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Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for SBI, IBPS, RBI, RRB, SSC Exam 2023 of 10th March 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) Which of the following bank has partnered 42 Card Solutions to launch its first-ever credit card service?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) UCO Bank
(c) City Union Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) Union Bank of India
2) Which Asset Management Company has launched a digital campaign named ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,’?
(a) UTI Mutual Fund
(b) Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
(c) Axis Mutual Fund
(d) Kotak Mutual Fund
(e) HDFC Mutual Fund
3) India recently proposed to launch International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) to protect big cats and assured support over five years with guaranteed funding of____________.
(a) $100 million
(b) $250 million
(c) $150 million
(d) $300 million
(e) $500 million
4) Consider the following statement regarding National Statistics Office (NSO) data. Which of the following statement is correct?
(i) According to National Statistics Office (NSO) data, India’s per capita income has reached ₹1.72 lakhs in 2022-23 from ₹86,647 in 2014-15.
(ii) For the years 2020-21 and 2021-22, Per capita income at the current prices was estimated at ₹1,27,065 and ₹1,48,524 respectively.
(iii) India’s per capita income has increased with a growth rate of 15.8%.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (ii)
(d) Both (ii) and (iii)
(e) All (i), (ii) and (iii)
5) Which of the following state has recently celebrated Yaoshang festival?
(a)Manipur
(b)Mizoram
(c)Arunachal Pradesh
(d)Sikkim
(e)Assam
6) Which state government has exempted Electric Vehicles buyers in the state from tax, and registration fees?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Uttar Pradesh
7) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has declared Tehsil Mauganj of Rewa district as the _____district of Madhya Pradesh.
(a) 47th
(b) 53rd
(c) 51st
(d) 62nd
(e) 44th
8) Recently Attukal Bhagavathy Temple was seen in the news. Where is Attukal Bhagavathy Temple located?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Assam
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Kerala
9) Who has been with Lifetime Achievement award at the 8th National Photography Award ceremony?
(a) Sipra Das
(b) Unnikrishnan Nair
(c) Suranga Lakmal
(d) Mahesh Kumar
(e) Vinay Gupta
10) Which Airport has won the award for Air Service Quality (ASQ) best airport for 2022 in the category of more than 40 million passengers per annum (MPPA)?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport
(b) Chennai International Airport
(c) Indira Gandhi International airport
(d) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
(e) Kochi International Airport
11) Who became the first woman officer of the IAF to be given command of a frontline combat unit?
(a) Sindhu Gangadharan
(b) Shalija Dhami
(c) Manimekhalai
(d) Siva Shankari
(e) Asha Parekh
12) As per the recent report, S S Dubey took charge as the ____Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
(a) 23rd
(b) 32nd
(c) 30th
(d) 28th
(e) 25th
13) Salhoutuono became the first woman to be sworn in as a minister in _________ history.
(a) Assam
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Nagaland
(d) Punjab
(e) Jharkhand
14) Who became the first Indian American to become the Judge of the Manhattan Federal District Court of New York?
(a) Nisi Kanth
(b) Arun Subramanian
(c) Sandeep Krishna
(d) Abdul Farook
(e) Vinay Kumar
15) Which of the following company has appointed Mr Hitesh Sethia, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of its newly created financial services unit?
(a) L&T
(b) Adani Power
(c) Reliance Industries
(d) Vedanta
(e) None of the Above
16) Which company has invested $3.42 million to acquire a 5% equity stake in Guwahati-based North East Small Finance Bank?
(a) Mickey
(b) Phone pe
(c) Paytm
(d) Slice
(e) Amazon Pay
17) The Indian Navy carried out a successful test-firing of a Medium Range Surface Air Missile (MRSAM) from frontline warship ________________.
(a) INS Visakhapatnam
(b) INS Nirupak
(c) INS Gomati
(d) INS Sandhayak
(e) INS Darshak
18) Which country has launched Zhongxing-26, a communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO)?
(a) South Korea
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) Vietnam
(e) Canada
19) Consider the following statement regardingthe BBC award. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
(a) Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year (ISWOTY) award for the second consecutive time.
(b) ‘BBC Lifetime Achievement Award’ was conferred to Pritam Siwach, former Indian women’s hockey team captain.
(c) Table tennis player Bhavina Patel received the BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year award.
(d) The women’s lawn bowls team of Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia received the ‘BBC Changemaker of the Year Award’.
(e) Nikhat Zareen has been selected as the ‘BBC Emerging Player of the Year’.
20) CISF Raising Day is celebrated every year on 10th March.India celebrated the ____ anniversary of CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) Raising Day on March 10, 2023.
