General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-13th March

Q1. Who won the men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 in Cairo?
(a) Maximilian Ullbrich
(b) Hriday Hazarika
(c) Divyansh Singh Panwar
(d) Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil
(e) None of the above

Q2. Aishwarya Babu has been banned by the National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) disciplinary panel for four years for using a prohibited anabolic steroid. Aishwarya Babu is associated with which sport?
(a) Long Jump
(b) Shot Put
(c) Triple Jump
(d) Hurdling
(e) None of the above

Q3. Karnataka ended their 54-year wait to win the Santosh Trophy national football championship. In which country Santosh Trophy national football championship was organized?
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Bangladesh
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who won season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix 2023?
(a) Sergio Perez
(b) Max Verstappen
(c) Fernando Alonso
(d) Lewis Hamilton
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which of the following football club ended their 6-year trophy drought when they defeated Newcastle United 2-0 to win the Carabao Cup in Wembley?
(a) Manchester United
(b) Southampton
(c) Arsenal
(d) Barcelona
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram?
(a) Sagar Shah
(b) Arjun Erigaisi
(c) R. Praggnanandhaa
(d) D Gukesh
(e) None of the above

Q7. Sergio Ramos announced international football retirement. Sergio Ramos plays for which country?
(a) Sweden
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Spain
(e) None of the above

Q8. Who broke the national record in the men’s long jump in the second AFI National Jumps Competition?
(a) Jeswin Aldrin
(b) Murali Sreeshankar
(c) Avinash Sable
(d) Eldhose Paul
(e) None of the above

Q9. Who won his first title since his milestone U.S. Open triumph by beating Cameron Norrie in straight sets at the Argentina Open tennis Tournament?
(a) Carlos Alcaraz
(b) Holger Rune
(c) Cameron Norrie
(d) M.McDonald
(e) None of the above

Q10. Hockey _____________was named the winner of the 13th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship in 2023 after defeating Hockey Maharashtra 5-1 in the championship game in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
(a) West Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Punjab
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(d)
Sol. India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won the men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 in Cairo. He defeated Germany’s Maximilian Ullbrich by 16-8 in the gold medal match to clinch the top prize.
S2. Ans (c)
Sol. India’s top triple-jumper Aishwarya Babu has been banned by the National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) disciplinary panel for four years for using a prohibited anabolic steroid.
S3. Ans(c)
Sol. Karnataka ended their 54-year wait to win the Santosh Trophy national football championship, beating Meghalaya 3-2 in a pulsating final at the King Fahd International Stadium in the Saudi Arabia capital.
S4.Ans (b)
Sol. Max Verstappen won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position, leading almost the entire race as he opened the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles.
S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Manchester United ended their 6-year trophy drought when they defeated Newcastle United 2-0 to win the Carabao Cup in Wembley.
S6. Ans(d)
Sol. Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram.
S7. Ans(d)
Sol. Spain’s Sergio Ramos announced international football retirement.
S8. Ans(a)
Sol. Tamil Nadu’s Jeswin Aldrin broke the national record in the men’s long jump in the second AFI National Jumps Competition.
S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Top-seeded Spanish player, Carlos Alcaraz won his first title since his milestone U.S. Open triumph by beating Cameron Norrie in straight sets at the Argentina Open tennis Tournament.
S10. Ans(b)
Sol. Hockey Madhya Pradesh was named the winner of the 13th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship in 2023.