General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 12th January: 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 become first women pilot to run Sukhoi Fighter jet at veer guardian 2023 in Japan?
(a) Avani Lekhara
(b) Avani Chaturvedi
(c) Bhawna Kanth
(d) Shivangi Singh
Q2. Who was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 15th Edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival?
(a) Aparna Sen
(b) Carlos Saura
(c) Shiv Nadar
(d) Rajendra Singh Pawar
Q3. Which of the following Indian movies is not shortlisted in Oscar list?
(a) Kantara
(b) Gangubai Kathiawadi
(c) Ram setu
(d) Rocketry
Q4. Astro Tourism- A Sky Gazing event was launched by Arjun Ram Meghwal in which city?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Jaipur
(c) Delhi
(d) Dheradun
Q5. 80th Golden globe has given award to Indian Movie : RRR under which category?
(a) Best Director, Motion Picture
(b) Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
(c) Best Original Song, Motion Picture
(d) None
Q6.Who was the first female PM of Gabon who has been appointed as Vice President?
(a) Ali Bongo
(b) Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda
(c) Christine Mboma
(d) None of these
Q7. Prithvi -II was successfully tested by DRDO. It is
(a) Howitzer
(b) Ballistic Missile
(c) Submarine
(d) Battalion Tank
Q8. Who has been appointed director Meta India?
(a) Vikas Purohit
(b) Smriti Mandhana
(c) Adar Poonawala
(d) Satayjit Ray
Q9. Start Me up is a space mission of which country?
(a) USA
(b) Britain
(c) India
(d) Canda
Q10. Adar Poonawalla awarded with Patangrao Kadam award. He is CEO of which company?
(a) Bharat Biotech
(b) Serum Institute of India
(c) Sun Pharaceutical
(d) Cipla
Solutions
Ans.1.(b)
Avani Chaturvedi to pilot Sukhoi fighter jet: Su-30MKI pilot Squadron Leader Avani Chaturvedi will be assigned to the Veer Guardian 2023 in Japan
Bhawna Kanth :first female fighter pilot
Shivangi Singh : first women Rafale jet pilot
Ans.2.(a)
Actress Aparna Sen was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 15th Edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival
Rajendra Singh Pawar: lifetime achievement award FICCI
Carlos Saura: IFFI Satyajit lifetime achievement award
Shiv Nadar : USISPF Lifetime achievement award
Ans.3(c)
Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, Paan Nalin’s ‘The Chello Show’, Rocketry and SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ have also made it to the Oscar shortlist.
Ans.4.(c)
Arjun Ram Meghwal inaugurates Astro Tourism: The National Council of Science Museums hosted Astro Tourism – A Sky Gazing event at Delhi’s India Gate
Ans.5.(c)
The 80th edition of 2023 Golden Globes show, hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, airs live on NBC and Peacock
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy: “Abbott Elementary”
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Kevin Costner, “Yellowstone”
Best Director, Motion Picture: Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”
Best Original Score, Motion Picture Justin Hurwitz, “Babylon”
Ans.6.(c)
Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of Vice-President and named a new PM to replace her.
Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma has been voted the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, so becoming the first female winner in the award’s long history.
Ans.7.(b)
India successfully carried out a test launch of the tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha coast. The Prithvi-II missile struck its target with high accuracy. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile
Ans.8.(a)
Meta announced the appointment of former Tata CLiQ CEO Vikas Purohit as the director of global business group in India.
Nutrition company Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited is partnering with international women’s cricketer, Smriti Mandhana as a ‘nutrition sponsor’
Ans.9.(c)
“Start Me Up,” : new era of British space travel failed
Ans.10.(b)
Adar Poonawalla gets Patangrao Kadam award: Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, honours Adar Poonawalla with Patangrao Kadam award for vaccine work.
Serum Institute of India and its CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday for their work in the fight against COVID-19 were awarded.
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