Expected Current Affairs for SBI Specialist Officers Exam 2016

Hi Aspirtants..In this post we are sharing with you some useful latest Current Affairs Questions useful & expected for SBI Specialist Officers Exam 2016 scheduled to be held on 17 January 2016 (Sunday).

1) Which country on 6 Dec. 2015 won the 2014-15 Men’s Hockey World League? - Australia

2) Armed Forces Flag Day was observed across India on? - 7 December 2015

3) Which cities on 8 December 2015 became the new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? - Pune and Rajkot

4) Laimdota Straujuma, the first female Prime Minister of which country on 7 Dec. 2015 announced her resignation? – Latvia

5) Who recently won the 2015 Female Badminton Player of the Year award? - Carolina Marin

6) Which Indian cricket player on 9 December 2015 became the co-owner of the Pro Wrestling League team, UP Warriors? - Rohit Sharma

7) Name the eighth edition of India-Russia joint naval exercise which begun in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh recently? - INDRA NAVY-15

8) Which Indian metro city was affected by floods due to incessant rain in the first week of December 2015? – Chennai

9) International Day of Persons with Disabilities was recently observed across the world on? - 3 December 2015

10) Justice Tirath Singh (TS) Thakur was on 3 December 2015 sworn in as ____ Chief Justice of India? - 43rd

11) Which Indian player was declared as the number 1 test all rounder in the latest ICC rankings? - Ravichandran Ashwin

12) Book "On My Terms" released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 Dec. 2015 is the autobiography of? - Sharad Pawar

13) Who was named as 2015 Person of the Year on 9 December 2015 by Time Magazine? - Angela Merkel (German Chancellor)

14) Which former cricketer was on 9 December 2015 awarded with an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)? - Mahela Jayawardene

15) Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on 3 December 2015 became the co-owner of which International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) franchise? - Singapore Slammers        

16) RBI in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review on 1 December 2015 has maintained Repo rate at? 6.75 percent

17) Vijay Chaudhary was on 2 December 2015 unanimously elected as the Speaker of? - Bihar Assembly

18) Name one of the finest exponents of Koodiyattom and Nangiarkoothu who passed away on 1 December 2015? - Margi Sathi

19) Who on 1 December 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London? - Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

20) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed globally on? - 2 December 2015

21) 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was presented at a ceremony held in Oslo, Norway on 10 December 2015 to? - Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (NDQ)

22) Which Indian actor was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th edition of Dubai International Film Festival on 10 Dec. 2015? - Naseerudin Shah

23) Mauricio Macri on 11 December 2015 sworn in as new President of? – Argentina

24) Which of the following countries will host the 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20? – India

25) Dilip Kumar, Indian cinema's one of the greatest actors was on 13 December 2015 has been conferred with? - Padma Vibhushan
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Online Current Affairs Quiz – 7 January 2016

Hi Aspirtants..Here is the Online Current Affairs Quiz for 7 January 2016 useful for cracking all upcoming exams. Trending topics for the day include Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Hashim Amla, Aamir Khan, Gajendra Chauhan etc. You can check the details of each topic by attempting the quiz. All the Best!! 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who died on 7 January 2016 was the Chief Minister of which state?

(A) Mahrashtra

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Punjab

(D) Madhya Pradesh

2) Name the second indigenous stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette which was commissioned by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan on 7 January 2016?

(A) INS Kadmatt

(B) INS Kamotra

(C) INS Valmiki

(D) INS Varuna

3) Hashim Amla on 6 January 2016 resigned as Test captain of which country?

(A) Australia

(B) England

(C) South Africa

(D) West Indies

Ans. (C) South Africa

4) Which bollywood actor was in news recently as his contract for Incredible India campaign has expired?

(A) Amitabh Bachan

(B) Salman Khan

(C) Sharukh Khan

(D) Aamir Khan

5) Who on 7 January 2016 took charge as the Chairman of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) amid protests?

(A) Gajendra Chauhan

(B) Shyam Benegal

(C) Saeed Akhtar Mirza

(D) Vinod Khanna

6) Sam Pitroda was on 6 January 2016 appointed as its Technology Advisor by which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Odisha

(C) Bihar

(D) Gujarat

7) Noted _____ writer and poet Labhshankar Thakar passed away on 6 January 2016?

(A) Malayalam

(B) Telugu

(C) Marathi

(D) Gujarati

Ans. (D) Gujarati

8) World Bank in its Global Economic Prospect report projected a robust growth of ____ for the Indian economy in the 2016?

(A) 6 percent

(B) 7.8 percent

(C) 5.5 percent

(D) 8 percent

9) Name the Indian shooter who broke the world record on 5 January 2016 to grab a gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix?

