General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 1st November

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 1st 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. In which month India Water week is celebrated?

(a) October

(b) November

(c) December

(d) January

Q2. Who has launched HARIT Aaykar initiative?

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) Income Tax department

(c) Indirect Tax department

(d) Commerce Ministry

Q3. Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, will inaugurate the India Chem 2022 in which city?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Indore

(c) Mumbai

(d) Delhi

Q4. Which of the following campaign and their month is incorrect?

(a) International Open Access Week: October

(b)  Disarmament week: December

(c) Poshan Month : September

(d) Swacchta campaign: October

Q5. Which company of India is the first to conduct its eaning call proceeding on metaverse?

(a) GI Technology

(b) Reliance Industries Limited

(c) Samsung

(d) Adani Electronics

Q6. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Samsung Electronics Co?

(a) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

(b)  Akanksha Vyavahare

(c)  Sundar Pichai

(d) Lee Jae-yong 

Q7. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), one of the largest scientific organisations of UNESCO, has recognised the Mawmluh Cave as one of the first 100 IUGS geological heritage sites. It is located in which state?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Assam

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Nagaland

Q8. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India’s second Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya (RAVV) in Puri. Where first Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya was established?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Rameswaram

(c) Ujjain

(d) Guwahati

Q9. Which Maharatna company ranked first in the 2022 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings?

(a) NHPC

(b) BPCL

(c) IOL

(d) BEL

Q10. India junior hockey team won the Johor Cup 2022 after defeating which country?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Malaysia

(c) Australia

(d) USA

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

In an effort to raise awareness, conserve and use water resources in an integrated manner, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India is organizing the 7^th edition of India Water Week (IWW) from 1^st to 5^th November

The theme of 7^th India Water Week is “Water Security for Sustainable Development and Equity”. The five daylong events will bring together experts, planners and stake holders from across the globe.

Ans.2.(b)

The Income Tax Department participated enthusiastically in the Government of India’s month-long Special Campaign for Swachhata which ends on 31st October, 2022. This day (31st October) marks the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and is also observed as the National Unity Day.

On this special occasion, the Income Tax Department has launched the HARIT Aaykar (Hariyali Achievement Resolution by Income Tax) initiative. Under this initiative, the Department resolves to increase the green cover by planting trees and creating micro-forests in and around Income Tax Department’s buildings and other public areas.

Ans.3(d)

Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, will inaugurate the India Chem 2022 on 2^nd November 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi with the theme “Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build India

Ans.4.(b)

International Open Access Week is celebrated worldwide to create awareness about the open access scholarly publishing among researchers and publishers. It is celebrated globally during the last full week of October

Disarmament week : Last week of October: 24-30 october

Poshan week : September

Swacchta campaign : last week of October

Ans.5.(b)

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) posted the proceedings of its Q2 FY 2022-23 earnings call on the metaverse. This is the first time in the history of corporate India that a company has used metaverse to engage with its stakeholders

The Reserve Bank has revoked certificate of authorisation of Chennai-based GI Technology Private Limited over governance concerns in the company. The company is in business of issuance and operation of prepaid payment instruments.

Ans.6.(c)

Samsung Electronics Co. officially appointed Lee Jae-yong as its executive chairman, formalizing the all-encompassing leadership role he has long played at South Korea’s largest business.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on winning the Presidential elections in Brazil.

Akanksha Vyavahare, who is a Maharashtra-based weightlifter has created three new national records in the 40kg weight category at the Khelo India National Ranking Women’s Weightlifting Tournament.

Ans.7.(c)

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), one of the largest scientific organisations of UNESCO, has recognised the Mawmluh Cave, located in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, as one of the first 100 IUGS geological heritage sites.

Ans.8.(c)

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India’s second Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya (RAVV) in Puri. The Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya has been launched to spread knowledge of the Vedas among people. Rastriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya which is also called the National Model Vedic School. Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratisthan is the first such school in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

Ans.9.(b)

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company has once again achieved the No.1 rank in the Indian oil and gas sector for its sustainability performance in the 2022 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings

Ans.10.(c)

Indian junior men’s hockey team defeated Australia to win the Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 in a shootout 5-4 after a 1-1 draw at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

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