General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 29th September |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 29th September: 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 Institution has declared 28 September as International Day for Universal Access to Information?

(a) United Nations

(b) UNESCO

(d) ITU

Q2. Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own world record on 25 September, with a time of 2:01:09 to win the Berlin marathon. He belongs to which country?

(a) Ethopia

(b) Zambia

(d) Kenya

Q3. Who is the first female Prime Minister of Italy?

(a) Jhulan Goswami

(b) Deepa Sharma

(d) Giorgia Meloni

Q4. G4 expressed their concern over lack of any “meaningful” forward movement on long-pending reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC). Which country is not part of G4?

(a) Japan

(b) Germany

(d) India

Q5. What is the name of the special aviation fuel which is indigenously developed by India?

(a) AVGAS 75 LL

(b) AVGAS 100 LL

(d) AGAS 75LL

Q6. What is the percentage by which particulate matter concentration needs to be reduced by 2026 in the new target under NCAP?

(a) 20

(b) 30

(d) 50

Q7. National Clean Air Programme was launched in which year?

(a) 2015

(b) 2017

(d) 2021

Q8. TamiraSES project is related to ?

(a) None of these

(b) To protect Tamira Animal

(d) restore Thamirabarani river.

Q9. Which bank has given 14$billion assistance to fight food insecurity in Asia pacific?

(a) World Bank

(b) New Development Bank

(d) IMF

Q10. Operation Southern Readiness is conducted by which country?

(a) India

(b) Seychelles

(d) Australia

Solutions

Ans.1.(b)

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared 28 September as International Day for Universal Access to Information.

Ans.2.(d)

Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own world record on 25 September, with a time of 2:01:09 to win the Berlin marathon. It’s the second time the Kenyan runner has set the official men’s world record at the race in the German capita

Ans.3(d)

Jhulan Goswami Retirement: The legendary Women’s Cricketer, Jhulan Goswami announced her retirement from all forms of the game in a touching farewell statement on September 25.

Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first female prime minister of Italy

Ans.4.(c)

The G4 grouping comprising India, Japan, Germany and Brazil on Wednesday expressed their concern over lack of any “meaningful” forward movement on long-pending reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC)

Ans.5.(b)

Indigenously developed special aviation fuel AVGAS 100 LL was launched by the Indian Government. VGAS 100 LL was indigenously developed by the Indian Oil Corporation for the piston engine aircrafts and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Ans.6.(C)

Indian Government has set a new target of 40 per cent reduction in the particulate matter concentration by 2026 in cities under the NCAP.

This is an update of the earlier goal of 20 to 30 per cent reduction of particulate matter concentration by 2024

Ans.7.(c)

NCAP was launched in 2019 as the first-ever national framework for air quality management with time-bound reduction target. It aims to bring down the concentration of PM10 and PM2.5

across India with 2017 as the base year for the comparison of concentration of the pollutants.

Ans.8.(d)

TamiraSES project is being jointly implemented restore Thamirabarani river. TamiraSES project is jointly implemented by the district administration of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and Bengaluru-based NGO Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

Ans.9.(c)
The Asian Development Bank announced a $14 billion assistance to fight food insecurity in Asia Pacific.

Ans.10.(b)

INS Sunayna participated in the capacity building exercise Operation Southern Readiness conducted by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) at Seychelles

Australia conducted Kakadu Exercise

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