General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-10th September

Q1. Lakshya Sen clinched the men’s singles title after defeating Li Shi Feng at the 58th Canada Open 2023. Lakshya Sen plays which of the following sports?
(a) Table Tennis
(b) Chess
(c) Badminton
(d) Squash
(e) None of the above

Q2. India’s Sunil Kumar scored 7003 points and clinched gold in men’s decathlon at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships. In which country the Asian U20 Athletics Championships has been held?
(a) USA
(b) France
(c) South Korea
(d) Japan
(e) None of the above

Q3. India has emerged as the overall winner at the 34th International Biology Olympiad (IBO). In which country 34th International Biology Olympiad was held?
(a) Germany
(b) Kuwait
(c) UAE
(d) Switzerland
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who clinched the bronze medal in the trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy?
(a) Divyansh Singh Panwar
(b) Gagan Narang
(c) Rudrankksh Patil
(d) Prithviraj Tondaiman
(e) None of the above

Q5. The iconic Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia has unveiled a set of gates named after _________to honor him.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) Ravi Shastri
(d) Rahul Dravid
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has achieved the remarkable feat of setting a new Guinness world record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton?
(a) Krishna Nagar
(b) Srikanth Kidambi
(c) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
(d) B. Sai Praneeth
(e) None of the above

Q7. Where the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup, India’s oldest football tournament was organized?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Thrissur
(c) Panaji
(d) Mumbai
(e) None of the above

Q8. Who has been honored with the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award at a ceremony held in Paris?
(a) Kylian Mbappe
(b) Neymar
(c) Cristiano Ronaldo
(d) Lionel Messi
(e) None of the above

Q9. The Indian women’s hockey team won the title of Torneo del Centenario 2023 by defeating Spain 3-0. Where Torneo Del Centenario 2023 was organized?
(a) Spain
(b) India
(c) Sweden
(d) France
(e) None of the above

Q10. Give the name of the Grandmaster who has dethroned Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand as India’s top-ranked chess player in the live world rankings in the second round of the FIDE World Cup.
(a) S. L. Narayanan
(b) D. Gukesh
(c) R.Praggnanandhaa
(d) Arjun Erigaisi
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans (c)
Sol. Lakshya Sen is an Indian badminton player. This remarkable victory marks Sen’s second BWF World tour title and adds another prestigious accolade to his growing list of accomplishments.

S2. Ans (c)
Sol. India’s Sunil Kumar scored 7003 points and clinched gold in men’s decathlon at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea.

Apart from Sunil’s heroics, Pooja clinched women’s high jump silver after finishing with a 1.82m jump while Bushra Khan, secured silver in women’s 3000m race.

S3. Ans (c)
Sol. In a remarkable achievement, India has emerged as the overall winner at the 34th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) held in Al Ain, UAE from 2-11 July. The Indian student team clinched an unprecedented all-gold performance, securing the top position on the medals tally for the first time.
S4. Ans (d)
Sol. India’s lone medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato,Italy came from Prithviraj Tondaiman, who clinched the bronze medal in the trap event.

In the final round, Prithviraj secured the third position with a total of 34 points which marked his second individual ISSF World Cup medal, as he had previously won a bronze in Doha back in March.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has turned 50 this year on 24 April and to honour him the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia has unveiled a set of gates named after him. Along with him, the SCG also added the name of another cricketing legend Brian Lara, who will be sharing the honour with Sachin Tendulkar.

S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, achieved the remarkable feat of setting a new Guinness world record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton in the ongoing Korea Open 2023. His smash reached an astonishing speed of 565 km/h, surpassing the decade-long record set in May 2013 by Malaysian player Tan Boon Heong.

S7. Ans(a)
Sol. The 132nd edition of the Durand Cup, India’s oldest football tournament was organized in Kolkata, West Bengal.

S8. Ans(d)
Sol. Lionel Messi, who led Argentina to victory in the 2022 World Cup as their captain, was honored with the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award at a ceremony held in Paris.

In addition to that, Messi accepted the World Team of the Year award on behalf of the Argentina men’s football team, who won the championship in Qatar.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Torneo del Centernario 2023 was organized in Spain.

The Indian women’s hockey team won the title of Torneo del Centernario 2023 by defeating hosts Spain 3-0 in Terrassa, Barcelona.

S10. Ans(b)
Sol. The 17-year-old chess prodigy, D. Gukesh, has dethroned Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand as India’s top-ranked chess player in the live world rankings.
Gukesh achieved this feat by defeating Mistradin Iskandarov in the second round of the FIDE World Cup, reaching a live rating of 2755.9 and climbing to the 9th position in the classic open category.