General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2024-05th January

Q1. What bank recently initiated ‘SAATHI (Sustainable Access and Aligning Technology for Holistic Inclusion)’ to deliver essential banking services at all centers for a minimum of four hours daily in fixed outlets?

(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Indian Bank
(d) State Bank of India
(e) Bank of India

Q2. Which bank recently achieved the milestone of being the first Public Sector Bank (PSB) to introduce Metal Debit Card cards, catering to High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNI) and women customers?

(a) Indian Bank
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Bank of India
(d) Punjab National Bank
(e) Union Bank of India

Q3. Who recently assumed the role of the first Woman Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board?

(a) Jaya Varma Sinha
(b) Madhabi Puri Buch
(c) Rekha Sharma
(d) Mamta Kumari
(e) Meenakshi Negi

Q4. Which football club recently emerged victorious over East Bengal Football Club, securing the 132nd edition of the Durand Cup 2023 trophy?

(a) Mumbai City
(b) Mohun Bagan Super Giant
(c) Chennaiyin
(d) Rajasthan United
(e) Kerala Blasters

Q5. Which company has recently collaborated with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to introduce ‘Indrajaal,’ the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Enabled Counter Drone in India?

(a) Wipro PARI Robotics
(b) Grene Robotics
(c) Kuka Robotics
(d) DiFACTO Robotics
(e) echasoft Robotics

Q6. Which edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) was conducted in September 2023?

(a) 25th edition
(b) 30th edition
(c) 35th edition
(d) 40th edition
(e) 45th edition

Q7. Who has been recently named as the ‘National Icon’ for voter awareness and education for the Election Commission of India (ECI)?

(a) Manoj Bajpayee
(b) Mary Kom
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(e) Pankaj Tripathi

Q8. Which state government has recently announced a plan to establish India’s first Common Testing Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (drones) under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS)?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Tamil Nadu

Q9. Which organization presented the International Standards for Accounting and Reporting 2023 award to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in October 2023?

(a) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
(b) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(c) International Labour Organization
(d) World Trade Organization
(e) Bureau of Indian Standards

Q10. Narges Mohammadi conferred with the Harmony Foundation’s 19th Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice. Narges Mohammadi belongs to which country?

(a) Afghanistan
(b) Syria
(c) Iran
(d) Pakistan
(e) Iraq

Solutions

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Indian Bank has launched a new initiative called IB (Indian Bank) SAATHI (Sustainable Access and Aligning Technology for Holistic Inclusion), to provide basic banking services at all centres for a minimum of four hours per day in fixed outlets through the business correspondent (BC) channel.

S2. Ans. (e)
Sol. Union Bank of India (UBI) has introduced two new Debit Card variants, the HNI Emperio RuPay Metal Debit Card and the RuPay Empower Her Debit Card, in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Jaya Varma Sinha as the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board. She became the 1st woman to hold the post since the establishment of the Railway Board in 1905.

S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Mohun Bagan Super Giant defeated East Bengal Football Club 1-0 to win the Durand Cup 2023 (132nd edition) trophy held in Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium), Kolkata, West Bengal.

Details:

• Mohun Bagan became the first team to win the 17 titles in the Durand Cup surpassing East Bengal with 16 titles.
• The Durand Cup2023 was held from 3rd August to 3rd September 2023, and was organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS)- a part of the Indian Armed forces, in association with All India Football Federation (AIFF).
• The Durand Cup is the oldest football competition in India & Asia, and also the third oldest in the World.

S5. Ans. (b)

Sol. Hyderabad’s (Telangana) Grene Robotics in partnership with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) launched ‘Indrajaal’ which is India’s first and the only counter-drone system that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to counter drone threats.

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. The Indian Navy (IN) and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) are conducting the 30th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX 2023), a joint naval combat exercise, from 21st to 28th September 2023 in the southern parts of the South China Sea off the coast of Singapore.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. Former Indian cricketer and Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was named as the ‘National Icon’ for voter awareness and education for the Election Commission of India (ECI).

S8. Ans. (e)
Sol. Tamil Nadu is set to establish India’s first Common Testing Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (drones) under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS).

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has been awarded the ISAR Honours 2023, 6th edition of ISAR Honours, by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) working group on International Standards for Accounting and Reporting (ISAR).

S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Narges Mohammadi, Iranian women’s rights campaigner and the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, will be conferred with the Harmony Foundation’s Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2023.