(A) Apurvi Chandela

(B) Anjali Bhagwat

(C) Heena Sidhu

(D) Elizabeth Susan Koshy

10) Kunal Shah was on 5 January 2016 appointed as the Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). He is the co-founder and CEO of?

(A) Paytm

(B) Snapadeal

(C) FreeCharge

(D) eBay

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Karnataka Bank Officer (Scale I) Recruitment 2016 Notification & Apply Online

Hi Aspirants..Karnataka Bank Ltd., a leading technologically advanced Private sector Bank with a pan-India footprint released recruitment notification for Officers (Scale-I) to be positioned at its Branches/Offices located across India. Eligible candidates can apply online from 7 January 2016 to 18 January 2016. Further details are given below: 

Important Dates

Opening date of Online Registration Gateway/Payment of Fee: 07-01-2016

Closing date of Online Registration Gateway/Payment of Fee: 18-01-2016

Online exam: Online test tentatively scheduled in February 2016

Educational Qualification: Candidates should be Post Graduates in any discipline (Excluding PG Diplomas) or Graduates in Agricultural Sciences or Law as on 01-01-2016. Those who are awaiting results shall not be eligible to apply.

Age Limit : Minimum 21 years to Maximum 28 years [Candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-01-1988 and not later than 01-01-1995 (both days inclusive)] as on 01-01-2016. The age limit will be relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

Application Fee (Non refundable): `600/- [`500/- in the case of SC/ST candidates]

Check detailed notification from below link for more details.

Download Official Notification from here

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Current Affairs Quiz – 6 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 6 January 2016. Trenidng topics include Ganga Gram Yojana, first hydrogen bomb test by North Korea, Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, Zinedine Zidane as manager of Readl Madrid etc. Study the quiz questions & attempt the quiz. 

1) Which bank on 6 January 2016 launched Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) across all its branches in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?

(A) ICICI

(B) Andhra Bank

(C) SBI

(D) Union bank of India

2) Union Government on 6 January 2016 has launched Ganga Gram Yojana to develop 1600 villages in which state situated along the banks of Ganga River?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Bihar

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

3) Senior United Nations (UN) official Filippo Grandi from which country has taken the charge as new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 6 January 2016?

(A) Italy

(B) South Korea

(C) Switzerland

(D) Austria

4)  Which country on 6 January 2016 conducted its first hydrogen bomb test?

(A) China

(B) Pakistan

(C) Russia

(D) North Korea

5) Which country on 5 January 2016 withdrew from the Under-19 World Cup Tournament to be held in Bangladesh citing security reasons?

(A) India

(B) England

(C) South Africa

(D) Australia

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6) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 5 January 2016 presented the ninth BCCI Awards 2014-15. Who was conferred Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award?

(A) Dilip Vengsarkar

(B) Syed Kirmani

(C) Kapil Dev

(D) Rahul Dravid

7) Who was appointed as the new manager of Real Madrid on 5 January 2016?

(A) Marco Materazzi

(B) Roberto Carlos

(C) Zinedine Zidane

(D) Ronaldo

8) Union Cabinet on 6 January 2016 approved the Stand Up India Scheme to promote entrepreneurship among?

(A) Handicapped Persons

(B) Third Gender

(C) Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes and Women

(D) Young Students

9) World's largest blue star sapphire that weighs 1404.49 carats was recently discovered in a mine in?

(A) Srilanka

(B) Bangladesh

(C) India

(D) Indonesia

10) The book "Go Set a Watchman" written by which author has topped the 2015 US bestseller list?

(A) Marlon James

(B) Harper Lee

(C) John Green

(D) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Andhra Bank

2) Ans. (C) Uttar Pradesh

3) Ans. (A) Italy

4) Ans. (D) North Korea

5) Ans. (D) Australia

6) Ans. (B) Syed Kirmani

7) Ans. (C) Zinedine Zidane

8) Ans. (C) Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes and Women

9) Ans. (A) Srilanka

10) Ans. (B) Harper Lee

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Current Affairs free eBook PDF - December 2015 (Last Week)

Hi Aspirtants..Hope you have read the last four issues of our weekly Current Affairs PDF for December 2015. Here is the PDF for the last week. We have tried to update all the important happenings during this last week in this useful PDF Capsule. You can download this print freindly PDF completely free from the below link. Also comment your suggestions and feedback for further improvement. 

* Also attempt Current Affairs Quiz January 2016

* Download Current Affairs (Week Wise) from here

Let's have a look at the important happenings from December 2015 Last Week.

