Local elections in the United Kingdom took place on:
- A. 2 May 2022
- B. 5 May 2022
- C. 7 May 2022
- D. 8 May 2022
Correct Answer: B. 5 May 2022
Local elections in the United Kingdom took place on 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, and for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland.
Correct Answer: A. UK
Depleted uranium is the by-product obtained during the creation of enriched uranium, which is used in nuclear weapon and nuclear reactors. The British governments recently announced that it would provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.
Correct Answer: B. 6 September 2022
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 6 September 2022, and as Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. Truss held various Cabinet offices under prime ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson, most recently as Foreign Secretary from 2021 to 2022. She was the last of fifteen UK prime ministers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September 2022, two days after Truss became Prime Minister.
Correct Answer: D. Lee Hsien Loong
Lee Hsien Loong is the current Prime Minister of Singapore. Singapore has conducted its general elections on 10th July 2020. The People’s Action Party (PAP) has won 83 seats out of the total 93 seats. Singapore became the 2nd Country in Asia to conduct National Polls in the times of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Correct Answer: B. Two Months
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig has died two months after the medical milestone, the hospital that carried out the surgery said on 9 March 2022. The procedure raised hopes that advances in cross-species organ donation could one day solve the chronic shortage of human organs available for donation, and the team behind the operation says they still remain optimistic about its future success. David Bennett, 57, received his transplant on Jan 7 and passed away on March 8, the University of Maryland Medical System said in a statement.
Correct Answer: B. North Korea
The world’s 10 worst countries for press freedom include Myanmar (176th),where the February 2021 coup d’état set press freedom back by 10 years, as well as China, Turkmenistan (177th), Iran (178th), Eritrea (179th) and North Korea (180th).
Correct Answer: C. Addis Ababa
The African Union has begun a summit in Addis Ababa, and the theme this year is ‘’Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on African Continent; Strengthening Agro-food systems, health, and social protection systems for the acceleration of human, social and economic capital development.’’ Leaders from across the continent gathered Saturday to discuss issues affecting the continent; mainly the pandemic and insecurity. The 35th African Union session began 5 February 2022, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.