General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 2nd November |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 2nd November: 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 latest tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Ranipur

(b) Dudhwa

(d) Amangarh

Q2. Consider the following statements about WHO released the Global TB Report 2022:

India’s TB incidence for the year 2021 is 210 per 100,000 population
There has been an 18% decline which is 7 percentage points better than the global average of 11% in India

Which statement is correct?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(d) none

Q3. Amou Haji has been dubbed as the dirtiest man in the world died recently. He was citizen of which country?

(a) Iraq

(b) Iran

(d) China

Q4. Who has been popularly called ‘Dhwani Kobi’?

(a) Neel Pawan Baruah

(b) Jamshed J Irani

(d) None of these

Q5. When All souls day is observed?

(a) 1 November

(b) 2 November

(d) 4 November

Q6.Which program has won the SKOCH award for women and child development?

(a) Lakshmir Bhandar Program

(b) Tourism for women

(d) Samriddhi

Q7. Which company is the first to import 25 kg of gold as part of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the UAE?

(a) Tanishq

(b) Malabar

(d) Reliance Jewels

Q8. Who has been appointed as the first ever woman director to Indian Council of Agricultural Research -Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR – SBI) in Coimbatore?

(a) Nicole Aunapu Mann

(b) Sandeep Kumar Gupta

(d) A. Balasubramanian

Q9. Which of the following is not a participant of IMT TRILAT, a joint maritime exercise?

(a) India

(b) Mozambique

(d) Maldives

Q10. Which of the following is the worlds biggest employer according to Statista report?

(a) Ministry of Railways

(b) Ministry of Defence

(d) Accenture

Solutions

Ans.1.(a)

Ranipur is the latest Tiger Reserve

Uttar Pradesh is set to have its fourth Tiger Reserve and 53rd tiger reserve in India. The tiger reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km.

Apart from Ranipur, Uttar Pradesh has three tiger reserves, Dudhwa, Pilibhit, and Amangarh.

Ans.2.(c)

The WHO released the Global TB Report 2022 on October 27, 2022

India’s TB incidence for the year 2021 is 210 per 100,000 population – compared to the baseline year of 2015 (incidence was 256 per lakh of population in India); there has been an 18% decline which is 7 percentage points better than the global average of 11%. These figures also place India at the 36^th position in terms of incidence rates i.e. from largest to smallest incidence numbers.

Ans.3(b)

Amou Haji, an Iranian man dubbed the “dirtiest man in the world, “ died at the age of 94 in the village of Dejgah, in the southern province of Fars. He was so-called because he had not washed for almost 70 years and he believed that staying dirty kept him alive for so long. Owing to his unique record, a short documentary titled ‘The Strange Life of Amou Haji’ was made in 2013, describing his life.

Ans.4.(a)

Assam’s eminent artist, Neel Pawan Baruah has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 84. Baruah was born in Jorhat to Assam’s eminent poet Binanda Chandra Baruah, popularly called ‘Dhwani Kobi’, and Labanya Prava Baruah.

Jamshed J Irani, also known as the “Steel Man of India”, passed away aged 86 at Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur.

Veteran Assamese actor, Nipon Goswami passed away recently. He was born in Assam’s Tezpur town.

Ans.5.(b)

All Souls’ Day 2022 is observed on the 2nd of November 2022.

Ans.6.(a)

The Lakshmir Bhandar program of the West Bengali government won the SKOCH award for women and child development.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has launched a one-time property tax amnesty scheme “SAMRIDDHI 2022-23”,

YUVA 2.0 programme: The Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors, known as YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors), was launched by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education on October 2.

Ans.7.(b)

Malabar Gold and Diamonds, a major retailer of jewelry in India, is the first jeweler to import 25 kg of gold as part of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the UAE.

Ans.8.(c)

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research -Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR – SBI) in Coimbatore has appointed Dr. G. Hemaprabha as the first-ever woman director in its 111-year existence.

Nicole Aunapu Mann: First native American woman to venture into the Space

Sandeep Kumar Gupta: CMD of GAIL

Balasubramanian: Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) chairman

Ans.9.(d)

The first edition of the India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint maritime exercise between Indian, Mozambique, and Tanzania navies commenced at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 27th Oct 2022 to 29th Oct 2022.

Ans.10.(b)

India’s Ministry of Defence is the world’s biggest employer with 2.92 million people, which includes combined active service personnel, reservists and civilian staff, according to a report in ‘Statista’.

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