General Awareness Quiz for IBPS Clerk Mains 2022- 8th October

Q1. Name the India’s first homegrown aircraft carrier which dedicated to the Indian Navy at the Cochin Shipyard commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
(a) INS Vidhyanchal
(b) INS Vikramaditya
(c) INS Vikrant
(d) INS Virat
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which of the following is set to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur?
(a) Shashi Tharoor
(b) Anurag Kashyap
(c) Sarad Pawar
(d) Abhishek Bacchan
(e) None of the above

Q3. A. Manimekhalai became the first female MD & CEO of which bank that has recently set “RACE” for growing business as its aim for the year?
(a) Canara Bank
(b) Union Bank of India
(c) Indian Bank
(d) Punjab National Bank
(e) None of the above

Q4. International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS 2022), is scheduled to be held in which of the Indian city from September 12?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Chennai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) New Delhi
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for obtaining life certificate from pensioners through doorstep services of the Postal Department?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the above

Q6. Which of the entity released ‘fraud registry’ blacklist with details of Scammers to help it keep repeat offenders out of the banking system?
(a) RBI
(b) C-DAC
(c) SEBI
(d) NaBFiD
(e) None of the above

Q7. The government intends to launch a unified platform for the delivery of multiple initiatives administered by Government of India in order to make life easier for the average man. What it the name of this new platform?
(a) Jan Samvidhan
(b) Jan Suraksha
(c) Jan Samelan
(d) Jan Samarth
(e) None of the above

Q8. Which state is now the first and only state in the country to have its own internet service with an aim to provide everyone in the state access to the internet?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Kerala
(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. Who has created a programme called SETU (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling) to connect entrepreneurs in India with US-based investors?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Piyush Goyal
(c) S. Jaishankar
(d) Anurag Singh Thakur
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(c)
Sol. INS Vikrant, India’s first homegrown aircraft carrier, to the Indian Navy at the Cochin Shipyard commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

S2.Ans (a)
Sol. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, set to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.

S3. Ans(b)
Sol. Manimekhalai, who became UBI’s first female leader on June 7th, emphasised that the bank has set “RACE” for enhancing business.

S4.Ans (d)
Sol. International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS 2022), is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 12.

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 Reserve Bank of India has released ‘fraud registry’ blacklist with details of Scammers to help it keep repeat offenders out of the banking system.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. The government intends to launch Jan Samarth, a unified platform for the delivery of multiple initiatives with objective of minimum government maximal governance.

S8. Ans(d)
Sol. Kerala is now the first and only state in the country to have its own internet service after the Department of Telecommunications’ granting of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) licence to the IT infrastructure project of the Kerala Fiber Optic Network Ltd (K-Fon).

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(b)
Sol. SETU (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling) programme introduced in the US by Piyush Goyal.