Current Affairs Questions for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2017: 3rd November 2017

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Current Affairs Questions Based on The Hindu

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

Q1. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the signing of an Agreement between India and Armenia on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters. What is the capital of Armenia?
(a) Baku
(b) Tbilisi
(c) Tehran
(d) Yerevan
(e) Riyadh

Q2. India has appointed _____________ as the next high commissioner to Pakistan.
(a) Sandeep Jajodia
(b) Ajay Bisaria
(c) Venugopal Rao
(d) Sanjeev Srivastava
(e) Gautam Bambawale

Q3. Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Mukesh Ambani recently became Asia’s richest person with a total wealth of $42.1 billion, according to Forbes’ real time billionaire’s list. He has replaced ___________________.
(a) Azim Premji
(b) Jack Maa
(c) Hui Ka Yan
(d) Li Ka-shing
(e) Lei Jun

Q4. The ninth edition of CMS Vatavaran, an international film festival on environment and wildlife, has begun recently in ________________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Chennai
(d) Pune
(e) Mumbai

Q5. The Ministry of Finance increased the maximum age of joining the National Pension System (NPS) from the existing 60 years to ___________ under NPS - Private Sector.
(a) 62 years
(b) 63 years
(c) 64 years
(d) 65 years
(e) 66 years

Q6. The 210-metre-high statue of which of the following leader/warrior has received environmental clearance, making it the world’s tallest statue, once built?
(a) Maharana Sanga
(b) Sardar VAllabhbhai Patel
(c) Rana Pratap
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
(e) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Q7. A 45 member contingent of the Indian Air Force had left for Israel to participate in exercise named _____________.
(a) Shakti-VI
(b) Blue Flag-17
(c) Indisr-17
(d) Ind-Rael V
(e) Rang-Shakti-17

Q8. By what percent, country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) slashed benchmark lending rate across maturities?
(a) 0.10%
(b) 0.04%
(c) 0.05%
(d) 0.07%
(e) 0.09%

Q9. For which of the following Indian State, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved USD 2 million loan for projects across the state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Punjab
(c) Jammu & Kashmir
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Assam

Q10. Name the noted Malayalam Poet and literary critic who has been selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2017.
(a) Edasseri Govindan Nair
(b) Ayyappa Paniker
(c) D. Vinayachandran
(d) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
(e) K Satchidanandan

Q11. Name the lady IPS officer who has been appointed as Karnataka’s first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police.
(a) Geeta Devi
(b) Neelmani N. Raju
(c) Nirmala Venkatesan
(d) Pratima Krishnamurthy
(e) Sulur Vijaylaxmi

Q12. Name the state that is safest for girls, according to a newly-formed Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) by NGO Plan India.
(a) Kerala
(b) Mizoram
(c) Goa
(d) Assam
(e) Maharashtra

Q13. In which of the following state/UT, the President of India has inaugurated the 21st World Congress of Mental Health?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Goa
(d) Chandigarh
(e) Puducherry

Q14. Name the state government with which Indiana, a State in the US, has signed an agreement to establish sister-state ties for cooperation in economic, educational and cultural fields.
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Goa
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
(e) Kerala

Q15. Name the state that is least safe for girls, according to a newly-formed Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) by NGO Plan India.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Delhi
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Bihar
(e) Haryana