Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO: 26th March 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

 

 

Q1. The World Bank has recently signed a 100 million US dollar credit agreement with the Centre and which one of the following state government to improve the quality of health care services?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Assam

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Bihar

Q2. Name the Photojournalist who was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry for his remarkable contribution to the field.

(a) Ashok Bansal

(b) Tripurari Sharma

(c) Raghu Rai

(d) Ramnath Shukla

(e) Anup Shekhawat

Q3. Yves Meyer won the 2017 Abel Prize, recently. He is famous ____________.

(a) Biologist

(b) Surgeon

(c) Musician

(d) Mathematician

(e) Philosopher

Q4. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has recently commissioned the world’s third largest hypersonic wind tunnel in ___________.

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Odisha

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Maharashtra

Q5. Defense Minister Arun Jaitley handed over three naval systems, developed by premier Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to the Indian Navy. Chairman of DRDO is _____________.

(a) Kiran Kumar

(b) R. Madhavan

(c) James Robert

(d) S. Christopher

(e) Vinay Kumar

Q6. The country’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya successfully carried out the maiden test of the newly installed Barak Missile. BARAK is _________.

(a) Medium-Range surface-to-surface Missile

(b) Medium-Range surface-to-air Missile

(c) Short-Range surface-to-air Missile

(d) Short-Range surface-to-surface Missile

(e) None of the given options are true

Q7. Finance Minister of India has recently announced to change the name of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) to ___________ for the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.

(a) CBIC

(b) CNBC

(c) CBAC

(d) CBOC

(e) None of the given options are true

Q8. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is situated in ____________. 

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Odisha

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Gujarat

Q9. Name the state government that has recently signed two MoUs with State Bank of India (SBI) to provide housing loan and education loan for its employees.

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Telangana

(d) Assam

(e) Punjab

Q10. Headquarter of World Bank is in _________ and its CEO is _________.

(a) Geneva, San Ki Moon

(b) Beijing, Robert Pattison

(c) Washington D.C., Kristalina Georgieva

(d) Tokyo, Adam Matthews

(e) Philippines, Pater Karry

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. The World Bank has signed a 100 million US dollar credit agreement with the Centre and Uttarakhand in New Delhi to improve the quality of health care services in all 13 districts of the state. 

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Photojournalist Raghu Rai was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry for “his remarkable contribution to the field.”

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2017 to mathematician Yves Meyer. He was awarded for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) created history by commissioning the world’s third largest hypersonic wind tunnel at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Defense Minister Arun Jaitley handed over three naval systems, developed by premier Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to the Indian Navy. DRDO chairman is S.Christopher.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. The country’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya successfully carried out the maiden test of the newly installed Barak short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM).

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) will be reorganized for the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime and will be renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) following Parliamentary approval.

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is situated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. The state government of Assam has signed two MoUs with Mumbai-based State Bank of India (SBI) to provide housing loan and education loan for its employees.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. World Bank headquarter is in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and World Bank CEO is Kristalina Georgieva.