Current Affairs 17 th May 2016 SBI / Insurance Exam

Ques. : 1 _______ will become the first Indian to be inducted into the ‘International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Hall of Fame’.
1) G Madhavan Nair
2) UR Rao
3) KK Radhakrishnan
4) CNR Rao
5) K Kasturirangan
Answer:- 2) UR Rao

Ques. : 2 The economic think-tank NCAER recently projected India’s economic growth rate at what percent in 2016-17?
1) 6.9 per cent
2) 7.1 per cent
3) 7.4 per cent
4) 7.6 per cent
5) 7.7 per cent
Answer:- 5) 7.7 per cent

Ques. : 3 The Thomas Cup is an international men’s team competition of
1) badminton
2) tennis
3) squash
4) billiards
5) golf
Answer:- 1) badminton

Ques. : 4 Which of the following pairs won women’s doubles title of the 2016 Rome Masters?
1) Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnin 2) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
3) Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears
4) Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

Ques. : 5 The world football governing body FIFA appointed who among the following as deputy chairman of its governance committee recently?
1) Mukul Mudgal
2) Praful Patel
3) Baichung Bhutia
4) Sarbananda Sonowal
5) IM Vijayan
Answer:- 1) Mukul Mudgal

Ques. : 6 The ‘Income Declaration Scheme’ or four month window for declaration of domestic black money will commence from
1) 1 Jun 2016
2) 1 Sep 2016
3) 1 Dec 2016
4) 1 Jan 2017
5) 1 Apr 2017
Answer:- 1) 1 Jun 2016

Ques. : 7 The Air Forces of which two countries concluded their four-week-long “Red Flag” aerial combat exercises at Alaska in the US recently?
1) Pakistan and US
2) China and US
3) Japan and US
4) South Korea and US
5) India and US
Answer:- 5) India and US

Ques. : 8 The Women Economic Forum with a theme ‘Women: Uplifting and Uniting The World’ was held recently in
1) Jaipur
2) Bhopal
3) Kolkata
4) New Delhi
5) Mumbai
Answer:- 4) New Delhi

Ques. : 9 The 2nd phase of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide LPG connections to 5 cr women beneficiaries from BPL families was launched recently from Dahod district of
1) Jharkhand
2) West Bengal
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Gujarat
Answer:- 5) Gujarat

Ques. : 10 India is placed at which position in the ‘Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index’, according to an EY report?
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Fifth
Answer:- 3) Third