Bucha, which was seen in the news, is a city, is located in which country?
- A. Russia
- B. Ukraine
- C. Sri Lanka
- D. Pakistan
Correct Answer: B. Ukraine
On 1st April 2022, the video and photographic materials of the massacre came to light after the withdrawal of the Russian forces from the city. The mayor of the city has stated that over 300 of the city’s inhabitants were found dead in the aftermath. The government of Ukraine has approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has asked them to investigate the happenings in Bucha and whether it can be declared a Russian war crime. The bodies that were discovered were either on the streets of the city or were hastily buried. A lot of the bodies discovered were burned and a lot of them had their hands tied behind their backs with bullet holes on the bodies. Ukraine has said that the Russian troops are guilty of committing murders, rapes, and looting.
Correct Answer: B. France
The South Pacific territory of New Caledonia has recently rejected independence from France. It chose to remain French in a recent referendum. In the referendum made two years ago in 2018, the percentage of votes rejecting the breakaway was 56.7 percent, while this year, the percentage was 53.26 percent. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed this result.
Correct Answer: C. Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the 2022 UNESCO Peace Prize ‘in recognition of her efforts to welcome refugees’. Merkel received the Félix Houphout-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize for her ‘courageous’ decision to welcome more than 1.2 million migrants in 2015, particularly those from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.
Correct Answer: C. Sweden
Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sweden since October 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag for Södermanland County since 2014, and previously from 1991 to 2000 for Stockholm County.
Correct Answer: B. France
Correct Answer: B. India
There have been some media report alleging that an estimate 11 lakh children in India missed their first measles vaccine dose in 2022, according to a report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Correct Answer: C. Javier Milei
Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president on 19 November 2023, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty. Milei, who rode a wave of voter anger with the political mainstream, won by a wider-than-expected margin. He landed some 56% of the vote versus just over 44% for his rival, Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who conceded.