When Iran unveils new naval ballistic missile?
- A. September 27, 2020
- B. September 28, 2020
- C. September 29, 2020
- D. September 30, 2020
Correct Answer: A. September 27, 2020
Iran`s Revolutionary Guards on September 27, 2020, unveiled a new naval ballistic missile with a potential range of over 700 kilometers (430 miles), local media reported, following months of tensions with the arch-enemy the United States. The missile, dubbed `Zolf aghar Basir`, is a naval variant of the surface-to-surface Zolfaghar ballistic missile, according to Tasnim news agency.
Correct Answer: D. Nepal
Arun-III, is the largest hydropower project of Nepal. The 900 MW hydropower project is under construction in Nepal, with an estimated cost of $1.04 million. The project, which is to be built with the financial assistance from India, is to be completed in 5 years
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.
Correct Answer: B. Iran
Iran claimed responsibility for a missile strike on March 13, 2022, on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil , saying it targeted an Israeli strategic center and warning of more attacks. Authorities in Iraq`s autonomous Kurdish region said 12 ballistic missiles rained down on Arbil in a pre-dawn cross-border attack targeting US interests that slightly wounded two civilians and caused material damage.
Correct Answer: B. Endeavor
The United States astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, landed back on the Earth. The astronauts splashed down aboard Crew Dragon ‘Endeavor’ in the Gulf of Mexico after a 64-day voyage in space. This is NASA’s first crewed mission from American soil in nine years. This splashdown is the first of its kind by NASA in 45 years.
Correct Answer: B. 19 January 2022
General elections were held in Barbados on 19 January 2022 to elect the 30 members of the House of Assembly. The ruling Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats for the second election in a row. This was the 12th national election held since independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, the 16th since the institution of universal suffrage in 1950, and the first since Barbados became a republic in 2021.
Correct Answer: A. Google
Major technology company Google has launched a new application named ‘Sodar’, to help people maintain distancing. The application uses Augmented reality (AR) for this purpose. It creates a visual boundary using the user’s smartphone camera and shows who is breaching that distance, on a real-time basis.