SBI Clerk Main Current Affairs Questions

Current Affairs Questions for SBI Clerk Main

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. Most of the questions in GA appear from Current Affairs section. So it becomes important for you all to cover this particular section with sincerity and seriousness.

Q1. Name the Australian tennis player who passed away recently. He won the Wimbledon Championships twice in 1980 and 1982.

Peter McNamara

Rod Laver

Ken Rosewall

Patrick Rafter

Roy Emerson

Solution:

Australian tennis champion Peter McNamara passed away. McNamara won 5 singles titles and 19 doubles titles. He also won Wimbledon twice in 1980 and 1982.

Q2. India celebrates “National Broadcasting day” on ...............

22 July

21 July

23 July

20 July

24 July

Solution:

India celebrates 23 July every year as the “National Broadcasting day”. On this day in 1927, the first ever radio broadcast in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station under the Indian Broadcasting Company.

Q3. Keshav Dutt will be the first sportsperson from outside the football fraternity to be bestowed with the Mohan Bagan Ratna. He represented India in which of the following sports?

Basketball

Hockey

Badminton

Cricket

Tennis

Solution:

Mohan Bagan club to confer awards in Various Disciplines. Keshav Dutt will be the first sportsperson from outside the football fraternity to be bestowed with the Mohan Bagan Ratna.

Q4. Name the American tennis player who recently won the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title held in Newport, Rhode Island.

Alexander Bublik

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic

John Isner

Roger Federer

Solution:

American tennis player John Isner wins Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title in Newport, Rhode Island. He defeated Alexander Bublik in straight sets by 7-6, 6-3 at the grass-court event.

Q5. The Indian Navy has recently commissioned its new Dornier Aircraft Squadron in ............

Cochin

Vishakhapatnam

Mumbai

Chennai

Kolkata

Solution:

The Indian Navy commissioned its new Dornier Aircraft Squadron in Chennai. This is Indian Navy’s 5th Dornier Aircraft squadron.

Q6. Name the International Atomic Energy Agency chief who oversaw Iran deal and led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade, passed away.

José Graziano da Silva

Fang Liu

Gilbert Houngbo

Guy Ryder

Yukiya Amano

Solution:

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano who oversaw Iran deal dies. He led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

Q7. Which of the following organizations has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion Line of Credit by 2024, to fund highway projects.

Coal India Limited

State Bank of India

Life Insurance Corporation of India

National Thermal Power Corporation

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Solution:

Life Insurance Corporation of India has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion Line of Credit by 2024, to fund highway projects. The borrowings will be in the form of bonds to be issued by the National Highways Authority of India.

Q8. Government of India will provide 10,000 scholarships for heirs of the liberation war fighters of Bangladesh over the next five years. "Liberation war fighters of Bangladesh" are also known as ............

Azaadjodhas

Swatantrajodhas

Bhaktijodhas

Swadeshijodhas

Muktijodhas

Solution:

Government of India will provide 10,000 scholarships for heirs of the liberation war fighters of Bangladesh called 'Muktijodhas' over the next five years.

Q9. Which of the following companies has been selected as a strategic partner by United Technologies Corporation for Collins Aerospace?

L&T Technology Services

AirMods LLC

Woolf Aircraft Products Inc.

Pentad Design

Senior Aerospace

Solution:

&T Technology Services has been selected as a strategic partner by United Technologies Corporation for Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of UTC.

Q10. Who among the following has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Army Staff who will replace Lt. Gen. D. Anbu.

Lieutenant General I.S. Ghuman

Lieutenant General S S Hasabnis

Lieutenant General M.M. Naravane

Lieutenant General Ashwani Kumar

Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Bhatt

Solution:

Lieutenant-General M.M. Naravane, has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Army Staff. He will replace Lt. Gen. D. Anbu.

Q11. Name the new governor of Madhya Pradesh.

Anandiben Patel

Satyapal Malik

Phagu Chuhan

Ramesh Bais

Lalji Tandon

Solution:

Lalji Tandon will replace Anandiben Patel as the governor of Madhya Pradesh.

Q12. Which of the folowing states has become the first state in country to reserve 75% private jobs for locals across all categories in industrial units, factories, joint ventures as well as projects that are in public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

West Bengal

Rajasthan

Solution:

Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in country to reserve 75% private jobs for locals across all categories in industrial units, factories, joint ventures as well as projects that are in public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

Q13. Name the Indian football player who has been selected for the "Lifetime Achievement award" by Mohan Bagan club.

Prasun Banerjee

Sunil Chhetri

Bhaichung Bhutia

Ashok Chatterjee

Sandesh Jhingan

Solution:

Mohan Bagan club will confer the Lifetime Achievement award to Ashok Chatterjee (Football).

Q14. Name the ambitious programme of U.S. space agency NASA under which it is preparing to send “first woman and next man” on Moon in 2024.

Prometheus

Viking

Mariner Mark

Moon Rangers

Artemis

Solution:

U.S. space agency NASA prepares to send “first woman and next man” on Moon as part of its ambitious Artemis programme in 2024.

Q15. Name the chairman of “Inter-Ministerial Committee” on legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain which has recently submitted its report to the Finance Ministry.

Subhash Chandra Garg

M. K. Jain

Raghuram Rajan

Viral Acharya

Urjit Patel

Solution:

“Inter-Ministerial Committee” on legality of cryptocurrencies and blockchain has submitted its report to the Finance Ministry. The committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg in 2017

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