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S.No Question Answer 1. India has signed agreement with which country to construct 3000

water harvesting systems? Sri Lanka

2. Which bank has signed agreement with CNX corporation to provide collateral management services towards the loans against warehouse receipts?

Bank of Baroda

3. Which bank has signed agreement with Coca Cola for conducting business transactions digitally?

State Bank of India

4. Which bank has signed with niki.ai for chatbot named OnChat? HDFC Bank 5. Which bank has signed with Online automobile marketplace

DROOM for quick sanctions of loan? Axis Bank

6. LIC has partnered with which institution to supplement funds under funds-of-funds operation to provide venture capital for medium and small enterprises?

SIDBI

7. Castrol has partnered with which automobile firm for 3 year strategic partnership for supply of Vehicle Oils?

Tata Motors

8. Which technology giant has teamed up with ICRISAT to improve crop yields in Andhra Pradesh?

Microsoft

9. NDDB has signed agreement with which state to promote dairying and rural livelihood in the state?

Arunachal Pradesh

10. Which firm has signed up with Gujarat Tribal Development Department to empower tribal entrepreneurs?

Amazon

11. Which firm has teamed up with Freecharge to launch digital payment platform "Recharge 2.0"

Indus OS

12. BSNL has teamed up with which firm to provide its customers access to 44 million Wi-Fi hotspots globally?

Tata Communication

13. Which bank along with State General Reserve Fund of Oman(SGRF) will invest in Oman India Joint Investment Fund(OIJIF)

SBI (SBI - $ 50 mn, SGRF - $ 150 mn)

14. Which bank will provide technology platform to IPPB? Punjab National bank 15. Government of India has signed up with National Yuva Cooperative

Society to set up how many Janaushadhi Kendras? 1,000

16. Which bank has tied up with Kwality ltd. To provide Rs 4,000 crore loans to its farmers?

Bank of Baroda

17. Which firm has teamedup with NSDC and Nagaland government to drive digital literacy among women entrepreneurs in Nagaland?

Amazon India

18. Which bank has signed agreement with Fisdom to launch financial planning and wealth management services on robo-advisory platform?

Lakshmi Vilas Bank

19. Which private defence firm won the Contract from ministry of defence worth Rs 916 crore to design and construct 14 Fast Patrol Vessels for Indian Coast Guards?

Reliance Defence

20. Who has been appointed as the chairman of UPSC? David R. Syiemlieh 21. Who has been appointed as the ED of RBI recently? Surekha Marandi




PGDBF Exam 22. Who has been appointed as the President of Haiti? Jovenel Moise 23. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Flipkart? Kalyan

Krishnamurthy 24. Who has been appointed as the president of Maharashta Cricket

Association? Ashish Selhar

25. Who has been appointed as the Director of CBI? Alok Kumar Verma 26. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Institute of Company

Secretaries of India(ICSI)? Siddharth Malhotra

27. Who has been appointed as the interim MD and CEO of IPPB? AP Singh 28. Who has been appointed as the President of Table Tennis

Federation of India(TTFI) Dushyant Chautala

29. V Shanmuganthan resigned from the post of governor of which state?

Meghalaya

30. Who has won the Bhartiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award 2016? Shraddha and Ghanshyam Kumar Devansh

31. Who has won the Technical Oscar? Parag Havaldar 32. Who has been awarded with "Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016 "

Award? Cristiano Ronaldo

33. Which company won the Best governed company award from ACCGS?

Bharti Airtel

34. Who has won the US Presidential Medal of Freedom 2017 this year? Joe Biden 35. Who has won the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social

Responsibility 2016? Delhi International Airport Ltd.(DIAL)

36. Which Indian personality has been awarded by the US Embassy for TB Awareness?

Amitabh Bachchan

37. Where was the 104th Indian Science Congress held? Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

38. Where was the International Conference on “Yoga for Diabetes” held?

New Delhi

39. Where was the Fourth Assam International Agri-Horti Show held? Guwahati 40. Where was the "The Island Tourism Festival" held? Port Blair, Andaman

and Nicobar islands 41. Where was the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held? Bengaluru 42. Who was the chief guest at 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas? Portugal Prime

