Current Awareness for SBI PO/Clerk 2018: 19 May

1. India’s Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan are associated with which of the following games? They achieved their career-best rankings recently.

1) Badminton

2) Tennis

3) Table tennis

4) Squash

5) Snooker

2. The eight infrastructure (core) sectors grew by what per cent in Feb 2018?

1) 3.2 per cent

2) 3.6 per cent

3) 4.1 per cent

4) 5.3 per cent

5) 5.6 per cent

3. An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude shook El Salvador recently. The currency of El Salvador is

1) Pound

2) Peso

3) Dollar

4) Euro

5) Rand

4. Laxman Pai received Padma Bhusan award from President Ram Nath Kovind recently. He is an eminent

1) Singer

2) Dancer

3) Actor

4) Pugilist

5) Painter

5. Which state clocked highest growth in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) credit with total outstanding of Rs 570 bn at the end of Dec 2017?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Bihar

3) Maharashtra

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Gujarat

6. Sanjiv Misra is the present Chairman of which private sector bank? The RBI has asked the bank to reconsider appointment of Shikha Sharma as MD and CEO for fourth term.

1) Axis Bank

2) ICICI Bank

3) HDFC Bank

4) Federal Bank

5) YES Bank

7. The RBI has given respite to banks allowing them to spread their MTM losses on investments in govt bonds. Here, the term MTM means

1) Marked-To-Move

2) Move-To-Market

3) Marked-To-Mortgage

4) Marked-To-Market

5) None of these

8. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a concessional loan of Rs 500 cr for smarter mobility project in

1) Hyderabad

2) Bengaluru

3) Chennai

4) Kochi

5) Mumbai

9. The World Autism Awareness Day is observed every year on

1) 01 Apr

2) 02 Apr

3) 12 Apr

4) 22 Apr

5) 30 Apr

10. The foundation stone of the 60 MW Naitwar Mori Hydro Electric Project (NMHEP) was laid in which state recently?

1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Sikkim

4) Arunachal Pradesh

5) Uttarakhand

Answers:

1. 2
2. 4
3. 3
4. 5
5. 1
6. 1
7. 4
8. 3
9. 2
10. 5