General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 7th October |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 7th 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. Who has been appointed as Election commission of India?

(a) Amir Khan

(b) Shahrukh Khan

(d) None of These

Q2. What is the limit till which there will be no charge for RuPay credit card use on UPI?

(a) 200

(b) 500

(d) 2000

Q3. When Universal Service Support Policy came into effect?

(a) 2000

(b) 2001

(d) 2004

Q4. Which of the following country has no MoU with NPCI or its Subsidiaries?

(a) Oman

(b) UAE

(d) Singapore

Q5. In which country, worship village is inaugurated?

(a) UAE

(b) Saudi arabia

(d) Kuwait

Q6.Who won the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen award?

(a) Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy

(b) Angela Merkel

(d) Narendra Modi

Q7. Which country will be organizing the 2029 Asian Winter games?

(a) France

(b) Saudi Arabia

(d) Kuwait

Q8. Who has been appointed as the chairman of GAIL?

(a) Sandeep Kumar Gupta

(b) Sanjeev Kishore

(d) None of these

Q9. Which organisation has released a list of 50 exclusive and iconic heritage textile crafts of India?

(a) ILO

(b) UNESCO

(d) UNSDG

Q10. Which bank has started Gram Seva Program?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) SBI

(d) Indian Bank

Solutions

Ans.1.(c)

Election Commission of India (ECI) in creating awareness amongst voters, Actor Pankaj Tripathi has been declared as the ‘National Icon’ of ECI

Ans.2.(d)

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has said there will be no charge for RuPay credit card use on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for transactions up to ₹2,000. RuPay credit card has been operational for the last four years, and all major banks are enabled and are issuing incremental cards for both commercial and retail segments.

Ans.3(c)

The Universal Service Support Policy came into effect from 01.04.2002

Recent in News:

The government approved Rs 26,000 crore for the installation of 25,000 mobile towers in 500 days. According to the Telecom Ministry, the financial support for the project will be provided by the Universal Services Obligation Fund and it will be implemented by Bharat Broadband Network.

Ans.4.(c)

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Central Financial institution Of Oman signed a historic MoU to launch the Rupay debit card in Oman, paving the best way for a brand new period of monetary connectivity.

Other countries: UAE, Singapore, Nepal, and Bhutan, France

Ans.5.(a)

A majestic new Hindu Temple has been inaugurated in Jebel Ali Village, Dubai. The temple combines both Indian and Arabic architectural designs and gives a powerful message of tolerance, peace, and harmony. The temple is located in a neighborhood that is generally known as the ‘Worship Village’ of UAE.

Ans.6.(b)

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel won the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen award for her “leadership, courage and compassion” in ensuring the protection of hundreds of thousands of desperate people at the height of the Syria crisis

Ans.7.(b)

Saudi Arabia has won the bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games

Paris , France, 2024 Olympics

Australia: 2026 Common Wealth

Ans.8.(a)

Sandeep Kumar Gupta assumed charge as the chairman and managing director of GAIL (India) Limited.

A 1985 batch officer of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS), Sanjeev Kishore has taken over as the Director General of the Indian Ordinance Factory with effect from 01-10-2022 upon the superannuation of M K Grag

Ans.9.(b)

Toda embroidery and Sungudi from Tamil Nadu
Himroo weaves from Hyderabad
Bandha tie and dye weaving from Sambalpur in Odisha
Kunbi weaves from Goa
Mashru weaves and Patola from Gujarat
Himroo from Maharashtra
Garad-Korial from West Bengal
Ilkal and Lambadi or Banjara embroidery from Karnataka
Sikalnayakanpet Kalamkari from Tamil Nadu
Khes from Haryana
Chamba rumals from Himachal Pradesh
Thigma or wool tie and dye from Ladakh
Awadh Jamdani from Varanasi

UNESCO has released a list of 50 exclusive and iconic heritage textile crafts of the country.

Ans.10.(b)

State Bank of India launched the SBI Foundation’s Gram Seva Program across six states of India. On Gandhi Jayanti this year, the State Bank of India announced that it will adopt 30 remote villages across India under the 4th phase of the ‘SBI Gram Seva’ Program. The bank will adopt remote villages across Aspirational Districts in Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

Other posts

Current Affairs

Current Affairs July 2022	Current Affairs June 2022
Weekly Current Affairs 2022 PDF	Current Affairs May 2022
Daily Current Affairs 2022	Current Affairs April 2022
Monthly Current Affairs PDF 2022