IBPS Current Affairs


1). Manipur's first crowd-funded party Peoples' Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) started by ?
a) Mohammed Alimuddin
b) Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh
c) Irom Sharmila
d) bijeesh dasan
e) darshan raval
Answer: c)

2). ________ has become the 48th Vice President of the United States
a) Mike Pence
b) George Mitchell
c) Sean Spicer
d) Joe Biden
e) Steven Mnuchin
Answer: a)

3). James Mattis is newly appointed as the US _________ in Donald Trump administration.
a) Secretary of State
b) Secretary of Defence
c) Secretary of Commerce
d) Secretary of Treasury
e) Secretary of Labour
Answer: b)

4). _______ has been recently included in judging panel of the upcoming 65th edition of the Miss Universe pageant.
a) Sushmita Sen
b) Aishwarya Rai
c) Lara Dutta
d) Yukta Mookhey
e) None of these
Answer: a)

5). Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya the 3 state jointly celebrate January 21st of every year as _____
a) Yaoshang
b) Lui-ngai- ni
c) Heikru Hitongba
d) Statehood Day
e) Wangala Festival
Answer: d)

6). A new world record done by ________ people singing the National Anthem at an event in Gujarat
a) 1.27 lakh
b) 3.5 lakh
c) 2.7 lakh
d) 3.4 lakh
e) 3.8 lakh
Answer: b)

7). Which cricket stadium in india is going to have the name of Indian war heros to its stands
a) Wankhede Stadium
b) Eden Gardens
c) Feroz Shah Kotla Ground
d) Green Park Stadium
e) Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
Answer: b)

8). Which state is going to implement world's 1st electronic mode postal ballots ?
a) Bihar
b) Manipur
c) Punjab
d) Goa
e) Uttarakhand
Answer: d)

9). _________ state government has decided to to give a stipend to students belonging to two tribal communities of Koraga and Jenu Kuruba.
a) Punjab
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Jharkhand
e) Kerala
Answer: c)

10). _________ city police has been given body-worn cameras.
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Chandigarh
d) Bhubaneswar
e) Gurugram
Answer: e)

11). world's longest human chain, covering an estimated distance of _______ kilometres formed against alcoholism and liquor in Bihar
a) 12,729
b) 11,292
c) 11,467
d) 10,853
e) 11,041
Answer: b)

12). a high-speed train system aimed of travel at speeds of up to 1,000 kmph is planned to develop by _________ country in next three years .
a) Japan
b) Germany
c) South Korea
d) South Africa
e) China
Answer: c)

13). Which state has planned to plant saplings along its state highways in accordance with Centre's National Green Highways mission ?
a) Andhra pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Chhattisgarh
e) Karnataka
Answer: e)

14). Maharashtra state government has activated additional 75 WiFi hotspots in mumbai which makes the count to ______
a) 525
b) 565
c) 585
d) 510
e) 555
Answer: c)

15). Which country has declared that to introduce biometric recognition instead of passports at its international airports for identification ?
a) Canada
b) UK
c) Russia
d) Australia
e) Germany
Answer: d)

16). Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament 2017 won by _______ .
a) P V Sindhu
b) Aparna Popat
c) Jwala Gutta
d) Carolina Marin
e) Saina Nehwal
Answer: e)

17). Singapore's first satellite _______ , which claimed to stay in orbit for twice as long as similar satellites
a) Cartosat-2C
b) AOBA VELOX-III
c) WASEDA-SAT3
d) STARONE D1
e) ECHOSTAR 19
Answer: b)

18). The Indian postal department released a special stamp cover featuring Olympic medalists, the special cover is titled as ____________
a) Golden girls of India - Pride of Nation
b) Nation's Pride - Girls Honour
c) Gem of Nation - Gem of Girls
d) Our Nation - Our Pride
e) None of these
Answer: a)

19). _____ company has emerged as the most innovative company for 2016 according to Boston Consulting Group’s annual list.
a) Microsoft
b) Google
c) Cisco
d) Apple
e) Infosys
Answer: d)

20). _______ bank has recently accepted to pay $5 million in compensation to customers who were charged "unreasonable" fees
a) BNP Paribas
b) Barclays
c) HSBC Bank
d) RBL Bank
e) DBS Bank
Answer: c)

21). Airports Authority of India has got approval from central government on transfer of _____ acres .
a) 12.07
b) 11.35
c) 10.74
d) 11.58
e) 11.79
Answer: b)

22). Which International Airport tops to become the world's busiest airport for international passengers in 2016.
a) Japan
b) Beijing
c) London
d) Los Angeles
e) Dubai
Answer: e)

23). Jallikattu Bill which is passed recently in ________ state government assembly .
a) Karnataka
b) Assam
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Uttarakhand
Answer: c)

24). Which city in UK has got warning on very high air pollution ?
a) Liverpool
b) Bristol
c) Manchester
d) London
e) Bradford
Answer: d)

25). The first ever Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and Sovereignty is awarded by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to __________ ?
a) Bujar Nishani
b) Vladimir Putin
c) Rumen Radev
d) shinzo abe
e) António Guterres
Answer: b)

