General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 4-5th December |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 4th-5th 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. The Battle of Longewala was held in which of the following wars?

(a) 1962 Indo China War

(b) 1999 Kargil War

(d) 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

Q2. The Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) was launched in which year?

(a) 2014

(b) 2016

(d) 2020

Q3. Three Indian-origin women are among 60 scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians who have been selected as Australia’s Superstars of STEM. Which of the following is not part of the project?

(a) Neelima Kadiyala

(b) Dr Indrani Mukherjee

(d) Purnima Devi Barman

Q4. Which edition of T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind will be held in India?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(d) 4

Q5. Who has been appointed as the part-time chairperson of the National Statistical Commission (NSC)?

(a) Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar

(b) Rakesh Bhalla

(d) Sukumar Sen

Q6. As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava, Vijnana Bharati and Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India organized an “International conference on the contributions of J C Bose: A Satyagrahi Scientist”. How many types of matter are there on the basis on physical properties?

(a) 3

(b) 4

(d) 6

Q7. Ministry of culture in collaboration with Ministry of Textile inaugurated Jharokha – Compendium of Indian handicraft, handloom, art and culture” at which place?

(a) Delhi

(b) Mumbai

(d) Kozhikode

Q8. Where 1st Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency commenced?

(a) Bhubaneshwar

(b) Delhi

(d) Srinagar

Q9. Akash Weapon System is designed by______

(a) DRDO

(b) Missile Systems Quality Assurance Agency

(d) ISRO

Q10. Daakroom was organized by which of the following organisation along with ministry of culture?

(a) Department of Posts

(b) Swar Dharohar Festival

(d) Department of Expenditure

Solutions

Ans.1.(d)

To mark the 51st anniversary of India’s victory in the Longewala battle during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war, Parakram Diwas will be celebrated at Jaisalmer Military Station and Longewala War Memorial in Rajasthan, December 5.

Ans.2.(b)

Government of India to encourage start-ups, launched the Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP). This scheme was initiated to reach out to start-ups and protect and promote their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and thus encourage innovation and creativity among entrepreneurs. The Scheme was started on a pilot basis in January 2016 and was in force up to March 2020. The Department of promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified that the SIPP scheme is now being extended further for a period of three years that is up to March 31, 2023.

Ans.3(d)

Three Indian-origin women are among 60 scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians who have been selected as Australia’s Superstars of STEM. This initiative aims to smash society’s gender assumptions about scientists and increase the public visibility of females and non-binary people. This year among those recognised as Superstars of STEM include three Indian-origin women: Neelima Kadiyala, Dr Ana Baburamani, and Dr Indrani Mukherjee.

India’s Purnima Devi Barman, an Assam-based wildlife biologist, is one of the five ‘Champions of the Earth’ for this year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced.

Ans.4.(c)

The third T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind will be held from December 5 to 17, 2022 in India.

Ans.5.(a)

Government of India had appointed Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar, Professor Emeritus at Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), as the part-time chairperson of the National Statistical Commission (NSC).

Bimal Kumar Roy, is the ex chairman

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India said that Vijender Sharma has been elected as the new president and Rakesh Bhalla as vice-president for 2022-23.

Ans.6.(c)

States of matter are the categories in which the matter is divided on the basis of their physical properties which they represent. We can divide them into five states of matter which are solid, liquid, gas, plasma, Bose-Einstein condensate.

On the occasion of 164th birth anniversary of legendary Indian scientist Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose and as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava, Vijnana Bharati and Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India organized an “International conference on the contributions of J C Bose: A Satyagrahi Scientist”, at Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi. The conference was organized in association with Indraprastha Vigyan Bharati and Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi

Ans.7.(a)

Ministry of culture in collaboration with Ministry of Textile inaugurated Jharokha – Compendium of Indian handicraft, handloom, art and culture” today at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi.

A 2-day International Conference Series on Vayu: The Vital Life Force, was inaugurated today by His Excellency, Prof. Ganeshi Lal,Hon’ble Governor of Odisha, and Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Ans.8.(c)

The 1st Sherpa Meeting of India’s G20 Presidency commenced on 04 December 2022, in Udaipur Rajasthan.

To promote the export of millets, the government is organising a day-long ‘Millets-Smart Nutritive Food’ Conclave in New Delhi today, December 5. The conclave is a pre-launch event of the International Year of Millets – 2023 organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry through its apex agricultural export promotion body, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).

Ans.9.(a)

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP) of Akash Weapon System (Indian Army Version) to Missile Systems Quality Assurance Agency (MSQAA) in Hyderabad on December 03, 2022. The handing over was held at Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) which, as a nodal agency, has designed and developed the Akash weapon system. The Technical Specification & Quality Document and the drawing of complete weapon system elements were sealed and handed over by Project Akash to MSQAA as part of AHSP transfer.

Ans.10.(a)

Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture in association with Department of Post unveiled Daakroom, the renowned letter writing carnival today at the Gandhi Darshan at Raj Ghat, New Delhi.

Ministry of Culture, Government of India in collaboration with “Swar Dharohar Foundation,” inaugurated three day “Swar Dharohar Festival” under Kalanjali. “Swar Dharohar Festival” is a Music, Art & Literature Festival to showcase the iconic art and culture of India and, the rich literary Art & Heritage of Indian States.

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