General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 11th-12th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 11th-12th December: Hello Students, General Awareness is an essential part of all government exams. It’s better to prepare this section daily and revise the same using the factsheet provided. Bankersadda team has brought you up a new series in which we will come up with 10 questions and answers, other options of the question have related news to them. So don’t miss reading the solutions.

11-12 Dec

Q1. Match the days with their dates of observation

International Mountain Day a.11 December
UNICEF Foundation Day b.12 December
Universal Health Coverage Day

(a) 1-a,2-b,3-b

(b) 1-b,2-a,3-b

(d) 1-b,2-b,3-a

Q2. What is the total amount of SWAMIH Invest Fund -I to assist the strained real estate investment platform?

(a) 5000 crores

(b) 10500 crores

(d) 15,530 crores

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding FORBES annual list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” and choose the incorrect statement?

(a) The list is topped by Ursula von de Leyen, President of European Commission

(b) 5 Indian Women Make into the list

(d) Falguni Nayar got the last ranking among the Indian Women.

Q4. What is the deadline for 1000 Khelo India centres to be operationalized?

(a) August 15 2023

(b) January 15 2023

(d) August 26 2023

Q5. In which year Khelo India Scheme was launched?

(a) 2014

(b) 2017

(d) 2021

Q6. Which bank has launched new co-created credit card ‘Duet’ with free credit score platform Paisabazaar?

(a) HDFC bank

(b) IndusInd Bank

(d) RBL Bank

Q7. Which of the following loan amount is not correct as given by Asian Development Bank?

(a) a $250 million policy-based loan to support India’s wide-ranging reforms

(b) $ 750 Million build new lines and improve the connectivity of the metro rail system at Chennai

(d) $ 3 million PRF for Agartala city.

Q8. Who has been appointed as the First Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Indian Origin by Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

(a) Meenesh C Shah

(b) Shenu Agarwal

(d) None of these

Q9. Gender Toolkit was launched by which Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority along with World Bank?

(a) Delhi

(b) Mumbai

(d) Kolkata

Q10. With which country India Signed Currency Swap Agreement under the SAARC Currency Swap Framework in December 2022?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Pakistan

(d) Maldives

Solutions

Ans.1.(c)

International Mountain Day 2022 : 11th of December 2022.

UNICEF Foundation Day 2022 : 11th of December 2022

Universal Health Coverage Day 2022 : 12th of December 2022

Ans.2.(d)

The government has contributed an extra Rs 5,000 crore to the SWAMIH Invest Fund-I to assist the strained real estate investment platform in reaching its final close of Rs 15,530 crore.

SWAMIH: Special Window for Affordable & Mid Income Housing

Launch year: 2019

Ans.3(b)

Six Indians made it onto Forbes’ annual list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” including Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon Executive Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Nykaa Founder Falguni Nayar.

Nirmal Sitharaman : 36 rank

Roshini Nadar Malhotra: HCLTech Chairperson

Madhabi Puri Buch : SEBI Chairman : 54

Soma Mondal : SAIL Chairperson

Biocon Executive Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 72

Nykaa Founder Falguni Nayar: 89th

Topped by : Ursula von de Leyen , President of European Commission, She is from Belgium

Ans.4.(a)

Mr. Anurag Thakur, the minister of youth affairs and sports, stated that 1,000 Khelo India centers will be operational nationwide by August 15th, 2023.

Ans.5.(b)

Khelo India Scheme Launch Year: 2017

Ans.6.(d)

Digital marketplace for consumer credit and free credit score platform Paisabazaar and RBL Bank launched a new co-created credit card ‘Duet’.

Ans.7.(b)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $250 million policy-based loan to support India’s wide-ranging reforms

Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $780 million multitranche financing facility (MFF) to build new lines and improve the connectivity of the metro rail system at Chennai, the capital of India’s Tamil Nadu, with the city’s existing bus and feeder services.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $300 million loan to upgrade more than 300 kilometers of state highways and major district roads in Assam, including six road sections in the state’s western, central, and southern regions.

Ans.8.(c)

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has appointed Indian-origin Sushmita Shukla as its First Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has appointed Meenesh C Shah as its Managing Director with effect from November 15.

Leading truck and bus maker Ashok Leyland has announced the appointment of Shenu Agarwal as its MD & CEO with immediate effect.

Ans.9.(c)

A Gender Toolkit based on “Enabling gender-responsive urban mobility and public spaces” was launched in a session conducted by the World Bank and the Chennai Urban Metropolitan Transport Authority.

Ans.10.(d)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) under the SAARC Currency Swap Framework

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