General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-04th December

Q1. India’s star shooter has won the gold medal in the men’s 50-meter rifle 3P event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2023 which was held in Changwon, South Korea?

(a) Sift Kaur Samra
(b) Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
(c) Esha Singh
(d) Rhythm Sangwan
(e) Manu Bhaker

Q2. Recently, Quinton De Kock became the third cricketer in the world to score 4 centuries in the ODI World Cup 2023. Who was the first player to score 4 centuries in an ODI World Cup?

(a) Kumar Sangakkara
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
(e) Virendra Sehwag

Q3. India is on track to operationally deploy its long-range air defense system by 2028-29. What is the name of the project under the purview of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)?

(a) Project Kusha
(b) Project Rajni
(c) Project Vijay
(d) Project Ajay
(e) Project Agni

Q4. SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBI Card), in collaboration with Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), has launched a co-branded credit card called the ‘Reliance SBI Card’ which aims to provide a world-class customer experience. Who is the Chairman of SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited (SBI Card)?

(a) Abhijit Chakravorty
(b) Dinesh Kumar Khara
(c) DN Ghosh
(d) Shri. R Viswanathan
(e) None of the above

Q5. IndusInd Bank Limited has announced a strategic collaboration with Which company to offer digital inward remittance services to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in the United States of America (USA)?

(a) Razorpay
(b) Viamericas Corporation
(c) PayZapp
(d) PhonePe
(e) Paytm

Q6.  HSBC Bank became the First Foreign Bank to Introduce in association with which company introduce the electronic-Bank Guarantees (e-BGs) services to digitize trade finance.

(a) National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)
(b) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
(c) Google pay
(d) PhonePe
(e) Amazon Pay

Q7. IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd (IndiaFirst Life), one of the fastest-growing private life insurers in the country, became the first Indian life insurance company to obtain the Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) registration. Who is the current chairperson of IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd (IndiaFirst Life)?

(a) Mr Debadatta Chand
(b) Mr. Narendra Ostawal
(c) Mr. Joydeep Dutta Roy
(d) Mr. Arun Chogle
(e) Ms. Harita Gupta

Q8. Which Institution has unveiled a new format for the Scheme Information Documents (SIDs) of Asset Management Company (AMC)?

(a) Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
(b) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(c) State Bank of India (SBI)
(d) National bank of Agriculture and rural development (NABARD)
(e) Insurance regulatory and development Bank of India (IRDAI)

Q9. Recently, who was appointed as the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

(a) Manoranjan Mishra
(b) Ajay kumar
(c) Dinesh Das
(d) Suman Tiwari
(e) Bhuvan Trivedi

Q10. India finished the Asian Para Games 2023 held in Hangzhou, China with a best-ever medal tally of 111 medals. How many Gold Medals were Won by India in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games 2022 held in Hangzhou, China?

(a) 26
(b) 27
(c) 29
(d) 32
(e) 18

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Asian Shooting Championships 2023: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins gold medal in 50m rifle 3P.
Details-
India also won the mixed trap team event and ended the Changwon meet with 55 medals — 21 gold, 21 silver and 13 bronze — in junior and senior competitions.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Kumar Sangakkara was the first batsman to score four consecutive centuries in a row in the ICC Cricket World Cup Tournament.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The ambitious project, known as Project Kusha, is under the purview of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

Details-
It seeks to establish a formidable three-layered defense system with the capability to neutralize enemy aircraft and missiles from extended distances effectively.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Abhijit Chakravorty has taken charge as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, of SBI CARD.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. IndusInd Bank announces strategic collaboration with Viamericas for its newly re-launched Indus Fast Remit (IFR) platform.
Details-
The collaboration allows seamless inward remittance services from USA to India for NRIs residing in USA, where Viamericas Corporation is a licensed Money Services Business (MSB)
Digital inward remittance services will be offered on Bank’s IFR platform through Viamericas under the Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA) scheme of RBI
The collaboration will offer NRIs to transfer money to their beneficiaries in India, through the trusted Indus Fast Remit platform

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. HSBC Bank became the First Foreign Bank to Introduce in association with the National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL), has introduced the electronic-Bank Guarantees (e-BGs) services to digitize trade finance.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Mr Debadatta Chand is the current chairperson of IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd (IndiaFirst Life).

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has unveiled a new format for the Scheme Information Documents (SIDs) of AMC.
Details-
SEBI has directed mutual funds to disclose scheme’s portfolio holdings including top 10 holdings by issuer and fund allocation towards various sectors through a functional web link and the aggregate investment in the scheme made by the concerned scheme’s fund managers as part of the ‘skin-in-the-game’ regulations.

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Manoranjan Mishra as Executive Director (ED).

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. India finished the Asian Para Games 2023 with a best-ever medal tally of 111 medals – 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze.
Details-
This was India’s best-ever medal tally at the continental meet, surpassing the previous record haul of 72 medals, including 15 gold, from the 2018 Asian Para Games.