General Awareness Quiz for IBPS PO Mains 2022- 24th October

Q1.Who has declared Modhera village, famous for a centuries-old Sun temple built during the Chalukya, as the country’s first 24×7 solar-powered village?
(a) Mansukh Mandaviya
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Acharya Dev Vrat
(d) Bhupendra Patel
(e) None of the above

Q2.Which state has received the first prize in two categories, for the best adventure tourism destination and all-around development of tourism from the Ministry of Tourism?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Manipur
(e) None of the above

Q3. Which of the state government issued an order to increase the reservation for the Scheduled Tribe communities from 6 per cent to 10 per cent recently?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Telangana
(e) None of the above

Q4. Which of the state government announced the creation of the first three all-female Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) battalions in the state to give women control over the state’s security?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Maharashtra
(e) None of the above

Q5. The Pullumpara village panchayat has achieved the distinction of becoming the first totally digitally literate panchayat in the country. The Pullumpara village is situated in which Indian state/UT?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Sikkim
(c) Kerala
(d) Puducherry
(e) None of the above

Q6. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, has been applied to 12 districts in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for an additional how much period of time?
(a) 18 Months
(b) 12 Months
(c) 8 Months
(d) 6 Months
(e) None of the above

Q7. Which of the state government has introduced ‘Aasara’ pensions to secure life for all the poor and as a part of the state’s welfare measures and social safety net strategy?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Telangana
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the above

Q8. Give the name of the governor of Arunachal Pradesh who assumed the role of governor of Meghalaya.
(a) Brig. B. D. Mishra
(b) Biswabhushan Harichandan
(c) Satya Pal Malik
(d) Ganeshi Lal
(e) None of the above

Q9. Which state’s chief minister has inaugurated the state’s own Olympics with an aim to provide a centerstage to the village level sports so that a feeling of pride for the culture is inculcated?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Bihar
(e) None of the above

Q10. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 81st annual session of the Indian roads Congress in which of the Indian cities?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Lucknow
(c) New Delhi
(d) Hyderabad
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared Modhera village in poll-bound Gujarat as the country’s first 24×7 solar-powered village.

S2.Ans (c)
Sol. Uttarakhand received the first prize in two categories, for the best adventure tourism destination and all-around development of tourism from the Ministry of Tourism.

S3. Ans(d)
Sol. The Telangana government issued an order to increase the reservation for the Scheduled Tribe communities from 6 per cent to 10 per cent.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. According to Chief Minister Office officials, the Uttar Pradesh government announced the creation of the first three all-female Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) battalions in the state.

S5. Ans(c)
Sol. The Pullumpara village panchayat in the Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala achieved the distinction of becoming the first totally digitally literate panchayat in the country.

S6. Ans(d)
Sol. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, has been applied to 12 districts in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for an additional six months, according to the federal government.

S7. Ans(b)
Sol. The Telangana government has introduced ‘Aasara’ pensions as a part of the state’s welfare measures and social safety net strategy. The ‘Aasara’ pensions aim to secure life for all the poor.

S8. Ans(a)
Sol. At the Raj Bhavan in Shillong, Brigadier (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd. ), the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, assumed the role of governor of Meghalaya.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has inaugurated the state’s own Olympics. The aim is to provide a centerstage to the village level sports so that a feeling of pride for the culture is inculcated.

S10. Ans(b)
Sol. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 81st annual session of the Indian roads Congress in Lucknow.