Current Affairs Quiz 07th March 2023 For Bank Exam

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07th 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:

Santosh Trophy 2023
Pramerica Life Insurance Limited
Bahrain Grand Prix
Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023
Electoral Democracy Index 2023

07th 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 07th March 2023 covering the following topics Headlines: Santosh Trophy 2023, Pramerica Life Insurance Limited, Bahrain Grand Prix, Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023, Electoral Democracy Index 2023.

Q1. On ________, the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness.
(a) 1 March
(b) 2 March
(c) 3 March
(d) 4 March
(e) 5 March

Q2. Which team won most Santosh Trophy 2023?
(a) Services
(b) Punjab
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Karnataka
(e) West Bengal

Q3. Who has won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature for lifetime achievement?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Devdutt Pattanaik
(c) Aravind Adiga
(d) Vinod Kumar Shukla
(e) Durjoy Datta

Q4. Pramerica Life Insurance Limited has appointed ______ as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
(a) Ravi Singh
(b) Pankaj Gupta
(c) Shikhar Kumar
(d) Sachin Verma
(e) Deepak Tiwari

Q5. The world’s first 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier has been installed on a highway connecting Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in _______.
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Kerala

Q6. Who won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Sergio Perez
(c) F. Alonso
(d) Carlos Sainz Jr.
(e) Lewis Hamilton

Q7. Who authored the book ‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story – From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri’?
(a) Prabal Bansal
(b) Jagdish Gupta
(c) Girish Kumar Rana
(d) Ravi kumar Dixit
(e) Sajjan Singh Yadav

Q8. Recently, Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023 was organized by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. How many women were conferred with the ‘Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023’?
(a) 22
(b) 15
(c) 10
(d) 36
(e) 44

Q9. According to an ILO-UNICEF joint report titled ‘More than a billion reasons:The urgent need to build universal social protection for children’, only ____of children aged 0-15 years are shielded by social protection.
(a) 50.1%
(b) 45.2%
(c) 26.4%
(d) 73.6%
(e) 33.3%

Q10. ______ and NCERT signed an MoU to strengthen value-based sports education amongst school children and teachers.
(a) Board of Control for Cricket in India
(b) National Anti Doping Agency
(c) Wrestling Federation of India
(d) Sports Authority of India
(e) NITI Aayog

Q11. What is the rank of India on Electoral Democracy Index 2023?
(a) 102
(b) 108
(c) 111
(d) 123
(e) 125

Q12. Mauganj became the 53rd district of which state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Punjab
(e) Haryana

Q13. Who has launched Yuva Utsava – India@2047 from Ropar in Punjab?
(a) Anurag Singh Thakur
(b) G. Kishan Reddy
(c) Parshottam Rupala
(d) Mahendra Nath Pandey
(e) Bhupender Yadav

Q14. Which state recently launched ‘Laadli Behna’ scheme for women?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Punjab
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Haryana
(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q15. India and which country have signed an MoU on research, technology and innovation collaborations in New Delhi.
(a) Bolivia
(b) Tanzania
(c) Mexico
(d) Singapore
(e) Nigeria

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Observed on 5 March, the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness plays a role in deepening the global public’s understanding about how disarmament efforts contribute to enhancing peace and security, preventing and ending armed conflicts, and curbing human suffering caused by weapons.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Karnataka ended their 54-year wait to win the Santosh Trophy national football championship, beating Meghalaya 3-2 in a pulsating final at the King Fahd International Stadium in the Saudi Arabia capital. Services beat Punjab 2-0 in the playoff to finish third.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Vinod Kumar Shukla has won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature for lifetime achievement in literature, one of the most coveted literary prizes worldwide, after decades of composing acclaimed novels like Naukar Ki Kameez (1979) and poetry collections like Sab Kuch Hona Bacha Rahega (1992).

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Pramerica Life Insurance Limited has appointed Pankaj Gupta as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The world’s first 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier has been installed on a highway connecting Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position, leading almost the entire race as he opened the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya released the book ‘India’s Vaccine Growth Story – From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri’ authored by Shri Sajjan Singh Yadav, Additional Secretary, Govt of India at the World Book fair 2023, at Pragati Maidan.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. 36 women WASH Champions were conferred with the ‘Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023’ by the President of India and Union Minister of Jal Shakti.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. A new UN report titled ‘More than a billion reasons:The urgent need to build universal social protection for children’ notes only 26.4% of children aged 0-15 years are shielded by social protection, leaving the remaining 73.6% exposed to poverty, exclusion & multidimensional deprivations.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. National Anti Doping Agency and NCERT signed an MoU to strengthen value-based sports education amongst school children and teachers.

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. India ranks 108th in the Electoral Democracy Index of the V-dem Democracy report 2023.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on March 4 to make Tehsil Mauganj of Rewa district the 53rd district of the state.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Minister Anurag Thakur launches Yuva Utsav across the nation, from IIT Ropar, Punjab.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday launched ‘Laadli Behna’ scheme wherein eligible women will get ₹1,000 monthly assistance.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. India and Mexico have signed an MoU on research, technology and innovation collaborations in New Delhi.