What is the theme of the ‘World Environment Day 2022’?
- A. Pollution: A Threat to our Environment
- B. Only One Earth: Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature
- C. Climate change: A Threat to the Environment
- D. None of These
Correct Answer: B. Only One Earth: Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature
World Environment Day 2022 is the biggest international day for the environment. Environment Programme (UNEP), and held annually since 1973. World Environment Day 2022 is hosted in 5 June 2022 by Sweden. “Only One Earth” is the campaign slogan, with the focus on “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature”.
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.
Correct Answer: C. October 23, 2020
Sudan on October 23, 2020, agreed to be the latest Arab nation to recognize Israel in a diplomatic coup announced by President Donald Trump days before US elections. The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed an accord at the White House last month to normalize relations with Israel but Sudan carries added symbolism as an Arab nation that has been at war with Israel.
Correct Answer: C. 19th
Correct Answer: C. First Atomic Bomb attack
On August 6, seventy-five years ago, the world’s first nuclear weapon used in wartime was dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The world joined hands with Japan to observe the 75th anniversary of the first Atomic Bomb attack. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was broadcast online. The bomb attack killed around 1,40,000 people and caused severe injuries. The second bomb was dropped by the US three days later.
Correct Answer: B. Noor-3
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards successfully launched a third military satellite into orbit called as Noor-3. The Noor 3 imaging satellite orbits at an altitude of 450 kilometres (280 miles) above the earth’s surface and was launche by the three-stage Qased, or messenger carrier, state media said, which launch its predecessor Noor 2 in 2022.
Correct Answer: B. Roscomos
Roskosmos, in full Russian Federal Space Agency, Russian Federalnoye Kosmicheskoye Agentsvo, Russian government organization founded in 1992 that is responsible for managing the Russian space program.