Which of the following becomes the 5th country to land on the moon?
- A. Sri Lanka
- B. Japan
- C. Pakistan
- D. Russia
Correct Answer: B. Japan
Japan has marke a significant achievement in space exploration by becoming the fifth country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down near the Shioli crater, south of the lunar equator, utilizing precision technology that allowed it to land closer to its target site than any previous mission.
Correct Answer: A. Indonesia
Correct Answer: B. USA
NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detecte the largest ever monster quake on the Red Planet. The quake — estimated to be of magnitude 5 — occurred on May 4, which is also the 1,222nd Martian day (or sol) of the mission, NASA said in a statement.
Correct Answer: B. Anthony Albanese
In the 2022 election, Albanese led his party to a decisive victory against Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition, making history as the first Italian Australian to become prime minister. He was sworn in on 23 May 2022.
Correct Answer: B. Nusantara
On January 18, 2020, Indonesia passed a bill to move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, situated in the east of Borneo island about 2,000 kilometers away. The new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara which translates to “archipelago”. Jakarta has been Indonesia’s capital since the country became independent in 1949. The reason behind Indonesia’s decision is simple. Jakarta is sinking. The northern part of Jakarta that meets the Java sea has been sinking 25 centimeters a year and it is affecting the 10 million people living in the city.
Correct Answer: C. India
The 2023 G20 New Delhi summit is the upcoming eighteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), a summit scheduled to take place in International Exhibition-Convention Centre (IECC), Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in 2023. It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be held in India as well as in South Asia.
Correct Answer: B. Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain becomes the second Arab country to make ‘Peace deal’ with Israel. US President Donald Trump announced on September 11, 2020. A joint US-Israel-Bahrain statement said there would be `full diplomatic relations`.