General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 15th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 15th 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. Who won the award for best practices in controlling the tuberculosis that affects 2.6 million people?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Bihar

Q2. Who has won the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions?

(a) Divya T. S

(b) PC Rath

(d) Avani Lekhra

Q3. According to the World Malaria Report 2022 published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted attempts to control malaria, resulting in how many more deaths ?

(a) 45000

(b) 63000

(d) 78000

Q4. National Institute of One Health (NIO)is inaugurated in which city?

(a) Delhi

(b) Nagpur

(d) Mumbai

Q5. How much percentage of women trips were estimated to be public transport according to ‘Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India’?

(a) 50%

(b) 67%

(d) 93%

Q6. Who has become the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh?

(a) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

(b) Mukesh Agnihotri

(d) Jai Ram Thakur

Q7. Orion Spacecraft has completed first Artemis lunar programme, which space agency has launched it?

(a) ESA

(b) NASA

(d) CNSA

Q8. Who among the following is not awarded with 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award (SIES) for public leadership?

(a) Droupadi Murmu

(b) Venkaiah Naidu

(d) Ratan Tata

Q9. Singapore Declaration was adopted by which institution?

(a) ILO

(b) APEC

(d) World Bank

Q10. Which institution has formulated the International Debt Report 2022?

(a) ILO

(b) World Bank

(d) All of these

Solutions

Ans.1.(a)

The Meghalaya government, which has adopted a ‘Jan Andolan’ (people’s movement) against Tuberculosis received an award for best practices in controlling the disease that affects 2.6 million people.
The Forest department in association with Noolpuzha grama panchayat has launched the ‘Vanikaran’ (afforestation) project to root out invasive plants.

Tamil Nadu recently became the first state in India to launch its own climate change mission. The objective of the mission is to make Tamil Nadu a “climate smart state”.

Ans.2.(a)

Karnataka shooter Divya T.S has secured her first women’s 10m air pistol national title at the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions.

Senior cardiologist from Hyderabad, Dr PC Rath, was formally elected president of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) for the year 2023-24, in an annual meeting held in Chennai.

Ans.3b()

According to the World Malaria Report 2022 published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted attempts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 more deaths and 13 million more infections globally over the last two years.

Ans.4.(b)

Rail projects worth more than Rs. 1,500 crores, National Institute of One Health (NIO) and Nag River pollution abatement project, Nagpur. rail projects worth more than Rs. 1,500 crores, National Institute of One Health (NIO) and Nag River pollution abatement project, Nagpur.

Ans.5.(c)

As per the World Bank report, ‘Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India’. As per the report, 84% of women’s trips were estimated to be by public transport. The report said that 45.4% of women go to work by foot versus 27.4% of men.

Ans.6.(a)

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (Congress) will succeed CM Jai Ram Thakur (BJP). Mukesh Agnihotri took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister

Ans.7.(b)

The unmanned Orion spacecraft of NASA completed the first mission of the Artemis lunar programme, travelling around the moon. With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.

Ans.8.(a)

Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with the 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award (SIES) for public leadership.

Other awardees in various categories included: Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammed Khan , Industrialist Ratan Tata , Cardiologist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valianathan, Scientific Advisor to the Government of India Ajay Sood

Ans.9.(a)

The 17^th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (APRM of ILO) concluded with the adoption of the “Singapore Declaration”.

What is the Singapore Declaration?

The Singapore Declaration aims to ensure social dialogue to address challenges associated with labour market and finding solutions for crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and economic uncertainty.

Ans.10.(b)

According to the International Debt Report 2022 by the World Bank, debt of low and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) rose to a record high of 789 billion USD in 2021.
This is the region’s highest debt burden since 2010 and the region’s current debt burden is beyond its repayment capacity.

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