General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 19th November: 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. Which Indian Sportsman has been appointed as the “Friendship Ambassador” of Switzerland?
(a) MS Dhoni
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Smriti Mandhana
(d) Virat Kohli
Q2. Global action for Reconciling Economic growth and Environmental preservation (GREEN) initiative is of Which Bank?
(a) World bank
(b) Asian Development Bank
(c) BRICS Bank
(d) Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Q3. When World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation will be celebrated?
(a) 12 November
(b) 14 November
(c) 16 November
(d) 18 November
Q4. Vikram-S Rocket, India’s first privately developed rocket launched from the Indian Space Research Organization, It is built by ?
(a) AgniKul
(b) Skyroot Aerospace
(c) Larsen and Toubro
(d) Dhruva Space
Q5. Which Indian company is the first company to have European Works Council?
(a) Infosys
(b) Skyroot
(c) Wipro
(d) BHEL
Q6. How much amount of loan agreement with German Development Bank KfW has been signed for Solar Projects?
(a) 100 Million Euro
(b) 150 Million Euro
(c) 180 Million Euro
(d) 200 Million Euro
Q7. Uttarakhand High Court has been shifted to which city from Nainital?
(a) Dehradun
(b) Haldwani
(c) Mussoorie
(d) Haridwar
Q8. Who has been appointed as the chairman of ONGC?
(a) Ajit Mohan
(b) Thierry Bollore
(c) Sandhya Devanathan
(d) Arun Kumar Singh
Q9. Recently Meta has laid off: Ajit Mohan, Abhijit Bose, Rajiv Aggarwal. Where is ther headquarter of Meta company?
(a) New Jersey
(b) New York
(c) Menlo Park
(d) San Francisco
Q10. Switzerland won their first Billie Jean King Cup title. Billie Jean King Cup title is related to which sport?
(a) Tennis
(b) Football
(c) Shooting
(d) Badminton
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Switzerland Tourism has appointed Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra as the ‘Friendship Ambassador’.
Ans.2.(d)
JBIC will consider providing debt financing under their Global action for Reconciling Economic growth and Environmental preservation (GREEN) initiative to investee companies of funds managed by NIIFL,” NIIFL added.
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIFL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to promote and enhance Japanese investments into India.
Ans.3(d)
The UN General Assembly has declared November 18 as the World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence.
Public Service Broadcasting Day is being celebrated on 12th November every year to commemorate the only visit of Mahatma Gandhi to All India Radio in Delhi in 1947.
World Pneumonia Day is a global event observed every year on 12 November to spread awareness and educate people to combat Pneumonia disease.
Ans.4.(b)
Vikram-S Rocket, India’s first privately developed rocket launched from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the Sriharikota launchpad. The launch of Vikram-S Rocket by ISRO is a historic moment.
Ans.5.(c)
IT company Wipro has reached an agreement with employee representatives on setting up a European Works Council, the company said. The creation of Wipro’s EWC is the first to be established by an Indian headquartered company.
Ans.6.(b)
State Bank of India has signed a 150 million euro (Rs 1,240 crore) loan agreement with the German development bank KfW for funding solar projects.
Ans.7.(b)
The Uttarakhand High Court will be shifted from Nainital to Haldwani. This decision was taken in a cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun.
Ans.8.(d)
BPCL’s former chairman Arun Kumar Singh is likely to be the new chairman of India’s top oil and gas producer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Facebook-parent Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as its new top executive for the country two weeks after the departure of former India head Ajit Mohan.
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover chief executive officer Thierry Bollore announced his resignation from the luxury car company citing personal reasons.
Ans.9.(c)
Meta headquarter: Menlo Park, California, USA
WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta India’s director of public policy Rajiv Aggarwal have left the company, less than two weeks after the departure of Meta India’s country head Ajit Mohan.
Ans.10.(a)
Tennis
Switzerland won their first Billie Jean King Cup title after Belinda Bencic saw off Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the second match of the finals with a lead of 2-0. Jil Teichmann had earlier prevailed 6-3 4-6 6-3 over Storm Sanders last year.
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