‘NotPetya’ and ‘HermeticWiper’ which were seen in the news recently, are associated with which field?
- A. Agriculture
- B. Cyber-security
- C. Crypto-currency
- D. Defence Equipment
Correct Answer: B. Cyber-security
New data-wiping malware known as HermeticWiper has attacked hundreds of computers in Ukraine in a series of cyber-attacks after Russia’s invasion. In June 2017, the world witnessed the most destructive malware ever deployed named NotPetya, with Ukraine as its primary target. It quickly spread to more than 60 countries, destroying the computer systems of thousands of multinationals.
Correct Answer: A. 7 Years
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is a robotic spacecraft that has been on a seven-year mission to collect and return samples from an asteroid called Bennu—billions of kilometres from Earth. It took more than two year to reach Bennu after OSIRIS-REx launch in 2016.
Correct Answer: C. Annie Ernaux
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2022 is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”
Correct Answer: A. October 6, 2020
The foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates on October 6, 2020, visited the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin during their historic first meeting, a major step forward for their new relations.
Correct Answer: B. 4 August 2020
The huge blast in Beirut on Tuesday 4 August 2020, left 300,000 people homeless and caused damage across half of the city estimated to cost more than $3 billion, its governor said on August 5, 2020
Correct Answer: C. 8 billion
Correct Answer: C. 66
The 2021-2022 elections in Palestine’s municipalities and local authorities were divided into two phases according to a decision taken by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Council of Ministers. The first round of voting took place on 11 December 2021, in 376, mostly rural, local authorities in the West Bank. The second round place occurred on 26 March 2022 and include the remaining 66 local authorities in Gaza and larger municipalities in the West Bank. Independent candidates dominated the Palestinian local elections, winning 64 percent of seats, up from just 37 percent five years ago, according to official results released on March 27, 2022.