IBPS PO/CLERKS/SSC//LIC/IAS - CURRENT AFFAIRS 2017 NOVEMBER -2
1. Sonepur
cattle fair observed in Saran district of Bihar. The fair is considered as
Asia’s largest fair. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi inaugurated
the fair. The Sonepur fair majorly attracts cattle traders from all over Asia.
It is known for the sale of which animal?
a) Horse
b) Elephant c)
Camel d) Goat
2. 1st
Heli Expo India and International Civil Helicopter Conclave-2017 held in which
place of India?
a) Bengaluru
b) New Delhi c)
Chennai d) Hyderabad
3. Consider
the following statements:
I.
Balijatra, the biggest
trade fair in Odisha literally means “A Voyage to Bali”.
II.
The fair began from the
full moon day of the month Margashira every year as a reminder of Odisha’s rich
maritime past.
III.
This festival is held
in Cuttack at Gadagadia Ghat of the Mahanadi river to mark the day when ancient
Odisha mariners set to sail to Bali, Java, Sumatra, Borneo in Indonesia and Sri
Lanka.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) Only II and III c) Only I and III d)
All of these
4. Aiming
to host foreign armies in joint exercises, the Indian Army launched an
independent and fully-integrated Joint Training Node (JTN) at Umroi cantonment
in which north-eastern state?
a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Meghalaya c)
Nagaland d) Mizoram
5. Who
was named ambassador of the AIBA Women’s Youth World Championships?
a) Anu Bhatia b) Mary Kom c)
Anju George d) Shakshi Tanwar
6. Who
became the first woman mayor of Gurgaon recently?
a) Madhu Azad b)
Sunita Yadav c) Pramila Kablena d)
None of these
7. Consider
the following statements:
I.
An indigenously
developed light weight ‘Glide’ bomb has been successfully tested in Chandipur
in Odisha.
II.
The guided bomb SAAW
released from the aircraft and guided through precision navigation system. It
reached the targets as greater than 70 km range, with high accuracies.
III.
A total of three tests
with “different release conditions” and ranges were conducted and were all successful.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) Only II and III c)
Only I and III d)
All of these
8. Which
country won the women’s Asia Cup hockey title at Kakamigahara Japan?
a) India b)
China c) Japan
d) South Korea
9. Who
clinched the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open recently?
a) Aditi Ashok b)
Cheyenne Woods c) Georgia Hall d)
Camilla Lennarth
10. Who
won a bronze medal each at the prestigious 2017 Challenge Belgium Open Table
Tennis tournament in the men’s doubles category at De Haan, Belgium.
a) Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan
b) Patrick Franziska and Ricardo Walther
c) Sanil Shetty and Ricardo Walther
d) None of these
11. Who
emerged victories in the Elite Mens events at the Cyclothon recently?
a) Satbir Singh b)
T Manorama c) Farhan Akhtar d)
None of these
12. Who
has become the first woman to be appointed as senior Deputy Director General,
Tamil Nadu, Telecom Enforcement Resource Monitoring, Department of Telecommunications?
a) N. Poonguzhali b)
T. Manorama c) T. Poonguzhali
d) N. Manorama
13. Consider
the following statements:
I.
The Five-day Coastal
Security Exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ held recently.
II.
The exercise conducted
to provide seamless seaward cover along the Goa Coast jointly by all security
agencies from coastal belt area line to the limit of territorial water i.e. 12
nautical miles.
III.
This exercise provides
all stakeholders and opportunity to fine tune standard operating procedure and test
new operation concepts for coastal secutiry.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a)
Only I b) Only II and III c)
Only I and III d) All of these
14. Consider
the following statements:
I.
An ‘AI’ (Artificial
Intelligence) character was made an official resident of a busy central Tokyo
district.
II.
The virtual newcomer
resembled a chatty seven-year old boy.
III.
The boy named “Shibuya
Mirai” does not exist physically, but he can have text conversations with
humans on the widely used LINE messaging app.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) Only II and III c)
Only I and III d)
All of these
15. Which
country has unveiled ‘Tian Kun Hao’, the ‘magic island maker’, a massive ship
described as Asia’s largest dredging vessel?
a) Japan
b) Thailand c) China
d) Bangkok
16. Consider
the following statements:
I.
