General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 16th-18th October |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 16th-18th October: 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 has authored the book “The Philosophy of Modern Song”?

(a) Bob Dylan

(b) S Jaishankar

(d) None of these

Q2. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Bandhan Bank?

(a) Smriti Mandhana

(b) Sourav Ganguly

(d) Shahrukh Khan

Q3. Who has become the youngest player to feature in the men’s T20 World Cup?

(a) Shafali Verma

(b) Sachin Tendulkar

(d) Parthy Satpathy

Q4. The third World Kuchipudi Natyotsavam was organized for three days in Vijayawada. Which of the following is not a classical dance of India ?

(a) Mohiniyattam

(b) Sattriya

(d) Garba

Q5. Which state bagged top position in the big states in the Public Affairs Index?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Tamil Nadu

(d) Kerela

Q6. Which country in the world is on top as the largest aquaculture nation?

(a) India

(b) China

(d) Bhutan

Q7. Which city has been awarded World Green City Awards?

(a) Vijayawada

(b) Gwalior

(d) Kozhikode

Q8. Which sports organisation with UNICEF have launched a global partnership to empower women and girls?

(a) International Hockey Federation

(b) World Athletics

(d) International Olympic Committee

Q9. What is the theme of world food day?

(a) Leave no one Behind

(b) Dignity for all in Practice

(d) None of these

Q10. Param Kamrupa supercomputer facility is launched at which institution?

(a) IISC Bangalore

(b) IIT Guwahati

(d) IIT Kanpur

Solutions

Ans.1.(a)

A new book titled “The Philosophy of Modern Song” authored by Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate and published by Simon & Schuster will be launched in November 2022.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in the New Zealand launch of the Book “Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery”.

Ans.2.(b)

Bandhan Bank has announced that it has roped in Sourav Ganguly as it’s Brand Ambassador.

Bandhan Bank Founded:2001;
Bandhan Bank CEO:Chandra Shekhar Ghosh;
Bandhan Bank Headquarters:

Indian cricket star Smriti Mandhana has signed on as a brand ambassador of lubricant manufacturer Gulf Oil India.

Election Commission of India (ECI) in creating awareness amongst voters, Actor Pankaj Tripathi has been declared as the ‘National Icon’ of ECI.

Ans.3(c)

UAE’s Aayan Khan, the 16-year-old all-rounder, is the youngest player to feature in the men’s T20 World Cup.

Partha Satpathy has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Hungary.

Opener Shafali Verma became the youngest Indian cricketer to make debut across formats after being picked for the first ODI against England Women

Ans.4.(d)

The Sangeet Natak Academy recognizes eight – Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Sattriya, Manipuri and Mohiniyattam.

Recent in News:

The third World Kuchipudi Natyotsavam was organized for three days in Vijayawada. The World Kuchipudi Natyotsavam starts on 14th October 2022. The Kuchipudi dance festival is being organized in commemoration of the 93rd birth anniversary of world-renowned Kuchipudi dance artist Vempati China Satyam.

Ans.5.(c)

Haryana has bagged the top position in the category of big states in the Public Affairs Index-2022, followed by Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Karnataka among many other states.

In PAI-2022, Sikkim has retained its position as the best-governed small state in India. The index, prepared by a Bengaluru-based non-profit think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC),

Tamil Nadu has emerged as the only state in India which has achieved the target for 2022 Q1 and Q2 for Jal Jeevan Mission, with 69.57 lakh households provided with tap connections.

Ans.6.(b)

Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr. L Murugan has recently said that India stands third in the world in terms of fish production. India is the 3rd largest fish producing and 2nd largest aquaculture nation in the world after China.

Ans.7.(c)

The city of Hyderabad, Telangana, has been honoured as the Grand winner of the AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers) World Green City Awards 2022.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated a gallery-cum-exhibition depicting the history of prominent Maratha commanders at the sprawling Jai Vilas Mahal of Scindias, the erstwhile rulers of Gwalior.

Ans.8.(c)

The International Cricket Council (ICC) and UNICEF have launched a global partnership to empower women and girls and promote inclusion and gender equality through cricket.

Ans.9.(a)

World Food Day 2022: Every year on October 16 in observance of the date the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was established in 1945, World Food Day is marke The theme for World Food Day 2022 is Leave NO ONE behind.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on October 17 globally. This year’s theme for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Dignity For All in Practice

Ans.10.(b)

President of India, Droupadi Murmu has inaugurated a supercomputer facility at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and launched several other projects during her maiden visit to Assam since assuming office. This supercomputer facility called “Param-Kamrupa”, the facility will be able to conduct advanced research in various scientific fields. She also inaugurated a high-power active and passive component laboratory called SAMEER at the institute.

Times Higher Education Rankings 2023 has been announced. This year, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has secured the top place among Indian universities.

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