General Awareness Quiz for SBI PO Mains - 23
1. Name the
Pakistan cricketer has announced his retirement from international cricket in
February 2017.
a) Misbah-ul-Haq
b) Younis Khan
c) Mohammad
Hafeez
d) Shahid Afridi
2. In February,
the National Biodiversity Congress (NBC) 2017 was held in .........
a) Thiruvananthapuram
b) Kochi
c) Kozhikode
d) Thrissur
3. Who has been
sworn-in as the 17th Chief Minister of Nagaland?
a) Neiphiu Rio
b) K. G. Kenye
c) Shurhozelie Liezitsu
d) None
4. Which state
government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NABARD for a loan
of Rs.874 crore for Horticulture Development?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Tripura
d) Mizoram
5. Which state
assembly has passed Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other
Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2017 to empower the state government to
use Aadhar as sole identifier?
a) Gujarat
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Telangana
6. In which city
the Union Govt has launched 'Cyber Swachhta Kendra' for Botnet cleaning and
Malware analysis as a part of digital India initiative?
a) Chennai
b) Pune
c) New Delhi
d) Bengaluru
7. Ministry of
Textiles has signed an MoU signed for the welfare of Handicraft Artisans
belonging to Scheduled Casts with .......
a) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
b) Ministry of
Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
c) Ministry of
Human Resource Development (MHRD)
d) Ministry of
Minority Affairs
8. The Union Govt
has announced to set up the first heliport in India in .......
a) Delhi
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Manipur
9. SAATHIYA
Resource Kit and SAATHIYA SALAH mobile app has been launched for ....
a) Tribal Youth
b) Women
c) Adolescents
d) Children
10. In which of
the states the expansion of rota virus vaccine has been announced to be
expanded?
a) Assam
b) Tripura
c) Rajasthan
d) All of the above
11. Who among the
following has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman 2016?
a) Surendra Verma
b) Jainendra
Kumar
c) Kedarnath
Singh
d) Ram Vilas
Sharma
12. In how many
circles the Bharti Airtel has acquired Telenor India's operations?
a) Five circles
b) Six circles
c) Seven circles
d) Eight circles
13. The World
Trade Organization's trade facilitation agreement, which seeks to ease customs
norms, came into effect from with its two-thirds members ratifying the pact. How
many countries are members of the WTO?
a) 160 members
b) 164 members
c) 168 members
d) 170 members
14. Recently
astronomers have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting around a star
called .......
a) TRAPPIST-1
b) Cygnus X-1
c) BPM 37093
d) HR 465
15. With which
bank the Direct-to-home operator Dish TV joined hands with for digital
payments?
a) Punjab
National Bank
b) ICICI bank
c) City Union
Bank
d) Federal Bank
16. Which bank has
been given the IBA-Banking Technology award 2016?
a) Allahabad Bank
b) Andhra Bank
c) Corporation
Bank
d) Karnataka Bank
17. Bandipur
National Park is in news for firing one of its worst droughts in decades. The
national park is in .......
a) Karnataka
b) Maharashtra
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Jharkhand
18. Which country
has lifted ban on women soldiers in February 2017?
a) Switzerland
b) Turkey
c) Niger
d) Cameroon
19. Kenneth J.
Arrow has passed away in California on 20th February 2017. He was a renowned
.......
a) Public Servant
b) Lawyer
c) Musician
d) Economist
20. Who has become
the first woman commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police?
a) Margaret Damer
Dawson
b) Louise A.
Jackson
c) Cressida Dick
d) None of the
above
