General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 20th October |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 20th 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. What is the name of the annual flagship cultural program of Embassy of India, Seoul?

(a) Kati Bihu

(b) Sarang

(d) KATI SARANG

Q2. Who has been appointed as the new country head of India for JP Morgan?

(a) Kaustubh Kulkarni

(b) Prashant Garg

(d) None of these

Q3. Where Indian Naval Academy is going to conduct the Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022?

(a) Kerela

(b) Meghalaya

(d) None of these

Q4. Who has been named as the High Performance director for Indian Boxing?

(a) Ravi Kumar S

(b) Sahil Seth

(d) None of these

Q5. Which of the following countries is not part of Black list of FATF?

(a) Iran

(b) Pakistan

(d) None of these

Q6.Which of the following summits and their place is incorrect?

(a) Defexpo : Gandhinagar

(b) Interpol general assembly : Delhi

(d) World Blockchain Summit : Dubai

Q7. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled HTT-40, an indigenous trainer aircraft at DefExpo. It is designed and Developed by?

(a) HAL

(b) BHEL

(d) DRDO

Q8. Who has won the Men’s Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball Award) 2022?

(a) Bharati Das

(b) Karim Benezema

(d) Magnus Carlsen

Q9. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Adani Airport Holdings?

(a) Arun Bansal

(b) Atanu Chakrabaorty

(d) None of these

Q10. Who has launched the MBBS Course Books in Hindi version?

(a) Prime Minister

(b) Health Minister

(d) Education Minister

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

The 8th edition of annual flagship cultural program of Embassy of India, Seoul ‘SARANG– The Festival of India in Republic of Korea’ will be held from Sept. 30 through Oct. 14, 2022

The Kati Bihu is an auspicious festival of Assam which is a harvest festival. It is celebrated on 18th October 2022 and the day is marked on the first day of Kati month.

Ans.2.(a)

JP Morgan has announced the appointment of its new Country Head of India, Kaustubh Kulkarni. Madhav Kalyan the current country head of India will be serving in the Asia Pacific Payments Division.

Dr Prashant Garg, executive chair, L V Prasad Eye Institute, has been elected as a ‘Member’ of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI)

Ans.3(a)

Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala to conduct the Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre in Kerala.

Meghalaya is all set to host the four-day long mega global adventure sports spectacle, ‘Megha Kayak Festival, 2022’ starting October 13 at the picturesque Umtrew River at Umtham Village.

The third World Kuchipudi Natyotsavam was organized for three days in Vijayawada. The World Kuchipudi Natyotsavam

Ans.4.(c)

Former Irish professional boxer Bernard Dunne has been named the high-performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing. Dunne, who had a five-year (2017-2022) stint with the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, replaces Santiago Nieva.

Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar S, who resigned from the Bengaluru-based IT company last week, is joining as president of Cognizant Americas.

Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Joint Commissioner GST, Custom & Narcotics and youth influencer, Sahil Seth launched his book titled ‘A confused Mind story’.

Ans.5.(b)

The FATF revises the blacklist regularly, adding or deleting entries. Currently, Iran and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are under High-risk Jurisdiction or black list

Pakistan is likely to exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this week after it was placed in the infamous category since 2018.

Ans.6.(c)

World Blockchain Summit in Dubai is taking place on Oct. 17 and 18, 2022 at Atlantis, The Palm. It is one of the most elite gatherings of the global crypto and blockchain ecosystem. The 22nd global edition of the World Blockchain Summit will bring together some of the world’s leading crypto influencers, policymakers, key government delegates, media, family offices, HNIs and other curated investors, among others, to foster the crypto and blockchain community across the globe.

Ans.7.(a)

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled HTT-40, an indigenous trainer aircraft designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), at the India Pavilion during 12^th DefExpo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on October 19, 2022.

Ans.8.(b)

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, a professional French footballer, has won the Men’s Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball Award) 2022.

The governement of India has appointed Bharati Das, an officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service of the 1988 batch, as the Controller General of Accounts

India teenager Donnarumma Gukesh scripted history in the ongoing Aimchess Rapid online tournament as he defeated Magnus Carlsen.

Ans.9.(a)

Adani Airport Holdings has again rejigged its top management, naming Ericsson veteran Arun Bansal its chief executive officer.

Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as the Independent Chairman of the Yubi board, as told by the company itself.. In addition, Atanu Chakraborty serves as HDFC Bank’s board chairman at the moment

Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar S, who resigned from the Bengaluru-based IT company last week, is joining as president of Cognizant Americas.

Ans.10.(c)

Home Minister Amit Shah launched the MBBS Course books in Hindi version at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It is the first ever Hindi version of the MBBS course books in India.

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