General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-28th October

Q1. Juspay Technologies Private Limited (Juspay) has partnered with which company to launch HyperUPI, a plug-in Software Development Toolkit (SDK) developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?

(a) Axis Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q2. Name the bank that has recently partnered with OneCard to launch mobile-first VISA Signature metal co-branded credit cards.

(a) Indian Bank
(b) Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Axis Bank
(e) ICICI Bank

Q3. Which scheme won the ‘National Award For E-Governance 2023”?

(a) SVAMITVA Scheme
(b) Digital India Mission
(c) Indira Rasoi Yojana
(d) Godhan Nyay Yojana
(e) Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana

Q4. What is the rank of India in the “Grassroots Crypto Adoption Index” 2023?

(a) 1st
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) 4th

(e) 5^th

Q5. What is the name of the female Robot For ‘Gaganyaan Mission’?

(a) Aurora
(b) Luna
(c) Nova
(d) Vyommitra
(e) Star

Q6. India received 1st ‘C295 Aircraft” from which country?

(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Spain
(d) United States
(e) Israel

Q7. Which State Govt launched ‘Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana’?

(a) Telangana
(b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Odisha
(e) Rajasthan

Q8. What is the proposed reservation % for women in the Women’s Reservation Bill 2023?

(a) 5%
(b) 10%
(c) 20%
(d) 23%
(e) 33%

Q9. Which of the following became India’s 41st World Heritage Site?

(a) Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
(b) Dholavira
(c) Santiniketan
(d) Hoysala temples of Belur
(e) Elephanta Caves

Q10. Which State’s Biswanath Ghat has been named the Best Tourism Village of India 2023?

(a) Odisha
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
(e) Madhya Pradesh

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Yes Bank Limited partnered with Juspay Technologies Private Limited (Juspay), India’s leading payments company, to launch HyperUPI, a plug-in Software Development Toolkit (SDK) developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Indian Bank has partnered with OneCard to introduce state-of-the-art, mobile-first, contactless, metal-cobranded credit cards.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. SVAMITVA Scheme won the ‘National Award For E-Governance 2023”.
Details-
Survey of Villages Abadi & Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) Scheme is a Central Sector scheme launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on National Panchayat Day i.e. 24th April 2020.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. India ranks first among 154 nations in grassroots crypto adoption, per Chainalysis’ 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index.
Details-
The average, middle-class populations of India, Nigeria, and Thailand are driving the grassroots adoption of cryptocurrencies by engaging with digital assets.
On the Chainalysis index, India has bagged the first rank in crypto transactions recorded in both retail and non-retail DeFi transactions. In terms of peer-to-peer exchange trade volume, India secured the fifth rank, whereas Nigeria ranked first in the category.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. He also revealed that the second phase of this mission will involve the launch of Vyommitra, a female spacefaring humanoid robot.
Details-
Vyommitra, a name derived from the Sanskrit words “Vyoma” (meaning “Space”) and “Mitra” (meaning “Friend”), will function as a prototype for the Gaganyaan missions.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. The first of the 56 C295 aircraft, which are set to replace its ageing Avro-748 fleet, at the Airbus production site in Seville, Spain.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana’ in Odisha to fulfil the nutritional needs of mothers, adolescent girls and children.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Women’s Reservation Bill, 2023 passed both houses of Parliament almost unanimously—with just two votes against—will ensure that women occupy at least 33 per cent of the seats in state legislative assemblies and the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. There are now 41 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Santiniketan, the cultural and educational centre established by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, is the latest addition to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Assam’s Biswanath Ghat has been adjudged Best Tourism Village of India 2023.
Details-
It is located on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra in Biswanath district, Biswanath Ghat is also popularly known as “Gupta Kashi”.
It is called Gupta Kashi, in comparison with Kashi during the golden rule of the Guptas.