Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 1. Who among the following Indian crickets has featured in the top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Players Rankings for ODIs? a. Shikhar Dhawan b. MS Dhoni c. Virat Kohli d. None of the above 2. Which of the following English alphabet will be printed on the new 1 rupee note as the insert letter which is to be issued by Reserve Bank of India? a. L b. I c. M d. R 3. Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards for the first "Internationally Acclaimed Actress' will be conferred to a. Deepika Padukone b. Priyanka Chopra c. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 4. What is the name of biofuel manufacturing technology developed at the P.K. Sinha Centre for bio-energy at IIT-Kharagpur which will change the way biofuel is manufactured by making the process cheaper, quicker and pollution-free? a. Soil to soil b. soil to fuel BankExamsToday.com Page 1 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 c. Soil and fuel d. Fuel from Soil e. Konkana Sen Sharma 5. Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence was conferred to a. Ordnance Factory Bolangir b. Ordnance Factory Kanpur c. Ordnance Factory Dehradun d. Ordnance Factory Medak 6. 2017 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story is conferred to a. Jhumpa Lahiri b. Chitra Banerjee c. Urvashi Vaid d. Padma Lakshmi 7. 'HR Innovation of the Year', for its significant contribution to skill development in the automotive sector at the Asia-Pacific Excellence Awards was conferred to a. Maruti Udyog b. Hyundai Motors c. Tata Motors d. Mahindra & Mahindra 8. Who among the following is not a member of Bank Board Bureau? a. Dr Anil K. Khandelwal b. Roopa Kudva BankExamsToday.com Page 2 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 c. H.N. Sinor d. Dilip Sahu 9. Who has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, first woman to hold the top post in the varsity's history? a. Naziya Heptulla b. Najma Heptulla c. Naseeb Heptulla d. Nauheen Heptulla 10. According to Sydney-based aviation think-tank Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's (CAPA) latest report what is the rank of India in the aviation market in terms of domestic passenger traffic? a. 6th b. 5th c. 4th d. 3rd 11. Shri Nitin GadkariAgricultural and Skill Development Centre is located in which district of Nagpur? a. Narkhed b. Thadipawni c. Umred d. Khapa BankExamsToday.com Page 3 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 12. 'Buy Now, Pay Later' is a service introduced by which Indian ministry? a.Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry b. Labour and Employment Ministry c. Railway Ministry d. Agriculture & Farmers Welfare 13. ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by January 2018, which is expected to improve India’s position a. oil extraction b. ocean research c. fishery d. Other than the given options 14. Which of the following Indian city was not included in the 'Global 300' cities - the annual JLL ranking 2017? a. Bangalore b. Chennai c. Kolkata d. Jaipur 15. Which of the following web portals is not merged into Mahaswayam web portal launched by Maharashtra government? a. MSSDS portal for Skill Development b. Maharojgar c. Mahaswayamrojgar BankExamsToday.com Page 4 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 d. None of the above 16. What name has been decided for the GPS System of India to be launched in 2018? a. GenIC b. NavIC c. MapIC d. GPSIC 17. Which of the following is the first State in India to have developed an automatic public address system that can be activated along its entire coast? a. West Bengal b. Odisha c. Maharashtra d. Kerala 18. What is the maximum transaction limit for non-KYC users of T-Wallet launched by Telangana government? a. 15,000 b. 20, 000 c. 10,000 d. 25,000 19. On which of the following playwrights did government of India has recently a post stamp? a. Habib Tanvir BankExamsToday.com Page 5 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 b. Manoranjan Das c. Jaishankar Prasad d. Balwant Gargi 20. