In which country is the Al Udeid Air Base located, where the United States has recently extended its military presence for another 10 years?
- A. Saudi Arabia
- B. Qatar
- C. United Arab Emirates
- D. Bahrain
Correct Answer: B. Qatar
The Al Udeid Air Base, where the United States has extended its military presence for an additional 10 years, is located in Qatar. This base is significant as it hosts the largest US military facility in West Asia. The extension of the US military presence at Al Udeid Air Base underscores the strategic importance of Qatar in the region and the ongoing partnership between Qatar and the United States in military and defense matters. The base plays a crucial role in various US military operations in the region, making this extension a key development in international military and geopolitical dynamics.
Correct Answer: C. SpaceX
California-based American aerospace manufacturing and space transportation services firm SpaceX has become the first private company to send astronauts into space. The firm is owned by the tech-billionaire Elon Musk. SpaceX carried two astronauts of NASA Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station (ISS).
Correct Answer: A. 22 to 24 May 2023
The third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting will be held from 22nd to 24th May 2023 in Srinagar, disputed Kashmir region.
Correct Answer: C. Jamal Khashoggi Way
The street in front of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington was renamed on 15 June 2022 as Jamal Khashoggi Way as activists vowed never to forget the slain journalist despite President Joe Biden’s planned visit to the kingdom. The capital’s local government changed signs on one block in front of the imposing embassy to read “Jamal Khashoggi Way” in honor of the Saudi dissident who was strangled to death and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The street will serve as “a constant reminder, a memorial to Jamal Khashoggi’s memory that cannot be covered up,” said Phil Mendelson, president of the District of Columbia Council that voted unanimously to rename the stretch of New Hampshire Avenue which also lies along with the storied Watergate building.
Correct Answer: B. Indonesia
Nine people died after Indonesia’s capital was hit by its deadliest flooding in years, authorities said Wednesday, as torrential rains on New Year´s Eve left vast swathes of the megalopolis submerged. Thousands were evacuated to temporary shelters as electricity was switched off in scores of waterlogged neighbourhoods across greater Jakarta, home to about 30 million people, with some train lines and one of the city´s airports also shut. Indonesia´s National Disaster Mitigation Agency called on residents to leave flood-hit areas.
Correct Answer: D. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Correct Answer: B. August 20, 2020
Iran on August 20, 2020, unveiled two new long-range missiles on the occasion of National Defense Industry Day, Tasnim news agency reported. The ballistic missile, named after Soleimani, has a range of 1,400 km, and the other one given the name of al-Muhandis is a cruise missile with a range of 1,000 km, according to the report.