General Awareness Quiz for ECGC PO & Bank Mains Exams 2021

S1.Ans.(d)
Sol. The 2300 Kms long submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the mainland has been launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

S2.Ans.(d)
Sol. Bhubaneswar has been chosen as the venue for the celebrations of the day for its rich tradition of Handlooms.

S3.Ans.(a)
Sol. The Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) has formally announced the ecologically sensitive Thudiyurulippara hill in the panchayat as a biodiversity heritage site on the recommendations of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB).

S4.Ans.(c)
Sol. France has agreed to supply HAMMER missiles to India for the Rafale combat aircraft. The order for missiles is being processed under the emergency powers for acquisition given to the armed forces by the Government of India.

S5.Ans.(e)
Sol. The National Education Policy 2020 has been passed by the Union Cabinet under which the old educational structure of 10+2 system has been shifted by 5+3+3+4 system.

S6.Ans.(d)
Sol. 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa, from November 20th to 28th. This film festival is a hybrid film festival due to COVID 19, would screen films on the official digital platform along with the theatrical screenings.

S7.Ans.(a)
Sol. The Tribal Affairs Ministry has stated that all the nine museums dedicated to tribal freedom fighters will be completed by 2022.The largest of these museums is being built in Rajpipla in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 102.55 crores.

S8.Ans.(b)
Sol. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today released e-book on Standard Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Addictions.

S9.Ans.(e)
Sol. Every year on 20th August, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi is celebrated as Sadbhavana Diwas or Harmony Day.

S10.Ans.(c)
Sol. Bank of Baroda(BOB)’s Credit Card Arm Readies for Digital Transformation with Implementation of Fiserv Technology – Fiserv, Inc. BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, has chosen Fiserv, Inc.

S11.Ans.(d)
Sol. A Line of Credit of worth 18 million US dollars has been extended by the Government of India to the Government of Maldives. The Line of Credit has been extended with the primary objective of expanding the fishing facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO).

S12.Ans.(e)
Sol. Axis Bank decided to cut down on its investments in Max Life Insurance. It now plans to acquire 17.002 per cent of the equity share capital of the Max life insurer. This will result in total ownership of 18 per cent post the transaction.

S13.Ans.(b)
Sol. SBI General Insurance has launched a first-of-its-kind insurance product called ‘Shagun – Gift an Insurance”, which is a unique gift of Personal Accident policy. The unique feature of this policy is that it can be gifted to anyone.

S14.Ans.(d)
Sol. E-commerce marketplace, Flipkart has signed an MoU with One District, One Product (ODOP) scheme of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The MoU will bring the artisans, weavers and craftsmen under the ODOP scheme into the scope of the “Flipkart Samarth” initiative.

S15.Ans.(b)
Sol. A group of researchers from IIT Kharagpur has conferred the ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020’ for developing a mechanism for generating electricity from wet clothes left under sunlight to dry.