Current Awareness for SBI PO/ Clerk 2018

1. The govt has formed a new thinktank, called the Defence Planning Committee (DCP), to reform the process of higher defence planning. Its chairman is

1) Ajit Doval

2) Brajesh Mishra

3) Rajinder Khanna

4) Arvind Gupta

5) Sanjay Mitra

2. Which state has bagged the Most Film Friendly Award given by the central govt for its efforts to ease filming in the state?

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Kerala

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Himachal Pradesh

5) Telangana

3. The govt is set to launch the first tranche of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) for the current fiscal. The SGBs will offer ________ annual interest to investors.

1) 1.5 per cent

2) 2 per cent

3) 2.5 per cent

4) 3 per cent

5) 3.5 per cent

4. The govt launched DARPAN app recently. The app is aimed at achieving total digitisation of ________ in the country.

1) medical services

2) pharmacy services

3) passport services

4) postal services

5) subsidies

5. The Finance Ministry is considering coming out with Rs 10,000-cr follow-on fund offer of the Bharat-22 ETF. Here, the term ETF stands for

1) Externally Traded Fund

2) Exchange Traded Fund

3) Exchange Traded Future

4) Externally Traded Future

5) None of these

6. The Law Commission has favoured the simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies, possibly in 2019. The law commission is headed by

1) BS Chauhan

2) Kurian Joseph

3) Madan Lokur

4) Ranjan Gogoi

5) Jasti Chelameswar

7. The Poshan Abhiyaan was launched in Mar 2018 by PM Narendra Modi in Jhunjhunu situated in the state of

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Maharashtra

3) Bihar

4) Karnataka

5) Rajasthan

8. What is India’s ranking on the new Commonwealth Innovation Index?

1) 3rd

2) 4th

3) 6th

4) 8th

5) 10th

9. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has extended total credit support of Rs 14,690 cr to which state for 2017-18?

1) Odisha

2) Jharkhand

3) Rajasthan

4) Sikkim

5) Assam

10. The State Bank of India (SBI) recently allowed customers to withdraw money up to what amount via Point of Sale (PoS) machines?

1) Rs 2,000

2) Rs 3,000

3) Rs 5,000

4) Rs 8,000

5) Rs 10,000

Answers:

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