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)? a. Sanjiv Singh b. Sunil Singh c. Sandeep Singh d. Sujeet Singh 21. Shinjini Kumar is the Consumer Business Manager, Global Consumer Banking, India of which of the following banks? a. Federal Bank b. UTI Bank c. HSBC Bank d. Citi Bank 22. Nirupama Rao has been appointed public policy fellow to a Washington-based think-tank where she will work on a project on the Sino-India ties. Sino-India tie is the another name of a. India-Pakistan Ties b. India-Australia Ties c. India-China Ties d. None of the BankExamsToday.com Page 6 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 23. Which of the following country is not the full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)? a. Russia, b. Iran c. Kazakhstan. d. Uzbekistan 24. Which of the following film represented India at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival at Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic? a. Ralang Road b. Saino c. Paral ko Aago d. Lahure 25. The annual meeting of China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is held in a. India b. Malaysia c. China d. South Korea 26. The first A in NAAC stands for a. Academic b. Assessment c. Accreditation d. Accordant BankExamsToday.com Page 7 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 27. Beren and Lúthien is authored by a. John Bunyan b. JRR Tolkien c. Samuel Richardson d. Henry Fielding 28. INAM PRO+ is a web portal launched by a. Ministry of Rural Development b. Ministry of Roadways c. Ministry of Finance d. Ministry of Railway 29. Which of the following cities will get the country's first 'freight village'? a. Bhopal b. Jaipur c. Varanasi d. Shimla 30. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has been renamed as a. Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran b. Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran, Haryana c. Urbal Development Programme, Haryana d. None of the above BankExamsToday.com Page 8 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 31. Who has been appointed as the President of Serbia? a. Bozidar Djelic b. Azem Vllasi c. Aleksandar Vucic d. Diana Dragutinović 32. Leo Varadkar has been appointed as the youngest Prime Minister of a. Iceland b. Ireland c. Finland d. Poland 33. Which of the following pairs of Indian women tennos players became first Indian pair to reach the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships? a. Shikha Uberoi and Prarthana Chakarvarti b. Isha Lakahani and Ankita Bhambri c. Ankita Raina and Tara Iyer d. Manika Batra and Mouma Das 34. AmbuSens a technology developed by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has come up with a wireless technology to a. monitor pateints' heartbeats in ambulances b. monitor of patients' condition in ambulances c. monitor patients' respiratory system in ambulances d. None of the above BankExamsToday.com Page 9 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 35. Shashi Shekhar Vempat has been appointed the new chief executive officer of a. Prasar Bharati b. BSNL c. NITI Ayog d. Election Commission 36. Star Mahotsav, for contacting every customer at their door step either for recovery of bad loans, disbursement of retail loans including housing and vehicle loan, was launched by a. Bank of Baroda b. Bank of India c. State Bank of India d. Other than the given options 37. Markets regulator SEBI has set up a committee on corporate governance under the Chairmanship of a. Vinay Kotak b. Vikaram Kotak c. Udgam Kotak d. Uday Kotak 38. What is the GST Rate levied on gold? a. 3% b. 5% BankExamsToday.com Page 10 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 c. 2% d. 4% 39. What is the theme of World Environment Day 2017? a. People & Nature: The Connect b. Connecting Nature and People c. Connecting People to Nature. d. None of the above 40. Which of the following Indian states has become country's first state to launch welfare schemes such as pension for single women for the betterment of society? a. Odisha b. Chattisgarh c. Andhra Pradesh d. Telangana 41. Who among the following Indian Film Directors has been selected to confer with Bharat Gaurav Award NRI Community of US? a. Suraj Barjateya b. Anurag Basu c. Madhur Bhandarkar d. Prakash Jha 42. Who among the following India shuttler has won the Grand Prix gold title 2017? a. B Sai Praneeth BankExamsToday.com Page 11 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 b. Sameer Verma c. Kidambi Srikanth d. Ajay Jayram 43. Which of the following cities has become India’s first city to have only women manage all public parking lots under a ‘smart parking system’? a. Mumbai b. Chandigarh c. Nagpur d. Bhopal 44. Which of the following is not one of the three apps launched by TRAI to help customers rate quality of services, speed and performance? a. Mycall app b. MySpeed app c. Do not disturb app d. Mysms app 45. Which of the following is the country’s first railway station to be redeveloped as a public-private partnership (PPP)? a. Hansi b. Hakimpur c. Habibganj d. Harwada BankExamsToday.com Page 12 Current Affairs Question Bank: June 2017 46. NSE IFSC Ltd is located in which of the following states? a. Pune b. Delhi c. Mumbai d. Gujarat 47. Which of the following country has abolished the blasphemy law law dating back to the 17th century? a. Norway b. Denmark c. Sweden d. Finaland 48. In Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2017 which country is placed at the second place after India? a. Russia b. China c.