General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 24th August

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 24th August: 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 following pairs of personality and their profession are correctly matched?

1. Debasisa Mohanty- Scientist
2. Syed Sibtey Razi- Footballer
3. Samar BAdru Banerjee- Politics
4. Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala- Film Producer

(a) 1 pair

(b) 2 pair

(c) 3 pair

(d) 4 pair

 Q2. Consider the following statements about Grameen Udyami Project:

1. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), in collaboration with Seva Bharti Kendra and Yuva Vikas Society, has launched the Phase – 2 of the Grameen Udyami Project
2. It is implemented all over india.

Which statement/s is/ are correct?

(a)1

(b)2

(c)1,2

(d)none of these

 Q3. Match of the following airport with their names

1. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International       a. Chandigarh
2. Shaheed Bhagat Singh                                         b. Amritsar
3. Guru Ram Dass Jee                                             c.Nagpur
4. Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar    d. Kolkata

(a)1-a,2-b,3-c,4-d

(b)1-c,2-b,3-a,4-d

(c)1-d,2-a,3-b,4-c

(d)1-a,2-b,3-d,4-c

Q4.Which institution joined the Account Aggregator (AA) framework that will give a boost to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-regulated Financial-Data Sharing System in August?

(a) IRDAI

(b)PFRDA

(c) NPCI

(d) SEBI

Q5. When was Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) launched and what is the upper limit for remittance ?

(a) 2000, USD 25000

(b) 2004, USD 250,000

(c) 2018, USD 500,000

(d) 2008, USD 250,000

Q6. What is the other name for ‘Bima Bharosa’ of IRDAI?

(a) PM Grievance Redressal System

(b) Insurance ombudsman

(c) Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGMS)

(d) None of these

Q7. Vice President (VP) of India, Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, unveiled the book titled “Sing, Dance, and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada is founder of which organization?

(a) AnandMath

(b) ISKON

(c) ISHA foundation

(d) Anandmayi Math

Q8. India has developed the first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox disease at which state/ UT medtech zone?

(a) Delhi

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerela

(d) Andhra pradesh

Q9. World Water Week 2022 will take place from August 23 to September 1. Which of the following statements is are wrong ?

1. Since 1991, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has hosted World Water Week
2. The theme of the 2022 World Water Week is: “Seeing the unseen: The value of water”, which helps us view water in new and fascinating ways
3. This year’s World Water Week is a significant step toward the UN Water Conference in 2023

(a)1,2

(b)2,3

(c)1,2,3

(d) none of these

Q10. Which state launched Vidya Rath- School on Wheels’?

(a) Odisha

(b) Delhi

(c) Assam

(d) None of these

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

All were in news

Odia scientist, Debasisa Mohanty was appointed as Director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII).

Former Jharkhand Governor, Syed Sibtey Razi has passed away. He served as the Governor of Jharkhand from the year 2004- 2009.

Former India football team captain, Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, has passed away recently.

Veteran film producer Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala passed away on Monday at the age of 91.

Ans.2.(a)

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), in collaboration with Seva Bharti Kendra and Yuva Vikas Society, has launched the Phase – 2 of the Grameen Udyami Project, which aims to increase skill training in tribal communities in order to promote equitable and sustainable growth

It is a unique multiskilling project, funded by NSDC that aims to train 450 tribal students in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.

The project is beingimplemented in six states— Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Gujarat.

Ans.3(c)

Punjab and Haryana agreed to name the Chandigarh International Airport after freedom fighter Shaheed Bhagat Singh for its collective contribution of both states

Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur (Maharashtra)

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata

Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar

 Ans.4.(d)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) joined the Account Aggregator (AA) framework that will give a boost to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-regulated Financial-Data Sharing System. This will allow customers to share information about their mutual fund and stock holdings with financial service providers.

Ans.5.(b)

Recent in news:

According to the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, remittances by Indians under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) increased 64.75 % to over USD 6.04 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23), up from USD 3.67 billion in Q1FY22.

Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) was launched on February 4, 2004, with an initial ceiling of USD 25,000. The LRS limit has been gradually revised to align with the current macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions. The scheme allows all residents, including minors, to freely remit up to USD 250,000 each fiscal year for any permitted current or capital account transaction, or combination of both

Ans.6.(c)

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is set to launch the upgraded version of Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGMS), as ‘Bima Bharosa’, an updated version of the grievance redressal mechanism

Ans.7.(b)

Vice President (VP) of India, Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, unveiled the book titled “Sing, Dance, and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON”, on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) founder, Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada)

Ans.8.(d)

India has developed the first indigenously-developed RT-PCR kit for testing monkeypox disease at the Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone (AMTZ)

Ans.9.(d)

All are correct

World Water Week 2022 will take place from August 23 to September 1.

• Since 1991, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has hosted World Water Week to address global water issues and related international development concerns.
• The theme of the 2022 World Water Week is: “Seeing the unseen: The value of water”, which helps us view water in new and fascinating ways.
• World Water Week is a community of changemakers working together to find answers to the world’s most pressing water-related issues.
• The Week also serves as a gathering space to expedite progress toward the SDGs and other international activities.
• This year’s World Water Week is a significant step toward the UN Water Conference in 2023

Ans.10.(c)

Assam Chief Minister Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched a project ‘Vidya Rath- School on Wheels’ at a function held at the premises of Gauhati High Court in Assam for EWS Students

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