General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 13th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 13th 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

Q1. What is the rank of India as a country in the 2022 Hurun Global 500 list?

(a) 5

(b) 6

(d) 8

Q2. Two digital first brands — OZiva and Wellbeing Nutrition has been acquired by

(a) Reliance

(b) Adani Group

(d) Hindustan Unilever

Q3. American furniture retailer Pottery Barn announced a global partnership with which Indian Actor?

(a) Priyanka Chopra

(b) Disha Patani

(d) Madhuri Dixit

Q4. Who are the two women whose signature has been printed on US Currency for the first time?

(a) Janet Yellen and Lynn Malerba

(b) Janet Malerba and Lynn Yellen

(d) Kamala Harris and Janet Yellen

Q5. Which state has inaugurated Nalbari Science Centre and Planetarium ?

(a) Kerala

(b) Assam

(d) Nagaland

Q6. What is the name of the India’s first private market index ?

(a) Bharat index

(b) Sangam Index

(d) IndiaStox

Q7. Who has been named as the brand ambassador by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF)?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Rishi Sunak

(d) Sheikh Hasina

Q8. What is the profession of these recent obituaries of December 2022?

Manohar Devadoss
Grant Wahl

(a) Both are actors

(b)Writer, journalist

(d) Actor, journalist

Q9. Which state has started first carbon-neutral farm in the nation?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Sikkim

(d) Bihar

Q10. What is the name of the Japan’s first private mission that successfully launched a spacecraft to the moon recently?

(a) CORPAT

(b) Sangam

(d) Belawan

Solutions

Ans.1.(a)

India, with 20 of the most valuable companies in the world, has moved into the fifth position among countries that are home to the world’s top 500 firms. Last year, it ranked ninth with eight companies. The US continued to top the charts, according to the 2022 Hurun Global 500 list. The list, released by the Hurun Research Institute, is a compilation of the 500 most valuable non-state-controlled companies in the world.

Ans.2.(d)

Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) acquisition of two digital first brands — OZiva and Wellbeing Nutrition — is in line with the premiumisation trend with an increasing number of FMCG players foraying in the high growth wellness and nutrition category, which has gained prominence amongst consumers in the post-pandemic world.

Ans.3(c)

American furniture retailer Pottery Barn announced a global partnership with actor Deepika Padukone who has been signed as a brand ambassador to promote the company’s international expansion.

Ans.4.(a)

The U.S. The Treasury (United States of America’s Finance Ministry) has printed the first US banknotes (currency notes) with two women’s signatures. The new currency notes of $1 and $5 value carry the signature of the Secretary of Treasury (American Finance Minister) Janet Yellen and Lynn Malerba. The United States currency notes are popularly called as Greenback.

Lynn Malerba is Native American and is the chief of the Mohegan Tribe, who holds the position of Treasurer of the United States within the Department of Treasury, United States government.

Janet Yellen is a former chairman of the United States Central Bank, Federal Reserve of New York. She was the first female head of the Federal Reserve.

Ans.5.(b)

The Chief Minister of Assam Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Nalbari Science Centre and Planetarium at Milanpur, Nalbari.

Other Assam News:

The Assam Cabinet led by Chief Minister (CM), Himanta Biswa Sarma has approved a bill to set up a Safai Karamchari Commission.

The Assam government will soon introduce a scheme under which all female students pursuing post-graduate (PG) courses in Assam will be provided a yearly stipend of Rs 10,000 each.

Ans.6.(c)

StocX.in, an internet unlisted securities portal, has launched India’s first private market index often known as StocX Private Market Index (SPMI).

Ans.7.(d)

Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina was named the “Global Ambassador for Diabetes” by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) at the opening ceremony of the World Diabetes Congress 2022 held in Lisbon, England.

Ans.8.(b)

Renowned Indian artist, writer, and Padma Bhushan awardee Manohar Devadoss passed away at the age of 86 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).

Highly-regarded American soccer journalist Grant Wahl passed away covering the ld Cup in Qatar.

Ans.9.(c)

The first carbon-neutral farm in the nation, according to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is a seed farm in Aluva.

The 27th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala has started at Nishagandhi auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram.

Ans.10.(c)

ispace Inc’s HAKUTO-R Mission: Japan is elated and proud of its space startup that successfully launched a spacecraft to the moon recently

The 39^th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy is being conducted from 08 – 19 December 2022. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette participated in the pre-deployment briefing at Belawan, Indonesia

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