General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 27th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 27th 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. How much percent stake is controlled by Adani in NDTV Ltd?

(a) 54.71%

(b) 64.71%

(d) 84.71%

Q2. When International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022 is celebrated?

(a) December 25

(b) December 26

(d) December 28

Q3. Which country’s central bank emerged as the largest buyer of Gold?

(a) Germany

(b) India

(d) Pakistan

Q4. Dance to decarbonize event by Petroleum and Natural gas ministry held in

(a) Delhi

(b) Mumbai

(d) Bengaluru

Q5. Who will be chairing the Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility’?

(a) DY Chandrachud

(b) S Ravindra Bhat

(d) Dipankar Gupta

Q6. Which organisation has released the GLAAS report 2022?

(a) UN Water, WHO

(b) UNESCO, WHO

(d) UNESCO, UN Water, WHO

Q7. Which state will hot the Bekal international Beach festival?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Kerala

(d) West Bengal

Q8. Which bank has crossed the milestone of crossing the total global business of Rs 20,00,000 crore?

(a) Canara Bank

(b) Indian Bank

(d) CSB Bank

Q9. Who has been elected as the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union ?

(a) Sunil

(b) PN Vasudevan

(d) P V Sindhu

Q10. Which Indian player got into top 25 in Forbes annual list of the highest-paid female athletes in the world topped by Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka?

(a) Sania Nehwal

(b) PV Sindhu

(d) Smriti Mandhana

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will control 64.71% of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV.NS) as the company’s founders have decided to sell most of their shares, four months after he launched a takeover of the news network.

Ans.2.(c)

International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on December 27 serves the purpose of creating awareness about epidemics

In its 75th session and 36th plenary meeting on December 7, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution which declared December 27 as the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. The decision is part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Ans.3(b)

India

With 132.34 metric tonnes (MT) of gold purchase, RBI emerged as the largest buyer of the yellow metal among central banks between April 2020 and September 2022. Also, RBI was the top gold buyer among its peers in 2020 while it stood third in 2021. In 2020, it bought 41.68 MT of gold while in 2021 and 2022 (till September end) it bought 77.5 MT and 31.25 MT respectively.

Ans.4.(d)

The Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry is planning a one-day event where renewable energy produced by dance will be utilized to charge electric automobiles as part of a novel effort. The “Dance to Decarbonize” event, which is a lead-up to the India Energy Week set to take place in Bengaluru

Ans.5.(b)

Justice S Ravindra Bhat

In a bid to remove the barriers to access, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has constituted a committee headed by apex court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat to conduct an audit of “physical and functional access” of the top court premises to make them disabled friendly. The ‘Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility’ has been given a broad mandate to prepare and release a questionnaire for persons with disabilities, including the apex court employees, advocates, litigants and interns, who visit the top court premises to assess the nature and extent of problems they face

Ans.6.(a)

UN-Water and the World Health Organization (WHO) have released the 2022 edition of the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) report, which presents the latest data from 121 countries and territories and 23 external support agencies.

Ans.7.(b)

The Government of Kerala will host the Bekal International Beach Festival at the Spice Coast, in the far north of Kerala, better known as North Malabar.

Other State News:

The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Administrative Council which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, accorded its approval to the Rehabilitation Policy for Children in Street Situation (CiSS) to safeguard them from different hazards.

The Meghalaya administration, which has launched a ‘jan andolan’ (people’s movement) against Tuberculosis, was honoured for using the best practices to combat the illness that affects nearly 2.6 million citizens annually in India.

Ans.8.(a)

Canara Bank has achieved a milestone of crossing the total global business of Rs 20,00,000 crore.
Indian Bankhas partnered with Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) to provide vehicle finance for its customers.
CSB Bank (erstwhile Catholic Syrian Bank Limited),one of the oldest private sector banks in India, in collaboration with Mastercard and OneCard has unveiled its first consumer credit card – CSB Bank OneCard- in
Axis Bank has received a regulatory nod toact as a pension fund manager and has already crossed Rs 100 crore in assets under management (AUM) for its retirement business.

Ans.9.(a)

Prasar Bharati Additional Director General Sunil has been unanimously elected as the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU).

The Board of Equitas Small Finance Bank SFB) has decided to extend the term of PN Vasudevan as the managing director (MD) and the chief executive officer (CEO) for a period of 3 years with effect from July 23, 2023 subject to the approval of Reserve Bank of India and shareholders.

Ans.10.(b)

India’s badminton star PV Sindhu is the only player in the top 25 in Forbes’ annual list of the highest-paid female athletes in the world. She occupies the 12th spot in the list. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka tops the list.

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