According to Twitter, On September 3, 2020, which country Prime Minister Twitter account hacked?
- A. India
- B. USA
- C. UK
- D. China
Correct Answer: A. India
Twitter said on September 3, 2020, that an account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s personal website was hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund through cryptocurrency.
Correct Answer: A. Mauritius
FATF, the inter-governmental body that sets anti-money laundering standards, has put Mauritius on the grey list. Mauritius has been a tax haven for foreign investors for the past three decades to bet on Indian stocks. The country will work actively with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in the regime to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.
Correct Answer: A. South Sudan
The 2021 CPI, publish in January 2022, currently ranks 180 countries “on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)” based on the situation between May 2020 and May 2021. the most perceived corrupt countries in the world are Syria, Somalia, and South Sudan, scoring 13 and 11 out of 100 respectively in 2021
Correct Answer: A. India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a date for war with Pakistan and China, according to a senior official of the Bharatiya Janata Party quoted by the Press Trust of India on October 25, 2020. The news agency said the BJP`s Uttar Pradesh chief, Swatantra Dev Singh, told a meeting of party functionaries that Mr. Modi had decided when the country would be at war with Pakistan and China.
Correct Answer: C. Merkava Mark 5
Israel unveiled its cutting-edge main battle tank, the Merkava Mark 5, known as “Barak,” signifying a significant leap in technological advancement and military capability. The development of the Barak tank involved collaboration between the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Armored Vehicles Directorate, the IDF’s Ground Forces, Armored Corps, and multiple Israeli defense companies, including Elbit Systems, Rafael, and the Israel Aerospace Industries’ subsidiary, Elta.
Correct Answer: B. Mauritius
Mauritius has recently declared an ‘Environmental emergency’ after the Japanese-owned ship MV Wakashio was found spilling tons of fuel. Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth announced the decision as the areas that were declared as ‘very sensitive’ was found as a dark layer in satellite images. The ship was carrying nearly 4,000 tons of fuel and it had suffered cracks.
Correct Answer: A. Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital is set to soon be rename back from Nur-Sultan to Astana after the Parliament endorsed the draft law on constitutional amendments required to rename the capital on Sept. 16. The document now awaits President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s discretion. President Tokayev had agreed to restore the former name of the country’s capital just three years after he proposed to rename it in recognition of the special role of the outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev, one of his first moves upon taking office in March 2019 when Nazarbayev unexpectedly stepped down.