CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FOR IBPS RRB & PO:25TH AUGUST 2017

Q.1) Name the person who headed the nine-member committee that ruled privacy was part of the fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed to all citizens under Article 21 of the Constitution.

a) Madan Lokur

b) Jasti Chelameswar

c) Dipak Misra

d) JS Khehar

e) Kurian Joseph

Q.2) Who will inaugurate the country’s first Videsh Bhavan, assimilating all Regional Passport Offices under one roof, at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC)?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Sushma Swaraj

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q.3) Which country is declared as a very important regional strategic partner for the US that has played an important role in helping Afghanistan by supporting the war-torn country’s economy?

a) China

b) UK

c) India

d) Japan

e) Germany

Q.4) Which of the following scheme has been approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for renaming the new central food processing scheme SAMPADA?

a) PMSSY

b) PMKSY

c) PMMSY

d) PMUSY

e) PMGSY

Q.5) Which state government inaugurated the grid connected roof top solar programme in a bid to enable public participation to harness renewable energy?

a) Jharkhand

b) West Bengal

c) Bihar

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Odisha

Q.6) Who unveiled NITI Aayog’s Three Year Action Agenda along with Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan and NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya?

a) Narendra Modi

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Sushma Swaraj

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q.7) Who launched the second round of bidding for its Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN?

a) Ashok Gajapathy Raju

b) Arun Jaitley

c) Sushma Swaraj

d) Rajnath Singh

e) Radha Mohan Singh

Q.8) Which country has restored full diplomatic relations with Iran, disregarding the demands of Arab nations that it lessen its ties to Tehran?

a) UAE

b) Iraq

c) Syria

d) Qatar

e) Palestine

Q.9) Which country has announced the plans to install radar systems in Palau which is about 1,300 kilometres south-west of Guam?

a) China

b) UK

c) USA

d) Japan

e) Germany

Q.10) A Tri-Services band from the Indian Armed Forces is participating and performing in the prestigious International Military Music Festival held in _____.

a) China

b) Russia

c) USA

d) Japan

e) Germany

Q.11) The Reserve Bank of India will issue the ______ rupee denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Governor Dr. Urjit R. Patel and the new denomination has Motif of Sanchi Stupa on the reverse.

a) 10

b) 20

c) 500

d) 100

e) 200

Q.12) India has good prospects of achieving over ______per cent growth within two to three years and the chances of massive cut in the poverty rate in the upcoming decade are excellent, as per Niti Aayog.

a) Five

b) Six

c) Seven

d) Eight

e) Nine

Q.13) Which software giant has launched its Project Brainwave deep learning acceleration platform for real-time artificial intelligence (AI)?

a) Google

b) Yahoo

c) IBM

d) Oracle

e) Microsoft

Q.14) Which software giant will come to the aid of farmers in Karnataka who constantly struggle with an unpredictable market?

a) Google

b) Yahoo

c) IBM

d) Oracle

e) Microsoft

Q.15) Who has returned to Infosys, to restore the lustre of the country’s second-largest software services firm, replacing R Seshasayee (chairman of the board)?

a) Rakesh Kumar

b) N. R. Narayana Murthy

c) Nandan Nilekani

d) Kris Gopalakrishnan

e) S. D. Shibulal

Q.16) Which state cabinet approved the appointment of woman cricketer and Arjuna Award winner Harmanpreet Kaur as DSP in the state police department?

a) Jharkhand

b) West Bengal

c) Bihar

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) Punjab

Q.17) Who has been appointed as chief economist and head of policy advocacy in Tata Sons?

a) Rakshitha Purushothaman

b) Rinki Purushothaman

c) Roshini Purushothaman

d) Roopa Purushothaman

e) Ritika Purushothaman

Q.18) Who pens the book on RBI stint in ‘turbulent times’ all set to publish a book about his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) where he explains economic concepts and talks of issues like tolerance and connection between political freedom and prosperity?

a) Urjit Patel

b) Raghuram Rajan

c) D. Subbarao

d) Y. V. Reddy

e) Bimal Jalan

Q.19) Who has conferred with Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence for the year 2016?

a) Prof Swarna Maharajan

b) Prof Swapna Mahapatra

c) Prof Banshidhar Majhi

d) Prof Sukumar Mishra

e) Prof. Digambar Behera

Q.20) Who has received the award as 2016/17 Men’s Player of the Year at the 2017/18 UEFA Champions’ League in Monaco?

a) Lionel Messi

b) Cristiano Ronaldo

c) Wayne Rooney

d) Neymar

e) Mesut Özil