Second round of presidential elections were held in Colombia on:
- A. 15 June 2022
- B. 10 June 2022
- C. 18 June 2022
- D. 19 June 2022
Correct Answer: D. 19 June 2022
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022, with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque, who was elected president in 2018, was ineligible to run due to term limits. Gustavo Petro, a senator and former Mayor of Bogota, defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, former Mayor of Bucaramanga, in the runoff election. Petro’s victory made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia.
Correct Answer: A. Three
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is set to replace the 25-year-old NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). The renegotiated deal comes into effect from July 1. The deal was originally signed in 2018 and since then the countries have been working to implement the new deal.
Correct Answer: C. Chile
The plenary body of Chile’s Constitutional Convention formally approved the Rights of Nature within its proposed constitutional text. The Chilean people will now vote on the final version. After the vote, Chile could become the second such country in the world besides Ecuador.
Correct Answer: A. 20 May 2023
On 20 May, the Sudanese Arm Force (SAF )and Rapid Support Force (RSF) agree to a week-long ceasefire starting at 21:45 local time (19:45 GMT) on 22 May, following talks in Jeddah. Saudi and US-broker deal for a week-long ceasefire.
Correct Answer: B. Six
Six Pakistani peacekeeper were martyred in the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 28, 2022, when rebels shot down a United Nations helicopter. One Russian and one Serbian peacekeeper also died in the crash. The helicopter was among two carrying out reconnaissance for the UN mission in DR Congo, according to a statement by the country`s army on Tuesday. Those on the helicopter were assessing the movements of communities that had been attacked by a rebel group in order to coordinate humanitarian assistance. The M23 rebel group attacked several villages in DR Congo`s east, according to the statement.
Correct Answer: B. August 3, 2022
The first shipment of grain from Ukraine since the Kremlin`s invasion five months ago sailed through Istanbul on August 3, 2022, under a landmark deal designed to help alleviate a global food crisis sparked by the wa
Correct Answer: D. North-Macedonia