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. World water day observed globally every year on _________.
(a) 20 March
(b) 24 April
(c) 22 March
(d) 23 April
(e) 24 March
Q2. VTB Bank has recently decided to close its only office in New Delhi, India to cut costs. It is _________ based company.
(a) South Korea
(b) Russia
(c) Nepal
(d) Australia
(e) Japan
Q3. The RBI recently proposed to fix the upper limit for Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPIs) at _______ in view of growing usage of PPIs for a purchase of goods and services
(a) Rs 1.5 Lakh
(b) Rs 1.2 Lakh
(c) Rs 1.4 Lakh
(d) Rs 1 Lakh
(e) None of the given options are true
Q4. Name the Indian Soldier, who was presented the second highest peacetime gallantry award Kirti Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee, recently.
(a) Capt. Gursevak Singh
(b) Maj. Vinay Singh
(c) Lance Naik Amrinder Singh
(d) Maj. Rohit Suri
(e) Capt. Hanuman Bhatti
Q5. Name the person who has been appointed as new whole time member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently by Government of India.
(a) Madhabi Puri Buch
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Kavitha Bhanoth
(d) Shikha Singh
(e) Supriya Mondal
Q6. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman is _______ and its headquarter is in ________.
(a) K Subramanyam, Mumbai
(b) A S Kiran Kumar, Bengaluru
(c) G Madhawan Nair, New Delhi
(d) K Radhakrishnan, Chennai
(e) Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Odisha
Q7. Name the person who has been appointed as the Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a full time basis, recently.
(a) Mr. Sushil Joshi
(b) Mr. Arvind Kushwaha
(c) Mr. Upendra Tripathy
(d) Mr. Anup Kishor
(e) Mr. Naveen Pathak
Q8. NABARD has recently announced a scheme to help ___________ with low-cost technologies for water conservation and efficient use of water in the drought-affected districts.
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the given options are true
Q9. The World Meteorological Day is observed globally on ____________.
(a) 25 March
(b) 21 April
(c) 23 March
(d) 20 February
(e) 22 April
Q10. Indian Government has recently approved 1.17 lakh more affordable houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana was launched in __________.
(a) 2015
(b) 2014
(c) 2010
(d) 2016
(e) None of the given options are true
Q11. Name the country that has topped recently released Human Development Index (HDI) 2015 by United Nations.
(a) Sweden
(b) Austria
(c) Australia
(d) Switzerland
(e) Norway
Q12. What is the ranking of India in Human Development Index 2015 list?
(a) 131
(b) 124
(c) 119
(d) 102
(e) 98
Q13. The theme of World Meteorological Day 2017 is _____________.
(a) Mighty Volcano
(b) Understanding Cloud
(c) Deeper into the Earth
(d) Forgetful World
(e) Counting Meteoroids
Q14. Name the Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Arvind Pangariya
(c) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
(d) Deelip Rawat
(e) Sandeep Jajodiya
Q15. What is the theme for World Water Day 2017?
(a) Water and Sustainable Development
(b) Water and Jobs
(c) Nature-based Solutions for Water
(d) Wastewater
(e) None of the given themes are correct
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