On which date Liz Truss assumed office as Prime Minister of UK?
- A. 9 September 2022
- B. 6 September 2022
- C. 10 September 2022
- D. 2 September 2022
Correct Answer: B. 6 September 2022
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 6 September 2022, and as Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk since 2010. Truss held various Cabinet offices under prime ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson, most recently as Foreign Secretary from 2021 to 2022. She was the last of fifteen UK prime ministers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September 2022, two days after Truss became Prime Minister.
Correct Answer: B. May 24, 2022
On May 24, 2022, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen other people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States. It is the third-deadliest American school shooting, after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, and the deadliest in Texas.
Correct Answer: D. USA
“Wilmington” in the US state of North Carolina has been declared as the World War 2 Heritage City. It is first of such cities to be announced. This announcement was made by the US President Donald Trump during a ceremony held to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2. During WW2, North Carolina Shipbuilding Company situated in Wilmington built 243 ships in 5 years as a part of the USA’s emergency shipbuilding programme.
Correct Answer: A. USA
The U.S. military can develop and operate out of bases in Papua New Guinea, according to a landmark security pact. With Papua New Guinea’s agreement, the United States will be able to station troops and vessels at six key ports and airports, including Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island and facilities in the capital Port Moresby.
Correct Answer: C. USA
NASA’s ‘Oceans Melting Greenland airborne mission’ has found that Greenland’s glaciers that empty into the ocean, such as Apusiaajik Glacier, are at greater risk of rapid ice loss. It revealed that ice loss from Greenland’s ice sheet contributes more to the global rise of the oceans than any other single source. If all of Greenland’s ice sheets were to melt, global sea levels would rise by about 24 feet (7.4 meters).
Correct Answer: B. September 13, 2020
The great-grandson of Awadh`s last king Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and grandson of Nawab Birjis Qadr, Prince Kaukab Qadr Sajjad Ali Meerza, died in Kolkata on September 13, 2020 evening of Covid-19 related complications, family friends said. He was 87.
Correct Answer: B. Indonesia
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, will likely ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). China-backed RCEP, the world’s biggest trade association, entered into force on January 1, 2022. Seven nations in Southeast Asia, as well as Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea, ratified the pact earlier this year.