General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 8th February

General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 8th 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. What’s the capital of Bhutan?
(a) Thimpu
(b) Kathmandu
(c) Dhaka
(d) Colombo
(e) Siliguri

Q2. Who has released the report “Making India a Global Power House on Farm Machinery Industry”?
(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) National Council of Applied Economic Research
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Office of Chief Economic Advisor
(e) Ministry of Agriculture

Q3. What does ‘D’ stand for in ODOP-DEH?
(a) Development, Districts
(b) Districts, Development
(c) District, Districts
(d) Development, Democratise
(e) Democratise, Districts

Q4. Which country ranks first in milk production?
(a) China
(b) Brazil
(c) Argentina
(d) India
(e) Pakistan

Q5. How much remittance has India received in FY 2021-22?
(a) $100,000 million
(b) $92,000 million
(c) $91,000 million
(d) $90,000 million
(e) $89,127 million

Q6. Which country has the highest share in Inward Remittances FY 2020-21?
(a) USA
(b) UAE
(c) UK
(d) Saudi Arabia
(e) Singapore

Q7. What is the GST on Electric Vehicles?
(a) 0%
(b) 5%
(c) 12%
(d) 18%
(e) 27%

Q8. Which state has the highest number of electric vehicles?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Delhi

Q9. Who is the Chairman of Oil India Limited?
(a) Shri Harish Madha
(b) Shri Pankaj Kumar Goswami
(c) Dr. Manas Kumar Sharma
(d) Dr. Ranjit Rath
(e) Shri Ashok Das

Q10. Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding RASHTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJANA?
(a) This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded by the Central Government.
(b) The scheme implementation expenditure is being met from the “Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund”.
(c) The Scheme is being implemented by the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), a PSU under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
(d) This scheme provides Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to the BPL category.
(e) This scheme provides Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens irrespective of their economic status.

Solutions

S1. Ans.(A)
Sol.  Thimpu is the capital of Bhutan.

S2. Ans.(B)
Sol. The National Council of Applied Economic Research is India’s oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic policy research think tank. Established in New Delhi in 1956, it acquired considerable national and international standing within only a few decades of its founding.

S3. Ans.(C)
Sol. One District One Product-Districts as Export Hubs (ODOP-DEH).

S4. Ans.(D)
Sol. India ranks first in milk production, contributing 24% of global milk production.

S5. Ans.(E)
Sol. India received the highest ever foreign inward remittances in a single year of $89,127 million in FY 2021-22

S6. Ans.(A)
Sol. United States 23.4, United Arab Emirates 18.0, United Kingdom 6.8, Singapore 5.7, Saudi Arabia 5.1

S7. Ans.(B)
Sol. GST on ev is 5%.

S8. Ans.(C)
Sol. Maharashtra has the highest number of EVs.

S9. Ans.(D)
Sol. Dr. Ranjit Rath is the chairman of OIL.

S10. Ans.(E)
Sol. Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana is a scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to the BPL category. This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded by the Central Government. The expenditure for implementation of the scheme is being met from the “Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund”. The Scheme is being implemented by the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), a PSU under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

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