According to the survey report titled “Global Corruption Barometer – Asia” by Transparency International. Which is most corrupt Asian country?
- A. Maldives
- B. India
- C. Sri Lanka
- D. Pakistan
Correct Answer: B. India
Correct Answer: A. Abdoulaye Bathily
Correct Answer: C. North Korea
In September 2023, North Korea has launch its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday. Submarine No. 841 – named Hero Kim Kun Ok after a North Korean historical figure – will be one of the main “underwater offensive means of the naval force” of North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un said at the launch ceremony on Wednesday.
Correct Answer: A. Republican
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the 2022 U.S. elections during incumbent president Joe Biden’s term. The Republican Party won a majority of seats and will be the majority party in the House in the 118th U.S. Congress. The elections were held to elect representatives from all 435 U.S. congressional districts across each of the 50 states.
Correct Answer: C. 100m
At least one hundred million people up from some 90 million in 2021 were forced to leave their homes in 2022, says a UN end-of-the-year report with a warning that this record should never have been set. Outbreaks of violence, or protracted conflicts, were key migration factors in many parts of the world, including Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Syria, and Myanmar, the report adds.
Correct Answer: C. 30 years
President Emmanuel Macron on May 16, 2022, named Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years, the Elysee said in a statement. Outgoing French Prime Minister Jean Castex earlier handed his resignation to the president, part of a widely expected reshuffle to make way for a new government in the wake of Macron`s re-election in April.
Correct Answer: B. Angola
A rare 170-carat pink rough diamond weighing 34 grams has been discovered at Lucapa’s Lulo Mine in Angola. Named the ‘Lulo Rose’, it is considered to be the largest pink diamond discovered in the last 300 years. In 2016, a mining operation yielded a 404-carat white stone named the ‘4th February Stone’. It was the largest ever diamond recovered in Angola.