General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023 -20th June

Q1. The government has appointed Ashwani Kumar in place of Soma Sankara Prasad as managing director of which of the following bank?
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) Indian Bank
(c) UCO Bank
(d) Bank of Maharashtra
(e) None of the above

Q2. The Geological Survey of India (GSI), an attached office to the Ministry of Mines, has its headquarters in the city, with six regional offices in Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Shillong, and Kolkata. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI)?
(a) Dr S Raju
(b) Janardan Prasad
(c) Deepak Unadkat
(d) Govinda Ramakrishna
(e) None of the above

Q3. Amarendu Prakash has taken charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). Where is headquarter of SAIL located?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Pune
(c) Rourkela
(d) New Delhi
(e) None of the above

Q4. Name the person, a seasoned banker with extensive experience in the banking industry, has been appointed as the non-executive chairman of credit bureau TransUnion CIBIL.
(a) Urjit Patel
(b) V Anantharaman
(c) S. Jagadishan
(d) Uday Kotak
(e) None of the above

Q5. The 193 UN Member States elected Dennis Francis as the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Dennis Francis belongs to which country?
(a) Trinidad and Tobago
(b) Ecuador
(c) Senegal
(d) Germany
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has been appointed Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) for a term of three years?
(a) Malini Parthasarathy
(b) Devika Sambhale
(c) Nirmala Lakshman
(d) Indrani Sengupta
(e) None of the above

Q7. Pieter Elbers has been elected as the chair-elect of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors. Pieter Elbers is the CEO of which of the following airline company?
(a) Air India
(b) Spice Jet
(c) Air Vistara
(d) Indigo
(e) None of the above

Q8. Dr Abdulla Al Mandous has been elected as the new President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for a four-year term from 2023 to 2027. Dr Abdulla Al Mandous is meteorologist of which country?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) UAE
(d) Brazil
(e) None of the above

Q9. Printer company Epson India has signed whom as its brand ambassador to promote its products in a multi-media campaign for its ‘EcoTank’ printers this month?
(a) Rashmika Mandanna
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Smriti Mandhana
(d) Saif Ali Khan
(e) None of the above

Q10. Give the name of Indian origin who has been elected as the next President of World Bank by World Bank’s 25 member executive board.
(a) Indra Nooyi
(b) Rajesh Gopinath
(c) Shantanu Narayen
(d) Ajay Banga
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans (c)
Sol. The government has appointed Ashwani Kumar as managing director of UCO Bank in place of Soma Sankara Prasad whose terms comes to an end. Kumar is currently an executive director of Indian Bank and prior to this, he served as Chief General Manager of Punjab National Bank.
S2. Ans (b)
Sol. Janardan Prasad has been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI). Prasad has taken charge of the 174-year-old institution, succeeding Dr S Raju who has been the Director General since 2020.
S3. Ans(d)
Sol. New Delhi is head quarter of SAIL.
Prakash was previously involved in driving business transformation and financial turnaround of SAIL, which resulted in bringing back the company from a three year streak of losses, from FY16 toFY18, to being back in the black in FYI9.
S4.Ans (b)
Sol. V Anantharaman, a seasoned banker with extensive experience in the banking industry, has been appointed as the non-executive chairman of credit bureau TransUnion CIBIL. Anantharaman has held leadership positions in corporate and investment banking teams at renowned international firms such as Standard Chartered Bank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America.
S5. Ans(a)
Sol. The 193 UN Member States, elected a veteran diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago, Dennis Francis as the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.
Francis, who has had a nearly 40-year-career, will take the helm of the UN’s main policy-making body, starting in September.

S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Ms. Nirmala Lakshman has been appointed Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) for a term of three years.
She succeeds Ms. Malini Parthasarathy, who stepped down as Chairperson at the Board’s meeting, June 5, 2023 upon nearing the completion of her three-year term.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. IndiGo announced that its CEO, Pieter Elbers, has been elected as the chair-elect of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors. He will succeed present Chair, Yvonne Manzi Makolo, the CEO of Rwandair with effect from June 2024.

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. A meteorologist of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dr Abdulla Al Mandous has been elected as the new President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for a four-year term from 2023 to 2027.
He will succeed Prof Gerhard Adrian from the German Meteorological Service, who served as WMO President since June 2019.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Printer company Epson India has signed actor Rashmika Mandanna as its brand ambassador. The actress will collaborate with the company to promote its products in a multi-media campaign for its ‘EcoTank’ printers this month.
In collaborating with the actress known for her performances across Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil cinema, the company said in a statement that it hopes to leverage her popularity to reach a wider audience across the country, particularly the younger generation.

S10. Ans(d)
Sol. Ajay Banga, who is of Indian origin, has been officially selected as the new President of the World Bank.

The 25-member executive board of the World Bank elected Ajay Banga, who previously served as the CEO of Mastercard, to hold the position for a period of five years, starting from June 2.