Nearly journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years.
- A. 1,400
- B. 1,600
- C. 1,700
- D. 1,900
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Which country strikes on Syria killed one civilian, three government troops, and seven allied foreign fighters,, a war monitor said on September 1, 2020?
- A. USA
- B. Israel
- C. France
- D. Iran
Correct Answer: B. Israel
Israeli strikes on Syria killed one civilian, three government troops, and seven allied foreign fighters, a war monitor said on September 1, 2020, in a new toll.
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad-al Sabah passed away on September 29, 2020. He was the ruler of which nation?
- A. UAE
- B. Saudi Arabia
- C. Qatar
- D. Kuwait
Correct Answer: D. Kuwait
The ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad-al Sabah passed away on September 29, 2020. He was admitted to the hospital in the United States where he breathed his last. He was flown to the US in July 2020 for further treatment after he underwent successful surgery for the unspecified medical issues.
Which country has been hit by Tropical Storm Megi?
- A. Japan
- B. Philippines
- C. Indonesia
- D. South Asia
Correct Answer: B. Philippines
The Philippines has been recently hit by Tropical Storm Megi and the death toll from landslides and floods after the storm rose to 58. Over 1,00,000 people in southern and eastern Philippines islands have been affected by the storm. Villages around Baybay city in the central Leyte province are worse hit by the storm.
Dr Luc Montagnier, Nobel-winning co-discoverer of HIV virus was died on:
- A. February 8, 2022
- B. February 15, 2022
- C. February 18, 2022
- D. February 12, 2022
Correct Answer: A. February 8, 2022
Luc Montagnier, a French virologist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the virus that causes AIDS, died on 8 February 2022 in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was 89. The town hall in Neuilly confirmed that a death certificate for Dr. Montagnier had been filed there. Luc Montagnier was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
According to UN, which is the world`s most disaster prone region?
- A. African
- B. Asia-Pacific
- C. SEAK
- D. North American
Correct Answer: B. Asia-Pacific
The year 2022 was yet another reminder that Asia Pacific is the world`s most disaster prone region, and the floods were the deadliest, accounting for 74.4 per cent of disaster events in the region and 88.4 per cent of total deaths globally, a United Nations report said on January 4, 2023. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) says the year 2022 also witnessed cascading disasters where a chain of hazard events took place followed by the initial and residual impacts. Pakistan witnessed melting glaciers from the record spring heat and this combined with an unprecedented monsoon rain resulted in a historic flooding that devastated a large part of the country.
The 49th G7 summit was held in:
- A. Okayama
- B. Hiroshima
- C. Osaka
- D. Yokohama
Correct Answer: B. Hiroshima
The 49th G7 summit was held from 19 to 21 May 2023 in the Hiroshima city of Hiroshima Prefecture.