General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 10th January: Hello Students, General Awareness is an essential part of all government exams. It’s better to prepare this section daily and revise the same using the factsheet provided. Bankersadda team has brought you up a new series in which we will come up with 10 questions and answers, other options of the question have related news to them. So don’t miss reading the solutions
Q1. When National Hindi diwas and World Hindi Day is Celebrated?
(a) 10 January, 14 September
(b) 12 September, 10 January
(c) 9 January, 14 September
(d) both on 10 january
Q2. Who has been awarded by Harvard Law School Centre on the Legal Profession with the ‘Center on the Legal Profession Award for Global Leadership’?
(a) UU Lalit
(b) C V Ramana
(c) DY Chandrachud
(d) John Marshal
Q3.In which state ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ took place ?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Manipur
(d) Assam
Q4. Consider the following statements regarding Utkarsh:
- The first strategy framework (Utkarsh 2022) covering the period 2019-2022 was launched in July 2019.
- Utkarsh is a short term strategic framework.
- RBI has launched Utkarsh 2.0 with 6 vision statement
Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) 1,2
(b) 1,3
(c) 2,3
(d) 1,2,3
Q5. What is the extended deadline of SEBI to listed companies from dispatching physical copies of financial statements?
(a) July 2023
(b) August 2023
(c) September 2023
(d) October 2023
Q6. Which statement about 5th Khelo India Youth Games?
- It is going to held in Bhopal
- It anthem is ‘ Hindustan ka Dil Dhadka Do
- Its mascot is Cheetah Asha
(a) 1,2
(b) 2,3
(c) 1,3
(d) 1,2,3
Q7. Which appointment and appointee are incorrectly matched?
(a) Paytm Payments Bank MD: Surinder Chawla
(b) Chairman of selection committee of BCCI: Chetan Sharma
(c) first female Sikh judge in the US: Manpreet Monica Sing
(d) USA Speaker : Joe Biden
Q8. Which of the religious places is not situated in Josimath which is recently in news for land Subsidence?
(a) Badrinath
(b) Kedarnath
(c) Hemkund sahib
(d) Shankaracharya Temple
Q9. Match the event with the place:
- International Kite Festival 2023
- 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
- Purple Fest
(a) Surat, Indore, Goa
(b) Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Goa
(c) Ahmedabad, Indore, Goa
(d) none
Q10. Which state approved a scheme to ensure those employed under the MGNREGA to get benefits like pension and medical assistance?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Assam
(c) Kerala
(d) Odisha
Solutions
Ans.1.(a)
World Hindi Day 2023 is observed on the 10th of January 2023.
National Hindi Diwas: 14 September
Ans.2.(c)
The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession has decided to confer Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with the ‘Center on the Legal Profession Award for Global Leadership’.
Ans.3(b)
In Meghalaya, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar has inaugurated the three-day ‘North East Krishi Kumbha-2023’ and took part in the 49th Foundation Day celebration of the ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam
Ans.4.(b)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has launched Utkarsh 2.0, the second phase of its medium-term strategic framework for the period 2023-2025.
“Utkarsh 2.0 builds on the strengths of Utkarsh 2022, retaining the 6 vision statements along with the core purpose, values , and mission statement.
- Excellence in the performance of its statutory and other functions
- The strengthened trust of citizens and Institutions in the RBI
- Enhanced relevance and significance in national and global roles
- Transparent, accountable, and ethics-driven internal governance
- Best-in-class and environment-friendly digital and physical infrastructure 6. Innovative, dynamic, and skilled human resources.
Utkarsh 1.0 : The first strategy framework (Utkarsh 2022) covering the period 2019-2022 was launched in July 2019.
Ans.5.(c)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the relaxation to listed companies from dispatching physical copies of financial statements till September 30, 2023.
The Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) rules require listed companies to dispatch a hard copy of the statement containing salient features of all the documents – financial statements,
board’s report, and auditor’s report to those shareholders who have not registered their email addresses.
Ans.6.(d)
The 5th KIYG 2022 will be held from January 30 to February 11 in Bhopal . There are 27 sporting disciplines on the schedule, with over 6,000 athletes competing. ‘Hindustan Ka Dil Dhadka Do’ – this is the heartpounding anthem of the Khelo India Youth Games 2022. And cheetah Asha, who was named by PM Narendra Modi, the Games mascot….
Ans.7.(d)
Paytm Payments Bank has received banking regulator RBI’s nod to appoint Surinder Chawla as its Managing Director and CEO.
Chetan Sharma was reappointed as the chairman of the senior selection committee, exactly two months after his entire panel was disbanded by the BCCI.
Indian-origin Sikh woman, Manpreet Monica Singh became the first ever female Sikh judge in the US after she was sworn in as a Harris county judge.
The United States Parliament has elected Kevin McCarthy of the Republican Party as the speaker of the House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting
Ans.8.(b)
Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib and Shankaracharya temple : Joshimath, also known as Jyotirmath, is a city and a municipal board in Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Ans.9.(c)
The International Kite Festival 2023 has began on 8 January in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The festival, which is being organised after a gap of two years, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. NRI Day 2023 or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 theme set by the Ministry of External Affairs this year is “Diaspora: Reliable Partners for India’s Progress in Amrit Kaal”.
Purple Fest: Goa
Ans.10.(c)
The Kerala Cabinet approved a scheme to ensure those employed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the poll bound state get benefits like pension and medical assistance.
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