1) After how many years, an Indian PM visited Pakistan as Narendra Modi visited Lahore to meet the PM of Pakistan on 25 December 2015? - 11 years

2) Premier Badminton League announced which Bollywood superstar as the brand ambassador for the much-awaited badminton League beginning January 2, 2016? - Akshay Kumar

3) Sadhana Shivdasani, who passed away recently, was related to which of the following fields? – Actress

4) Which of the following states will host the 2019 National Games of India? - Andhra Pradesh

5) Which football player awarded with the Best Player of the Year at Globe Soccer Awards 2015 recently? - Lionel Messi

6) Name the Indigenously developed Air-to-Air missile which was on 25 December 2015 successfully test fired by India? - Astra

7) Who became the youngest ever goal-scorer for India in football on 27 December 2015? - Lallianzuala Chhangte

8) Which team on 28 December 2015 clinched the Vijay Hazare Trophy? - Gujarat

9) Who was on 28 December 2015 given the additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog? - Amitabh Kant

10)Who has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award 2015? - Raghuveer Chaudhary

You can check all questions from the below PDF. 
Click Here to get the Current Affairs PDF Dec. 2015 (Last Week)

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Click Here to get the Current Affairs PDF Dec. 2015 (Third Week)
Click Here to get the Current Affairs PDF Dec. 2015 (Second Week)

Click Here to get the Current Affairs PDF Dec. 2015 (First Week)

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Employment News: 2 January 2016 to 8 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the latest employment news for the week ending 8 January 2016.

1. Employees State Insurance Corporation, Kerala.

Name of Post –Stenographer, UDC and MTS. 

No. of Vacancies – 314

Last Date –06.01.2016

2. SIDBI.

Name of Posts – Managers.

No. of Vacancies -100

Last Date – 11.01.2016 

3. Canara Bank, Bangalore

Name of Posts – Technical Field Officer (Electrical), Technical Field Officer (Civil) etc.

No. of Vacancies – 74

Date- 12.01.2016

4. Employees State Insurance Corporation, Jammu & Kashmir.

Name of Posts – Stenographer, UDC and MTS

No. of Vacancies –31

Last Date – 06.01.2016

5. Employees State Insurance Corporation, Kolkata.

Name of Post –Stenographer, UDC and MTS.

No. of Vacancies -460

Last Date: – 06.01.2016

6. Satyawati College (Evening), Delhi.

Name of Post –Assistant Professor.

No. of Vacancies -46

Last Date: – 09.01.2016

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5 January 2016 Current Affairs Quiz

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz 5 January 2016. Hot topics for the day include Pranav Dhanawade, Radha Krishna Mathur as CIC, Abid Ali Neemuchwala of Wipro, India-Nepal Bus Service, British writer Kate Atkinson, V.V.S. Laxman’s masterly innings of 281 against Australia etc. Our online Current Affairs include descriptions with answers and pictures to make learning fun. Attempt the quiz & share your reviews. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Pranav Dhanawade from which state created history on 5 January 2016 when he became the first batsmen in to score more than 1,000 runs in an innings in school cricket?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Delhi

2) Who on 4 January 2016 sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner of India?

(A) Basath Seth

(B) Vijai Sharma

(C) Manjula Prasher

(D) Radha Krishna Mathur

3) Abid Ali Neemuchwala was on 5 January 2016 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer by which IT giant?

(A) HCL

(B) Wipro

(C) Infosys

(D) TCS

4) India-Nepal Bus Service on 4 January 2016 resumed after a gap of ____ years?

(A) 27 years

(B) 21 years

(C) 5 years

(D) 9 years

5) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4 January 2016 imposed monetary penalty of one crore rupees on which bank for violation of its instructions?

(A) State Bank of Travancore

(B) State Bank of India

(C) Syndicate Bank

(D) ICICI

6) British writer Kate Atkinson on 4 January 2016 won the novel-of-the-year prize at Britain's Costa Book Awards 2015 for her book?

(A) Life After Life

(B) Case Histories

(C) A God in Ruins

(D) One Good Turn

7) Former Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia died on 4 January 2016 in Mumbai. He was the ____th Chief Justice of India from 12 May 2010 to 29 September 2012?

(A) 34th

(B) 36th

(C) 40th

(D) 38th

8) Mary Barra was on 4 January 2016 elected as Chairman of Board of Directors of which automobile company?

(A) Volvo

(B) Volkswagen

(C) General Motors

(D) Tata

9) V.V.S. Laxman’s masterly innings of 281 against Australia at which ground was recently rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years?

(A) Eden Gardens, Kolkata

(C) Firozshah Kotla, Delhi

(C) Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

(D) M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

10) State Election Commission of which state on 4 January 2016 announced that toilets will be mandatory requirement for eligibility to contest panchayat elections?

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Bihar

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Haryana

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Download Call Letter for SBI Specialist Officers Online Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants.. State Bank of India (SBI) has published the call letter/hall ticket of its Specialist Officers Online Exam 2016. You can download the hall ticket from the below link by entering Registration No and Date Of Birth or Password. The exam is scheduled to be held on 17 January 2016 (Sunday). Best Wishes in advance to all!!

Download Call letter - SBI SO Online Exam 2016

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