(a) 61st
(b) 55th
(c) 54th
(d) 49th
(e) 65th
Answers :
1) Answer: C
Private sector lender City Union Bank (CUB) has launched its first-ever credit card service, the Dhi CUB Visa Signature Credit Card, in partnership with credit cards-as-a-service provider 42 Card Solutions Pvt Ltd (42 CS)
Key Highlights :
The bank initially issued the cards to its employees in a trial run, and plans to have around 30,000 active cards by the end of March 2023.
The first priority to avail of the new credit card will be given to CUB’s existing customers over new-to-credit customers.
Customers can apply for the card by logging into the bank’s mobile application, and can get 1.25% cashback on eligible spends.
2) Answer: D
On International Women’s Day,March 08, 2023 Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company (Kotak Mutual Fund) has launched a digital campaign named ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,’.
Aim :
To drive the culture of digital literacy among women.
The campaign advocates for digital inclusion of all with the hashtag #IncludeAll.
The digital campaign video showcases Kotak group’s women employees sharing their stories about supporting and empowering other women in their lives by imparting digital literacy.
3) Answer: A
India recently proposed to launch International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) to protect big cats and assured support over five years with guaranteed funding of $100 million.
It is a proposed mega-global alliance that will work toward the protection and conservation of the seven major big cats — tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, puma, jaguar, and cheetah.
Membership to the alliance will be open to 97 ‘range’ countries, which contain the natural habitat of these big cats, as well as other interested nations, international organizations, etc.
4) Answer: E
According to National Statistics Office (NSO) data, India’s per capita income has reached ₹1.72 lakhs in 2022-23 from ₹86,647 in 2014-15.
India’s per capita income has increased with a growth rate of 15.8%.
For the years 2020-21 and 2021-22, Per capita income at the current prices was estimated at ₹1,27,065 and ₹1,48,524 respectively.
After adjusting for inflation (constant prices), the per capita income has increased by 35 per cent from Rs 72,805 in 2014-15 to Rs 98,118 in 2022-23.
From 2014 to 2019, the average growth of India’s per-capita income was 5.6% per annum.
Health, Education, and Economic and Social mobility have seen improvements.
As per the NSO, the per capita income in both real and nominal terms have declined during the Covid period.
It has improved in the fiscal years 2021-22 and 2022-23.
India has become the world’s fifth-large economy by overtaking the United Kingdom.
5) Answer: A
The Yaoshang festival has begun and will continue for 5 days in Manipur.
The festival is celebrated by the Meitei people who are predominantly Hindu.
It is celebrated at the same time as Holi and known as ‘Manipur’s version of Holi’.
Key Highlights :
The festival marks the rejuvenation of the spirit of life and commemorates the birthday of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
The festival also witnessed a number of cultural and religious activities for 5 days.
From some years back, the village level sport competition held by different clubs or organisations during the Yaoshang festival has become a major feature of the celebration.
6) Answer: E
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Shri Yogi Adityanath has decided to exempt road tax and registration fees on the purchase of Electric Vehicles (EVs) for 3 years from the 14th of October, 2022, to promote electric vehicles.
Key Highlights :
According to the UP Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Mobility Policy 2022, 100% tax exemption will be given on EVs sold and registered in UP till 13 October 2025.
Even if the purchased electric vehicle is made in UP , then also this benefit will be valid for 5 years.
7) Answer: B
Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister (CM) Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared Tehsil Mauganj of Rewa district as the 53rd district of MP.
Reason : To end the discontent against the government regarding the lack of adequate representation for the politically important Vindhya region in the state cabinet.
Key Highlights :
Mauganj district, bordering Uttar Pradesh, will have 4 tehsils – Mauganj, Hanumana, Naigarhi and Devtalab with a population of more than 6 lakhs.
Now there will be 8 districts in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh.
8) Answer: E
Attukal Pongala, arguably the largest festival of women in the world, began at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
About ‘Attukal Pongala’ festival :
It is one of the largest gatherings of women in the world, falls on the ninth day of the annual ten-day festival at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple
Only women are allowed to participate in it.
It is also known as the ‘Women’s Sabarimala’, and making ‘Pongala’ is considered a sacred ritual in the annual festival of this temple.
9) Answer: A
Sipra Das awarded with Lifetime Achievement award at the 8th National Photography Award ceremony.
A total of 13 photographers have received National Photography awards in various categories in New Delhi.
Senior photojournalist Shipra Das was honoured with Lifetime Achievement award.
The winner of the Lifetime Achievement award was given a cash prize of Rs 3,00,000.
The winners of Professional Photographer of the Year and Amateur Photographer of the Year category were given cash prize of Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.75,000 respectively.
Special Mention Awardees in both Professional and Amateur categories received a cash prize of Rs.50,000/- and Rs.30,000/- each respectively.
The theme of the award competition was- Cultural heritage of India (Professional category) and Life and Water (Amateur category).
