General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-14th December

Q1. Which novel earned Irish author Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize, and he received the award from Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, during a ceremony at Old Billingsgate, London, in the United Kingdom (UK)?

(a) Night crawling
(b) Treacle Walker
(c) If I Survive You
(d) Prophet Song
(e) A Spell of Good Things

Q2. Former Indian Cricketer Kapil Dev released the book titled “Thread by Thread: The S.Kumar’s Story” authored by whom?

(a) Sathya Saran
(b) Ashok Vaswani
(c) Munish Sharda
(d) Mr. Swarup Anand Mohanty
(e) Sanjay Kumar Jain

Q3. National Milk Day is annually observed across India on 26th November to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien, the Father of the White Revolution in India. In which year Dr. Verghese Kurien received the Padma Vibushan award?

(a) 1996
(b) 1997
(c) 1998
(d) 1999
(e) 2000

Q4. The National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organization in the world annually celebrates its raising day on the 4th Sunday of November, underscoring the NCC’s commitment to shaping youth with core values such as discipline, leadership, and unwavering patriotism. NCC was formed in which year?

(a) 1946
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1952
(e) 1954

Q5. The Indian Mission to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) organized the ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023 in which country?

(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) Indonesia
(e) Singapore

Q6. Which of the following has directed all Third-Party Application Providers (TPAP) and Payment Service Providers (PSP) banks to deactivate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) IDs that have remained inactive for one year or more?

(a) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(b) Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
(c) Insurance Regulatory Development Bank of India (IRDAI)
(d) State Bank of India (SBI)
(e) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

Q7. Central Depository Services (India) Limited had become the first Indian depository to hold 10 crore (100 million) active dematerialization (demat) accounts. Who is the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CDSL Limited?

(a) Nehal Vora
(b) Surjit Bhujabal
(c) Manoj Kumar Nambiar
(d) Shivendra Nath
(e) Thuraiya Hamid Alhashmi

Q8. United States of America (USA) dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced that the Word of the Year for 2023 is “__________.

(a) Authentic
(b) Authenticity
(c) Authority
(d) Author
(e) Autonomous

Q9. The Italian tennis team captained by Filippo Volandri won the Davis Cup 2023 by defeating the Australian team captained by Lleyton Hewitt in the finals. This event was held in which of the following countries?

(a) Poland
(b) England
(c) Spain
(d) France
(e) United States

Q10. In the men’s doubles of Li Ning China Masters 2023 held at Shenzhen Bay Gymnasium, Shenzhen, China, the Indian badminton duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the 2nd place. Who emerged as the winner in the men’s doubles event in China?

(a) Zheng Si Wei & Huang Ya Qiong
(b) Liang Wei Keng & Wang Chang
(c) Kodai Naraoka & Wang Chang
(d) Zheng Si Wei & Wang Chang
(e) Liang Wei Keng & Kodai Naraoka

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Irish author Paul Lynch won 2023 Booker Prize for his novel; ‘Prophet Song’ published by Oneworld.
Details-
In 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka won for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’, set during the Sri Lankan civil war.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former Indian Cricketer Kapil Dev released the book titled “Thread by Thread: The S.Kumar’s Story” authored by Sathya Saran.
Details-
The book details the life of Shambhu Kumar Kasliwal, co-founder of the S Kumars Group, the fabric of India and one of the most enduring brands in India since 1948. The group is named after Shambhu kumar.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. He received the Padma Shri (4th highest civilian award) in 1965 and Padma Bhushan (3rd highest civilian award) in 1966 for Trade and Industry, Gujarat and he received the Padma Vibushan (2nd highest civilian award) in 1999 for Science and Engineering, Gujarat.
Details-
In 2005, he released his autobiography book in the name “I Too Had a Dream”.
Verghese Kurien started the “white revolution” also known as Operation Flood in 1970. It turned India from a dairy importer to the world’s greatest milk producer by implementing a farmer-cooperative system, it was the world’s largest agricultural development programme.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. The NCC was formally established on 15 June 1948 by an ordinance issued by the Government of India as an auxiliary educational organization of the Indian Army and Navy.
Details-
However, the NCC day is observed throughout India, on the 4th Sunday of November, because, it was on that day in 1948 that the 1st units were raised in Delhi.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian Mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW) organised the ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023 in Indonesia.
Details-
The festival was inaugurated in the Kota Kasablanka Mall, in South Jakarta, Indonesia.
The festival aims to raise awareness and create a market for millets and millets-based products among the ASEAN Member states.
The exhibition also aims to foster collaboration between ASEAN countries, celebrate cultural and culinary diversity and promote sustainable millet practices.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has directed all Third-Party Application Providers (TPAP) and Payment Service Provider banks to deactivate all Unified Payments Interface (UPI) IDs that have remained inactive for a period of one year or more.
Details-
To streamline UPI ID usage, ensuring only actively utilized ones remain operational for enhanced efficiency and security in the UPI ecosystem.
Users with blocked UPI IDs can re-register in UPI apps for mapper linkage, enabling payments using UPI Pin.
UPI apps instructed to perform Requester Validation for ‘pay-to-contact/pay-to-mobile number,’ showing customer name fetched at transaction start.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Nehal Vora is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Central Depository Services (India) Limited.
Details-
CDSL is the largest and only listed depository of India.
It is a Market Infrastructure Institution (MII).
It plays an important role in Capital market structure.
It provides services to Market participants such as Exchanges, Clearing Corporations, Depository Participants (DPs), Issuers and Investors.
Its major shareholders are the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services (PPFAS) Asset Management Company, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), and Canara Bank.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. United States of America (USA) dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced that the Word of the Year for 2023 is “Authentic”.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Italian tennis team captained by Filippo Volandri, won the Davis Cup 2023 by defeating Australian team captained by Lleyton Hewitt in the finals held in Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in Malaga, Spain.
Details-
This marks Italy’s 2nd Davis Cup title. Previously, Italy won the title in 1976.

The 2023 Davis Cup is the 111th edition of the tournament.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The winner of the men’s doubles which was held in China is Liang Wei Keng & Wang Chang.
Details-
The Indian Duo won their 1st BWF World Super 750 title at the 2022 Yonex French Open badminton tournament in France. They became the 1st Indian men’s doubles pair to claim a Super 750 title.
In 2023, they won the Indonesia Open 2023 (Super 1000); the Korea Open 2023 (Super 500) in South Korea; and the Swiss Open (Super 300) in Switzerland.
In 2023, the duo also won the Badminton Asian Championships 2023 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and the Gold medal in the Asian Games 2023 (Hangzhou, China), India’s 1st Gold in Badminton.