G7 2022 Summit will be held in which country?
- A. UAE
- B. USA
- C. Egypt
- D. Germany
Correct Answer: D. Germany
Germany is due to take overed the G7 (“Group of Seven”) Presidency on 1 January 2022 and will therefore host the annual meeting of the heads of state and government of the G7 countries.
Correct Answer: C. Sweden
Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sweden since October 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag for Södermanland County since 2014, and previously from 1991 to 2000 for Stockholm County.
Correct Answer: A. Iran
Various Human Rights groups in Iran as well as abroad state that the Iranian Nation has executed a substantial number of people for petty crimes and has emerged as the second largest executioner state. On July 3, 2023, an organisation named Rights Group said that the West Asian nation of Iran had executed 354 people in the first six months of 2023, adding that the pace of executions was much higher as compared to a figure in 2022.
Correct Answer: B. Portugal
According to a recent study, Portugal currently registers 182 elderly people aged 65 years and above, for every 100 young people who are aged up to 14 years. With this, Portugal became the fastest aging country in the European Union (EU). In 1990, Portugal registered 66 elderly for every 100 young people while in the past three decades, the elderly population tripled in the country.
Correct Answer: C. Israel
The Chinese ambassador (Du Wei) to Israel was found dead on Sunday 17 May 2020 in his home north of Tel Aviv (City), according to the Israeli foreign ministry and police.
Correct Answer: B. UNCTAD
UNCTAD stands for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD recently released a report ‘COVID-19 and Tourism’. As per the report, the world’s tourism sector could lose at least USD 1.2 trillion or 1.5% of the global gross domestic product (GDP).
Correct Answer: C. Haitham Al-Ghais
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has vote to appoint Kuwaiti candidate Haitham Al-Ghais as its new secretary-general. He will take up the role from Aug. 1, 2022, for a period of three years. Al-Ghais has previously worked for the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and served as Kuwait’s OPEC Governor from 2017 to June 2021. He will replace Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, a Nigerian representative, when his second term as OPEC secretary-general ends July 2022.