General Awareness Quiz for IBPS SO Prelims 2022- 14th December

Q1. Which tech giant has acquired an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup ‘Alter’ that is working on using AI to generate avatars for social media users and brands to express their virtual identity?
(a) Google
(b) Microsoft
(c) TCS
(d) Wipro
(e) None of the above

Q2. India’s first privately developed rocket launched from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the Sriharikota launchpad. What is the name of India’s first privately developed rocket?
(a) Kalam-1
(b) Barack-L
(c) Aditya-L1
(d) Vikram-S
(e) None of the above

Q3. Global asset manager Blackstone Group has forayed into the data center business in Asia with a planned capacity across two large hyperscale data centers in which country?
(a) Singapore
(b) India
(c) Bangladesh
(d) China
(e) None of the above

Q4. RH200, the versatile sounding rocket of ISRO registered its 200th consecutive successful launch at which of the place in India?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Visakhapatnam
(d) Thiruvananthapuram
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which Indian state will have the country’s first integrated rocket design, manufacturing and testing facility by Skyroot Aerospace?
(a) Telangana
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
(e) None of the above

Q6. Which of the following company has launched a platform that displays flood forecasts, namely ‘FloodHub’?
(a) Tesla
(b) NASA
(c) Google
(d) Microsoft
(e) None of the above

Q7. Union Ayush Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal informed that AYUSH has grown by 17 percent in 2014- 20 to reach US dollars 18.1 billion. The Minister was speaking at the inauguration of ‘AYUR-UDYAMAH’ held at which of the place?
(a) Haridwar
(b) Chennai
(c) Bangalore
(d) New Delhi
(e) None of the above

Q8. Which of the Space Agency has named the first ever “parastronaut” in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space?
(a) Canadian Space Agency
(b) NASA
(c) European Space Agency
(d) ISRO
(e) None of the above

Q9. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has turned its attention to Venus and is collaborating with ___________to examine the moon’s dark side, following trips to the moon and Mars.
(a) Japan
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) France
(e) None of the above

Q10. Artemis 1 Orion Capsule has set a new space flight record for spacecraft designed to carry humans by traveling 4,01,798 kilometers from Earth. Artemis 1 Orion Capsule belongs to which space agency?
(a) SpaceX
(b) ISRO
(c) CNSA
(d) NASA
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(a)
Sol. Tech giant Google has acquired Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup that was working on using AI to generate avatars for social media users and brands to express their virtual identity.

S2.Ans (d)
Sol. Vikram-S Rocket, India’s first privately developed rocket launched from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the Sriharikota launchpad.

S3. Ans(b)
Sol. Global asset manager Blackstone Group has forayed into the data center business in Asia with a planned capacity across two large hyperscale data centers in India.

S4.Ans (d)
Sol. ‘Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri’ is authored by Madhav Hada.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. Telangana’s IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao on said the state will have the country’s first integrated rocket design, manufacturing and testing facility in Hyderabad by Skyroot Aerospace.

S6. Ans(c)
Sol. An American technology giant, Google has launched a platform that displays flood forecasts, namely ‘FloodHub’.

S7. Ans(d)
Sol. ‘AYUR-UDYAMAH’ was held at New Delhi.

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. The European Space Agency has named the first ever “parastronaut” in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. ISRO plans to return to Mars: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has turned its attention to Venus and is collaborating with Japan to examine the moon’s dark side, following trips to the moon and Mars.

S10. Ans(d)
Sol. NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion Capsule has set a new space flight record for spacecraft designed to carry humans by traveling 4,01,798 kilometers from Earth.