In June 2023, Which country unveiled a homemade intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile?
- A. Pakistan
- B. Iran
- C. Russia
- D. Saudi Arabia
Correct Answer: B. Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran on 6 June, 2023 unveiled a homemade intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile that can fly at a speed of 13, 15 times the speed of sound, raising concerns among Western nations and archenemy Israel about its significant increase in deterrence potential.
Correct Answer: C. Ammonium nitrate
The explosion, according to the Lebanon government, an estimated 2,750 tonnes of the agricultural fertilizer ammonium nitrate stored for six years in a warehouse in the port. A fire ravaged a port warehouse around 6 pm local time.
Correct Answer: C. July 24, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 24, 2020, led the first prayers attended by thousands in Hagia Sophia since the iconic Istanbul cathedral was converted back into a mosque.
Correct Answer: B. India
India has recently launched the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) campaign on ‘Prevention of Human and Animal Mortality on Highways.
Correct Answer: B. Ukraine
Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant Friday after their shelling set part of the complex on fire, sparking fears across the continent of a nuclear disaster. Ukraine’s official nuclear inspectorate said technicians in the Zaporizhzhia facility, about 342 miles southeast of Kyiv, were still at work, and local authorities confirmed that the fire was extinguished around 6:20 a.m. local time after blazing for almost five hours.
Correct Answer: C. USA
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.