26). The Foreign Secretary whose working period got extended for one year is ________ .
a) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
b) Viral Acharya
c) HL Dattu
d) S Jaishankar
e) Shaktikanta Das
Answer: d)

27). International snooker player who created record by winning Masters title for the seventh time ?
a) Ronnie O'Sullivan
b) Stephen Hendry
c) John Higgins
d) Ding Junhui
e) Mark Selby
Answer: a)

28). ________ has been appointed as the Director of United States CIA
a) Steven Mnuchin
b) Mike Pompeo
c) Andrew Puzder
d) Mike Pence
e) Tim Geithner
Answer: b)

29). January 24th is celebrated as _________
a) World Hindi Day
b) National Army Day
c) National Voter's Day
d) National Youth Day
e) National Girl Child Day
Answer: e)

30). In order to develop telecom infrastructure in North East region central government planned to invest ______ crore.
a) 4,200
b) 4,750
c) 5,370
d) 5,500
e) 5,700
Answer: d)

31). Uber has recently planed to launch standalone ______ app in india.
a) UberEAT
b) UberSHARE
c) UberBIKE
d) UberAUTO
e) UberDELIVERY
Answer: a)

32). US-based astronomer ___________ has created a periodic table which links elements in our solar system with their origin
a) Stephen Alex
b) Giovanni Cassini
c) Jennifer Johnson
d) John-Murrell
e) David Grimm
Answer: c)

33). The Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das term got extended up to _____ ?
a) 1st October
b) 31st December
c) c)1st June
d) 31st March
e) 31st May
Answer: e)

34). Yoky Matsuoka is rehired as the Chief Technology Officer of _______ company
a) Apple
b) Google
c) Intel
d) Alphabet
e) IBM
Answer: d)

35). Which Police has started using a mobile application to map the real-time locations of patrolling teams from police stations on an experimental basis.
a) Delhi
b) Pune
c) Lucknow
d) Bhopal
e) Indore
Answer: b)

36). Kevin Scott is recently appointed as the Chief Technology Officer of ________
a) LinkedIn
b) Ola
c) Microsoft
d) Oracle
e) Facebook
Answer: c)

37). Which bank has planned to close its 117 branches in UK due to customers increasingly conducting banking through Internet and mobile phones.
a) Lloyds Banking Group
b) Standard Chartered
c) Harrods Bank
d) HSBC Bank
e) Barclays Bank
Answer: d)

38).In the 1st half of 2016 India and ______ had bilateral trade around 17 billion US dollar.
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Brazil
d) UAE
e) Kenya
Answer: d)

39).The Chief Ministers' panel on digital payments has recently decide to charge tax for banking cash transaction of _________ and above.
a) Rs.25,000
b) Rs.1,00,000
c) Rs.75,000
d) Rs.80,000
e) Rs.50,000
Answer: e)

40). January 25th is celebrated as ______ ?
a) World Hindi Day
b) National Army Day
c) National Voter's Day
d) National Youth Day
e) National Girl Child Day
Answer: c)

41). The missile which recently passed in second test at Integrated Test Range at the APJ Abdul Kalam island off the Odisha coast
a) Pinaka
b) Akash
c) Agni-V
d) Prithvi
e) BrahMos - II
Answer: a)

42). ________ country has planned to provide insurance cover to workers form their country to India and double the insurance cover for those going to other work destinations.
a) Singapore
b) Sri lanka
c) Bhutan
d) Nepal
e) Myanmar
Answer: d)

43). __________ a football player from Mizoram of 15yr age, chosen to train at Germany's top division football league, Bundesliga, for six years.
a) Lalchungnunga
b) Akilesh Anandh
c) Y.B. Sarangi
d) Somesh Jhar
e) Bishwanath Ghosh
Answer: a)

44). 14 agreements in various areas were signed between India and _______
a) Russia
b) UAE
c) Brazil
d) France
e) Kenya
Answer: b)

45). International coffee chain Starbucks has nominated ______ as its Board of Directors
a) Shantanu Narayen
b) Sundar Pichai
c) Larry Ellison
d) Satya Nadella
e) Jeff Bezos
Answer: d)

46). _______ country has launched its first military communications satellite to quadruple the broadband capacity of the country's self defence forces.
a) China
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) Ukraine
e) South Africa
Answer: b)

47). _________ recently joined Google as Head of Editorial, Google Cloud .
a) Paul Hume
b) Ruth Almog
c) Quentin Hardy
d) R. Edward Gosnell
e) George Barkin
Answer: c)

48). The shorter version of National Anthem last for time of ________
a) 25 sec
b) 40 sec
c) 10 sec
d) 20 sec
e) 35 sec
Answer: d)

49). The new app that can be used without downloading , started testing by Google is ?
a) GApps
b) GoApps
c) Instant Apps
d) DefaultApps
e) IntraApps
Answer: c)

50). The traders organisations of ______ state has decided not to sell drinks made by multinational companies including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo from March 1
a) Maharashtra
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Bihar
d) Gujarat
e) Karnataka
Answer: b)