General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 28th October |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 28th 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. When Competition Commission of India was constituted?

(a) 2020

(b) 2002

(d) 2010

Q2. How many members are there in the Competition Commission of India?

(a) 5

(b) 6

(d) 8

Q3. Who has been appointed as the Charge d’Affaires ad interim for India by USA?

(a) Rishi Sunak

(b) Elizabeth Jones

(d) Boris Johnson

Q4. In which UT/ state Main Bhi Subhash campaign is launched?

(a) Delhi

(b) Lakshdweep

(d) Ladakh

Q5. National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) has bagged the Union Home Minister’s Trophy for the “Best Police Training Institution for Training of Gazetted Officers for the year 2020-21”. It is situated in which city?

(a) Delhi

(b) Mumbai

(d) Chennai

Q6. Which institute got the National Intellectual Property Award?

(a) IIT Kanpur

(b) IIT Roorkee

(d) IIT Madras

Q7. Which of the following days is celebrated on 27 October?

(a) World Polio Day

(b) World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

(d) All of these

Q8. In which month of the year Disarmament week is celebrated by the United Nations?

(a) September

(b) October

(d) December

Q9. In which state Honesty shops are opened?

(a) Kerela

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

Q10. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of 3rd T20 World Cup for the Blind?

(a) Yuvraj Singh

(b) M S Dhoni

(d) Smriti Mandhana

Solutions

Ans.1.(c)

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) was established under the Competition Act, of 2002 for the administration, implementation and enforcement of the Act. It was constituted in March 2009.

Why in news

The government of India appointed Sangeeta Verma as the acting chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The appointment follows full-time Chairperson Ashok Kumar Gupta demitting office

Ans.2.(c)

Members of the CCI:

It consists of 7 members; one Chairperson and six other members.
The members are appointed by the government for five years and are re-eligible for appointments.
However, the members have to retire after attaining the age of sixty-five years.

Ans.3(b)

Elizabeth Jones, The Biden administration has now named a senior US diplomat, who had worked on NATO’s role in Europe vis-a-vis Russia as the US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, as the next Charge d’Affaires ad interim in New Delhi — until a full-time Ambassador is sent to India.

Ans.4.(d)

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal launched the ‘Main Bhi Subhash’ campaign from Leh. The ‘Main Bhi Subhash’ campaign is a series of events which is organized by the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose INA Trust in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. The ‘Main Bhi Subhash’ campaign is going to be organized on the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji on 23rd January next year. The ‘Main Bhi Subhash’ campaign begins in Mumbai and Kolkata.

Ans.5.(c)

National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), at Hakimpet, Hyderabad has bagged the Union Home Minister’s Trophy for the “Best Police Training Institution for Training of Gazetted Officers for the year 2020-21”.

Ans.6.(d)

National Intellectual Property Award: The national award for intellectual property was given to the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) for 2021 and 2022. The prize was established by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Ans.7.(b)

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is celebrated on October 27 every year to highlight and promote the importance of such preservation.

Enlisting documentary heritage to promote inclusive, just and peaceful societies” is the theme for WDAH this year.

Every year the United Nations marks October 24 as World Development Information Day.

World Polio Day 2022 is observed every year on October 24 to raise awareness about the polio vaccination and eradication of polio from every corner of the world.

Ans.8.(b)

Disarmament Week is celebrated from October 24 to 30 each year. One of the key goals of the United Nations is to achieve world peace. To that end, the organisation marks October 24 to October 30 as Disarmament Week each year. Disarmament Week seeks to promote awareness and a better understanding of disarmament issues and their cross-cutting importance.

Ans.9.(a)

Honesty Shops have been opened in 15 schools in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The Honesty Shops are a part of the Student Police Cadet (SPC) project which aims to provide valuable lessons on truth, and integrity for students. In these honestly shops there is no salesman at the counters and students can drop the money for each item in the collection box kept in the shop.

Ans.10.(a)

The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has announced former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh as their brand ambassador for the 3rd T20 World Cup for the Blind.

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