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General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 19th-20th March

General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 19th-20th March: Hello Students, General Awareness is essential to all government exams. It’s better to prepare this section daily and revise the same using the factsheet provided. The 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 is the author of the Book ‘Governorpet to Governor’s House: A Hick’s Odyssey’?
(a) Shri PS Ramamohan Rao
(b) Shri Gulab Chand Kataria
(c) Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
(d) Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
(e) Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai

Q2. What is the significance of the Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam?
(a) It celebrates the cultural diversity of India
(b) It promotes the idea of national unity and oneness
(c) It highlights the achievements of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
(d) It commemorates a historic event in Indian history
(e) None of the above

Q3. What is PM Matasya Sampada Yojana?
(a) A scheme for promoting dairy farming in rural areas
(b) A scheme for providing financial assistance to micro and small enterprises
(c) A scheme for modernizing and promoting the fisheries sector in India
(d) A scheme for providing affordable housing to economically weaker sections
(e) A scheme for providing free education to girl children in rural areas

Q4. Who is Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Ji?
(a) A poet
(b) A freedom fighter
(c) A spiritual leader
(d) A scientist
(e) A politician

Q5. What benefits can farmers get through cooperatives?
(a) Improved access to government schemes
(b) Improved financial assistance
(c) Increased income
(d) Improved market access
(e) All of the above

Q6. What is the goal of increasing the complexity of the bilateral exercises between India and the Maldives?
(a) To intimidate other countries in the region.
(b) To showcase the military might of both countries.
(c) To improve the combat readiness of both Armed Forces.
(d) To practice joint military operations.
(e) None of the above.

Q7. What are the five sessions planned as part of the Global Conference on Digital Health?
(a) Digital health – an imperative for UHC, Innovations for UHC, Global Digital Goods for UHC, Digital health population scale – Strategic enablers, and Digital health population scale – Technology enablers.
(b) Digital health – an imperative for UHC, Innovations for UHC, Digital health population scale – Strategic enablers, Digital health population scale – Technology enablers, and Global Digital Goods for PHC.
(c) Innovations for UHC, Global Digital Goods for UHC, Digital health population scale – Strategic enablers, Digital health population scale – Technology enablers, and Digital health – an imperative for UHC.
(d) Digital health – an imperative for PHC, Digital health population scale – Strategic enablers, Digital health population scale – Technology enablers, Innovations for UHC, and Global Digital Goods for UHC.
(e) Digital health – an imperative for UHC, Digital health population scale – Strategic enablers, Digital health population scale – Technology enablers, Innovations for PHC, and Global Digital Goods for UHC.

Q8. What is the enzyme laccase capable of degrading?
(a) Hazardous organic dye molecules from the textile industry
(b) Plastics from food packaging
(c) Heavy metals from the mining industry
(d) Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants
(e) None of the above

Q9. What is substrate promiscuity?
(a) The ability of an enzyme to bind to a wide range of substrates with varying characteristics
(b) The inability of an enzyme to bind to any substrate
(c) The ability of an enzyme to bind to only one specific substrate
(d) The ability of an enzyme to bind to substrates that are harmful to the environment
(e) None of the above

Q10. What is the theme of Poshan Pakhwada 2023?
(a) “Nutrition for All: Together Towards a Healthy India”
(b) “Rashtriya Poshan Maah”
(c) “Swasth Balak Spardha”
(d) “Saksham Anganwadis”
(e) “Shree Anna / Millets for Nutritional Well-being”

Solutions

S1. Ans.(A)
Sol. ‘Governorpet to Governor’s House: A Hick’s Odyssey’ is written by Shri PS Ramamohan Rao.

S2. Ans.(B)
Sol. The Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam promotes the idea of national unity and oneness by celebrating the bond between Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, representing India’s diversity and richness.

S3. Ans.(C)
Sol. PM Matasya Sampada Yojana is a scheme launched by the government of India in May 2020 for the development of the fisheries sector in the country. The scheme aims to modernize the fisheries sector and provide fishermen and other stakeholders with employment opportunities. It also aims to increase fish production in the country and promote sustainable aquaculture practices. The scheme has a total outlay of Rs. 20,050 crores for 5 years.

S4. Ans.(C)
Sol. Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Ji was a spiritual leader and the founder of the Matua community in Bengal. He was born in 1812 in the village of Baradi, which is now in Bangladesh. He preached the concept of “Nam Dharma,” which involves devotion to God through the chanting of the name of the Almighty. Sri Sri Harichand Thakur Ji also advocated for social justice and the upliftment of the oppressed and marginalized sections of society. The Matua community, founded by him, is now one of the largest Scheduled Caste communities in West Bengal and Bangladesh.

S5. Ans.(E)
Sol. Cooperatives can bring numerous benefits to farmers, and a robust cooperative structure can ensure that all of the Government of India’s schemes reach them. The government has set its sights on doubling the income of the country’s farmers and increasing it significantly over the next decade.

S6. Ans.(C)
Sol. The goal of increasing the complexity of the bilateral exercises is to improve the combat readiness of both Armed Forces.

S7. Ans.(A)
Sol.

Digital health – an imperative for UHC,
Digital health population scale – Strategic enablers,
Digital health population scale – Technology enablers,
Innovations for UHC, and
Global Digital Goods for UHC.

The conference will have five sessions covering various aspects of digital health, including its importance for achieving UHC, strategic and technology enablers required for implementing digital health at the population scale, innovations for UHC, and global digital goods for UHC.

S8. Ans.(A)
Sol. Hazardous organic dye molecules from the textile industry. Laccase has been found capable of degrading a variety of hazardous organic dye molecules that are regularly drained into waterbodies after dying clothes in the textile industry.

S9. Ans.(A)
Sol. The ability of an enzyme to bind to a wide range of substrates with varying characteristics. Substrate promiscuity is the ability of laccase to degrade many organic dye molecules with varying kinetics and wide variation in charge, size, and shape.

S10. Ans.(A)
Sol. The theme of Poshan Pakhwada 2023 is “Nutrition for All: Together Towards a Healthy India”. The Poshan Pakhwada aims to raise awareness about the importance of nutrition and promote healthy eating habits through Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari.

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