According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 2021 report, which country is the largest arms importer in the world?
- A. India
- B. Saudi Arabia
- C. Israel
- D. None of these
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Recently Thailand announces Visa-free entry for which country’s tourists from 10th November 2023?
- A. Taiwan
- B. India
- C. Both A & B
- D. Australia
Correct Answer: C. Both A & B
The Thailand government has approved a temporary visa-free entry scheme for tourists from India and Taiwan, from 10 November 2023 to May 10, 2024. The move is aimed at reviving the country’s tourism sector which has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic
UN 2023 Water Conferences is to be held on:
- A. 20 – 25 March 2023
- B. 21 – 21 March 2023
- C. 22 – 24 March 2023
- D. 20-24 March 2023
Correct Answer: D. 20 – 24 March 2023
Billions of people worldwide still live without safely managing to drink water and sanitation, even though access to both service has long been defined as a human right. Water and poverty are closely linked. Without water, there is no development, and without development, it is impossible to eradicate poverty. The UN 2023 Water Conference is expect to adopt the Water Action Agenda as a main outcome representing voluntary commitments of countries and stakeholders to meet global water-related goals and targets. The Conference will open on 22 March, World Water Day 2023.
Year 2020 marks which anniversary of United Nations?
- A. 68th Anniversary
- B. 70th Anniversary
- C. 73rd Anniversary
- D. 75th Anniversary
Correct Answer: D. 75th Anniversary
To mark the 75th anniversary of the UN in 2020, a meeting of the UN General Assembly was organized virtually on 21st September 2020. It released a declaration titled “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism”. The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the UN which was established on October 24, 1945.
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.
Abdalla Hamdok, who announced his resignation recently, was the Prime Minister of which country?
- A. Israel
- B. Sudan
- C. Syria
- D. Ghana
Correct Answer: B. Sudan
On 2 January 2022, Hamdok announce his resignation as Prime Minister in a televised speech, saying that the country was at a dangerous turning point and a roundtable discussion was needed to come to a new agreement for Sudan’s political transition to democracy. As part of an agreement with the military after the October Coup, former UN official Hamdok was appointed as the Prime Minister. Now the military coup has again hindered the country’s transition to democratic rule.
On 21 December 2022, Europe`s new ______ rocket failed after launch and the mission was lost.
- A. LAGEOS-1
- B. ALMASat-1
- C. LARES 2
- D. Vega-C flight VV22
Correct Answer: D. Vega-C flight VV22
Vega-C flight VV22 was the 22nd launch of the Vega rocket. The rocket failed after launch and the mission was lost. The flight was launched from the ELV launch pad in Kourou, Centre Spatial Guyanais. If it had been successful, it would have been the first commercial launch of the Vega-C since its inaugural flight on July 13.