General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 9th-10th October |

General Awareness Quiz Series 2022: 9th-10th 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. A concept note on the Central Bank Digital Currency has been released to promote awareness about CBDC. Who has released the note?

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) Ministry of Finance

(d) NPCI

Q2. Who has started the Insure India Campaign?

(a) Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited

(b) Ageas Federal Life Insurance

(d) Life Insurance Company

Q3. In which state Bird Festival 2022 is inaugurated?

(a) Nagaland

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Q4. 5th Assembly of International Solar Alliance and associated side activities, which will take place in New Delhi. Who is the director general of ISA?

(a) R. K. Singh

(b) Ajay Mathur

(d) Amitabh Kant

Q5. Since its creation in 2006, World Migratory Bird Day has been commemorated twice a year. In which months it is celebrated?

(a) April, October

(b) May, November

(d) May, October

Q6. Where Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame Awards 2022 is organized?

(a) India

(b) Australia

(d) West Indies

Q7. Who is the Inspector General of the National Tiger Conservation Authority NTCA in New Delhi?

(a) Suman Berry

(b) Amit Mallick

(d) None of these

Q8. The Royal New Zealand navy and the Indian navy have signed a contract on the exchange of White Shipping Information Exchange. There are three types of shipping. Which of the following is not the type?

(a) White

(b) Grey

(d) Blue

Q9. How many million people in India went into extreme poverty in 2020 as result of pandemic according to World Bank Report?

(a) 26

(b) 36

(d) 56

Q10. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the committee to consider the possibility of granting SC status to “new persons who have historically belonged to the Scheduled Castes’’ but have converted to religions other than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism?

(a) K G Balakrishnan

(b) Dinesh Kumar Sharma

(d) U U Lalit

Solutions

Ans.1.(c)

The Reserve Bank Of India(RBI) has released a concept note on the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The CBDC is a digital form of currency notes issued by a central bank.

Ans.2.(c)

HDFC Life Insurance has launched the ‘Insure India’ campaign which aims to educate Indian on the benefits of life insurance as a product category.

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL), the health insurance subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL), has launched ‘Active Fit’

Ageas Federal Life Insurance (AFLI) announced that after Belgium-based Ageas Insurance International successfully acquired the 25% investment in the life insurance joint venture (JV) from IDBI Bank, it has become the first life insurance firm in India with a 74% stake held by a foreign partner. For a total cash consideration of Rs 580 crore

Life Insurance Company (LIC) introduced a new plan, LIC New Pension Plus 867. The LIC New Pension Plus 867 is a non-participating, unit-linked insurance plan.

Ans.3(c)

Jammu and Kashmir have inaugurated Bird Festival 2022 in Pahalgam in South Kashmir. It is a first-of-its-kind bird festival in the Union Territory

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, has been applied to 12 districts in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for an additional six months,

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

Ans.4.(b)

Ajay Mathur is the director general

5th Assembly of International Solar Alliance: The curtain raiser for the 5th Assembly of International Solar Alliance and associated side activities, which will take place in New Delhi from October 17–20, 2022, was unveiled by Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh

Ans.5.(d)

Since its creation in 2006, World Migratory Bird Day has been commemorated twice a year. It is supposed to be celebrated on the second Saturday of May and the second Saturday of October.

Other days in news:

World Cerebral Palsy Day is observed on October 6. Cerebral Palsy is a lifelong disability with no known cure.

World cotton day : 7 October

Ans.6.(c)

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in the Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame Awards 2022. Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame Awards 2022 is organized to award and celebrate the finest Kiwi-Indian achievers and trailblazers

Ans.7.(b)

The Center has established a Task Force to oversee the introduction of cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park and other suitably specified places. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) would support the Cheetah Task Force’s operations and provide all essential assistance. Principal Secretaries of Madhya Pradesh’s Forests and Tourism, as well as Dr. Amit Mallick, Inspector General of the NTCA in New Delhi, will be among the task force’s nine members.

NITI Ayog : Vice chairperson: Suman Berry

NITI Aayog CEO: Parameswaran Iyer

Ans.8.(d)

The Royal New Zealand navy and the Indian navy have signed a contract on the exchange of White Shipping Information Exchange.

White shipping information refers to the sharing of earlier knowledge on the location and identity of commercial, non-military merchant vessels. White, black, and grey ship categories denote commercial, illicit, and military ship types, respectively

Ans.9.(d)

About 56 million Indians may have plunged into extreme poverty in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, increasing the global tally by 71 million and making it the worst year for poverty reduction since World War II, according to fresh estimates by the World Bank.

Ans.10.(a)

The Union Government has appointed a three-member commission, headed by former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, to consider the possibility of granting SC status to “new persons who have historically belonged to the Scheduled Castes’’ but have converted to religions other than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

The government of India has appointed Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma of the Delhi High Court as the presiding officer of the tribunal for the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Mohit Bhatia- New CEO of Bank of India Mutual Funds: The appointment of Mohit Bhatia as CEO of Bank of India Investment Managers Private Ltd has been made public.

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