In December 2023, which organization condemned the acts of sexual violence committed against women during Hamas’s attack on Israel?
- A. European Union
- B. UNICEF
- C. UNO
- D. UNESCO
Correct Answer: B. UNICEF
The head of the United Nations children’s agency condemned in December acts of sexual violence committed against women during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel — a condemnation that Israel deemed insufficient. Anger over the accusations of rape and other sexual violence has grown in recent days, and US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on governments and international organisations to “forcefully condemn the sexual violence of Hamas terrorists without equivocation”.
Correct Answer: D. Netherlands
The world’s largest canal lock has been inaugurated at Ijmuiden, a small port city, in the Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The sea lock was inaugurated by Dutch King Willen-Alexander. The Ijmuiden sea lock is 500-meter (1,640-feet) long and 70-meter wide. Construction on the massive infrastructure project began in 2016 and was meant to be done by 2019. It also went over the initially planned budget by around €300 million ($338 million). The Ijmuiden lock was designed to allow large, modern cargo ships to reach the port of Amsterdam. The structure is also deep enough that ships will no longer have to wait for a favorable water level to enter the canal. With almost nine meters above the sea leave, the structure is also a defense against the threat of flooding.
Correct Answer: B. Nusantara
On January 18, 2020, Indonesia passed a bill to move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, situated in the east of Borneo island about 2,000 kilometers away. The new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara which translates to “archipelago”. Jakarta has been Indonesia’s capital since the country became independent in 1949. The reason behind Indonesia’s decision is simple. Jakarta is sinking. The northern part of Jakarta that meets the Java sea has been sinking 25 centimeters a year and it is affecting the 10 million people living in the city.
Correct Answer: B. USA
Correct Answer: D. Pangolins
Researchers have long suspected that the virus, which has now killed more than 630 people and infected some 31,000, was passed from an animal to a human at a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. Researchers at the South China Agricultural University have identified the scaly mammal as a “potential intermediate host”, the university said in a statement, without providing further details. The new virus is believed to have originated in bats, but researchers have suggested there could have been an “intermediate host” in the transmission to humans. After testing more than 1,000 samples from wild animals, scientists from the university found the genome sequences of viruses found on pangolins to be 99 percent identical to those on coronavirus patients, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The pangolin is considered the most trafficked animal on the planet and more than one million have been snatched from Asian and African forests in the past decade, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Correct Answer: A. Global Response International Pledging Conference
On May 5, 2020, around 40 countries took part in an online summit called Global Response International Pledging Conference. The Conference was initiated by the European Union. The main aim of the conference was to raise funds for research of COVID-19, especially vaccine development.
Correct Answer: A. Australia
Australia won total of 178 Medals in CWG 2022. Out of 178 medals, Australia won 67 Gold, 57 Silver, and 54 Bronze Medals.