General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2024-16th february

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

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

Q4. 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

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. Anji River is a tributary of which river?

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

Q7. 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

Q8. Recently, which country became the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)?

(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)

Q10. 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 Bengaluru.

S4. 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).

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. (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.

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.