World Tourism Day 2023 celebrated on?
- A. 27 September
- B. 29 September
- C. 18 September
- D. 30 September
Correct Answer: A. 27 September
World Tourism Day (WTD) is celebrated annually on 27 September. Its motivation is to encourage awareness among the global community of the significance of the travel industry and its social, cultural, political and monetary value. The World Tourism Day 2023 theme is “Tourism and Green Investments”
Correct Answer: A. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier
Nobel Prize in physics: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier. The trio won the prize in physics on Tuesday for conducting experiments that produced pulses of light so short that they were measured in attoseconds, or one-billionth of one-billionth of a second.
Correct Answer: B. Indonesia
A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia killed at least 125 people and injured more than 320 night after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, in one of the world`s worst stadiums disasters. Officers fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse agitated supporters of the losing home side who had invaded the pitch after the final whistle in Malang, East Java.
Correct Answer: B. Remittances are a lifeline
‘International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR)’ is celebrated on June 16, every year across the world. This year, the International Day is observed with the theme of “Remittances are a lifeline”.
Correct Answer: B. 119
A Japanese woman certified the world`s oldest person has died at the age of 119 years and 107 days on April 19, 2022. She is the oldest verified Japanese person and the second-oldest verified person ever, after Jeanne Calment. Kane Tanaka was born on Jan 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Correct Answer: A. May 17, 2020
On Sunday, May 17, 2020, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing deal, ending a bitter months-long feud that plunged the country into a political crisis. The breakthrough comes as Afghanistan battles a series of crises, including a rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus and surging militant violence that saw dozens killed in brutal attacks last week. Pakistan welcomed the agreement.
Correct Answer: B. Nupur Sharma & Naveen Kumar Jindal
At the center of this controversy is Nupur Sharma, who was a spokesperson of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She made the remark in a televised debate last month, and videos of her statement had gone viral. Naveen Jindal, who was media head of the party’s Delhi unit, had also posted a provocative tweet on the issue. On 27 May 2022, Sharma participated in a debate on the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute on the Times Now television channel, during which she made controversial remarks regarding Muhammad and the age of one of his wives, Aisha, noting that Aisha was 6-years-old when married, and 9 when the marriage was consummated.