Minister Antonio Costa

43. Where was the All India Conference of Waqf Boards held? New Delhi 44. What was the theme of 44th New Delhi World Book Fair? Manushi : writings

on and by women". 45. Where was the 2017 International Kite festival held? Ahmedabad, Gujarat 46. Where was the Nobel Prize Series Exhibition held? Gandhinagar, Gujarat 47. Where was the International Conference & Exhibition on Re-

enforced Plastics held? Mumbai

48. Where was the 20th National Conference on e-Governance held? Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh




PGDBF Exam 49. Where was the 21st National Youth Festival held? Rohtak, Haryana 50. What was the theme of 21st National Youth Festival Youth for Digital

India 51. Where was the 1st ‘Gender Literature Festival’ held? Patna, Bihar 52. Where was the International conference on Disability

Communication held? Mumbai

53. Where was the Jal Manthan-III held? New Delhi 54. Where was the 5th World Government Summit (WGS) held? Dubai, UAE 55. What was the theme fo 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit

2017? Vibrant Gujarat: Connecting India to the World

56. Where was the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 held? Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

57. Where was the 58th edition of India International Garment Fair (IIGF) held?

New Delhi

58. Where was the 2nd Raisina Dialogue held? New Delhi 59. What was the theme of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

2017? Responsive and Responsible Leadership

60. What was the theme of 2nd Raisina Dialogue? The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world

61. Where was the Arogya Mitra Conference held? Silchar, Assam 62. Where was the First Brahmaputra Literary Festival held? Guwahati, Assam 63. Where was the 1st North East Investors’ Summit held? Shillong, Meghalaya 64. Where was the Camel Festival Celebrated? Bikaner, Rajasthan 65. Which country has become the first country in the world to pay a

basic income to randomly picked citizens on a national level? Finland

66. Which country has become the first country to switch off FM radio Norway 67. Where is Negev desert located? Israel 68. Which country is building world’s tallest solar tower 250 meters high

to be completed by 2018? Israel (In Negev Desert)

69. Which country will set up world’s highest altitude telescopes? China 70. Which country pledged $ 8.66 billion (1 trillion yen) aid package to

Philippines which would be spread over 5 years? Japan

71. Which country has taken the chair of G-77 from Thailand? Ecuador 72. G-77 (Group of 77) is a group of how many countries? 134 73. Which country has built World’s Biggest Solar Park? China

(Longyangxia Dam Solar Park)

74. American President Donald Trump has Banned how many nations from Entering US on Security Issues.

Seven

75. Which country has launched Buyer Protection Programme’ to promote bilateral trade relations with India?

UAE (In Dubai City)

76. In how many states will elections take place in 2017 in India? 5 (UP, UK, Goa, Manipur, Punjab)




PGDBF Exam 77. Which country has launched world’s longest bullet train? China 78. Name the world’s longest bullet train launched by China. Shangri-la of the

World 79. Who is the President of Kenya? Uhuru Kenyatta 80. Sitalpati from Bengal has been recognised as ‘Intangible Cultural

Heritage’ by UNESCO. Sitalpati is a ___ ? Mat

81. Tokapoisa.in is a digital wallet of which state? Assam 82. Which state formed ‘world’s longest human chain’ of over 11,292 km

in support of prohibition of Liquor? Bihar

83. First airport in the world to adopt Arc? Delhi Airport 84. Madame Tussauds museum to open in Delhi will be the ___ number

of museum? 23rd

85. ___ will become the first state in the country to opt for electronic transmission of postal ballot to service voters in the upcoming assembly polls.

Goa

86. India’s first laser technology-based advanced AVMS RTO check-post is located in which state?

Gujarat

87. Which city has become India’s first model smart city? Gandhinagar 88. Which state has introduced India’s first Student Startup and

Innovation Policy to provide financial support? Gujarat (Outlay- Rs 200 Crore)

89. Which district has become the first district in the country to geo-tag 100 per cent of the assets generated under the MGNREGA.?

Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh

90. Which city has been declared as the second capital of Himachal Pradesh?

Dharamshala

91. Which city has been ranked as the Most Dynamic City in the World as per WEF Report?

Bengaluru

92. India’s first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) has been opened in which city?

Mysuru,Karnataka

93. Name the first Solar Powered Boat launched by Kerala Aditya 94. Which state has launched India’s largest public WiFi service? Maharashtra

(MumbaiWIFI) 95. Which Indian village has been conferred with the United Nations

award for taking innovative measures of ’sustainable tourism’ in country

ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village in Thane district of Mumbai

96. ____ is India’s first cashless island Karang island, Manipur

97. 11- Days Gala Festival Bargarh Dhanua Jatra started in which state/UT?

