General Awareness Quiz for IBPS SO Prelims 2022- 8th December

Q1. Give the name of senior IAS officer who has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati recently.
(a) Mahant Kumar Sharma
(b) Gaurav Dwivedi
(c) Aniket Pandya
(d) Rajesh Kumar
(e) None of the above

Q2. Navi Technologies Ltd which sells financial products like personal loans, home loans, and general insurance etc., has appointed whom as its brand ambassador?
(a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(b) Gautam Gambhir
(c) Suryakumar Yadav
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) None of the above

Q3. Indian Foreign Service officer, Dr Rajesh Ranjan has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to which of the following country?
(a) England
(b) Ivory Coast
(c) Sweden
(d) Qatar
(e) None of the above

Q4. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI) got it’s first-ever woman director in over a century of the Institution’s existence. Who is appointed as ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute director?
(a) Gayatri Deshmukh
(b) Dr. G Hemaprabha
(c) Himani Sukhdesai
(d) Dr. Meena Lekhani
(e) None of the above

Q5. Former Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Virmani has been appointed as a full time member of NITI Aayog. Who is the current CEO of NITI Aayog?
(a) Suman Bery
(b) Amitabh Kant
(c) Parameshwaran Iyer
(d) Narendra Modi
(e) None of the above

Q6. Senior-most Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice of India-designate Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud is all set to become ________ head of the Indian judiciary.
(a) 48th
(b) 51st
(c) 50th
(d) 49th
(e) None of the above

Q7. Vetsa Rama Krishna Gupta has taken over the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following state-owned company?
(a) ONGC
(b) BPCL
(c) SAIL
(d) Indian Oil
(e) None of the above

Q8. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National Monument Authority (NMA) as per the Department of Culture of the Government of India’s official notification?
(a) Sabita Acharya
(b) Gora Chand Patnaik
(c) Kishor Kumar Basa
(d) Dinabandhu Sahoo
(e) None of the above

Q9. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has announced the appointment of whom as its chief executive officer (CEO)?
(a) Vishal Kapoor
(b) Rakesh Gupta
(c) Alok Kumar
(d) Inder Deep Singh
(e) None of the above

Q10. Switzerland Tourism has appointed whom as the ‘Friendship Ambassador’ to promote the adventurous, sporty, and stunning outdoors of Switzerland?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Amitabh Bacchan
(c) PV Sindhu
(d) Neeraj Chopra
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1. Ans(b)
Sol. Senior IAS officer, Gaurav Dwivedi was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.

S2.Ans (a)
Sol. Navi Technologies Ltd which sells financial products like personal loans, home loans, and general insurance etc., has appointed Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its brand ambassador.

S3. Ans(b)
Sol. Indian Foreign Service officer, Dr Rajesh Ranjan has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. Dr. G Hemaprabha was appointed as the Director of the ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute up to 2024.

S5. Ans(c)
Sol. Former Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Virmani has been appointed as a full time member of NITI Aayog. Parameshwaran Iyer is the CEO of NITI Aayog.

S6. Ans(c)
Sol. Senior-most Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice of India-designate Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud is all set to become the 50th head of the Indian judiciary when President Draupadi Murmu would administer the oath of office to him at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

S7. Ans(b)
Sol. Vetsa Rama Krishna Gupta has taken over the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

S8. Ans(c)
Sol. Professor Kishor Kumar Basa has been appointed as the chairman of the National Monument Authority (NMA).

S9. Ans(a)
Sol. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has announced the appointment of Vishal Kapoor as its chief executive officer (CEO).

S10. Ans(d)
Sol. Switzerland Tourism has appointed Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra as the ‘Friendship Ambassador’.