General Awareness Quiz for SBI PO Mains 2023- 26th January

Q1. Who inaugurated one of the largest hockey stadiums in India in Rourkela ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 which has been christened as Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Complex?
(a) Anurag Thakur
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Naveen Patnaik
(e) None of the above

Q2. Digital India Startup Hub, through the Software Technology Parks of India, shall set up India’s first Centre of Excellence in Online Gaming at which of the following place by March 2023?
(a) Shillong
(b) New Delhi
(c) Ranchi
(d) Hyderabad
(e) None of the above

Q3. Which state became the first state to have a welfare board for the beneficiaries of employment guarantee programmes in the country under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Kerala
(e) None of the above

Q4. India has increased the ethanol blending in petrol from 1.53 per cent in 2013-14 to 10.17 per cent in 2022. As per the Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the phased roll-out of E20 (20 per cent ethanol blending in gasoline) will begin from which time of period?
(a) 1 January 2024
(b) 1 April 2023
(c) 15 August 2023
(d) 1 June 2023
(e) None of the above

Q5. Senior IAS Officer A Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the first women Chief Secretary of which Indian state at the Secretariat in BRK Bhavan?
(a) Telangana
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
(e) None of the above

Q6. Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority (WDRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which bank to help farmers in getting low-interest-rate loans?
(a) Federal Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) HDFC Bank
(d) Indian Bank
(e) None of the above

Q7. Right to Sight brought with an aim to bring light in the lives of more than 3 lakh people suffering from visual impairment. Which state becomes first state to implement blindness control policy?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Telangana
(c) Manipur
(d) Rajasthan
(e) None of the above

Q8. Who has been posted at a frontline post in Siachen Glacier, in first such operational deployment of an woman Army officer at the world’s highest battlefield?
(a) Abhilasha Barak
(b) Arti Sarin
(c) Shiva Chauhan
(d) Rehana Majumdar
(e) None of the above

Q9. The National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed every year in the United States on which of the day to raising awareness about human trafficking?
(a) 3rd January
(b) 8th January
(c) 11th January
(d) 19th January
(e) None of the above

Q10. Which of the bank is partnering with Microsoft in the next phase of its digital transformation journey and unlocking business value by transforming the application portfolio, modernizing the data landscape and securing the enterprise with Microsoft Cloud?
(a) Bank of Maharashtra
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Federal Bank
(d) Bank of Baroda
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(d)
Sol. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated one of the largest hockey stadiums in India in Rourkela ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023.

2. Ans (a)
Sol. Digital India Startup Hub, through the Software Technology Parks of India, shall set up India’s first Centre of Excellence in Online Gaming at Shillong by March 2023.

S3. Ans(d)
Sol. The Kerala Cabinet approved a scheme to ensure those employed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) in the poll-bound state get benefits like pension and medical assistance.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. The phased roll-out of E20 (20 per cent ethanol blending in gasoline) will begin on April 1, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Senior IAS Officer A Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana. Santhi Kumari took charge as the first women Chief Secretary of the State at the Secretariat in BRK Bhavan.

S6. Ans(b)
Sol. Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority (WDRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Bank of India to help farmers in getting low-interest-rate loans.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. Under its campaign of Nirogi Rajasthan, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has implemented the policy for Blindness Control with the objective of ‘Right to Sight’.

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. Captain Shiva Chauhan from the Corps of Engineers has been posted at a frontline post in Siachen Glacier, in first such operational deployment of an woman Army officer at the world’s highest battlefield.

S9. Ans(c)
Sol. The National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed every year in the United States on 11th January. The day is dedicated to raising awareness about human trafficking.

S10. Ans(b)
Sol. HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, is partnering with Microsoft in the next phase of its digital transformation journey and unlocking business value by transforming the application portfolio, modernizing the data landscape and securing the enterprise with Microsoft Cloud.