Current Affairs Questions for Niacl Assistant 2017: 13th April 2017

Dear Readers,

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. The government has appointed retired Supreme Court judge ___________ as the next chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

(a) M. PatanjaliSastri

(b) VikramajitSen

(d) Balbir Singh Chauhan

(e) Ram PrakashSethi

Q2. For the first time since Nagaland officially gained recognition as a state, a state Police Officer AtuZumvu has been awarded one of the nations' military honour, ‘Shaurya Chakra’. Nagaland attained statehood in which year?

Q3. Prime Minister NarendraModi released a book authored by LokSabha Speaker SumitraMahajan in New Delhi, recently. The book is titled as __________.

(a) Matopadesh

(b) Bhagyashree

(d) Preranadayini

(e) Hanswahini

Q4. The government has recently set up an 'Inter-Ministerial Committee' to monitor the regional air connectivity scheme named _________.

(d) UNNATI

Q5. Name the novel authored by Colson Whitehead that has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, recently.

(a) The Underground Railroad

(b) Don Quixote

(d) In Search of Time

(e) The Divine Comedy

Q6. ESAF Small Finance Bank has launched a social deposit scheme called _____________ in Thrissur, Kerala.

(a) FinTech Subsidy Scheme

(b) Hrudaya Deposit scheme

(d) Ujala Deposit Scheme

(e) Hardik Deposit Scheme

Q7. Name the mobile manufacturing company that has recently partnered withAirtel and BSNL to set up 5G internet speed in India to introduce a fast internet ecosystem in the country.

(a) Samsung

(b) Micromax

(e) Gionee

Q8. Carme Chacon, the first female defense minister of which of the following countries has passed away recently.

(a) Germany

(d) Nigeria

Q9. Name the person who has recently become the youngest noble prize winner to address Canadian parliament.

(a) KailashSatyarthi

(b) Aung San SuuKyi

(d) MalalaYousafzai

(e) None of the given options are true

Q10. The first rail freight service ‘British goods’has started recently from the UK to which one of the following countries?

Q11. MuktaDuttaTomar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to which of the following countries?

(b) Germany

(d) Georgia

(e) Nigeria

Q12. India's first ever micro-drama festival, named Thespis, was held recently in which one of the following cities?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Chandigarh

(d) Chennai

(e) Bareilly

Q13. Nearly four crore members of which of the following organizations will soon be able to settle their claims through the mobile application UMANG?

Q14. India and which country recently inked six pacts including one aimed at boosting counter-terrorism cooperation?

(d) Malaysia

(e) Bangladesh

Q15. Name the person who has recently inaugurated the first NIMCARE World Health Day Summit 2017 in New Delhi.

(a) ShriNarendraModi

(b) ShriRajyavardhan Sing Rathore

(d) ShriRaghubar Das

(e) ShriPranab Mukherjee