The General Awareness section constitutes a major part of a competitive examination and needs your undivided attention. The questions which are asked in the exam are generally framed on National News, International News, State News, Sports, Awards, Summits, Schemes, Books & Authors, Ranks & Reports, Important Days, Economy, Defence, Science & Technology etc. To excel in this section of the competitive examinations you are required to cover the above area.
To complement your preparation for General Awareness section of the upcoming exams like SBI Clerk Mains, RBI Assistant Mains and NABARD Grade A Prelims, we are providing you General Awareness Quiz of 22nd April 2020 covering the following topics: Bali Yatra, 2G ethanol plant, UNWTO.
Q1. The festival ‘Bali Yatra’ which is organised every year in memory of the rich maritime history of the state, was inaugurated in _________.
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Odisha
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Gujarat
Q2. Name the city, who recently get clearance by Ministry of Environment to setup a ? 766-crore 2G ethanol plant of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Panipat
(d) Surat
(e) Chennai
Q3. ___________ is set to join the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at its headquarters in Madrid, Spain.
(a) Badrish Kulhalli
(b) R. Sivakumar
(c) Natarajan Ramasamy
(d) Mukesh Agarwal
(e) Suman Billa
Q4. On which of the following day the World Diabetes Day (WDD) was observed globally?
(a) 11 November
(b) 12 November
(c) 13 November
(d) 14 November
(e) 15 November
Q5. Minister of State for Home Affairs, inaugurated the 1st International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience” in _______.
(a) Lucknow
(b) Dehradun
(c) Pune
(d) Mumbai
(e) New Delhi
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The festival ‘Bali Yatra’ which is organised every year in memory of the rich maritime history of the state, was inaugurated in Cuttack, Odisha at the bank of Mahanadi River.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Ministry of Environment has granted clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd to set up a ? 766-crore 2G ethanol plant in Haryana’s Panipat district.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Kerala cadre senior IAS officer Suman Billa is set to join the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at its headquarters in Madrid, Spain.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. The World Diabetes Day (WDD) was observed globally on 14 November with the theme “Family and Diabetes”. The day is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Minister of State for Home Affairs, inaugurated the 1st International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience” in New Delhi.
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