General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 28th September: 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. To which religion , Sittanavasal is related to, It was in news because of its vandalization and degradation?
(a) Hinduism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Jainism
(d) Zoroastrianism
Q2. Which of the following is not included in the Panch Teerth Tourism Circuit?
(a) Mhow
(b) London
(c) Kolkata
(d) Nagpur
Q3. With which Sports the term Mankading is related to?
(a) Football
(b) Hockey
(c) Racing
(d) Cricket
Q4. Which Ministry has developed the JALDOOT app?
- Ministry of Rural Development
- Ministry of Panchayati raj
- Ministry of Jalshhakti
(a) 1,2
(b) 2,3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1,2,3
Q5. During the ongoing Poshan Maah 2022, for anemia prevention and treatment in children, adolescent girls pregnant and lactating mothers, various activities are being conducted. What is Anemia?
(a) Insufficient number of Red Blood cells present in the blood.
(b) Insufficient number of White Blood cells present in the blood.
(c) Insufficient number of Platelet cells present in the blood.
(d) All of these
Q6. Pratima Bhoumik released the Sign Learn App. Pratima Bhoumik is Minsiter of State of which Ministry?
(a) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(b) Ministry of Education
(c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(d) Ministry of Art and Culture
Q7. Who has been accorded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020?
(a) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) Asha Parekh
(c) Ranveer Singh
(d) Kriti Sanon
Q8. Where 13th FICCI Global Skills Summit 2022 on the theme of “Education to Employability – Making It Happen is organized?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Indore
(d) New Delhi
Q9. Sympho-NE event by the central government is to promote ?
(a) North- East Education sector
(b) North- East Tourism sector
(c) North- East Health sector
(d) North- East art and culture sector
Q10. Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile is developed by
(a) DRDO
(b) Israel Defence Company
(c) Dassault, French Company
(d) All of these
Solutions:
Ans.1.(c)
Sittanavasal is a small hamlet in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for the Sittanavasal Cave, a 2nd-century Jain cave complex.
Ans.2.(c)
A tourism circuit connecting ‘Panch Teerth’ (five key sites associated with B R Ambedkar) will be drawn up by the government in order to improve connectivity, enhance tourism and brand the locations.
Panchteerth” include Amedbkar’s birthplace in Mhow, MP, the place in London where he stayed while studying in UK, ‘Deeksha Bhoomi’ in Nagpur, where he took education and ‘Mahaparinirvan Sthal’ in Delhi, and ‘Chaitya Bhoomi’ in Mumbai.
Ans.3(d)
Recent News:
Indian Spinner Deepti Sharma Mankaded England player Charlie dean
The term comes from the name of the legendary former Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad. In 1947, when India was playing a series in Australia, Mankad dismissed opposition batsman Bill Brown twice by taking off the bails at the non-striker’s end before releasing the ball.
Ans.4.(a)
JALDOOT app has been jointly developed by Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. This app will be used across the country to capture the water level of selected 2-3 wells in a village. Manual monitoring of water levels in open wells will be measured twice in a year, from 1st May to 31st May as pre-monsoon water level and from 1st October to 31st October for post-monsoon level for the same well. Jaldoots, that is, officers assigned to measure the water levels, should also upload the geo-tagged photographs through the app on every occasion of measurement.
Ans.5.(a)
During the ongoing Poshan Maah 2022, for anemia prevention and treatment in children, adolescent girls pregnant and lactating mothers, various activities such as T3 camps (test, treat, talk), IFA distribution, seminars, Ayush for anemia, webinars, quiz and recipe competition, traditional food practices, awareness rallies are being conducted throughout the country.
Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells (RBCs), and consequently their oxygen-carrying capacity, is insufficient to meet the body’s physiological requirements.
Ans.6.(a)
“Sign Learn” smartphone app: The Center released the “Sign Learn” smartphone app, a 10,000-word lexicon for Indian Sign Language (ISL). Pratima Bhoumik, minister of state or Social Justice and Empowerment introduced the app.
Ans.7.(b)
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today announced that the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 will be accorded to legendary actress Ms Asha Parekh.
Ms Asha Parekh made her debut as lead heroine in Dil Deke Dekho and has gone on to act in over 95 movies. She has acted in celebrated films like Kati Patang, Teesri Manzil, Love in Tokyo, Aya Saawan Jhoom Ke, Aan Milo Sajna, Mera Gaon Mera Desh.
Ans.8.(d)
Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated and addressed the 13th FICCI Global Skills Summit 2022 on the theme of “Education to Employability – Making It Happen in New Delhi
he Union Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Apurva Chandra has exhorted the media and entertainment industry to set a target of growing the industry to more than 100 billion dollars by the year 2030. “The Secretary was addressing the inaugural session of FICCI Frames Fast Track 2022 in Mumbai today, September 27, 2022.
Ans.9.(b)
Sympho-NE aims to create a roadmap to showcase the unexplored beauty of north-east India and appreciate the tourism sector in the north-eastern region.
Ans.10.(a)
DRDO conducted two successful test flight of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile on 27 Sep 2022 from a ground based portable launcher at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) designed and developed indigenously by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry Partners
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