SBI & IBPS : Current Affairs Questions

1. Which country has emerged as champions at President’s Cup Boxing Tournament?

• [A]India
• [B]Mongolia
• [C]Indonesia
• [D]Japan
• [E]None of these

Ans: (A)

2. Omar al-Bashir, has been re-elected as president of which country?

• [A]Syria
• [B]Sudan
• [C]Iran
• [D]Ukraine
• [E]None of these

Ans: (B)

3. The Bipolar disorder is related to which among the following?

• [A]Heart
• [B]Lungs
• [C]Brain
• [D]Liver
• [E]None of these

Ans: (C)

4. Which district of West Bengal has been declared country’s first open defecation free district?

• [A]Bankura
• [B]Darjeeling
• [C]Nadia
• [D]Purulia
• [E]None of these

Ans: (C)

5. Which of the following two Indians have recently won the Whitley award for their contribution to wildlife conservation?

• [A]Ananda Kumar and Pramod Patil
• [B]Ullas Karanth and Anil Kumar
• [C]Pramod Patil and Ullas Karanth
• [D]Krishna Singh and Navin Patil
• [E]None of these

Ans: (A)

6. Which organization has been entrusted with the responsibility of issuing e-tickets for entry to Taj Mahal and the Humayun’s Tomb?

• [A]SBI
• [B]IRCTC
• [C]NIC
• [D]HDFC
• [E]None of these

Ans: (B)

7. What is the authorised capital of each Regional Rural Bank (RRB) as per the recent amendments in Regional Rural Bank (Amendment) Bill 2014?

• [A]500
• [B]1000
• [C]1500
• [D]2000
• [E]None of these

Ans: (D)

8. Which city is famous for the Chithirai festival, one of world’s longest festivals?

• [A]Madurai
• [B]Patna
• [C]Ahmadabad
• [D]Mysore
• [E]None of these

Ans: (A)

9. Which of the following journalists has been conferred with the RedInk Award for lifetime achievement?

• [A]Arnab Goswami
• [B]Prannoy Roy
• [C]Shekhar Gupta
• [D]Krishna Prasad
• [E]None of these

Ans: (B)

10. As per data, which are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake?

• [A]Guwahati and Nagpur
• [B]Nagpur and Srinagar
• [C]Guwahati and Srinagar
• [D]Jamnagar and Guwahati
• [E]None of these

Ans: (C)

11. Which of the following leaders has been recently (April 2015) honoured with Officer of the Legion of Honour, the highest French civilian distinction?

• [A]V K Singh
• [B]Yashwant Sinha
• [C]Arvind Kejriwal
• [D]Kapil Sibal
• [E]None of these

Ans: (B)

12. The “Order of the Chrysanthemum” is the highest award in which country?

• [A]China
• [B]Singapore
• [C]Japan
• [D]Australia
• [E]None of these

Ans: (C)

13. Which team has won the Men’s National Hockey Championship 2015?

• [A]Karnataka
• [B]Telangana
• [C]Indian Railways
• [D]Madhya Pradesh
• [E]None of these

Ans: (C)

14. Who has been appointed as chairperson of the Children Film Society of India (CFSI)?

• [A]Mukesh Khanna
• [B]Jaya Bachchan
• [C]Ram Gopal Verma
• [D]Govindh
• [E]None of these

Ans: (A)

15. The Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) was launched to promote which sector?

• [A]Automobiles
• [B]Textile
• [C]Electronics
• [D]Ship Building
• [E]None of these

Ans: (C)