“Panda diplomacy” is a phrase commonly used to describe the strategy of which country?
- A. China
- B. Bangladesh
- C. UAE
- D. South Africa
Correct Answer: A. China
“Panda diplomacy” is a phrase commonly used in international relations to describe China’s strategy of loaning giant pandas to zoos in other countries as a gesture of goodwill and to strengthen diplomatic ties. Recently, three giant pandas that resided at the National Zoo in Washington DC have been sent back to China after a 23-year stay.
Correct Answer: A. Russia
Correct Answer: B. Japan
The Japanese supercomputer, Fugaku has been recently named the fastest supercomputer in the Top 500 list, which ranks the most powerful benchmarked supercomputers in the world. It is powered by chipsets from Advanced RISC Machines (ARM). This marks the first time an ARM-based supercomputer to ever top the list. It also marks the first time Japan has taken the top place since 2011. It is followed by IBM’s Summit supercomputer and IBM’s Sierra supercomputer.
Correct Answer: D. Australia
The final of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship, a Test cricket matches , was play from 7 to 11 June 2023 at The Oval, London, between Australia and India Australia won the matched by 209 runs to win the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship. This marked Australia’s maiden win of the Championship. As winners, they received a cash prize of US$1.6 million, while the Indian team received a cash prize of US$800,000. The victory in the final established Australia as the first team to have won all ICC tournaments across three cricket formats.
Correct Answer: C. Hallucinate
Hallucinate is the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year, as it gains an additional definition in one of many AI-relate update in 2023. The traditional definition is to “to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist”.
Correct Answer: B. Antarctica
Eretmoptera murphyi is a flightless midge. It is currently changing Antarctica’s Signy Island soil and ecosystem by feasting on dead organic matter. It has led to fast plant decomposition, thus increasing the soil nitrate level by three-five times compared to places on the island where the midge is absent.
Correct Answer: B. July 04, 2023
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will stay in office for another year, the 31-nation military alliance decided on Tuesday (4 July 2023). U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts had been due to name a successor when they meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11-12. But the world’s biggest security organization makes decisions by consensus, and no agreement could be found on a new candidate. “With his steady leadership, experience, and judgement, Secretary General Stoltenberg has brought our Alliance through the most significant challenges in European security since World War II,” Biden said in a statement.