General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-2nd March

Q1. Who has recently been appointed the MD & CEO of Canara Bank with immediate effect?
(a) K Satyanarayan Raju
(b) Atul Kumar Goel
(c) P V Bharathi
(d) A S Rajeev
(e) Swarup Kumar Saha
Q2. UnCrave, the plant-based meat brand by Licious, unveiled whom as its Brand Ambassador?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Shahid Kapoor
(c) Vir Das
(d) R Madhavan
(e) None of these
Q3. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has constituted a 16-member committee to look into the Draft Digital Competition Act. Who will be the chairman of the committee?
(a) Manoj Deshwal
(b) Manoj Govil
(c) Manoj Desai
(d) Manoj Tomar
(e) Manoj Goswami
Q4. Which finance company has appointed Raul Rebello as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Designate?
(a) Bajaj Finance
(b) Mahindra Finance
(c) Muthoot Finance
(d) Power Finance
(e) Tata Capital Finance
Q5. V Ramachandra was appointed by the Reserve Bank to the advisory committees of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL). Where is the headquarters of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) located?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kolkata
(d) Patna
(e) Bhopal
Q6. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
(a) António Guterres
(b) Ban Ki-moon
(c) Kofi Annan
(d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
(e) Dag Hammarskjöld
Q7. Who has been reappointed as the Chairman of BCCI’s selection committee?
(a) Chetan Sharma
(b) Prabdev Singh
(c) Vikram Dev Dutt
(d) Shamalbhai B Patel
(e) Praveen Sharma
Q8. Who has been named as the new speaker of the US House of Representation?
(a) Kevin McCarthy
(b) Suzzanne M. Bonamici
(c) Shontel Brown
(d) Julia Brownley
(e) Robert Aderholt
Q9. Who is the current chairman of DICGC?
(a) T Rabi Shankar
(b) M K Jain
(c) MD Patra
(d) M Rajeshwar Rao
(e) S S Mundra
Q10.Gabon’s President Ali Bongo appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister. What is the capital of Gabon?
(a) N’Djamena
(b) Libreville
(c) Juba
(d) Kigali
(e) Gitega

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The Union Government has appointed K Satyanarayana Raju as its Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank, with immediate effect.
He will be replacing L V Prabhakar who demitted office on December 31, 2022.
Canara Bank Static Facts:

• Founded: 1 July 1906
• Headquarters:               Bengaluru
• CEO: K Satyanarayana Raju
• Founder: Ammembal Subba Rao Pai
• Tagline: Together We Can

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. UnCrave, the plant-based meat brand by Licious, unveiled popular comic, actor, and musician Vir Das as its Brand Ambassador.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Manoj Govil will chair the committee.

Details:

• A month after a Parliamentary panel sought a new digital competition law, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) constituted a 16-member committee to look into the Draft Digital Competition Act.
• Chaired by Corporate Affairs Secretary Manoj Govil, the panel will review existing competition norms and will examine the need for new legislations to tame the digital gatekeepers.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Mahindra Finance has appointed Raul Rebello as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Designate.

Details:

• Mahindra & Mahindra Finance Services Limited is an Indian rural Non-Banking Financial Company headquartered in Mumbai.
• It is amongst the top tractor financers in India.
• Mahindra Finance started on 1st January 1991 as Maxi Motors Financial Services Limited.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. The headquarters of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) is located in Kolkata.
Details:

• V Ramachandra, a former chief general officer of Canara Bank, was appointed by the Reserve Bank on Tuesday to the advisory committees of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL).
• The RBI had created a three-member advisory council to support the administration of the two crisis-ridden enterprises after replacing the boards of SIFL and SEFL in October 2021.

S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. Antonio Guterres is the current secretary-general of the United Nations.

S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. Chetan Sharma has been reappointed as the Chairman of BCCI’s selection committee.

Details Related to Options:

• Prabdev Singh: CEO of JP Morgan Chase
• Praveen Sharma: Director of National Health Authority
• Vikram Dev Dutt: Director-General of Directorate of General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
• Shamalbhai B Patel: Chairman of Amul

S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. The United States Parliament has elected Kevin McCarthy of the Republican Party as the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Details:

• He is the 55th speaker of the US House of Representatives.

S9. Ans. (c)

Sol. MD Patra is the current chairman of DICGC.

Details:

• The Government of India, in consultation with RBI, introduced a Credit Guarantee Scheme in July 1960.
• RBI promoted a public limited company on January 14, 1971, named the Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. (CGCI). It was aimed at encouraging commercial banks to cater to the credit needs of the hitherto neglected sectors.
• With a view to integrating the functions of deposit insurance and credit guarantee, the above two organizations (DIC & CGCI) were merged and the present Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) came into existence on July 15, 1978.
• Also, the title of the Deposit Insurance Act, 1961 was changed to ‘The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 ‘.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol.Libreville is the capital of Gabon.

Details Related to Options:

• N’Djamena Capital of Chad
• Juba Capital of South Sudan
• Kigali Capital of Rwanda
• Gitega Capital of Burundi