CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR IBPS CLERKS OBJECTIVE

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Who of the following took charge of Hockey India as its president in November, 2016?

a) Mariamma Koshy   b) Narinder Dhruv Batra   c) Tapan Das   d) Mushtaque Ahmad

e) None of the above

2. What is the theme of 2016 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women?

a) Orange your neighbourhood   b) Orange the world   c) Orange the life   d) Orange the people

e) Orange the universe

3. ‘Annapurna Rasoi Programme’ will be started by which State government to provide quality meal to weaker section?

a) Rajasthan   b) Uttar Pradesh   c) Madhya Pradesh   d) Odisha   e) Andhra Pradesh

4. Which Indian personality has been honoured with the 2016 Dr. Nagendra Singh Internal Peace award?

a) Baba Ramdev   b) Sushma Swaraj   c) Narendra Modi   d) Sri Sri Ravishankar

e) Atal Bihari Vajpai

5. What is the theme of the 2016 World Toilet Day (WTD)?

a) Toilets and nutrition   b) Toilets and Jobs   c) Toilets and health   d) Equality and dignity

e) I give a shit

6. Which of the following has been named as the world’s fastest supercomputer, as per recently released Top-500 list of supercomputers?

a) Tianhe-2   b) Sunway Taihulight   c) IBM Sequoia   d) Cori   e) Microsoft

7. Which State has become the first Indian State to adopt resolution on demonetization?

a) Madhya Pradesh   b) Rajasthan   c) Chhattisgarh   d) Assam   e) Haryana

8. Who is the head of a task force formed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to re-calibrated all ATMs and cash dispensing machines with the new design of ( 500 and  2000) notes?

a) HR Khan   b) NS Vishwanathan   c) SS Mundra   d) Shaktikanta Das   e) None of these

9. The world’s highest skywalk will come up in which State of India?

a) Himachal Pradesh   b) Assam   c) Arunachal Pradesh   d) Sikkim   e) Kerala

10. The International Conference & Exhibition on ‘Sugarcane Value Chain Vision 2025 Sugar’ has started in which city?

a) Pune   b) New Delhi   c) Kochi   d) Lucknow   e) Jaipur

11. Which State government has launched ‘Lakshya Bhagirathi’ campaign to complete the irrigation projects?

a) Madhya Pradesh   b) Chhattisgarh   c) Uttar Pradesh   d) Assam   e) Arunachal Pradesh

12. Kanubhai Gandhi, who passed away recently, was related to which field?

a) Law   b) Sports   c) Science   d) Journalism   e) Education

13. What is the India’s position on the global business optimism index, as per the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report?

a) 5^th   b) 9^th   c) 2^nd   d) 4^th   e) 3^rd

14. ‘Petrotech-2016’ the International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition will be held in which city?

a) New Delhi   b) Tokyo   c) Tehran   d) Kabul   e) Beijing

15. Who is the most valued Indian athletes, as per recently released Forbes Fab 40?

a) Sakshi Malik   b) Sania Mirza   c) PV Sindhu   d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

e) Sachin Tendulkar

16. Katherine Espin, who won the crown of 2016 Miss Earth, is belonged to which country?

a) Philippines   b) Ecuador   c) Colombia   d) Venezuela   e) Austria

17. India has signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with which country for setting-up of Techo Park in Ramallah?

a) Israel   b) Iran   c) Afghanistan   d) Palestine   e) Pakistan

18. Which portal has been launched by the Union government to track air flights & register complaints?

a) AirSuraksha Portal   b) AirSandesh Portal   c) Air Track Portal   d) AirSewa Portal

e) None of these above

19. The book ‘Midnight’s Furies : The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition’ has been authored by whom?

a) Kisan Jha   b) Nisid Hajari   c) Milan Vaishnav   d) Ruskin Bond   e) Cetan Bhagat

