When China marked the first day of `chun yun` in 2023?
- A. January 3, 2023
- B. January 5, 2023
- C. January 7, 2023
- D. January 9, 2023
Correct Answer: C. January 7, 2023
China on January 7, 2023 marked the first day of `chun yun`, the 40-day period of Lunar New Year travel known pre-pandemic as the world`s largest annual migration of people, bracing for a huge increase in travellers and the spread of Covid19 infections. This Lunar New Year public holiday, which officially runs from Jan 21, will be the first since 2020 without domestic travel restrictions.
Correct Answer: D. Lizalle Lee
632 runs in 11 matches at an average of 90.28 with one century and five half-centuries. Lizelle Lee was in a league of her own in ODIs this year, finishing as the highest run-scorer in 2021 in the format.
Correct Answer: D. Qatar
The 800MWp Al Kharsaah Solar Power Plant is Qatar’s first utility-scale solar park. After being commercialized, this giant plant will generate 1.8 billion kWh of clean electricity and reduce CO2 emissions by 900 thousand tons per year.
Correct Answer: A. 13 MoUs
Pakistan and Turkey agreed to transform their ties into a strategic economic partnership. The two sides, which signed 13 memorandums of understandings (MoUs) including a joint declaration after the sixth meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC), importantly approved a Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) and an accompanying elaborate plan of action to implement the new vision for the ties. The MoUs signed by the two governments relates to fields of standardization, conformity assessment, metrology and training, diaspora policy, media, development, and facilitation of tourism, halal accreditation, trade facilitation, and customs cooperation matters, railways, postal service, military training and hydrocarbon.
Correct Answer: C. West Indies
West Indies will host “World Cup U-19” in 2022. The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First edition: 1988, Australia Latest edition: 2020, South Africa Next Edition: 2022, West Indies
Correct Answer: C. June 6, 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a confidence vote that could have seen him removed from power. Despite profound discontent within his ruling Conservative Party, Johnson won a vote of confidence on Monday by 211 to 148 votes.
Correct Answer: C. France
A ban on the use of plastic to package a range of fruit and vegetables came into force in France on January 1, 2022, to the dismay of the sector`s packaging industry.