General Awareness Quiz for IBPS Clerk Mains 2022- 7th October

Q1. BOB Finance launched a Yoddha co-branded RuPay credit card for which of the force’s troops by in collaboration with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?
(a) Border Security Force
(b) Indian Army
(c) Indian Air Force
(d) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which of the following company is getting ready to pump geothermal energy at 14,000 feet in Ladakh?
(a) HPCL
(b) Reliance Industries Limited
(c) Tata Renewable
(d) ONGC
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who has authored a new book titled “Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years of Independence”. Who has released the book?
(a) Shaktikanta Das
(b) Bibek Debroy
(c) Sudeep Patra
(d) Dr. Ashutosh Raravikar
(e) None of the above

Q4. The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will be launched the One Health pilot in which Indian city?
(a) Indore
(b) Bengaluru
(c) New Delhi
(d) Varanasi
(e) None of the above

Q5. Tata Power reached a deal with which state government to invest Rs. 3000 crore in the construction of a new solar cell and module manufacturing facility?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Haryana
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q6. The “Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (Cheerag)” programme was recently introduced by which of the state government in the country?
(a) Haryana
(b) Gujarat
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who has been recommended by the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) to lead the newly established National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)?
(a) Atul Kumar Goel
(b) Dinesh Kumar Khara
(c) Madhabi Puri Buch
(d) Rajkiran Rai G
(e) None of the above

Q8. The 20th edition of BioAsia 2023, the premier event of BioAsia 2023 for the life sciences and health tech, will be hosted by which of the state government?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Telangana
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the above

Q9. Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on which of the day to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India?
(a) 9 September
(b) 14 September
(c) 22 September
(d) 18 September
(e) None of the above

Q10. India’s first forest university that will promote action research by providing comprehensive training to farmers is set to be established in which of the Indian state?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Punjab
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Telangana
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. BOB Finance launched a Yoddha co-branded RuPay credit card for Indian Army troops by Bank of Baroda-backed BOB Financial Solutions in collaboration with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

S2.Ans (d)
Sol. At 14,000 feet in Ladakh, ONGC is getting ready to pump geothermal energy.

S3. Ans(d)
Sol. Director of the Department of Economic & Policy Research(DEPR), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Dr Ashutosh Raravikar has authored a new book titled “Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years of Independence”.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) will be launched the One Health pilot in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

S5. Ans(c)
Sol. Tata Power revealed that it has reached a deal with the Tamil Nadu government to invest Rs. 3000 crore in the construction of a new solar cell and module manufacturing facility.

S6. Ans(a)
Sol. The “Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (Cheerag)” programme was recently introduced by the administration of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. Rajkiran Rai G, a former managing director of the Union Bank of India, has been recommended by the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) to lead the newly established NaBFID.

S8. Ans(b)
Sol. The 20th edition of BioAsia 2023 will be hosted by the Government of Telangana, the premier event of BioAsia 2023 for the life sciences and health tech, on February 24-26.

S9. Ans(b)
Sol. Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on 14 September to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India. The language was adopted under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution.

S10. Ans(d)
Sol. India’s first forest university is going to be established in Telangana which will be third in globally after Russia and China.