General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2024-06th January

Q1. 360 One Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023”, the 12th–anniversary edition of Hurun India Rich List released in association with 360 One Wealth. Who topped the 360 One Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023?

(a) Mukesh Ambani
(b) Gautam Adani
(c) Shiv Nadar
(d) Lakshmi Mittal
(e) Ratan Tata

Q2. Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023, the two-week Indo-Malaysia joint military exercise between the Indian Army (IA) and the Malaysian Army. In which state did the Indo-Malaysia joint military exercise Harimau Shakti 2023 commence?

(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Mizoram
(e) Tripura

Q3. India’s 1st Reference Gasoline and Diesel Fuels were launched by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), produced by which company?

(a) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
(b) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
(c) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
(d) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
(e) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

Q4. Which jurisdiction was removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘grey list’ – Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring on 27th October 2023?

(a) Bermuda
(b) Jersey
(c) Isle of Man
(d) Guernsey
(e) Cayman Islands

Q5. With which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) did the Indian Navy sign an MoU for promoting technology development, innovative solutions, and joint R&D?

(a) IIT Bombay
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Kanpur
(d) IIT Kharagpur
(e) IIT Madras

Q6. Which bank has been authorized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the disbursement of pensions through e-PPOs on behalf of the Ministry of Railways?

(a) State Bank of India
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) Bandhan Bank
(e) HDFC Bank

Q7. How much loan has the Government of India signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to avail for improving the quality, efficiency, and reliability of power supply in Uttarakhand?

(a) $100 million
(b) $150 million
(c) $200 million
(d) $250 million
(e) $300 million

Q8. Recently, who topped the UK list of the ‘Top 50 Asian Celebrities in the World’?

(a) Aishwarya Rai
(b) Shah Rukh Khan
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Amitabh Bachchan
(e) Salman Khan

Q9. In which country will the Thirty-seventh Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) be held in February 2024?

(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Pakistan
(e) China

Q10. In July 2023, which cloud computing services company has recently collaborated with the Directorate General of Training (DGT) to elevate students’ skills and employability in emerging technologies?

(a) Amazon Web Services India
(b) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
(c) Google Cloud
(d) IBM Cloud
(e) Microsoft Azure India

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. “360 One Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023”, the 12th–-anniversary edition of Hurun India Rich List released in association with 360 One Wealth, is topped by Mukesh Ambani Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).

Details:

• Mukesh Ambani has regained the title of India’s richest man with a wealth of Rs 8,08,700 crore.
• Gautam Adani (Chairman of the Adani Group, is ranked 2nd with a wealth of Rs 474800 crore.
• In 2022 Adani topped the list, he was ahead of Ambani by a wealth gap of Rs 3 lakh crore & with a wealth of Rs 2,78,500 crore, Cyrus Poonawalla (82) retained the third position in the list.
• India has added 38 billionaires to its rich list, taking the total tally to 259.

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023, the two-week Indo-Malaysia joint military exercise between the Indian Army (IA) and the Malaysian Army, commenced at the Umroi cantonment, located in Ri Bhoi district of the northeastern state of Meghalaya.

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) launched India’s 1st Reference Gasoline and Diesel Fuels produced by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

Details:

• With this launch, India joined the elite group of nations with domestic production of ‘Reference’ Petrol and Diesel and IOCL became the 4th refiner in the world to produce ‘reference’ grade petrol and diesel.

S4. Ans. (e)
Sol. According to the review published by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 27th October 2023, the Cayman Islands was removed from the FATF ‘grey list’ – Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. Indian Navy has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur to promote technology development, innovative solutions, and joint R&D.

S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. Bandhan Bank has been authorized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the disbursement of pensions through e-PPOs on behalf of the Ministry of Railways.

Details:

• This authorization enables Bandhan Bank to disburse pensions to all employees of the Ministry of Railways who have retired from their service.
• This mandate also provides the Bank access to around 50,000 average Indian Railways retirees every year across all offices including 17 zonal railways and 8 production units of Indian Railways.

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for availing of a $200 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to improve the quality, efficiency, and reliability of power supply in the state of Uttarakhand.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, referred to as the King Khan of the Indian film industry, has topped a UK list of the ‘Top 50 Asian Celebrities in the World.

S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. The Thirty-seventh Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) will be held as a high-level Ministerial in-person event in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19 – 22 February 2024.

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. The Directorate General of Training (DGT) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) India to enhance students’ capabilities and employability in emerging technologies like cloud computing, data annotation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML).