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. Name the mobile maker company that has become the first brand ever to sponsor front jerseys of two IPL teams in the same edition and will have its logo feature on the front jersey of both the teams.
(a) Oppo
(b) Vivo
(c) Lava
(d) Gionee
(e) Xiomi
Q2. The famous Berhampur ThakuraniYatra festival has begun recently (April 2017) in which of the following Indian states?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Odisha
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
(e) Gujarat
Q3. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas officially launched the low emission Bharat stage (BS)-IV Grade fuel in Odisha, recently. The foundation Day of Odisha is commonly known as __________
(a) Nisakal Diwas
(b) Adhar Diwas
(c) Utkal Diwas
(d) Parvan Diwas
(e) Gotham Diwas
Q4. Prime Minister NarendraModi has recently announced to lay the foundation stone of a multi-modal terminal on River Ganga at Sahebganj in which of the following State?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Bihar
(e) Haryana
Q5. The Manila-headquartered Asian Development Bank (ADB) lends a $175 million loan to the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. Name the President of ADB.
(a) Takehiko Nakao
(b) San Ki Baan
(c) Adams Peter Yon
(d) Hikanzo Abe
(e) Chigobara Hayat
Q6. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has recently appointed ___________ as its chairman for 2017-2018.
(a) SandeepJ ajodia
(b) B P Kanugo
(c) Geetha Kumari
(d) Raman Roy
(e) Deepak Daas
Q7. The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) is observed globally on ___________.
(a) 23 March
(b) 29 March
(c) 6 April
(d) 16 April
(e) 10 April
Q8. Name the cricketer who has recently become an acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gulf Oil India just for a day.
(a) ViratKohli
(b) VirenderSehwag
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Rahul Dravid
(e) M S Dhoni
Q9. Name the company that has recently become the seventh entity to receive a final licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a payments bank.
(a) Vodafon M-Pesa
(b) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd
(c) BhartiAirtel Payment System
(d) Reliance Payment System
(e) None of the given options are true
Q10. Cabinet has recently signed anMoU on Cooperation in the field of Mass Media between India and __________________.
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Malaysia
(c) Japan
(d) Bhutan
(e) Myanmar
Q11. According to the new report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), 2016 India’s travel and tourism sector ranks ____________ in the world in terms of its total contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
(a) 3rd
(b) 5th
(c) 9th
(d) 7th
(e) 6th
Q12. Which of the following Indian state has decided to provide a one-time grant of Rs 21,000 to all those families whose third girl child was born after August 24, 2015, under the ‘AapkiBeti, HamariBeti’ scheme.
(a) Punjab
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Haryana
(d) Bihar
(e) Uttar Pradesh
Q13. India has recently decided to set up a 240 million pound fund to finance clean energy projects with which of the following country?
(a) Japan
(b) UK
(c) Malaysia
(d) Bangladesh
(e) Russia
Q14. IDBI Bank has reduced interest rates, ranging from 50 to 75 basis points, on retail term deposits (RTD). CEO of IDBI Bank is __________.
(a) Chanda Kocchar
(b) Shikha Singh
(c) Suman Roy
(d) Mahesh Kumar Jain
(e) Devendra Rawat
Q15. As per the new report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) 2016 which country has topped in the world in terms of its total contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) USA
(d) Switzerland
(e) Denmark
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