On June 15, 2020, According to the SIPRI yearbook 2020, China and ______ have increased their nuclear weapons as compared to 2019.
- A. Pakistan
- B. India
- C. Russia
- D. USA
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Which country has become the first major economy to shut down coal and nuclear power?
- A. France
- B. Germany
- C. Austria
- D. Canada
Correct Answer: B. Germany
Germany has recently become the first major economy to shut down coal and nuclear power. It has decided to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2038 and nuclear power by the end of 2022. The country has also proposed to spend about 40 billion euros to help the affected regions in their transition
Who has termed Israel an “apartheid” state?
- A. Amnesty International
- B. Human rights watch
- C. Human rights commission of Pakistan
- D. UNESCO
Correct Answer: A. Amnesty International
The state of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is a crime against humanity and is illegal under international law, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The rights group says Israel’s “oppression and domination” of Palestinians amounts to apartheid. Amnesty said Israel has embraced laws and practices that “are intended to maintain a cruel system of control over Palestinians, have left them fragmented geographically and politically, frequently impoverished, and in a constant state of fear and insecurity.”
Which country unveiled the world`s largest hydrogen-powered truck?
- A. Russia
- B. China
- C. South Africa
- D. Brazil
Correct Answer: C. South Africa
Mining Company Anglo American has unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen truck to operate at a platinum mine in northern RSA. The dump truck equipped with 2 MW fuel cells and capable of hauling up to 290 tons of ore will be the first among the trucks the company plans to replace diesel vehicles with. The truck presentation took place at the Mogalakwena mine located about 250 km away from Johannesburg, the RSA capital.
Recently, which country Foreign Minister said that ‘Hitler had Jewish roots’?
- A. Russia
- B. China
- C. UAE
- D. Iraq
Correct Answer: A. Russia
Israel denounce Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on May 2, 2022, for suggesting that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, accusing Lavrov of spreading anti-Semitism and belittling the Holocaust.Such lies are intended to accuse the Jews themselves of the most horrific crimes in history that were committed against them, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement.
When 74th Nakba Day was observed by the people of Palestine?
- A. 13 May 2022
- B. 15 May 2022
- C. 18 May 2022
- D. 10 May 2022
Correct Answer: B. 15 May 2022
On May 15, 1948, Israel was established as a Jewish-majority state at the expense of the forced expulsion of about 750,000 Palestinians. The day has subsequently been commemorated annually as Nakba Day. The word “Nakba” means “catastrophe” in Arabic, and refers to the systematic ethnic cleansing of two-thirds of the Palestinian population by Zionist paramilitaries between 1947-1949 and the near-total destruction of Palestinian society. This year marks 74 years of Al-Nakba or the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of a homeland.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, made his first formal public appearance on:
- A. 8 March 2022
- B. 5 March 2022
- C. 6 March 2022
- D. None of these
Correct Answer: B. 5 March 2022
The Taliban`s acting interior minister and one of the most secretive leaders of the group, Sirajuddin Haqqani, made his first formal public appearance on Saturday when he addressed new Afghan police recruits at a passing-out parade. Haqqani`s appearance also suggests the Taliban have grown more confident of their hold on Afghanistan since seizing power on August 15, 2021.