First round of presidential elections were held in Colombia on:
- A. 20 May 2022
- B. 28 May 2022
- C. 29 May 2022
- D. 19 May 2022
Correct Answer: C. 29 May 2022
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022, with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque, who was elected president in 2018, was ineligible to run due to term limits. Gustavo Petro, a senator and former Mayor of Bogota, defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, former Mayor of Bucaramanga, in the runoff election. Petro’s victory made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia.
Correct Answer: A. Tunisia
The lawmakers of Tunisia have approved Hichem Mechichi as the country’s new Prime Minister. Mechichi and his proposed government won a confidence vote, after a long debate. This is the third Government of Tunisia since October and the ninth since the revolution held in 2011.
Correct Answer: B. India, Israel, USA, UAE
I2U2 is the new grouping formed by four nations- India, Israel, UAE, and the US. The first-ever I2U2 summit in a virtual mode will be held in July 2022. I2U2 as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to re-energise and revitalise American alliances across the world, according to the White House. The virtual summit of the four countries would take place during Biden’s trip to the Middle East region from July 13 to 16, a senior administration official told reporters during a conference call.
Correct Answer: C. Denys Monastyrsky
Ukraine`s interior minister and other officials were among more than a dozen people killed by a helicopter crash on January 18, 2023 near a kindergarten outside Kyiv, in a blow to the war battered nation`s government. There was no immediate claim from Kyiv that Russian forces were involved in the tragedy, and authorities launched an investigation while crews were still working near the charred remains of the aircraft. Officials initially said that 18 people died but have revised the toll down to 14 including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, other ministry officials and a child as search operations ended.
Correct Answer: C. November 2024
NASA unveiled the crew on 3 April 2023 for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years — including the first woman and Black man to participate in a lunar flight. The flight, name Artemis II, is scheduled to take place in November 2024
Correct Answer: D. 19 August 2023
The Luna-25 probe, Russia`s first moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the moon after an incident during prelanding manoeuvres, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on 20 August 2023. Communication with Luna-25 was lost at 2:57pm (1157 GMT) on 19 August 2023, Roscosmos said. According to preliminary findings, the lander `has ceased to exist following a collision with the moon`s surface`
Correct Answer: A. India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a date for war with Pakistan and China, according to a senior official of the Bharatiya Janata Party quoted by the Press Trust of India on October 25, 2020. The news agency said the BJP`s Uttar Pradesh chief, Swatantra Dev Singh, told a meeting of party functionaries that Mr. Modi had decided when the country would be at war with Pakistan and China.