General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 20th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 20th 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. When International Migrants Day 2022 is celebrated?

(a) 16 December

(b) 17 December

(d) 19 December

Q2. Gamocha has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag, it belongs to which state?

(a) Assam

(b) Kerala

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Q3. Which state has organized Tramjatra event ?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Assam

(d) Kerela

Q4. What is the extended deadline given by CBDT for exempted non-resident Indians (NRIs) without permanent account numbers (PANs) from e-filing Form 10F?

(a) March 2023

(b) April 2023

(d) June 2023

Q5. Which scheme has been replaced by Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)?

(a) PM KISAN

(b) USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for Development)

(d) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Ko Kaam Karyakram

Q6. The 54-member United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women. Where is the headquarters of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)?

(a) Rome

(b) Geneva

(d) Berlin

Q7. Which company has announced a buyback of 850 crore via an open market route through the stock exchanges method?

(a) LIC

(b) HDFC Bank

(d) Mintoak

Q8. Rajeev Kumar Vishnoi has been appointed as the chairman and managing director. He is also the CMD of which institution?

(a) ONGC

(b) NTPC

(d) SEBI

Q9. What is the name of the equipment installed by the NASA Astronauts on International Space Station (ISS)?

(a) Agni

(b) 160 m Trisonic Wind Tunnel

(d) None of these

Q10. Consider the following statements for Global Food Security Index:

India’s Rank is 68^th
Report is published by The Economist.

Which of the statements is correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 Only

(d) None of these

Solutions

Ans.1.(c)

Vijay Diwas 2022is observed on the 16th of December 2022.
Minorities Rights Day 2022is observed on the 18th of December 2022.
International Migrants Day 2022is observed on the 18th of December 2022.
Goa’s Liberation Day 2022is observed on the 19th of December 2022

Ans.2.(a)

Gamocha’, a symbol of the culture and identity of Assam, has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the central government, 5 years after the first application was made in 2017

District Tourism Promotion Council, Kozhikode, Kerela has applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the famous Beypore Uru (boat).

Ans.3(a)

Kolkata will witness the Tramjatra event that will celebrate 150 years of its iconic tram and renew hope that this non-polluting mode of transport does not become entirely extinct in February 2023.

Other state related

Kerala Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the 5th edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), at Fort Kochi Parade ground, Kochi, Kerala.

Tamil Nadu (TN) has become the first state in India to launch its own Climate Change Mission.

Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the Orunodoi 2.0 scheme virtually from Assam House in New Delhi.

Ans.4.(a)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted non-resident Indians (NRIs) without

permanent account numbers (PANs) from e-filing Form 10F up to March 2023.

Ans.5.(d)

The Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) Scheme has replaced the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Ko Kaam Karyakram (PMKKK), according to Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Minority Affairs, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha.

Ans.6.(c)

The 54-member United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term from 2022 to 2026.

Ans.7.(c)

The board of One97 Communications Ltd, the listed entity that runs Paytm, approved a share buyback program worth ₹850 crores via an open market route through the stock exchanges method.

India’s largest private bank HDFC Bank has acquired a 7.75% stake in fintech start-up Mintoak Innovations (Mintoak) for a total cash consideration of Rs 31.14 crore.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country’s largest insurer, has increased its stake in Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Ltd to over 5% following the acquisition of shares from the open market.

Ans.8.(c)

Rajeev Kumar Vishnoi has assumed the additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). He is also the CMD of Rishikesh-based THDC India Limited. Until now, Yamuna Kumar Chaubey NHPC’s Director (Technical) was holding the additional charge of CMD of the company.

The Centre has nominated Manoj Govil, Secretary of, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), to the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Ans.9.(c)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio have successfully installed Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) on the starboard truss structure of the International Space Station (ISS).

India has successfully carried out night trials of the Agni V nuclear-capable ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the first blowdown test of the newly released 160m Trisonic Wind Tunnel at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Ans.10.(c)

The 2022 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) report was released by the British weekly The Economist. The 11th Global Food Security Index shows a deterioration in the global food environment for the third year, threatening food security. In this report, South Africa overtook Tunisia to become the most food-secure country in Africa.

India is ranked at 68th position along with Algeria with the overall score of 58.9. China’s position is at 25th with the score of 74.2