20. Which Indian film has been nominated as Indian entry for ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal?

a) Harmonia   b) Allama   c) Beluga   d) A Real Vermeer   e) Pink

21. Which Indian journalist has been honoured with the CPJ’s 2016 International Press Freedom Award?

a) Malini Subramaniam   b) Zafarul Islam Khan   c) Prannoy Lal Roy   d) Palagummi Sainath

e) Kanubhai Gandhi

22. Which Indian golfer has won 2016 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open?

a) Anirban Lahiri   b) Gaganjeet Bhullar   c) Jyoti Randhawa   d) Jeev Mikha Singh

e) None of these

23. The book ‘The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore’ has been authored by whom?

a) Manu S. Pillai   b) Kanishk Tharoor   c) Madhu Gurung   d) Nisid Hajari

e) None of the above

24. Who has been bestowed with the 2016 honourary Academy Award (or Oscar)?

a) Jackie Chan   b) Tom Hanks   c) Chris Tucker   d) Michelle Yeoh   e) Leonardo Decaprio

25. Which Indian-origin personality has been honoured with the Henley & Partners Global Citizen Award for 2016?

a) Leigh Foster   b) Garriaud-Maylam   c) Imitaz Sooliman   d) Christian Kalin

e) None of these

26. The world’s first Bollywood Park theme park has opened in which city?

a) Mumbai   b) New York   c) Dubai   d) Kuala Lumpur   e) New Delhi

27. Which country has launched the world’s longest super-secure quantum communication line?

a) New Zealand   b) China   c) Japan   d) South Korea   e) India

28. Who has been conferred the 2016 Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice?

a) Hishaam Hussain   b) Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain   c) Abinta Kabir   d) Tarishi Khan

e) Aruna Roy

29. Which State has become the first Indian State to adopt the Fly Ash Utilisation Policy?

a) Andhra Pradesh   b) Maharashtra   c) Assam   d) Uttar Pradesh   e) Gujarat

30. Janardhan Negi, who passed away recently, was related to which field?

a) Geophysics   b) Sports   c) Journalism   d) Medical   e) Law

31. Which country’s team has won gold at the 2016 Women’s World Carrom Championship?

a) Australia   b) India   c) China   d) Sri Lanka   e) Russia

32. India’s first-ever Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) driven bus has been launched in which State?

a) Kerala   b) Assam   c) Tamil Nadu   d) Karnataka   e) Andhra Pradesh

33. ‘Smart India Hackathon 2017’ has been launched by which Union Minister?

a) Ravi Shankar Prasad   b) Narendra Modi   c) Prakash Javadekar   d) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

e) Arvind Kejriwal

34. The 2016 Urban Mobility India conference has started in which State?

a) Punjab   b) Gujarat   c) Uttar Pradesh   d) Assam   e) Rajasthan

35. The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed a MoU with which IIT institute to establish a Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC)?

a) IIT-Bombay   b) IIT-Kharagpur   c) IIT-Indore   d) IIT-Delhi   e) IIT-Roorkee

36. Who will be conferred with the Rashtriya Kalidas Samman for year 2016-17?

a) N. Rajam   b) Anupam Kher   c) Raj Bisaria   d) Banshi Kaul   e) Jagjit Singh

37. Who has been appointed as the new Executive Director (EDI) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

a) KK Malhotra   b) M. Rajeshwar Rao   c) Arindam Kunar   d) Greesh Bindra   e) Bansal Kaul

38.Which country will host the 2016 International Energy Forum – International Gas Union (IEF-IGU) Ministerial Forum?

a) India   b) Qatar   c) Iran   d) Israel   e) China

39. Which bank has launched home loan overdraft facility for salaried customers?

a) State Bank of India   b) ICICI Bank   c) Axis Bank   d) HDFC Bank   e) Vijaya Bank

40. Who has won the 2016 Bahrain International challenge men’s singles badminton tournament?

a) Pratul Joshi   b) Vighnesh Devlekar   c) Rohan Kapoor   d) Aditya Joshi   e) None of these