjuna Rana
Q12. Name the country that will host the 2023 World Cup.
(a) England
(b) South Africa
(c) Australia
(d) India
(e) West Indies
Q13. Australia has recently beaten ____________ in the final of the Hockey World League Final (HWLF) to win gold in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
(a) India
(b) England
(c) Spain
(d) Austria
(e) Argentina
Q14. Nakul Chopra has been recently elected as the next Chairman of BARC India. BARC stands for ________________________.
(a) Broadcast Audience Research Council
(b) Bifurcated Audience Research Council
(c) Broadcast Audience Reconstruction Council
(d) Bifurcated Audience Reconstruction Council
(e) Business Audience Research Council
Q15. Buenos Aires is the capital city of _____________.
(a) Uruguay
(b) Bolivia
(c) Argentina
(d) Paraguay
(e) Prague