General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 8th October

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 8th October: 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. Which of the following actors passed away?

(a) Pankaj Tripathi

(b) Arun Bali

(c) Louise Fletcher

(d)  Krishnam Raju Garu

Q2. Which of the following is not given the Nobel Peace Prize 2022?

(a) Ales Bialiatski

(b) Memorial, Russian Human rights Organisation

(c) Center for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian human rights organisation

(d) Bill and Melinda Gates organisation

Q3. Who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance?

(a) Sibi George

(b)  Kishore Kumar Poludasu

(c) Dinesh Kumar Khara

(d) None of these

Q4. Who has been awarded as the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022?

(a) Dr. Vivek Murthy

(b) Yunqing Tang

(c) Ibrahim Traore

(d) All of these

Q5. Which state has created the first three all- female Provincial Armed Constabulary?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Kerela

(c) Telangana

(d) None of these

Q6. Brigadier (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd. ) has assumed the additional role of governor of Meghalaya, he is governor of which state?

(a) Assam

(b) Mizoram

(c) Nagaland

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q7. What is the last date by which RBI has urged Credit Information Companies to designate an Internal ombudsman?

(a)  March 1, 2023

(b)  April 1, 2023

(c)  December 1, 2024

(d) April 1, 2024

Q8. At which institute, Greenovator Incubation Foundation” will soon open ?

(a)NIT Patna

(b)IIT Kanpur

(c)IIT Delhi

(d)NIT Srinagar

Q9. Who has launched the SupTech initiative DAKSH?

(a) Ministry of Finance

(b) RBI

(c) NITI Aayog

(d) All of these

Q10. Who has won the Irani Cup?

(a) Rest of India

(b) West Zone

(c) Saurashtra

(d) Maharastra

Solutions

Ans.1.(a)

Arun Bali Death: Arun Bali, a seasoned actor best remembered for playing Kunwar Singh in Swabhimaan, passed away on 7 October 2022 at the age of 79.

An Oscar-winning actress, Louise Fletcher from the USA has passed away at the age of 88 in France

Legendary Telugu Actor and former Union Minister, Krishnam Raju Garu passed away aged 83

Ans.2.(d)

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights defender from Belarus who is now incarcerated, Memorial, a Russian human rights organisation, and Center for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian human rights organisation, have all been jointly given this year’s Nobel Peace Prize 2022.

Ans.3(b)

New MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance: Shri Kishore Kumar Poludasu has been named the new managing director and chief executive officer of SBI General Insurance Company Limited, according to the company’s announcement. Kishore Kumar Poludasu was appointed with effect from October 4th, 2022

Senior Diplomat Sibi George was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Japan. Sibi George is a 1993-batch Indian Foreign Service Officer.

Ans.4.(b)

The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. The Award is instituted by the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) in 2005.

Indian-origin Dr. Vivek Murthy has been nominated by US President Joe Biden to serve as the country’s representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation.

President of Burkina Faso: Following Burkina Faso ‘s second coup in less than nine months, Captain Ibrahim Traore was named president, according to an official announcement.

Ans.5.(a)

According to Chief Minister Office officials, the Uttar Pradesh government announced the creation of the first three all-female Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) battalions in the state.

All  women Branch : HDFC : Kerela

The Telangana government has introduced ‘Aasara’ pensions as a part of the state’s welfare measures and social safety net strategy.

Ans.6.(d)

At the Raj Bhavan in Shillong, Brigadier (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd. ), the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, assumed the role of governor of Meghalaya

Ans.7.(b)

To enhance the effectiveness of its grievance redressal systems, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has urged Credit Information Companies to designate an internal ombudsman (IO) by April 1, 2023

Ans.8.(d)

At the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, a technology company incubator centred on green technology (Green Technology incubation facility) called the “Greenovator Incubation Foundation” will soon open

Ans.9.(b)

The Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das launched a new ‘SupTech’ initiative DAKSH – the bank’s Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System, which is expected to make the supervisory processes more robust.

Ans.10.(a)

The Rest of India’s side won the Irani Cup title after beating the Ranji Trophy Champion of 2019-2020 Saurashtra by eight wickets in Rajkot. Rest of India (ROI) chased down the 105-run target, with Abhimanyu Easwaran remaining undefeated on 63 runs while adding 81 runs and Kona Bharat not out at 27.

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