General Awareness Quiz for SBI Clerk Mains/SBI PO Mains 2022- 29th December

Q1. Indian tech brand “Noise” has appointed whom as its new brand ambassador for its smartwatches to exemplify the brand?
(a) PV Sindhu
(b) Kiara Advani
(c) Saina Nehwal
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) None of the above

Q2. World Health Organization (WHO) announced that ______________ will become its new Chief Scientist in the second quarter of 2023.
(a) Christiane Dolecek
(b) Dr Jeremy Farrar
(c) Henry Wellcome
(d) Mark Walport
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who has been appointed as the Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Vadodara, by President Smt. Draupadi Murmu?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Bhupendra Patel
(c) Acharya Dev Vrat
(d) Ashwini Vaishnaw
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Railway Board?
(a) Harish Deshmukh
(b) Anil Kumar Lahoti
(c) Sashi Shekhar Sharma
(d) Vinay Kumar Tripathi
(e) None of the above

Q5. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has appointed Meenesh C Shah as its Managing Director with effect from November 15. In which Indian state headquarter of NDDB is located?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Delhi
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has been elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently?
(a) Gagan Narang
(b) Raj Laxmi Deo
(c) PT Usha
(d) Kalyan Chaubey
(e) None of the above

Q7. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC)?
(a) Dr Manoj Chaudhary
(b) Ganesh Chandaru
(c) Anant Vijay Palli
(d) Hemant Gupta
(e) None of the above

Q8. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Indian-origin as its First Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Give the name of Indian-origin first vice president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
(a) Diana Garg
(b) Meghna Charles
(c) Sushmita Shukla
(d) Gargi Sanyal
(e) None of the above

Q9. Claudine Gay, a dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, becomes the first African American to hold the post of new president of which of the prestigious university?
(a) Harvard University
(b) California University
(c) Oxford University
(d) Cambridge University
(e) None of the above

Q10. Who has been named Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)?
(a) Govinda Rajulu Chintala
(b) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
(c) MD Patra
(d) K V Shaji
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(d)
Sol. Indian tech brand “Noise” has appointed Virat Kohli as its new brand ambassador for its smartwatches. The new partnership will bring together the two domains together which is said to exemplify the brand.

S2. Ans (b)
Sol. World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Dr Jeremy Farrar will become its new Chief Scientist. Currently, Director of the Wellcome Trust, Dr Farrar will join WHO in the second quarter of 2023.

S3. Ans(d)
Sol. Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw has been appointed as the Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Vadodara, by President Smt. Draupadi Murmu. It is noteworthy to mention that Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw will be the first Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. Anil Kumar Lahoti has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Railway Board.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Anand, Gujarat is headquartering of NDDB. National Dairy Development Board was set up in 1966 as a society under the Societies Act 1860. The first chairman of NDDB was Verghese Kurien. Kurien is also called as the father of White Revolution in India.

S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Legendary athlete Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha or PT Usha was elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. Former Supreme Court judge, Hemant Gupta has been appointed as the chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC).

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Indian-origin Sushmita Shukla as its First Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer (COO), making the insurance industry veteran its highest-ranked official after President and CEO, John C Williams.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Harvard University named Claudine Gay, a dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, as its new president, the first African American to hold the post at the prestigious university.

S10. Ans(d)
Sol. K V Shaji has been named Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). He formerly served as NABARD’s Deputy Managing Director (DMD) till May 21, 2020.