General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 25th-26th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 25th-26th 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. What is the name of the Prime minister of Nepal who is also known as Prachanda?

(a) Dipankar Dutt

(b) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

(d) Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Q2. As part of their efforts to promote climate goals, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a loan of 400 million to which bank?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(d) All of these

Q3. RBI issued two tranches of Sovereign Gold Bond, Consider the following statements about it:

The bonds are issued in denomination of ____ gram of gold
The maximum limit of subscription ____ kg for individuals

(a) 1, 10

(b) 10, 4

(d) 1, 4

Q4. Which film has won the Best Film Award at the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival?

Kura Pokkhir Shunye Ura
Upon Entry of Spain
Nargesi
Agantuk

(a) 1,2

(b) 2,3

(d) 1,3

Q5. Beth Mead has been awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She belongs to which sport?

(a) Athletics

(b) Boxing

(d) Cricket

Q6. Holistic Development of Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Aspirational Towns are the two schemes announced for which Union Territory in December 2022?

(a) Ladakh

(b) Chandigarh

(d) Jammu and Kashmir

Q7. Which stock exchange got in principle approval from SEBI for setting up Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment?

(a) BSE

(b) NSE

(d) London Stock Exchange

Q8. Who has received the VinFuture special Prize?

(a) Dr Saurabh Garg

(b) Shobhana Sen

(d) Professor Thalappil Pradeep

Q9. There are many exercises held between India and Japan. Name the type of the exercise :

JIMEX
Veer Guardian
Shinyuu Maitri

(a) maritime, air, military

(b) Maritime, air, air

(d) Maritime,military, air

Q10. Who has won the ‘Best Globally Competitive Power Company of India-Hydropower and Renewable Energy Sector’ at PRAKASHmay 15th Enertia Awards 2022

(a) NTPC

(b) REC

(d) All of these

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

CPN-Maoist Centre chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, clearing the way for his third stint in the Nepal Prime Minister’s Office in the last 14 years

Other International News

Spain passes new transgender law: Lower house of Spain approved a measure allowing individuals over the age of 16 to change their legally recorded gender.

The 15-member council has long been split on how to deal with the Myanmar crisis with China and Russia arguing against strong action. They both abstained from the vote, along with India. The remaining 12 members voted in favor.

Ans.2.(b)

HDFC borrows USD 400 million from IFC: As part of their efforts to promote climate goals, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a loan to mortgage giant HDFC in the amount of USD 400 million for the financing of green, affordable housing units.

Other HDFC related News

Stock brokerage firm HDFC Securities has launched Roots, a dedicated platform providing comprehensive investor education and market analysis.

HDFC Bank announced the launch of its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India

Ans.3(d)

Why in News?

The Reserve Bank of India is to issue two tranches of Sovereign Gold Bonds, which will open for public subscription in December and March.

Important facts about Bonds:

The Bonds are issued in denominations of one gram of gold and in multiples thereof. Minimum investment in the Bond shall be one gram with a maximum limit of subscription of 4 kg for individuals, 4 kg for Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and 20 kg for trusts and similar entities notified by the government from time to time per fiscal year (April – March). In case of joint holding, the limit applies to the first applicant. The annual ceiling will include bonds subscribed under different tranches during initial issuance by Government and those purchased from the secondary market. The ceiling on investment will not include the holdings as collateral by banks and other Financial Institutions

Ans.4.(a)

Kura Pokkhir Shunye Ura (The Golden Wings of Watercocks) of Bangladesh and Upon Entry of Spain won the Best Film Award at the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival.

Nargesi : ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal

Agantuk: Prasad DI Award

Ans.5.(c)

Beth Mead has been awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2022 as she was the player of the tournament and top scorer at Euro 2022. England’s first major women’s football trophy

Ans.6.(d)

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha announced three New Schemes- Holistic Development of Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Aspirational Towns, and Aspirational Panchayat for J&K Union Territory. The projects which have now been approved by the administrative council, have an outlay of 5013 crore rupees.

G20 summit is going to held in Srinagar

Ans.7.(b)

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) received in-principle approval from the capital markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to set up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment.

Social Stock exchange is for NGOs to raise capital.

Ans.8.(d)

Professor Thalappil Pradeep, Indian Scientist, India Institute of Technology, Madras received VinFuture special Prize on 20th December 2022 in Hanoi.

Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize: The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize has been jointly won by Sudeep Sen for his genre and formbender Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation (Pippa Rann Books & Media, 2021) and Shobhana Kumar for her haibun collection A Sky Full of Bucket Lists (Red River, 2021).

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has won the prestigious GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award 2022, a top national level Green Building Award. Dr Saurabh Garg : CEO

Ans.9.(b)

Veer Guardian 23: Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) are set to hold their maiden bilateral air exercise, “Veer Guardian 23”, from January 16 to 26 at Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base in Japan

Shinyuu Maitri : Air

JIMEX: Maritime

Ans.10.(c)

NHPC Limited has been awarded as the winner of the ‘Best Globally Competitive Power Company of India-Hydropower and Renewable Energy Sector’ at PRAKASHmay 15th Enertia Awards 2022.

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