Odisha

98. Arudra Festival is celebrated in which state/UT? Puducherry 99. Rajasthan Government has entered into agreement with which firm

to develop Jaipur as 2nd startup destination after Bengaluru? CISCO

100. Name the chatbot of Yes Bank that it will launch in partnership with Gupshup.

Yes mPower

101. RBI will provide how much amount to Nepal in Rs 100 notes? Rs 1 billion




PGDBF Exam 102. Government has asked banks to obtain PAN details of account

holders by which date? 28 Feb 2017

103. What is the full form of MDR? Merchant Discount Rate

104. SBI has waived MDR on debit card transactions for all small merchants with annual turnover of up to Rs ____ for 1 year.

Rs 20 lakh

105. Humanoid Banking Assistant named IRA has been launched by which bank?

HDFC Bank

106. 1st bank to have national tie up with Indian Post? Barclays Bank 107. Where is the headquarter of Barclays Bank? London,UK 108. 1st bank to offer block chain service? ICICI Bank

2nd – YES BANK 3rd – Axis

109. What is the share of Kotak Mahindra Bank in Airtel Payments Bank? 20% 110. Restructured ___ loans will not be treated as NPA : RBI Education 111. Where is the headquarters of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Paris, France 112. What is the paid up capital of IPPB? Rs 800 Crores 113. My Business and Digital Unlocked are tools introduced by which

firm? Google

114. Ditto TV launched by? BSNL 115. Which firm has unveiled Simbe Robotics Tally, ‘world’s first robotic

solution’ for retail? Intel

116. Enrollment & Establishment coverage campaign 2017 has been launched by ___.

EPFO

117. Expand GAAR General Anti-Avoidance Rule

118. GAAR will come into effect from which date? 1 April 2017 119. India has announced $ ____ Line of Credit to Kenya for Agriculture

Mechanization. $ 100 million

120. Minimum pension for central government employees? Rs 9,000 121. Government will disinvest its 51% shares in Pawan Hans Ltd. Which

company holds the rest 49% share of Pawan Hans Ltd.? ONGC

122. The corpus of the Credit Guarantee Trust Fund(for micro and small enterprises) has been enhanced from Rs 2,500 crore to ____

Rs 7,500 crore

123. Coverage of the loans under the Credit Guarantee Trust Fund(for micro and small enterprises) has been increased from Rs 1 crore to ____

Rs 2 Crore

124. Mission 41K has been launched by which Ministry? Railway Ministry 125. The Indian Railways has decided to set up a $5 billion Railways of

India Development Fund (RIDF). What will be World Banks share in this fund?

80%

126. As per RBIs report, which country is the most favorable destination to invest for Indian companies?

Singapore

127. Helpline number for Digital payment support? 14444 128. Name the new App launched by IRCTC to facilitate booking of train

tickets in a faster and easier way. IRCTC Rail Connect App




PGDBF Exam 129. Name the mobile App launched by BSE for for mutual fund trading. BSE StAR MF 130. ShaGun Portal has been launched by which Ministry? HRD 131. Name India’s first warship to have ‘onboard’ ATM. INS Vikramaditya

(SBI will setup the ATM.)

132. Who has won the Mubadala World Tennis Championship? Rafael Nadal 133. Who has won the World Blitz Chess Championship? Sergey

Karjakin(Russia) 134. Which Country won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Women’s Football Championship? India Defeated Bangladesh

