Current Affairs Question Bank: January 2017 1) Martyrs Day is observed on b. Sudhir Mishra a. 28 January c. Amrit Shah b. 30 January d. Rakesh Aggarwal c. 29 January d. 27 January 7) Who among the following has been appointed the United Nations in India Goodwill Ambassador 2) PM Modi has announced to make a Special Task for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? a. Bhavesh Patel Force for which of the following event? b. Malisha Patel a. Olympic Games c. Ashok Amritraj b. Word Gymnastics Championship d. Anupam Ray c. IWF World Championship d. World Boxing Championship 8) Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Table Tennis Federation of India? 3) Which of the following rare star was observed by a. Dushyant Chautala India’s first dedicated space observatory, b. Kartik Chauhan ASTROSAT preying” on a bigger celestial body? c. Prateek Rao a. Dragon d. Animesh Baig b. Leo 9) Who among the following won the Miss Universe c. Vampire crown 2017? d. Shadow a. Raquel Pelissier b. Andrea Tovar 4) Whom did PV Sindhu defeate to win her maiden c. Roshmitha Harimurthy Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold women's singles title d. Iris Mittenaere 2017? a. Gregoria Mariska 10) Which of the following Reliance bodies has b. Li Xuerui signed a contract with Defence Ministry for design c. Greysia Polli and construction of 14 fast patrol vessels for Indian d. Kim Ha-na Coast Guard? a. Reliance Power b. Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL) 5) Who among the following is not included in the c. Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) four member committee appointed by Supreme d. Reliance Communications Court to oversee the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? 11) Future Generali India Insurance Company (FGII) a. Ramchandra Guha has entered into a corporate agency tie-up with b. Vikram Limaye which bank? c. Amit Rajouri a. Bank of India d. Vinod Rai b. Union Bank of India c. Bank Of Maharashtra d. Bank of Baroda 6) Who among the following has been appointed the Delhi Police Commissioner? 12) Which of the following Muslim country is not a. Amulya Kumar Patnaik www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 1 Current Affairs Question Bank: January 2017 included in the seven countries for which USA has d. AP Singh temporarily banned visas for refugees? a. Syria 18) Which of the following Arabian countries has b. Libya decided set up a court for non-Muslims to c. Pakistan strengthen the culture of tolerance and acceptance d. Somalia of other communities and ensure access to services for all segments of the society? 13) General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) will not a. Qatar interplay with investors' right to choose b. Abu Dhabi a. company to be invested in c. Oman b. amount of money to be invested d. Libya c. transaction method d. commodity to be invested in 19) India signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates on that allows the Gulf OPEC country to 14) Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar, a technocrat, who fill half of an underground crude oil storage facility has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of at Nalanda University is known as the a. Tuticorin a. father of Indian chemical industry b. Mangalore b. father of the Indian Supercomputer c. Kochi c. father of Indian mathematics d. Vishakhapatnam d. father of binomials 15) With which of the following countries has the 30) Which country was the Guest Nation’ at Telangana government signed a memorandum of Hyderabad Literary Festival-HLF 2017? understanding to set up a world-class aero skills a. Philippines academy in the city in collaboration with academia b. Spain and industry c. Poland a. America d. Russia b. Japan c. Russia 31) Who among the following martyr was honoured d. France he Ashoka Chakra at 68th Republic Day for killing 16) The Deshpande Foundation will launch the four terrorists who had infiltrated into north country’s largest start-up incubation centre at Kashmir last year? a. Belur a. Karnail Singh b. Huballi b. Teh- Bishnah c. Mysore c. Hangpan Dada d. Mangalore d. Javra Munda 17) Who among the following has been appointed 32) Which of the following country's military as interim MD and CEO of the India Post Payment contingent participated in the 68th Republic Day Bank? parade on Rajpath? a. Anil Chauhan a. Bangladesh b. Vijay Rawat c. RL Yadav b. Russia www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 2 Current Affairs Question Bank: January 2017 c. UAE 38) Which of the following cities is not included d. England among the five cities of Karnataka get a passport services at the Head Post Offices (HPO)? 