Long March 5B Rocket, which crash landed in Indian Ocean, was launched by which country?
- A. UAE
- B. China
- C. Russia
- D. Nepal
Correct Answer: B. China
Long March is a flagship series of rockets launched by China. The ‘Long March 5B Rocket’ recently crash-landed near the Indian Ocean. It was launched in June to deliver the solar-powered Wentian experiment module to China’s Tiangong Space Station. In a statement, NASA said that China did not share specific trajectory information as the Long March 5B rocket fell back to Earth.
Correct Answer: B. Ukraine
Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant Friday after their shelling set part of the complex on fire, sparking fears across the continent of a nuclear disaster. Ukraine’s official nuclear inspectorate said technicians in the Zaporizhzhia facility, about 342 miles southeast of Kyiv, were still at work, and local authorities confirmed that the fire was extinguished around 6:20 a.m. local time after blazing for almost five hours.
Correct Answer: B. WFP
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on October 9, 2020, for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes millions more into hunger.
Correct Answer: D. David Cameron
David Cameron is the Current Uk’s Foreign Secretary. David Cameron has returned to government as UK foreign secretary, in a stunning comeback for the former prime minister which highlights Rishi Sunak’s willingness to take risks as he looks to revive his political fortunes. Downing Street announced on Monday that Cameron would join the government, accepting a peerage in order to do so, as part of a wider reshuffle in which Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary and replaced by the foreign secretary, James Cleverly
Correct Answer: D. France
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by gunmen in 2015, said on September 1, 2020, it was republishing hugely controversial sketches of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to mark this week`s start of the trial of alleged accomplices to the attack.
Correct Answer: A. Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accept the government’s resignation, after nationwide protests against the fuel price increase. The Oil-producing Central Asian country witnessed protests in which nearly 100 police were injured. Thousands of citizens were involved in the protests and a state of emergency was declared earlier by the Government.
Correct Answer: A. Moungi G. Bawendi
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was award to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” Together, Ekimov and Brus succeeded in creating quantum dots, and Bawendi revolutionized chemical production. Quantum dots now illuminate computer monitors and television screens based on QLED technology. They also add nuance to the light of some LED lamps, and biochemists and doctors use them to map biological tissue.