Current Affairs Quiz 04th March 2023 For Bank Exam

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04th March Current Affairs Quiz: Here, we are providing the Current Affairs Quiz. These types of topics are important for candidates who prepare for Bank Exam 2023. In this article, we are covering the following topics Headlines:

Business Standard Banker of the Year
Asian Chess Federation
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
International Yoga Festival 2023
Adani-Hindenburg case

04th March Current Affairs Quiz

The Current Affairs section constitutes a major part of the General Awareness section in a competitive examination and plays an instrumental role. To supplement your preparation for the General Awareness Section of the upcoming exams like IBPS PO/Clerk Mains, SBI PO Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 04th March 2023 covering the following topics Headlines: Business Standard Banker of the Year, Asian Chess Federation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, International Yoga Festival 2023, Adani-Hindenburg case.

Q1. When was the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) adopted?
(a) 1990
(b) 1973
(c) 1987
(d) 1994
(e) 2011

Q2. Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of _____.
(a) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(b) Border Security Force
(c) Sashastra Seema Bal
(d) Central Reserve Police Force
(e) Central Industrial Security Force

Q3. Jishnu Barua appoints as the new chairperson of which of the following government body?
(a) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
(b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(c) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(d) National Commission for Minorities
(e) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

Q4. Who has been chosen as the Business Standard Banker of the Year 2022?
(a) Aditya Puri
(b) Shiksha Sharma
(c) Sashidhar Jagdishan
(d) Kaizad Bharucha
(e) Naina Lal Kidwai

Q5. Which India Chess player has been honored with the Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF)?
(a) Viswanathan Anand
(b) D Gukesh
(c) Pentala Harikrishna
(d) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
(e) Adhiban Basakaran

Q6. Where will the first B2B Global Conference & Expo on Traditional Medicine under Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) be held?
(a) Guwahati
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Bhopal
(d) Mumbai
(e) Kolkata

Q7. The International Yoga Festival 2023 was held in _____ from 1st March to 7th March 2023.
(a) Haridwar
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Rishikesh
(d) Nainital
(e) Almora

Q8. Who broke the national record in the men’s long jump in the second AFI National Jumps Competition?
(a) Jeswin Aldrin
(b) M Sreeshankar
(c) Muhammed Anees Yahiya
(d) Rishabh Rishishwar
(e) G Sindhushree

Q9. Mumbai jumps to ____ place globally in price growth in luxury housing
(a) 10th
(b) 20th
(c) 37th
(d) 35th
(e) 18th

Q10. ______ and Renmakch signed MoU to develop a ‘Make-in-India’ value chain for Indian Railways.
(a) Hindustan unilever
(b) Aditya Birla group
(c) Reliance
(d) TATA Group
(e) Godrej & Boyce

Q11. Which bank holds the record of the largest Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) loan by a commercial bank in the Asia Pacific and the second-largest social loan globally?
(a) HDFC
(b) State Bank of India
(c) ICICI
(d) Bank of India
(e) Axis Bank

Q12. Who will head the committee that is expected to look at various areas of the Adani-Hindenburg case?
(a) Justice Manoj Mishra
(b) Justice Rajesh Bindal
(c) Justice AM Sapre
(d) Justice Aravind Kumar
(e) Justice hsanuddin Amanullah

Q13. ______ launched NASA’s Crew-6 mission to orbit en route to the International Space Station, with a Russian cosmonaut and United Arab Emirates astronaut joining two NASA crewmates for the flight.
(a) SpaceX
(b) Astra Space
(c) Astranis
(d) United Launch Alliance
(e) Blue Origin

Q14. Who released a book titled “The Book of Bihari Literature”, edited by Abhay Kumar?
(a) Mines and Geology Minister Rama Nand Yadav
(b) Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav
(c) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
(d) Industry Minister Samir Kumar Mahaseth
(e) Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh

Q15. Gold mines are found in which of the following districts of Odisha?
(a) Deogarh
(b) Rourkela
(c) Sundargarh
(d) Jharsuguda
(e) Sambalpur

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was adopted in 1973.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Jishnu Barua appoints as the new chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Sashidhar Jagdishan managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank, has been chosen as the Business Standard Banker of the Year 2022.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honored with the Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. The first B2B Global Conference & Expo on Traditional Medicine under Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in Guwahati.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Yoga Festival 2023 was held in Rishikesh from 1st March to 7th March 2023. The International Yoga Festival 2023 is the main attraction of Bharat Parv this year.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Tamil Nadu’s Jeswin Aldrin broke the national record in the men’s long jump in the second AFI National Jumps Competition. Jeswin Aldrin leaped 8.42 meters.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Mumbai jumps to 37th place globally in price growth in luxury housing.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Godrej & Boyce, Renmakch sign MoU to develop a ‘Make-in-India’ value chain for Indian Railways.

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. State Bank of India holds the record for the largest Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) loan by a commercial bank in the Asia Pacific and the second-largest social loan globally.

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Former Supreme Court judge Justice AM Sapre will be heading the committee that is expected to look at various areas of the Adani-Hindenburg case.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. SpaceX launched NASA’s Crew-6 mission to orbit en route to the International Space Station, with a Russian cosmonaut and United Arab Emirates astronaut joining two NASA crewmates for the flight.

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bihar Minister of Industry, Samir Kumar Mahaseth has released a book titled “The Book of Bihari Literature”, edited by Abhay Kumar.

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Gold mines found in three districts of Odisha including Deogarh, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj.