Business magnate Elon Musk lost his title on as “the world’s richest person” to ______ on December 13, 2022.
- A. Bernard Arnault
- B. Jeff bazoz
- C. Bill gates
- D. Mark Zuckerberg
Correct Answer: A. Bernard Arnault
Forbes says that Twitter owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his title as the world’s richest person for a short time on 13 December 2022. This was because the value of his stake in the electric car company dropped sharply and he put $44 billion on Twitter. Elon Musk, once worth as much as $340 billion, has been displaced as the world’s richest person by Bernard Arnault.
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: 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: B. 15 November 2023
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping held a US-China Summit on November 15. The US President and his Chinese counterpart discussed various global and bilateral issues. At the summit, President Biden emphasised the Middle East. He called for peace and stability. The complex roles of the US and China in this region were underscored.
Correct Answer: D. OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmented (OECD) has created a new global tax transparency framework for the automatic exchange of information related to crypto assets between countries. The framework named Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) will be used by the countries to track the cross-border transfer of crypto assets. CARF will be presented to G20 Finance Ministers this week in Washington DC.
Correct Answer: A. March 21, 2022
Author and academic Sara Suleri Goodyear died on March 21, 2022. She was 69. Although there was no official word from her family, many in the literary community shared the news and paid rich tribute to her. Born in 1953 in Karachi to renowned journalist Z.A. Sulehri and Welsh English professor Mair Jones, she was best known for her memoir, Meatless Days, which describes her years in Lahore
Correct Answer: C. Denmark
Denmark will join the European Union’s defence policy after it held a referendum on June 1, 2022, final results showed, signalling the latest shift among Nordic countries to deepen defence ties in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Denmark is the only EU member that is not part of the bloc’s defence and security policy. The referendum marks the first time a government has succeeded in abolishing one of several exemptions secured in a 1993 referendum on the Maastricht Treaty.