Current Affairs Quiz For IBPS PO & RRB- 24, AUGUST 2017

Q.1) How much percent GST is applicable on selling of space for advertisement in print media if an agency buys space from the newspaper and sells the same to clients on its own account,which was approved by the government?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

e) Five

Q.2) Who has approved the proposal of Ministry of Railways to close the Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited (BWEL) – a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under Ministry of Railways?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Narendra modi

c) Radha Mohan Singh

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Rajnath Singh

Q.3) Who has commissioned IN LCU L52 into the Indian Navy at Port Blair. IN LCU L52 is the second Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV class to be inducted into the Indian Navy?

a) Anil Baijal

b) Praful Khoda Patel

c) V. P. Singh Badnore

d)Jagdish Mukhi

e) Farooq Khan

Q.4) Which state government said, that it will notify a scheme for compassionate family pension in lieu of job offers to family members as it did not serve the objective due to practical difficulties?

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Assam

c) Manipur

d) Meghalaya

e) Nagaland

Q.5) Who attended the two-day Meeting of Heads of Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States has begun at Choplon Ata in Kyrgyz Republic?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Narendra modi

c) Radha Mohan Singh

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Rajnath Singh

Q.6) Who has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Nepal on Drug Demand Reduction and Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and precursor chemicals and related matters?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Narendra modi

c) Radha Mohan Singh

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Rajnath Singh

Q.7) World’s largest bicycle parking garage opens in ______.

a) Netherlands

b) Australia

c) New Zealand

d) Japan

e) China

Q.8) The latest version of Android is official, and it’s called Android Oreo, as most people suspected. Google made the interesting decision to reveal the final name and consumer launch details of ______.

a) Android 8.0

b) Android 8.5

c) Android 9.0

d) Android 9.5

e) Android 10.0

Q.9) Two regional rural banks (RRBs) in the country, two notched up net profit of over Rs._______ crore each during 2016-17.

a) 100

b) 125

c) 150

d) 200

e) 250

Q.10) Name the person from India, who had found a spot in the LinkedIn Power Profiles List of 2017.

a)Narendra Modi

b) Priyanka Chopra

c) Manu Kumar Jain

d) Both a and b

e) Both b and c

Q.11) Who will be the new Chairman of Railway Board of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, IRSME, was cleared by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet?

a) Akash Lohani

b) Akshay Lohani

c)Ashwani Lohani

d) Ashwin Lohani

e) Ashwini Lohani

Q.12) Who has been appointed as the interim CMD of Air India?

a) Rishikesh Bansal

b)Rajiv Bansal

c) Rakesh Bansal

d) Ramesh Bansal

e) Rajesh Bansal

Q.13) The United States has sent its first shipment of anthracite coal to Ukraine from the U.S. port of Baltimore under a deal designed to increase Ukraine’s energy security on July 31 to provide _______tons of anthracite coal in the next few months.

a) 500,000

b) 600,000

c)700,000

d) 800,000

e) 900,000

Q.14) Wayne Rooney announces retirement from international football. He belongs to which country?

a) Scotland

b) England

c) Ireland

d) Germany

e) Ukraine

Q.15) Which of the following country is playing for the first time at the rebranded FIBA Asia Cup, became the first Oceanic team to be crowned champions of Asia when they beat Iran?

a) Netherlands

b) Australia

c) New Zealand

d) Japan

e) China

Q.16) Who has been appointed as the deputy CM of Tamil Nadu?

a) T. P. M. Mohideen Khan

b) K.C. Veeramani

c)O Panneerslevam

d) C. Ponnaiyan

e) Thangam Thennarasu

Q.17) Who has approved the framework of consolidation of public sectors banksthataimed at creating strong and competitive banks in public sector to meet the credit needs of a growing economy, absorb shocks and have capacity to raise resources without depending unduly on the State exchequer?

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Narendra modi

c) Radha Mohan Singh

d) Nitin Gadkari

e) Rajnath Singh

Q.18) Who finalises a new cadre policy for IAS, IPS officers aimed at ensuring “national integration” in the country’s top bureaucracy?

a) UPSC

b) IUPSC

c) GOI

d) IFOS

e) HRD

Q.19) Which country has sent its first shipment of anthracite coal to Ukraine, under a deal designed to increase Ukraine’s energy security?

a) USA

b) Australia

c) New Zealand

d) Japan

e) China

Q.20) Who got the ‘Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise’ award by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami during the 71st Independence Day celebrations at Fort St. George in Chennai?

a) Pranithi Srinivasan

b) Parimala Srinivasan

c) Pavithra Srinivasan

d)Preethi Srinivasan

e) Priya Srinivasan