Bank Mains Exams सामान्य जागरूकता क्विज 2023 – 8th March

Q1. निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य में दो साल के अंतराल के बाद सबसे बड़ा ओपन-एयर थिएटर फेस्टिवल ‘धनु यात्रा’ उत्सव मनाया गया?
(a) महाराष्ट्र
(b) उड़ीसा
(c) झारखंड
(d) बिहार
(e) छत्तीसगढ़

Q2. निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य सरकार ने ‘नीलगिरी तहर परियोजना’ की घोषणा की है, जो भारत की अपनी तरह की पहली पहल है जिसका उद्देश्य राजकीय पशु के मूल आवास को बहाल करना और इसकी आबादी को स्थिर करना है?
(a) केरल
(b) कर्नाटक
(c) तमिलनाडु
(d) तेलंगाना
(e) महाराष्ट्र

Q3.केंद्रीय सड़क परिवहन और राजमार्ग मंत्री नितिन गडकरी ने किस राज्य में देश के दूसरे सबसे लंबे केबल वाले आठ-लेन जुआरी ब्रिज का उद्घाटन किया है?
(a) महाराष्ट्र
(b) गोवा
(c) छत्तीसगढ़
(d) तमिलनाडु
(e) तेलंगाना

Q4. उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने ____________ को नया नोएडा पुलिस प्रमुख नियुक्त किया है, जिससे वह राज्य में पुलिस आयुक्तालय की प्रमुख बनने वाली पहली महिला अधिकारी बन गई हैं।
(a) लक्ष्मी सिंह
(b) शांति कुमारी
(c) मैथिली ठाकुर
(d) सिंडी हुक
(e) सुष्मिता शुक्ला

Q5. स्वदेशी रूप से विकसित भुगतान एप्लिकेशन BHIM (भारत इंटरफेस फॉर मनी) ने अपनी छठी वर्षगांठ मनाई। एक उपयोगकर्ता प्रति लेनदेन ____________ तक भेज सकता है।
(a) 10,000 रुपये।
(b) 20,000 रुपये।
(c) 50,000 रुपये।
(d) 1,00,000 रुपये।
(e) 2,00,000 रुपये।

Q6. सतर्क नागरिक संगठन द्वारा 2021-22 के लिए भारत में सूचना आयोग (आईसी) के प्रदर्शन पर जारी रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, किस राज्य के राज्य सूचना आयोग का संबंधित आरटीआई अधिनियम के तहत जवाबदेही का प्रदर्शन सबसे कम है, केवल तक मांगी गई जानकारी का 14%?
(a) केरल
(b) मध्य प्रदेश
(c) बिहार
(d) झारखंड
(e) तमिलनाडु

Q7.किस राज्य की पुलिस के नशीली दवाओं और अवैध शराब विरोधी अभियान ‘निजात’ को संस्थागत श्रेणी में ‘लीडरशिप इन क्राइम प्रिवेंशन’ अवार्ड के लिए इंटरनेशनल एसोसिएशन ऑफ चीफ्स ऑफ पुलिस (IACP) द्वारा चुना गया है?
(a) उत्तर प्रदेश
(b) मध्य प्रदेश
(c) छत्तीसगढ़
(d) उत्तराखंड
(e) हिमाचल प्रदेश

Q8.भारत की पहली अंडरवाटर मेट्रो सेवा के अनुसार, कोलकाता मेट्रो रेल कॉर्पोरेशन (केएमआरसी), ईस्ट-वेस्ट मेट्रो कॉरिडोर परियोजना, _____________ तक पूरी होने की उम्मीद है।
(a) जून 2023
(b) जनवरी 2024
(c) दिसंबर 2023
(d) दिसंबर 2024
(e) जून 2024

Q9.1 जनवरी, 2023 से इंडियन ओवरसीज बैंक के प्रबंध निदेशक और सीईओ के रूप में किसे पदोन्नत किया गया है?
(a) अजय कुमार श्रीवास्तव
(b) क्लेयर लोम्बार्डेली
(c) रवि कुमार
(d) विकास पुरोहित
(e) अनुराग कुमार

Q10.अल्माटी, कजाकिस्तान में संपन्न विश्व ब्लिट्ज शतरंज चैंपियनशिप में भारत के लिए पहला रजत पदक किसने जीता है?
(a) गुकेश डी
(b) प्रणव वी
(c) कोनेरू हम्पी
(d) सेथुरमन
(e)इनमें से कोई नहीं

Solutions:

S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. The ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival is celebrated at Bargarh in Odisha.
Details:

• The vibrant Dhanu Yatra is associated with the culture of Odisha.
• The Dhanu Yatra was started after the harvesting season of the year 1947-48, just after the independence of India as a reflection of the joyous atmosphere in the society for the end of British misrule.
• Since then it is performed every year at the end of the harvesting of paddy, the major crop of the locality.

