Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO: 8th 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. India ended their campaign in the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2017 with five medals at New Delhi. China topped the list with how many medals?

(a) 15

(b) 18

(d) 12

(e) 8

Q2. Name the scheme that has recently been launched by the Haryana government for senior citizen of the state.

(a) Vriddha Suraksha Scheme

(b) Tirtha Darshan Scheme

(d) Senior Shelter Scheme

(e) Char Dham Scheme

Q3. Social networking site Facebook has recently launched a new initiative named _____________ to support women-founded or co-founded startups.

(a) SheLeadsTech

(b) SheMeansBusiness

(d) SheMeansService

(e) SheLeadsBusiness

Q4. Name the player, who has recently won the Dubai Tennis Championships, 2017.

(a) Roger Federer

(b) Fernando Verdasco

(d) Marcin Matkowski

(e) Rafael Nadal

Q5. An Eminent personality Mr. M P Veerendra Kumar was presented the 30th Moortidevi award by Bharatiya Jnanpith organization, recently. He is famous ___________.

(a) Author

(b) Journalist

(d) Both (a) and (c)

(e) Both (a) and (b)

Q6. Name the Taxi aggregator, that has signed an MoU with Madhya Pradesh government in aim to provide training, skill development, and empowerment to taxi Drivers across the state.

(a) Ola

(b) Uber

(d) Taxi For Sure

(e) Tab Cab

Q7. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti inaugurated a national conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan in New Delhi, recently. Ministry of Water Resources and River Development had launched Jal Kranti Abhiyan in ________.

(a) 2010

(b) 2012

(d) 2015

(e) None of the given options are true

Q8. Name the festival, celebrated by the tribal people of the Indian state Madhya Pradesh, recently.

(a) Bhagoria

(b) Napuchan

(d) Sochagam

(e) Dancharia

Q9. Rabi Ray passed away, recently. He was ___________.

(a) Former MP

(b) Singer

(d) Former Chief Justice of India

(e) Classical Dancer

Q10. Name the Indo-Oman Joint Army Exercise that was started recently (March 2017).

(a) Operation Parakram

(b) AL NAGAH-II

(d) Operation Dhruva

(e) Sahastra-II

Q11. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the adviser to the Odisha government.

(a) S N Rangaswamy

(b) R K Patil

(d) K Srinath Reddy

(e) P Srinivasan

Q12. Name the Private lender, which has recently launched India’s first artificial intelligence based banking chatbot Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA) for customer services.

(a) Axis Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(d) Yes Bank

(e) Karnataka Bank

Q13. Indo-Oman Joint Army Exercise- AL NAGAH-II 2017 started recently in ____________.

(a) Jammu & Kashmir

(b) Punjab

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Himachal Pradesh

Q14. Name the Kerala’s playback singer who has created a new world record by playing the maximum number of songs in the shortest time on Gayathri veena during a program.

(a) Vaikom Vijayalakshmi

(b) P. Madhuri

(d) Radhika Thilak

(e) Jyotsna Radhakrishnan

Q15. The world’s oldest aircraft carrier in active service, INS Viraat, was decommissioned on 06 Mar after serving the Indian Navy for nearly 30 years. India had bought the carrier from __________.

(a) Israel

(b) UK

(d) Russia

(e) USA