As per UNICEF, which country has achieved over 75 percent decline in under-5 child mortality rate?
- A. India
- B. Bangladesh
- C. Indonesia
- D. Thailand
Correct Answer: B. Bangladesh
Bangladesh has registered a sharp decline of over 75 percent in the under-5 child mortality rate since 1990, as per the recent report released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on behalf of the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In 1990, the under-5 child mortality rate was 146 per thousand live births which declined to 86 in 2000 and 27 in 2021.
Correct Answer: B. 4 August 2020
The huge blast in Beirut on Tuesday 4 August 2020, left 300,000 people homeless and caused damage across half of the city estimated to cost more than $3 billion, its governor said on August 5, 2020
Correct Answer: A. 7 March 2023
In the capital city of Bangladesh, a massive “earthquake-like” explosion at a seven-story building on 7 March 2023, left at least 17 people dead, including two women, and over 100 others injured, according to police and locals. A Citizen of that area stated that the explosion’s cause was unknown and warned that the death toll would increase as long as rescue efforts persisted.
Correct Answer: A. July 1, 2022
On July 1, 2022, the White House announced that Khizr Khan would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Khizr Moazzam Khan, a Gold Star father who rose to fame in 2016 for challenging Trump`s knowledge of the US Constitution, will receive America`s highest civil award the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden on July 7. The term Gold Star parents is used for individuals whose children die fighting for America. Mr Khan and Ghazala Khan are the parents of US Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed during the Iraq war in 2004.
Correct Answer: A. India
The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2017–21 was 4.6 percent lower than in 2012–16 but was 3.9 percent higher than in 2007–11. The five largest arms exporters in 2017–21 were the United States, Russia, France, China, and Germany. The five largest arms importers were India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Australia, and China.
Correct Answer: B. North Korea
North Korea likely has more in store after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile this week, a top White House official said on March 25, 2022. The missile reportedly flew for 1,090km (681 miles) to a maximum altitude of 6,248.5km (3,905 miles) and hit a target in the sea. The Hwasong-17 is the largest liquid-fuelled missile ever launched by any country from a road-mobile launcher, analysts said.
Correct Answer: A. GLASS-z13
Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analysed the data said on 20 July 2022. Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, about 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified, Rohan Naidu of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics said.