General Awareness Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2023-16th March

Q1. The Indian Army and the French Army hold their first joint military exercise, FRINJEX-23 at which of the following place in India?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Pune
(d) New Delhi
(e) None of the above

Q2. The Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in Exercise Shinyuu Maitri with one C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. India conducts Exercise Shinyuu Maitri with which country?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) Australia
(d) USA
(e) None of the above

Q3. Give the name of the Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who has been appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal.
(a) Rashmi Shukla
(b) Marine Joseph
(c) Sanjukta Parashar
(d) Dr. Meera Chadha Borwankar
(e) None of the above

Q4. The defence ministry sealed a deal with which of the following company to procure six Dornier aircraft at a cost of Rs 667 crore for the Indian Air Force?
(a) Reliance Naval Systems
(b) Defence Research and Development Organisation
(c) Bharat Electronics Limited
(d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(e) None of the above

Q5. The Ministry of Defence received a proposal from the Indian Army to buy ___________ Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) for deployment along the borders with China and Pakistan.
(a) 75
(b) 500
(c) 310
(d) 101
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has taken over command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh region with China and become the first woman to command an army battalion?
(a) Priya Jhingan
(b) Rosemary Mariner
(c) Shiva Chauhan
(d) Geeta Rana
(e) None of the above

Q7. This year, the 54th CISF Raising Day celebrated to appreciate the efforts and contributions of Central Industrial Security Force. On which day CISF Raising Day is observed?
(a) March 18
(b) March 10
(c) March 30
(d) March 23
(e) None of the above

Q8. Give the name of the Indian warship that has arrived in Bahrain for her first participation in the International Maritime Exercise organised by the US-led Combined Maritime Forces.
(a) INS Trikand
(b) INS Tarkash
(c) INS Taranjit
(d) INS Trishul
(e) None of the above

Q9. Which of the Indian Naval Ship has participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy (FN) ships FS Dixmude?
(a) INS Arihant
(b) INS Sahyadri
(c) INS Brahmputra
(d) INS Shivalik
(e) None of the above

Q10. Operation Bold Kurukshetra, a bilateral armour training exercise, was held from March 6–13, 2023, in Jodhpur Military Station in India. India conducts operation Bold Kurukshetra with which of the nation?
(a) China
(b) Singapore
(c) Australia
(d) Japan
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. On March 7 and 8, 2023, the Indian Army and the French Army will hold their first joint military exercise, FRINJEX-23, at Pangode Military Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
S2. Ans (b)
Sol. The Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in Exercise Shinyuu Maitri with the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF).
S3. Ans(a)
Sol. Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
S4.Ans (d)
Sol. The defence ministry sealed a deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to procure six Dornier aircraft at a cost of Rs 667 crore for the Indian Air Force.
S5. Ans(c)
Sol. The Ministry of Defence received a proposal from the Indian Army to buy 310 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) for deployment along the borders with China and Pakistan.
S6. Ans(d)
Sol. The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers’ Colonel Geeta Rana is the first female officer to assume control of an Independent Field Workshop in a remote and forward area in Eastern Ladakh.
S7. Ans(b)
Sol. Every year on March 10, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day is observed to mark the CISF’s founding in 1969.
S8. Ans(a)
Sol. The Indian warship INS Trikand has arrived in Bahrain for her first participation in the International Maritime Exercise organised by the US-led Combined Maritime Forces, a 34-nation naval group.
S9. Ans(b)
Sol. Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided missile frigate, INS Sahyadri participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy (FN) ships FS Dixmude, a Mistral Class Amphibious Assault Ship and FS La Fayette, a La Fayette Class Frigate, in the Arabian Sea.
S10. Ans(b)
Sol. It was the 13th iteration, and the Singapore Army and Indian Army both took part. Both armies participated in the first command post exercise in the series, which included computer wargaming and planning components at the battalion and brigade levels.