General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 2nd February

General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 2nd February: 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. When did Paramguru Krishnaguru Ishwar establish the Krishnaguru Sevashram?
(a) 1974
(b) 1975
(c) 1976
(d) 1977
(e) 1978

Q2. What’s the budgetary allocation to National Ayush Mission?
(a) Rs 1000 crores
(b) Rs 1200 crores
(c) Rs 1400 crores
(d) Rs 1600 crores
(e) Rs 1800 crores

Q3. What’s the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Culture?
(a) Rs 3000 Crore
(b) Rs 3100.23 Crore
(c) Rs 3399.65 Crore
(d) Rs 3487.54 Crore
(e) Rs 3543.89 Crore

Q4. What’s the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Defence?
(a) Rs 6 lakh crore
(b) Rs 5.5 lakh crore
(c) Rs 6.5 lakh crore
(d) Rs 5.94 lakh crore
(e) Rs 4.82 lakh crore

Q5. Who is the new VICE CHIEF of the AIR STAFF?
(a) Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo
(b) Air Marshal Anil Khosla
(c) Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora
(d) Air Marshal Sandeep Singh
(e) Air Marshal AP Singh

Q6. Where is the headquarters of the International Seabed Authority?
(a) Jamaica
(b) Cuba
(c) Barbados
(d) Dominican Republic
(e) Puerto Rico

Q7. Who is the chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas?
(a) Dr. N. P. Shukla
(b) Dr. M. M. Kutty
(c) Shri Arvind Nautiyal
(d) Shri Ashish Dhawan
(e) Dr. Vibha Dhawan

Q8. What’s the budgetary allocation to Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Program?
(a) Rs 1800 crore
(b) Rs 2000 crore
(c) Rs 2200 crore
(d) Rs 2400 crore
(e) Rs 2600 crore

Q9. What’s the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Railway?
(a) Rs 2.1 lakh crore
(b) Rs 2.2 lakh crore
(c) Rs 2.3 lakh crore
(d) Rs 2.4 lakh crore
(e) Rs 2.8 lakh crore

Q10. What’s the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Tourism?
(a) Rs 2000 crore
(b) Rs 2100 crore
(c) Rs 2200 crore
(d) Rs 2300 crore
(e) Rs 2400 crore

Solutions

S1. Ans.(A)
Sol. Paramguru Krishnaguru Ishwar established the Krishnaguru Sevashram in the year 1974, at village Nasatra, Barpeta Assam. He is the ninth descendant of Mahavaishnab Manohardeva, who was a follower of the great Vaishnavite saint Shri Shankardeva. Krishnaguru Eknaam Akhanda Kirtan for World Peace is a month-long kirtan being held from 6th January at Krishnaguru Sevashram.

S2. Ans.(B)
Sol. National Ayush Mission (NAM) has got a 50 percent increase in allocation from Rs 800 cores to Rs 1200 crores. NAM is majorly focused on providing cost-effective Ayush Services with universal access through the up-gradation of Ayush Hospitals and Dispensaries, comprehensive primary health care through upgrading health care facilities such as Health & Wellness Centers (HWC), and co-location of Ayush facilities at PHCs, CHCs & DHs. NAM also supports the cultivation of medical plants, the production of quality and standardized ingredients for the supply of Ayush, the integration of medicinal plants in farming systems, and the increasing export of value-added items of medicinal plants.

S3. Ans.(C)
Sol. The outlay for the Annual Budget 2023-24 of the Ministry of Culture is Rs. 3,399.65 Crore. The finance minister in her Budget Speech announced to the setup of the Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (BharatSHRI), a digital epigraphy museum, with the digitization of one lakh ancient inscriptions in the first stage. The BharatSHRI will be set up by the Archaeological Survey of India at Hyderabad.

S4. Ans.(D)
Sol. The Union Budget for Financial Year 2023-24 envisages a total outlay of Rs 45,03,097 crore. Of this, the Ministry of Defence has been allocated a total Budget of Rs 5,93,537.64 crore, which is 13.18 % of the total budget. This includes an amount of Rs 1,38,205 crore for Defence Pensions. The total Defence Budget represents an enhancement of Rs 68,371.49 crore (13%) over the Budget of 2022-23.

S5. Ans.(E)
Sol. Air Marshal AP Singh PVSM AVSM took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) on 01 February 2023. He has succeeded Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, who retired on 31 January 2023 after more than thirty-nine years of illustrious service.

S6. Ans.(A)
Sol. The International Seabed Authority is a Kingston, Jamaica-based intergovernmental body of 167 member states and the European Union established under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and its 1994 Agreement on Implementation. International Seabed Authority has officially designated India as a “Pioneer Investor”.

S7. Ans.(B)
Sol. Dr. M. M. Kutty is the chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas.

S8. Ans.(C)
Sol. An Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Program will be launched with an outlay of Rs. 2,200 crores to boost the availability of disease-free, quality planting material for high-value horticultural crops, an Agriculture Accelerator Fund will be set up to encourage agri-startups by young entrepreneurs in rural areas. The Fund will aim at bringing innovative and affordable solutions for challenges faced by farmers, and will also bring in modern technologies to transform agricultural practices and increase productivity and profitability.

S9. Ans.(D)
Sol. A capital outlay of ₹2.40 lakh crore has been provided for the Railways. This highest-ever outlay is about 9 times the outlay made in 2013- 14.

S10. Ans.(E)
Sol. Rs. 2400 crores allocated to the Ministry of Tourism as the sector holds huge opportunities for jobs and entrepreneurship for youth.

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