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

Q1. According to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, who has been appointed as the principal director general of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)?
(a) Mayank Aggrawal
(b) Satyendra Prakash
(c) Rajesh Malhotra
(d) Somasekhar Sundaresan
(e) None of the above

Q2. Mohit Joshi has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for a term of 5 years by which of the tech giant?
(a) Infosys
(b) TCS
(c) Tech Mahindra
(d) HCL Tech
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who has been named as Sanjiv Mehta’s successor as HUL’s Chief Executive Officer recently?
(a) Chandresh Nigam
(b) B Gopkumar
(c) Indrani Nayar
(d) Rohit Jawa
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) and become the 28th officer to hold the position of CGA?
(a) Soma Das Gupta
(b) S.S. Dubey
(c) Deepak Das
(d) Anurag Raman
(e) None of the above

Q5. Who has become the new chairperson of power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)?
(a) Jishnu Barua
(b) Alok Kumar
(c) Sanjay Kumar Krishna
(d) PK Borthakur
(e) None of the above

Q6. Name the Indo-American woman judge who has been named as the first justice of a district court in USA state of Massachusetts recently.
(a) Hiral Shah
(b) Shivani Seth
(c) Tejal Mehta
(d) Aparajita Singh
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who has been appointed as India’s ambassador for She Changes Climate– a global campaign driving awareness of the crucial role of women in accelerating just climate action?
(a) Tulsi Gowda
(b) Vandana Shiva
(c) Garvita Gulhati
(d) Shreya Ghodawat
(e) None of the above

Q8. Who has been appointed as world’s first ‘Hand Ambassador’ under its Swasth India Mission?
(a) Diya Mirza
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Deepika Padukone
(e) None of the above

Q9. Who has been appointed as the first Indian American judge of the Manhattan Federal District Court in New York?
(a) Arun Subramanian
(b) Manpreet Singh
(c) Sri Srinivasan
(d) Surendran Pattel
(e) None of the above

Q10. The Indian government has appointed whom as the new chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)?
(a) Siddhartha Mohanty
(b) Supratim Bandyopadhyay
(c) Mamta Shankar
(d) Deepak Mohanty
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(c)
Sol. Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Rajesh Malhotra has been appointed as the principal director general of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), according to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
S2. Ans (c)
Sol. Tech Mahindra named former Infosys President Mohit Joshi as MD and CEO.
S3. Ans(d)
Sol. The selection of Rohit Jawa, a senior executive of the UK-based parent company Unilever, as Hindustan Unilever Ltd.’s (HUL) new managing director and CEO has been approved by the company’s board.
S4.Ans (b)
Sol. S.S. Dubey took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA). He is the 28th officer to hold the position of CGA.
S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Jishnu Barua has become the new chairperson of power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Tejal Mehta, an Indian-American woman judge who promised to make a real impact to the community and treat people with compassion, has taken oath as the first Justice of a district court in the US state of Massachusetts.
S7. Ans(d)
Sol. Climate entrepreneur Shreya Ghodawat has been appointed as India’s ambassador for She Changes Climate– a global campaign driving awareness of the crucial role of women in accelerating just climate action.
S8. Ans(c)
Sol. Savlon revealed the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar as its world’s first ‘Hand Ambassador’ for its Swasth India Mission.
S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Arun Subramanian, an attorney, has been appointed as the first Indian American judge of the Manhattan Federal District Court in New York.
S10. Ans(d)
Sol. The Indian government has appointed Deepak Mohanty as the new chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).