135. Who won the Qatar Open Tennis Title? Novak Djokovic 136. Who won the Kolkata Open snooker Championship? Pankaj Advani 137. Who won the Malaysia Masters Badminton Grand Prix? Saina Nehwal 138. Who won the 7th National Billiards Championship? Pankaj Advani 139. Who won the Syed Modi Grand Prix? PV Sindhu 140. Who won the Australian Open Men’s Singles Roger Federer 141. Who won the Australian Open Women’s Singles? Serena Williams 142. Somdev Devvarman is related to which sports? Lawn Tennis 143. Who has been awarded World’s Best Playmaker of 2016 by IFFHS? Lionel Messi 144. Arthur Morris has been inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He is

from which country? Australia

145. Laishram Sarita is related to which sports? Boxing 146. India’s first multi-sports museum " Fanattic Sports Museum " has

been opened at? Kolkata

147. Arogya Raksha Scheme has been launched by which state? Andhra Pradesh 148. The Journalism Project has been launched by which firm? Facebook 149. Fly for Sure scheme has been launched by which airlines? Air India 150. Good Samaritan Policy has been launched by which state/UT? New Delhi 151. Digital Dakiya Scheme has been launched in which state/UT? Madhya Pradesh 152. Anandam Scheme has been launched in which state/UT? Madhya Pradesh 153. Operation Clean Money is an initiative by which department? Income Tax Dept. 154. Who is the head of the committee formed to suggest improvements

in the National Sports Development Code functioning of sports federations?

Injeti Srinivas

155. Who is the head of the panel to review life insurance product norms formed by IRDAI?

Amitabh Chaudhry

156. Who has been appointed as the head of the committee formed to Identify and support potential medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games under the “Target Olympic Podium” scheme.

Abhinav Bindra

157. What is India’s rank in Highest average annual salary to expatriates(HSBC Holdings data)

3rd Top- Switzerland

158. What is India’s rank in Global Index Of Talent Competitiveness? 92nd Top- Switzerland

159. What is India’s rank in Inclusive Development Index(WEF)? 60th Top – Lithuania

160. What is India’s rank in Global ‘Passport Index’? 78th




PGDBF Exam Top – Germany

161. What is India’s rank in Corruption Perception Index (CPI)? 79th Top - Denmark

162. What amount of loans has World Bank given to India for the ‘Nagaland Health Project’?

USD 48 million

163. What amount of loans has World Bank given to Maharashtra for a Project to reclaim saline lands, spread over 5 lakh hectares affecting 1,000 villages in the State.

Rs 2,800 crore

164. What amount of loans has World Bank given to Tripura For complete upgradation and improvement of the power system network in Tripura?

Rs 1,376 crore

165. What amount of loans has NABARD given to Kerala for priority sector lending by banks in Kerala for the year 2017-18

1,28,199.38 crore

166. What is the maximum amount of money that NRI can deposit till 30 June 2017?(Post Demonitisation)

Rs 25,000

167. Who is the author of the book titled “The People’s President: Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam”?

Shri S.M. Khan

168. Who is the author of the book titled "Akhada: The Authorized Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat"

Sourabh Duggal

169. Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan who passed away recently was a __? Sitar player 170. Gangumei Kabui who passed away recently was a __? Politician and

Historian 171. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who passed away recently was former

president of? Iran

172. C.V. Vishveshwara who passed away recently was a __? Scientist and black hole physicist.

173. Naqsh Lyallpuri who passed away recently was a __? Urdu Poet, Lyricist 174. Easwar Sagar who passed away recently was a __? Journalist 175. What is the interest rate for Public Provident Fund(PPF) Scheme? 8.0% 176. What is the interest rate for KVP? 7.7%

(maturity – 112 months)

177. What is the interest rate for Sukanya Samrridhi Scheme? 8.5% 178. What is the interest rate for National Saving Certificate? 8% 179. What is the interest rate for Senior Citizen Saving Scheme? 8.5% 180. Name the best marching contingent on Republic Day 2017(Service

Category) Madras Engineer Group

181. Name the best marching contingent on Republic Day 2017(Para-Military Forces category)

CISF




PGDBF Exam

Latest Current Affairs From 1 Feb – 16 Feb 2017(Most Important)

182. With which country India conducted a high level consultation to

share views on counter terrorism? Japan

183. Where was the Digital Radio Round Table Conference organized? New Delhi 184. What amount of Appeal has been launched by UNICEF for the year

2017 on January 31, 2017 to help the distressed children across the globe?

USD 3.3 billion

185. The World’s Largest Battery Storage Plant has been set up in which country?

California, United States

186. Which country has been invited as the Guest of Honour for the 2017 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum?

India PM Modi will be the Guest of Honour.

187. Which of the following states have won the eGovernance awards for Excellence under the state category at the CSI -Nihilent eGovernance Awards?

