General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-04th April

Q1. Which of the Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer has launched an “All Women Production Line” with 100 per cent female employees at its Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu?
(a) Mahindra & Mahindra
(b) Ashok Leyland
(c) Tata Motors
(d) Maruti Suzuki
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which of the following company is spending about $43 billion to acquire Seagen to reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumor cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue?
(a) Cadila Lifescience
(b) Serum Institute
(c) Bharat Biotech
(d) Pfizer
(e) None of the above

Q3. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has launched the “Learning Science via Standards” initiative to promote science learning among school students. Where is headquarter of BIS located?
(a) 1994
(b) 1940
(c) 1986
(d) 1963
(e) None of the above

Q4. Joblessness as measured by the CMIE All India unemployment rate remained elevated in February 2023 and rose to how much percent?
(a) 8.30%
(b) 6.72%
(c) 9.56%
(d) 7.45%
(e) None of the above

Q5. India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is shortly to be connected to comparable networks in Indonesia, Mauritius, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In which year UPI was introduced in India?
(a) 2018
(b) 2016
(c) 2012
(d) 2019
(e) None of the above

Q6. Name the Indo-American woman judge who has been named as the first justice of a district court in USA state of Massachusetts recently.
(a) Hiral Shah
(b) Shivani Seth
(c) Tejal Mehta
(d) Aparajita Singh
(e) None of the above

Q7. How much crore of the gross goods and service tax (GST) revenue has been collected in the month of February 2023?
(a) Rs 1.68 lakh crore
(b) Rs 1.49 lakh crore
(c) Rs 1.34 lakh crore
(d) Rs. 1.18 lakh crore
(e) None of the above

Q8. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has increased its growth projection for India to what percent for the fiscal year 2024?
(a) 5.9%
(b) 6.9%
(c) 7.9%
(d) 8.9%
(e) None of the above

Q9. Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, has launched a new cricket-focused fantasy sports app ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. What is the name of this app?
(a) CrickPe
(b) CrickBuzz
(c) CrickZone
(d) CrickCorner
(e) None of the above

Q10. According to data published by the M inistry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India’s retail inflation for February slows down to how much percent?
(a) 3.59%
(b) 5.72%
(c) 4.80%
(d) 6.44%
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer, Ashok Leyland, has launched an “All Women Production Line” with 100 per cent female employees at its Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu.
S2. Ans (d)
Sol. Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to acquire Seagen to reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumor cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue.
S3. Ans(c)
Sol. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has launched the “Learning Science via Standards” initiative to promote science learning among school students.
S4.Ans (d)
Sol. Joblessness as measured by the CMIE All India unemployment rate remained elevated in February 2023 and rose to 7.45% from 7.14% in the previous month.
S5. Ans(b)
Sol. India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is shortly to be connected to comparable networks in Indonesia, Mauritius, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UPI was introduced in 2016.
S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Tejal Mehta, an Indian-American woman judge who promised to make a real impact to the community and treat people with compassion, has taken oath as the first Justice of a district court in the US state of Massachusetts.
S7. Ans(b)
Sol. The gross goods and service tax (GST) revenue collection in the month of February 2023 stood at Rs 1,49,577 crore, up around 12% on an annual basis.
S8. Ans(a)
Sol. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has increased its growth projection for India by 20 basis points to 5.9% for the fiscal year 2024, according to its latest interim outlook report titled “Fragile Recovery.”
S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Ashneer Grover, co-founder of BharatPe, has launched a new cricket-focused fantasy sports app named CrickPe ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament.
S10. Ans(d)
Sol. India’s retail inflation for February slows down to 6.44 percent as against 6.52 percent in January 2023, according to data published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.