Most Expected 101 Current Affairs Questions for IBPS PO Mains 2017
The IB ACIO 2017 Exam will be held on 15th October, 2017. Only three days are left for the exam. For General Awareness Section, we have provided quizzes based on topics such as History, Polity, Geography, Economics etc. Today, we are providing to you "Most Expected 100 Current Affairs Questions for IBPS PO Mains 2017". Study all these current affairs and be prepared for IB Exam 2017.
- China Develops World’s Biggest Solar Park - Longyangxia Dam Solar Park.
- Kremlin to host 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.
- Kerala CM Inaugurates e-Health Kerala "Jeevan Rekha".
- Mysuru gets India’s 1st post office passport Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) at Metagalli in Mysuru.The second POPSK simultaneously opened in Gujarat.
- Arunachal launches ‘Dulari Kanya’ scheme to check infant mortality.
- Denmark to appoint world’s first ‘digital ambassador’
- 2017 Australian Open: Roger Federer wins men's title beating long-time rival Rafael Nadal in the finals in Melbourne, Australia on 29th January 2017.
- India gets its own multi-sports museum in Kolkata.
- France's Iris Mittenaere wins Miss Universe 2016.
- Inheritance Court for Non-Muslims to be Set up in Abu Dhabi .
- Trump Bans 7 nations from Entering US on Security Issues - Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
- Dushyant Chautala is the new president of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).
- Amritraj(Film producer and Wimbledon tennis player) is the first Ambassador for the UN in India.
- Ireland became the world’s first country to stop investing in fossil fuels.
- Lakshya Sen becomes World No.1 Junior Badminton player.
- Fifteen-year-old is the first shuttler from Uttarakhand to attain the numero uno spot at the international level.
- Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest reigning sovereign, has become the first British monarch to reach her Sapphire Jubilee, with 65 years on the throne.
- India to host World Billiards Championship for next four years.
- PMGDISHA(PM Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan) is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programmes in the world.
- China has surpassed Germany to become the world’s largest producer of solar energy after nearly doubling its installed photovoltaic capacity in 2016.
- IAAF Bans Russia From 2017 London World Athletics Championships.
- World’s first Braille Atlas Launched by NATMO in New Delhi.
- GMR Hyderabad Airport bags CAPA( Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation) award.
- BRICS association of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to be held in Xiamen, China in September 2017.
- Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a Guinness World Record by creating a 48.8 feet tall sand castle at Puri beach in Odisha.
- Grammy Awards - English-language music
- 13th February - World Radio Day 2017.
- National Women’s Parliament held in Andhra Pradesh(10th February)
- Narinder Chauhan appointed as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Philippines.
- India’s first floating elementary school inaugurated on Manipur’s Loktak Lake.
- INS Sarvekshak Becomes India’s First Ship to be Installed with Solar Power System
- Longest elevated cycle path in the world opens in China.
- Usain Bolt honored with ‘Sportsman of the Year’
- Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar honoured with 'Legendary Award ' 2017.
- Indian Navy inducts first all-women global circumnavigation vessel 'Tarini'
- A 720-metre-long zip line joins the two countries, allowing people to reach Portugal within a minute.The zip line connecting Spain and Portugal, is known to be the first cross-border zip line in the world.
- Jammu & Kashmir to observe 2017 as Year of Apple.
- Astronomers of NASA have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star called TRAPPIST-1.
- 9th BRICS Summit to be held in China's Xiamen city.
- Government ropes in Shilpa Shetty as Swachh Bharat brand ambassador.
- In International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), Indian shooter Pooja Ghatkar secured bronze medal in New Delhi.
- Rajasthan Inaugurates Medical Project Rajasthan Heart Attack Treatment programme (RAHAT) for Prompt Treatment of Heart Disease.
- Haryana Launches Online Sex Ratio Monitoring System For Panipat as part of the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme.
- Himachal okays proposal to make Dharamshala its second capital.
- Rangaswamy Becomes First Woman to Be Honored BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 13th ECO Summit ISLAMABAD under the theme “Connectivity for Regional Prosperity”
- World’s oldest serving aircraft carrier INS Viraat retires.
- India’s tallest Tricolor hoisted at Attari border in Punjab.
- M P Veerendra Kumar presented Moortidevi award for his Malayalam travelogue 'Hymavathabhoovil.
- Vaikom Vijayalakshmi becomes first to play Gayathri Veena for record five hours.
