General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 1st December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 1st 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 new name given to Monkeypox by WHO?

(a) Poxy

(b) Mpox

(d) Pox

Q2. Which city topped in the global index on ‘Prime Global Cities Index Q3 (July-September) 2022’ by Knight Frank?

(a) Wellington

(b) Dubai

(d) Bengaluru

Q3. Which of the pairs of the word of the year and dictionary publisher is incorrectly matched?

(a) Permacrisis : Collins Dictionary

(b) Homer : Cambridge Dictionary

(d) None of these

Q4. Which organisation approved Himalayan yak as a food animal?

(a) Ministry of Health

(b) FSSAI

(d) All of these

Q5. Who has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the Year award at the Turf 2022 and India Sports Awards of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)?

(a) Vikram S Kiroskar

(b) Sarkar Talwar

(d) M S Dhoni

Q6. Nai Chetna a month long Gender campaign has been launched under which of the following central scheme?

(a) National Rural livelihood Mission

(b) Mission Shakti

(d) PM DISHA

Q7. Who has written the book “My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalyaan Mission”?

(a) Piyush Goel

(b) Hardeep singh Puri

(d) K. Radhakrishanan

Q8. Who has been appointed as the presidium of Thuringia state Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Germany?

(a) Rishi Sunak

(b) Vikram S Kirloskar

(d) Gurdeep Singh Randhawa

Q9. SEBI Releases Uniform Format for OTC Trades In Non-Convertible Securities. The new guideline would come into force from____

(a) 1 January 2023

(b) 1 December 2022

(d) 1 Feb 2023

Q10. “Harimau Shakti-2022” is a exercise between India and which country?

(a) Indonesia

(b) Malaysia

(d) Myanmar

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

The World Health Organisation has changed the name of the disease Monkeypox to Mpox, as they receive complaints about the word Monkeypox conjuring up racist tropes and stigmatizing patients. The recommendation follows outbreaks that began about six months ago in Europe and the United States.

Ans.2.(b)

Dubai

Mumbai stood at 22nd rank in a global index that measures annual price appreciation of premium

residential properties, according to Knight Frank. In its report on ‘Prime Global Cities Index Q3 (July-September) 2022’, Property consultant Knight Frank said that all three Indian cities: Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi, registered an increase in average annual prices in the third quarter of 2022.

Dubai recorded the fastest rise in prime prices with an 88.8 per cent increase during a 12-month change (Q3 2021- Q3 2022), while Wellington was the weakest performing market with a decline of 18 per cent.

Ans.3(d)

The US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced that their 2022 word of the year is “gaslighting” or as Merriam-Webster defines it, “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage.”

Ans.4.(b)

The Himalayan Yak has been approved as a ‘food animal’ by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI).

Ans.5.(b)

Sarkar Talwar, a former Ranji cricketer, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the Year award at the Turf 2022 and India Sports Awards of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

India’s automotive industry stalwart and Toyota Kirloskar Motor vice chairperson, Vikram S Kirloskar has passed away.

Ans.6.(a)

The National Rural Livelihood Missions’s ‘Nai Chetna’, is a month-long campaign envisioned as a ‘Jan Andolan’ or people’s movement. The ‘Nai Chetna’ campaign is launched by the Ministry of Rural Development and involves sensitizing women, especially in rural areas. It seeks to enable women to acknowledge, prepare, and take support in situations of comprise.It is gender campaign

Ans.7.(d)

It is based on former space chairman Padma Bhushan Dr. K. Radhakrishnan’s autobiographical book “My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalyaan Mission.”

Ans.8.(d)

Indian-origin German citizen, Gurdeep Singh Randhawa has been appointed to the Thuringia state Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party presidium in Germany.

Ans.9.(a)

SEBI Releases Uniform Format for OTC Trades In Non-Convertible Securities. SEBI came out with a uniform format for reporting over-the-counter (OTC) trades in listed non-convertible securities. The new guideline would come into force from 1 January 2023

Ans.10.(b)

India – Malaysia joint military Exercise “Harimau Shakti -2022” commenced at Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia

India has decided to send a utility helicopter unit to the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)

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