General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 14th February

General Awareness Quiz Series 2023: 14th 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. As per Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, the Government has increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to ____ weeks.
(a) 26
(b) 28
(c) 29
(d) 30
(e) 31

Q2. ‘Nirman Se Shakti’ is an initiative by which organization?
(a) PNB
(b) ESIC
(c) SBI
(d) RBI
(e) NABARD

Q3. When was Central Pollution Control Board founded?
(a) 21 September 1975
(b) 20 September 1976
(c) 22 September 1974
(d) 23 September 1977
(e) 24 September 1978

Q4. Who is the chairman of the Central Water Commission?
(a) Sh. Naveen Kumar
(b) P.Manroi Scott
(c) Naveen Kumar
(d) Kushvinder Vohra
(e) Sachin Sehdev

Q5. What’s the capital of Oman?
(a) Bamian
(b) Tehran
(c) Baghdad
(d) Riyadh
(e) Muscat

Q6. Who’s the defense secretary of India?
(a) Shri Giridhar Aramane
(b) Shri S.B. Naithani
(c) Smt. Radha Sridharan
(d) Shri Mahesh Kumar Sharma
(e) Shri Muthuthevar Kannan

Q7. Who is not a member of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Canada
(c) USA
(d) Vietnam
(e) Australia

Q8. What does “A” stand for in UDAN?
(a) Aspirational
(b) Afforestation
(c) Aam
(d) Assimilation
(e) Agricultural

Q9. When is World Radio Day Celebrated?
(a) 11 Feb
(b) 12 Feb
(c) 14 Feb
(d) 13 Feb
(e) 20 Feb

Q10. Who’s the new President of Cyprus?
(a) Nikos Sampson
(b) Glafcos Clerides
(c) Spyros Kyprianou
(d) Nicos Anastasiades
(e) Nikos Christodoulides

Solutions

S1. Ans.(A)
Sol. As per Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, the Government has increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks, of which no more than eight weeks shall precede the expected delivery date.

S2. Ans.(B)
Sol. ‘Nirman Se Shakti’ initiative presented by the ESIC to modernize ESIS hospital infrastructure.

S3. Ans.(C)
Sol. Central Pollution Control Board was founded on 22 September 1974. The Central Pollution Control Board of India is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. It was established in 1974 under the Water Act, 1974. The CPCB is also entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air Act, of 1981.

S4. Ans.(D)
Sol. Kushvinder Vohra is the chairman of the Central Water Commission.

S5. Ans.(E)
Sol. Muscat is the capital of Oman.

S6. Ans.(A)
Sol. Shri Giridhar Aramane is the defense secretary of India.

S7. Ans.(B)
Sol. IPEF has fourteen member states and represents 40% of the world’s GDP.
Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India (partly opted out of the trade pillar), Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.

S8. Ans.(C)
Sol. UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik)

S9. Ans.(D)
Sol. World Radio Day is an international day celebrated on 13 February each year. The Day was decided by UNESCO on 3 November 2011 during its 36th conference.

S10. Ans.(E)
Sol. Nikos Christodoulides is the president-elect of Cyprus.

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