10) Answer: C
As per ACI, Delhi airport is one of the best and cleanest airports in the Asia Pacific.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has won the award for Air Service Quality (ASQ) best airport for 2022 in the category of more than 40 million passengers per annum (MPPA).
Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu has been adjudged as the best airport in Asia Pacific region by ACI in the category of 2 million passengers annually.
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is operated by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) which is a GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd-consortium.
11) Answer: B
Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Ms Shalija Dhami has become the first woman officer of the IAF to be given command of a frontline combat unit.
Dhami will command the combat unit of the Western Sector.
The announcement was made just before International Women’s Day, observed on March 8, 2023.
She will be the 1st woman in the 3 forces (army, Navy, Air Force) to command a combat unit.
About Ms Shaliza Dhami :
Shaliza Dhami Born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
12) Answer: D
Shri S S Dubey took charge as the 28th Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Ministry of Finance.
About Shri S S Dubey :
Shri Dubey, a 1989-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer.
He has served as Chief Controller of Accounts in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion etc.
He has served as Controller/Deputy Controller of Accounts in the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Ministry of External Affairs, Department of Revenue, Department of Supply etc.
He served as Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer at Bank Note Press (BNP), Dewas, Madhya Pradesh (MP).
13) Answer: C
Ms Salhoutuono Kruse, the National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) candidate from Western Angami seat, became the first woman to be sworn in as a minister in Nagaland’s history.
She administered the oath of office in the presence of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Ms Kruse defeated Keneizhakho Nakhro, an independent candidate, by only 7 votes.
The berth in the Nagaland cabinet led by Neiphiu Rio came 5 days after she and Hekani Jakhalu were elected as the first women Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the State.
Both represent the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).
Nagaland has had two women MPs – Rano M. Shaiza of the United Democratic Party and S. Phangnon Konyak of the BJP – since it attained Statehood in 1963.
14) Answer: B
Mr Arun Subramanian became the first Indian American to become the Judge of the Manhattan Federal District Court of New York.
With this, Mr Subramanian has become the first South Asian judge to serve on this bench.
Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer confirmed the nomination of Mr. Subramanian by a vote of 58-37.
In September 2022, US President Mr Joe Biden announced the nomination of Mr Subramanian for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
15) Answer: C
Reliance Industries has appointed Mr Hitesh Sethia, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of its newly created financial services unit, Jio Financial Services (JFS).
The company is preparing for a listing in India after spinning off from Reliance Industries.
Mr KV Kamath was appointed as the non-executive chairman of Jio Financial Services in November, 2022.
16) Answer: D
Payment app Slice has invested $3.42 million to acquire a 5% equity stake in Guwahati-based North East Small Finance Bank.
An investment of up to 5% in a bank does not require approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Additional stake purchases will need the banking regulator’s clearance.
Slice had received an in-principle approval for a prepaid payment instrument (PPI) licence from the RBI.
17) Answer: A
The Indian Navy carried out a successful test-firing of a Medium Range Surface Air Missile (MRSAM) from the frontline warship Indian Naval Ship (INS) Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh(AP).
The test validates the capability to engage the weapon as an anti-ship missile.
About MRSAM :
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) have jointly developed MRSAM.
It has been produced at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
The development of MRSAM reflects the Indian Navy’s commitment to Atma Nirbhar bharat.
18) Answer: C
China Launched Zhongxing-26 (ChinaSat-26), a communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) by a Long March 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Space Centre (XLSC), southwest China.
Objective :
To provide broadband connectivity for aviation and ship-related operations.
The satellite was launched by the China Academy of Space Technology.
About Zhongxing-26 :
Zhongxing-26 is based on the DFH-4E satellite bus and uses chemical and electric propulsion.
19) Answer: E
Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year (ISWOTY) award for the second consecutive time.
She is the first person to win this award twice.
For this year’s award, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Nikhat Zareen were the other shortlisted contenders.
Table tennis player Bhavina Patel received the BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year award.
This category of the award has been introduced first time.
Boxer Nitu Ghanghas has been selected as the ‘BBC Emerging Player of the Year’.
‘BBC Lifetime Achievement Award’ was conferred to Pritam Siwach, former Indian women’s hockey team captain.
The women’s lawn bowls team of Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia received the ‘BBC Changemaker of the Year Award’.
The BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award was launched in 2019.
It honours sportswomen in India who have made a significant contribution.
20) Answer: C
CISF Raising Day is celebrated on 10th March 2023.
India celebrates the 54th anniversary of CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) Raising Day on March 10, 2023.
Observing CISF Raising Day 2023 is important as it brings better protection and security to industrial undertakings in the country
CISF was formed on March 10, 1969, under the CISF Act of the Parliament of India.
It started with as many as 2,800 personnel for the better protection and security of industrial undertakings in the country.
