Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO: 6th March 2017 |

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. The American multinational corporation Cognizant has recently pocketed a deal to acquire a digital firm Brilliant Service Company for an undisclosed amount. Brilliant Service Company is __________ based company.

(a) America

(b) Japan

(d) South Korea

(e) Austria

Q2. Name the large-scale annual military drill started between the United States of America and South Korean troops, recently.

(a) Felino Exercise

(b) SIMBEX

(d) Foal Eagle

(e) Iron Fist Exercise

Q3. Syed Shahabuddin died recently at the age of 82 after suffering from prolonged illness. He was famous _______.

(a) IRS

(b) IFS

(d) Both (b) and (c)

(e) Only (b)

Q4. Name the famous IT giant company that has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telangana government aimed at supporting the digitization efforts of the state.

(a) Google India

(b) Microsoft

(d) TCS

(e) Infosys

Q5. Shahpur Kandi Dam project is located in which of the following Indian state?

(a) Kashmir

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand

(e) West Bengal

Q6. Name the country, in which the 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit, 2017 was held recently.

(a) Egypt

(b) Syria

(d) India

(e) Pakistan

Q7. Defence Minister presented the Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and Citation for the best Service Hospital in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2016 to INHS Asvini, recently. The hospital is located in __________.

(a) New Delhi

(b) Mumbai

(d) Kolkata

(e) Mysore

Q8. Who has been appointed as the secretary general of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), recently?

(a) Iftikar Hussain

(b) T Lom Zaidi

(d) Amjad Hussain B Sial

(e) Hazi Aklakh

Q9. In its effort to make Namami Gange program a mass movement with the involvement of more and more voluntary organizations, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) have signed an MoU with ________, in New Delhi.

(a) Rotary India

(b) The Wikimedia Foundation

(d) Heifer International

(e) ClGanga India

Q10. With an aim to free India from cataract by 2022, the government has recently approved a fund of _______ to treat over 700 lakh such patients in the next five years.

(a) Rs 923 crore

(b) Rs 865 crore

(d) Rs 623 crore

(e) Rs 685 crore

Q11. In ‘Swachh Shakti Saptah’ Gurugram, Haryana, held recently, approximately how many districts have been declared ODF (Open Defecation Free).

(a) 45

(b) 50

(d) 100

(e) 125

Q12. Which one of the following Regulatory body have proposed up to 50 percent increase in insurance premium for cars, motorcycles as well as commercial vehicles from April 1.

(a) SEBI

(b) IRDAI

(d) SIDBI

(e) RBI

Q13. The GST Council recently approved the draft CGST and IGST Bills. The letter ‘C’ in the term CGST stands for ‘Central’ while letter ‘I’ in the term ‘IGST’ stands for __________.

(a) Investment

(b) Income

(d) Integrated

(e) Investigated

Q14. The Union Finance Ministry has agreed in-principle to allow public sector banks to offer ESOPs to their employees from 2017-18. The term ESOPs stands for _____________.

(a) Employee Stock Option Plans

(b) Employee Share Option Plans

(d) Employee Savings Option Plans

(e) Employee Summed Option Plans

Q15. Which country has won the ‘Most Popular Tourism Destination Award’, recently?

(a) Switzerland

(b) Japan

(d) India

(e) France