Current Affairs for SBI Examination

1. Who among the following is the present High Commissioner of India to Pakistan ?
(A) Satyabrata Pal
(B) Shiv Shankar Menon
(C) Vijay K. Nambiar
(D) None of these
Ans: A

2. IRDA in India regulates—
(A) Banking business
(B) Insurance business
(C) Capital business
(D) Public issue of shares
Ans: B

3. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission ?
(A) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(B) Prof. Ravindra Dholakia
(C) J. S. Mathur
(D) Sushma Nath
Ans: A

4. According to the Human Development Report 2006, India has acquired 126th place in HDI ranking which is……than that of last year.
(A) Two ranks up
(B) One rank up
(C) Two ranks down
(D) One rank down
Ans: B

5. In China’s EAST fusion reactor, EAST stands for—
(A) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
(B) Experimental Advanced Solar Tool
(C) Electronically Advanced Scientific Technology
(D) Experimental Artificial Sun Tokamak
Ans: A

6. The newly formed 21st district of Haryana is—
(A) Mohali
(B) Palwal
(C) Mewat
(D) None of these
Ans: B

7. Sanskriti Award 2006 for Literature has been awarded to—
(A) Mitul Dutta
(B) Chandrakanta
(C) Vinda Karandikar
(D) Mridula Garg
Ans: A

8. Life imprisonment has been awarded to the former Union Minister and Chief of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren for kidnapping and murder of his secretary—
(A) Madhumita
(B) Shashinath Jha
(C) Nitish Katara
(D) None of these
Ans: B

9. The ICC World Cup Cricket-2007 has been won by—
(A) Australia
(B) West Indies
(C) South Africa
(D) New Zealand
Ans: A

10. Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for the first time on a film personality. Who is that film personality ?
(A) Dileep Kumar
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Dev Anand
Ans: B

11. Who among the following has been named as Impact Person of the year for 2007 by Impact Magazine ?
(A) Vijay Malya
(B) Anil Ambani
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans: A

12. The present Chief Election Commissioner is—
(A) B. B. Tandon
(B) Navin B. Chawala
(C) S. Y. Quraishi
(D) N. Gopalaswami
Ans: B

13. The film that won the Best Film Award at 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is—
(A) Tulpan
(B) A Short Life
(C) Nirontor (Forever Flows)
(D) Sonam
Ans: A

14. “Beyond Scarcity : Power, Poverty and Global Water Crisis” is the theme of—
(A) Human Development Report 2005
(B) Human Development Report 2006
(C) World Development Report 2005
(D) World Development Report 2006
Ans: B

15. How many companies from India found place in ‘Global-500’ list ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
Ans: C