Northern Chile faced a powerful earthquake of 6.2 magnitudes on?
- A. 6 September 2023
- B. 8 September 2023
- C. 10 September 2023
- D. 12 September 2023
Correct Answer: A. 6 September 2023
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook northern Chile on 6 September 2023, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 8:48 p.m. local time, and its epicenter was 41 kilometers (25 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo, Chile. The quake had a depth of 41 kilometers (25 miles). Chile’s national emergency office did not report any damages or injuries.
Correct Answer: C. 7 April 2021
Pakistan was suspended by FIFA’s all-powerful Council in April last year after the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee was thrown out of office by a group of officials led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah, who was elected as president in an election of the PFF held by the Supreme Court in December 2018.
Correct Answer: B. Niger
On 26 July 2023, a coup d’état occurred in Niger, in which the country’s presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum and presidential guard commander general Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta. Presidential guard forces closed the country’s borders, suspended state institutions, and declared a curfew. This was the fifth military coup d’état since the country gained independence from France in 1960, and the first since 2010.
Correct Answer: D. Medication Safety
World Patient Safety Day 2022 will be celebrate on 17 September 2022. World Patient Safety Day is one of WHO’s global public health days. It was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. Its objectives are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work toward global solidarity and action by the Member States to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm. It is in this context that medication Safety’ has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022, with the slogan ‘Medication Without Harm’. The global campaign reaffirms the objectives of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm launched by WHO in 2017.
Correct Answer: C. September 27, 2023
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards successfully launched a third military satellite into orbit on September 27, 2023, state media reported, citing Minister of Communications Issa Zarepour. The Noor 3 imaging satellite orbits at an altitude of 450 kilometres (280 miles) above the earth’s surface and was launched by the three-stage Qased, or messenger carrier, state media said, which launched its predecessor Noor 2 in 2022.
Correct Answer: B. Medium
Following Pakistan`s exit from the Financial Action Task Force`s (FATF) grey list, a global body of banking supervisory authorities has acknowledged the progress made by the country in the overall regulation of the financial affair slightly lowering the risk score of the country. `Pakistan`s overall ML/TF [money laundering and terrorist financing] risk score in the Basel AML Index (Public Edition) is 6.16. This places it in the medium-risk category compared to other global jurisdictions.
Correct Answer: C. September 12, 2020
Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday, September 12, 2020, in Doha, Qatar amid calls for an immediate ceasefire and preserving the gains made by Afghanistan over the past couple of decades. The talks were to originally start on March 10 following the US-Taliban agreement, but disputes over prisoners` release kept them delaying.