General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023 -18th May

Q1. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh opened the country’s first Indian Air Force Heritage Centre in which of the following Indian city after signing memorandum of understanding?
(a) Bangalore
(b) Gandhidham
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Kolkata
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which Indian Naval Ship reached in Singapore to participate in the inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023)?
(a) INS Satpura
(b) INS Virat
(c) INS Shivalik
(d) INS Trishul
(e) None of the above

Q3. The Indian Navy collaborated with which of the following to conduct the first successful test trial of a locally-made Air Droppable Container called ‘ADC-150’ from the IL 38SD aircraft off the coast of Goa?
(a) DRDO
(b) HAL
(c) ISRO
(d) Boeing
(e) None of the above

Q4. The Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy conducted which edition of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT)?
(a) 38th
(b) 36th
(c) 40th
(d) 35th
(e) None of the above

Q5. According to the Minister of Defence, Which of the Air Marshal took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff?
(a) Ashutosh Dixit
(b) Ravi Gopal Krishana Kapoor
(c) Sujeet Dharkar
(d) Balakrishnan Manikantan
(e) None of the above

Q6. The ASW Corvette, INS Kavaratti, which was built and designed in India, has reached Batam, Indonesia to participate in the ________ India-Indonesia Bilateral exercise, Samudra Shakti-23.
(a) 3rd
(b) 2nd
(c) 4th
(d) 1st
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who has taken over command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh region with China and become the first woman to command an army battalion?
(a) Priya Jhingan
(b) Rosemary Mariner
(c) Shiva Chauhan
(d) Geeta Rana
(e) None of the above

Q8. Sberbank has developed a technology named GigaChat to compete with ChatGPT in the artificial intelligence chatbot race. Sberbank is based in which country?
(a) Singapore
(b) Egypt
(c) Russia
(d) Sweden
(e) None of the above

Q9. Give the name of the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large) which has been decommissioned by the Indian Navy after 36 years of service on May 06 at the Naval base in Kochi.
(a) INS Magar
(b) INS Gharial
(c) INS Guldar
(d) INS Shardul
(e) None of the above

Q10. The weaponry and equipment of the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard were utilized by the soldiers participating in ‘EX-KAVACH.’. Where the ‘EX-KAVACH’ was held recently?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Andaman & Nicobar
(c) Pune
(d) Jaisalmer
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(c)
Sol. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh opened the country’s first Indian Air Force Heritage Centre in Chandigarh on 8 May, under a memorandum of understanding between the Indian Air Force and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

The centre spreads over 17,000 square feet and celebrates the Indian Air Force’s role in previous conflicts such as the 1965, 1971, and Kargil Wars, as well as the Balakot air strike, through murals and memorabilia.

S2. Ans (a)
Sol. Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Delhi on May 1st, 2023, led by RAdm Gurcharan Singh, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, arrived in Singapore to participate in the inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023).

The exercise is scheduled to take place from May 2nd to May 8th, 2023.

S3. Ans(a)
Sol. The Indian Navy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) collaborated to conduct the first successful test trial of a locally-made Air Droppable Container called ‘ADC-150’ from the IL 38SD aircraft off the coast of Goa on April 27, 2023.

S4.Ans (d)
Sol. The Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy conducted the 35th edition of the India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) from May 3 to May 10, 2023.
The exercise was aimed at reinforcing maritime linkages between the two countries and ensuring the safety and security of the Indian Ocean.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, according to the Minister of Defence. Ashutosh Dixit, an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, was Commissioned in the fighter stream on December 6 in 1986.

Mr Dixit is a qualified flying instructor as well as an experimental test pilot, with over 3,300 hours of flying experience on fighter, trainer and transport aircraft. He participated in operations ‘Safed Sagar’ and ‘Rakshak’.

S6. Ans(c)
Sol. The ASW Corvette, INS Kavaratti, which was built and designed in India, has reached Batam, Indonesia to participate in the 4th India-Indonesia Bilateral exercise, Samudra Shakti-23, from May 14 to May 19, 2023.

The Indian Navy’s Dornier Maritime Patrol aircraft and Chetak helicopter will also be part of the exercise, while the Indonesian Navy will be represented by KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda, CN 235 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, and AS565 Panther Helicopter.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers’ Colonel Geeta Rana is the first female officer to assume control of an Independent Field Workshop in a remote and forward area in Eastern Ladakh.

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. Sberbank has developed a technology named GigaChat to compete with ChatGPT in the artificial intelligence chatbot race. Initially available in an invite-only testing mode, GigaChat stands out with its ability to communicate more intelligently in Russian than other foreign neural networks.
The release of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT last year has spurred the technology industry to incorporate AI further into users’ hands to reshape how people work and win business.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. INS Magar, the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large), was decommissioned by the Indian Navy after 36 years of service on May 06 at the Naval base in Kochi.

The decommissioning ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi, Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, as well as Air Marshal B Manikantan, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command.

S10. Ans(b)
Sol. On April 5, 2023, the Andaman & Nicobar command, which is India’s sole tri-services unit, held a collaborative military drill named Exercise ‘KAVACH.’

The soldiers performed multiple exercises such as amphibious landing, air landing operations, heliborne operations, and swift insertion of special forces commandos.