Rajasthan and Telangana

188. Which actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the campaign ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’ by the Ministry of Urban Development

Anushka Sharma

189. Minister E Ahamed who passed recently was the MLA from which state?

Kerala

190. What is India’s GDP Growth Rate prediction for 2016-17 as per the Economic Survey 2016-17?

7.1%

191. The Surajkund Craft Mela 2017 started at ____ ? Faridabad, Haryana 192. CSO has revised the GDP growth for 2015-16 from 7.6% to _____ ? 7.9% 193. Who has been appointed as the President of Table Tennis

Federation of India (TTFI)? Dushyant Chautala

194. Nirmal Shekar who passed away recently (on 1 February 2017) was a/an _____ ?

Sports Journalist

195. Who will head the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) formed by Tamil Nadu Government to probe into the case of Jallikattu violence.

Justice S. Rajeswaran

196. Kodiveri Dam is located in _____ ? Tamil Nadu 197. World Bank has signed a Financing Agreement with India worth $

_____ for the ‘Third Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme’ (TEQIP III).

$ 201.50 Million

198. As per Union Budget 2017-18, a member of The National Pension System or NPS can withdraw upto ____% of their accumulated corpus before retirement without tax.

25%

199. HSBC has predicted India’s GDP growth at _____ in 2017-18 7.1% 200. Which singer has become first Indian female singer to collaborate

with UN for women empowerment? Neeti Mohan

201. 53rd SAARC programming committee meeting was held in _____ ? Kathmandu, Nepal




PGDBF Exam 202 Finance Ministry has capped the interest a borrower could deduct on

buying a second home to Rs _____ in a financial year Rs 2 lakh

203. The US has imposed sanctions on entities of which country after the country carried out ballistic missile test in violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2231?

Iran

204. Which social media giant has launched two new tools named “polling day reminder” and ‘Share You Voted’ button to encourage voting in India?

Facebook

205. “We Care Film Festival” was held in? Goa 206. Who has been awarded with Motorsports Person of the Year Award’

at the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) awards? Gaurav Gill

207. Kanteswar jatara has begun in which state? Telangana 208. Asim Basu who passed away recently was a/an _____ ? Theatre Personality 209. Which company has topped the World’s most valuable brand as per

Brand Finance? Google

210. Which brand has topped the World’s most powerful brand as per Brand Finance?

Lego

211. Bad loans of public sector banks stood at ____ in FY16. 9.83% 212. Who is the head of the a six-member committee formed by Central

Government to study the ways to improve India’s Haj policy and look into the issue of subsidy to the pilgrimage?

Afzal Amanullah

213. 14th edition of Bio Asia 2017 will be held at which of the following place?

Hyderabad

214. RBI has decided that till March 3, 2017, banks shall not levy any charges on customers for transactions up to Rs._____ settled on IMPS, USSD and UPI

Rs 1,000

215. Who has been selected as the new MD and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE)?

Vikram Limaye

216. Pathani Patnaik who passed away recently was a/an ______ ? Litterateur 217. Joginder Singh whi passed away recently was the former Director of

____ . CBI

218. Theme of World Cancer Day 2017? We can. I can. 219. Examination board of which state has become the first to that will

conduct the exams for the transgender category in 2017? Bihar

220. Who has won the 29th Indian National Snooker Championship? Pankaj Advani 221. India has set up Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

(CEPI) in collaboration with which country? Norway

222. Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2017 celebrated in which state/UT? New Delhi 223. From April 1, 2017 cash transaction above Rs 3 lakh will attract a

penalty of ____ % 100%

224. Who has been elected as the Vice-President of Asian Squash Federation (ASF)?

Debendranath Sarangi

225. Suranjit Sengupta who passed away recently was a famous politician of which country?

Bangladesh

226. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and CEO of KPMG India? Arun M Kumar 227. India’s first para athlete training centre will come up at which place? Gandhinagar, Gujarat




PGDBF Exam 228. Which England cricketer has been awarded with Commander of the

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)? Alastair Cook

229. Achanta Sharath Kamal is related to which sports? Table Tennis 230. Which Indian city will host the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball

tournament in July 2017? Bengaluru

231. Name the head of the committee constituted by Ministry of AYUSH to prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes Control.