33) What is the name of India's indigenous Light a. Hampi Combat Aircraft that made its debut by flying past b. Bengaluru the Rajpath on the country's 68th Republic Day? c. Mysore a. Zenith d. Hubli b. Hawker c. Akash 39) President Donald Trump has issued an d. Tejas executive order for an "impassable physical barrier" to be built along the US border with 34) Ten girl cadets and one Girls Cadets Instructor a. Bermuda (GCI) who were conferred with Raksha Mantri b. Mexico Padak in the NCC Republic Day Camp 2017 c. Greenland successfully summitted d. Canada a. Mount Everest b. Naga Tibba 40) What does A refer to in FATF? c. Kanchanjanga a. Action b. Acquisition d. Jaintia Hills c. Activity d Acquired 35) Which of the following National Security Guard (NSG) commandos participated in the 68 Republic 41) India's largest online travel portal MakeMyTrip Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi? has launched the first ever social luxury travel a. Ghatak magazine called b. Rangers a. Luxury Travellers c. Black Cat b. Luxury Travel Times d. Garud c. Travel Luxury d. My Luxury Trip 36) India's Republic Day coincides with 42) Who among the following Indian-American has a. Russia Day been appointed as special assistant to the b. America Day President Donald Trump? c. China Day a. Pritam Dhingra d. Australia Day b. Nishan Juneja c. Kulbir Lodhi 37) National Action Plan for Children, 2016 (NPAC) d. Uttam Dhillon does not contain which of the following priorities? a. health and nutrition 43) Johnson & Johnson has acquired the which of b. child labour abolishment the following European bio-pharmaceutical firm? c. education and development a. Actelion b. AstraZeneca. d. protection and participation c. Pfizer www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 3 Current Affairs Question Bank: January 2017 d. Novartis about 850 MW of power? a. Hainan 44) Pankaj Advani won his 11th World Billiards b. Zhejiang (150-Up format) Championships title by beating c. Qinghai which of the following competitor? d. Sichuan a. Michael Hill b. Ronnie Allen 50) In the first week of February 2017, how many c. Johnny Archer satellites has ISRO planning to launch on a single d. Peter Gilchrist rocket? a. 98 45) Who among the following has been named b. 104 Japan's first home-grown sumo grand champion? c. 87 a. Benjiro d. 103 b. Kisenosato c. Chokichi 51) What is the greatest number of satellites d. Eriko launched by ISRO in June 2016? a. 20 46) Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold b. 15 medals due to which teammate? c. 18 a. Jesse Oewens d. 25 b. Thane Baker c. Armin Hary 52) Who among the following has been appointed d. Nesta Carter the Chief Operating Officer of Ola cabs? a. Tarun Goyal b. Sanjay Kapoor 47) Who among the following has been appointed c. Vishal Kaul as the Chairman of the United States Federal d. Rahul Mohan Communications Commission by President elect Donald Trump? 53) In which of the following cities will the Asia Arts a. Sumit Mahajan Awards 2017 will be held for the first time? b. K.K. Donny a. Delhi c. Ajit Pai b. Mumbai d. Atul Bisht c. Jaipur d. Kolkata 48) Who among the following has been appointed as head of the agency for government health insurance programs by US President Donald Trump? 54) Which of the following films won the best a. Seema Verma feature film award at international Borrego Springs b. Nikki Haley Film Festival held in California, US? c. Prmila Jayapal a. Masan d. Aruna Miller b. Parzania c. Saanjh 49) In which of the following provinces has China d. Parched built World's largest solar park which can produce www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 4 Current Affairs Question Bank: January 2017 55) In which of the following dialects is the award Card? of merit winning movie at Accolade Global Film a. HDFC Bank Competition Saanjh made? b. Axis Bank a. Bhojpuri c. Yes Bank b. Rajasthani d. Punjab National Bank c. Bengali d. Himachali 61) Who among the following has been appointed the head of the Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association (HPOA) for a four-year term? 56) 23 January, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's a. Anirudh Chaudhry birthday or Netaji Jayanti is celebrated in India as b. Anurag Thakur a. Sashakt Bharat Diwas c. Shivlal Yadav b. Bharat Mata Diwas d. Ravi Savant c. Yuva Diwas d. Desh Prem Diwas 62) Which company has been granted permission to be merged in MakeMytrip by CCI? 57) According to The Annual Status Education a. ticketgoose Report (ASER), which Indian State has the has the b. expedia country’s highest reading and mathematics learning c. travelguru levels? d. ibibo a. Himachal Pradesh b. Kerala 63) Who among the following won the International c. Uttrakhand Tennis Federation Juniors title singles? d. Telangana a. Amit Namdev b. Dhruv Sunish 58) Which country is helping Indian Railway to c. Kartik Goyal increase the speed of its passenger trains up to 200 d.