Narges Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Prize for Peace, is from which country?
- A. Pakistan
- B. Iran
- C. USA
- D. Iraq
Correct Answer: B. Iran
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has honor Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi with the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. She is being recognized “For her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”.
Correct Answer: B. Exo-planet
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have validated the discovery of an exo-planet interior to the habitable zone of the dwarf star LHS 475. Named LHS 475b, this planet is almost 99.1% the size of Earth, and has an orbital period of 2.03 days. LHS 475 hosts at least one planet, which was previously classified as a planet candidate by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
Correct Answer: A. Burkina Faso
A coup d’état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Burkina Faso’s army said on 24 January 2022, it had ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and close the country’s borders.
Correct Answer: B. Iran
Iran said one of its most prominent nuclear scientists was assassinated on November 27, 2020, in an attack on his car outside Tehran and accused arch-enemy Israel of being behind the assault. The scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was `seriously wounded` when assailants targeted his car before being engaged in a gunfight with his security team, Iran`s defense ministry said in a statement.
Correct Answer: B. Iran
Iran has displayed a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, that has a range of 1,400 kilometres, named martyr Qassem Soleimani. The surface-to-surface missile has a range of 1,400 km Amir Hatami said on Thursday 20 August 2020.
Correct Answer: B. Israel
Israel becomes the first-ever country to allow drone flights in civilian airspace. The certification was issued to the Hermes Starliner unmanned system by the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority and was manufactured and developed by Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense electronics company.
Correct Answer: B. China
China has introduced a system of penalizing companies that appears on its “Unreliable entity list”. As per an official statement, the country will impose penalties including restricting trade, investment, and visas to any company that poses a threat to China’s sovereignty, national security, development, and business interests. The list also contains a list of firms that discriminate against or harm Chinese businesses.