Current Affairs Questions for SBI PO Mains: 20th May 2017

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Q1. Indian teen named Rifath Sharook has recently developed world's smallest satellite for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The world’s smallest satellite is named as ______________.

(a) NaiduSat

(b) SatIndia

(d) KalamSat

(e) RamanSat

Q2. In which of the following company Softbank has recently made its biggest investment of $1.4 billion?

(a) Amazon

(b) Flipkart

(d) Jabong

(e) Alibaba

Q3. India's leading digital wallet player Paytm has recently received the final license from the Reserve Bank of India for its payments bank entity. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Paytm payments bank?

(a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(b) Renu Satti

(d) Jason Roy

(e) Schiff Marlon

Q4. Name the Minister who has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry following the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.

(a) Harsh Vardhan

(b) Rajnath Singh

(d) Bhandaru Duttetreya

(e) Ravi Shankar Prasad

Q5. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi will host a two-day “Start-up India Summit” in UAE in Last month of May 2017. Name the person who recently took charge as new Consul General of Dubai.

(a) Kamal Mukul

(b) Abhinav Mankad

(d) Shoukul

(e) Shardul Khan

Q6. Prime Minister of India will inaugurate India’s longest river bridge (9.15km) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in which of the following Indian state?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(e) Meghalaya

Q7. Government think-tank NITI Aayog holds the first 'Samavesh meeting'. Chairman of NITI Aayog is ___________.

(a) Finance Minister of India

(b) PM of India

(d) Home Minister of India

(e) Defence Minister of India

Q8. This is the first time in the history of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group that India would be hosting the Annual Meetings of the bank (May 2017). It will be inaugurated by ____________.

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Pranab Mukherjee

(d) Rajnath Singh

(e) Arun Jaitley

Q9. The Indian Army received two 155mm/39 caliber Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in the United States of America. BAE Systems is an Aerospace company based in ___________ .

(b) Russia

(e) France

Q10. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with which of the following company/companies to popularise the internet and its value added services among customers.

(a) Facebook

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) Both (a) and (c)

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