SCO Summit 2022 will be held on 15-16 September, 2022 in:
- A. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- B. Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- C. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- D. Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Correct Answer: B. Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The 2022 annual summit of the SCO Heads of State Council will be held on September 15-16 in Samarkand. Uzbekistan took over the chairmanship of the organization from Tajikistan on September 17, 2021.
Correct Answer: D. Bangladesh
Google has partnered with Bangladesh for the development of comprehensive flood warning services in the country. Presently it has covered more than 40 million people in Bangladesh and it is proposed to expand its service to the whole of the country. The flood warning services would double the lead time so that people have an extra day to prepare in case of floods.
Correct Answer: B. Japan
Japan has marke a significant achievement in space exploration by becoming the fifth country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down near the Shioli crater, south of the lunar equator, utilizing precision technology that allowed it to land closer to its target site than any previous mission.
Correct Answer: A. Abdoulaye Bathily
Correct Answer: D. December 31, 2022
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence. He was 95. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict spent his final years at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery within the walls of the Vatican. His successor Pope Francis said he had visited him there frequently. The Vatican said the body of the Pope Emeritus will be placed in St Peter’s Basilica from Monday for “the greeting of the faithful”.
Correct Answer: A. United States
The United States has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile named Minuteman 3 from California. The missile was test flighted from the Vandenberg Air Force Base to a target in the Pacific Ocean. The unarmed missile and its three vehicles travelled over 6750 kilometers to the Marshall Islands as a part of the test.
Correct Answer: A. 8 November 2022
The 2022 United States elections is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (Election Day). During this midterm election year, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested.