General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-31st March

Q1. Which country recently formally recognized the McMahon Line as the international boundary between China and India’s Arunachal Pradesh?
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) England
(d) USA
(e) None of the above

Q2. The US Senate Committee has announced the appointment of whom as the new US Ambassador to India which had been pending from two years?
(a) Rick Caruso
(b) Karen Bass
(c) Eric Garcetti
(d) Gavin Newsom
(e) None of the above

Q3. The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology addresses the 5th ASEAN-India Business summit. Where the 5th ASEAN-India Business Summit was took place?
(a) Manila, Philippines
(b) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(c) Bali, Indonesia
(d) New Delhi, India
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who won season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix 2023?
(a) Sergio Perez
(b) Max Verstappen
(c) Fernando Alonso
(d) Lewis Hamilton
(e) None of the above

Q5. _____________inked the first ‘High Seas Treaty’ in a bid to protect the ocean bodies of the world that lie outside the national boundaries and form almost two-thirds of the world’s oceans.
(a) United Nations
(b) International Maritime Organisation
(c) World Trade Organisation
(d) International Congress of Metrology
(e) None of the above

Q6. Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected to serve as the new president of which of the following country?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Uzbekistan
(c) Male
(d) Nepal
(e) None of the above

Q7. Which nation has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years?
(a) Sweden
(b) Colombia
(c) East Timor
(d) UAE
(e) None of the above

Q8. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has appointed Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani as the country’s new prime minister. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani becomes Prime Minister of which country?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Kuwait
(c) Qatar
(d) Iran
(e) None of the above

Q9. Recently, the United Nations Least Developed Countries (LDC) Summit concluded in Doha, Qatar. Which of the nation graduate from the UN list of Least Developed Countries at this summit?
(a) India
(b) Ghana
(c) Somalia
(d) Bhutan
(e) None of the above

Q10. India has agreed to accelerate a broader economic partnership and to boost their defence ties with which of the following country?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) France
(c) Japan
(d) Australia
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(d)
Sol. A bipartisan resolution was passed by the US, formally recognizing the McMahon Line as the international boundary between China and India’s Arunachal Pradesh.
S2. Ans (c)
Sol. The US Senate Committee has announced the appointment of Eric Garcetti as the new US Ambassador to India.
S3. Ans(b)
Sol. The 5th Asean-India Business Summit took place on 6 March 2023 in Kuala Lumpur.
S4.Ans (b)
Sol. Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position, leading almost the entire race as he opened the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles.
S5. Ans(a)
Sol. The United Nations(UN) inked the first ‘High Seas Treaty’ in a bid to protect the ocean bodies of the world that lie outside the national boundaries and form almost two-thirds of the world’s oceans.
S6. Ans(d)
Sol. Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected to serve as the new president of Nepal.
S7. Ans(b)
Sol. Colombia has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years. A cohort of 1,296 women have been enlisted in Colombia’s Army in the month of February.
S8. Ans(c)
Sol. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has appointed Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani as the country’s new prime minister.
S9. Ans(d)
Sol. Recently, at the United Nations Least Developed Countries (LDC) Summit that concluded on March 9 in Doha, Qatar, the landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will no longer be on the list of LDCs and will become only the seventh country to graduate from the list.
S10. Ans(d)
Sol. Australia and India have agreed to accelerate a broader economic partnership and to boost their defence ties, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in New Delhi.