Odisha Static Facts:

• Capital: Bhubaneshwar
• Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
• Governor: Ganeshi Lal
• National Parks: Bhitarkanika National Park, Simplipal National Park
• Folk Dance: Dalkhai

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Tamil Nadu Government has announced the ‘Nilgiri Tahr Project’, India’s first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at restoring the state animal’s original habitat and stabilizing its population.

Details:

• The ‘Nilgiri Tahr Project’ is a five-year program with a budget of Rs 25.14 crore.
• The presence of Nilgiri Tahr has been confirmed in a total of 123 habitat fragments ranging in area from 0.04 sq km to 161.69 sq km.
• The species has become locally extinct in around 14% of its traditional habitat in the past few decades.

Tamil Nadu Static Facts:

• Chief Minister: M K Stalin
• Governor: R N Ravi
• Capital: Chennai
• National Parks: Guindy, Gulf of Mannar Marine, Anamalai, Mudumalai, Mukurthi National Parks
• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Kalakad, Sathyamangalam Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuaries

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Union Minister of Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated the country’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge in Goa.

Details:

• The Zuari Bridge is a bridge between North Goa and South Goa, India.
• The 640-meter-long bridge and the 13.20 km roads on both sides have been built in 3 phases.
• The Zuari Bridge work began in June 2016.

Goa Static Facts:

• Capital: Panaji
• Chief Minister: Pramod Sawant
• Governor: S Sreedharan Pillai
• National Parks: Mollem National Park

S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. The Uttar Pradesh government has appointed IPS officer Laxmi Singh as the new Noida Police chief, making her the first woman officer to head a Police Commissionerate in the state.

Uttar Pradesh Static Facts:

• Capital: Lucknow
• Chief Minister: Yogi Aditya Nath
• Governor: Anandi Ben Patel
• National Parks: Dudhwa National Park
• Folk Dances: Braj Raslila, Charkula, Kathak
• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Kishanpur Sanctuary, Hastinapur Sanctuary, Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary etc.

Details Related to Options:

• Santhi Kumari First Woman Chief Secretary of Telangana
• Maithili Thakur Election Commissioner appointed as Bihar’s State Icon
• Cindy Hook CEO of the 2032 Olympic Organising Committee
• Sushmita Shukla VP & COO of Federal Bank

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. A user can send up to Rs 1,00,000 per transaction and a maximum of Rs 1,00,000 per day for one bank account. This limit is available per bank account linked on BHIM.

Details:

• Indigenously developed payment application BHIM celebrated its sixth anniversary.
• BHIM App was launched on 30th December 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• BHIM stands for Bharat Interface for Money.
• It is a biometric payment systems app using the Aadhar platform and is based on a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) to facilitate e-payment directly through the bank.

S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. The State Information Commission of Tamil Nadu has the lowest performance of responsiveness under the RTI Act concerned, with only up to 14% of the information sought.

Details:

• Maharashtra was second-lowest with sharing only 23% of the information asked for.
• The report was issued on the Performance of Information Commission (ICs) in India for 2021-22 by Satark Nagrik Sangathan.
• Only 10 ICs provided the full information in response to the RTI applications filed as part of this assessment.
• These included Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, and the north-eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland, and

S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the US-based international organisation has selected the anti-drug & illicit liquor campaign ‘Nijaat’ of Chhattisgarh police for the ‘Leadership in Crime Prevention’ award in the institutional category.

Details:

• The prestigious IACP 2022 Award has selected the de-addiction drive ‘Nijaat’, which was executed following the directive by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel to act tough against drug peddlers, and bootleggers and check to smuggling of drugs.

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Static Facts:

• Founded: 1893
• Headquarters: Alexandria, Virginia, United States

S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. India’s first underwater metro service, The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) said that the East-West Metro Corridor project is expected to be completed by December 2023.

Details:

• With this, another feather is being added to the crown of Kolkata Metro, the first metro railway in the country.
• Kolkata Metro, which started its journey in 1984, is being expanded to cover the whole city and its outskirts.
• The underwater metro, which will be running through the Hoogly river will connect the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata.

Metro Rail system in India :

• The first metro in India; Kolkata Metro started its operation 24 October 1984 between Dum Dam to Tollygunge. It was started with the help of the Soviet Union.
• Largest metro rail in operation in India: Delhi Metro (390.14 km: Source DMRC as on 7 March 2022). It started operation on 24 December 2002.
• Smallest Metro: Ahmedabad metro, 6 km
• The metro rail systems in operation in India are in the cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kochi Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, and Pune. (total 15 cities)

S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been elevated as Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank with effect from January 1, 2023 from his current posting as executive director.

Indian Overseas Bank Static Facts:

• Founded: 1937
• Headquarters:               Chennai, Ahmedabad

Details Related to Options:

• Clare Lombardelli Chief Economist at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Ravi Kumar CEO of IT giant Cognizant
• Vikas Purohit New Global Business Head of Meta in India
• Anurag Kumar CMD of Electronics Corporation of India Limited

S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Former World rapid champion Koneru Humpy produced a superlative performance to claim India’s first-ever silver medal from the World blitz chess championship that concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Details:

Humpy defeated China’s Zhongyi Tan to win Silver in the 17th and final round.