General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2024-04th January

Q1. Which Indian state has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for the holistic development of the dairy sector?

(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Tami Nadu

Q2. Recently, Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik launched which scheme to provide banking services through Customer Service Point (CSP) Plus banking outlets in 4373 unbanked Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Odisha?

(a) MO AMA Yojana
(b) Gram Panchayat Banking Scheme
(c) MO Financial Inclusion
(d) AMA Bank Scheme
(e) Odisha Rural Banking Program

Q3. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited (Ujjivan SFB) has partnered with Water.org, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to providing clean water and sanitation, to offer accessible financing solutions for water and sanitation solutions.

Where is the headquarters of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited (Ujjivan SFB) located?

(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Kolkata
(d) Hyderabad
(e) Chennai

Q4. In October 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated a pilot program for the wholesale segment, namely ‘Digital Rupee-Wholesale (e-W)’ of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the interbank call money market. Which of the following banks is not part of the wholesale CBDC in the government securities pilot program?

(a) IDFC First Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) Union Bank of India
(e) Bank of Baroda

Q5. Indian Navy Day is annually observed across India on December 4th to recognize the role and achievements of the Indian Navy in ensuring the safety of the nation. The day also commemorates the Indian Navy’s offensive operation conducted during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971.

What is the name of the operation?

(a) Operation Safeguard
(b) Operation Trident
(c) Operation Sentinel
(d) Operation Shield
(e) Operation Guardian

Q6. The Anji bridge, India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge for Indian Railways, connecting Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir, will be set up over the Anji River, which is a tributary of which river?

(a) Jhelum River
(b) Chenab River
(c) Indus River
(d) Ravi River
(e) Tawi River

Q7. In April 2023, which company was accorded the status of Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE)?

(a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
(b) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
(c) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
(d) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
(e) Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI)

Q8. Recently, which country became the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG)?

(a) United States
(b) Qatar
(c) Russia
(d) Australia
(e) Dubai

Q9. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) signed an agreement for the development of a NavIC-based IST traceable Primary Reference Time Clock (PRTC) for the Telecom Sector with which organization?

(a) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
(b) Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
(c) Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
(d) Ministry of Science and Technology
(e)Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Q0. Who recently attained the distinction of being the third Indian scientist to be honored with the Norman E. Borlaug Award in Field Research and Application?

(a) Shrinivas Kulkarni
(b) Renu Khanna
(c) Swati Nayak
(d) Gagandeep Kang
(e) Anil Kumar Gupta

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. The Government of Assam has signed a MoU with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for the holistic development of the dairy sector in Assam.

S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha Naveen Patnaik has launched the “AMA Bank” scheme for providing banking services through Customer Service Point (CSP) Plus banking outlets in 4373 unbanked Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Odisha.

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited is an Indian small finance bank headquartered in Bangalore.

Details:

• Ujjivan SFB will offer loans of about Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 to existing as well as new customers to enable them to construct and renovate water and sanitation facilities.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Punjab National Bank is not part of the wholesale CBDC in the government securities pilot program.

Details:

• 9 banks: State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Union Bank of India (UBI), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank and HSBC were part of the wholesale CBDC in government securities pilot program.

S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. Indian Navy Day is annually observed across India on December 4th to recognize the role and achievements of the Indian Navy in ensuring the safety of the nation. The day also commemorates Operation Trident, the Indian Navy’s offensive operation conducted during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. The first cable-stayed railway bridge in India will be set up over the Anji River, which is a tributary of the Chenab River.

S7. Ans. (e)
Sol. Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has been accorded the status of Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE).

Details:

• A communication to this effect has been issued by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India.
• SECI is the primary implementing agency of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India for Renewable Energy schemes/projects towards the fulfillment of India’s international commitments. Till date, SECI has awarded Renewable Energy (RE) project capacities of over 56 GW.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Qatar emerged as the largest exporter of LNG, playing a crucial role in the global energy market.

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D Centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) signed an agreement for the ‘Development of NavIC-based IST traceable Primary Reference Time Clock (PRTC) for Telecom Sector’.

S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Indian Scientist Swati Nayak has been named the 2023 recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for ‘Field Research and Application’. She became the third Indian and first Odia (Odisha) scientist to receive this award in Field Research and Application. She is fondly called Bihana Didi (seed lady) in Odisha.