Which country ranks top in the Henley Passport Index 2022?
- A. Iraq
- B. Malaysia
- C. Both A and B
- D. Germany
Correct Answer: C. Both A and B
The world’s most travel-friendly passports for 2022 have now been reveal. And, once again, Japan and Singapore have topped the list in the annual Henley & Partner Henley Passport Index of 199 countries. Germany and South Korea follow closely behind at the second place with their respective passports granting visa-free, visa on arrival, visitor’s permit, or ETA travel to 190 destinations.
Correct Answer: B. Israel
Israel becomes the first-ever country to allow drone flights in civilian airspace. The certification was issued to the Hermes Starliner unmanned system by the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority and was manufactured and developed by Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense electronics company.
Correct Answer: D. Russia
The first feature film shot in space premiered in Russian cinema on April 20, 2023, as Moscow delighted in beating a rival Hollywood project amid a confrontation with the West over Ukraine. The Challenge is about a surgeon dispatched to the International Space Station (ISS) to save an injured cosmonaut. Russia sent an actress and a film director for a 12-day stint on the ISS in October 2021 to film scenes aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Correct Answer: A. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was named the captain of the ICC’s Team of the Tournament after the conclusion of the World Cup. 6 Indian players, including Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami, were part of the team. Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa were the two player from the World Cup-winning Australian team. No Pakistani player is in the team.
Correct Answer: C. June 7, 2022
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday (today) as part of a two-day visit at the invitation of her Pakistan counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The visit from June 7-8 will be Baerbock’s first visit to Pakistan. Baerbock, who arrived earlier Tuesday on a two-day maiden visit to Pakistan, tested positive for coronavirus shortly after meeting with her counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad.
Correct Answer: B. October 27, 2022
Israel and Lebanon have officially approve a historic United States-brokered agreement laying out their maritime boundary for the first time, which opens up the possibility for both countries to conduct offshore energy exploration. Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun signed a letter at the presidential palace on October 27, 2022 morning that will be submitted to US officials at Lebanon’s southernmost border point of Naqoura later in the day.
Correct Answer: B. Bulava
Russia`s new strategic nuclear submarine, the Imperator Alexander III, has successfully tested a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, the Russian defence ministry said on 5 November 2023. The missile, which the Federation of American Scientists says is designed to carry up to six nuclear warheads, was launched from an underwater position in the White Sea off Russia`s northern coast and hit a target thousands of kilometres away on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East, the defence ministry said.