Current Affairs Questions for Bank of Baroda PO: 14th April 2017

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Welcome to the world of Current Affairs 2017. With SBI PO Prelims round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Current Affairs on a daily basis so that you can do well in Mains exam. These current affairs are based on current news. Let us see how many questions you attempt accurately.

Q1. Name the Author of book recently released by Prime Minister of India titled as 'Matoshree'.

(a) Kiran Bedi

(b) Jhumpa Lahiri

(d) Sumitra Mahajan

(e) Anitha Desai

Q2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers. Who was on second position in the list?

(a) Vladimir Putin

(b) Donald Trump

(d) Kim Jong-un

(e) David Camero

Q3. United Nation (UN) chief Antonio Guterres has named ___________ as the new administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, recently.

(a) Achim Steiner

(b) Suchetha Desai

(d) Jeremiah Mamabolo

(e) David Beasley

Q4. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has recently given its approval for the listing of how many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) on stock exchanges?

Q5. Name the author of blockbuster novel 'The Underground Railroad' who has recently won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

(a) Jane Austen

(b) Colson Whitehead

(d) Svetlana Alexievich

(e) Marlon James

Q6. India and Prime Minister of which country have started a partnership aimed at increasing cooperation in sports, in the presence of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Myanmar

(d) Australia

(e) Malaysia

Q7. What was the name of India's first ever micro-drama festival that was held recently in New Delhi.

(a) Thespis

(b) Taapsi

(d) Thanes Hare

(e) Mospesis

Q8. Name the person who has been recently appointed as the new MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank Ltd.

(a) Kailash Krishnamurthy

(b) M Venkataraman

(d) B P Malhotra

(e) M M Subrahmanya

Q9. Haldia Port has topped the List in the First-Ever Ranking of Ports on Sanitation Parameters in the exercise that was undertaken during the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ (in March 2017). Haldia Port is situated in _____________.

(a) Chennai

(b) West Bengal

(e) Maharashtra

Q10. ESAF Small Finance Bank has recently launched a social deposit scheme called 'Hrudaya Deposit scheme' in ___________.

(a) Thiruvananthpuram

(b) Bengaluru

(d) Mangalore

(e) Yehlanka

Q11. As per the recent announcement of the government, from May 1, 2017, petrol and diesel prices will change every day in sync with international rates first in five cities. Which of the following city is not among them?

(a) Puducherry

(d) Lucknow

(e) Jamshedpur

Q12. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu has recently announced the re-launch of a scheme for uplifment and all-round development of people belonging to the Backward Classes. What is the name of that scheme?

(a) Adarana Scheme

(b) Aradhya Scheme

(d) Utkarsh Scheme

(e) Utthaan Scheme

Q13. The pink patrol cars called the 'Pink Hoysalas' and the Suraksha mobile phone app was launched recently as part of an effort to improve the safety and security of women in which of the following cities?

(a) Varanasi

(b) Bengaluru

(d) Chandigarh

(e) New Delhi

Q14. The World Bank has recently approved a $375 million loan to India’s first inland water transport fairway National Waterway 1 (NW1) project. This project is based on which one of the following Rivers?

(a) Brahmaputra River

(b) Beas River

(d) Godavri River

(e) Yamuna River

Q15. Malala Yousafzai has recently become the youngest Nobel Prize laureate to address parliament of which of the following countries?

(a) Australia

(b) Germany

(d) Malaysia

(e) Canada