Dr. H.R. Nagendra

232. DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile has been recently tested by which country?

China

233. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has started its operation with 5 branches in which Indian city?

Bengaluru

234. Which bank has become the first bank in India to connect with Earthport’s global payments network?

Axis Bank

235. The campaign “Digital Apnao Vyapar Badhao” is a joint initiative of _____ and ______ ?

Mastercard and CAIT

236. “Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana” has been launched in which state?

Assam

237. India’s first social innovation centre The ‘Kakatiya Hub For Social Innovation’ has been launched in which state?

Telangana

238. Which Airways launched the world’s longest flight? Qatar Airways 239. Bano Qudsia who passed away recently was a/an _____? Urdu Author

from Pakistan 240. What is the total outlay of the Chief Minister Samagra Gramya

Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY) launched by Assam government? Rs. 30000 crore

241. Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of the Ujjivan Small Finance Bank?

Samit Ghosh

242. Which country will host the World Billiards Championship for a period of continuous four years?

India

243. Who is the President of NCLT? M.M Kumar 244. Which country is going to launch “Green Card for Highly Skilled

Professionals “? Japan

245. As per a report titled “The World in 2050,” by consulting firm PwC, India’s GDP would exceed the GDP of United States in terms of purchasing power parity(PPP) by the year ____ .

2040

246. Which country will host the 14th Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2018? India 247. Devika Vaidya is related to which sports? Cricket 248. Which bank has tied up with IFFCO for the launch of co-branded

debit cards with inbuilt overdraft facilities to the farmers? Bank of Baroda

249. Which bank has tied up with fintech startup IndiaLends to enable first time borrowers who do not have a credit history to take loans?

IDFC Bank

250. Which country has replaced US to become the biggest source market of foreign tourists coming to India?

Bangladesh

251. Ministry of Minority Affairs implemented 3 new schemes for women including the scheme ” Nai – Roshni”. Who is the Minister of State(IC) of Ministry of Minority Affairs?

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

252. Who has won in the men’s single of 81 st Senior National Badminton Sourabh Verma




PGDBF Exam Championships tournament?

253. Who has been awarded with this year’s Israel’s prestigious Genesis prize?

Anish Kapoor

254. Which country has become the world’s largest solar power energy producer?

China

255. Racharla Samrajyam who died recently was a/an _____ ? Freedom Fighter 256. Where was the 17th session of the BIMSTEC senior officials’

meeting held? Kathmandu, Nepal

257. In which Indian city was the 23rd International Conference & Exhibition on Terrestrial & Satellite Broadcasting held?

New Delhi

258. Target year by the government to double farmers income? 2022 (March) 259. Which country has been banned from participating in the 2017

London World Athletics Championships due to state sponsor doping scandal?

Russia

260. The Dakota Access Pipeline or Bakken pipeline is located in which country?

US

261. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its 6th bimonthly policy review lowered the GDP growth forecast of India for 2016-17 from 7.1% to _____.

6.9%

262. What is the SLR rate after the 6th bimonthly policy review of RBI? 20.50% 263. What is the outlay of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta

Abhiyan(PMGDISHA) project? Rs 2,351.38 Crore

264. Cabinet has approved signing of an agreement between India and ____ signed in the field of health and medicine (Cooperation in AIDS control, integrated disease surveillance and emergency relief.)

Senegal

265. What is India’s rank in the International Intellectual Property Index? India 266. Which country has topped the International Intellectual Property

Index? US

267. Which bank has partnered with “Commodity Online” for the distribution of loans against warehouse receipts and collateral management services across the country?

Federal Bank

268. 17th International Seminar on Counter Terrorism has been organised in which state/UT?

Haryana

269. Which state in India became the first state in the country for establishing cashless distribution of food grain?

Gujarat

270. EPFO will increase its equity investment limit from 10% to ___ % from the next fiscal year?

15%

271. Government of India on 9 February 2017 appointed three part-time directors on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board. Name them.

Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Dr. Ashok Gulati and Shri Manish Sabharwal

272. ________ is going to form an advisory committee on financial technology or fintech-related issues, to facilitate crowdfunding of ‘genuine’ ventures.