- 2017-Mexico Open -
- Men’s singles: Sam Querrey,
- Women’s singles: Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine).
- Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah launches 'Pratibimba' to showcase the government’s performance and achievements to the citizens.
- INS Tillanchang is a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) and will add to the firepower of the Indian Navy.
- Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honored with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel 'Hawthan'.
- Himachal launches mobile app 'Mera Hunar or My Talent’ for job-seeker.
- Thai contestant Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin was crowned Miss International Queen 2016 as the world's largest and most popular transgender pageant.
- All England Open badminton: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia lifts Men's Singles crown.
- Babul Supriyo named vice-president of FIFA U-17 World Cup.For the first time, India to host FIFA U-17 World from October 6 to 28, 2017.
- RBI to print Rs 10 plastic notes
- Michael Clarke’s launches his autobiography ‘My Story’
- Medha, the made-in-India rake was flagged off for the maiden run of the 12-coach train from Dadar to Borivali, at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus.
- Mumbai-based Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation has released an app ‘ABC of Breast Health’ .Amitabh Bachchan launches world's first app for breast health.
- Shahid Afridi appointed as ambassador of Blind Cricket World Cup.
- The Uttarakhand High Court has given the status of "living human entities" to the Ganga and Yamuna.
- World water day - 22nd March
- Cheteshwar Pujara becomes first Indian to face 500 balls in Test innings.
- 23 March 1931 British rulers had executed -Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
- Majuli all set to become India’s 1st carbon neutral district.
- Major Rohit Suri awarded Kirti Chakra.
- The country’s longest road tunnel named Chennai-Nashri tunnel, built on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
- World Sparrow Day: 20 March
- World Tuberculosis Day- 24 March
- PepsiCo ropes in PV Sindhu as brand ambassador.
- Mathematician Yves Meyer wins the 2017 Abel Prize.
- The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has launched a Coffee Table Book titled “50 Years – The Great Indian Milk Revolution” commemorating National
- Dairy Development Board’s (NDDB) Golden Jubilee year.
- 'Earth Hour': 25 March
- Anupam Kher receives Kala Ratan Award from Vice President.
- Tanushree Pareek became the first woman combat officer to be commissioned in the 51-year history of the BSF, the country’s largest border guarding force.
- Gauri Singh, 14-year-old girl became the first girl to explore the route from Sea Link near Worli Koliwada to the Gateway of India.
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Kolkata to host final.
- Odisha becomes first state to bring banking to remote rural areas through Self Help Groups (SHGs).
- World's largest capstone discovered by archaeologists in Telangana.
- R Ashwin receives Sir Garfield Sobers trophy.
- Chenani-Nashri Tunnel: The longest road tunnel in South Asia is the country's first and the world's sixth road tunnel with a Transverse Ventilation System.It is also known as Patnitop Tunnel.
- Indian Army Releases Book on Rashtriya Rifles ‘Home of the Brave’ authored by Mr. Nitin A Gokhale.
- India and Nepal have renewed the fuel supply agreement between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for another five years.
- First state to join UDAY(Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna) scheme was Andhra Pradesh.
- The biggest river festival of India, Namami Brahmaputra held in 21 districts of Assam.
- El Salvador( Central America’s smallest nation) becomes first country in the world to ban metals mining.
- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks Sunita Williams’ spacewalking record.
- BRICS countries are members of New Development Bank (NDB) headquartered in Shanghai, China.
- Judiciary capital of Madhya Pradesh is Jabalpur.
- Government launched two mobile apps- echallan and mParivahan.
- eChallan' is an integrated enforcement solution to manage traffic violations and 'mParivahan' is an empowering app for the citizen which provides access to various services, information and utilities related to the transport sector.
- Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot( named 'Bhoorsingh the Barasingha') of its own.
- Barasingha or Swamp Deer is the State animal of Madhya Pradesh.
- Reserve Bank of India was established on 01st April 1935.Sir Osborne Smith was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- SBI will be written in a new font called Effra.
- Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu released the book titled 'Indian Railway- The weaving of a National Tapestry' jointly authored by Shri Bibek Debroy (Member, NITI Aayog) Shri Sanjay Chadha (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce) & Ms. Vidya Krishnamurthi.
- Antonio Guterres is Secretary-General of United Nations (UN).
- Roger Federer wins Miami Open 2017
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