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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2023 of 22nd September 2023. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for IBPS, SBI, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2023 & other competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.
1) ACKO has launched a new campaign ‘health insurance ki subah ho gayi mamu’ to promote its ACKO platinum health plan. How much percent will you get for your bill payments?
(a) 25%
(b) 75%
(c) 50%
(d) 100%
(e) 80%
2) India has won the bid to host the prestigious International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) in which year?
(a) 2025
(b) 2024
(c) 2027
(d) 2030
(e) 2028
3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 16 atal awasiya vidyalayas spread across Uttar Pradesh. What is the total cost of the Atal Awasisya Vidyalaya in Uttar Pradesh?
(a) ₹ 11000 crore
(b) ₹ 12000 crore
(c) ₹ 13000 crore
(d) ₹ 10000 crore
(e) ₹ 15000 crore
4) NHAI is working with which metro areas to help them improve their design and construction of bridges and other structures?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Patna
(e) Kolkata
5) The SIMBEX enhances interoperability and mutual understanding between India and which country?
(a) Singapore
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) France
(d) China
(e) Bangladesh
6) CCI approves the acquisition of approximately how much percent of total equity shareholding in Quality Care India Limited by Centella Mauritius Holdings Limited?
(a) 16.24%
(b) 24.16%
(c) 25.18%
(d) 18.25%
(e) 17.23%
7) The Central Board of Investment (CCI) cleared the acquisition of approx. 72.49 % stake in Quality Care by BCP (Central Point of Care) Asia II. How many Target healthcare facilities are there in India?
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 18
(e) 20
8) World Rose Day is celebrated on ____________________.
(a) 22 September
(b) 23 September
(c) 21 September
(d) 20 September
(e) 24 September
9) How long has SBI Life been associated with the BCCI as an official partner for BCCI Domestic and International cricket?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 4
(e) 10
10) The Indian men’s hockey team skipper and the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist will lead the contingent at the opening ceremony of _______Asian games.
(a) 15th
(b) 19th
(c) 18th
(d) 17th
(e) 20th
11) Mohammed Siraj has secured the number one spot in the ICC bowler’s rankings. Shubman Gill retains his position in which spots?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 8
12) CCI approves certain shareholding in TVS Credit Services Limited by PI Opportunities Fund-I Scheme-II along with certain Individuals. In which year was TVS credit service limited enabled?
(a) 2009
(b) 2010
(c) 2005
(d) 2012
(e) 2007
13) Indian Standard Time (IST) traceability to all the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and Intern20et Service Providers (ISPs) within how many plus or minus nanoseconds?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 10
(d) 25
(e) 30
14) EPFO’s latest payroll figures show that they’ve gained 18.75 lakh new members in July 2023. What’s the percentage of new members?
(a) 58.45%
(b) 58.44%
(c) 57.48%
(d) 56.48%
(e) 52.48%
15) SBI Life is the joint venture of which country-based BNP Paribas Cardif and the State Bank of India (SBI)?
(a) Germany
(b) Canada
(c) France
(d) Australia
(e) Thailand
Answers :
1) Answer: D
ACKO has launched its health insurance product – ACKO Platinum Health Plan. As per the company, the plan has features including 100% bill payment, no room rent capping, and zero waiting period, among others. The company claims that the series of ad films focuses on educating the audience on zero waiting period, 100% bill payment, benefits of providing full disclosures of ailments for a stress-free claim process, and ease of filing claims. The campaign’s series of commercials aims to inform viewers about a number of important features of ACKO Platinum Health.
2) Answer: C
India has won the bid to host the prestigious International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) in New Delhi in 2027.India’s leading research and academic institutes, the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), and IIT Delhi successfully presented India’s bid before the Steering Committee members of the Conference during the ongoing 16th ICCC at Bangkok, Thailand.
3) Answer: A
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi to inaugurate 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalayas built across Uttar Pradesh. These are built at a cost of over 11 hundred crore rupees to further enhance access to quality education for children of labourers, construction workers and orphans due to COVID-19 pandemic. Each school is constructed on an area of 10 to 15 acres with classrooms, sports ground, recreational areas, a mini auditorium, a hostel complex, mess and residential flats for staff.
4) Answer: A
National Highways network, NHAI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for review of designs of various bridges/ structures, safety aspects of NHAI projects and capacity building of NHAI officials. The MoU was signed in the presence of NHAI Chairman Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav and Dr. Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, DMRC along with other senior officials from NHAI and DMRC.