SEBI

273. As per governments notification with respect to making Aadhaar mandatory for availing subsidised foodgrains, subsidised foodgrains

30 June 2017




PGDBF Exam will not be sold to anyone not having Aadhaar after _____

274. Which state government is set to open the country’s first government-run Skills University?

Rajasthan

275. Who has been awarded with “Dr B C Roy national award for 2016”? Dr P Raghu Ram 276. Name the scientist who received the Canadian Governor General’s

Medallion for his “contribution to improved agricultural practices and rural development in India and globally.”

M.S.Swaminathan

277. Writer and artist Gopal Krishna Nayak who passed away recently was a writer of which language?

Kannada

278. Who has been appointed as the new President of Somalia Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo

279. Which country celebrated its first ever Women’s Day to fight for gender equality from February 1 to 4?

Saudi Arabia

280. Name the head of the sub-committee constituted by the HRD Ministry under Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) to look into issues related to girls education?

Kadiyam Srihari

281. Who is the author of "The Golden House"? Salman Rushdie 282. Who is the author of ‘Veerappan, Chasing the Brigand’? Shri Vijay Kumar 283. Braille atlas for visually challenged people was launched by which

ministry? Ministry of Science and Technology

284. Who has been conferred with “G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award 2016”?

Karan Thapar

285. Name the head of committee that has submitted a report on the modalities of setting up the DPO to Defence Minister.

Dr. Pritam Singh

286. Who has been named as the new chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and will take over the office from 1 March 2017?

Ajay Tyagi

287. Where was the 37th Saksham Asian Track Cycling Championship held?

New Delhi, India

288. “Mission 11 Million” is related to ___ ? Football Sports 289. Which bank has launched the competition named ‘Future of Jobs in

India’ ? Axis Bank

290. The three-day National Women’s Parliament has been organized in which place?

Andhra Pradesh

291. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India?

Hemant Bhargava

292. Name the official mascot of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. Kheleao 293. Which Indian airport has won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation

(CAPA) Chairman’s Order of Merit award at the CAPA 12 Annual India Aviation Summit?

GMR Hyderabad International Airport

294. Which Indian singer has been roped in for the “Blue Heart Campaign” – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime?

Satinder Sartaaj

295. What is the theme for BRICS summit 2017? (To be held in China) BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future

296. Government has launched TAMRA portal. It is related to _____ . Mining Sector




PGDBF Exam 297. Name the first Indian Navy Ship on which solar panel has been

installed. INS Sarvekshak

298. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to conduct single entrance examination for admission in all engineering and architecture colleges for undergraduate courses from the year _____.

2018

299. Dharmsheel Chaturvedi who passed away recently was related to which field?

writer and journalist

300. Piet Keizer who passed away recently was related to which sports? Football 301. ‘Aman-17’ naval exercise started in which country? Pakistan 302. Name the cricketer who has become the fastest to reach 250 wickets

in test cricket match. Ravichandran Ashwin

303. Who has been elected as the new President of Germany? Frank-Walter Steinmeier

304. Government has approved an amount of _____ under the Electronic Development Fund (EDF) meant to support entrepreneurship and innovation in electronics and IT.

Rs 6,831 Crore

305. What does AQR stands for? Asset Quality Review 306. Who has been named as ambassador of FIFA? Diego Maradona 307. Which Indian Institute is setting up India’s first school on Quality and

Reliability? IIT, Kharagpur

308. Which Indian state has recently launched an “e-prison project”? Jammu & Kashmir 309. As per new RBI′s instruction Specified bank notes(Demonitised

Notes) deposited in the currency chests, since November 10, 2016, will be considered as part of the chest balance in the ________ category but will not be reckoned for calculating Chest Balance Limit / Cash Holding Limit.

Soiled Note category

310. Which Indian firm has entered into a JV with European defence major MBDA Missile Systems to Develop Missiles in India?

Larsen & Toubro Limited

311. How much amount has the government allocated to India Post Payments Bank for financial year 2017-18?

Rs 500 Crore

312. Which arm of The World Bank has teamed up with Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) to conduct training programmes for Non Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs)?