China launched two
BeiDou-3 satellites into space via a single carrier rocket to support its
global navigation and positioning network.
II.
The satellites were
aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket which took off from Xichang Staellite
Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) Only II c) Both of these
d) None of these
17. Recently
a Typhoon barrelled into Vietnam and made landfall causing devastation. What
was its name?
a) Damrey b)
Nilofer c) Tsunami
d) Hudhud
18. Some
commodities have been granted Geographical Indication (GI) this fiscal year by
the Indian patent office. Choose them.
a) Banganapalle mangoes of Andhra Pradesh.
b) Tulapanji rice of West Bengal
c) Darjeeling Tea
d) All of these
19. Who
clinched his first Asian Tour title by bagging the Panasonic Open by three
strokes at the Delhi Gold Club?
a) Shiv Kapur b)
Anirban lahiri c) Jyoti randhwa d)
Arjun Atwal
20. Dishes
of Hyderabad have made their way into India postage, as the Department of Post
issued stamps on them. Choose them.
a) Biryani
b) Baghare baingan c)
Seviyan d) All of these
21. The
Indian Railways has launched the main arch of the worlds highest bridge on
which River in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district?
a) Jhelum
b) Ravi c)
Saraswati d) Chenab
22. Who
is the most recent member of International Solar Alliance?
a) Bangkok
b) Madagascar c) Guinea d)
None of these
23. Consider
the following statements:
I.
Nepal inaugurated a
bridge on th Kaligandaki river at Jomsom area in Mustang district near China
border.
II.
The bridge not only provides
direct motorable connectivity to people of Mustang but also benefits thousands
of tourists and pilgrims visiting the famous Muktinath temple and upper Mustang
for trekking.
Which of the above statements
is/are false?
a)
Only I b) Only II c)
Both of these d)
None of these
24. Consider
the following statements:
I.
Japan’s parliament
formally extended a law banning disrespect of the national anthem to cover Hong
Kong.
II.
With this, the National
Anthem Law, which went into effect on October 1, 2017 has now been included in
an annex of Hong Kongs Basic Law or mini constitution.
III.
This move undermined
the Chinese-ruled city’s autonomy and freedoms.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) II and III c)
I and III d) All of these
25. Army
personnel of India and which country took part in the 7th edition of
the joint training exercise named ‘Sampriti-7’ at India’s Jungle Warfare School
in Vairengte, Mizoram and at the joint Training Node in Umroi, Meghalaya?
a) China b)
Myanmar c) Bangladesh d)
None of these
26. Which
institution opened its campus to an Isreal Centre and the centre was
inaugurated by the Ambassador of Israel to India, Daniel Carmon?
a) IIS
b) IIMB c)
IITB d) IITD
27. The
Nobel Memorial Wall was inaugurated at which Metro station of delhi?
a) Central Secretariat b) Rajiv Chowk c)
ITO d) Hauz Khas
28. Tata
Steel has commissioned its largest Coke Dry Quenching (CDO) facility with a
capacity of 200 tonnes per hour, at its greenfieldsteel plant in which place?
a) Kalinganagar b)
Jajpur c) Odisha
d) All of these
29. Consider
the following statements :
I.
The Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)’s muti-wavelength space observatory ‘AstroSat’ has
accomplished the extremely strenuous job of X-ray polarisation.
II.
A team of Indian
astronomers has documented the results of the study and measured the variations
of polarisation as this highly-magnetised neutron star spins around 30
times/second.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) Only II c) Both of these d)
None of these
30. Consider
the following statements:
I.
India conducted a
flight test of its indigenously designed and developed long rang sub-sonic
cruise missile Nirbhay.
II.
The state-of-the-art
sleek cruise missile took off from the launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test
Range (ITR) at Chandipur along the Odisha coast.
