Dear Readers,
Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With SBI PO Prelims round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on daily basis so that you can do well in Mains exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.
Q1. A famous automaker company Ford Foundation has recently appointed Pradeep Nair as regional director for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Ford Foundation is ______________ based company.
(a) Japan
(b) Australian
(c) Hungary
(d) American
(e) France
Q2. Name the state that has recently launched mobile app and website titled ‘My Talent’ to help skilled and semi-skilled workers find jobs.
(a) Punjab
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Bihar
(e) Tamil Nadu
Q3. Name the company that has recently created the world’s smallest magnet using a single atom which can store one bit of data on it.
(a) Infosys
(b) TCS
(c) IBM
(d) WIPRO
(e) Microsoft
Q4. Name the person who has inaugurated the two-day 12th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership held recently in New Delhi.
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Pranab Mukherjee
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Sushma Swaraj
(e) Arwind Kejriwal
Q5. As per recent notification of RBI, Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) cannot lend more than __________ in cash against gold, earlier limit was Rs1 lakh.
(a) Rs 25,000
(b) Rs 35,000
(c) Rs 45,000
(d) Rs 50,000
(e) Rs 60,000
Q6. India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kg, recently. India had bought BrahMos missile from _________.
(a) USA
(b) France
(c) China
(d) Russia
(e) Germany
Q7. Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin was crowned Miss International Queen 2016 recently at a contest billed as the world’s largest and most popular transgender pageant. She is from which country?
(a) China
(b) Thailand
(c) Japan
(d) South Korea
(e) Indonesia
Q8. On the occasion of 127th Foundation Day of National Archives of India (NAI), an exhibition entitled “Revolutionary Patriots” was inaugurated by Shri N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture. It included patriots from ________ to 1947.
(a) 1900
(b) 1857
(c) 1905
(d) 1888
(e) 1910
Q9. B P Kanungo was recently appointed as the Deputy Governor in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for three years. He has been appointed in place of __________.
(a) R Gandhi
(b) V Acharya
(c) S S Mundra
(d) Harun R Khan
(e) Urjit R Patel
Q10. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar was appointed Goa chief minister, recently. Who is the governor of Goa?
(a) Ashish Malhotra
(b) Antony D’costa
(c) Matthew D’suza
(d) Vimal Acharya
(e) Mridula Sinha
Q11. Name the person who has been appointed as the chairman of Europe’s biggest bank named HSBC Holdings Plc.
(a) Johnny Banzo
(b) Mark Tucker
(c) Sushan Mark
(d) Anni Tesla
(e) James Nicholas
Q12. Airtel Payments Bank, offered by telecom major Bharti Airtel has recently announced that over one lakh savings accounts were opened in 100 villages in which of the following state?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Gujarat
Q13. Norway has become first country to cease FM Radio broadcasting. The capital of Norway is __________.
(a) Bergen
(b) Trondheim
(c) Stavanger
(d) Oslo
(e) Kristiansand
Q14. The minimum pension of central government employees has been increased to ________ per person per month.
(a) Rs 5,000
(b) Rs 7,000
(c) Rs 9,000
(d) Rs 10,000
(e) Rs 12,000
Q15. Name the country that is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years which will begin with the assistance of over 200,000 troops.
(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Oman
(c) Iran
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Pakistan
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