GA Quiz for SBI PO 2017

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1. Name the Beat poet who appeared an influential anthology in his early 20s passed away in Jan, 2017.
1. David Meltzer
2. Gary Snyder
3. Michael McClure
4. Joanne Kyger
2. Which country has launched its first commercial space mission with new rocket on 9th January, 2017 ?
1. Japan
2. China
3. North Korea
4. South Korea
   
3. Union Govt is adding more slabs to the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) and also raising the maximum age limit for entering the scheme to 50 years. Under APY, the age of exit and start of pension is
1. 60 years
2. 62 years
3. 65 years
4. 70 years
4. Which film swept the Golden Globes awards by winning in all the seven categories ?
1. La La Land
2. Moonlight
3. Lion
4. Sing Street
5. Which Ministry has introduced Rubella vac-cine as Measles-Rubella vaccine in its Universal Immunization Programme ?
1. Ministry of Food Processing Industries
2. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
3. Ministry of Science and Technology
4. Ministry of Women and Child Development
6. Who has become the second batsman after Indian skipper Virat Kohli to feature in the top-five of the ICC rankings for all three for-mats in the latest Twenty20 list issued ?
1. Carlos Brathwaite
2. Eoin Morgan
3. Kane Williamson
4. Steve Smith
7. India's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, GMRT has been in news for making a rare discovery about the universe with NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope. GMRT is located at
1. Khodad
2. Daund
3. Shirur
4. Hadapsar
8. Name the Indian private sector bank introduced voice biometrics authentication.
1. ICICI Bank
2. Citi India Bank
3. Kotak Mahindra Bank
4. Yes Bank
9. Name the Veteran British war correspondent, known for breaking the news of the Nazi invasion of Poland, has passed away in Hong Kong in Jan, 2017.
1. Melton Prior
2. Catherine Philp
3. Clare Hollingworth
4. Martin Bell
10. Who has been appointed as new West Indies director of cricket ?
1. Jimmy Adams
2. Frank De Caires
3. Tony White
4. Bryan Davis
11. Indian standard on gold hallmarking has been revised and has been made effective for implementation with effect from
1. 1st January, 2017
2. 5th January, 2017
3. 15th January, 2017
4. 20th January, 2017
12. Who has won the second straight FIFA's best woman player award ?
1. Alex Morgan
2. Nadine Marejke Angerer
3. Kristine Marie Lilly
4. Carli Lloyd
13. Name the former German President, one of the first leaders to address Germany's resis-tance to reform, passed away in Jan, 2017.
1. Roman Herzog
2. Horst Kohler
3. Christian Wulff
4. Johannes Rau 
14. In which country's rainforest a new species of Gibbon is found in January, 2017 ?
1. India
2. Mexico
3. China
4. Venezuela
15. In which country a 57-year old man has been charged with capturing and killing of rarest of species of butterflies?
1. Finland
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. UK
16. Name the Central American country in which Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, a married couple, sworn in as the President and Vice-President respectively, for the first time in the history.
1. Nicaragua
2. Costa Rica
3. Guatemala
4. Honduras
17. Who among the following is the Chief Election Commissioner ?
1. S. Y. Quraishi
2. Nasim Zaidi
3. V. S. Sampath
4. H. S. Brahma
18. Who has become a member of International Hockey Federation Athletes' Committee on 11th January 2017 ?
1. PR Sreejesh
2. Sardara Singh
3. Manpreet Singh
4. Danish Mujtaba

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