EXPECTED CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FOR IBPS PO MAINS 2017

Q.1) Who has been awarded with the prestigious Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award – 2017?

1. a) Tara Prasad Sapkota
2. b) Mohan Peiris
3. c) Tahir Mahmood
4. d) A B Rohatgi
5. e) Moran Mor Baselios

Q.2) Name the payment service that tech giant Google has launched recently.

1. a) Google Pez
2. b) Google Tez
3. c) Google Rez
4. d) Google Mez
5. e) Google Sez

Q.3) Who has been elected chair of the International Olympic Committee’s ethics commission?

1. a) Ban Ki-moon
2. b) Miroslav Lajčák
3. c) Peter Thomson
4. d) Anthony Lake
5. e) Guy Ryder

Q.4) Who has been appointed as the managing director of United India Insurance (UII)?

1. a) A Nagaraja Sharma
2. b) N Nagaraja Sharma
3. c) M Nagaraja Sharma
4. d) S Nagaraja Sharma
5. e) K Nagaraja Sharma

Q.5) Who has inaugurated the world’s second biggest dam Sardar Sarovar Dam described as Gujarat’s lifeline by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders?

1. a) Ram Nath Kovind
2. b) Arun Jaitley
3. c) Rajnath Singh
4. d) Narendra Modi
5. e) Venkaiah Naidu

Q.6) Which of the following payment bank has announced the integration of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with its digital platform?

1. a) Vodafone M-Pesa
2. b) Airtel Payment Bank
3. c) Paytm Payment Bank
4. d) India Post payments bank
5. e) FINO Payment bank

Q.7) Who will be the India’s ambassador to china?

1. a) Kuldeep Singh Bhardwaj
2. b) Gautam Bambawale
3. c) Ajay Bisaria
4. d) Manjeev Singh Puri
5. e) Shamma Jain

Q.8) Who will be the India’s ambassador to Pakistan?

1. a) Kuldeep Singh Bhardwaj
2. b) Gautam Bambawale
3. c) Ajay Bisaria
4. d) Manjeev Singh Puri
5. e) Shamma Jain

Q.9) Who will head the 10-member panel that will advise and “provide professional support” to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India?

1. a) Justice M N Srikrishna
2. b) Justice R N Srikrishna
3. c) Justice S N Srikrishna
4. d) Justice B N Srikrishna
5. e) Justice K N Srikrishna

Q.10) Which of the following bank has bagged the first prize under the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Region C) for the year 2016-17?

1. a) Dena Bank
2. b) Vijaya Bank
3. c) Punjab National Bank
4. d) State Bank of India
5. e) Bank of Baroda

Q.11) Who win the Singapore Grand Prix and extend his Formula One world championship lead to 28 points?

1. a) Kimi Räikkönen
2. b) Sebastian Vettel
3. c) Nico Rosberg
4. d) Lewis Hamilton
5. e) Fernando Alonso

Q.12) Which of the following Indian Navy Ship will carry around 86 thousand family packs as relief material in the ongoing OPERATION INSANIYAT launched in support of Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees?

1. a) INS Shivalik
2. b) INS Betwa
3. c) INS Garhial
4. d) INS Mumbai
5. e) INS Trishul

Q.13) Which of the following Small Finance Bank has said that it will bring down its cost of funds by up to 150 basis points during the current financial year by replacing 75% of its bank loans with borrowings using money market instruments including certificate of deposits?

1. a) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
2. b) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
3. c) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank
4. d) Equitas Small Finance Bank
5. e) ESAF Small Finance Bank

Q.14) Who was part of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riot cases, was named chief of the National Investigation Agency?

1. a) W C Modi
2. b) L C Modi
3. c) J C Modi
4. d) D C Modi
5. e) Y C Modi

Q.15) Who received United Nations’ peace prizes for securing the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram?

1. a) Rannah Mustapha
2. b) Mannah Mustapha
3. c) Zannah Mustapha
4. d) Vannah Mustapha
5. e) Sannah Mustapha

Q.16) India’s Ankur Mittal won the silver medal in the men’s double trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World Championships in _______.

1. a) Moscow
2. b) Berlin
3. c) Beijing
4. d) Kathmandu
5. e) Delhi

Q.17) Name the “father of nephrology in India”, breathed his last at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh recently.

1. a) RS Chugh
2. b) GS Chugh
3. c) KS Chugh
4. d) MS Chugh
5. e) PS Chugh

Q.18) Code-named Iron Union 5, the drill is an extension of a series of Iron Claw exercises, which the UAE organises with ______ to exchange and develop their skills according to the latest advanced military systems.

1. a) UK
2. b) US
3. c) Germany
4. d) Japan
5. e) China

Q.19) Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Koraput in Odisha and Thane in Maharashtra – will initiate India’s ambitious ‘Zero Hunger’ programme through interventions in farm sector on October _______.

1. a) 15^th
2. b) 16^th
3. c) 17^th
4. d) 18^th
5. e) 19^th

Q.20) Name the British cyclist who has broken the world record for cycling around the world in 79 days – 44 days shorter than the previous record.

1. a) Mark Cavendish
2. b) Chris Froome
3. c) Mark Beaumont
4. d) Tom Simpson
5. e) Chris Boardman

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