‘Lake Albert’ is located as a border between which two countries?
- A. Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo
- B. Algeria-Libya
- C. South Africa- Tanzania
- D. Uganda- Ethiopia
Correct Answer: A. Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo
Two Oil Giants- France’s Total Energies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) signed a USD 10 million deal to develop Uganda’s energy resources and build a Regional oil pipeline. The project aims to exploit the crude oil reserves at Lake Albert, a 160-kilometer natural border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Correct Answer: A. Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital is set to soon be rename back from Nur-Sultan to Astana after the Parliament inscribe the draft law on constitutional amendments required to rename the capital on Sept. 16. The document now expected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s discretion. President Tokayev had agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he proposed to rename it in recognition of the special role of the outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev, one of his first moves upon taking office in March 2019 when Nazarbayev unexpectedly stepped down.
Correct Answer: A. France
The new COVID variant named IHU (B.1.640.2) has been discovered at the IHU Mediterranee Infection institute in France. The new variant is said to have 46 mutations more than Omicron. The first case was reported from a person who had come from the African country of Cameroon. As per the Scientists, the new strain carries E484K mutation making it vaccine-resistant.
Correct Answer: C. 5th
Correct Answer: A. May 26, 2020
Stanley Ho, the Hong Kong-born tycoon who made billions transforming neighboring Macau from a sleepy Portuguese outpost into the world’s biggest gambling hub. Died: May 26, 2020 Age: 98 known as: “godfather” of Macau’s casinos.
Correct Answer: C. 18 April 2023
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister meets with Syrian President since war of 2011 in Damascus on 18 April 2023. the first visit to Syria’s capital by a Saudi official since the start of the country’s civil war in 2011 marks a new era in ties between Iran-backed Damascus and Riyadh. Sound relations between Syria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should be the norm.
Correct Answer: B. Russia
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has declared that it will suspend the country’s “observer” status at its facilities and freeze new agreements with Russian scientific institutes. The 23 member states of CERN resolved to discontinue all collaboration with Russia at a meeting of the CERN Council, following a request from Ukrainian scientists. CERN also stated that it will support “initiatives to support Ukrainian collaborators and Ukrainian scientific activity in the field of high-energy physics.”