General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 23rd – 27th October

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 23rd-27th 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. Which of the following payment services are owned by Walmart ?

(a) Paytm

(b) PhonePe

(c) CashE

(d) None of these

Q2. What is the name of the first commercial mission of ISRO’s heaviest rocket?

(a) LVM3- M2

(b) LVM1-M3

(c) LMV3-2M

(d) None of these

Q3. Who has written the book “From Dependence to Self­Reliance: Mapping India’s Rise as a Global Superpower”?

(a) S Jaishankar

(b) Bimal Jalan

(c) Akshay Shah

(d) Suman Berry

Q4. Which following state and scheme is incorrectly matched?

(a) Karnataka: Upper Bhadra Scheme

(b) Trees Beyond Forests : Assam

(c) HIMCAD: Uttarakhand

(d) None of these

Q5. India successfully test-fired ‘Agni Prime’ . It is a ____

(a) Drone

(b) Ballistic Missile

(c) Fighter jet

(d) Gun

Q6. Which of the following has become the most popular GI?

(a) Hyderabadi Haleem

(b) Rasgulla

(c) Bikaneri Bhujiya

(d) Ratlami Sev

Q7. Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’. What is the name of its first novel?

(a) Crimson Spring

(b) Listen To Your Heart

(c) None of these

(d) Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew

Q8. Which Ministry is going to organize the Kashi Tamil Sangam?

(a) Ministry of Culture

(b) Ministry of Social Justice

(c) Ministry of Education

(d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Q9. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Punjab National Bank ?

(a) Meenakshi Lekhi

(b)  Sandeep Bakshi

(c) AK Goel

(d) None of these

Q10. Which of the following first Asian American is to appear on US Currency?

(a) Kamala Harris

(b) Rishi Sunak

(c) None of these

(d) Anna May Wong

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

Walmart-owned payment services provider PhonePe invested USD 200 million (around Rs 1,661 crore) in building data centers in India.

PhonePe Headquarters: Bengaluru

PhonePe CEO: Sameer Nigam

Ans.2.(a)

Indian Space Research Organizations’ heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3 or GSLV Mark 3) in its first commercial mission LVM3-M2 had successfully placed 36 broadband communication satellites for London-headquartered Network Access Associated Limited (OneWeb) into low earth orbit.

Ans.3(b)

Bimal Jalan, an economist, wrote the book “From Dependence to Self­Reliance: Mapping India’s Rise as a Global Superpower,” which takes stock of India’s growth trajectory and benefits from Bimal Jalan’s deep insights.

Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter have compiled and edited a new book “The Corbett Papers: Biographical, Legal, & Contextual Material on the Life & Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon” about Jim Corbett.

Ans.4.(c)

Karnataka Chief Minister Shri Basavaraj Bommai announced that the Upper Bhadra scheme will become Karnataka’s first national

Trees Beyond Forests initiative: The “trees outside forests in India (TOFI)” programme was introduced by the Assam government and the US Agency for International Development.

The state government of Himachal Pradesh has started a new scheme named ‘HIMCAD’, to provide irrigation facilities to farmers.

The Maharashtra Women and Children Development Minister Mangalprabhat Lodha launched India’s first “Migration Monitoring Systems” in Mumbai.

Ans.5.(b)

India successfully test-fired ‘Agni Prime’ – a new generation of ballistic missiles – from off the coast of Odisha.

Agni-P or Agni-Prime is a medium-range ballistic missile being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO

Ans.6.(a)

Hyderabadi Haleem from Telangana defeated other foods including Rasgulla, Bikaneri Bhujiya, and Ratlami Sev to win the title of “Most Popular GI.”

Ans.7.(d)

Shehan Karunatilaka debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Prize, the DSC Prize, the Gratiaen Prize

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’.

Navtej Sarna’s latest book, Crimson Spring, longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature.

A new book titled “Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure” authored by Ruskin Bond, was published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI).

Ans.8.(c)

Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ will be organized by the Ministry of Education next month. The ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ is a month-long program that will be held from the 16th of the next month. The ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ aims to rediscover the centuries-old bond of knowledge and ancient civilizational linkage between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu

Ans.9.(c)

Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) reelected Mr. A K Goel, managing director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Punjab National Bank as its new chairman, who will serve the industry body for the financial year 2022-23.

ICICI Bank’s board of directors has reappointed Mr. Sandeep Bakshi as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) for a period of three years up to October 3, 2026.

Ans.10.(d)

The legendary Hollywood star Anna May Wong will become the first Asian American to appear on US currency.

Other posts

• General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 21st October

• Most Important Question Related to Nobel Prize For Bank Exams

• IAF inducts indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopter ‘Prachand’

• GK Questions For GK Questions

Current Affairs