Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO: 25th Feb 2017 |

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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. Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has synchronized its 15 MW solar plant in which of the following Indian States, recently?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Jharkhand

Q2. The ninth BRICS Summit will be held in China’s Xiamen city from September 3 to 5, 2017. What is the theme of BRICS Summit 2017?

(a) Together for sustainable development

(b) Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future

(d) Together leading the future

(e) None of the above themes are true

Q3. The Centre and the state of Sikkim has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) for operational improvement of the state’s power distribution department, recently. Which of the following Indian State has joined UDAY Scheme for the first time?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Telangana

(d) Bihar

(e) Assam

Q4. Which of the following state government has recently launched the country’s first sex offender’s registry which will contain all identification details of sex offenders and would be kept in public domain?

(a) Haryana

(b) Punjab

(d) Kerala

(e) Assam

Q5. India signed an agreement with Japan on enhancing railway safety in the Indian Railways with focus on railway track and rolling stock safety, recently. What is the name of the central bank of Japan?

(a) People’s bank of Japan

(b) The Japanese Bank

(d) Reserve bank of Japan

(e) Central bank of Japan

Q6. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) celebrated 74th Central Excise Day in New Delhi, recently. Central Excise Day is observed on ________.

(a) 16th February

(b) 18th February

(d) 22nd February

(e) 24th February

Q7. Global payments network VISA has signed anMoU with which Indian state to help in transforming its one of the city into India’s first ‘less-cash’ city, recently?

(a) Assam

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand

(e) Bihar

Q8. Nobel-Winning person Kenneth J. Arrow died at the age of 95 years recently. He won Nobel Prize in the field of ___________ in year _____, respectively.

(a) Economics, 1972

(b) Mathematics, 1983

(d) Physics, 1968

(e) Peace, 1963

Q9. Name the country that became Germany’s most important trading partner in 2016 recently, overtaking The United States of America.

(a) Russia

(b) France

(d) China

(e) India

Q10. Rs 17,000 crore mega deal has been cleared by the government of India with Israel for developing which type of missiles system for Indian Army?

(a) Short-range Air-to-surface missile

(b) Air-launched ballistic missile

(d) Long range Surface-to-surface missile

(e) Medium range Air to surface missile