Current Affairs Quiz 12th March 2023 For Bank Exam

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12th 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:

Iconic National Flag
Ram Chandra Paudel
NISAR
Hindustan Unilever Ltd
As Good as My Word

12th 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 12th March 2023 covering the following topics Headlines: Iconic National Flag, Ram Chandra Paudel, NISAR, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, As Good as My Word.

Q1. Which state government has introduced 4th women’s policy to give more opportunities to women by considering the issues of women from all groups?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Gujarat
(d) Himachal Pradesh
(e) Punjab

Q2. Indian Army installed the tallest ‘Iconic National Flag’ in which district of Jammu & Kashmir?
(a) Srinagar
(b) Anantnag
(c) Baramulla
(d) Muzaffarabad
(e) Doda

Q3. Which of the following country has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years?
(a) South Korea
(b) Colombia
(c) Japan
(d) Thailand
(e) UK

Q4. Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected the new President of which country?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bhutan
(c) Mauritius
(d) Nepal
(e) Bangladesh

Q5. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Axis Mutual Fund?
(a) Rajesh Verma
(b) Prasad K Panicker
(c) Sanjay Khanna
(d) B Gopkumar
(e) Sanjay Kumar Verma

Q6. NISAR was handed over to ISRO. NISAR is an earth observation satellite jointly developed by ISRO and which space agency?
(a) JAXA
(b) NASA
(c) ROSCOSMOS
(d) ESA
(e) SpaceX

Q7. The ‘Landslide Atlas’ report in India is published by which among the following organization?
(a) India Meteorological Department
(b) Wildlife Trust of India
(c) National Remote Sensing Centre
(d) National Informatics Centre
(e) Greenpeace India

Q8. ________ was India’s first women teacher. She was also an Indian social reformer and a powerful voice in the Indian freedom struggle.
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Usha Mehta
(d) Savitribai Phule
(e) Madam Bhikaji Cama

Q9. Who among the following has been appointed as Hindustan Unilever Ltd.’s (HUL) new managing director and CEO?
(a) Sanjiv Mehta
(b) Rohit Jawa
(c) Ravi Verma
(d) Poonam Singh
(e) Girish Kumar

Q10. Name the author of the book “As Good as My Word”.
(a) Aatish Taseer
(b) Arnab Ray
(c) KM Chandrasekhar
(d) Anand Pandian
(e) Subhash Chandran

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis has informed the Legislative Council that the state will introduce the fourth women’s policy to give more opportunities to women by considering the issues of women from all groups.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. In Jammu & Kashmir, the Indian Army installed the tallest ‘Iconic National Flag’ in the hilly Doda district.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Colombia has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years. A cohort of 1,296 women has been enlisted in Colombia’s Army in February 2023.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected the new President of Nepal.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. B Gopkumar has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Axis Mutual Fund.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. The US Air Force handed over NISAR, an earth observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, to the Indian space agency.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, which houses the Kedarnath shrine, has “maximum exposure to landslide risk in the country”, according to to the ‘Landslide Atlas’ report prepared by Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Recently , the 126th death anniversary of Savitribai Phule has been celebrated. Savitribai Phule, India’s first women teacher, Indian social reformer, poet, and powerful voice in the Indian freedom struggle.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. The selection of Rohit Jawa, a senior executive of the UK-based parent company Unilever, as Hindustan Unilever Ltd.’s (HUL) new managing director and CEO has been approved by the company’s board.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. “As Good as My Word,” written by KM Chandrasekhar, who served as the Cabinet Secretary from 2007 to 2011, begins as an autobiography with descriptive descriptions of his early years, academic career, and college years, all of which take place inside the walls of a modest but orderly Malayali home.