EXPECTED CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FOR IBPS PO MAINS 2017

Q.1) Who will be the next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?

a) Anita Pattanayak

b) Ashwini Attri

c) Rajiv Mehrishi

d) Shashi Kant Sharma

e) Ranjan Kumar Ghose

Q.2) Who would be the next Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE?

a) Anita Pattanayak

b) Ashwini Attri

c) Anita Karwal

d) Shashi Kant Sharma

e) Ranjan Kumar Ghose

Q.3) Ujjivan Financial Services shot up 10 per cent after the lender said its wholly-owned subsidiary Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has been granted ‘scheduled bank’ status. Its subsidiary has been included in which of the following act?

a) Second Schedule to the RBI Act, 1934

b) The ReserveBank of India Act–1934

c) The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act–1970

d) Indian Partnership Act, 1932

e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

Q.4) Who was awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 by the President Ramnath Kovind at a function held at Rasthrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29?

a) Jyoti Dahiya

b) Hlunte Lalhlunmawii

c) K Ngaihpari

d) Nilanjali Rai

e) Sumrai Tete

Q.5) Which of the following scheme is associated with physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to the BPL category that is already launched in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra?

a) Rashtriya Vasundhare Yojana

b) Rashtriya Vasthushri Yojana

c) Rashtriya Vamana Yojana

d) Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

e) Rashtriya Vayodika Yojana

Q.6) Which of the following bank has come up with a ‘Point-of-Sale’ product targeted at the mass-market segment?

a) Bank Of Baroda

b) Bank of India

c) Canara Bank

d) Bank of Maharashtra

e) State Bank of India

Q.7) IDRBT, an arm of the Reserve Bank of India, is developing a model platform for blockchain technology. In the term IDRBT, D stands for _______.

a) Develop

b) Development

c) Digital

d) Debit

e) Debunture

Q.8) India’s largest autonomous public research and development organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked _______in the world.

a) Fifth

b) Sixth

c) Seventh

d) Eighth

e) Ninth

Q.9) Who has won the prestigious Saraswati Samman literary award for 2016?

a) Kiran Desai

b) Mahabaleshwar Sail

c) Arundhati Roy

d) Vikram Seth

e) Salman Rushdie

Q.10) Which of the following person has been appointed as Union Minister of Statistics and Programme recently?

a) Nirmala Sitharaman

b) Piyush Goyal

c) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

d) Suresh Prabhu

e) D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Q.11) Which of the following bank has bagged the ‘best bank’ award among small banks for the use of technology for financial inclusion at the 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17?

a) Vijaya bank

b) Karnataka bank

c) Dena bank

d) Canara bank

e) Indian bank

Q.12) Who has assumed charge as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank?

a) KV Rama Moorthy

b) MV Rama Moorthy

c) RV Rama Moorthy

d) SV Rama Moorthy

e) NV Rama Moorthy

Q.13) Who has bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships, held at Gold Coast, Australia?

a) Konsam Setti Laxmi

b) Neelam Setti Laxmi

c) Karnam Malleswari

d) Kunjarani Devi

e) Konsam Ormila Devi

Q.14) Who has assumed charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Karur Vysya Bank?

a) S R Seshadri

b) K R Seshadri

c) N R Seshadri

d) P R Seshadri

e) V R Seshadri

Q.15) Which of the following private sector bank is included RBI’s list of ‘too big to fail’ lenders, referred to as D-SIB or domestic systemically important bank?

a) Axis bank

b) Yes bank

c) HDFC bank

d) Induslnd bank

e) Dhanlaxmi Bank

Q.16) Who has been appointed as Chief Managing director of state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)?

a) R Baijendra Kumar

b) J Baijendra Kumar

c) N Baijendra Kumar

d) G Baijendra Kumar

e) K Baijendra Kumar

Q.17) Which of the following was awarded 2nd prize of “NTPC AWARD- 2016-17” in a prestigious ceremony at New Delhi?

a) Bhagirathi Valley Corporation

b) Barak Valley Corporation

c) Damodar Valley Corporation

d) Brahmaputra Valley Corporation

e) Araku Valley Corporation

Q.18) Who has been appointed as the next US ambassador to India?

a) Mike Pence

b) Nikki Haley

c) Kenneth Juster

d) Wilbur Ross

e) John F. Kelly

Q.19) Which of the following Indian basketball player has becomes first Indian to be signed by Australian basketball team?

a) Amjyot Singh

b) Amritpal Singh

c) Vishesh Bhriguvanshi

d) Satnam Singh Bhamara

e) Yadwinder Singh

Q.20) The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the winners of the 2017 International Literacy Prizes. The awards will be handed out to five countries. Which of the following country is not in those five countries?

a) South Africa

b) Afghanistan

c) Pakistan

d) Colombia

e) Canada