General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-5th May

Q1. Which state has announced to celebrate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as ‘Swatantrya Veer Gaurav Din’?
(a) Odisha
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Delhi
(d) Himachal Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which country’s government has planned to ban the English language and impose heavy fines on individuals and organizations that continue to use it, after banning ChatGPT?
(a) Sweden
(b) China
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Italy
(e) None of the above

Q3. The Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for providing Chinese language training to the Indian Army personnel with which of the university/institution?
(a) Tezpur University
(b) Presidency University
(c) IIT Kharakhpur
(d) Delhi University
(e) None of the above

Q4. Which bank collaborated with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for launching the Rupay Credit Card through UPI using the BHIM app to leverage the reach of UPI and the strength of credit card products?
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) Karnataka Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Canara Bank
(e) None of the above

Q5. The iconic Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia has unveiled a set of gates named after _________to honor him.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) Ravi Shastri
(d) Rahul Dravid
(e) None of the above

Q6. Give the name of an academic of Indian origin who has been selected as one of the five co-chairs of an Association of American Universities (AAU) task force that aims to enhance research and academic collaborations among higher education institutions in the United States and India.
(a) Neeli Bendapudi
(b) A Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar
(c) B.Raghu Raj Bahadur
(d) C. Anand
(e) None of the above

Q7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released data showing that India’s current account deficit has decreased to what percent of the GDP, during the December quarter of the current fiscal year?
(a) 4.5%
(b) 3.7%
(c) 1.8%
(d) 2.2%
(e) None of the above

Q8. On the recommendations of which of the committee the government implemented changes to the pricing model of domestic natural gas recently?
(a) B.Sivaraman committee
(b) JJ Irani committee
(c) Kirit Parikh committee
(d) Suresh Shah committee
(e) None of the above

Q9. Earth Day is observed on which of the day each year to raise awareness of the rapidly-rising levels of pollution, climate change, and other circumstances that contribute to damaging the environment and threaten the survival of our planet?
(a) 22 April
(b) 4 April
(c) 12 April
(d) 18 April
(e) None of the above

Q10. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) has finally been announced by the government?
(a) Rajneesh Kumar
(b) Arun Sinha
(c) Satya Narayan Pradhan
(d) Badre Alam Ansari
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, has declared that May 28, the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, will be celebrated as ‘Swatantrya Veer Gaurav Din’, and several events will be organized to promote the ideas of Swatantra Veer Savarkar on this day.
The state government will commemorate the occasion by conducting various programs to spread the message of Swatantra Veer Savarkar.

S2. Ans (d)
Sol. In a startling move, the Italian government has announced that it plans to ban the English language and impose heavy fines on individuals and organizations that continue to use it.

The announcement comes just weeks after the ban on ChatGPT, a language model developed by OpenAI.

S3. Ans(a)
Sol. The Indian Army and Tezpur University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for providing Chinese language training to the Indian Army personnel.

The signing of the MoU was done by HQ 4 Corps on behalf of the Indian Army and the registrar of Tezpur University in the presence of the Vice Chancellor, Prof SN Singh.

S4.Ans (d)
Sol. To leverage the reach of UPI and the strength of credit card products, Canara Bank in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched the Rupay Credit Card through UPI using the BHIM app.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has turned 50 this year on 24 April and to honour him the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia has unveiled a set of gates named after him. Along with him, the SCG also added the name of another cricketing legend Brian Lara, who will be sharing the honour with Sachin Tendulkar.

S6. Ans(a)
Sol. Neeli Bendapudi, an academic of Indian origin, has been selected as one of the five co-chairs of an Association of American Universities (AAU) task force that aims to enhance research and academic collaborations among higher education institutions in the United States and India.

In collaboration with the Biden administration’s US-India initiative on critical and emerging technology, AAU has established a national task force that aims to expand technological and industrial cooperation between the United States and India.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released data showing that India’s current account deficit, an important measure of the balance of payments, has decreased to $18.2 billion, which is equivalent to 2.2% of the GDP, during the December quarter of the current fiscal year.

This decrease can be attributed to the reduction in the merchandise trade deficit, which stood at $30.9 billion, or 3.7% of the GDP in the second quarter of the fiscal year 2022-23.

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. The government implemented changes to the pricing model of domestic natural gas in accordance with the Kirit Parikh committee’s recommendations on gas pricing.

The new pricing system will announce prices monthly and link them to 10% of the international price of the Indian crude basket.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the rapidly-rising levels of pollution, climate change, and other circumstances that contribute to damaging the environment and threaten the survival of our planet.
The theme this year is — ‘Invest in our Planet,’ with a clear motto of ‘everyone accounted for, everyone accountable.’

S10. Ans(b)
Sol. The appointment of Arun Sinha as the new Chairman of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) has finally been announced by the government, after a prolonged delay. Sinha, who has served as an advisor in NTRO for two years, belongs to the 1984 batch Kerala cadre.

The position of NTRO Chairman had been vacant for the past three to four months, and Sinha’s appointment comes as a much-needed relief for the organization.