Which of the above statements
is/are false?
a)
Only I b) Only II
c) Both of these d) None of these
31. What
was unveiled as the official mascot for 2017 AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing
Championship?
a) One-horned rhino b)
Bengal tiger c) Gujarat lion d)
None of these
32. What
was unveiled as the official logo for 2017 AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing
Championship?
a) Gamosa b)
Samosa c) Khurasa
d) Peerasa
33. What
was unveiled as the official anthem for 2017 AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing
Championship?
a) Make some noise b)
Do some noise c) Have some noise
d) Create some noise
34. Who
won a gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event at Commonwealth Shooting
Championships 2017?
a) Satyendra Singh b)
Sanjeev Rajput c) Amanpreet Singh d)
Gagan Narang
35. Who
won Gold Medal in women’s 10m Air Pistol event at Commonwealth Shooting
Championships 2017?
a) Pooja Ghatkar b) Heena Sidhu c)
Anjum moudgil d) Shreyasi Singh
36. Who
designated as Finance Secretary recently?
a) Hasmukh Adhia b)
Swapni Suresh Kusale c) Neeraj Kumar
d) Anjum Moudgil
37. Which
Indian short film has won the Best Short Film Award at the South Asian Film
Festival of Montreal?
a) The School Bag b)
The School Gate c) The School Road
d) None of these
38. Consider
the following statements:
I.
Union HRD Minister
Prakash Javadekar inaugurated a two-day National Workshop ‘Chintan Shivir’ in
New Delhi.
II.
The workshop was
organized by Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human
Resource Development.
III.
The main aim of the
workshop is to provide holistic education relevant for 21st century
India and to bring together key stakeholders from various NGOs, private sector
and individuals to deliberate on key themes in the education sector.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) Only II and III c)
Only I and III d)
All of these
39. The
Kerala government launched a new scheme for school students in the state to
ensure ‘menstrual hygiene’ among girls. What was that?
a) Think pad
b) Cool Pad c) She Pad d)
He Pad
40. The
Bank of China formally launched its operations in Pakistan. It opened its first
branch in Pakistan’s
a) Karachi b)
Lahore c) Punjab
d) Musalabad
41. The
European Union Election observation Mission was officially launched to monitor
the general and provincial polls in which country?
a) Myanmar
b) Bangladesh c)
Sri Lanka d) Nepal
42. Independent
workplace provider, WorkoLab unveiled its first co-working space in which are
of India?
a) Gurugram
b) Pusa Road c) Both of these d)
None of these
43. Union
Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched an online
portal for registering complaint related to sexual harassment in non-government
and government organisations. What is the name of that portal?
a) SHe-box b)
Cool-box c) Think-box
d) None of these
44. Which
social media giant has confirmed that it is doubling its well-known character
count for good?
a) Facebook
b) Twitter c)
Instagram d) Pinineterest
45. Consider
the following statements:
I.
A new study has
revealed that the most ancient spiral galaxy in the universe which believed to
be existed 100 billion years ago discovered.
II.
The study has been
published in the Astrophysical Journal.
III.
The researchers used a
powerful technique that combines gravitational lensing with the Near-infrared
Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) on the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii to
verify the vintage and spiral nature of the galaxy.
Which of the above statements
is/are true?
a)
Only I b) II and III c)
I and III d) All of these
46. Consider
the following statements:
I.
Researchers have
discovered a new species of ant at Western Ghats.
II.
The new species of ant
found in the Poona Tiger Reserve.
III.
The research was
undertaken by Kalesh Sadasivan and Manoj Kripakaran, members of the
non-governmental organisation Travancore Natural History Society’s Ant Research
Group.
Which of the above statements
is/are true?
a)
Only I b) Only II and III c) Only I and III d)
All of these
47. Who
became the first man to take two hat-tricks in the same first-class game in
Australia recently?
a) Mitcheli Star b) Jono Wells
c) Jason Behrendorff d)
David Moody
48. Who
clinched a gold medal in the Light Flyweight category of Asian Boxing
Championships in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam?
a) Kim Hyand Mi b) Marry Kom c)
Shakshi Tanwar d) None of these
49. A
new passenger train service, Bandhan Express was flagged-off recently. Who
is/are involved in the flagging off?
a) Narendra Modi b)
Sheikh Hasina c) Mamata Banerjee
d) All of the above
50. Consider
the following statements:
I.
Under the Prevention of
Money-laundering (Maintenance of
Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017, Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI) said about linking insurance policies with Aadhaar.
II.
In that gazette, Union
government made Aadhaar and PAN/form 60 mandatory for availing financial
sevices including insurance and also for linking the existing policies with the
same.
III.
So, this norm of
linking Aadhaar number to insurance policies will apply to both new customers
as well as existing policy holders.
Which
of the above statements is/are true?
a) Only I
b) II and III c)
I and III d) All of these
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