General Awareness Quiz for IBPS SO Prelims 2022- 15th December

Q1. Which of the Indian Institute is the only institute from India to be ranked in top 50 and has been placed at the 28th position in the Top 50 of Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS)?
(a) IIT Roorkee
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IISc Bangalore
(d) IIT Madras
(e) None of the above

Q2. Shahjahanpur has become number one in the country in giving maximum number of tap connections in a month. Shahjahanpur is situated in which Indian state??
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) None of the above

Q3. India has moved up by six slots to improve its position and rank ___________ as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report prepared by a US-based Portulans Institute.
(a) 61st
(b) 32nd
(c) 74th
(d) 18th
(e) None of the above

Q4. The launch of 5G services will strengthen India’s position as an economic and technology powerhouse globally and is expected to boost 2% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), amounting to approximately $180 billion by 2030. Which released the report regarding this information?
(a) RBI
(b) NASSCOM
(c) FICCI
(d) NITI Aayog
(e) None of the above

Q5. According to the 27th edition of the United Nations’ World Population Prospects, 2022, India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in which year?
(a) 2023
(b) 2030
(c) 2035
(d) 2025
(e) None of the above

Q6. Forbes Asia has unveiled its annual ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ list which features 20 women from the Asia-Pacific region. Who has not been named three of them Indian women in the list?
(a) Soma Mondal
(b) Ghazal Alagh
(c) Namita Thapar
(d) Falguni Nayyar
(e) None of the above

Q7. The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order globally surged to 103 million in the first half of 2022. Which of the following has released this report?
(a) WHO
(b) UNHCR
(c) UN
(d) World Bank
(e) None of the above

Q8. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights which is mandated to spread child rights literacy held a one day Orientation cum Sensitization programme on ‘Child Rights: Contemporary Challenges at ____________.
(a) Indore
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kolkata
(d) New Delhi
(e) None of the above

Q9. Which of the ministry has successfully completed a mother tongue survey with field videography of 576 languages and dialects across the country?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Education
(c) Ministry of Minority and Tribal affairs
(d) Ministry of Rural development
(e) None of the above

Q10. According to Knight Frank, which Indian city stood at 22nd rank in a global index that measures annual price appreciation of premium residential properties?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Pune
(d) Mumbai
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has been placed at the 28th position in the Top 50 of Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS).

S2. Ans (d)
Sol. Shahjahanpur has become number one in the country in giving maximum number of tap connections in a month.

S3. Ans(a)
Sol. India has moved up by six slots to improve its position and rank 61st as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report prepared by a US-based Portulans Institute.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. The launch of 5G services will strengthen India’s position as an economic and technology powerhouse globally and is expected to boost 2% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), amounting to approximately $180 billion by 2030, according to a new report by industry body Nasscom.

S5. Ans(a)
Sol. India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year.

S6. Ans(d)
Sol. Forbes Asia has unveiled its annual ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ list which features 20 women from the Asia-Pacific region. Falguni Nayyar is not included in the list.

S7. Ans(b)
Sol. The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order globally surged to 103 million in the first half of 2022, meaning that one in 77 people on Earth is forcibly displaced, the UNHCR said in Geneva.

S8. Ans(b)
Sol. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights which is mandated to spread child rights literacy held a one day Orientation cum Sensitization programme on ‘Child Rights: Contemporary Challenges in Telangana’ in Hyderabad.

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. The Ministry of Home Affairs has successfully completed a mother tongue survey with field videography of 576 languages and dialects across the country.

S10. Ans(d)
Sol. Mumbai stood at 22nd rank in a global index that measures annual price appreciation of premium residential properties, according to Knight Frank.