5) Answer: A
The Singapore – India annual Naval Maritime Bilateral Exercise between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy is being held till 24 of this month. The SIMBEX enhances interoperability and mutual understanding between two navies. The Exercise is conducted in two phases.The Harbour Phase includes a wide range of professional interactions, cross-deck visits, Subject Matter Expert Exchanges and sports fixtures. The Sea phase of SIMBEX includes exercises of air- defence, gunnery firing, anti-submarine and other maritime operations.
6) Answer: B
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of approximately 24.16% of the total equity shareholding in Quality Care India Limited by Centella Mauritius Holdings Limited.The proposed combination relates to the acquisition of approximately 24.16% of the total equity shareholding in Quality Care India Limited (QCIL) by Centella Mauritius Holdings Limited.
7) Answer: C
The Acquirer is controlled by funds advised and/or managed by affiliates of Blackstone Inc. The Target is a multi-speciality healthcare provider established in 1997. It operates a network of multi-speciality hospitals under the brand name ‘CARE Hospitals’ in various cities in India.Target, directly and through its downstream affiliates, has 17 healthcare facilities (16 hospitals and 1 clinic) serving 7 cities in 6 states in India, with ~2,400 beds.
8) Answer: A
World Rose Day is observed on the 22nd September of every year. Giving Someone hope for their life is the greatest thing of our life. This day is observed in order to remember a 12-year-old girl, Melinda Rose. She is from Canada and was diagnosed with Askin’s Tumour which is a rare form of blood cancer in 1994. After the diagnosis of Cancer, the doctors said that she could live only for a week, but due to her willpower, she could live for six months.
9) Answer: A
SBI Life has joined hands with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as one of the official partners for the BCCI Domestic and International Season 2023-2026.SBI Life has signed a 3-year deal with the BCCI and their partnership will begin with the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia, starting September 22, 2023. The BCCI and SBI Life have a substantial partnership in this.
10) Answer: B
Men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain will be India’s flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games that kicks off. This is the first time that the Asian Games will have two flag-bearers in the push for gender parity, on the lines of the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, the Indian contingent was led by Neeraj Chopra at the opening ceremony.
11) Answer: A
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj has grabbed the top spot in the latest ICC bowler’s rankings. His latest match-winning performance against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final provided eight spot leaps to take him to the top. Kuldeep Yadav is another Indian bowler who made it into the top ten.Jasprit Bumrah, who has come back after a long injury break, climbed up two places to the 27th position. Hardik Pandya rose eight spots to the 50th rank. Among batters, opener Shubman Gill retained his second spot after Babar Azam of Pakistan.
12) Answer: B
The TVS Credit Services Limited is a non-deposit taking Systemically Important NBFC (NBFC-NDSI) incorporated in India. It commenced business in 2010 as a retail-focused NBFC. The TVS Credit Services Limited is primarily engaged in providing two-wheeler loans, used car loans, new and used tractor loans, used commercial vehicle loans, MSME loans, consumer durable loans and personal loans in India. TVS Credit does not have any business operations outside India. The proposed combination relates to the proposed acquisition of 10.98% stake (on a fully diluted basis) of Target by the Acquirers. PIOF-II shall be acquiring about 10.79% of shareholding in Target, whereas the Individual Acquirers shall collectively be acquiring 0.19% shareholding in Target.
13) Answer: B
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D Centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) signed an agreement for the ‘Development of NavIC-based IST traceable Primary Reference Time Clock (PRTC) for Telecom Sector’. The project focuses on the development of a device which shall provide direct Indian Standard Time (IST) traceability to all the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) within ± 20 ns. This shall benefit India in multiple ways starting from reducing the dependency on GPS, shifting to IRNSS/NavIC, digital forensic analysis of transactions, cyber secure networks, reduce call drops & further synchronize all the telecom services with one reference time source IST, developed by CSIR-NPL.
14) Answer: A
The data indicates that around 10.27 lakh new members have enrolled during July, 2023 which is the highest since July, 2022. Majority of new members joining EPFO are in the age-group of 18-25 years constituting roughly 58.45% of total new members addition during the month. This shows an increasing trend in youth enrollment, who are mostly first-time job seekers joining the organized sector workforce of the country. Payroll data demonstrates that approximately 12.72 lakh members exited but rejoined EPFO, which is the highest in the last 12 months.
15) Answer: C
One of the top life insurance providers in India is SBI Life Insurance Company Limited, also known as SBI Life. It is a joint venture between the French-based BNP Paribas Cardif and the State Bank of India (SBI), one of the biggest and most reputable banks in India. The main ownership in this partnership is held by SBI.