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

313. Nomura has predicted India’s GDP growth rate in January-March 2017 at ____ .

5.7%

314. India’s first floating elementary school has been inaugurated at which place ?

Manipur

315. The 2nd edition of International Spice Conference was organized in which state?

Kerala

316. Who has been appointed as the new President of ASSOCHAM? Sandeep Jajodia 317. Name the first Shipyard in India to receive Master Ship Repair

Agreement (MSRA) Certification by The US Navy. Reliance Shipyard Pipavav, Gujarat

318. Which organization has set up an innovation Hub (iHub) at Hyderabad to provide a creative space where agricultural tech entrepreneurs, scientists and technology experts can collaborate to

ICRISAT




PGDBF Exam innovate?

319. Name India’s first cashless Township. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals (GNFC) township

320. What was the theme for World Radio Day celebrated on 13 February 2017?

Radio is You

321. Which movie won the Best Film Award at The 70th British Academy Film Awards?

La La Land

322. “Aero India 2017” biennial air show and aviation exhibition has been organized in which city?

Bengaluru

323. On 14 February 2017, Kalimpong has been made a new district in West Bengal. It is now the ___ district of West Bengal.

21st

324. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has predicted India’s GDP growth rate in 2017-18 at ___%.

7.4% For 2016-17=>6.8%

325. IMF’s first Fully-Integrated Capacity Development Center launched in?

New Delhi

326. India has finalized the Joint Venture agreement for production of ‘Kamov 226T’ helicopters in India with which country?

Russia

327. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme was launched in the year 2016 to promote agricultural education under which 100 centres are being opened with a fund of_______ .

Rs.5.35 crore

328. The longest elevated bike path in the world has been opened in which country?

China

329. International Coin Fair has been organized in which state? Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

330. Who has been appointed as the President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)?

Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey

331. Who has won the 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix? Jehan Daruvala 332. T V Parasuram who passed away recently was related to which

field? Journalism

333. The world’s first transit rating system has been unveiled at which metro station office?

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC)

334. In the launch of 104 satellite by ISRO in a single go, the maximum number of satellite were from which country?

USA- 96

335. Union Cabinet on 15 February 2017 has approved the merger of State Bank of India with how many banks?

5

336. The Reserve Bank India(RBI) on 15 February has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on supervisory cooperation and exchange of supervisory information with which of the following bank?

Bank of Zambia

337. What is the full form of SLB? Security Lending and Borrowing

338. Which bank has collaborated with the Korea Development Bank (KDB) and will set up a ‘Korea Desk’ in Mumbai?

SBI

339. Begumpet Airport is located at which place? Hyderabad




PGDBF Exam 340. India’s First Plane Restaurant ‘Hawai Adda’ has been opened in

which city? Ludhiana

341. India has joined UN network to strengthen national efforts to end preventable deaths by which year?

2030

342. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 16 February 2017?

Edappadi K Palaniswami

343. Automobile firm Tata Motors has signed an agreement with which technology giant to unveil vehicles equipped with IoT, artificial intelligence?

Microsoft

344. As per new guideline by RBI, now RRBs in India can lend a maximum loan upto Rs ___ against security of gold/ gold ornaments

Rs 2 lakh

345. Which of the following bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to operationalise the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)?

Canara Bank

346. What is the authorized capital of Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)?

Rs 2,000 Crore

347. “Pragati”, a traditional life insurance plan that has been specifically designed to empower low income families has been launched by which insurance company?

HDFC Life Insurance

348. Which bank has launched instant chat service for its customers named CBOL?

Citibank

349. Headquarter of Citibank? South Dakota, United States

350. Airtel Payment bank has partnered with which firm to provide it with payment processing solutions?

Mastercard

351. What is the total outlay of ‘Chardham’ highway project of Uttarakhand?

Rs 12,000 Crore

352. Which country will build ‘first city on Mars by 2117’? UAE 353. Who has been awarded with the Laureus Sportsman of the Year

Trophy? Usain Bolt

354. 36th Cobra Gold military training exercise has started in which country?

Thailand

355. Recently Sabarimala airport has received in-principle approval from its state government. In which state is it located?

Kerala

356. Indian Seed Congress 2017 has been organized in which city? Kolkata 357. The 2017 Hunar Haat has been organized in which city? New Delhi 358. What is the theme of the 2017 National Women’s Parliament? Empowering Women

— Strengthening Democracy

359. Kambala festival is celebrated in which state? Karnataka 360. Who has been appointed as the head of UN peacekeeping? Jean-Pierre Lacroix




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