Current Affairs Questions (based on The Hindu) for IBPS Clerk Mains 2016

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Q1. Who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award 2016?

(a) Roger Federer

(b) Andy Murray

(d) Novak Djokovic

(e) Serena Williams

Q2. A French court has found Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence. She is the present chief of-

(a) World Bank

(b) UNICEF

Q3. Employee's Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has decided to lower the interest on EPF deposits for the current fiscal to __________, from 8.8% provided in 2015-16, for its over four crore subscribers.

(a) 08.25%

(b) 08.40%

(d) 08.00%

(e) 08.65%

Q4. Name the team, which has regained the Indian Super League (ISL) title by beating Kerala Blasters recently?

(a) Atletico de Kolkata (ATK)

(b) Chennaiyin FC

(d) Delhi Dynamos FC

(e) Mumbai City FC

Q5. Which bank has bagged the SKOCH silver award for attaining the position of number1 channel partner of LIC of India?

(a) State Bank of India

(b) ICICI Bank

(d) Corporation Bank

(e) HDFC Bank

Q6. Which country has recently signed an Open Skies Agreement with six countries at the International Civil Aviation Negotiations (ICAN), 2016 which were held in Nassau, Bahamas from December 5-9, 2016?

(e) Germany

Q7. India has ranked ____________ in the Global Wind Power Installed Capacity index after China, USA and Germany with cumulative installed wind power generation capacity of 28,279 MW in 2016.

(a) Seventh

(b) Fourth

(d) Eighth

Q8. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has won gold in the Web Ratna category in the Digital India awards 2016. Who is the present Health and Family Welfare Minister?

(a) Ananth Kumar

(b) Santosh Gangwar

(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(e) Sushma Swaraj

Q9. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has launched India’s first cashless bazaar in ___________ This ‘Smart’ bazaar consist of nearly Over 900 shops which are providing the facilities of cashless payments using POS, UPI and other digital systems to its customers.

(a) Bilaspur

(b) Jagdalpur

(d) Raipur

(e) Bhilai

Q10. India has received the maximum FDI inflows from Singapore in 2015-16 followed by Mauritius, the US, the Netherlands and Japan. FDI stands for?

(a) Financial Direct Investment

(b) Foreign Department Investment

(d) Foreign Direct Insurance

(e) Foreign Direct Investment

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